[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Seattle man accused of brutally murdering a transgender woman has been deemed unfit to stand trial.
Christopher Leahy, 31, allegedly stabbed University of Washington student Juniper Blessing, 19, more than 40 times in the laundry room of a Seattle student housing complex back in May.
Leahy has yet to enter a plea, with his arraignment delayed several times for psychiatric evaluations.
The results found the 31-year-old incompetent to stand trial, King County Superior Court Judge Joe Campagna said, The Seattle Times reported.
When an individual is found incompetent to stand trial, it means they cannot understand the court proceedings or help their attorney prepare a defense.
The state then requires short-term treatment to help restore their competency, which usually includes legal education and psychiatric medication.
If they are later found permanently incompetent, the charges are dismissed, and they may be placed in civil mental health treatment.
If treatment restores his competency, the alleged killer could be returned to custody to move forward with his criminal case.
Appearing via Zoom at Monday's arraignment, Leahy was informed that his psychiatric findings prohibit him from possessing a firearm.
Harrowing surveillance footage showed the unsuspecting teenager doing her laundry, unaware that a stranger who'd just crept into the room was about to murder her. "her"
Blessing, who was wearing a pair of rainbow soled sneakers, was gruesomely stabbed to death.
Another student came across the bloody scene around 10 minutes later and dialed 911.
Footage shared by prosecutors stops before the violence begins. Leahy is said to have killed Blessing as she emptied the washing machine's lint collector. "she"
The attack was a random one and Blessing did not know her killer, according to investigators. "her"
Prosecutors say the murder was premeditated and that Leahy had set out to kill a woman on the evening of the murder.
A woman? He screwed that up, then.
Leahy is said to have scoped out the laundry room before selecting Blessing as his victim. But NOT a "woman"
He followed a different young woman into the room at 9:45pm on May 10, around 15 minutes before the attack on Blessing.
He left the room one minute later, then returned to the area at 10pm while Blessing and another student were inside.
The suspect who cops say is Leahy appeared to scope out the security camera and its wires while Blessing sat on the floor in front of a dryer.
Prosecutors allege that Leahy unplugged the camera before he attacked Blessing, according to court documents obtained by KOMO.
Leahy turned himself in to the police days after the slaying, after surveillance pictures of the suspect were released amid an urgent manhunt.
He has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held on $10 million bail at the King County Jail.
Leahy was a student at University Prep, an elite $25,000-a-year private school in Seattle, and for some time, he was 'popular' among his peers, according to an old classmate speaking to the Seattle Times.
But the classmate said Leahy underwent a 'big personality shift' in tenth grade, saying there was a 'moment where the light went off a little bit where he wasn't social.'
It sounds like schizophrenia. But the photos at the time of the murder show him scrupulously well dressed and well groomed, so perhaps something else triggered the change at that point..
'He went from him hanging out with us to him sitting by himself and reading books,' the classmate, who wanted to remain anonymous, said.
Leahy became 'erratic,' according to his ex-peer, and, in one bizarre episode, he ranted to other students about drawing 'boxes inside of boxes that made no sense.'
Blessing's family said the transgender student was 'courageously living their life as who they were until it was tragically cut short.'
'Juniper was simply the most amazing human being we have ever known — highly intelligent, extremely talented, and deeply sensitive to the needs of others,' her family said in a statement via the Human Rights Alliance.
[WSB-Atlanta] Three men were arrested in the northern part of metro Atlanta during a drug operation that police say was tied to gang activity.
Athens-Clarke police seized thousands of dollars in cash, multiple guns and marijuana during a gang-related operation on Friday while executing search warrants at two locations, one on Rocksprings Court and one on Madison Avenue.
The Athens-Clarke County Police Department Gang Unit performed the operation alongside members of the Northeast Georgia Regional Drug Task Force, as well as the department’s K-9 Unit and Strategic Response Team.
During the operation, Jaylen Brown, 22, Tedero Phillips, 21, and Doukyius Clark, 19, were charged with violating the Georgia Street Gang Act and other drug-related offenses.
Officers seized seven firearms, 1.5 pounds of marijuana and $17,339 in cash. Jaylen, Tedero, and Doukyius. No photos provided, but none are actually necessary.
Related: Classic City News has photos of the feral yoots here.
[AP] DETROIT (AP) — Jerry Esters proudly displays the American flag each day on his Detroit home. A few miles away, Yvonne Pistochini says there is no scenario under which she would allow the Stars and Stripes to cast its shadow where she lives.
Both are Black.
For Esters, the flag represents the opportunities that allowed the great-great-grandson of slaves to find success and flourish. Pistochini, 79, simply says the America identified by the flag is not the same country she saw growing up.
Republicans and older, white adults are especially likely to say they fly the American flag, while younger Democrats and Black adults are more likely to say they don’t fly it. Views of the flag — and whether it’s a unifying or divisive symbol — track with other deep divisions among Americans, who see their country’s history and accomplishments very differently.
Americans’ views of "Old Glory" are divided by politics, age and race, according to a new survey conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday celebration.
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If a population is told (schooled) they have been systematically victimized since birth, don't be surprised if they reject historical representations and symbols of freedom and democracy of a 'repressive government.'
If that same 'repressive government' establishes and promotes entitlement and 'equality' as a cure for victimization, victimization is then accepted and institutionalized.
The Daughters of the American Revolution rejected a resolution on transgender membership.
The resolution aimed to bar male-born candidates from joining the organization.
Members voted 1,481 to 984 against the proposal at the 135th Continental Congress.
The Daughters of the American Revolution beat back a membership uprising over transgender membership, rejecting a resolution that would have barred male-born candidates from being admitted to the venerable women’s patriotic organization.
DAR members defeated the resolution, which would have clarified that applicants must be “born female” to be eligible for membership, at a Friday vote of the 135th Continental Congress at Memorial Continental Hall in the District.
Introduced by a cohort of members known as Daughters Advocating for Restoration, the proposal lost by a 1,481-984 vote of the assembly, according to Laura McDonald, a leader of the resistance group and treasurer of the DAR’s Martha Laird Chapter in Mount Pleasant, Texas.
An estimated five male-to-female transgender candidates have joined DAR chapters in recent years, spurring thousands of resignations and an internal battle over whether “daughters” include biological males who identify as women. "Daughters" with testicles. Invade an institution, gut it, wear it as a skinsuit
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I've worked with a few of their members in commemoration projects across different states and this really surprises me. The ones I've talked with have been extremely traditional women. That leaves me wondering if this wasn't part of some "planned takeover" composed of individuals joining the DAR solely to corrupt the institution. You certainly don't bump into them in the organization's more public and normal activities.
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The ones I've talked with have been extremely traditional women.
Same here, ChicagoNorth.
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some "planned takeover" composed of individuals joining the DAR solely to corrupt the institution
Of course. Just like Communists go to West Point and narco gang members join the Army, though the latter do it more to bring back the skills and training rather than to suborn from within.
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To be fair, one of my fellow PTA moms had been presented by her mother to the DAR at sixteen. She put up with it until she went off to college, then never went back. But she was a hippy California girl by nature and nurture, a master gardener specializing in regional native plants despite having worked the sales side of a Boston white shoe investment company until she married and settled down — which meant charming rich, older gentlemen over expensive expense account lunches into putting their money wherever the quants in the back office told her it should go that day.
#8
Wymyns really, really like the shims. Its odd, but there it is.
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Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute! Are you telling me that women got together and voted on something and the outcome turned out to be sorta messed up and completely goofy?
[Daily Mail, wjere America gets its news] A Texas pastor who served less than half of his 25-year sentence for his role in an online child sex ring was set to receive a hero's welcome with a community party after his release.
Jeremiah Busby, of Houston, pleaded guilty in 2017 after he was caught in an online sex sting in which he believed he was communicating with a 14-year-old girl, asking for nude photos and arranging to meet her for sex, according to KTRK News.
He already had a lengthy criminal record before his arrest, having previously served time for murder and aggravated robbery in Dallas, as well as a drug conviction.
But the pastor walked free on Tuesday when he was granted parole after serving just 12 years of his 25-year prison sentence.
Supporters planned a July 4 welcome-home celebration at Set Free Church on Uvalde Road, with social media flyers inviting the community to 'honor' the convicted church leader as he 'continues his journey with Christ.'
'I'm an advocate for second chances because someone did it for me,' Randy San Miguel, who organized the event, told KTRK News in a recent interview.
San Miguel, who met Busby in prison while serving time for car theft, said the pastor's contact with children would be monitored but stopped short of saying whether he had any concerns.
'I don't condone it. It's a crime. He got sentenced for it,' he told the outlet.
'How far do you take it? How far do you beat a dead dog? He was paroled, and he met his requirements. How much more?'
News spread like wildfire across social media, with hundreds expressing outrage over the 'audacity' of honoring a man found guilty of online solicitation of a minor.
'Why is he out walking free??!!!' one comment read.
Another said: 'There is something wrong in celebrating this.'
'Un-FREAKING-believable,' one user added.
The celebration was later called off after church leaders said they had not been aware of Busby's criminal past, adding that the presence of children in the congregation raised serious safety concerns, according to KTRK.
'Recently, an upcoming facility rental came to our attention that, upon closer review, does not align with our church's core values or our strict standards for a secure environment,' the church wrote in a statement shared to Facebook.
'The moment this information came to light, we terminated the rental agreement and issued a full refund,' they added. 'The event will not take place on our campus.'
Leaders explained that the event was booked through a third-party contract and that those behind it had no connection to or prior history with the ministry.
'Moving forward, we are reviewing and tightening our scheduling policies to ensure all outside organizations are thoroughly vetted against our community standards before approval,' the statement read.
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'The well-being of our congregation, students, and staff is and always will be our highest priority. We are fully committed to protecting the sacred space we share every week.'
Busby's arrest was first reported in 2015, the same year he founded PhoenX Ministries, which aimed to help former inmates still struggling to stay on the right path, according to The Courier of Montgomery County.
On November 2, 2015, a Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigator was running an undercover operation online, posing as a 14-year-old girl to lure suspected predators.
During the sting, detectives received several sexual messages from Busby over a five-day period, according to KTRK's previous reporting.
In the messages, Busby asked: 'Are you sexually active?', 'How many guys have you been with?' and 'Do you give oral sex?'
At the time, he was on parole for drug possession.
'You had someone who was not only attempting to turn their life around, or appeared that way, but who was very active in the community in doing that,' Chief Prosecutor Tyler Dunman said in 2017, according to The Courier.
'It's a very scary thing when you have an individual who you bring into that circle of trust that is still engaging in illegal conduct, especially to the degree that he was by soliciting sex from a 14-year-old,' he added.
Busby, who also requested naked photos from the child, arrived at the meeting location expecting to have sex, where he was ultimately arrested by authorities.
Dunman is a senior member of the Montgomery County Coalition Against Human Trafficking, a multi-agency group that meets regularly to monitor emerging human trafficking trends and how to combat them.
He revealed that Busby had attended several of those meetings as part of his ministry, and previously described him in a press release as a 'wolf in sheep's clothing.'
'What that means to me is that he was not genuine in his decisions or his involvement in actually wanting to turn his life around,' Dunman said.
'His ministry was based on turning lives of other men and women who were in prison around,' he added. 'The idea that he would throw all that away for something like this is a scary thought.'
Busby was arrested in Montgomery County on the charges and had a previous murder conviction from 1997 in Dallas County. He was among 27 arrested in the child-exploitation operation.
'These predators come in all shapes and sizes,' Dunman previously told KTRK. 'He represents the scariest type of sexual predator, the wolf in sheep's clothing.'
The disgraced pastor was ordered to register as a sex offender after his conviction and will remain on parole for around 14 years.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.
The justices relied on a long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, and more recent federal laws in ruling that anyone born in the country, with very limited exceptions, is a citizen.
The Republican president's restrictions had been blocked by several lower courts and had not taken effect anywhere in the U.S.
During arguments in April, both conservative and liberal justices questioned the order's legality in a momentous case that was magnified by Trump's unprecedented attendance in the courtroom.
The case framed another test of Trump's assertions of executive power that defy long-standing precedent for a court with a conservative majority and a robust view of presidential power that has largely ruled in his favor. In the notable exceptions when the court has not, Trump has responded with starkly personal criticisms of the justices.
The justices ruled on Trump's appeal of a lower-court ruling from New Hampshire that struck down the citizenship restrictions.
The birthright citizenship order, which Trump signed on the first day of his second term, is part of his administration's broad immigration crackdown.
Birthright citizenship was the first Trump immigration-related policy to reach the court for a final ruling. The justices previously struck down global tariffs Trump had imposed under an emergency powers law that had never been used that way.
Trump reacted furiously to the late February tariffs decision, saying he was ashamed of the justices who ruled against him and calling them unpatriotic.
He also seemed to recognize the court was likely to rule against him on birthright citizenship, too, using his Truth Social platform to criticize "dumb judges and justices" and wealthy pregnant women from China and elsewhere who come to the U.S. to give birth so their newborns will have American citizenship.
Trump's order would have upended widely held views that the 14th Amendment confers citizenship on everyone born in the U.S., excluding only the children of foreign diplomats and those born to a foreign occupying force.
The amendment was intended to ensure that Black people, including former slaves, had citizenship, though the Citizenship Clause is written more broadly. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside," it reads.
In a series of decisions, lower courts have struck down Trump's executive order as illegal. The decisions have invoked the high court's 1898 ruling in Wong Kim Ark, which held that the U.S.-born child of Chinese nationals was a citizen.
The Trump administration argued that the common view of citizenship is wrong, asserting that children of noncitizens are not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States and therefore are not entitled to citizenship.
More than one-quarter of a million babies born in the U.S. each year would have been affected by the executive order, according to research by the Migration Policy Institute and Pennsylvania State University's Population Research Institute.
While Trump has largely focused on illegal immigration in his rhetoric and actions, the birthright citizenship restrictions also would have applied to people who are legally in the United States, including students and applicants for green cards, or permanent resident status.
The Supreme Court may have done more Monday than give President Donald Trump new firing power — it may have opened the door to a far broader challenge to the modern administrative state, the sprawling network of federal agencies that many conservatives have long dubbed the "deep state."
In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled Trump could lawfully remove Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, overturning much of the nearly 90-year-old Humphrey's Executor precedent that had protected independent agency officials from at-will dismissal.
While Chief Justice John Roberts' majority opinion held that the FTC's leaders must remain accountable to the president because the agency exercises executive power, Gorsuch argued the ruling raises a broader constitutional question over whether Congress can continue allowing executive agencies to exercise sweeping legislative and judicial powers.
"The fourth branch's powers still exist; they have just been reassigned to the President," Gorsuch wrote in a concurring opinion.
That observation could become the next major front in the Supreme Court's ongoing effort to reshape the modern administrative state.
For decades, independent agencies such as the FTC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Communications Commission and National Labor Relations Board have combined multiple governmental functions under one roof. They investigate alleged violations, write regulations carrying the force of law and adjudicate enforcement actions through administrative proceedings.
With Humphrey's Executor now overruled, those agencies remain intact, but their leadership is subject to presidential control if they exercise executive power. Gorsuch questioned whether Congress can continue delegating broad legislative and judicial authority to agencies that are now unmistakably under presidential supervision.
"The power to write new regulatory crimes still exists," Gorsuch wrote. "The ability to judge disputes in-house remains, but now the house is white."
Carrie Severino, president of the Judicial Crisis Network, said Gorsuch's concurrence points toward the next phase of litigation.
"I think the next step in this type of litigation won't be looking at firings per se, but really trying to make sure all of these administrative agencies actually fall into one of our constitutional buckets," Severino said. "Are they executive agencies or are they legislative or are they judicial? You can't straddle all of this."
She said that while Monday's ruling restored presidential control over executive agencies, it did not resolve whether those same agencies can continue exercising quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial powers that Congress has delegated over decades.
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An unfortunate ruling. The globalists have spoken. So called "Birthright Tourism" must be stopped at the border. Schweizer expertly reveals the issue, which goes well beyond "tourism." The repair via a constitutional amendment is sadly, quite unlikely.
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They don't want acceptance, they want you to worship them and bow down.
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Standard Legal Rule of Law
A person committing a crime shall not profit from it.
Therefore, the fruits from the crime shall not be granted.
So if the parent(s) entered the USA illegally, they are criminals and subject to deportation. Having committed a crime to enter they have voided all rights to remaining here. If the female is here on a VISA and NOT A US Citizen. Then the born child is a citizen of the country of the female, and not the USA.
Time for Congress to modernize the 14th.
But, good luck with that. The Democrats vote like they want to allow in any person that does not understand the US Law, the BOR's and our Constitution in to milk them for political power.
A person must officially renounce all other citizenship statuses. Their originating country must officially revoke their citizenship. All before taking the final US Citizen Oath.
IF a naturalized US Citizen is found to of revolted or engaged in a armed conflict against the USA, that person shall be expelled once convicted.
— The Dallas Express News (@DallasExpress) June 29, 2026
From the linked article:
The United States recorded net negative international migration in 2025 for the first time in at least 50 years, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Brookings Institution.
More people left the country than arrived, marking a sharp reversal from decades of positive net migration.
Estimates for the net loss in 2025 range from 10,000 to 295,000 people. The shift resulted from both a significant drop in new arrivals and an increase in emigration. Projections for 2026 show the trend could continue, with net migration potentially remaining low or negative.
SHIFT IN MIGRATION PATTERNS
The change became evident in 2025. The Census Bureau reported that net international migration peaked at 2.7 million in 2024, then fell to about 1.3 million in 2025. It is projected to drop further to around 321,000 in 2026 if current trends hold.
This marks the first time since the Great Depression era that the U.S. has seen more people leave than enter on a net basis. Brookings Institution analysts estimated net flows between -295,000 and -10,000 for 2025.
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
The decline stems from reduced immigration inflows and higher emigration. Policies implemented after President Donald Trump ...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried.... took office in January 2025 contributed to stricter border enforcement and changes in legal immigration pathways. These included increased deportations and reduced approvals for certain visas and humanitarian programs.
Emigration also rose as some U.S. citizens and long-term residents moved abroad. Factors cited in reports include economic considerations, quality-of-life decisions, and responses to policy changes. The exact split between U.S. citizens and non-citizens leaving remains under analysis.
[RedState] As someone once famously said, in politics, most especially in elections, "It's the economy, stupid." There are other factors, of course, but most people vote with their wallets, and there are signs that the Trump administration's immigration crackdowns are having some economic benefits. Key among those benefits? Housing costs were inflated by the presence of illegal aliens, and should now be starting to moderate.
The link goes to a Wall Street Journal column by James Carter, former deputy assistant Treasury secretary (2002-06) and a deputy undersecretary of labor (2006-07). Mr. Carter's piece here is worth consideration. Key points, first, in employment, where wages are rising in key sectors:
Take construction, which relies heavily on immigrant labor. Wages in the sector grew at roughly 2.5% annually between 2010 and 2017. Now BLS data shows construction wages growing at 3.1% through the first quarter of 2026—above the sector’s pre-enforcement baseline, even as broader private-sector wage growth cooled to 3.4%.
It would be accurate to say that construction relies heavily on cheap, illegal immigrant labor - but no longer. Now these jobs are presumably being filled by Americans, who are being paid a healthier wage.
Housing costs, though, may be the big gain.
Housing is more complicated, which advocates of immigration enforcement should acknowledge. A 2024 study by Troup Howard, Mengqi Wang and Dayin Zhang found that heightened enforcement reduced residential construction workforces in affected counties, resulting in fewer homes built and higher prices.
But demand is shifting too. A recent Federal Reserve working paper finds that unauthorized immigration accounted for roughly 30% of house-price growth and 20% of rent growth in the average metro area between 2021 and 2024. As that demand eases, so should price pressure. Zillow reports national mortgage costs at their best level since August 2022, with affordability expected to improve in 49 of the 50 largest metros by year’s end.
The demand side would seem to be the key player here. In too many of our urban and suburban areas, housing is too expensive for many young people, and now we learn that people in the country illegally may well have driven the costs of private homes up by a third, and of rentals by about a fifth, which almost certainly overwhelms the supply end of the picture. We see this played out every day, in millions of American families; I have described before how it has affected my own family, wherein our two youngest daughters - both in their 30s - can only afford a nice rented townhome in a good neighborhood in a suburb of Denver because they are a three-person household, with our youngest living with her sister and brother-in-law.
This scenario is no doubt played out across the nation, in cities and suburbs, and now we see that illegal immigration may have been a major factor.
The Trump administration's immigration crackdown was initially couched in terms of crime, as in the president's vow to expel the worst first. But we are seeing now the economic benefits of controlled immigration as well: Housing costs beginning to drop, wages beginning to rise. That's a key message for the midterms.
[KhaamaPress] the loathesomeSheikh Hasina ...Bangla dynastic politician and now exiled former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She was President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia showed such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums. That is probably because Khaleda's late husband was the Pak tool who had Mujib assassinated... has pledged to return to Bangladesh this year despite being sentenced to death in absentia, saying she would overcome "every obstacle and conspiracy" to return to her country.
Speaking to Indian broadcaster NDTV from exile in India, the 78-year-old former prime minister dismissed the court ruling as politically motivated and accused Bangladesh’s judiciary of being used as a tool of political Dire Revenge. She said she was not afraid of death and described her planned return as an effort to restore democracy and the rule of law rather than pursue personal power.
Hasina fled to India in August 2024 after nationwide student-led protests forced her government from office, ending more than a decade in power. Bangladesh’s interim authorities later launched multiple investigations into alleged abuses committed during the unrest, including accusations that security forces used excessive force against protesters.
The political crisis has deepened divisions in Bangladesh, where the interim administration says legal proceedings against former officials are aimed at ensuring accountability. Supporters of Hasina and the Awami League argue the cases are politically driven and have called for the party’s restrictions to be lifted and detained members to be released.
Hasina also urged the current government to remove restrictions on the Awami League, withdraw what she described as fabricated cases against its members and free political prisoners. The Bangladeshi authorities maintain that the judicial process is independent and forms part of broader efforts to address alleged crimes committed during her administration.
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[Regnum] The death toll from the powerful earthquake in Venezuela has risen to 1,719. The number of injured has also increased. This was announced on June 29 by National Assembly Speaker Jorge Rodriguez.
"The death toll is 1,719, and 5,034 people are injured," the politician told reporters.
Previously, it was reported that 1,450 victims of the earthquake.
Earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 magnitudes struck Venezuela on the evening of June 24. The epicenters were in the state of Yaracuy, 16 km from the city of Morón and 24 km from San Felipe. The epicenters were located at a depth of approximately 10 km. A state of emergency was declared in the country. The tremors were felt throughout the country, as well as in neighboring Colombia, Brazil, and the Caribbean islands. I initially predicted (without pleasure) adding a zero to initial death estimates from the visible destruction. I may have lowballed by x10
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[REGNUM.RU] At least 13 people were injured in a magnitude 5.5 earthquake in Sichuan Province, located in southwest China. This was reported on June 29 by Chnfund, citing the Yibin city press service.
It is specified that 13 people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries; there are no casualties or serious injuries at this time.
The tremors were recorded on the evening of June 28 at 7:12 PM Moscow time. The epicenter was located near Shahe Township in Gao County, part of Yibin City. The earthquake's epicenter was located at a depth of 6 km.
To quickly respond to the emergency, the city headquarters activated the third level of emergency response out of four possible, with Level 1 being the highest. Approximately 200 people were evacuated and placed in safe zones. A search and rescue operation and earthquake cleanup efforts were organized.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] President Donald Trump demanded gas stations slash prices 'immediately' on Monday and urged retailers to start targeting gasoline at around $2.50 a gallon, warning there would be 'big problems' if they failed to act.
In a fiery Truth Social post, the president insisted fuel prices no longer reflected falling crude oil costs and accused retailers of overcharging motorists despite oil dropping to around $68 a barrel.
'Gasoline Retailers must get their Prices down, IMMEDIATELY!' Trump wrote.
'They're too high considering that Oil is now at $68 a Barrel, and heading south. The Retailers must quickly react to this statement, and do what they know is right — DROP YOUR PRICE FOR OUR GREAT AMERICAN PEOPLE!'
Trump then warned retailers not to profit from falling oil prices at the expense of consumers.
'There will be no gauging [sic], which is totally illegal. If Retailers don't do this, big problems lie ahead!' he wrote.
The president made a direct plea for retailers to 'Start targeting around the $2.50 a Gallon number,' before turning his attention to California's fuel taxes.
'And California should stop charging such heavy Taxes on their Gasoline. Soon the Tax will be higher than the Product itself, and the United States will not stand for it, nor will the People of California, who are being abused by these ridiculous Taxes, and by their own Government,' Trump wrote.
The swipe marked Trump's latest attack on fuel prices as he increases pressure on the energy industry to pass on lower crude oil costs to drivers filling up at the pump.
Just last week, Trump revealed he had instructed the Department of Justice to investigate whether major oil companies were keeping gasoline prices artificially high despite a decline in crude prices.
At the time, the president accused the industry of 'gouging' motorists by failing to reduce prices quickly enough after oil markets eased.
Oil prices surged earlier this year after the United States and Israel carried out strikes on Iran, prompting retaliatory attacks by Tehran against Israel and Gulf states hosting American military bases.
The heightened tensions rattled global energy markets and sent crude prices sharply higher, fueling concerns that Americans would once again face soaring costs at the pump.
Since then, diplomacy between Washington and Tehran and the extension of a ceasefire have helped ease fears of a broader regional conflict, allowing oil prices to retreat and providing some relief for motorists.
Trump argued those lower crude prices should now be reflected almost immediately at gas stations across the country.
Retail gasoline prices can lag because stations may still be selling fuel bought when oil was more expensive.
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We are being gouged, local gas station here went down then UP another 30 cents after the oil went down.
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For those around SE Texas, it's 3.04 at the QT in Cleveland.
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I saw $2.96 along I-35 north of Waco Saturday. Today it was $3.05 north of Dallas. 89 and 93 octanes are 0.35 - 0.50 higher.
If the Dems were still in power, we'd be wondering how the deep state was depressing prices to make the (D) president look good.
What's going on?
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Some gouging I'm sure, but maybe some of the small franchises and independents are worried things in the Persian Gulf will turn bad again and are worried about being able to pay to refill the gas tanks when they are empty.
[ZERO] In a time of heightened scrutiny on the memory supply chain, overnight the world's largest chipmaker, Taiwan's TSMC, is reportedly building out a domestic DRAM supply chain in Taiwan amid a severe global memory shortage, bringing in Winbond
…a Taiwan-based semiconductor and integrated circuit producer…
as a partner, UDN reported.
TSMC and Winbond are collaborating on a localized DRAM supply chain using 3D wafer-on-wafer (WoW) stacking technology, where Winbond would supply DRAM memory wafers to be stacked with TSMC's logic wafers. The move is designed to keep critical memory production close to home while feeding the demand of AI hardware.
Key details:
The tech: WoW uses hybrid bonding to directly stack logic chips and memory wafers vertically, creating tens of thousands to millions of micro copper interconnects — shortening data transmission distance versus traditional packaging, with higher bandwidth, lower latency, and better power efficiency. It's positioned as critical for AI servers, HPC, and edge AI devices.
Why Winbond: TSMC's WoW memory wafers have historically relied on Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron. With global memory supply extremely tight and those three running near full capacity, TSMC is diversifying. Winbond's long track record in niche/specialty DRAM and NOR Flash, plus its mature 12-inch wafer production, high yield, and quality control, made it a fit.
Strategic angle: This is framed as TSMC cultivating a domestic supply chain to strengthen Taiwan's self-sufficiency in AI chip components — elevating Winbond from a peripheral player to a core part of the global AI supply chain, and reinforcing Taiwan's overall position in AI semiconductor manufacturing.
Caveat: Winbond declined to comment on specific clients/deals, and TSMC had not responded by press time — this is sourced to unnamed industry insiders, not confirmed by either company.
Some more technical color on what Winbond actually brings:
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90% of the quartz for silicon chips is mined in NC
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@2 If they can manage to invade Taiwan in the first place. I've seen comments that say invading Taiwan would be a bigger effort than D-Day and the Chinese haven't had a number of amphibious invasions to learn from.
Iraq's Kurdistan Region is increasingly establishing itself as a major natural gas hub. A new pipeline connecting the Khor Mor gas field to Chamchamal and from there to a power plant in Sulaimani was completed this week, consolidating the area as a significant energy integration… pic.twitter.com/HS7CEmLsDf
Iraq's Kurdistan Region is increasingly establishing itself as a major natural gas hub. A new pipeline connecting the Khor Mor gas field to Chamchamal and from there to a power plant in Sulaimani was completed this week, consolidating the area as a significant energy integration node.
The Chamchamal field is also expected to begin producing natural gas by mid-2027, which will power the Bazian industrial zone. Together, these developments will supply more than 70 percent of the region's electricity, as well as most of Sulaimani's heavy industries by next year, with further expansion planned toward Erbil.
The strategic weight of this cluster is considerable. Khor Mor holds 8.47 Tcf gross 2P gas reserves; Chamchamal will add another 6.62 Tcf, bringing the combined total to 15 Tcf and making this the largest gas-producing zone in Iraq. Two additional major fields in the same vicinity, Miran and Kurdamir, have been licensed to American companies and are expected to reach production within the coming years, though their timelines remain uncertain.
[FoxNews] The Archdiocese of San Francisco has agreed to pay $395 million to settle more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by clergy and church officials, marking one of the largest abuse settlements in California and potentially ending a years-long bankruptcy battle.
The proposed settlement covers approximately 530 survivors and requires Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone to personally write an apology letter to each survivor.
It also mandates sweeping child protection and transparency reforms, including the publication of a list of clergy accused of abuse and a ban on confidentiality agreements that silence survivors. The settlement remains subject to approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
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It has been clear for over 40+ years that priests were doing alter-boys and others.
Yet there has been no real legal criminal or civil action applied that hurt the church.
Until now.
Think about the fact they have amassed this much $$$$$$$$ to cover these lawsuits.
It would seem to indicate these archdiocese's have not been using the donations as intended.
That it was being collected and stored like some Fortune 500 company.
Now usual questions.
When will this collection of known Pedophiles / Perverts be arrested and brought to criminal trial?
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@1 I forget where I read, but there was a rumor that the Catholic Church would send the pedophiles to the less well off parts of Africa. It may have implied/suggested that their life expectancy was much shorter.
[DM] Scientists at Duke University have discovered a way of coaxing adult cells to transform into specialised blood vessels that are key for eye health.
When injected into the eyes of mice with retinal diseases, the lab-grown 'retinal endothelial' cells integrated into damaged tissues and restored their function.
The researchers say these cells could be the basis of new breakthroughs in treatments for vision loss and eye disease.
These specialised blood vessel tissues keep the eye healthy, but their degeneration leads to diabetic retinopathy - a complication of diabetes and the leading cause of vision loss in the UK.
Labs currently rely on cells harvested and grown from real patients - making samples for research expensive and hard to come by.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[WSB-Atlanta] Three men were arrested in the northern part of metro Atlanta during a drug operation that police say was tied to gang activity.
[WashingtonTimes] 
[Daily Mail, wjere America gets its news] A Texas pastor who served less than half of his 25-year sentence for his role in an online child sex ring was set to receive a hero's welcome with a community party after his release. 
...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried....
