House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) delivered a theatrical speech spanning more than 6 hours on Thursday morning, voicing his opposition to President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” and the after-show reviews could not be more negative.
Jeffries began the speech just after 5 a.m., announcing he would take his “sweet time” to hold up the bill&#8217;s vote, prompting House Democrats to cheer and applaud.
But their excitement didn’t last long.
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Hours into the speech, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) appeared to have fallen asleep, seen with her eyes clamped shut as Jeffries rambled on.
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WATCH:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OH09?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OH09</a>’s <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMarcyKaptur?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMarcyKaptur</a> is fully asleep while <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJeffries</a> is ranting 😂 <a href="https://t.co/RNw6W38wtX">https://t.co/RNw6W38wtX</a> <a href="https://t.co/pI4uHJzybn">pic.twitter.com/pI4uHJzybn</a>
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Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) was also caught taking a snooze, leaning back in her seat with two open bottles of sparkling water sitting in front of her.
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WATCH:<a href="https://twitter.com/RepDebDingell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepDebDingell</a> is asleep in a hearing room <a href="https://t.co/AhVaGiFjcf">pic.twitter.com/AhVaGiFjcf</a>
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During the speech, X posts mocking Jeffries’ theatrics rolled out in droves.
“Have you ever — ever — seen a losing team hang around the field this long?” conservative broadcaster Hugh Hewitt wrote. “Dems don’t understand they are conducting an hours-long surrender ceremony.”
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Have you ever —ever— seen a losing team hang around the field this long? 
Dems don’t understand they are conducting an hours-long surrender ceremony.
&mdash; Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) <a href="https://twitter.com/hughhewitt/status/1940780330581098726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Dan Scavino, the official White House accountant, posted a clip of Jeffries overlaid with a superimposed image of Trump playing an out-of-tune version of Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” on a flute.
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Even Vice President JD Vance weighed in, delivering the final twist of the knife.
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GOP Congressman just texted me: 
“I was undecided on the bill but then I watched Hakeem Jeffries performance and now I’m a firm yes.”
&mdash; JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance/status/1940744435874324894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“GOP Congressman just texted me: ‘I was undecided on the bill but then I watched Hakeem Jeffries performance and now I’m a firm yes,’” he posted.

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Former ESPN host Keith Olbermann clashed with Riley Gaines this week following the University of Pennsylvania’s decision to strip trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas of his program records.
Olbermann called Gaines “whiny” in an X post on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights announced its agreement with UPenn.
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Wanted to congratulate Whiny Gaines on now being able to say she finished tied for FOURTH not tied for FIFTH in the Lia Thomas race (<a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Riley_Gaines_</a>)
&mdash; Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1940215159034941516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“Wanted to congratulate Whiny Gaines on now being able to say she finished tied for FOURTH not tied for FIFTH in the Lia Thomas race,” he wrote.
Thomas, who is biologically male, was the first trans-identifying swimmer to win an NCAA Division I title, setting multiple school records and tying for fifth place with Gaines in the 200-yard freestyle event at the 2022 NCAA Division I Women&#8217;s Swimming and Diving Championships. Since then, Gaines has actively spoken against biological men competing in women’s sports.
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“Thank you!” Gaines shot back in a reply to Olbermann. “And while you’re keeping track, make sure to congratulate Emma Weyant, the right National Champ in the 500 freestyle, too.”
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Thank you! And while you’re keeping track, make sure to congratulate Emma Weyant, the right National Champ in the 500 freestyle, too. 
(If you&#39;re insinuating 5th in the nation is bad, what do you call a man who ranks 462nd nationally in the men&#39;s category?) <a href="https://t.co/liCRPraFQD">https://t.co/liCRPraFQD</a>
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Emma Weyant finished in second place behind Thomas in the 500 freestyle at the 2022 NCAA swimming championship.
She added, “If you&#8217;re insinuating 5th in the nation is bad, what do you call a man who ranks 462nd nationally in the men&#8217;s category?”
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning men from competing in women’s sports. The NCAA updated its gender eligibility policies in compliance with the administration.
UPenn President J. Larry Jameson <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/riley-gaines-clashes-keith-olbermann-after-upenn-strips-lia-thomas-program-records?intcmp=tw_fnc&amp;taid=686554021cab570001444d27&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">said</a> the university plans to “fully comply” with both Title IX and the NCAA’s new policies.
“The University will not – on the basis of sex – exclude female students from participation in, deny female students the benefits of, or subject female students to discrimination under, any athletics programs,” Jameson said. “In addition, in providing to female student-athletes intimate facilities such as locker rooms and bathrooms in connection with Penn Athletics, such facilities shall be strictly separated on the basis of sex and comparably provided to each sex.”

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Stephen Ireland, who has repeatedly attacked J.K. Rowling online for her pro-woman and anti-trans stances, was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Monday for raping a 12-year-old boy.
Ireland co-founded the pro-LGBT UK-based group Surrey Pride in 2018, and since then, has used his position to lash out at the “Harry Potter” author, labeling her a TERF (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist) for advocating that women must be protected from biological men taking over their spaces.
“How to ruin a legacy… Become a TERF!” he <a href="https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/06/30/pride-founder-who-repeatedly-attacked-jk-rowling-online-gets-30-years-for-rape-n3804344">wrote</a> in a 2020 X post shared by J.K. Rowling on Monday. “Very disappointing JK!”
Another post from 2020 read, “The sorting hat has decided… @JK_Rowling ‘House of TERF.’”
Ireland, 41, raped the child at a flat in Addlestone, a town about 18 miles from London, after messaging him on Grindr, a dating app for gay men. The victim told police they had sex in the flat, smoked methamphetamine, and watched pornography, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kkrxdpndo">according</a> to the BBC.
The child initially lied to Ireland about his age, saying he was 17 before later claiming he was 13.
“OK &#8211; we just have to keep it a secret,” Ireland said when the child told him this, and later asked if he would do it again with his flatmate, David Sutton, who was a Surrey Pride volunteer.
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Ireland and Sutton were both found guilty of a string of sexual crimes against children, including voyeurism, arranging commission of a child sex offense, and &#8220;possession and distribution of prohibited images of children.&#8221;
On Monday, Judge Patricia Lees said that Ireland “took advantage” of the 12-year-old boy.
“Far from finding that repugnant, you found that exciting, and sought to do it again,” she said. 
Ireland was sentenced to 24 years for the rape, as well as a further 6 years on &#8220;extended license,&#8221; often part of an extended sentence for offenders deemed a significant risk to the public. Sutton was sentenced to four-and-a-half years for making inappropriate images of children and the possession of an extreme pornographic image.
After enduring much online abuse from Ireland, Rowling weighed in on the sentencing in an X post.
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Stephen Ireland, who targeted me with endless abuse on here because I oppose the chemical castration of children and the removal of protected spaces for women and girls, has just been sentenced to 30 years in jail for child rape. <a href="https://t.co/0HHctRocB4">pic.twitter.com/0HHctRocB4</a>
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1939783256620298492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“Stephen Ireland, who targeted me with endless abuse on here because I oppose the chemical castration of children and the removal of protected spaces for women and girls, has just been sentenced to 30 years in jail for child rape,” she wrote.

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This summer, Netflix will team up with NASA to livestream rocket launches, spacewalks, mission coverage, and live views of Earth from the stars.
The streaming giant announced these plans in an X post on Monday, saying they are excited to “bring space a little closer to home.”
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Netflix is teaming up with NASA to bring space a little closer to home.
Beginning this summer, Netflix will begin to stream LIVE rocket launches, astronaut spacewalks, mission coverage, and breathtaking live views of Earth from the International Space Station. <a href="https://t.co/vBDMCkz0yP">pic.twitter.com/vBDMCkz0yP</a>
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NASA dubbed the partnership “NASA+,” and the agency says their work in science and exploration will become more accessible than ever, as Netflix harbors a global audience of over 300 million subscribers.
Their stated goal is “to bring the excitement of the agency’s discoveries, inventions, and space exploration to people, wherever they are.”
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“The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 calls on us to share our story of space exploration with the broadest possible audience,” Rebecca Sirmons, general manager of NASA+ at the agency’s Washington headquarters, <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-is-coming-to-netflix-this-summer/">said</a>. “Together, we’re committed to a Golden Age of Innovation and Exploration — inspiring new generations — right from the comfort of their couch or in the palm of their hand from their phone.”
The partnership comes after a surge in rocket launches, particularly by tech-titan Elon Musk’s SpaceX. According to <a href="https://spaceexplored.com/spacex-launches-2025/">Space Explored</a>, the billionaire has already launched 81 rockets this year. Currently, NASA’s missions remain in low-Earth orbit.
NASA+ will be available for free through the NASA app and on the agency’s <a href="https://plus.nasa.gov/">website</a>.

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Comedian and actress Kathy Griffin seemed to call for political violence this weekend, posting a video to TikTok that showed craft severed heads of four billionaires — including President Donald Trump.
In the video, artwork depicting the decapitated heads of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Donald Trump, all with blood dripping from their necks, hangs from a wall. The clip ends with Griffin tilting her head, a smirk crossing her face as text above her reads: “That’s all.”
The X account Libs of TikTok reposted the video and called for the FBI to investigate her.
“Kathy Griffin apparently posted this video which appears to be decapitated heads including Trump,” wrote the person behind the account. “This should be investigated @FBI.”
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Kathy Griffin apparently posted this video which appears to be decapitated heads including Trump
This should be investigated <a href="https://twitter.com/FBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBI</a> <a href="https://t.co/IwLL5l9ta1">pic.twitter.com/IwLL5l9ta1</a>
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1939415591703703819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Griffin has previously come under fire for media stunts involving severed heads. In 2017, she posted a video of herself holding a mask styled to look like the decapitated head of Trump. After significant backlash, Griffin took the post down and apologized for the incident.
At the time, Lisa Bloom, an attorney for the actress, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/02/comedian-kathy-griffin-under-secret-service-investigation-after-trump-photo-lawyer.html">said</a> that “Griffin never imagined that it could be misinterpreted as a threat of violence against Trump. That was never what she intended. She has never threatened or committed an act of violence against anyone.”
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Still, CNN fired Griffin from their New Year&#8217;s Eve broadcast, and Squatty Potty, a toilet stool company, dropped her as a spokesperson.
Considering the backlash she received in 2017, it is no surprise that conservatives are not happy with her latest video.
“How is she still not in jail?” one X user <a href="https://x.com/AverageJoCrypt0/status/1939416380744573389">wrote</a>.
Others, however, <a href="https://x.com/TheGasStovee/status/1939415810398621732">defended</a> her, claiming that “freedom of expression” protects the video. Calls for political violence are not protected speech in the United States.

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Climate change activists are now arguing that simply owning a dog can increase a person’s carbon footprint.
A <a href="https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/6/pgaf191/8159053?login=false">finding</a> published in PNAS Nexus says that, supposedly, people overestimate the climate benefits of activities like recycling or switching light bulbs. At the same time, they underestimate other beneficial impacts, such as taking fewer flights.
“We think, ‘I have to recycle this and it will help the planet,’” Madalina Vlasceanu, an assistant professor of environmental social sciences at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, <a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_climate_messaging_can_backfire_and_how_to_improve_it">told</a> the Greater Good Magazine. “It’s less likely you will hear that if you fly less, that’s the best you can possibly do, lifestyle-wise.”
Another “underestimated” benefit is cutting back on beef intake. According to <a href="https://earth.org/environmental-impact-of-pets/">Earth.org</a>, pets’ meat consumption accounts for 64 million tons of annual carbon dioxide emissions in the United States. That adds up to 25-30% of the environmental impact of meat intake.
In a list of ideas on how to reduce one’s carbon footprint that includes switching to public transport and eating poultry instead of beef, Greater Good Magazine suggested people “opt out of getting a dog.”
Man’s best friend is just the latest victim of climate activists’ propaganda. To them, owning a dog is an activity even dedicated climate change sympathizers engage in without realizing it, and they blame people who aren’t fully dedicated to the cause for furthering these issues.
“People will engage in lifestyle changes when they think it’s easy to do. It’s less important to them if it’s effective,” Vlasceanu said. “For collective action, it is more important to people that the action they engage in will actually result in a meaningful change.”
Though it seems like a lost cause to try and convince people to radically change their lifestyle so it fits a fear-based narrative, activists are not letting up.
“In order to meaningfully address climate change, experts have agreed that we will need lifestyle change and collective action,” Vlasceanu said. “Both of these have to work together. This is a critical part of the pathway to net zero.&#8221;

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It’s been exactly a year since the disastrous debate that plunged former President Joe Biden into a sea of media trouble.
On June 27, 2024, Biden and current President Donald Trump took the stage to hash it out while America watched. Leading up to the debate, Biden hid himself and his team away at Camp David in preparation while questions about his obvious mental decline circulated among the public.
Nevertheless, the former president — or rather, his team — were dead set on upholding his image. The day of the debate, Biden joked on X that “performance enhancers” were making him feel “jacked up.”
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I don&#8217;t know what they&#8217;ve got in these performance enhancers, but I&#8217;m feeling pretty jacked up.
Try it yourselves, folks.
See you in a bit: <a href="https://t.co/vD3mL9slj1">https://t.co/vD3mL9slj1</a> <a href="https://t.co/Li4EM9mzve">pic.twitter.com/Li4EM9mzve</a>
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1806486230084812937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The debate itself proved otherwise.
While onstage, Biden could barely get his words out, stumbling over himself and letting his sentences trail off all while Trump stood quiet, letting him attempt to speak.
Biden fumbled the topic of illegal immigration, arguing that Border Patrol endorsed him, a claim later refuted by the Border Patrol Union itself.
“To be clear, we never have and never will endorse Biden,” the Union posted on X.
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To be clear, we never have and never will endorse Biden.
— Border Patrol Union &#8211; NBPC (@BPUnion) <a href="https://twitter.com/BPUnion/status/1806501048724430943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“I’m going to continue to move until we get the total ban on the — the total initiative relative to what we’re going to do with more Border Patrol and more asylum officers,” Biden rambled, his voice muffled.
When the moderator prompted Trump to respond, he nonchalantly said: “I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either.”
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DJT: &#8220;I really don&#8217;t know what he said at the end of that sentence — I don&#8217;t think he knows what he said, either.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/YoeyJT4753">pic.twitter.com/YoeyJT4753</a>
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1806501841955655733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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After gaffing that there are “a thousand trillionaires” in America, Biden attempted to address national debt, arguing that Trump had the “largest national debt of any president in a four year period.”
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“We’d be able to make sure that all those things we need to do — child care, elder care — making sure that we continue to suspend — strengthen our health care system, making sure that we’re able to make every single solitary person — uh — eligible for what I’ve been able to do with the — uh — w-w-with the COVID — excuse me, with — um — dealing with everything we have to do with — uh — look — when we finally beat medicare —” Biden mumbled before the moderator cut him off.
“Well,” Trump replied, “he’s right. He did beat Medicare. He beat it to death.”
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After Biden struggled to make it through his closing statement, the debate ended. Later, footage emerged of former first lady Jill Biden helping lead her husband, who looked as though he didn’t know where he was, off the stage.
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Jill Biden leading Dementia Joe off stage. Wow…. <a href="https://t.co/aEVn6OVSFH">pic.twitter.com/aEVn6OVSFH</a>
— Paul Hookem (@PaulHook_em) <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulHook_em/status/1806529785872412921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The media erupted into a frenzy over Biden’s disaster of a performance. Even liberal networks couldn’t defend his obvious blunders, with New York Times Columnist Thomas L. Friedman saying the debate made him “weep” and that the former president had “no business running for re-election.”
Some liberal commentators attempted to salvage a semblance of dignity for Biden. Gen Z political content creator Harry Sisson tried to argue that the debate “wasn’t anything.”
“It doesn’t matter what the candidates say on stage,” he said. “It matters what they would do as president.”
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Biden and Trump just finished debating. The conclusion? Biden is the right man for the job. <a href="https://t.co/ZbSeyFA5ZO">pic.twitter.com/ZbSeyFA5ZO</a>
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) <a href="https://twitter.com/harryjsisson/status/1806535524548546651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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He was universally mocked for this, with Fox News contributor Tomi Lahren asking if he was “getting paid triple to lie.”
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Are you getting paid triple to lie about this, Harry?
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The debate marked a significant shift in the Democratic Party, and 28 days later, Biden officially announced his intention to drop out of the race. Former Vice President Kamala Harris replaced him on the ballot, a move that proved to be damaging, as President Donald Trump won both the popular and electoral vote and took back the White House.

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A shocking poll <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/women-safety-london-streets-shock-poll-itv-sadiq-khan-sarah-everard-met-police-b1234774.html">found</a> that over half of London women do not feel safe in the capital city.
ITV News London <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/london/2025-06-24/hold-us-to-account-over-target-to-reduce-violence-against-women-and-girls">conducted</a> the Survation poll of 1,528 women and discovered that 57% of respondents do not feel safe on the city streets. Only 32% said they do. Nearly half said they have been followed or verbally harassed by a man, while a third said they’ve experienced physical or sexual assault, some more than once.
The issue of women’s safety in London has gained traction over the last few years, especially after the murders of Sarah Everard and Zara Aleena, as well as sisters Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry.
Mayor Sadiq Khan, who is Muslim, <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/london/2025-06-24/hold-us-to-account-over-target-to-reduce-violence-against-women-and-girls">told</a> ITV News London that every three days, a woman in London is killed at the hands of a man.
“Across the globe it is every 10 minutes,” he said. “We&#8217;re doing our bit from City Hall, but we can&#8217;t do it ourselves. That&#8217;s why we are working really closely with the police, with the courts, with the CPS, with the judiciary, but also schools. It&#8217;s got to start from primary school.”
Despite the government committing to halving violence against women within the next decade, 58% of poll respondents said they do not believe the mayor is doing enough on the issue, with only 26% saying better education for young boys would help. 51% said increasing the number of law enforcement officers would make them feel safer. 
Jess Phillips, the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls, <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/london/2025-06-24/hold-us-to-account-over-target-to-reduce-violence-against-women-and-girls">said</a> the poll figures “saddened” her.
“Every woman I know has been harassed at some point in their life,” she stated.
When asked whether London has become more or less safe over the previous five years, 49% said it has become less safe while only 21% said it has become more safe.
Ben Russel, the Met’s deputy assistant commissioner, said that the volume of violence against women and girls is the real challenge.
“We are receiving thousands and thousands of reports every year. … We know we have got more to do to get to where we want to be. But it&#8217;s something that is important and we all recognise that,” he said.

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Joe Rogan brutally corrected Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) over a claim he made about climate change on Tuesday, using data to show the globe is not experiencing a heat spell.  
Sanders, who <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYVzme2fybU">appeared</a> on Rogan’s podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, claimed that climate change “ain’t a hoax” and that sourcing energy from more natural resources will create millions of jobs. 
“I think the last ten years have been the warmest on record,” Sanders said. “We can create millions of good-paying jobs by transforming our energy system away from fossil fuel to energy efficiency, to solar, to wind, and to other sustainable energies.”
“First of all,” Rogan replied, “the reality is that the earth’s temperature has never been static, right? We can both agree on that. It’s always been up and down. There’s been ice ages and heat waves. And then, The Washington Post looked at it. … Essentially, they found that we’re in a cooling period.”
Rogan then brought up The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/09/19/earth-temperature-global-warming-planet/">article</a> that directly contradicted Sanders’ claim that the last ten years have been the hottest ever recorded.
“This was, like, a very inconvenient discovery,” Rogan said as Sanders remained silent. “But they had to report the data, and kudos to them for doing that.”
The report claims that the hottest temperature Earth has ever reached is an average of 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit. According to the study, this happened nearly 100 million years ago and is far hotter than the 58.86 degrees average the planet hit in 2023.
“Well, I’m not sure,” Sanders responded. “I didn’t read that article, but — but the scientists who are out there — I think —”
“I know,” Rogan interrupted. “But there’s a lot of money involved in that, too, Bernie. That’s part of the problem. There’s a lot of money involved in this, this whole climate change emergency issue. And there’s a lot of control.”
Sanders pivoted from arguing that the earth is experiencing a heat spell but doubled down on the claim that climate change is a “global issue,” especially when it comes to China’s carbon footprint. 
“All I can tell you is that we are, in my view, going to see more extreme weather disturbances in the coming years than we have ever,” he said. “We’re seeing them right now.”
Sanders did not offer any examples of these supposed disturbances.

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At around 11 p.m. on Wednesday, SpaceX’s Starship exploded as it prepared for its tenth flight test at SpaceX’s Starbase in southern Texas. 
In an X post on Wednesday, SpaceX attributed the event to a “major anomaly” and said that their “team is actively working to safe the test site and the immediate surrounding area in conjunction with local officials.” No one was injured in the massive explosion, according to SpaceX. 
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On Wednesday, June 18 at approximately 11 p.m. CT, the Starship preparing for the tenth flight test experienced a major anomaly while on a test stand at Starbase. A safety clear area around the site was maintained throughout the operation and all personnel are safe and accounted…
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According to the livestream video of the incident, the rocket experienced at least two explosions, one after the other, before debris rained down on the surrounding area. SpaceX <a href="https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1935572705941880971">reassured</a> that there were no casualties and residents in the nearby communities will not experience any hazards. 
Tech-titan and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk weighed in on X, where he joked that the explosion was “just a scratch.” 
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The Starship rocket system is essential to Musk’s ambition to put humans on Mars and this event is only the latest in a series of setbacks.
In May, the Starship spun out of control halfway through its flight without accomplishing some of its testing goals. Two months before that, the rocket exploded in space just minutes after lifting off from Texas. 
Of this latest failure, Musk said that “preliminary data suggests that a nitrogen COPV in the payload bay failed below its proof pressure. If further investigation confirms that this is what happened, it is the first time ever for this design.”
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Preliminary data suggests that a nitrogen COPV in the payload bay failed below its proof pressure.
If further investigation confirms that this is what happened, it is the first time ever for this design.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1935660973827952675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Actor and former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger slammed the violent mobs rioting across the U.S. during his Thursday appearance on “The View,” criticizing illegal aliens for not acting as “guests.”
Joy Behar, one of the hosts of “The View,” attempted to bait the “Terminator” star by asking him if he had a “visceral reaction” to the ICE raids happening throughout the country, as he is an immigrant himself.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn&#8217;t take the bait when The View&#8217;s Joy Behar asks him about the ICE raids in California:
&#8220;I&#8217;m so, so happy to see first-hand that this IS the greatest country in the world and it IS the land of opportunity&#8230;
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“I am so proud and happy that I was embraced by the American people,” Schwarzenegger replied.
“Every single thing — if it’s my bodybuilding career, if it’s my acting career, becoming governor, the beautiful family that I’ve created — all of this is because of America. And so this is why I’m so, so happy [to] see first hand that this is the greatest country in the world and it is the land of opportunity.”
Schwarzenegger then announced that he will deliver a speech at Mount Vernon to celebrate the 250th birthday of America, where some immigrants will be sworn in as U.S. citizens, and that he is excited to celebrate the benefits of immigration.
“The key thing also is, at the same time, that you’ve got to do things [legally],” he clarified. “That is the important thing. Those people that are doing illegal things in America — and they’re the foreigners — they are not smart.”
As he spoke, multiple hosts attempted to interrupt him, with Sunny Hostin even placing her hand on Schwarzenegger’s arm as though she wanted him to stop speaking.
“When you come to America, you’re a guest and you have to behave like a guest,” Schwarzenegger stated. “Like, when I go to someone’s house and I’m a guest, I will do everything I can to keep things clean and to make my bed and to do everything that is the right thing to do rather than committing a crime or being abusive or something like that.”
Schwarzenegger has criticized the Trump administration and previously endorsed Kamala Harris’ presidential run, remaining one of the few Republicans to oppose Donald Trump. However, his rhetoric on “The View” conflicts with mainstream leftist views on the immigration crisis.
“The important thing is, when you become an immigrant, to think about — okay, I go to America because I want to use America for the great opportunities that America has in education, in jobs, [and in] creating a family. … Then you have to think about — okay, if I get all of those things from America, then I have to give something back. You have a responsibility as an immigrant to give back to America and to pay back America and to go and do something for your community for no money whatsoever. … Make this country a better place.” 
The hosts attempted to interrupt, but could not be heard after the audience erupted into applause.

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On a 2017 visit to Denver, Lisa and Dave Buddecke had their first meal in a food hall. They left marveling at the experience, which was foreign to their community in Twin Falls, Idaho, and dreaming about how one would be received.
Their dreams were made a reality when they realized that an old building that was smack dab in the middle of an Opportunity Zone, making it eligible for a policy created in the 2017 tax policy passed by Republicans in President Donald Trump’s first year in office. At the time, the concept was foreign to her, but while she was researching the policy, she pulled up a map of Twin Falls and discovered that the old Salvation Army building she and Dave were considering buying was in the middle of an Opportunity Zone.
Soon, “2nd South Market” was open for business.
The Buddecke family’s creation is showcased in the <a href="https://www.iwfeatures.com/documentary/how-tax-cuts-turned-a-forgotten-building-into-a-beacon-of-economic-opportunity/">latest documentary</a> from IW Features, which argues that the tax law is to thank for revitalizing this building and supercharging the local economy.
“Opportunity Zones allow investors to defer capital gains taxes by reinvesting in designated low-income areas.” IW Features wrote along with the latest episode of Earn More, Pay Less: How America Grew Under the Trump Tax Cuts. “But the best benefits only kick in if you genuinely commit to the community: the longer you stay, the bigger the benefits. By year 10 of an Opportunity Zone investment, capital gains taxes drop to zero.”
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When they bought the building, which was first built in 1926, the Buddecke’s decided to lean into its age-old history by reusing wood and turning historical findings into decorations. Soon, “2nd South Market” was open for business.
The Buddeckes did not want to sign on larger names, instead opting to celebrate local businesses and provide opportunities for their community. One of the vendors, called Fuji Express, is run by a Burmese immigrant named Chan Chan, who was able to buy his first home in the United States as a result of the food hall.
“Our goal was to have a different vendor that would bring a different concept to the food hall,” Buddecke said. “So, having a barbeque, having pizza, having coffee, having dessert, having Asian food, and then a bar.”
“These businesses, like Fuji Express, he doesn&#8217;t have to go out and buy his own building,” Buddecke told IW Features. “He doesn&#8217;t have to pay all the brick and mortar to run his own place. He wouldn&#8217;t have been able to do that from a cost standpoint.”
Thanks to President Trump’s 2017 legislation — which, in addition to Opportunity Zones, provided tax cuts, expanded the standard deduction, and doubled the child tax credit — the Buddecke’s were able to offer these opportunities for their local vendors.
The documentary’s Monday release is strategically timed to the fight over Trump’s signature “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act.” It would enshirine the provisions of the 2017 legislation that are set to expire in 2026, including Opportunity Zones.
Buddecke says the passage of the Bill would greatly benefit individuals and small businesses, as the 2017 legislation has already caused over $100 billion to be invested in Opportunity Zones nationwide.
“The fact that we can hire local business folks so that they can grow their business, they can hire people, they can add more to the success of their family — that’s really our greatest joy,” Buddecke said.

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