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Voters rage at White House 'corruption' as summer cooling bills surge

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8 hours ago

Voters rage at White House 'corruption' as summer cooling bills surge

MS NOW reports voters appear to be mindful of President Donald Trump raking in millions of dollars this summer while their own air-conditioning bills are creeping out of reach of their monthly home budget.Across much of the country, the 4th of July weekend is bringing more than just fireworks. It's also bringing dangerous and potentially record-breaking heat from the Midwest all the way to the northeast with heat indexes potentially climbing well above 100 degrees.More than 160 million people in 30 states are currently under extreme heat warnings this holiday weekend, with little sign of relief from either Mother Nature or the Trump economy. In places like New York, for example, humidity can make a 100-degree day feels like 110, 115 degrees. And it is, of course, considerably more humid in many Southern red states.MS NOW reporter Moses Small marched out into the street and talked to voters fleeing high home utility bills at city cooling centers.“Yeah, it's stressful,” said New York resident Daniela Crespo. “I've been anticipating looking at the forecast, thinking about, how many days am I going to run the AC? What temperature am I going to set it at? What is this going to cost me? It definitely has been on my mind.”Crespa added, however, that even as her own monthly electric bill blows up in her face and she struggles to control it by adjusting her AC to the tip of tolerance she is markedly aware of the extreme wealth pooling out of the White House and the Trump family’s bank accounts.“I mean, I think it really distills the kind of moment we're in with the level of corruption that we're seeing at the very highest levels of government,” Crespa told Snow, speaking on Trump making $2 billion in White House related monetization schemes and crypto machinations since returning to the White House.“When it gets to this hot, families tell me they really do think about the utility bills and their bank accounts,” said Snow, “especially with the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting inflation up 4.2 percent in the past year — but within that, a 23.5 percent jump on energy costs.”Snow added that a CNBC analysis claims Americans, on average, have spent an extra almost $450 in gas and electric prices alone since Trump unilaterally kicked off his war in Iraq. Meanwhile, the money the Trump family is making while occupying the White House appears to smell with enough corruption to make Democrats competitive even in some of the reddest farm states this November. - YouTube youtu.be

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Photos of the Week: World Cup, Wine Battle, White Kimono

The Atlantic

12 hours ago

Photos of the Week: World Cup, Wine Battle, White Kimono

A scorching heat wave in Europe, a bonfire celebration in Argentina, a Pride parade in Seattle, semiquincentennial celebrations across America, and much more

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E Pluribus Algae: Why Green Pond Scum Is as American as Red, White and Blue

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14 hours ago

E Pluribus Algae: Why Green Pond Scum Is as American as Red, White and Blue

And why the most patriotic approach to the Reflecting Pool may be to let the algae take over.

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Photos of the Week: World Cup, Wine Battle, White Kimono

A scorching heat wave in Europe, a bonfire celebration in Argentina, a Pride parade in Seattle, semiquincentennial celebrations across America, and much more

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White House to launch Trump Accounts on July 4

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White House to launch Trump Accounts on July 4

The Trump administration will launch new investment accounts for children on July 4, with the initiative intended to boost the financial standing of millions of Americans under the age of 18. Dubbed “Trump Accounts” by the administration, the program will be available for children who do not turn 18 before the end of the calendar…

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Storms splitting around White House UFC fight was ‘pretty damn awesome’: Dana White

Washington Examiner

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Storms splitting around White House UFC fight was ‘pretty damn awesome’: Dana White

UFC CEO Dana White and President Donald Trump met in the Oval Office to strategize about possible weather delays moments before Trump gave the all-clear to “load the arena,” according to a new documentary about the production of the UFC’s Freedom 250 event at the White House. The event proceeded with only minor delays despite […]

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White House Deletes State Fair Photos After Trump Threw a Tantrum

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White House Deletes State Fair Photos After Trump Threw a Tantrum

White House officials deleted photographs of crowds at the beginning of Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair, after the president raged at the dismal turnout. “We’re told that the aerial image of the crowds from his rally last week enraged him so much that officials ended up deleting them,” CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported Wednesday evening. Dozens of attendees were seen flocking toward the exits during Trump’s commencement address, though the president insisted the event was “packed to the brim.”Photographs of the event showed that there was a crowd, but not a very big one, and certainly not the 45,000 that Trump claimed on social media.Attendance at Trump’s supremely underwhelming Great American State Fair has remained visibly low, as the festivities have been beset by technical difficulties, lame programming, and disappointing weather delays. White House staff are reportedly concerned that Trump’s rally planned for the Fourth of July will spark yet another presidential meltdown.That rally is scheduled to take place outside on the National Mall, on a day temperatures in Washington are projected to reach at least 100 degrees. The rally will be punctuated by a massive fireworks display, currently scheduled to begin at 11 p.m. Unlike in past years, attendees will not be able to bring coolers to help beat the heat.

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ICE Detained 10,000 People in 5 Days After White House Ordered Surge in Arrests

Truthout

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ICE Detained 10,000 People in 5 Days After White House Ordered Surge in Arrests

ICE officials have pushed to double arrests after the White House called for an increase to 2,000 arrests per day.

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