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Missouri Officials Decline FBI’s Request to Hand Over Private Concealed Carry Information

ABC: Several Missouri county sheriffs are worried about an alleged FBI request for concealed carry permit holder records. The requests allegedly state that Missouri County Sheriffs’ offices will need to hand over concealed carry permit holder records to the FBI. However, Capt. Brian Leer, who works at the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, says it’s never been asked to do this. “We have no intention of releasing concealed carry weapon permits to anyone or, for that matter, we don’t even know anybody that’s wanting that information,” said Leer (ABC). Fox News: Missouri officials are slamming a planned FBI audit of various sheriff’s offices in the state, saying the audit is an attempt “to illegally obtain” information on concealed carry permit holders. One sheriff, in particular, said that even under a threat of federal arrest, he will not comply and release the concealed carry information. “As the sheriff of Scotland County, I want all my citizens to know that I will not allow, cooperate or release any CCW information to the FBI, ‘even at the threat of a federal arrest,’” Republican Scotland County Sheriff Bryan Whitney wrote to residents of his community on Monday. “Point Blank, ‘I will go down with the ship if need be,’” the letter, which was reviewed by Fox News Digital on Tuesday, said. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt also demanded that the FBI “cease their attempts to illegally obtain information from local sheriffs on Missourians who have concealed carry permits,” and sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray on the matter last week (Fox News).

Mayor Eric Adams Frustrated Over Surge of Immigrants in NYC, Demands Federal Government Pay for Housing

NBC: New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday demanded the federal government help pay for what he said was a wave of asylum seekers pouring into the city, claiming its safety net was being strained by busloads of people coming from border states and elsewhere. Adams’ comments echo those of Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who took to national TV Sunday morning to say her city’s homeless shelters were filling up because of buses being sent en masse to the city from Texas and Arizona. But as opposed to D.C., the problem in New York City is exacerbated by its “right to shelter” mandate, which means any homeless asylum seeker who comes to town, by any means, has to be put in a bed somewhere. “Currently, New York City is experiencing a marked increase in the number of asylum seekers who are arriving from Latin America and other regions. In some instances, families are arriving on buses sent by the Texas and Arizona governments, while in other cases, it appears that individuals are being sent by the federal government,” Adams said in a statement, adding that more than 2,800 asylum seekers had entered the shelter system in recent weeks (NBC). Julio Rosas: Adams blamed Texas and Arizona for busing the people from the southern border to his town, but the buses from those two states are only being sent to Washington, D.C. In the month of June, Border Patrol agents along the southern border encountered over 200,000 illegal border crossers. A majority of those are the ones who are willingly turning themsleves in so they can be processed and released. This has strained resources in border towns, which prompted Texas and Arizona to send people to Washington, D.C. on a voluntary basis (Townhall). RNC Research: Democrat New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the influx of illegal immigrants is “a real burden on New Yorkers.” “Food, clothing, school. This is going to impact our schools…there’s just a whole host of things that this is going to produce” (Twitter).

Biden Getting Closer to Declaring National Emergency on Abortion and Climate

Wall Street Journal: The president is facing calls to declare a public-health emergency to expand access to abortions after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. He is also being pressed to use a national-emergency declaration and other emergency powers to tackle climate-related priorities after they were stripped out of Democrats’ budget bill because of opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.). An emergency order can give the president the ability to act faster and with broader discretion than a typical executive order, experts say. Presidents can declare an emergency to help unlock more federal resources under different laws: the National Emergencies Act, Stafford Act, Public Health Service Act and Defense Production Act. Since the National Emergencies Act was passed in 1976, presidents from both parties have used it to declare a total of 75 states of national emergency—68 of which were used to impose sanctions, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, which conducted a two-year project on emergency powers. Of that total, 41 are still in effect, and 37 of those are sanctions related (Wall Street Journal). Hill: President Biden labeled climate change as an “emergency” on Wednesday but stopped short of declaring a national emergency following pressure from climate advocates. In a speech at a former coal plant in Somerset, Mass., Biden also pledged to take action to combat the threat of climate change after congressional action stalled. “As president I have a responsibility to act with urgency and resolve when our nation faces clear and present danger. And that is what climate change is about,” Biden said. “This is an emergency.” “As president, I’ll use my executive powers to combat the climate crisis in the absence of congressional action,” he added (Hill). Dennis Prager: A new emergency. We just had an emergency of lockdown. That’s what they live for, these people on the left. To lock you down, to control you. The fact that you are free, that you will ride in a car on your own and live where you wish to live, in a house as big as you want. This bothers people on the left. The smaller your house, the happier they are. The less you drive, the happier they are. Get into a train, you sheep! The car is the symbol of independence loathed by the left, which is always, always totalitarian. A state of climate emergency. It’s up there with men menstruate. So, what will they do? All these emergencies? They all do the same thing. They control more of life in America (Daybreak Daily).

Uvalde Parents Insist District Police Chief Pete Arredondo Be Fired

Associated Press: Facing massive public pressure, Uvalde’s top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who was central to the botched law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting nearly two months ago that killed two teachers and 19 students. The South Texas city’s school board announced Wednesday that it will consider firing Chief Pete Arredondo at a special meeting Saturday. Arredondo has been accused by state officials of making several critical mistakes during the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. School officials have previously resisted calls to fire Arredondo. The announcement comes two days after a meeting where the school board members were lambasted for more than three hours by members of the public, who accused them of not implementing basic security at Robb, of not being transparent about what happened and of failing to hold Arredondo to account for his actions (Associated Press). CNN: Arredondo, who has been the school district police chief since March 2020, was one of the nearly 400 law enforcement officers who responded to the shooting in which a gunman entered adjoining classrooms inside the Texas school on May 24. Officers began arriving at the school within minutes but allowed the gunman to remain in the classrooms for 77 minutes until they entered and killed him, according to a timeline from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). By the time police forced their way inside, 19 children and two teachers were dead. The lengthy delay contradicted widely taught protocol for active shooter situations that call for police to immediately stop the threat and came even as children inside repeatedly called 911 and begged for help (CNN).

Poll: Hispanic Support for Joe Biden Sinks to 19 Percent

National Review: The vast majority of Hispanics are unhappy with President Biden’s overall job performance, and their dissatisfaction extends to a suite of issues including the economy, foreign policy, gun violence, and the handling of Russia-Ukraine crisis. Only 19 percent of Hispanics approve of Biden’s conduct as president, while 70 percent disapprove, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday. Of Hispanics who disapprove, 49 percent feel strongly about it while 20 percent are somewhat discontented. As skyrocketing inflation continues to strangle household budgets, causing many families to struggle to afford basic consumer goods such as gas and food, the economy is weighing most heavily on voters’ minds, and especially for Hispanics, the poll shows (National Review). Quinnipiac Poll: Asked to choose the most urgent issue facing the country today, inflation (34 percent) ranks first followed by gun violence (12 percent). Among Republicans, inflation (48 percent) ranks first followed by immigration (16 percent) with no other issue reaching double digits. Among Democrats, gun violence (22 percent) ranks first followed by abortion (14 percent), inflation (14 percent), election laws (12 percent), and climate change (11 percent) (Quinnipiac).

John Kerry Slammed for Carbon Emission Hypocrisy

Fox News: Several Republican lawmakers criticized John Kerry following a Fox News Digital report Tuesday showing his family private jet has emitted more than 300 metric tons of carbon since President Biden took office. The lawmakers accused Kerry, who President Biden appointed to be the federal government’s lead global climate envoy, of hypocrisy, arguing he has taken advantage of the same fossil fuels he is attempting to force Americans to transition away. Kerry’s family private jet has made 48 trips, emitting about 325 metric tons of carbon, since January 2021, according to data obtained Tuesday by Fox News Digital. “Joe Biden launched his war on American energy on his first day in office, shutting down domestic energy production and making us reliant on our enemies,” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital in a statement (Fox News). RNC Research: Fox News: Biden climate czar John Kerry is an “energy hypocrite” for his trips on his family’s “gas-guzzling private jet” (Twitter).

California Governor Newsom Preparing for Run at the Oval Office Amid Dubious Policies in CA

Las Vegas Sun: Newsom insists he has “subzero interest” in running for president. He has wisely said he’d never contest Biden. If Biden didn’t run, Vice President Kamala Harris would be the early Democratic front-runner. Newsom also has said he wouldn’t challenge his fellow Californian. But if Harris ran and bombed, as she did in 2020, would Newsom capitalize on the opportunity and leap into the void? Politics is about luck and timing. “It’s difficult for any governor of the biggest state with more people than Canada to look in the mirror in the morning and not see a president staring back at you,” says Democratic consultant Garry South, the chief strategist for former California Gov. Gray Davis… Presidential speculation — the lifeblood of White House wannabes — was further fueled when Newsom ran television ads in Florida on July 4 denouncing the Sunshine State’s conservative social policies and plugging liberal California’s (Las Vegas Sun). As President, you must enact country-wide policies. His policies in California have proven to be disastrous, yet he views California as the model for the entire country. Unheard: He backs an ineffective education system, controlled by his teacher union allies, that leaves almost three out of five California high schoolers unprepared for either college or a career. Meanwhile, his children attend one of the capital’s regions trendiest private schools. He is, in effect, an embodiment of the increasing feudal nature of modern California, which stands among the least egalitarian states in the nation and suffers the overall highest poverty rate in the country, according to the US Census Bureau. Inequality here now surpasses that of Mexico, and is closer to that of the Central American banana republics of Guatemala and Honduras than it is to developed countries such as Canada and Norway. California also suffers the widest gap between middle and upper-middle-income earners of any state, while driving up housing costs and narrowing opportunities for working-class people in blue-collar industries (Unheard).

Worldwide Heatwave Puts Hundreds of Millions on High Alert

Axios: A sprawling heat dome is bringing temperatures of up to 110°F, or possibly higher, to a broad swath of the U.S. on Wednesday, with more than 100 million people under heat warnings and advisories (Axios). Weather Prediction Center: Excessive Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories are in effect this morning throughout 28 states, stretching from California to New Hampshire. High temperatures into the 90s and 100s will increase the risk of heat related illnesses (Twitter). CNN: Hundreds of millions of people around the world were sweltering in extreme heat, as record-breaking heat waves set swathes of Europe’s countryside on fire, scorched the US and put dozens of Chinese cities under alert. Five separate high-pressure weather systems across the northern hemisphere, which are linked by atmospheric waves, have led to unprecedented temperatures on multiple continents. The UK smashed its all-time heat mark on Tuesday, as did several cities in the Texas and Oklahoma, including Wichita Falls, which reached a broiling 115 degrees Fahrenheit (CNN).

Rudy Giuliani Ordered to Testify Before Grand Jury Regarding President Trump’s Efforts to Overturn Georgia’s Election Results

NBC: A New York judge has ordered Rudy Giuliani to testify before the Georgia special grand jury hearing evidence in an investigation into possible 2020 election interference by former President Donald Trump and others, court filings show. The order came after Giuliani, who was Trump’s personal attorney, failed to appear at a July 13 hearing before the judge to challenge a subpoena for his testimony in the investigation. Giuliani was subpoenaed earlier this month as a “material witness” by the grand jury called by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to investigate any “coordinated attempts to unlawfully alter the outcome of the 2020 elections.” The subpoena said Giuliani made statements at legislative hearings in Georgia falsely claiming that there had been “widespread voter fraud” in the state (CBS). Politico Reporter Kyle Cheney: A New York Supreme Court Justice has ordered Rudy GIULIANI to appear for testimony before the Fulton County Grand Jury on August 9, per a filing by DA Fani Willis this morning (Twitter).

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Netflix Sheds Nearly 1 Million Subscribers in Historic Loss

Wall Street Journal: Netflix Inc. suffered two consecutive quarters of subscriber losses for the first time in its history, and said some key steps it is taking to boost revenue and subscriber growth wouldn’t happen until next year. The company lost 970,000 paid subscribers in the June quarter, fewer than the 2 million it had expected to lose. Netflix estimated it would add 1 million net new subscribers in the current quarter. Netflix shares were up 7.4% in after-hours trading. The stock has had a rough 2022, losing about two-thirds of its value since the start of the year. The company is contending with growing competition from rival streaming services, a saturated U.S. market and rising inflation that observers say could crimp spending on entertainment. To boost subscriptions and revenue growth, Netflix is working on launching a lower-price, ad-supported option for consumers, and it plans to crack down on password-sharing by charging households to share accounts (Wall Street Journal). NBC: The streaming space is highly competitive, and is likely to remain so as HBO Max, one of Netflix’s close rivals, is set to partner with Discovery+ to add its content library at $14.99 a month with no ads. Meanwhile, Disney has kept its Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ bundle at $13.99 a month. In the shadow of Netflix’s historic loss of subscribers last quarter, HBO and the cable channel’s HBO Max streaming service added 3 million new users (NBC).

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