Your Kids’ iPhones May Be the Most Dangerous Things They Own

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What’s an acceptable level of online child sexual abuse, blackmail, and sextortion? How many teen suicides must happen before someone acts? Most parents would say the answer is obvious: zero.

Apple doesn’t seem to agree. Despite serving as the constant digital companion for millions of American kids, the company has done nothing to rein in the iMessage app — a tool that now functions as an unregulated playground for child predators. Apple has shrugged off the problem while iMessage becomes the wild west of child exploitation: unchecked, unreported, and deadly.

You wouldn’t leave a toddler alone by the pool. You wouldn’t hand your 9-year-old the keys to a pickup. And when you drive that truck, you don’t let your kid ride on the hood. But every day, parents hand their children a device that could be just as dangerous: the iPhone.

That device follows them everywhere — to school, to bed, into the darkest corners of the internet. The threat doesn’t just come from YouTube or TikTok. It’s baked into iMessage itself — the default communication tool on every iPhone, the one parents use to text their kids.

Unlike social media platforms or games, iMessage gives parents almost no tools to limit its use or increase safety. No meaningful restrictions. No guardrails. No accountability. (Read more from “Your Kids’ iPhones May Be the Most Dangerous Things They Own” HERE)

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Biden Staffer Directing Autopen Didn’t Know Who Final Authorization Came From

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Neera Tanden, former head of Biden’s Domestic Policy Council, admitted that she authorized autopen signatures without knowledge of who issued the final approval in a closed-door hearing before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday, according to Fox News.

In her role as staff secretary, before she was moved to the Domestic Policy Council, Tanden “was responsible for handling the the flow of documents to and from the President,” sending decision memos to “Biden’s inner circle” and affixing the president’s autopen signature to the documents when she received approval. Tanden was not privy to any of the decision-making process or who was giving the final approval. She rarely interacted with Biden. The system, according to her opening statement, was a relic of previous administrations.

Tanden denied that she had ever discussed the former president’s fitness for office, per Fox News. “I had no experience in the White House that would provide any reason to question his command as President. He was in charge,” she said in her statement.

When asked by a reporter after the hearing if there had been an “effort to disguise President Biden’s condition,” she quickly denied it as she walked away.

“Her testimony raises serious questions about who was really calling the shots in the Biden White House amid the President’s obvious decline,” Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said in a statement. (Read more from “Biden Staffer Directing Autopen Didn’t Know Who Final Authorization Came From” HERE)

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Study: Using ChatGPT to Write Essays May Increase ‘Cognitive Debt’

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A recent study out of MIT Media Lab shows that students using ChatGPT and other AI tools to write essays may be acquiring “cognitive debt” at a higher rate than students using searching engines or only their brains.

According to the study, “Cognitive debt defers mental effort in the short term but results in long-term costs, such as diminished critical inquiry, increased vulnerability to manipulation, decreased creativity.”

The study divided participants into three groups. One was allowed to use LLMs (large-language models) to write their essays, another was allowed to use search engines, and the other was only allowed to use previous knowledge. The study refers to the latter as the “Brain-only group.” Researchers asked each group to write three essays using their designated tool. For a fourth essay, LLM users were only allowed to use their brains, and brain-only writers were allowed to use LLMs. One AI judge and several human teachers scored the essays. The researchers measured the electrical activity of the participants’ brains during each stage of the study.

The study showed significantly weaker brain connectivity in LLM users than in the brain-only group. In the fourth essay, LLM users continued to struggle with brain connectivity and struggled to quote their own work, while the brain-only group exhibited better brain connectivity and memory recall. “LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels,” the study says. (Read more from “Study: Using ChatGPT to Write Essays May Increase ‘Cognitive Debt’” HERE)

Nancy Pelosi’s Daughter Invokes CNN Reporter’s Dead Child To Defend Democratic Gerontocracy

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Nancy Pelosi’s daughter invoked CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski’s dead daughter after he called out Democrats for putting senior citizens and people with serious illnesses in positions of power.

Kaczynski, who goes by the Twitter handle “KFILE,” noted 47-year-old Democratic California Rep. Robert Garcia winning his party’s top spot on the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday

“A top committee spot is going to a Democrat that is under the age of 75 or doesn’t have cancer,” KFILE tweeted.

Garcia, who defeated Massachusetts Rep. Stephen Lynch, takes over the Ranking Member spot from former Democratic Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly, who died from cancer in May at the age of 75.

Before Connolly, the Democrats’ ranking member was Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, who was also diagnosed with cancer while serving in the role. He is now the Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee.

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Jill Biden’s Senior Adviser Refuses to Testify in House Oversight Investigation Into Biden Decline

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Anthony Bernal, senior adviser to Jill Biden, has refused to testify in the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline.

Bernal is refusing to appear for a June 26 interview as part of the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into Biden’s mental decline and potential misuse of the autopen, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced Wednesday.

Comer sharply criticized Bernal on Wednesday for refusing to appear before the committee, accusing him of avoiding accountability now that executive privilege has been waived.

“Now that the White House has waived executive privilege, it’s abundantly clear that Anthony Bernal – Jill Biden’s so-called ‘work husband’ – never intended to be transparent about Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and the ensuing cover-up,” Comer said.

“With no privilege left to hide behind, Mr. Bernal is now running scared, desperate to bury the truth. The American people deserve answers and accountability, and the Oversight Committee will not tolerate this obstruction. I will promptly issue a subpoena to compel Anthony Bernal’s testimony before the Committee.” (Read more from “Jill Biden’s Senior Adviser Refuses to Testify in House Oversight Investigation Into Biden Decline” HERE)

More Fear Budget Bill Will Just Add Crushing Debt

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The drawn-out negotiations over President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act are giving fiscal hawks more time to build the case that it will just add to the nation’s oppressive $37 trillion debt, a potential threat to passage.

While the administration and GOP leaders have been making the case that the tax and spending legislation will lower the debt, an overwhelming 84% of likely voters said that they are concerned about the national debt.

And, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shared with Washington Secrets on Wednesday, voters by a 2:1 margin believe that the bill will simply add to that debt.

The bill was passed by House Republicans and is in front of the Senate. Republican leaders hope to pass it out of the chamber by July 4, when House and Senate negotiators would meld one bill.

But the delay in pushing it through is providing time for foes to point out the potential for a debt explosion if many of the spending provisions make it through the grinder. (Read more from “More Fear Budget Bill Will Just Add Crushing Debt” HERE)

FBI Investigating 3 Children’s Hospitals for Child Mutilation

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The FBI is investigating three children’s hospitals for allegedly performing illegal female genital mutilations, which are outlawed by federal law.

The overall plan here is that the federal government wants to put a stop to hospitals profiting from irreversible mutilation surgeries performed on children in the Orwellian name of “gender-affirming care.”

Boston’s Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Colorado, and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles are the FBI’s current targets.

“These hospitals,” per Fox News, “have been among some of the foremost providers of sex change procedures for minors in America over the last several years[.]”

These mutilating sex change procedures cause irreversible damage to children, who are nowhere near mature enough to make such a drastic decision, especially when there is no way to go back to normal. (Read more from “FBI Investigating 3 Children’s Hospitals for Child Mutilation” HERE)

NATO Chief Praises ‘Daddy’ Trump: ‘Man of Peace’

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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday welcomed President Donald Trump to the alliance summit at The Hague by praising him as a “man of strength,” a “man of peace,” and the “daddy” who got Iran and Israel to stop fighting like “two kids in a school yard.”

Rutte summed up the 12-Day War between Iran and Israel, saying, “They fight like hell. You can’t stop them. Let them fight for about two, three minutes. Then it’s easier to stop them. Then, daddy has to sometimes use strong language.”

The NATO secretary was making a humorous allusion to Trump’s use of profanity when he complained about Iran and Israel breaking the ceasefire he had negotiated.

“We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f**k they’re doing,” Trump grumbled to reporters on Tuesday.

Trump’s F-bomb was the most surprising bit of American ordnance to be dropped during the 12-Day War and, while the president was initially criticized for employing salty language in a public statement, he did manage to get everyone back onside with the ceasefire. (Read more from “NATO Chief Praises ‘Daddy’ Trump: ‘Man of Peace’” HERE)

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Tulsi Gabbard: Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan Are Gone

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Tulsi Gabbard revealed in a post on X that “new intelligence” has confirmed the destruction of Iran’s three key nuclear facilities, Fordown, Natanz, and Isfahan.

Since the American strike on Iran on Sunday, media outlets like CNN, BBC, NPR, The New York Times, and The Washington Post indicated that early intel reports, which were leaked to the press, showed that the bunker buster bombs did not destroy the underground nuclear facilities. They argued the strike had only delayed the Iranian nuclear program by months.

However, the Director of National Intelligence said that, according to new intelligence, the Iranians would have to reconstruct all three facilities, which would likely take years, to rebuild their nuclear program. Gabbard emphasized that initial reports were leaked and selectively covered by mainstream media news outlets in an effort to undermine President Trump’s credibility. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also came out swinging against the mainstream media at Wednesday’s NATO summit. He announced that there would also be a criminal investigation into who leaked classified and low-confidence intel to the media. (Read more from “Tulsi Gabbard: Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan Are Gone” HERE)

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Karmelo Anthony Spokesman Urges Fight Against ‘White Supremacy’ After Anthony’s Murder Indictment for Austin Metcalf Stabbing

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After Karmelo Anthony was indicted for first-degree murder in connection with the fatal stabbing in April of Texas high school star athlete Austin Metcalf, a high-profile Anthony spokesman reacted Monday by calling for a fight against “white supremacy” and blasting “bigots” and “racists.”

Dominique Alexander — president of Next Generation Action Network — posted on X: “To the racists, the bigots, and those filled with hate who’ve targeted Karmelo, his family, and even myself — you do not intimidate us. We are not backing down.”

Alexander also asked Anthony supporters to “stand with us in the fight against white supremacy” as the case against him moves forward and added, “This case is yet another example of what it means to be Black in America, where even our self-defense is questioned, scrutinized, and politicized.”

Frisco police arrested Anthony and charged him with first-degree murder after Metcalf was fatally stabbed April 2 at a track meet at Kuykendall Stadium. Anthony reportedly told police, “I did it,” in reference to the stabbing after Metcalf allegedly put his hands on Anthony in an effort to get the suspect to leave from under a tent. Anthony has been claiming self-defense.

While Anthony is black and Metcalf was white, Metcalf’s father — Jeff Metcalf — early on urged those on social media to not use his son’s death to stir up political and racial divisiveness, WFAA-TV reported. (Read more from “Karmelo Anthony Spokesman Urges Fight Against ‘White Supremacy’ After Anthony’s Murder Indictment for Austin Metcalf Stabbing” HERE)