On May 7, 2025, the Fresno Police Department received reports that a man, later identified as 31-year-old Martin Campos, had physically assaulted his ex-girlfriend and that he was chasing her and her 3-year-old daughter as they drove southbound on Freeway 41. During the pursuit, Campos rammed his car into the victim’s vehicle and pointed a gun at her, threatening to kill her. Officers located the vehicles stopped at a traffic light near Jensen Avenue and Highway 99. As an officer approached, Campos fired at least one round at the victim, prompting the officer to return fire. The child was in the rear passenger’s side. The woman reacted to the gunfire by putting the car into reverse, but collided with the sergeant’s patrol car. Campos then fled the scene, striking two nearby vehicles before surrendering to police.
The sergeant chased the car as Campos tries to escape, that’s when the sergeant fired his gun. Campos placed his hands out of the window and was arrested without being hit by gunfire. The woman who was pistol whipped and two other people in other cars struck by Campos were transported to an area hospital with injuries that weren’t considered serious. The victim's child, who was in the backseat, was examined by EMS at the scene and was not physically harmed during the incident. Campos has been charged with 11 counts including attempted murder on the woman as well as several more child abuse and firearms crimes by the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office. If convicted on all charges and enhancements, Campos faces a maximum sentence of 35 years, 8 months, plus life with the possibility of parole in state prison. Campos remains in custody. His bail was set at $1,785,600.00.
[Daily Signal] Biological males who identify as transgender and take estrogen in order to appear female face myriad health risks, from infertility to diabetes, to testicular and breast cancer, and ultimately to early death, according to a new study.
The study, published in the academic journal Discover Mental Health earlier this month, highlights adverse reactions to estrogen, both health risks that have been widely known and "newly identified adverse outcomes." While activists claim people who identify as transgender may commit suicide if they cannot access these medical interventions, which they call "gender-affirming care," some studies actually suggest that suicidal thoughts increase among those taking these drugs.
"Several recent systematic reviews have found the evidence of benefit to be of low or very low certainty, while some risks, such as infertility, have long been recognized," the authors, led by Lauren Schwartz of Oklahoma City Psychiatry, write.
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[PJ] The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues to work hard to save Americans money. If only Congress would follow its example.
DOGE remains committed to identifying the heinous number of wasteful contracts and the stunning amounts of fraud across our federal government and its hundreds of unconstitutional agencies. If there’s one thing that has become abundantly clear in the last few months, it is that our federal government is completely out of control, and is using our taxpayer dollars to run the country into financial catastrophe.
Though the Iran-Israel conflict understandably pushed DOGE out of the news, the work goes full steam ahead. DOGE posted on X June 26:
Over the last 7 days, agencies have terminated 312 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $2.8B and savings of $470M, including a DoD $286k professional and management development contract for an "entrepreneurship course at Harvard University", and a $485k USAID contract for a "senior general development advisor at USAID Madagascar."
Fortunately, that’s not all DOGE is doing. It provided an update Friday on the National Weather Service (NWS) modernizing its Weather Radio system, since around 380 of their stations still relied on copper lines from the 1960s. Since the last DOGE update, 33 NWS stations had upgraded to wireless, which DOGE claimed saves $118,000 monthly in copper contracts.
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Haitian migrants risk deportation from America after the Trump Administration terminated their temporary legal protections.
On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security that it is terminating legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians, setting them up for potential deportation.
DHS said that conditions in Haiti have improved and Haitians no longer meet the conditions for the temporary legal protections.
'This decision restores integrity in our immigration system and ensures that Temporary Protective Status is actually temporary,' a DHS spokesperson said.
'The environmental situation in Haiti has improved enough that it is safe for Haitian citizens to return home.'
The Department of State, however, has not changed its travel advisory and still recommends Americans 'do not travel to Haiti due to kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and limited health care.'
'The decision today will leave returning Haitian citizens at very high risk of persecution, danger, homelessness. People have nowhere to go,' Pastor Dieufort Fleurissaint, of Boston, told The Boston Globe.
'You have a humanitarian collapse... The only hope we have is God. God and to call upon our friends and allies, elected officials, to advocate on our behalf, so these families can be protected and find a way to enact permanent solutions.'
He told the outlet that migrants have been calling him left and right since the news dropped as they are now unsure what their and their children's futures look like and their employment.
Massachusetts Representative Ayanna Pressley condemned DHS, writing on Bluesky: 'We should NOT be deporting anyone to a nation still dealing with a grave humanitarian crisis like Haiti.'
Heather Yountz, senior immigration staff attorney at the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, said the Trump Administration was revoking Haitian's protect 'simply to fulfill the harmful mass deportation he promised,' she told The Boston Globe.
Haitian migrants who are in the US under a temporary protection status (TPS) will have to leave by September 2. The program ends on August 3, but it doesn't go into effect for a month.
DHS advised TPS holders to return to Haiti using a mobile application called CBP Home.
The majority of Haitian migrants live in Massachusetts and Florida.
Gang violence has displaced 1.3million people across Haiti as the local government and international community struggle to contain an spiraling crisis, according to a recent report from the International Organization for Migration.
The report warned of a 24 percent increase in displaced people since December, with gunmen having chased 11 percent of Haiti’s nearly 12million inhabitants from their home.
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[Regnum] Belgrade police used force against participants in an unauthorized protest in the center of the Serbian capital. The protesters were pushed back from the street adjacent to the building of the republic's parliament.
According to TASS, law enforcement officers used shields and batons to push back students and opposition supporters participating in the protest.
Protesters began throwing firecrackers and bottles at the police and causing clashes. Detentions are reported. This information has not yet been officially confirmed.
A large-scale protest action began in the center of Belgrade on the evening of June 28. On June 25, its participants demanded that the Serbian parliament be dissolved and a date for early elections be set. According to their demands, this had to be done by 21:00 (22:00 Moscow time) on June 28.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, about 36 thousand people took to the streets of Belgrade to participate in the unauthorized protest . This figure was given by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia. The department also noted that approximately the same number of protesters gathered for the action that took place on December 22, 2024.
Earlier, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic did not rule out that protesters in Belgrade on the evening of June 28 could move from slogans to violence . The Serbian leader also stated that the authorities and relevant bodies are ready for this.
On June 25, six suspects in preparation for a coup d'etat were detained in Serbia . A pistol with an erased serial number and seven rounds in the clip was found in the car of one of the detainees. The security forces also seized a box with 25 rounds of ammunition for the pistol.
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[Townhall] A former Hochul and Cuomo aide is facing serious new allegations after being accused of secretly working as a Chinese foreign agent and embroiled in fresh bribery charges. The accusations underscore a growing concern among the Trump administration that loyalty to America isn’t a given in today’s world of political insiders. FBI Director Kash Patel vows to hold accountable those who endanger lives through corruption.
Linda Sun
…former deputy chief of staff to New York Governor Kathy Hochul…
and her husband, Chris Hu, allegedly profited nearly $8 million through wide-scale fraud after she facilitated multiple contracts between New York state and two Chinese-based vendors for pandemic equipment. Sun was initially tied to a COVID-era kickback scheme worth millions. She allegedly doctored documents that showed the two companies were recommended by Chinese officials.
Meanwhile, Hu has been accused of keeping track of the expected ill-gotten proceeds on a spreadsheet under the title "Me."
"While Americans were locked down and desperate for PPE, Linda Sun and Chris Hu cashed in - allegedly lining their pockets while serving CCP interests," Patel wrote on X. "This is corruption that endangered lives. The FBI will not tolerate public officials who sell out their country."
At the start of the pandemic, Sun was involved in helping secure personal protective equipment (PPE) for New York. Utilizing her position and connections within the Chinese government, she secured critical supplies. However, according to prosecutors, she manipulated a key vendor list sent by the Jiangsu Department of Commerce on March 20, removing the top recommended supplier and replacing it with a company owned by her cousin. Sun also doctored the wording that claimed her cousin’s company’s surgical masks were "the gold standard."
Between 2020 and 2021, Sun’s cousin’s company allegedly paid out $2.3 million in kickbacks. Prosecutors say a spreadsheet maintained by Sun’s husband projected that the couple stood to make a total of $8.02 million from the two companies involved and the broader scheme.
Sun was arrested in September for allegedly acting as an unregistered agent of China, secretly promoting Beijing’s interests in return for millions in bribes. Her husband was separately charged with laundering that money by setting up bank accounts under a relative’s name. Now, both face additional charges, including honest services wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and bribery.
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[Regnum] Scientists have found more than 1,000 barrels of nuclear waste on the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. This was reported by the ZDF publication, citing the press service of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).
In mid-June, an international research team set off from the western French city of Brest on the ship L'Atalante to the western European part of the Atlantic. The scientists hope to find all the barrels within a month and assess the impact of their contents on the local ecosystem.
According to researchers, a number of countries have been dumping nuclear waste into the ocean for 30 years since the 1950s. The ocean depths, far from the coast and human activity, have proven to be a cheap and easy solution for disposing of what has accumulated in industrial developments and laboratories, the authors of the material note.
In the north-eastern Atlantic alone, at depths of 3,000 to 5,000 meters, there are at least 200,000 barrels (30 cubic meters) of waste.
The team of scientists wants to create a map that will mark all the waste locations. They will take water, soil and fauna samples at each point. The researchers will be assisted by the Ulyx diving robot, equipped with a 3D camera and sonar.
It is not yet clear what danger this nuclear waste poses. Patrick Chardon, the head of the project monitoring radioactive waste disposal sites in the ocean, estimates that the radiation will disappear in about 300 to 400 years. The barrels are designed to withstand the pressure of the depths, but not to stop the radioactivity. Therefore, the researcher suspects that radioactive substances could have leaked into the water.
"Our goal is to use the radioactive waste that was produced to better understand the depths of the ocean," said project co-leader and CNRS researcher Javier Escartin.
In the years when the waste was dumped, it was considered safe, 20minutes.fr reported, citing a report by the National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra). Studies conducted in the 1980s and 1990s found low levels of radiation, and it was decided that there was no need for permanent monitoring of the waste.
"When we did the research in the 1980s, we were taking samples blind, we didn't have an underwater device to search for barrels," Escartin said.
The North-East Atlantic is not the only area affected by radioactive waste dumping, the publication reported. Before the process was completely banned in 1993, 14 countries were involved in dumping waste into the ocean, notably the United Kingdom, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland, as well as the United States and the Soviet Union. This involved more than 80 sites in the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.
[The Grio] In her 22-page dissent, Justice Jackson warned, "The Court’s decision to permit the Executive to violate the Constitution with respect to anyone who has not yet sued is an existential threat to the rule of law."
U.S. Senator John Kennedy, R-La., praised the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that blocks nationwide injunctions, potentially paving the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to eliminate birthright citizenship and other executive policies.
The 73-year-old lawmaker said he was "proud" of the 6-3 decision from the conservative majority of the court, which limited lower courts to injunctions for any said policy only in a plaintiff’s jurisdiction.
"The Supreme Court has turned the universal injunctions into fish food, as well it should have," Kennedy told Fox News’ Harris Faulkner. "There’s no basis in statute. There’s no basis in Supreme Court precedent. There is no basis in English common law for universal injunctions."
Inshallah — regardless of drought or flood, they take too much groundwater without care for conserving use. Gaza has the same problem.
[Rudaw] Marshlands in southern Iraq are drying up due to worsening drought and declining groundwater levels, a local official warned, as authorities scramble to mitigate the crisis that has already displaced over 10,000 families.
“Most of the marshlands in the north of our province have dried up, and we are trying to revive some of them through the Tigris River, but there is no solution for the other dried marshlands in our province,” said Zeinab al-Asadi, head of the provincial agriculture committee in Dhi Qar.
The Tigris River, one of Iraq’s two major waterways, flows from Turkey through northern and central Iraq and is a vital source of water for agriculture, drinking, and the marshlands.
“The groundwater level in our province has decreased significantly, and groundwater continues to drop further. This is a major problem facing the residents,” Asadi added.
According to Dhi Qar’s meteorology directorate, less than 50 millimeters of rain fell in the province last winter - a decline from over 80 millimeters recorded in previous years.
“This year, there was a drought in our province. The water level in the marshlands has decreased to nearly half a meter, when previously none of them were less than a meter [deep],” Asadi said.
“Certainly, in this season, that remaining half meter will also decrease, because much of it will evaporate,” she said.
The prolonged drought and desertification have already displaced thousands of people. The local office of the Ministry of Migration and Displacement reported that by October, more than 10,000 families had been forced to move out of areas surrounding the marshlands.
“Part of the citizens were displaced due to the drying of marshlands and desertification,” Asadi said.
To address the crisis, Asadi said they are coordinating with the Ministry of Water Resources to dig new artesian wells across the province.
Dhi Qar is home to much of Iraq’s historic marshlands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site considered one of the most fertile and ecologically significant areas in the country. The province’s population is over 2 million, according to Iraq’s census done in November.
Iraq’s water crisis has been exacerbated by five consecutive years of drought, soaring temperatures, and the construction of upstream dams in neighboring Turkey and Iran. These dams have sharply reduced water inflows into Iraq, leaving the country with less than 40 percent of its entitled share from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers - Iraq’s primary water sources.
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Hi Grom or TW. Here's the text of the article I just posted, as I am unable to enter it.
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Lara interviews the Crown Prince and here’s a summary. He says the regime is on the brink of collapse and it’s at the weakest ever. He goes into detail about a variety of hardships. Iranian citizens have suffered tremendously and lost hope. For example while the Persian carpet industry may flourish it’s under rigid control, but other industry's have been decimated. They’re all friends of America just as much as before 1979 and they were the first ones to be targeted by the regime. Thousands of Americans have been killed for their purpose.
His solution is to lead the country to an organized and stable transition. Citizens will vote by referendum to establish the rules, with separation of religion from state. They will be peaceful with all neighbors and especially America.
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If someone wants to dress this up to make a complete article as I intended several hours ago, here is the title, source and test of the full article:
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Iran’s Exiled Crown Prince to Lead a Team of Citizens, Some Military and Security Forces and Members of the Civilian Bureaucracy and to Begin a Peaceful Transition into a Constitutional Society, Starting Perhaps in Six Months
[FoxNews “My View with Lara Trump,” 6/28/25 - segment begins at 31 minutes and ends at 42 minutes]
Lara interviews the Crown Prince. Here’s a summary. He says the regime is on the brink of collapse and is at it’s weakest. He goes into detail about a variety of hardships. Iranian citizens have suffered tremendously and lost hope. While the Persian carpet industry may flourish it’s under rigid control, while other industrys have been decimated. They’re the friends of America just as much as before 1979 and they were the first one’s to be targeted by the regime. Thousands of Americans have been killed for their purpose.
His solution is to lead the country to an organized and stable transition. Citizens will vote by referendum to establish the rules, with separation of religion from state. They will be peaceful with all neighbors and especially America.
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I remember Saddam drained the marshes somewhere in the late 1990's to get rid of the Marsh Arabs.
Saddam also used gas on several marsh villages which, in his opinion, had not fought bravely enough against the Iranians during that little conflict in the 80's.
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Northrop Grumman are developing new large solid rocket motors for the SLS, because if they don't SLS could run out of the old shuttle parts they're using. This is part of a program called 'BOLE' Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension - rather than simply building new boosters they're removing all the bits that were needed for the Shuttle but no longer make sense for SLS. They're using a new casing, new fuel and new support systems.
But their first test did not go as planned.
For people who have $300 mil to throw away. Because when it all goes pear shaped, if you aren’t already there, how are you going to get there safely? But that kind of money does buy an awful lot of pretty for when you just want to get away from it all. for a little while.
[FoxNews] As global uncertainty grows, many of the world's wealthiest individuals are looking beyond gated communities and private security teams.
Instead, they're turning to luxury doomsday bunkers that promise not just safety, but comfort and peace of mind. Traditional alarm systems and exclusive neighborhoods no longer feel sufficient.
For this group, the goal is to find a solution that covers every angle, offering privacy, advanced protection and a sense of normalcy, no matter what's happening above ground.
INTRODUCING AERIE: SAFE'S BOLD NEW UNDERGROUND RETREAT
In the summer of 2026, SAFE, short for Strategically Armored & Fortified Environments, will open the doors to Aerie, a $300 million underground sanctuary near Washington, D.C. SAFE has made a name for itself by creating some of the world's most extravagant security features for private homes and yachts, but Aerie takes things to a whole new level. This isn't just a bunker. It's a private club where luxury and security come together, offering members a safe haven that doesn't compromise on style or amenities.
[Townhall] It is hard even to digest the incredible train of events of the last few days in the Middle East.
Iran had been reduced to an anemic, performance-art missile attack on our base in Qatar -- the last Parthian shot from a terrified regime, desperate for an out -- and a ceasefire.
Iran would have been better off not launching such a ceremonial but ultimately humiliating proof of impotence.
Even worse for the theocracy, Iran's temporary reprieve came from the now magnanimous but still hated U.S. President Donald Trump.
So ends the creepy mystique of the supposedly indomitable terror state of Iran, the bane of the last seven American presidents over half a century.
For Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, it was hard to swallow that U.S. bombers got their permission to fly into Iranian airspace from the Israeli air force.
A good simile is that Trump put a pot of water on the stove, told Iran to jump in, put the lid over them, then smiled, turned up the heat -- and will now let them stew.
As postbellum realities now simmer in Iran, the theocracy is left explaining the inexplicable to its humiliated military and shocked but soon-to-be-furious populace. All the regime's blood-curdling rhetoric, apocalyptic threats against Israel, goose-stepping thugs, and shiny new missiles ended in less than nothing.
A trillion dollars and five decades' worth of missiles and centrifuges are now up in smoke. That money might have otherwise saved Iranians from the impoverishment of the last 50 years.
How about the little Satan Israel, to which Iran for nearly 50 years promised extinction?
Israel had destroyed Iran's expeditionary terrorists, Iran's defenses, its nuclear viability, and the absurd mythology of Iranian military competence. And worse, Israel showed it could repeat all that destruction when and if necessary.
So, the most hated regime in the world crawled into the boiling pot because it looked around in vain for someone to void Trump's ultimatum for a cease and desist.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
