Next week's GOP convention to go on as planned in Milwaukee, with Trump in attendance (alaskabeacon.com)
Secret Service: We Didn’t Turn Down Trump’s Extra Security Request (www.thedailybeast.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/the-agency-said-it-had-upped-it…
Instagram influencer jailed for trafficking and slavery (www.bbc.com)
‘Daily Show’ Cancels On-The-Ground RNC Plans After Trump Assassination Attempt (variety.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17568605...
China, United Arab Emirates (UAE) hold joint air force drills in Xinjiang - where China has arbitrarily detained up to a million Muslims, according to rights groups (www.al-monitor.com)
Archived link...
Brazilian Instagram influencer jailed for trafficking and slavery (www.bbc.com)
Indian Man Consumes 39 Coins, 37 Magnets In Belief Of Zinc's Bodybuilding Benefits (knovhov.com)
‘Forever chemicals’ used in lithium ion batteries threaten environment, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
A subclass of PFAS has been found near manufacturing plants and landfills, and in remote regions of the world...
A Trump Ally Is Training 75 Armed Citizens. Is That a Militia? (www.nytimes.com)
Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, is recruiting “special deputies” to deploy during disaster or unrest. Opponents say the move is dangerous.
“Gods in the Building”: How the Texas Senate Buries Sexual Harassment Complaints and Enables Bad Actors (www.texasmonthly.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/texas-senate-sexual-harassment/
The Only Kind of “Political Violence” All U.S. Politicians Oppose (theintercept.com)
A BIPARTISAN SAMPLING of the world’s greatest perpetrators and enablers of political violence has rushed to condemn political violence following the shooting attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday....
Thailand's economy: factory closures due to cheap Chinese imports with job losses jumping by 80% within one year (www.reuters.com)
The manufacturing sector’s woes have left Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who took power last year, struggling to fulfil his promise of bringing average annual GDP growth to 5% over his four-year term, up from 1.73% in the past decade....
House Republican Immediately Accuses Biden of Having ‘Sent the Orders’ to Kill Trump in Bizarre Post (www.mediaite.com)
Collins followed up with another tweet calling for the local county prosecutor to “immediately file charges against Joseph R. Biden for inciting an assassination.”...
Shannen Doherty, star of 'Beverly Hills, 90210' and 'Charmed,' dies at 53 (www.usatoday.com)
Fuck. Cancer....
After planning to skip Republican National Convention, Nikki Haley will speak at it (www.usatoday.com)
The Most Expensive Farm Bill Ever Is Stalled, Holding Back Important Funds Aimed at Combating the Climate Crisis (insideclimatenews.org)
Scientists make DNA discovery that could help find pancreatic cancer cure (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists have made a crucial DNA discovery that could help cure one of the deadliest cancers....
James Sikking, star of 'Hill Street Blues' and 'Doogie Howser, MD,' dies at 90 (apnews.com)
James Sikking, who starred as a hardened police lieutenant on “Hill Street Blues” and as the titular character’s kindhearted dad on “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” has died at 90....
After Trump Shooting, America Reverts to Blaming the Other Side (www.politico.com)
Even before the most basic details of the shooting at Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally yesterday had emerged, the ceaseless, grating background noise of American political life had cranked itself up once again....
Record-breaking heatwave shifts east as millions of Americans under heat alert (www.theguardian.com)
Over 245 million Americans are expected to experience 90F temperatures early this week, with some as high as 105F...
Trump rally shooter identified as 20-year-old Pennsylvania man (www.nbcnews.com)
The FBI identified the shooter, who is dead, as Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. A motive was not clear....
Donald Trump rally shooting being probed as assassination attempt: AP sources (www.cp24.com)
Trump rally: Witness says he saw gunman minutes before shots fired (www.bbc.com)
It’s Too Hot to Fly Helicopters and That’s Killing People (gizmodo.com)
Six motorcyclists rode into Death Valley National Park on July 6. Only five came out alive. With temperatures reaching 128 degrees Fahrenheit in California, the cyclists faced extreme heat exposure that killed one and sent another to a local hospital, according to the National Park Service....
Donald Trump apparently shot, 2 confirmed dead at rally - as former president rushed off stage (news.sky.com)
