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In a bizarre twist, the announcement was Muniz’s second go at revealing the split.

In a bizarre twist, the announcement was Muniz’s second go at revealing the split.

A Pennsylvania Republican lawmaker was left bemused after being ordered to leave the floor of the state’s House of Representatives for wearing an American flag-themed suit jacket – ahead of the country’s 250th birthday.

Paris Deputy Mayor Blames US Air Conditioning For French Heat Wave

The peasantry is not allowed to have creature comforts, otherwise, they might start thinking like free men.  So, let them eat cake (and fight each other over the last few box fans).  

As we covered last week, over 1.2 million tourists have traveled to each US city hosting a World Cup game, and the resulting culture shock has gone viral across social media.  Notably, European visitors have been surprised by American infrastructure, hospitality and, strangely, air conditioning. 

Apparently, European media and governments have spent an inordinate amount of time and energy conditioning their populations with propaganda about the US being a dangerous cesspool of "racism" and violence.  Instead, Europeans found freedom...and luxurious, cold air. 

In response, EU citizens have been traveling back across the and asking their political leaders why, in the midst of a deadly summer heat wave, air conditioners are not more common.  Only 19% of the population has air conditioning in their homes, compared to 90% in the US.  Instead of offering a rational explanation, these governments have moved to restrict or outright ban air conditioners while blaming the US for their problems.

🇫🇷‼️🚨 “WE AGREE THAT PEOPLE MUST NOT SUFFOCATE - BUT”

French Minister of Ecology Monique Barbut rants about air conditioning:

"I'm horrified by people who tell me we just need to put AC everywhere …

Do you think that by air-conditioning everything we're going to prevent… pic.twitter.com/rUyJYmv55X

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 28, 2026

Paris Deputy Mayor Audrey Pulvar, a radical leftist who has in the past defended mass immigration and dismissed the reality of migrant crime, took to social media to attack the US as the "source" of the ongoing French heat wave.  She wrote on Instagram:

"Dear American journalists and social media 'influencers': for days, some of you have been criticizing and making fun of Paris because the city does not have A/C in every room. OMG, this is so rich!" 

"As the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, you bear a significant amount of responsibility for global warming and the consequences we, in France, are experiencing. Your cities '90% air-conditioned' are not unrelated to this. In Paris, we take responsibility."

The Deputy Mayor of Paris, Audrey Pulvar, says the U.S. bears “a significant amount of responsibility for global warming” and the recent heatwave in France

🇺🇸🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/56MBJURgI3

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 29, 2026

"If every American city made the same ecological transition efforts as Paris and many European cities, believe me, the whole world would be better off. So please, enough with the lecture. Just start doing your part. Best regards..." 

I reality, the European political class is not angry over American jokes online; they're angry over the legitimate concerns of citizens asking why the government is constantly propagandizing against (and legislating against) central air?  French officials don't care what Americans have to say about France, they care about what the French people say about France because it makes the government look bad.    

The conflict might sound bizarre to the average American, but many Europeans have been taught to view air conditioning as a bourgeois luxury for selfish people.  The fact that Europe suffers more deaths every year from heat than the US has gun related deaths doesn't seem to be a concern for green politicians. 

Pulvar thinks she has a slam-dunk argument by playing the carbon card, but she is, of course, very wrong.  Carbon emissions have nothing to do with global temperatures.  There is no such thing as man-made global warming.  The European people are suffering for nothing. 

Climate alarmists and climate scientists pull their temperature data from the 1880s onward, which is an incredibly narrow window of time in the Earth's climate history.  The fact that this problem is never addressed showcases the reality that climate science is politically motivated rather than fact based. 

When we look at the temperature record going back hundreds of millions of years, it becomes obvious that the Earth has been much hotter in the past compared to today.  In fact, we just exited an disastrous ice age and temps are near historic lows.  When these stats are compared to global atmospheric carbon content over the same period of time, the basis for today's carbon emissions theory is completely debunked. 

There is no correlation or causation relationship between carbon emissions and climate change.  Meaning, there is no evidence whatsoever that human industry and the emissions it produces has any affect on temperatures, and this includes air conditioners.  Man-made climate change is a lie. 

The question is, why are they lying?  Europe is a perfect example of green socialism in action, as numerous countries enter steep industrial decline.  Climate change is used as an excuse to whittle away individual freedoms, property rights, and access to basic amenities.  They are training the population to live without. 

Leftist governments also use climate change as an excuse for their mass immigration agenda, claiming that global warming is the cause, rather then the fact that they are luring in migrants with taxpayers funded subsidies and free handouts.  In short, the climate lie is about tearing down the western world. 

If Europeans stop believing the lie, then the agenda goes out the window.  The demand for air conditioning is viewed as a symbol of the citizenry no longer believing.      

Tyler Durden Thu, 07/02/2026 - 04:15

"When the Democratic Party goes, this country is over," Thiel said.

Alnaji struck Kessler in the head with a megaphone, causing Kessler to fall to the ground and hit his head on the pavement, prosecutors said.

The wild footage from Tacoma showed a crew of firefighters forcing open the door to the electrical room before thick smoke billowed out.

The Collapse Of Schengen... Over 1 Million Illegal Migrants Apply For Spanish Citizenship

Via Remix News

When the socialist-communist government of Pedro Sánchez first announced he was going to begin the mass legalization of migrants in his country, his government claimed this would amount to 500,000 people. Now, twice as many people are being legalized than first claimed, and importantly for the rest of Europe, those migrants now have the right to freely move through the Schengen zone.

Due to his mass amnesty, The New York Times has now labeled Spain a "beacon of the global left."

In April, the socialist-communist government in Madrid first issue the decree, giving illegal migrants three months to submit their application.

According to the New York Times, more than 1 million applications had already been submitted by illegal immigrants.

Vox party leader Santiago Abascal has accused Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of taking the long-term move of naturalizing millions of foreigners to give himself and left-wing parties an electoral advantage in upcoming elections.

"Pedro Sánchez is willing to rob us of the next general elections by manipulating the census and handing out Spanish nationality," wrote Abascal. "And it is necessary for us to mobilize to prevent him, after everything he has stolen, from also stealing the elections from us."

Pedro Sánchez está dispuesto a robarnos las próximas elecciones generales manipulando el censo y regalando la nacionalidad española.

Nos alegramos de que la denuncia de Santiago Abascal haya sido escuchada.

Lo peor de Pedro Sánchez ya ha llegado.

Y es necesario que nos... pic.twitter.com/85F4CTumFn

— VOX ?? (@vox_es) June 30, 2026

Across Europe, conservative and right-wing politicians are reacting with shock to the huge legalization numbers Spain is now reporting.

"The decision to legalize them means that they will be able to move and settle freely in any place in Europe. Left-wing governments are bringing about the collapse of the Schengen Area and mocking the safety of Europeans. Not only does Spain, under the Migration Pact and in full accordance with the law, have the power to offload illegal immigrants to other countries, but it is also legalizing their stay," wrote Polish MEP Anna Bry?ka.

Premier Hiszpanii Pedro Sanchez poinformowa?, ?e ponad milion imigrantów z?o?y?o wniosek o zalegalizowanie pobytu w Hiszpanii.

Decyzja o ich legalizacji oznacza, ?e b?d? oni mogli nieskr?powanie porusza? si? i osiedla? w dowolnym miejscu w Europie. Rz?dy lewicy doprowadzaj? do... https://t.co/KfAXPP7qL8

— Anna Bry?ka (@annabrylka) June 30, 2026

Sánchez has also been accused of passing the law with no democratic legitimacy. He announced that the Council of Ministers approved the decree initiating the implementation of this decision into the state legal order. Notably, this mass legalization was never formally voted in by parliament. Instead, Sánchez forced through an emergency decree.

The politician marketed the decree by talking about people who are in Spain in an "irregular situation" and noted that "again, I feel proud to be Spanish."

Calls to the European Commission demanding the immediate removal of Spain from the Schengen Area have been met with silence. Illegal arrivals enter Europe through this country every day.

As predicted and warned by both the Spanish opposition and many other political and media outlets, it turns out that there are many more newcomers willing to legalize their stay than the Spanish authorities announced.

The program on legalization of status stems from a citizens' initiative from 2024, which was supported by over 700,000 people. The measure was also supported by hundreds of organizations that describe themselves as humanitarian, along with business groups and the Catholic Church. To count on approval of the application, the newcomer must have been in Spain for at least five months and have no criminal record.

Read more here...

Tyler Durden Thu, 07/02/2026 - 03:30

Folarin Balogun has no option to appeal the red card that left him suspended for the U.S. men’s national team’s Round of 16 match against Belgium.

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Russia Buying Gasoline From India To Tackle Shortages

Russia, whose refining capacity has come under significant strain in recent months, has started seaborne imports of gasoline from India (the same country it exports millions of barrels of oil to), Reuters reported citing industry ​sources, in an effort to mitigate fuel shortages triggered by ‌Ukrainian attacks on its energy infrastructure.

Fuel shortages are being felt across Russia's 11 time zones with rationing, long queues at filling stations and a record gasoline price increase, as a result of relentless Ukraine strikes on the country's refineries. 

On Tuesday, the Kremlin said that Russia was in contact with ​other countries and discussing imports of fuel at acceptable prices.

An industry source said ⁠at least 60,000 metric tons of gasoline have been dispatched from India to Russia. Another ​source said that two tankers, with parcels of 30,000 to 40,000 tons each, have been sent. A third ​source said that in total, Russia plans to import 400,000 tons of gasoline from various countries each month, including from neighboring Belarus, which has already been exporting fuel to Russia.

Gasoline consumption in Russia is at least 110,000 ​tons per day in summer, when demand for fuel is high.

It was not immediately clear which ​Indian refiner will be supplying gasoline to Russia.

President Vladimir Putin acknowledged on Sunday at a meeting with government ministers and other ‌officials ⁠that Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries had triggered fuel shortages in some regions, but said that Russia was dealing with them. 

Elsewhere, Belarus almost tripled gasoline rail supplies to Russia to more than 70,000 tons in the first half of June versus the first half of May, according to Reuters ​calculations and sources.

Russia's parliament approved amendments ​to its tax ⁠code last week aimed at tackling the fuel shortages due to Ukrainian drone attacks, while also offering subsidies on fuel imports, pegged to Indian ​delivery costs and prices.

If Russia is the world's gas station, then India is rapidly emerging as the world's refiner: in what is emerging as a giant processing round trip, India's crude oil imports from Russia surged to a record ​high in ⁠June, ship tracking data from LSEG and Kpler showed, as refiners snapped up Russian barrels to mitigate the impact of the Strait of Hormuz closure on other sources of supply.

Russian oil accounted for more ⁠than half ​of India's overall imports in June, up from 36.5% ​in May, the Kpler data showed.

And now India is selling back the refined product back to Russia. 

India, the world's third-largest oil importer, received about 2.70 million barrels per day of oil ​from Russia in June, preliminary data from Kpler and LSEG showed.

Tyler Durden Thu, 07/02/2026 - 02:45

Sometimes the loudest player on the pitch is the quietest player on the team.

According to authorities, store staff had been warned that the same suspects had allegedly attempted a similar scheme at a Costco location in Enfield.

Alastair Crooke: Russia Hearing The European Clamor For War, Announces It's Ready

Authored by Alastair Crooke

The de-escalation framework that unfolded in the US-Iran Lucerne talks largely stayed true to the original Iranian 10-point plan. Meanwhile, President Trump and Vice-President Vance deliberately muddy the waters, claiming that Iran has already agreed to IAEA inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities (a claim repeatedly denied by Iran): Vance announced that the IAEA could have begun inspections this week. No – – the “Framework” only refers to the possible IAEA supervision of the dilution to the 60% enriched stockpile subject to a final agreement with the US having been reached.

Trump, writing on social media, later falsely asserted: “Iran has fully and completely agreed to highest level Nuclear inspections long into the future.” In fact, the IAEA are only inspecting the joint Iran-Russia power station in Bushier at Russia’s request, because Russia wants to ensure compliance on its involvement. In other words, it is a Russian request to satisfy its own IAEA compliance commitment.

Trump then warned Iran that he may have to “finish the job [militarily]” — (if he doesn’t get a very good deal) — which, he says, would take “ about a week,” and adds that Iran will be required to use any unfrozen Iranian funds to be held in ESCROW accounts (accounts controlled by the US) to buy “corn and soybeans for their people, because right now their people are very hungry — and they’re buying exclusively from us.”

So, it’s pretty clear what’s ahead — Trump is reverting to his New York real-estate mode of negotiations. In the Art of the Deal, his 1987 book, ghost written by Tony Schwartz, the text advises the use of “extreme and unpredictable demands to create anxiety and force concessions from rivals.”

Thus, we are back to the General Kellogg playbook — Kellogg advised Trump that the only thing that works with Putin or the Iranians is pressure — and then still more pressure.

Familiar Trumpian tactics. Show a little initial flexibility to tease out adversaries in order to pull them into negotiations; subsequent false claims of Iranian concessions and extreme demands are then used to increase pressure on Iran (whilst Trump appears tough to the angry neocon constituency and to his “base” back home).

This style of pressure may work for New York real-estate deals, but will be ineffective with both Iran and Russia.

Such threats will be counterproductive with Iran, and place the US on a collision course. “The Islamabad understanding was not the result of pressure and coercion, but rather the result of the resistance and authority of the Iranian nation,” Mr Qalibaf, the chief Iranian negotiator, retorted.

In practical terms, as Will Schryver, a shrewd observer of the US military, notes, Iran has pressure points “more numerous and capable than the US can bring to bear on the battlefield” —

“In my view, [Schryver says], a powerful US military presence in the Persian Gulf region has become utterly untenable. They’re just trying to save face now. I do not believe, [he concludes] the US military can mount even a 72-hour high-intensity operation at this point in time.”

“But I think they’ll try. Probably just Trump bluff, but it would not surprise me if they try to play one last card to gain the upper hand.” (Maybe after the midterms, and with the US having rebuilt somewhat its munitions shortfall).

To which Iran likely will respond by closing the Strait of Hormuz again, and attacking, pari passu, regional (Gulf) infrastructure. Trump will be gaming the economy who first plays “Chicken.” A further military venture likely will only further erode American military standing.

Quite possibly, however, Trump may be prepared to cut his losses in Iran — the war anyway is a liability to his Midterm electoral calculus — by circling back to Ukraine and Russia. The Kiev Independent released a report yesterday, quoting a “senior Ukrainian official saying that Trump had privately given Zelensky the greenlight to act 'more boldly' against Russia.”

Here we go again, roundabout time — “Trump says he doesn’t really believe Putin will do anything without pressure,” the Ukrainian official added.

Simplicius speculates:

Trump has clearly been frustrated by his inability to settle any of the conflicts he had promised easily. And recently, on the heels of the Iranian memorandum saga, he even admitted that he would now be “turning his attention” back to Ukraine.

As such, it’s plausible that Trump would have given secret encouragement to the Europeans to ‘shape the battlefield’ in order to ‘soften’ Russia up ahead of whatever next Trump might have planned.

If this is true (and it probably is), the Europeans are playing with matches and risk lighting a conflagration. The E3 leaders, Starmer, Merz and Macron, met on 7 June with Zelensky to promise both unwavering support and — in the context of pledging further pressure on Russia —

…underlining the urgent need to scale up the production of interceptors; deep strike capabilities and anti-ballistic missile co-development — and further to support the future sustainability of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In short, the Europeans intend to ratchet up deep strikes into Moscow and St Petersburg, which will likely kill and unsettle their inhabitants.

The E3 carefully planned how to stage-manage the upcoming G7 summit, the EU summit, with Zelensky showcased at both events, promising to increase the pressure on “President Putin to agree to an immediate and complete ceasefire, taking the current contact line for its start-point.” European leaders also pledged to co-ordinate ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara (7-8 July) to achieve increased pledges of military support for Ukraine.

The E3 states are explicitly gearing up with new missiles to strike deeper, and more destructively, into Russia. The British government, for example, has announced that —

…the UK project to develop low-cost advanced long-range strike weapons for Ukraine has reached a significant milestone, with three British-designed systems successfully flight tested. The ground-launched strike weapons reportedly are capable of hitting targets more than 500km distant, at a speed of 600 km/h – whilst carrying a 225 kg warhead.

According to the Financial Times, Trump was “hugely impressed and enthusiastic” with Ukraine’s recent campaign of long-range strikes on targets deep inside Russia at last week’s G7 summit. At the summit, Trump also agreed to increase sanctions on Russian energy.

It is clear that the E3 had been plotting a major psy-op to convince Trump that Ukraine was not on the back-foot against Russia (as Trump may have been briefed); but rather had regained the front foot, and that the US should support the European agenda to force a Russian capitulation agenda (ceasefire, borders unchanged, reparations paid by Russia and war-crimes trials for Russian officials indicted with crimes, etc).

BREAKING AND UNUSUAL

It appears STRATEGIC matters will be discussed, as six red folders were seen during Putin’s meeting with members of the Security Council. pic.twitter.com/UFqMhzQFmw

— RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) July 1, 2026

These developments have brought two major developments out of Russia...

Firstly, senior Kremlin aides, notably Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s spokesman, have been saying over the past three days the “spirt” of the Anchorage summit, and its concomitant understandings, “have effectively collapsed” — “The US abandoned them.” Moscow no longer expects those commitments to be honoured and is focused solely on securing its own “victory” through military means.

Foreign Minister Lavrov went further, describing the Alaska meeting as an American “ploy” designed to buy time for Ukraine to rebuild and rearm its military — essentially likening them to the Minsk Accords that similarly were mounted as a deceit.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said:

We also see Washington’s line moving closer to the most rabid anti-Russian policies pursued by the US’s closest European allies – namely, the UK and France.

This represents a huge strategic shift. Russia no longer seeks a relationship with Washington, though contact with DC will continue.

The second development stems from President Putin’s address at the St George’s Hall to military cadets on June 23. Putin, in summary, told the young officers that the West manufactures a Russia threat, then accuses Russia of creating that very threat. This, said Putin, is a historically repeated pattern going back to 1941.

Putin implied that a threshold had now been crossed: He stated that whilst, until recently, NATO countries had limited themselves to supporting the Kiev regime to wage war on Russia, the West today is openly talking about preparing for a war against Russia, and is building up their military offensive budgets. German Chancellor Mertz has been quite vocal in this regard, Putin said.

Russia’s response, he said, is focused on modernizing its nuclear triad and its Army, and strengthening the combat capability of the Aerospace Forces and the Navy. The explicit mention of the nuclear triad in direct proximity to the discussion of Western preparation for war against Russia was certainly a pointed message to Trump and the Europeans.

Russia has heard the European clamor for war. It has now made the strategic decision in response to prepare for war in Europe.

Tyler Durden Thu, 07/02/2026 - 02:00

Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s capital overnight into Thursday that killed at least 13 people and injured scores as loud explosions shook Kyiv for hours.

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