Three family members are facing charges in New York City for attempting to carry out a gang-related hit outside the Bronx Criminal Court in late June.
Reputed &#8220;Slutty Gang&#8221; member Chase Lackard, 20, was charged in the attempted hit of a member of rival gang P. Laafay. His mother, 49-year-old former Mount Vernon Deputy Police Commissioner Jennifer Lackard, was arrested with him on Tuesday and charged as an accomplice. His father, <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/08/06/us-news/ex-con-husband-of-ny-police-bigwig-in-custody-after-familys-drive-by-gang-shooting/">James Lackard</a>, 47 — an ex-con who did time on drug charges — turned himself in on Thursday.
According to a series of <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/08/04/us-news/ny-police-bigwig-was-getaway-driver-for-goon-son-in-gangland-shooting-sources/">reports</a> published by The New York Post, both Jennifer and James helped their gang-banging son to plan and then carry out the attempted hit on June 29. After dropping mother and son off at the criminal court building, James drove around the area and returned to pick them up.
Text messages from that timeframe showed Jennifer helping Chase work out how to carry out the next part of their plan.
&#8220;Be directly in Fromt (sic) When I Leave,&#8221; Chase told his mother in a text message.
&#8220;When? … You can’t just sit directly outside. It has to be timed right,&#8221; she said in response.
When they left the building, according to court documents, Chase got into the back seat and his mother rode in the passenger seat. They circled the block, and when Chase spotted his intended target, he reportedly fired several shots from the vehicle but missed. The family then drove away from the area, stopping a short distance away so that the parents could switch seats and Chase could change clothes in the car.
Both Chase and his mother were arrested at their home on Tuesday — after which Jennifer Lackard was immediately <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/08/04/us-news/new-york-police-bigwig-accused-of-driving-getaway-car-for-her-son-fired/">fired from her job</a> with the police department: &#8220;Effective immediately, the City of Mount Vernon has terminated Jennifer Lackard’s employment. The allegations are unrelated to her duties with the Mount Vernon Police Department and do not stem from any conduct associated with the Department or the performance of her official responsibilities.&#8221;
Lackard, prior to her termination, had been a boss within the Wellness Unit since 2022 and had advocated for her precinct to respond to mental health issues without resorting to traditional policing methods: &#8220;A lot of the people we encounter are in a mental health crisis. Some are combatant, some are really, really aggressive and some are not. And some are frequent fliers because they don’t have support.&#8221;
Damon Jones, who previously worked for three decades at the Westchester County Department of Corrections and now publishes Black Westchester Magazine, was incensed.
“This is f*cking embarrassing! I am embarrassed as a black law enforcement officer to see the dysfunction in a city that has a black mayor, a majority of black city council, a majority black police department that we have to see continuing dysfunction and just foolery in an organization that should be so professional,&#8221; he told The Post.

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CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins gave Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed a clear opportunity to distance himself from antisemitic communist streamer Hasan Piker — and El-Sayed doubled down instead.
Collins, while speaking to El-Sayed on Wednesday evening, asked him to respond to comments from Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) warning him to back away from Piker: &#8220;I can&#8217;t come together with someone if you are willing to embrace people that love Hamas, or that think America deserved 9/11. I think that&#8217;s reasonable.&#8221;
&#8220;In Trump&#8217;s words, &#8216;What a lovely gentleman,'&#8221; El-Sayed said in response to Fetterman&#8217;s comments.
&#8220;I mean, he said that you need to renounce people like the Left-wing streamer Hasan Piker, who was out there campaigning with you, who was out there in Michigan on Monday night, I believe last night as well. Do you have any plans to do that?&#8221; Collins pressed.
&#8220;Look, I&#8217;m less focused on folks who are campaigning with me, more focused on the folks I&#8217;m campaigning to,&#8221; El-Sayed said, not directly answering the question but still making it clear that he had no intention of backing away from Piker. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s important to stay in touch with the folks you want to elect you. I think that&#8217;s clearly what&#8217;s gone wrong with Senator Fetterman, it&#8217;s clear he probably doesn&#8217;t spend much time in Pennsylvania, because he was campaigning with Bernie Sanders and now wants to renounce Bernie Sanders. I don&#8217;t know if he still thinks he&#8217;s a Democrat or not, I&#8217;m hoping to get to the U.S. Senate and maybe we can hash that conversation out in person.&#8221;
Fetterman is not alone in calling for El-Sayed to renounce Piker. Gun control activist Fred Guttenberg weighed in on the issue, commenting on Piker&#8217;s reaction to those pushing El-Sayed to move to the center to win the Senate seat.
&#8220;Everyone being like, &#8216;Abdul has a f*ck-ton of work to do mending bridges,&#8217; here&#8217;s the f*cking take nuke for you: You are all unbelievably Islamophobic pieces of sh*t. You literally called the dude a f*cking terrorist for months on end,&#8221; Piker said on his election night livestream.
&#8220;Mazel Tov @AbdulElSayed for winning a Democratic primary with a minority of Democratic voters. You will need everyone of your voters and @HaleyforMI voters to win a general. For that to be possible, you will need to move on from Piker. Guessing you won&#8217;t and I won&#8217;t be surprised when you lose,&#8221; Guttenberg <a href="https://x.com/fred_guttenberg/status/2085090821506764957">shot back</a>.
And there are more, as one MS NOW host noted: &#8220;Some Democrats I&#8217;ve talked to &#8230; on the plane this morning, a guy said to me, &#8216;I&#8217;m anxious &#8230;&#8217; he said, &#8216;I voted for Haley Stevens &#8230; in fact, if he wins, I will be voting for MIKE ROGERS.'&#8221;
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&#8220;Some Democrats I&#8217;ve talked to&#8230;on the plane this morning a guy said to me, &#8216;I&#8217;m anxious&#8230;&#8217; he said, &#8216;I voted for Haley… <a href="https://t.co/MweVr8G4bb">https://t.co/MweVr8G4bb</a> <a href="https://t.co/iuEXdhiAyL">pic.twitter.com/iuEXdhiAyL</a>
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The University of Michigan&#8217;s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts will eliminate letter grades from first-semester transcripts for incoming freshmen under a new pilot program to help new freshmen acclimate to college.
Instead of traditional letter grades, students will receive a &#8220;Pass&#8221; (P) or &#8220;No Credit&#8221; (NC) during their first semester. The <a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/lsa/academics/lsa-first-semester-grade-covering-pilot-program.html">university says</a> the change is intended to reduce stress tied to early grades and improve student mental health.
&#8220;Beginning in fall 2027, the College will designate all LSA first-year students’ first-semester grades as pass (P) or no credit (NC) on their transcripts,&#8221; the website explains. &#8220;While LSA students will still receive grades and instructor feedback in every course as they always have, final grades will not be recorded on their external transcripts and will not be reflected in their GPAs. LSA students’ official transcripts will state that all grades in the first semester are automatically designated as P/NC.&#8221;
The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts had <a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/content/dam/lsa-site-assets/documents/LSA-At-A-Glance.pdf">nearly 20,000</a> undergraduate students enrolled last year, making it the largest of the university&#8217;s schools and colleges.
One goal, according to the program, is to encourage students to try new things and take classes across a wide variety of subjects without worrying that their grades will hold them back if they find those subjects a struggle. Another is to ensure that students can build confidence in their academic abilities as they first acclimate to campus culture and the demands of college-level coursework.
&#8220;Helping all students establish early momentum has been recognized as the most important element in U-M’s campus-wide Student Success Initiative. We believe that covering grades will help students start strong and curb the mental health crisis unfolding among college-aged individuals,&#8221; the website reads.
The only students eligible for this pilot program will be incoming freshmen who start at the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts in the 2027 fall semester, and the &#8220;grade covering&#8221; will apply only to their first semester grades.
Although they will not appear on individual transcripts, some people will still have access to the students&#8217; actual letter grades and official GPA. The financial aid office will be able to access official grades to determine whether students are meeting required standards for scholarships and grants, and the athletic department will also be able to access grades to determine athletic eligibility.

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CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten warned on Thursday that Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) was likely to cost his party a seat in the upcoming midterm elections.
Enten laid out the polling in Miller&#8217;s race showing his standing has fallen sharply since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bernie-moreno-accuses-max-miller-of-abusing-his-daughter-after-congressman-breaks-silence">accusations</a> of domestic violence surfaced and Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), Miller&#8217;s former father-in-law, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-senator-says-family-dispute-put-him-in-seventh-level-of-hell">called on</a> him to resign.
&#8220;Max Miller is going to cost his party — most likely cost his party a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives when we&#8217;re talking about the politics of this,&#8221; Enten said, &#8220;You can see quite well on the Kalshi prediction market chance to win Ohio [District] 7, look at this, Poindexter, the Democrat, 37% on July 25th, over the last few weeks his chances way up to 70%.&#8221;
In contrast, he added, &#8220;Max Miller&#8217;s chances, look at this, falling down through the floor, falling into Lake Erie, going from 64% now down to 30%. What seemed like a race that was favoring Miller is now favoring the Democrat Poindexter as this scandal has hit the press.&#8221;
CNN host John Berman jumped in to point out the fact that the new poll numbers had only come ten days after the first — and that was how quickly the race had turned on Miller.
&#8220;Is there a way to measure the impact that scandals have on House races?&#8221; Berman asked.
Enten laid out more historical data, noting that, on average, 85% of House members succeeded in reelection bids — but for those mired in scandals at the time of the election, the success rate dropped to 57%.
&#8220;Scandals matter. Scandals matter. I know a lot of people think nothing matters, but scandals still do matter in our politics,&#8221; Enten added.
He went on to say that another important factor was how much interest there was in a particular scandal — and the numbers were not working in Miller&#8217;s favor on that point either. According to Google Trends, searches in Miller&#8217;s district for information about him and the still-unfolding scandal were up 3200% over the previous two weeks.
Miller has repeatedly claimed that there is nothing to the accusations against him — but his attempts to interview his way out of public scrutiny have thus far been unsuccessful.

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Embattled Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) sat down with CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper on Tuesday and responded to allegations of abusing his ex-wife and daughter with a series of evasive answers that often raised more questions than they resolved.
Miller has been accused of abusing his ex-wife Emily Moreno — daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) — and their daughter, and his appearance on CNN was one of several public appearances the Ohio congressman made as he attempted to refute the accusations against him. But as Tapper questioned him, Miller offered very few concrete answers — and instead turned the questions on his former father-in-law.
Tapper began with a question about a &#8220;blue bunny doll&#8221; that Miller&#8217;s daughter took everywhere and asked whether Moreno had been telling the truth when he said Miller had refused to return it for two days: &#8220;If it&#8217;s true, that sounds like emotionally abusive behavior toward the toddler, to refuse to give into her when she can&#8217;t sleep without it.&#8221;
Without directly answering the question, Miller said that he agreed that &#8220;would be disturbing if the senator was telling the truth,&#8221; and then pivoted immediately. &#8220;However, he has taken two years to publicly acknowledge — for me to resign from my seat. Why is that, Jake?&#8221;
Then Miller alluded to damaging information he claimed to have on Moreno — about a &#8220;deeply and personal embarrassing matter&#8221; — and claimed Moreno had only called for his resignation because he feared Miller might share that information publicly on his livestream Sunday. Miller did not give any specifics on what that damaging information might be.
Tapper reminded Miller that he&#8217;d been asking about the blue bunny, asking again whether he&#8217;d held the toy &#8220;hostage.&#8221;
Miller denied that he had, and immediately pivoted again, telling Tapper that there had already been two investigations into him that had not resulted in charges. He said one investigation had found fault at a daycare center, and defended himself in the other case — which involved his daughter&#8217;s broken collarbone — by arguing that his wife had violated a custody agreement by taking her hurt child to the emergency room.
&#8220;When I was reported for child abuse for my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife&#8217;s care nine out of the last 11 days, and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan,&#8221; Miller said.
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Rep. Max Miller: &#8220;When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife&#8217;s care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/Gc05pX2g2t">pic.twitter.com/Gc05pX2g2t</a>
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/2084749681448374468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Tapper continued to press, asking Miller about a Dropbox link he&#8217;d shared — ostensibly to provide evidence that cleared his name — which included a photo of his daughter in a state of undress. That link remained live for a day before it was pulled down and the image removed.
Noting that Miller&#8217;s lawyer has since fallen on the sword for that &#8220;mistake,&#8221; Tapper argued that it was &#8220;shockingly reckless&#8221; to allow that to happen in the first place.
Miller protested, explaining that the photo was part of evidence in a court case and wasn&#8217;t that inappropriate — and claimed that it was being blown out of proportion by media outlets chasing a good headline.
Tapper, clearly taken aback, asked how he could defend releasing such a photo — and Miller immediately claimed he wasn&#8217;t defending it.
&#8220;You just defended it!&#8221; Tapper replied.
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TAPPER: One of the files you released was an image of your daughter naked. It was available in that drop box for a day before it was removed. Your ex-wife&#8217;s attorney says it could quality as CSAM. That&#8217;s shockingly reckless behavior.
MAX MILLER: I wouldn&#8217;t say it&#8217;s shockingly… <a href="https://t.co/l8tSilKtu5">pic.twitter.com/l8tSilKtu5</a>
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As the conversation continued, Tapper pressed Miller about his claims that his daughter had told him she didn&#8217;t want to return to her mother&#8217;s house. He then asked about competing claims from Emily Moreno, who said their daughter had said things like, &#8220;daddy kill you,&#8221; &#8220;daddy angry,&#8221; and &#8220;daddy&#8217;s house is scary.&#8221;
&#8220;Jake, I wish you could talk to my beautiful baby girl. She can&#8217;t string together sentences like that. She&#8217;s two and a half years old,&#8221; Miller protested.
&#8220;You just told me that she had said that she was scared to go to mommy&#8217;s house,&#8221; Tapper pushed back.
&#8220;She is. I have video of it,&#8221; Miller said.
&#8220;But now you&#8217;re saying that she&#8217;s not capable of saying ‘Daddy kill you?’ I mean, it seems like she&#8217;s either able to say one but not the other. That doesn&#8217;t make sense,&#8221; Tapper pointed out.
&#8220;Jake. To be very direct, this is incredibly disturbing,&#8221; Miller said, adding, &#8220;You have to look at the timing of everything that is taking place, right? What about due process?&#8221;
Tapper then noted that Miller had been accused of inappropriate — and even violent — behavior by other women prior to his ex-wife. Miller shrugged off one of the cases by saying he&#8217;d been &#8220;young,&#8221; and then suggested that the accounts were not credible because at least one of the women had not gone &#8220;on record&#8221; with her accusation.
&#8220;I guess the question is, are all three of these women who don’t know each other, are all three of them lying?&#8221; Tapper asked.
&#8220;Yes, it’s very easy, and I can tell you why,&#8221; Miller said. &#8220;Every single time — and people have asked me, &#8216;What are you gonna do? Are you gonna drop out of this race? Are you gonna resign? Are you gonna get out before the deadline?&#8217; And my answer to you, Jake, is no. And I can tell you why. In 2016, when President Donald J. Trump faced the most extreme allegations in the world that hit him day after day after day, and people in the media very much like yourself and others said that he would have no shot at winning, that he should not be the president of the United States. But guess what? He stayed in and he was resilient.&#8221;
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TAPPER: Hold on &#8212; hold on, &#8217;cause I&#8217;m not done with the list of women who have accused you of violence. Are all three of them lying?
REP. MAX MILLER: Yes. And I&#8217;m not getting out of the race because in 2016, President Donald J Trump faced the most extreme allegations in the… <a href="https://t.co/gf76bMnzB6">pic.twitter.com/gf76bMnzB6</a>
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Miller also struggled to answer questions about his alleged illegal drug use when Tapper noted that he&#8217;d been inconsistent in his answers during his custody dispute with Moreno.
&#8220;Emily Moreno&#8217;s lawyers asked you a series of questions about past alleged incidents, and some of them you denied outright — &#8216;no, that&#8217;s not true,&#8217; &#8216;no, that&#8217;s not true&#8217; — and others you refused to answer at all, your lawyers claimed that they were not relevant.&#8221;
Among the questions Miller had refused to answer was whether or not he&#8217;d ever referred to the birth of his daughter as &#8220;setting my playground on fire,&#8221; as well as several related to illegal drug use.
&#8220;I can tell you that I never did any of those things, why can&#8217;t you?&#8221; Tapper asked, suggesting that his selective refusal to answer only made him look more suspicious. He then corrected himself, admitting to smoking marijuana &#8220;before it was legal.&#8221;
Miller sputtered briefly, saying he&#8217;d be &#8220;happy to&#8221; discuss those topics, but had not answered before because answering gave the question &#8220;credibility.&#8221;
&#8220;In the Mother Jones story, it says when you were picked up for drunk driving, you had ecstasy in your system. When is the last time you used illegal drugs?&#8221; Tapper asked.
&#8220;I mean, the last time — I don&#8217;t — I would have to say, I don&#8217;t know, several years ago. I don&#8217;t have a timeframe,&#8221; Miller replied.
&#8220;Two? 20?&#8221; Tapper pressed.
Miller then claimed, unsolicited, that if anyone ever found needles it was because he was using them for &#8220;testosterone therapy&#8221; — at which point he name-dropped War Secretary Pete Hegseth and his recent initiative to keep testosterone levels steady for male service members.

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The Republican primary in Michigan&#8217;s 8th Congressional District went a little bit sideways when President Donald Trump&#8217;s chosen candidate lost — to a candidate who&#8217;d suspended his campaign a month earlier.
Trump endorsed U.S. Navy veteran and former federal law enforcement officer Amir Hassan, but after votes were tallied, Decision Desk <a href="https://x.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/2084854764135711197">called the race</a> for retired General Motors engineer and small business owner Thomas Smith — who had stopped campaigning mid-July.
<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5986241-mcdonald-rivet-hassan-michigan-house/">Smith won</a> with 50% of the vote, and Hassan walked away with 33%. Al Lemmo, to whom Smith gave his endorsement when he suspended his campaign, commanded 16% of the vote. Lemmo is a pro-life activist and retired mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army’s Tank‑Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC). He attacked Hassan during the campaign by claiming that he was a &#8220;Trojan horse&#8221; candidate and was previously a Democrat.
On July 18, Smith <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/08/04/amir-hassan-thomas-smith-al-lemmo-gop-primary-congress-michigan-flint-saginaw-midland/91157512007/">posted a video</a> declaring that he was putting his full support behind Lemmo. At the same time, he notified the Federal Election Commission — in a handwritten note, explaining he&#8217;d had difficulties logging into the system — that he planned to file his next report by the deadline he&#8217;d received in an email.
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Tom Smith, the candidate who dropped out of the <a href="https://x.com/hashtag/MI08?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MI08</a> Republican primary but is still poised to defeat Trump-endorsed Amir Hassan, sent this handwritten note to the FEC less than a month ago: <a href="https://t.co/xllPk5ZwTH">pic.twitter.com/xllPk5ZwTH</a>
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But because Smith withdrew from the race after the deadline, his name was not scrubbed from the ballot — and the rest is history.
In a statement issued Wednesday morning, a surprised Smith told supporters that he was &#8220;humbled and honored that Republicans have chosen me to take the fight to Kristen McDonald Rivet.&#8221;
&#8220;I look forward to working with Speaker Johnson and the entire Republican team to expand our House majority and advance President Trump’s America First agenda to lower costs for working families and make America affordable again,&#8221; he added.
Michigan&#8217;s 8th Congressional District is just one of a number of seats Republicans are hoping to flip in their efforts to retain control of the U.S. House. McDonald Rivet, a first-term congresswoman, won the open seat in 2024 when she defeated Republican Paul Junge by over six points — but Trump also won that district the same year.

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Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) on Monday called for eliminating the Senate filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act, breaking with the position held by her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
During a Republican primary debate Monday night, Graham argued that Republicans should abolish the 60-vote threshold rather than wait for Democrats to do so first.
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&#8220;One of the first things I did was co-sponsor the SAVE America Act. As I said earlier, I’m willing to stay through recess to get it done. What’s up with recess anyway? Who gets a month off from work?&#8221; she asked, adding, &#8220;I think we should stay up there and work and get it done.&#8221;
&#8220;You have to have an ID to check out a library book, to buy alcohol, you don&#8217;t have to have an ID to vote? That&#8217;s absurd!&#8221; she continued.
Acknowledging the fact that her brother had always <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/12/trump-lindsey-graham-senate-whisperer-00994269">stopped short</a> of agreeing that the filibuster had to go, Graham argued — as many have — that Democrats were likely to get rid of it the moment they regained power.
&#8220;I am all for – this is where I differ from my brother – getting rid of the filibuster to get this done, because eventually the Democrats are going to get rid of it anyway,&#8221; she said.
Graham was appointed to the Senate after Lindsey Graham died in July from an aortic dissection. Just days later, with the full backing of President Donald Trump, she was sworn in and declared her intention to seek a full term in the U.S. Senate.
Monday&#8217;s debate had Graham facing off with her Republican opposition: Reps. Ralph Norman (R-SC) and Russell Fry (R-SC), businessman Mark Lynch and former Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC).
After Lynch aimed a series of attacks on the late senator, Graham jumped to her brother&#8217;s defense.
&#8220;Mr. Lynch mentioned Lindsey Graham multiple times, and I don’t know if he’s afraid that Lindsey beat him and now his little sister is going to beat him, but I just don’t like hearing that,&#8221; she said.
Graham said in a previous interview that she would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lindsey-grahams-sister-breaks-from-one-of-his-defining-priorities">break </a><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lindsey-grahams-sister-breaks-from-one-of-his-defining-priorities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with her brother</a> in another way, saying she planned to focus more on kitchen-table issues than on foreign policy and national security, as he had.

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Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) said Tuesday that his former son-in-law, Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), has put his family into the &#8220;seventh level of hell&#8221; as the increasingly public feud between the two Republicans escalates.
Miller and Emily Moreno, the senator&#8217;s daughter, have spent months battling in court over custody of their young daughter, with Emily accusing the congressman of domestic abuse and child endangerment. Miller has denied the allegations, sued his ex-wife for defamation, and publicly claimed she suffers from mental illness.
Speaking with entertainment site TMZ from a Capitol Hill hallway, Moreno addressed Miller&#8217;s recent statements and took questions about why he hadn&#8217;t gone public with his feelings earlier. The one topic he refused to address was politics, saying repeatedly that he did not care about how his statements could affect Miller&#8217;s re-election campaign — and, by extension, the balance of power in the House of Representatives.
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🚨🎥 BREAKING: Sen. Bernie Moreno speaks out on camera about ex-son-in-law Rep. Max Miller, calling his family&#8217;s ordeal &#8220;truly the seventh level of hell&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/b1OtdoJOqs">pic.twitter.com/b1OtdoJOqs</a>
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&#8220;Did the lawyer for Max Miller apologize to you?&#8221; one reporter asked, and Moreno said he had not.
&#8220;Do you think that Max Miller should resign from Congress?&#8221; another asked.
Moreno turned to face the reporters and asked, &#8220;Did you read my statement?&#8221;
The Ohio senator went on to say that he believed Miller should not serve in Congress, adding, &#8220;He needs serious help.&#8221;
One reporter pointed to a statement from Miller in which he&#8217;d said Moreno was only attacking him to &#8220;hide from&#8221; his &#8220;own circus,&#8221; and asked what that might be referencing.
&#8220;The ramblings of a madman,&#8221; Moreno said, adding, &#8220;I don&#8217;t even know what that means.&#8221;
&#8220;What do you think about Miller telling Trump he could still win?&#8221; a reporter asked.
Moreno was adamant: &#8220;Look, I don&#8217;t care about the politics. I hope that you understand — or maybe I hope that you never have to understand — what my daughter has been through, what my daughter is going through, what my wife is going through &#8230; this is truly the seventh level of hell.&#8221;
Moreno spoke with the reporters for several minutes, explaining that although his family had been dealing with the situation privately for two years, he had not spoken publicly because his daughter had asked him to help de-escalate the situation with Miller so they could co-parent. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/08/max-miller-moreno-domestic-abuse-allegations/688159/?gift=SKtFP-7gCBnFn1bNJdqPMn3BVXlEYS7QkYI0KH5aUiE&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share">Reporting</a> from The Atlantic appears to back that up, with the outlet citing several sources who said that Emily Moreno did not want her daughter to grow up and see articles and videos showing her grandfather and her father attacking each other.
All of that had changed, he said, when Miller gave a public statement on Sunday and claimed that Moreno&#8217;s daughter was mentally ill.
&#8220;My daughter lives in constant fear of this man,&#8221; Moreno said, adding, &#8220;You can&#8217;t fathom what that makes me feel like when the dad&#8217;s number one job is to protect your kids.&#8221;
He explained that he had been the one to pick up his granddaughter on Sunday because he didn&#8217;t want his daughter to have to interact with Miller any more than absolutely necessary — and that they had to arrange a pickup at a local police station &#8220;because I don&#8217;t know what this guy&#8217;s capable of.&#8221;
Miller, Moreno said, initially refused to return his granddaughter&#8217;s favorite blue bunny — the one toy that she always slept with: &#8220;This girl is crying at night because she can&#8217;t sleep without her little blue bunny. His answer is, &#8216;I&#8217;m just not going to give it to you.'&#8221;
Moreno also accused Miller and his attorney, in their attempt to <a href="https://x.com/anniekarni/status/2084611256019783703">publish evidence</a> that backed his side of things, of having released photos of his granddaughter &#8220;completely naked&#8221; — something that Miller&#8217;s attorney said was &#8220;completely unintentional.&#8221;
&#8220;My personal opinion is that this is a felony and that every single human being that touched that photo and transmitted it electronically should go to jail because it is illegal to do that,&#8221; he said.
Miller also addressed the ongoing situation on Tuesday, declaring his innocence and promising to prove it through an ethics investigation — which was <a href="https://x.com/JakeSherman/status/2084702476675031241">launched</a> Tuesday.
&#8220;In light of all the renewed interest in my family affairs I am going to file my own paperwork for an ethics investigation into myself to clear my name from these horrific attacks on myself and family. I have absolutely nothing to hide. We will be providing the committee all necessary documents needed for a detail [sic] examination,&#8221; Miller <a href="https://x.com/MaxMillerOH/status/2084665339799822436">posted via X</a>. &#8220;The accusations continue to change, but my facts stay the same. I am looking forward to my colleagues reading everything for themselves.&#8221;

GOP Senator Says Family Dispute Put Him In ‘Seventh Level Of Hell’

Bernie Moreno Says Max Miller Has Put His Family In 'Seventh Level Of Hell'

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New York City&#8217;s Democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani has dismissed the entire advisory board of the Mayor’s Fund, removing a roster of business executives who helped raise private money for city projects.
The Mayor&#8217;s Fund to Advance New York City is a nonprofit that pulls in private-sector donations to support city initiatives. Mamdani became the first mayor in at least three administrations to dissolve the board of advisers in its entirety, saying that he planned to rebuild from the ground up.
&#8220;I commend you for your dedication and the benefit you have brought to our City as you conclude your tenure on the Mayor’s Fund Board of Advisors,&#8221; Mamdani&#8217;s letter, obtained by <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-03/mamdani-dismisses-business-leaders-advising-nyc-s-mayor-s-fund?taid=6a7119f2fbc22200010262af&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_content=business&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">Bloomberg News</a>, read in part.
The list of prominent business leaders ousted from their roles, as <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/08/04/us-news/socialist-mamdani-launches-new-war-on-nyc-business-leaders-kicking-them-off-mayors-fund-that-backs-city-programs/">reported</a> by The New York Post, includes Richard Born, owner of BD Hotels; Jeffrey Gural, chairman of GFP Real Estate; Alex Katz, senior managing director at Blackstone Inc.; Edward Skyler, Citigroup Inc.’s head of enterprise services and public affairs; and James Whelan, president of the Real Estate Board of New York.
Economics professor Isabella Weber praised the move, saying it reduced the influence of business interests over city government.
&#8220;One of the beautiful things about Mamdani’s renewal of NYC government is that it shows how deeply business interests are usually baked into state capacity,&#8221; Weber wrote. &#8220;Why should private equity, banks and real estate interests advise a mayor on what to spend?&#8221;
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One of the beautiful things about Mamdani’s renewal of NYC government is that it shows how deeply business interests are usually baked into state capacity. 
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But Bloomberg Philanthropies head James Anderson countered that the advisory board&#8217;s role was to drum up charitable donations, not to decide how those donations were spent.
&#8220;This is a mischaracterization,&#8221; Anderson wrote. &#8220;The Mayor&#8217;s Fund is designed to bring philanthropic resources to public priorities. Its advisory board has historically helped mobilize those resources — not determine public spending. Remaking the board is the mayor&#8217;s prerogative.&#8221;
&#8220;Treating public-private collaboration as evidence of capture may be red meat for the base, but it&#8217;s a poor theory of urban governance,&#8221; he added.
Mamdani is expected to fill the positions for his new board later this year. Mamdani senior advisor Dora Pekec told The New York Post that the administration is &#8220;reimagining how philanthropy can augment, but not replace, public dollars and public goods, and we are eager to share more about our new board of advisors later this year.&#8221;

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Newly released emails show that Dr. Anthony Fauci, while serving as a top member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, pressured Dr. Deborah Birx to back his play and conspired to get Dr. Scott Atlas ousted from the team.
In a series of emails shared by economic historian Phil Magness on Monday, Fauci spoke with other officials like Birx and then-NIH Director Francis Collins about how to get rid of Atlas and how they could best coordinate their efforts to discredit the &#8220;Great Barrington Declaration&#8221; — which made the case against broad lockdowns and advocated for achieving herd immunity by providing &#8220;focused protection&#8221; for vulnerable populations — and its authors.
The exchange began on October 11, 2020, when Fauci shared an article from the far-left publication &#8220;The Nation&#8221; with Collins. The article, written by epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves, framed the ideas of herd immunity and focused protection as &#8220;deadly delusions.&#8221; On October 14, Gonsalves <a href="https://x.com/PhilWMagness/status/2084428976047509686">responded</a> to both Collins and Fauci in an email with a subject line that read, &#8220;Thank You For Your Frank Comments on Herd Immunity (Larry Kramer Would Be Proud).&#8221;
Further correspondence from that same day showed Fauci coordinating with Gonsalves, Birx complaining about Atlas, and Fauci bragging to Gonsalves about how he was working to <a href="https://x.com/PhilWMagness/status/2084428093234573461">undermine</a> Atlas at the White House.
&#8220;I am trying to get this jerk shut down by working from within the White House,&#8221; Fauci said of Atlas. &#8220;They promise they will handle it and nothing happens. I will keep trying.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m just glad it&#8217;s in the open who has been undermining Tony and I at the White House and who was manipulating the data,&#8221; Birx replied. &#8220;We are pushing back very hard.&#8221;
In another <a href="https://x.com/PhilWMagness/status/2084429691016958291">October 14 email</a>, Fauci compared proponents of the Great Barrington Declaration (GBD) to &#8220;AIDS denialists&#8221; — a move that Magness found ironic since Fauci himself had spread false information about AIDS in the 1980s, saying that it could be transmitted through casual contact.
Gonsalves continued to complain about  GBD advocates in yet another email from <a href="https://x.com/PhilWMagness/status/2084427800740536813">October 14</a>, saying, &#8220;Don&#8217;t even get me started. Martin Kulldorff, Sunetra Gupta, and Jay Bhattacharya (with who I am part of a grant, BTW), can suck it. I have never been so ashamed of my community of epidemiologists/decision-scientists.&#8221;
On October 15, Fauci emailed Birx directly to relay a <a href="https://x.com/PhilWMagness/status/2084427218894135701">conversation</a> he&#8217;d had with presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, saying that he&#8217;d been lobbying the White House adviser to help him get rid of Atlas.
&#8220;I really laid it on him but he still does not completely understand how dangerous this guy is. He is still in the realm of &#8216;differences of opinion,'&#8221; Fauci wrote, pressing Birx to follow up and drive the point home with Kushner. &#8220;You have got to speak with Jared and confirm what I said that this guy is killing people. I likened him to the AIDS denialists of the 1980s.&#8221;
The thread concludes with an <a href="https://x.com/PhilWMagness/status/2084425142944387310">email</a> sent by Fauci to Birx on October 16, 2020, in which he tells her what to say since he will not be present at task force meetings that day.
&#8220;Over the past week I have come out very strongly publicly against the &#8216;Great Barrington Declaration.&#8217; Scott Atlas may try to counter this. Please speak out for me,&#8221; Fauci directed, asserting that Atlas was also likely to deny the possibility that COVID-19 could cause residual effects. &#8220;This is all part of his theme that infections do not bother healthy people. Please speak out when he tries to play these things down.&#8221;
Fauci was supposed to testify on Capitol Hill last week, but spent the entirety of his time responding to questions — from queries about the origins of the pandemic to the color of his tie — by invoking his Fifth Amendment rights.

Dr. Fauci Testifies In House On COVID Origins

Emails Show How Fauci Conspired Against White House COVID Adviser

New Fauci Emails Show Him Pressuring Birx, Conspiring Against Atlas

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Signal-jamming devices have been a real game-changer in gaining control of the skies for tactical purposes, but the impact they can have on civilian GPS can be deadly.
That is exactly <a href="https://archive.is/UboHA#selection-1259.70-1259.114">what happened</a> to a civilian medevac plane that took off from Roswell, New Mexico, this past May — and flew directly into a military training operation that disabled its navigation capabilities. While they were able to eventually get their GPS back online, it was too late — and the plane crashed into the Capitan Mountains. All four on board — two medevac pilots and two nurses — were killed instantly.
The flight should have been an easy one — 60 miles from Roswell to Ruidoso to pick up a patient — and the pilots, though relatively new, were well-qualified. Captain Keelan Clark, aged 30, had gotten his commercial pilot&#8217;s license a year and a half earlier, and first officer Ali Kawsara, 23, had previously worked cargo flights.
But medevac flights are often inherently riskier than most civilian flight operations, largely because they are often planned at a moment&#8217;s notice — and because, since lives are at stake, pilots often fly in weather that might be ill-advised under other circumstances.
The weather was not a factor on May 14, but the flight was arranged at the last minute — and it was only once they were airborne that they realized visibility was a problem. There was no moon, and almost no visible light on the ground as they traveled over rural areas, so they contacted Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center and asked for permission to fly into Ruidoso &#8220;instruments only,&#8221; meaning they would not have to rely on visual cues from outside. Their request was granted.
About 100 miles west of their location, however, a training exercise known as NAVFEST was in progress at White Sands Missile Range, conducted by the U.S. Air Force&#8217;s 746th Test Squadron of the 704th Test Group. Before that weeklong exercise, the FAA had put out a warning stating that navigation systems as far as 400 miles away could be impacted by the GPS-disrupting technology being tested between May 12 and May 18.
Clark and Kawsara <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2026-08-03/business-aircraft-accident-reports-augsut-2026">quickly realized</a> that their GPS was disabled and asked the air traffic controller for a magnetic heading instead. They were told to fly west, and then north a minute later. Air Traffic Control in Albuquerque promised to give them vectors to assist with landing, but additional calls from other planes that had also lost their navigation capabilities kept ATC tied up for several minutes — at which point the medevac flight had already overshot the mark.
By then, the pilots were close enough to Ruidoso to see the lights at the airport — so they called in a request to &#8220;go visual&#8221; and approach the runway by sight. The request was granted, and they turned toward the airport — but they could not see the Capitan Mountains directly in their path.
The <a href="https://apnews.com/article/new-mexico-plane-crash-medevac-ntsb-gps-d95ba57711f926082d7f11d2c20f0f0d">crash</a> sparked a wildfire that burned for several weeks in the Capitan Mountains and destroyed more than 30,000 acres.
Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) <a href="https://www.organmountainnews.com/gabe-vasquez-ntsb-ruidoso-plane-crash-military-jamming-2026/">spoke</a> with National Transportation Safety Board officials about the crash, pushing for a full investigation: &#8220;This week, I communicated with NTSB officials that a thorough investigation must be concluded to fully understand the cause of this tragic and fatal crash, and prevent future accidents.&#8221;
GPS-disrupting devices have already changed the face of battle, as missile systems and unmanned drones often rely on GPS to reach their intended targets — but the tradeoff has always been the risk that friendly communication and navigation systems could also be disrupted at the same time.
In an effort to mitigate that risk, the United States Army recently tested a GPS-disrupting system known colloquially as the &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-armys-new-hammer-of-the-gods-could-change-modern-warfare">Hammer of the Gods</a>&#8221; — which can disable the navigation systems of enemy missiles and drones while allowing open communications between friendly operators.

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Military Cyberwarfare Exercise Linked To Plane Crash That Killed Everyone On Board

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More than 1,000 firefighters are scrambling to contain the massive wildfires that have burned hundreds of structures in Spokane County, Washington, and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes over the weekend.
Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown said that the still-raging fires would go down in history as &#8220;the worst natural disaster our region has faced,&#8221; as more than 5,300 acres burned before Sunday afternoon — and at that time, the fires were reportedly 0% contained despite firefighters&#8217; best efforts.
Roughly 67,000 residents were under <a href="https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-spokane-washington-evacuate-8e42b37783bda01e7d004d71e546458e">evacuation orders</a> and about 700 structures had been destroyed.
Weather conditions improved slightly overnight on Sunday, but because stronger winds are expected to return by Wednesday, firefighters have a limited window to get things under control.
Images and video from the disaster zone show the incredible devastation that the fires have already left in their wake.
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Explosive wildfires in Spokane, Washington, have destroyed more than 600 structures, many of them within the city limits. The fast-moving flames led to mass evacuations and chaos, as families fled their homes. <a href="https://t.co/38jeUeXcgo">pic.twitter.com/38jeUeXcgo</a>
— CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil (@CBSEveningNews) <a href="https://x.com/CBSEveningNews/status/2084086083948593401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2026</a></blockquote>
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The damage just keeps going. Nothing but leveled homes as far as the eye can see right now in the Indian Trail neighborhood.
It’s hard to put into words the amount of destruction that we’re seeing right now.
This is on N Westgate &amp; Tiffany. <a href="https://x.com/hashtag/SpokaneComplexFire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SpokaneComplexFire</a> <a href="https://x.com/kxly4news?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kxly4news</a> <a href="https://t.co/dxQ5PaD6sf">pic.twitter.com/dxQ5PaD6sf</a>
— Natalie Grant | KXLY (@naniigrant) <a href="https://x.com/naniigrant/status/2083951639489392950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Aerial footage of the impacted area shows entire neighborhoods razed to the ground, with the fires leaving nothing behind but ashes.
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WATCH: Drone footage shows entire neighborhoods reduced to ashes after the massive Spokane County wildfire. Around 65,000 people have been evacuated. <a href="https://t.co/0hj5woghHG">pic.twitter.com/0hj5woghHG</a>
— Scope Report (@ScopeReport_) <a href="https://x.com/ScopeReport_/status/2084260786776498208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2026</a></blockquote>
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We just arrived at the command post where hundreds of fire personnel are being briefed ahead of day 3 on the Spokane Area Fires.
Takeaways:
&#8211; The Autumn Lane Fire is expected to get worse. It grew 20 acres yesterday and is now at 3,351 acres. 
&#8211; Old Trails Fire is now at 3,619… <a href="https://t.co/SS5GsHTUL9">pic.twitter.com/SS5GsHTUL9</a>
— Alexandra Coenjaerts KXLY (@alex_coenjaerts) <a href="https://x.com/alex_coenjaerts/status/2084286343451136309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2026</a></blockquote>
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DAMAGE CONTROL 🔥: Watch the moment firefighters came face-to-face with a home that went ablaze as wildfires spread in Spokane, Washington. Spokane County Fire District 8 said they&#8217;ve been working day and night to save as many structures as possible. <a href="https://x.com/hashtag/Spokane?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Spokane</a> <a href="https://x.com/hashtag/Washington?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Washington</a>… <a href="https://t.co/SrMeljuxnu">pic.twitter.com/SrMeljuxnu</a>
— FOX Weather (@foxweather) <a href="https://x.com/foxweather/status/2084247924322811933?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Governor Bob Ferguson (D-WA) toured parts of the impacted area on Sunday and said he has spoken to both President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin about &#8220;how dire the situation is in Spokane and across our state.&#8221; Ferguson declared a state of emergency for Washington on Sunday.
&#8220;We will be working together on additional requests for federal assistance. I deeply appreciate the President taking time to have this conversation, and I am optimistic we will receive a quick approval for our request for a federal emergency declaration,&#8221; Ferguson said.
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Just a few minutes ago, I spoke with President Trump and Secretary Mullin. I detailed how dire and devastating the situation is in Spokane and across our state.
The President is aware of the situation, and expressed his concern for the people of Washington during this difficult…
— Governor Bob Ferguson (@GovBobFerguson) <a href="https://x.com/GovBobFerguson/status/2084018639334764975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Michael Baumgartner (R-WA) also spoke to constituents, saying that he believed federal help would be expedited in order to manage the situation: &#8220;This is an unprecedented catastrophe for the Spokane area, but I think we&#8217;re going to see unprecedented collaboration in responding to this fire. This is not Republicans and Democrats you&#8217;re seeing before you. This is concerned elected officials. They&#8217;re going to do what&#8217;s right for this community.&#8221;
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Rep Michael Baumgartner: &#8220;This is an unprecedented catastrophe for the Spokane area, but I think we&#8217;re going to see unprecedented collaboration in responding to this fire.&#8221;
&#8220;This is not Republicans and Democrats you&#8217;re seeing before you. This is concerned elected officials.… <a href="https://t.co/mSuB0dZmO4">pic.twitter.com/mSuB0dZmO4</a>
— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) <a href="https://x.com/thehoffather/status/2084133945877332194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Benjamin Cossel, the spokesman for the <a class="css-bhdv0x-linkClass" title="" href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Hti73evL4/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">California Interagency Incident Management Team 7</a>, told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/us/spokane-wildfires.html">The New York Times</a> that the Spokane fires&#8217; proximity to residential areas made it a top priority, and that two of the fires jumping the Spokane River and spreading toward a nearby canyon only made the situation more dangerous.
&#8220;The possibility for things to go sideways if it gets established in that canyon is pretty high,” he explained, saying that at that point, “there is nothing really there to stop it.&#8221;

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