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#1 - US Ambassador Storms Out of UN Meeting After France Says Unthinkable About Trump Administration — by Kyle Becker
The U.N. Security Council meeting was intended to solve problems regarding Russia and Ukraine, as the war grinds on in its fourth year.
That, unfortunately, is not what is happening at the United Nations, in part due to the low-rent gutter-sniping of legacy European members like France.
Mike Waltz, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, also slammed the French.
It is disappointing – though not surprising – that this is how France deflects on its shameful vote to coddle some of the worst human rights abusers.
— Ambassador Mike Waltz (@USAmbUN) July 26, 2026
France voted for someone who has been lecturing, free, sovereign democracies like the United States, the UK, and Israel, while… https://t.co/m6zxE95d5l
#2 - Rogue Judge Finally Gets an Act Named After Him - What It Does Is Hilarious — by Kyle Becker
Boasberg was the tip of the spear in a number of January 6 cases. More recently, he has mysteriously reappeared over and over again in high-profile immigration cases, such as the legal imbroglio over deporting Venezuelan illegal aliens.
Now, Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt has a new act named after this judicial menace (and sadly, no, it is not called the “Judge Bozo Act.")
Schmitt is calling it the BOASBERG Act. It stands for the Blocking Overt Attempts at Shopping By Enforcing Randomization Guidelines Act.
"Judge Boasberg is the poster child for a rogue judge and exposed serious loopholes in our judicial system," Schmitt said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Randomly assigning cases among judges ensures the American people can have confidence in the impartiality of our courts."
#3 - Mike Waltz Reveals Why Iran's Regime Is in Even Deeper Trouble — by Nick Arama
The damage militarily and financially is hitting hard, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz explained on "Fox News Sunday," noting that the IRGC controlled "40 to 50 percent of the Iranian economy." He also revealed another big problem the regime was facing.
.@USAmbUN: "What you have seen in the last 13 days are strikes particularly focused on Iran's terrorist activities; attacking civilian shipping... the Iranian regime is isolated, economically devastated, militarily devastated... and we're starting to see the Iranian government… pic.twitter.com/XueiX2rR4Q
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 26, 2026"What you have seen in the last 13 days are strikes particularly focused on Iran's terrorist activities; attacking civilian shipping," Waltz said.
He termed these kinds of responses from Iran "acts of desperation," given their position.
"The Iranian regime is isolated, economically devastated, militarily devastated," he said. "And we're starting to see the Iranian government even not be able to pay its own workers, and even its own military."
#4 - Rand Paul's Damning Fauci Revelation That Everybody Missed — by Teri Christoph
The damning revelation came after Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), the ranking member on the committee, accused Sen. Paul of conducting a "one-sided" investigation into Fauci and withholding key committee documents from Democrats.
Said Peters, "One-sided investigations designed to validate predetermined conclusions do not serve the American people, who sent us to actually uncover the truth and solve problems."
To the contrary, revealed Paul, you all didn't care enough to even glance through the evidence. Not one of you. "The accusation that the committee has denied access to the minority's records is categorically false," Paul told Peters.
#5 - WNBA's ‘Big Mama Stef’ Tried to Send a Pro-Trans Message to Sophie Cunningham — It Backfired Hard — by Rusty Weiss
Guess what? Big Mama Stef's pre-game stunt didn't work. It didn't work at all. It didn't even work when the crowd in Seattle started hitting Sophie with loud boos throughout the night.
Instead, Cunningham promptly lit it up from long-range, knocking down a trio of early threes while she, Clark, and the Fever rolled to a 105-95 win.
Sophie finished with 11 points and 5 rebounds, both above her season average, and the team was a solid +15 when she was on the floor. Clark really laid the hammer down with 32 points and 7 assists.
Dolson, meanwhile, gave her Storm teammates 5 points, which, believe it or not, is above her average. She's a backup center.
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