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Click-to-Cancel law cancelled by Federal courts

Big Beautiful Bill passed

More immigration judges

“Trump Accounts” for newborns

Trumps 90-day pause on Crazy Tariffs extended to Aug 1

50% on copper imports

Unclear why

50% tariff on Brazil

14 more countries:

DoJ filed suit against California DoE for allowing trans girls in sports

Also did a settlement agreement with UPenn to bar trans women from sports and expunge Lia Thomas records

SCOTUS upheld age verification law for porn sites

SCOTUS: 1A requires opt-out for gay books

IRS announced policy that churches can endorse political candidates

Paramount is paying off Trump

MAGA is tearing itself apart over “Epstein Files”

July 7 - DoJ released a memo saying “nothing to see here”

French court found that all Gazans are eligible for asylum

First ever (?) court order issued based on AI hallucinated cases

China has created an AI Safety Institute

MechaHitler has entered the chat.

Grok learned to search for Musk’s opinions when answering.

News you can ignore!

Elon Musk is starting a political party

NY Mayor candidate Mamdani had an “admissions scandal.”

Half the news is about the story itself

Happy News!

You can keep your shoes on at the airport

Monks building a monastery in Wyoming

Working at it since 2014 and still going.

PP405, developed by UCLA scientists

Atmospheric mercury down 70% since the year 2000, due to less coal power and other human interventions.

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