[CRAIG NIGRELLI]
A SHOOTING… TEAR GAS.. AND KIDS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
ICE RAIDS AT A CALIFORNIA CANNABIS FARM.. AND NOW THE FEDS ARE OFFERING BIG MONEY TO FIND WHO FIRED ON AGENTS.
PLUS, PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKES AIM AT CANADA.
A BLUNT LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER.. ACCUSING OTTAWA OF SLAPPING BACK ON TARIFFS AND SLACKING *OFF* ON FENTANYL.
AND TRUMP HEADS TO TEXAS.
NEARLY 200 STILL MISSING IN THE WAKE OF CATASTROPHIC FLOODING..
NOW ONE WEEK LATER.
L3: $50K REWARD AFTER MAN APPEARS TO FIRE GUN AT ICE AGENTS DURING RAID
THIS MORNING THE F-B-I IS OFFERING A 50-THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD TO FIND WHO OPENED FIRE ON FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS DURING A TENSE CONFRONTATION NEAR LOS ANGELES.
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED THURSDAY AT A GROWING PROTEST OUTSIDE A MARIJUANA FARM IN VENTURA COUNTY.
NO ONE WAS HIT, BUT IT MARKED A DANGEROUS ESCALATION IN WHAT QUICKLY TURNED INTO A CHAOTIC CLASH BETWEEN AGENTS AND DEMONSTRATORS.
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM POSTED VIDEO THAT APPEARED TO SHOW CHILDREN FLEEING TEAR GAS… CALLING THE FEDERAL RESPONSE OUTRAGEOUS.
IN A SWIFT RESPONSE, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION COMMISSIONER RODNEY SCOTT SAID 10 CHILDREN… ALL UNDOCUMENTED… WERE FOUND WORKING ON THE FARM, WHICH IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION POSSIBLE CHILD LABOR VIOLATIONS.
NEWSOM CRITICIZED THE USE OF CROWD CONTROL MEASURES SAYING QUOTE “CALIFORNIA PROSECUTES CHILD EXPLOITERS AND TRAFFICKERS.
TRUMP TEAR-GASSES CHILDREN, RIPS THEM FROM THEIR PARENTS, AND DEPORTS FARMWORKERS.”
THIS WAS JUST ONE OF TWO LARGE-SCALE IMMIGRATION RAIDS IN THE REGION THURSDAY… THE OTHER IN CARPIN-TERR- EE-UH, JUST NORTH OF VENTURA.
L3 TRUMP THREATENS 35% TARIFF ON CANADIAN IMPORTS
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ONCE AGAIN FLEXING HIS TARIFF POWER.
… THIS TIME TARGETING CANADA.
LATE LAST NIGHT, TRUMP POSTED A LETTER ADDRESSED TO CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY… THREATENING A 35% TARIFF ON IMPORTS STARTING AUGUST 1ST UNLESS A NEW DEAL IS REACHED.
HE ACCUSES CANADA OF RETALIATORY TARIFFS AND NOT DOING ENOUGH TO STOP FENTANYL FROM CROSSING THE BORDER… THOUGH U.S. DATA SHOWS CANADA PLAYS A SMALL ROLE IN THE DRUG’S FLOW. TRUMP SAYS CANADA HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY UNFAIR TO AMERICAN DAIRY FARMERS WITH LEVIES UP TO 400%.
IN A POST ON X, CANADA’S OPPOSITION LEADER CALLED THE MOVE UNJUSTIFIED
… PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY SAYS THEY WILL KEEP NEGOTIATING FOR A FAIR DEAL…
CANADA IS AMERICA’S TOP EXPORT MARKET… AND THE TARIFF THREAT COMES AS TRUMP SIGNALS HIKES FOR OTHER U.S. TRADING PARTNERS, AS WELL .
… RAISING FEARS OF AN ECONOMIC RIPPLE EFFECT JUST WEEKS AHEAD OF THAT AUGUST DEADLINE WHEN THEY ARE SLATED TO GO INTO EFFECT.
L3: TRUMP TO VISIT TEXAS TODAY; MORE 170+ STILL MISSING 1 WEEK AFTER FLOODS
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS SET TO VISIT TEXAS TODAY — ONE WEEK AFTER CATASTROPHIC FLOODING SWEPT THROUGH THE STATE’S HILL COUNTRY… KILLING AT LEAST 120 PEOPLE.
SEARCH CREWS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS, WITH MORE THAN 170 PEOPLE STILL MISSING — MOST IN KERR COUNTY, WHERE THE GUADALUPE RIVER ROSE NEARLY 30 FEET LAST FRIDAY.
CRITICISM IS GROWING OVER THE LACK OF WARNING.
KERR COUNTRY DOESN’T HAVE AUDIBLE FLOOD ALARMS, UNLIKE OTHER HIGH-RISK AREAS… LEAVING RESIDENT WITH LITTLE TIME TO ESCAPE.
NOW, DEMOCRATIC FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN JARED MOSKOWITZ IS CALLING FOR A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM AND FEMA’S RESPONSE.
IN A LETTER TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES, MOSKOWITZ WROTE:
“AS A FORMER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR OF FLORIDA, I AM ALARMED BY REPORTS THAT FEMA’S RESPONSE TO THE TEXAS FLOODS WAS DELAYED AND HAMPERED BY A NEW DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ‘COST-CONTROL’ POLICY IMPOSED BY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM.”
“IF ACCURATE — THIS REPRESENTS A MAJOR DEVIATION FROM LONG-STANDING FEMA PROTOCOL THAT MAY HAVE SLOWED DOWN LIFESAVING EFFORTS AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE TRAGEDY’S SEVERITY.”
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH FOX NEWS YESTERDAY — NOEM SAID ACCUSATIONS THAT SHE SLOWED THE PROCESS AREN’T TRUE.
“Our Coast Guard, our Border Patrol, BORTAC teams were there immediately. Every single thing they asked for, we were there. The governor and the emergency director, Nim Kidd, are fantastic and nobody there has said anything about that they didn’t get everything that they wanted immediately, or that they needed, and I’m proud of the work that we’ve done to support that.”
ALSO DRAWING CRITICISM — FEMA’S ACTING DIRECTOR DAVID RICHARDSON, WHO HAS YET TO VISIT TEXAS.
IT’S A SHARP BREAK FROM TRADITION — FEMA CHIEFS TYPICALLY MEET WITH STATE LEADERS AND SURVIVORS IN THE WAKE OF MAJOR DISASTERS AS A SHOW OF FEDERAL SUPPORT.
RICHARDSON OVERSEES THE NATION’S DISASTER RESPONSE — INCLUDING COORDINATING SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS AND DEPLOYING FEDERAL AID.
HIS ABSENCE IS NOW PART OF A GROWING BACKLASH.
L3 ISRAEL SAYS SOME OF IRAN’S NUCLEAR FUEL MAY HAVE SURVIVED STRIKE
ISRAEL NOW BELIEVES SOME OF IRAN’S MOST DANGEROUS NUCLEAR MATERIAL MIGHT HAVE SURVIVED LAST MONTH’S U.S. AIRSTRIKES
… BURIED, BUT POTENTIALLY RETRIEVABLE.
THAT’S ACCORDING TO A NEW YORK TIMES REPORT, CITING A TOP ISRAELI OFFICIAL
THE WHITE HOUSE IS DEFENDING THE STRIKES, TELLING FOX NEWS THEY QUOTE “TOTALLY OBLITERATED” IRAN’S NUCLEAR FACILITIES — ADDING THE WORLD IS SAFER THANKS TO DONALD TRUMP’S DECISIVE LEADERSHIP…
BUT U.S. DEFENSE OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR DATA TO CONFIRM WHETHER AMERICA’S MASSIVE BUNKER-BUSTING BOMBS ACTUALLY REACHED THEIR TARGETS.
TRUMP HAS SAID THE STRIKES — PART OF OPERATION MIDNIGHT HAMMER — SET IRAN’S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS BACK BY YEARS.
BUT BOTH U.S. AND ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE NOW SUGGEST THAT WHILE THE DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE, SOME ENRICHED URANIUM MAY STILL BE INTACT.
L3 PRO-PALESTINIAN ACTIVIST MAHMOUD KHALIL SUING TRUMP ADMIN FOR $20M
A SYRIAN-BORN COLUMBIA GRAD STUDENT — WHO HELPED LEAD PRO-PALESTINIAN RALLIES ON CAMPUS — IS NOW SUING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR $20 MILLION DOLLARS… AND DEMANDING AN APOLOGY.
MAHMOUD KHALIL WAS ARRESTED BY FEDERAL AGENTS IN MARCH… SWEPT OFF THE STREET FOR WHAT AUTHORITIES CLAIMED WAS A LEADING ROLE IN ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTS.
HE SAYS HE WAS JUST A SPOKESMAN… AND THAT HIS ARREST WAS UNLAWFUL.
FROM NEW YORK, HE WAS TAKEN TO AN IMMIGRATION JAIL IN LOUISIANA… FAR FROM HIS FAMILY.. WHERE HE CLAIMS HE WAS DENIED MEDICATION, FED NEARLY INEDIBLE FOOD, AND FORCED TO SLEEP UNDER BRIGHT LIGHTS.
KHALIL SPENT 104 DAYS IN CUSTODY BEFORE A JUDGE ORDERED HIS RELEASE… RULING THAT DEPORTING HIM OVER HIS POLITICAL BELIEFS WAS LIKELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Mahmoud Khalil, Pro-Palestinian activist
“What they did to me is they tried something, it failed, but still the harm is already there. So unless they feel that there’s some sort of accountability for that, they will continue to go unchecked.”
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS STILL TRYING TO DEPORT KHALIL OVER WHAT IT CALLS GREEN CARD VIOLATIONS.
HE SAYS HE’S BEING TARGETED FOR HIS VIEWS… INCLUDING HIS BELIEF TAXPAYER DOLLARS SHOULDN’T FUND WHAT HE CALLS A GENOCIDE IN GAZA.
HOMELAND SECURITY CALLS HIS LAWSUIT “ABSURD,” ACCUSING KHALIL OF THREATENING JEWISH STUDENTS AND PROMOTING HATEFUL RHETORIC.
L3: DENVER MUSEUM MAKES DINOSAUR DISCOVERY BENEATH ITS OWN PARKING LOT
FINALLY THIS MORNING — A DINOSAUR DISCOVERY … RIGHT UNDER A DINOSAUR MUSEUM’S PARKING LOT:
“It looks like a piece of dinosaur bone and right above it is some coal from the plants that that critter might have munched on nearly 67 million years ago. How cool is that?”
THE DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE — FAMOUS FOR ITS FULL-SIZE DINOSAUR SKELETONS — STUMBLED ON A REAL FOSSIL WHILE DIGGING TO STUDY GEOTHERMAL ENERGY OPTIONS FOR THE BUILDING.
IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH , BUT MUSEUM OFFICIALS SAY THE ODDS OF FINDING IT WERE SO ASTRONOMICAL — THE CURATOR OF GEOLOGY CALLED IT LIKE “WINNING THE LOTTERY AND GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING ON THE SAME DAY.”
EXPERTS SAY IT’S LIKELY FROM A SMALL PLANT-EATING DINOSAUR, THOUGH IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHICH KIND.
BEFORE WE HEAD OUT, HERE’S WHAT WE’RE TRACKING TODAY:
AT NOON, THE SON OF DRUG KINGPIN EL CHAPO IS DUE IN A CHICAGO COURTROOM WHERE HE WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO MAJOR DRUG CHARGES.
AT 1, FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE IN IDAHO WILL HONOR FALLEN FIRST RESPONDERS KILLED IN A DEADLY AMBUSH WHILE BATTLING A WILDFIRE ABOUT OF WEEKENDS AGO.
ALSO AROUND 1, PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL ARRIVE IN TEXAS TO TOUR THE FLOODING DAMAGE AND AFTERMATH.
THEN AT 7, A VIGIL IS PLANNED IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS IN KERRVILLE.
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