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Previously of the South Florida Daily Blog & Stuck on the Palmetto. Politics, cars, craft beer crusader, the outdoors & life. Pro gun sense. Sharer of interesting news. NY Times famous. Most photos shared here are not mine and are properly sourced.

Pretty concerning how vulnerable America's water supply is to malicious actors. Prior attempts to strengthen our defenses have been blocked by Republicans and a sense of complacency that exists within government agencies that hinders taking significant proactive actions before something happens.

Suspected Iran Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect (Gift Article)

Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.

nytimes.com

It's official. "Hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants shielded from deportation lost that official protection on Wednesday when a federal judge in Washington, D.C., lifted her stay that had blocked the Trump administration from carrying out its policy to end it." 🎁🔗

TPS ends for 350,000 Haitians: Federal judge lifts stay after Supreme Court ruling

Dread over the impending end of TPS has been hanging over the Haitian community in South Florida, where many fear Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids are imminent.

miamiherald.com

"LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil announced an agreement Wednesday with a lead investor that would allow the rival league to forge ahead without the backing of Saudi funding while making players major equity holders. O’Neil did not identify the investor..." 🤔

LIV Golf has lead investor and planning ahead for another season

LIV Golf says it has a lead investor that will allow the league to plan ahead for 2027 and beyond. The rival league has been in survival mode since March when the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabi...

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The world saw what happened on J6 and while we don't need a court to validate our observations, this hurts. History will never forget who were the architects of the rebellion nor will it forget who participated and who enabled their actions afterward. That can't be erased or forgotten.

Judge Pained as He Grants Dismissal of Jan. 6 Charges Against Oath Keepers (Gift Article)

The judge, Amit P. Mehta, blasted the administration’s request for a dismissal in the case, saying it bestowed “unearned grace” on the Oath Keepers defendants “by wiping their records clean.”

nytimes.com

"A four-tonne piece of a SpaceX rocket was believed to have unintentionally crashed into the Moon on Wednesday, a collision that posed no danger to Earth but is expected to leave behind a lunar crater." Mission accomplished?

SpaceX rocket stage believed to have slammed into Moon

A four-tonne piece of a SpaceX rocket was believed to have unintentionally crashed into the Moon on Wednesday, a collision that posed no danger to Earth but is expected to leave behind a lunar crater....

yahoo.com

Yes, history will remember Donald Trump as "The Ethics President." For sure. The vast majority of Republicans contribute what qualifies as solid SNL script and Onion reading material each and every day.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

Sen. Cynthia Lummis says on her crypto bill that "the president agreed to an ethics provision that no president has ever agreed to. He's gone further to protect ethics than any president in history, yet the Democrats want more." 🙃

August 5, 1981: President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work. [The Miami Herald - August 6, 1981]

Article from the August 6, 1981, edition of the Miami Herald covering Ronald Reagan's firing of thousands of striking air traffic controllers.

The Dade County Mosquito District used a biplane to spray for mosquitoes using DDT back in 1949. "The plane carries 100 gallons of D.D.T., enough to spray an area of about 200 acres." [Miami Daily News - August 4, 1949]

PLANE VS. MOSQUITO—“Randy” Brown pilots aircraft from Brown’s airport near Kendall in daily spraying operation against mosquitoes. The plane carries 100 gallons of D.D.T., enough to spray an area of about 200 acres. With mosquito invasion on the increase, planes are covering most of the Greater Miami area.

"A bison was caught on camera charging after a child at Yellowstone National Park just weeks after a man was thrown into the air." I know it's not a fair assessment but sometimes I swear we are a country made up of mostly idiots. via ABC News

"Hundreds of Haitian immigrants in Ohio who had Temporary Protected Status have been summoned by the Department of Homeland Security for in-person 'check-ins' with the agency, where some have been fitted with ankle monitors..." And so it begins...

Some Haitian immigrants in Ohio told to report to ICE and given ankle monitors

Hundreds of Haitian immigrants in Ohio who had Temporary Protected Status have been summoned by the ICE for in-person "check-ins," immigration advocates say.

abcnews.com

Retired U.S. Army captain with a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star gets manhandled by Idaho National Guard troops outside her home in DC because they thought she was the person who had assaulted a guard member a couple days earlier. Now she's suing. Trump's America...

A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suing

Military veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home.

npr.org

"Chipotle Mexican Grill said Tuesday that it had removed jalapeños from some of its restaurants after determining the peppers could potentially be tied to a salmonella outbreak public health officials are investigating." "Eat your vegetables!" no longer popular with parents...or anyone these days.

Chipotle pulls jalapeños from some restaurants as health officials investigate salmonella outbreak

Chipotle Mexican Grill says it has removed jalapeños from some of its restaurants after determining the peppers could potentially be tied to a salmonella outbreak public health officials are investiga...

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"The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress." What a waste of money, manpower and the lives of those deployed.

Guard deployment to Washington into 2029 will cost roughly $1.4B, estimate shows

The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress.

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