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Appeals Court Declares Structure of National Labor Relations Board Unconstitutional – RedState– redstate.com

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The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that the structure of the National Labor Relations Board is likely unlawful and blocked the NLRB from pursuing cases against SpaceX, pipeline operator Energy Transfer, and Aunt Bertha, which operates a social services search engine, pending the outcome of their lawsuits.

The ruling came from a three-judge panel, two of whom were appointed by Trump and one by G. H. W. Bush.

At issue was the NLRB’s enabling legislation that allegedly prevents the president from firing either NLRB members or the administrative law judges employed by the NLRB.

The Numbers: Bottom Falls Out of Crime in DC as Trump’s Takeover Restores Safety– www.westernjournal.com

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Go after the criminals, and crime goes down. And we are now seeing that in action in Washington, D.C.

Hundreds of arrests have taken place in the nation’s capital since President Donald Trump announced a crackdown in crime, with federal agents and the National Guard assisting law enforcement to clean up the streets.

According to the Washington Post, over 450 arrests have taken place since Aug. 7.

The D.C. Police Union released its numbers on social media platform X, showing how dramatically crime has gone down.

California Democrats Dodge Questions on Redistricting Maps, Urge Voters to ‘Just Enjoy the Food’ – RedState– redstate.com

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California Democrats never miss a chance to lecture the rest of the country about “protecting democracy.” But when it comes to their own backyard, they can’t even answer the most basic question:

Who drew the newly proposed California congressional maps?

That’s exactly what Sacramento reporter Ashley Zavala asked Assembly Elections Chair Gail Pellerin and Senate Elections Chair Sabrina Cervantes yesterday. What followed wasn’t transparency. It was a master class in political dodge, deflection, and double-speak.

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5 VA School Districts Are Losing Fed Funding Over ‘Trans’ Ideology– thefederalist.com

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After five far-left Northern Virginia school districts refused to stop forcing “transgender” policies on their students, the U.S. Department of Education is proceeding with suspending or terminating federal funding.

The Education Department announced Tuesday that the five Washington, D.C.-suburb districts — Alexandria City, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, and Prince William County — would be placed on “high-risk status,” meaning they will be forced to pay education expenses up front, and the federal government will only reimburse them.

More than $50 million in grant funding, including formula, discretionary, and impact aid grants, will be under the reimbursement status, meaning the districts will have to prove that federal dollars are being spent consistently with federal law in order to get federal funding.

U.S. Deploys Warships to Venezuela in Trump’s Cartel Crackdown– townhall.com

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The United States has deployed three Aegis guided-missile destroyers to the coast of Venezuela, amid President Trump’s push to pressure Latin American drug cartels.

The USS Gravely, the USS Jason Dunham, and the USS Sampson are set to arrive shortly, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to comment and spoke Tuesday on the condition of anonymity to the Associated Press. They confirmed that U.S. military assets are being sent to the region for counter-narcotics operations and that the destroyers would be deployed “over the course of several months.”

The move comes as President Trump pushes to use the U.S. military against the cartels he blames for flooding American communities with fentanyl and fueling violence in American cities – both through illegal immigration, cross-border drug trafficking, as well as other long-established smuggling networks across land and sea – that Washington has previously failed to completely counter.

Tulsi Gabbard revokes security clearances of dozens of officials over Russiagate– www.theblaze.com

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The fallout from revelations about the Russiagate scandal has led to security clearances being canceled for 37 current and former officials.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard posted a statement on social media on Tuesday about the decision ordered by President Donald Trump.

‘They undermine our national security, the safety and security of the American people and the foundational principles of our democratic republic.’

Trump Administration Just Went Nuclear on International Criminal Court Officials for Targeting Americans– townhall.com

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The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on four members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for targeting Israelis and Americans for prosecution.

The ICC last year issued warrants for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the sanctions in a post on X in which he explained that the ICC “continues to disregard national sovereignty and facilitate lawfare through efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, and prosecute American and Israeli nationals.”

 

Trump revokes Biden’s swamp-first regulations order– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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President Donald Trump is continuing to dismantle former President Joe Biden’s model for giving Washington bureaucrats power to regulate Main Street to Wall Street.

In a little-noticed executive order issued last week, Trump, in just 10 words, brushed aside a Biden order that was written to sound deregulatory but actually gave the Washington swamp extraordinary powers to consolidate its regulatory powers.

Trump’s executive order simply said: “Executive Order 14036 of July 9, 2021 (Promoting Competition in the American Economy), is hereby revoked.”

You CAN Fix Crime: Trump’s D.C. Crackdown Shames Every Democrat-Run City in America (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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Washington, D.C. is proving the left’s excuses on crime are nothing but lies. With President Trump and federal authorities taking control, crime in the nation’s capital is finally being crushed. When leaders have the will and the common sense to act, the streets can be cleaned up fast.

Meanwhile, look at Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and every other Democrat-run disaster zone. Crime is out of control, homelessness is rampant, and chaos rules the streets. These cities should be embarrassed—humiliated—that it took Trump and his team to show what’s possible when you stop coddling criminals and start protecting citizens.

Bondi announces cash reward for tips leading to arrests in DC– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Wednesday that the U.S. Marshals Service will give a $500 cash reward to anyone who provides a tip leading to an arrest in Washington, D.C., during President Donald Trump’s federal takeover.

“We have now made over 550 arrests in Washington, DC and have taken 76 illegal firearms off the streets—saving lives. You can help— (US Marshals Service) is offering a reward for any information leading to an arrest. Together, we will make DC safe again!” Bondi posted Wednesday on X with a QR code for submitting tips.

CNN Would Rather Talk About Slavery… and a Lefty MAGA Supporter Exposed Why That’s the Case– townhall.com

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CNN Would Rather Talk About Slavery… and a Lefty MAGA Supporter Exposed Why That’s the Case– townhall.com
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President Trump said something about the Smithsonian and being too focused on slavery, which you know would trigger a meltdown among those in the liberal media. The legacy press can now whine about his posts and ignore the ongoing peace talks to end the war in Ukraine—a story that likely drove up the blood pressures in newsrooms since everyone knows Trump is a lock for the Nobel Peace Prize if he pulls this off. Meanwhile, Trump continues to gash the media for being biased and unhinged. He’s also trying to reset the academic direction regarding this nation’s history, which is too focused on highlighting the sins of the past to handcuff progress. Liberals would rather trap us perpetually in 1877 to feed their victimhood fetish and their obsession with trashing America.

 

CNN did just that last night, having a lengthy segment on slavery, Trump’s remarks, and other silliness. We don’t need to do this: Slavery was our original sin, our republic collapsed because of it, we fought a civil war, and it’s gone. That’s the point. It’s no longer allowed, prohibited forever by the 13th Amendment. It remains our bloodiest war, but also our most moral. And we became a better country for it in the long run, obviously. But the Left would rather obsess about race and white supremacy, which isn’t an accident.

Lefty MAGA supporter Batya Ugar-Sargon ripped the guts out of the segment, noting that in 2012, white progressives became addicted to anything relating to race, slavery, and white supremacy, which was magnified by the liberal media. It was a surreal moment:

Meanwhile, Scott Jennings offered a take that not even liberals on the panel could reject. And no, Trump is not saying slavery wasn’t bad or never happened. It’s the ‘Great Awokening’ that he’s combating, but the Left is too stupid to realize that.

 

 

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Rubio announces sanctions against four more ICC officials– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced sanctions against four more International Criminal Court officials over the body’s investigation into alleged U.S. and Israeli war crimes.

Rubio announced that Judges Kimberly Prost of Canada and Nicolas Guillou of France, Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan of Fiji, and Prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang of Senegal were all being sanctioned over their role in investigating U.S. and Israeli nationals for alleged war crimes. All four were described as foreign nationals who engaged in efforts by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute U.S. or Israeli nationals “without the consent of either nation.”

The American Academy of Pediatrics is a left-wing activist group– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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The American Academy of Pediatrics is a left-wing activist group – washingtonexaminer.com

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The American Academy of Pediatrics has given up the ghost. Each set of recommendations and guidance from the organization shows it to be a left-wing activist group that should no longer be treated with the reverence that it once was.

The AAP has split from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance on COVID-19 vaccines for children. The CDC removed the COVID-19 vaccine from its immunization schedule recommendations for children, which lists vaccine recommendations from birth to age 18. The first COVID-19 vaccination recommendation for children was at six months old, along with their first vaccination for the flu.

Human embryo implantation recorded in real time– cosmosmagazine.com

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Researchers have captured 3D images of the moment a human embryo implanted itself in a system that simulates the uterine environment, helping scientists build a better understanding of what happens during the implantation process.

It had previously not been possible to observe the implantation process in humans in real time, with traditional methods limited to still images taken at specific moments during the process.

In Australia, almost 109,000 in vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycles were performed in 2022, with the live birth rate per embryo transfer cycle increasing to 29.9% from 27.3% in 2018. The researchers hope that improving the understanding of the implantation process could have a significant impact on fertility rates and the time taken to conceive through assisted reproduction like IVF.

NATO-like protection for Ukraine in focus as Zelensky, European leaders head for Trump meeting– www.france24.com

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European and NATO leaders are joining Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington on Monday to present a united front in talks with President Donald Trump as US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Sunday said Russia is open to the idea of the US and its European allies offering Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defence mandate.

Key stone tools in human development transported long distances 600,000 earlier than previously thought– cosmosmagazine.com

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Evidence from Kenya shows that key stone tools in the development of early humans were made by transporting materials over long distances 600,000 years earlier than previously thought.

An array of stone tools known collectively as the Oldowan toolkit were used by human ancestors to crush plant material and butcher large carcasses like those of hippopotamuses.

An Oldowan flake that was found alongside a hippopotamus shoulder bone at a hippo butchery site excavated in Nyayanga. Credit: T.W. Plummer, Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project.

Scientists just found a hidden factor behind Earth’s methane surge– www.sciencedaily.com

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Roughly two-thirds of all emissions of atmospheric methane — a highly potent greenhouse gas that is warming planet Earth — come from microbes that live in oxygen-free environments like wetlands, rice fields, landfills and the guts of cows.

Tracking atmospheric methane to its specific sources and quantifying their importance remains a challenge, however. Scientists are pretty good at tracing the sources of the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, to focus on mitigating these emissions. But to trace methane’s origins, scientists often have to measure the isotopic composition of methane’s component atoms, carbon and hydrogen, to use as a fingerprint of various environmental sources.

A new paper by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, reveals how the activity of one of the main microbial enzymes involved in producing methane affects this isotope composition.

The End of Handwriting | WIRED– www.wired.com

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People often credit my good handwriting to my Catholic school education—like a nun with a ruler and a taste for corporal punishment perfected my penmanship. But that’s not why. It’s because of my mom. An engineer by trade, she can execute the kind of perfect block letters that only come with years of working on a drawing board. As a kid, I worked to mimic her print as well as her incredibly ornate cursive. I don’t practice those skills nearly enough as an adult, though: As a reporter, speed trumps beauty when it comes to taking notes. Now, with so much of my job being done on a keyboard, I worry even that scrawl is at risk.

Mine is not an isolated devolution. Parents, educators, and fellow penmanship advocates have been lamenting the end of handwriting for years. Email began edging out cards and letters decades ago. Then smartphones hit the market, and our reliance on paper notes, wall calendars, and Post-it reminders dwindled. In US public schools, the focus has shifted from handwriting to typing, as more and more kids are exposed to iPads and computers in tandem with pencils.

NASA-developed printable metal can withstand extreme temperatures– phys.org

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Until now, additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, of engine components was limited by the lack of affordable metal alloys that could withstand the extreme temperatures of spaceflight. Expensive metal alloys were the only option for 3D printing engine parts until NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, developed the GRX-810 alloy.

The primary metals in the GRX-810 alloy include nickel, cobalt, and chromium. A ceramic oxide coating on the powdered metal particles increases its heat resistance and improves performance. Known as oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) alloys, these powders were challenging to manufacture at a reasonable cost when the project started.

However, the advanced dispersion coating technique developed at Glenn employs resonant acoustic mixing. Rapid vibration is applied to a container filled with the metal powder and nano-oxide particles. The vibration evenly coats each metal particle with the oxide, making them inseparable. Even if a manufactured part is ground down to powder and reused, the next component will have the qualities of ODS.

NASA locked them away for a year to test Mars simulation survival—what they did with a PS4 will stun you |– timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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In 2023, NASA conducted a groundbreaking experiment to simulate life on Mars, confining four volunteers in a habitat replica for over a year. The mission, known as CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog), aimed to study how humans cope with extreme isolation, limited resources, and communication delays. While the scientific focus was on survival, adaptation, and psychological resilience, the crew discovered an unexpected ally: PS4 gaming. Beyond entertainment, video games helped the volunteers maintain cognitive sharpness, reduce stress, and improve problem-solving skills, offering insights for the future of long-duration space missions.

Quantum device detects all units of electricity at once– www.newscientist.com

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A single quantum device could define all three units we use to understand electricity.

When you measure electricity, you need to find the flow’s current in amperes, its resistance in ohms and its voltage in volts. But before even getting started, researchers must agree on the size of each of these units. So far, this has required two separate quantum devices, and often, the costly and complicated task of visiting two separate laboratories.

Now, Jason Underwood at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Maryland and his colleagues have shown how we could instead characterise these units using a single device. “The idea of integrating those two quantum standards was always sort of a holy grail,” he says. “It’s been a long time coming. Like Sisyphus, we just kept pushing the rock up the hill.”

Trump cracks under pressure and explodes after Vladimir Putin claims | World | News– www.express.co.uk

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President Donald Trump seemed to crack on Truth Social Sunday as he condemned the media for reporting on his apparent pro-Russia stance following his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin.

Instead of pursuing a ceasefire agreement as originally planned, Trump said he would try to convince Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to concede land to the Kremlin in order to put an end to the more than three-year war.

Critics saw this outcome as an obvious bow to Putin, but the president disagreed.

“It’s incredible how the Fake News violently distorts the TRUTH when it comes to me. There is NOTHING I can say or do that would lead them to write or report honestly about me.” Trump wrote on social media.

Australian court fines Qantas $90 million for illegal layoffs– japantoday.com

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An Australian court fined Qantas Aus$90 million (U.S.$59 million) on Monday for illegally laying off 1,800 ground staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, ending a five-year legal battle over the workers’ rights.

Federal Court Justice Michael Lee said he wanted the penalty to be a “real deterrence” to firms that might be tempted by the financial rewards of breaching employment law.

Qantas decided to sack the workers and outsource their jobs in August 2020, a period of lockdowns and border closures when no COVID-19 vaccine existed.

Leaders have worked hard to get on the right side of ‘unpredictable’ Trump – precisely for moments like today | World News– news.sky.com

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Truly, this is a moment as important as it is unusual. History does not provide us a guide here.

Never before have we seen so many world leaders gather at such short notice for a meeting like this at the White House, and with a president as consequential as he is unpredictable.

The speed with which it has been organised is remarkable. A diplomatic source has framed the hasty gathering as “organic”; the obvious next step after the Alaska summit, the source said.

German foreign minister urges more pressure on Russia– japantoday.com

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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Monday called for stepped-up pressure on Russia, including more aid for Ukraine, to push Moscow into concessions toward a “just and lasting peace.”

Wadephul spoke in Tokyo as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The gathering follows Trump’s talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.

“It is probably not an exaggeration to say the whole world is looking to Washington,” he said at a press briefing alongside Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya.

Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger: An opportunity to reform railroad regulations– www.americanthinker.com

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In 1869, the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad met at Promontory Point, Utah, where the “golden spike” was laid that connected the eastern and western lines to form the first transcontinental railroad.

More than 150 years later, Union Pacific is still chugging along, albeit quite a bit faster these days.

On July 29, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern “announced an agreement to create America’s first transcontinental railroad.”

“These legendary companies will seamlessly connect over 50,000 route miles across 43 states from the East Coast to the West Coast, linking approximately 100 ports and nearly every corner of North America. This combination will transform the U.S. supply chain, unleash the industrial strength of American manufacturing, and create new sources of economic growth and workforce opportunity that preserves union jobs,” according to the Union Pacific press release.

Hurricane Erin could unleash 100-foot waves across the East Coast this week, forecasters warn– www.livescience.com

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Coastal flooding and life-threatening rip currents are expected as Hurricane Erin barrels towards the East Coast this week, and the powerful storm has the potential to unleash 100-foot (30 meter) waves, forecasters warn.

Hurricane Erin emerged as the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season over the weekend, rapidly intensifying on Saturday (Aug. 16) to become a Category 5, the strongest type of hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale. Erin then weakened and strengthened again and, at the time of writing, is a Category 4 with sustained wind speeds of about 130 mph (215 km/h).

Rubio Confirms: US in Process of Designating Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group– gellerreport.com

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday that the U.S. is in the process of designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization.

Speaking to Sid Rosenburg of “Sid and Friends in the Morning,” Rubio was asked about the support that New York Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is getting from groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood.

“Why wouldn’t you guys designate the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR? I just – I look at these organizations, I have a mayor’s race here in New York City with this psycho, this lunatic Mamdani. Both of these groups you know are behind him, especially the Muslim Brotherhood. Is that something you think we can count on maybe in the near future? Maybe not CAIR just yet, but certainly the Muslim Brotherhood?” Rosenberg asked, referring to the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Louisiana AG Liz Murrill Files MASSIVE Lawsuit Against Popular Gaming Site Roblox, Calling It a Breeding Ground for Sex Predators | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has filed suit against Roblox Corporation, the company behind the wildly popular gaming platform marketed as the “#1 gaming site for kids and teens,” alleging it has become a hunting ground for child predators and a cesspool of sexual exploitation.

“Today I’m suing Roblox – the #1 gaming site for children and teens – and a breeding ground for sex predators,” Murrill announced on X.

U.S. State Department Slams Anti-Free Speech U.K. in Human Rights Report– www.newsbusters.org

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The State Department just made clear that America will no longer aid or ignore foreign censorship, calling out threats to Americans and American companies.

State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce took a subtle jab at the Biden administration when on Aug. 12 she announced that new additions to the 2024 Human Rights Report, are “addressing abuses that had not previously been covered,” including the global free speech crisis developing in places like the United Kingdom (U.K.). Bruce criticized the previous administration’s approach to human rights, saying that this year’s report “Is responsive to the legislative mandates that underpin the report rather than an expansive list of politically biased demands and assertions.”