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Monday’s homecoming — and the home run that highlighted it — hit a little different.

Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris pushed back on the notion that the organization should have held off on dealing Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers. 

Following weeks — or months — of uncertainty, the Yankees finally landed on their starting catcher the rest of the season.

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The latest report spotlights the specialities where New York's leading hospitals continue to outshine the competition.

A bicyclist was stabbed by a hatchet-wielding maniac in the ribs after an argument in Fresno on Monday morning.

The Yankees saw their ace get shelled in a rare off night.

Edwin Lopez-Cornejo was deported in 2006 before illegally reentering the United States and being arrested in Plainfield, New Jersey, in June.

As far as Yankees prospects go, George Lombard Jr. was about as untouchable as they come as the trade deadline passed Monday.

12 Glaring Realities Of Marxist Socialism

Authored by Christian Milord via The Epoch Times,

In a free society that embraces free markets and the rule of law, young people must be made aware of the glaring realities regarding the alleged “fuzzy and warm” nature of Marxist (collectivism, communism, progressivism, socialism) iterations. 

There are at least twelve aspects of the Marxist ideology that are clear and present dangers to democratic nations as well as undemocratic countries.

First, Marxism was founded on the stark concept of atheism.  Consequently, it attempts to dismantle the Judeo-Christian faith that has been an anchor of civilization for thousands of years and helps people to navigate life’s challenges.  Marxists also oppose the traditional family, which is the building block of any culture and bolsters societal bonds.  On every life category, intact families are far more successful than broken families.

Next, Marxist policies encourage folks to be intellectually and physically lazy as they rely on bureaucratic government for all of their needs.  This reliance generates an unearned entitlement mentality that expects others to supply the needs of those who refuse to accept personal responsibility.  Minimal effort is applied to studying and working, yet the “entitled” expect to earn high salaries regardless of the effort they put forth.

Third, Marxists are quite generous with the money confiscated from job creators, but they are stingy with their own money.  However, most of the money and possessions that are seized by Marxist leaders end up with their cronies and are not redistributed to the lower-income workers they claim to be helping.  The hypocrisy is staggering.

Fourth, Marxist influencers compete with one another to see who the best liar is as they deceive the vulnerable who might believe promises that are too good to be true.  Marxists use deception as a means to control the masses and keep them on their heels.  They talk a good game about socialism as a paradise on earth yet do everything they can to turn that alleged nirvana into a hell on earth.

Fifth, Marxism is an arbitrary system built on a foundation of contradictions.  It can hand out some goodies but just as easily withdraw them.  Marxists believe that they can alter laws whenever they feel the urge, thus using raw power plays to confuse and divide people, and consolidate power in the hands of a few.  Arbitrary laws can hinder people from advancing economically and can also create insecurity.

Sixth, for an ideology that claims it will usher in equality, Marxism certainly is fixated on economic class, color, gender, and race.  Apparently, some are more equal than others.  Instead of equal opportunity, Marxists favor the equity of prearranged outcomes.  Many Marxist spokespersons are often educated academics who pretend victimhood and fear competition in the real world yet believe they are smarter than everyone else.   They’ve learned nothing about good citizenship and wisdom, while displaying a common sense deficit.  Marxists envy folks who keep their noses to the grindstone, and lash out at those who possess discipline, deferred gratification, and a healthy work ethic.

Seventh, Marxists promise freedom and security to those who will join their cause, yet wealth is stolen from others, and security only exists for those at the top of the pyramid.  In other words, everyone is equally miserable under Marxism except for the jackbooted leaders who profit from the spoils acquired from their “legalized” theft.  For proof, just examine the misery index of folks in China PRC, Cuba, Iran, N. Korea, and Russia.

Eighth, it’s puzzling why Marxists who reside in free societies lack the courage to move to the autocratic societies they admire.  Is it because they don’t even believe the mantras they keep repeating, or do they want to have their cake and eat it, too?  They denounce the blessings of free enterprise and liberty at the same time as they partake of them.  Unfortunately, they have taken their blessings for granted.  Do they really want to transform America into a dysfunctional nation that has constant shortages of goods and services?

Ninth, Marxism promotes the darker facets of human nature rather than its nobler strivings.  Marxists turn lies into the truth and truth into lies.  They oppose the arts, constructive creativity, and innovation and constantly push monolithic groupthink instead of critical thinking.  In other words, Marxism is extremely boring and lacks a sense of humor.

Tenth, Marxists never learn from history and thus are doomed to repeat it, even after the carnage that’s been generated by their dystopian policies for over a century.  Someone once noted that doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.  That’s the Marxist playbook in a nutshell.

Eleventh, Marxists glorify the vices and demonize traditional virtues even while they carry out plenty of virtue signaling.  They condescendingly lecture us about upholding democracy and liberty at the same time as they attempt to erode economic freedom, educational freedom, and individual freedom.

Finally, Marxism is highly immature.  Marxists rarely learn from the past and thus triple down on failure.  They blame others for their own fascist behavior, which is an example of denial and projection.  They demand to get what other folks have earned, which is childish and immoral.  Marxists side with totalitarian entities and mob rule, while opposing the sole Middle East democracy, Israel.  Most Marxists only embrace law enforcement when it is provided to protect unlawful immigrants and themselves, and when it is used to punish law-abiding folks. 

This is why it is imperative to vigorously oppose Marxism by all means necessary.

Tyler Durden Mon, 08/03/2026 - 23:25

"He seemed unusually comfortable aiming that rifle at those cars," Jordan Salinas told ABC News. "As soon as some rounds started coming at him, everything changed immediately. All that bravado he had immediately crumbled."

"We Use Thicker Steel": Security Firm Fortifies HVAC Units Against Thieves

Copper wiring, light poles, catalytic converters, copper gutters, and even Tesla charging cables have long been targets for thieves.

But in crime-ridden metro areas governed by progressive or reformist socialist city halls that have adopted softer enforcement policies, where lefty prosecutors are perceived as unwilling to pursue property crimes, criminals have become increasingly emboldened.

They have moved beyond stealing industrial metals to taking entire outdoor HVAC units, prompting some homeowners and businesses to install heavy steel security cages around their condensers.

An Atlanta-based company called Ornamental Security published a viral Instagram video titled "Securing Your HVAC System," highlighting what appears to be a growing trend among homeowners: installing metal cages over outdoor condensers to prevent theft.

Ornamental Security's Instagram video was later reposted on X by Everything Georgia, where it went even more viral, drawing 2.6 million views in just one day.

HVAC thefts are geographically widespread, occurring in cities governed by both Democrats (Chicago, Louisville, District Heights/Prince George's County, Maryland) and Republicans (Jacksonville, FL; Midland, TX), as well as in Canada.

Recent reports:

In Maryland, WBFF 45 reported earlier this year:

Based:

We pay taxes to stop crime....Democrats use our tax dollars to support crime.

That is the problem.

— Raging Greek (@RagingGreek2) August 2, 2026

Just wait until tech companies start installing mini data centers in residential backyards. Thieves will move up the value chain, from stealing HVAC units to targeting Nvidia chips.

Tyler Durden Mon, 08/03/2026 - 23:00

The world's most expensive wildlife bridge is forcing the daytime closure of a major freeway ramp in Southern California this week.

The Trump administration has ordered construction crews on a border wall to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico after ranchers said pumping groundwater needed to make concrete could threaten their livestock.

By the end of June, the share of for-sale homes across the US with price cuts was 1.9 percentage points lower than the prior year.

After the Yankees came back from a six-run deficit to take the lead in the seventh, Angel Chivilli imploded in the eighth.

San Diego Padres General Manager AJ Preller doesn't apologize for trading multiple top prospects to bolster his starting rotation at the trade deadline.

The debate marked Graham’s first political test in her barely two-week old campaign to succeed one of the most influential GOP senators in history – her older brother, Lindsey Graham, who died of an aortic rupture last month. 

On the eve of his Senate primary, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed stumped with controversial far-left streamer Hasan Piker, who once claimed that "America deserved 9/11" and spoke about the country's flaws.

Arming Local Police With Drones. Who Pulls The Trigger?

Authored by Burak Oktenli via RealClearDefense,

Last Sunday, the World Cup was played in New Jersey, capping a summer in which American stadiums have hosted the largest sporting event on earth. Federal planners saw the airspace problem coming: the executive order that reorganized America's counter-drone posture names the 2026 World Cup explicitly as an event to protect. What the planning has not yet produced is an answer to the question that will matter most if a drone crosses the stadium fence: whose call is it?

The legal landscape has transformed in thirteen months. Executive Order 14305, signed in June 2025, pushed detection funding to state and local agencies. Then the Safer Skies Act, passed in December's defense authorization, broke a decades-old federal monopoly: for the first time, trained and certified local police and correctional officers may seize, disable, or destroy a drone that poses a credible threat to people, large events, critical infrastructure, or prisons. Implementing rules from Homeland Security, the Justice Department, and the FCC began arriving this month. Industry has done its part too; the interceptors, jammers, and radio-frequency takeover tools exist and are getting better.

Here is what does not yet exist: the authority layer. We have spent our energy deciding who may act and buying the tools to act with, while leaving the harder questions of how the decision gets made to be improvised at the venue gate. Start with the declaration problem. The statute authorizes force against a drone that poses a "credible threat," but a credible threat is a judgment call, and at a packed stadium it is a judgment call made in under a minute by whoever happens to hold the certification. Is the quadcopter over the parking lot a hostile payload, a hobbyist who ignored the flight restriction, or a broadcaster's camera platform that lost its transponder? Three different answers, three different lawful responses, one clock.

Then the handoff problem. A drone approaching a stadium can cross private property, city jurisdiction, county lines, and a federal security perimeter in ninety seconds. Venue security teams have no mitigation authority at all; certified local police have some; federal teams have more. The law creates layers of permission without specifying the moment or mechanism of transfer between them. Weeks of confused drone sightings over New Jersey in late 2024 already demonstrated how fast the question "who is in charge of this airspace" can go publicly unanswered. That was surveillance and speculation. Engagement is less forgiving.

And the evidence problem. Every engagement decision will be litigated, because the law has teeth on both edges: an officer who mitigates without required federal coordination faces civil penalties up to 100,000 dollars per violation, and a wrongful takedown over a crowd invites liability no city attorney wants to discover in real time. If the radio-frequency logs, radar tracks, and decision records of an engagement are not captured to an evidentiary standard, the program will lose in court what it won in Congress. None of this requires new technology. It requires an authority architecture agreed before the whistle, in three parts. Every protected event needs a named decision authority: one accountable official, designated in advance, who owns the hostile-or-not call, with a pre-planned line of succession. Jurisdictions need risk-based engagement windows: decisions, made in daylight and written down, about which responses are authorized at which distances and against which behaviors, so that the officer under the flight path executes a plan rather than invents one. And every engagement needs an evidence chain built in from the first sensor contact, so that what happened can be audited, prosecuted, and defended.

The rules now being written are the moment to set this architecture, and federal guidance is already urging venues and agencies to define roles, responsibilities, and response plans rather than improvising them on the night. The calendar is unkind: after this Sunday comes a Ryder Cup, a Super Bowl, and the 2028 Olympics, each a mass gathering under an expanding drone threat. Retrofitting authority onto deployed hardware after the first bad night is how programs die.

The question at the stadium gate is no longer whether America can stop a drone. We can. The question is whether the officer looking up at one knows, before it arrives, whose decision it is, what response is authorized, and what record will protect that decision afterward. Congress opened the door to local counter-drone defense. Someone still must build the doorway.

Burak Oktenli is an independent researcher on the governance of authority in autonomous and AI-mediated systems and holds an MBA and a Master of Professional Studies in Applied Intelligence from Georgetown University. His writing has appeared at the Modern War Institute at West Point, RUSI, RealClearDefense, and The Space Review.

Tyler Durden Mon, 08/03/2026 - 22:35