🚨 This is why we can’t have nice things – July 23 2025

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Lead: Debunked But Defended: Obama Clings to Russia Hoax

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President Obama’s people say that the accusations against him are “nonsense” and that Russia did work to interfere with the 2016 election.

Only they didn’t. The Russia collusion narrative has been sufficiently debunked and anyone who believes that has only dug into the evidence with a teaspoon and not a shovel. The newly-released documents show that even Obama’s own intelligence agencies knew there was no Russian collusion.

Obama’s official response to the allegations that his administration was complicit in promoting this hoax was as follows:

Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.

Nothing in the document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes. These findings were affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by then-Chairman Marco Rubio.

What he fails to mention is that his own administration did spy on Trump campaign officials and knowingly promoted the false Trump-Russia narrative as a political weapon. Instead, he dismisses the accusation out of hand—as “ridiculous”—without addressing the facts.

He’s right about one thing: it’s a distraction. His loyalists won’t ask questions. Republicans won’t do much about it and nothing will change. But it will win the news cycle—for now.

Israel Wants Full Ceasefire Control—Including the Right to Starve Civilians

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Hamas won’t agree to Israel’s ceasefire demands unless Israel stops controlling all the aid into Gaza. Because they’re starving the people there.

Hamas wants the United Nations and the Palestinian Red Cross to handle aid distribution and for Israel’s own failed system to get out. Israel wants to keep doing it their way – the inhumane way – where there isn’t enough food, no one knows when the aid stations will be open, and the IDF fires machine guns and artillery at the crowds.

Right on cue, the United States reinforces Israel’s distrust of international aid groups. The State Department announced that the U.S. will withdraw from UNESCO because it admitted the “quote state of Palestine end quote” as a member, and for allegedly spreading “anti-Israel rhetoric.”

That tells you everything: the U.S. would rather punish words than prevent war crimes.

Why isn’t Washington stopping Israel from starving Gaza?

Because starvation is the strategy—and the U.S. is complicit. It supplies the weapons, the diplomatic cover, and now, the humanitarian smokescreen that blames Hamas while civilians die. Aid is denied, delayed, or used as bait—with full U.S. awareness.

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High-Speed Reality Check: China Builds the Future While U.S. Derails It

China has unveiled the high-speed train of the future that can go 400 kilometers per hour. Watch the video. It feels straight out of The Jetsons.

Engineers designed it with advanced aerodynamics and a proprietary metal alloy to cut drag and weight, making it 50 km/h faster than previous models. And they’ve actually got tracks to run it on: 10,000 kilometers of new rail laid in just three years.

China’s national rail just hit 2.24 billion passenger trips in the first half of 2025 alone—a 6.7% jump from last year, according to the South China Morning Post.

Meanwhile in the U.S.? Our train ambitions are off the rails.

President Trump pulled the plug on California’s LA–San Francisco high-speed rail because the project was a money pit with no end in sight. Approved in 2008 and promised by 2020, it’s now 2025 and still nowhere near done.

California sued to keep the federal funding, despite running the project worse than kindergarteners.

Texas had its own high-speed rail dreams too. Trump pulled funding there as well, after similar signs of dysfunction.

This is why we can’t have nice things.

News By The Numbers

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$30 million — that’s the asking price for the English farm owned by Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi. They reportedly bought it for $20 million, meaning a potential $10 million gain, which could face an effective tax of up to ~37% in U.S. federal and state capital gains. If they purchase another UK property, they’ll also pay a 2% non-resident buyer surcharge on top of regular UK stamp duties. Good thing they love the U.K. so much!

11,000. That is how many YouTube channels were removed by Google in the second quarter of this year because they were “tied to state-linked propaganda campaigns from China, Russia and more.” Question: Why can’t we see this information if it is clearly marked as state-run media and let us decide for ourselves what is “disinformation.” Censorship isn’t transparency.

11. That is how many straight games the Milwaukee Brewers have won, surging to the best record in Major League Baseball (60–40) and marking their hottest 100-game start since 1982.

What’s Trending?

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Fantastic Four is trending because early reviews of the film are mixed. It opens in theaters this weekend.

These photos of a trashed First Class seat on Air France are trending after a passenger left it in this state. The pilot posted the image to shame them—but no one knows who the culprit is. How hard is it to hand over your trash when the flight attendants come by?

Ozzy Osbourne is trending because the rocker died on Tuesday at the age of 76 following a prolonged battle with Parkinson’s disease, though the exact immediate cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.

Britain Wants To Ban Pub Chats

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The UK government is cracking down on… pub talk. You know, the extremist bollocks you discuss over a pint?

It’s dangerous!

Under the new Employment Rights Bill—critics are calling it the “Banter Ban”—British pub owners could be held legally liable for offensive or “harassing” comments made by customers. That means if someone at the bar makes a politically incorrect joke, the landlord could face consequences. Not the drunk guy at the end of the bar. The landlord.

In this scenario, someone would take a job at a pub expecting to only hear unoffensive things? And if they are offended, it’s someone else’s fault!?

Supporters claim it’s about workplace protections. In reality, it’s a preemptive strike on free speech, enforced by turning publicans into compliance officers.

If speech at the pub is unsafe, where is it safe?

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