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"I think the founding fathers would be the first one to tell you, especially Washington, 'man, I'd be nowhere without these other guys,'" Fox News host Brian Kilmeade told The Post.

City officials informed Police Benevolent Association leaders that NYPD officers' July holiday check will be delayed, prompting the union to file a grievance.

A Philadelphia teen wanted in the shooting death of Penn State student Billy Schmidt was found hiding out at a distant relative's home thousands of miles away after a nearly month-long manhunt.

A Google spokesperson said the judgement "fails to recognise" the firm's "significant investment to ensure Android remains open."

Treasure Hunters Recover $100K Silver Bar From Legendary 1622 Shipwreck Treasure hunters searching the waters off the Florida Keys have uncovered a 22-pound silver bar believed to have come from the wreck of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha, according to a new report from SlashGear.

The artifact, estimated to be worth about $100,000, is the first silver bar recovered from the legendary wreck site in nearly three decades. It was discovered by divers working with Mel Fisher's Shipwreck Expeditions during a routine recovery mission.

The Atocha was part of a Spanish treasure fleet that was destroyed by a powerful hurricane in September 1622 while returning to Europe. Loaded with silver, gold, and other valuables collected from Spain's colonies in the Americas, the ship went down in relatively shallow water, taking nearly its entire crew with it and scattering its cargo across the ocean floor.

The report says that the wreck remained one of history's great lost treasures until famed salvager Mel Fisher finally located its main debris field in 1985 after a 16-year search. That breakthrough yielded hundreds of millions of dollars in treasure, but archaeologists and recovery teams have continued to uncover new artifacts from the sprawling debris field ever since.

Experts believe the site is still far from exhausted. Mel Fisher's organization estimates that more than $120 million worth of silver, copper ingots, bronze cannons, and other cargo may still remain buried beneath the seabed, waiting to be uncovered by future expeditions.

The latest recovery also serves as a reminder that some of history's greatest discoveries don't happen all at once. Centuries of shifting sand, storms, and changing ocean currents continue to expose artifacts that were hidden for generations, giving modern explorers fresh opportunities to recover pieces of one of the world's most famous shipwrecks.

While the silver bar's estimated value is impressive on its own, discoveries like this are about more than money. Each recovered artifact helps historians better understand the scale of Spain's colonial trade network, the enormous wealth transported across the Atlantic, and the risks that came with moving treasure by sea during the Age of Exploration.

Tyler Durden Thu, 07/02/2026 - 05:45

KKR And SK Launch South Korea's Largest Renewable Energy Platform

By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com

Global investment firm KKR and South Korea’s industrial conglomerate SK Inc are launching the single biggest renewable energy platform in South Korea to help meet growing power demand from AI and chip manufacturing.

KKR and SK Inc are creating the platform, valued at about $1.3 billion, or 2 trillion South Korean won, to combine 1.7 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy capacity in operation and a pipeline of projects in development that would boost the platform’s total capacity to 10 GW, the investment firm said in a statement. 

The renewable electricity will help meet South Korea’s surging clean-power demand from AI data centers and semiconductor manufacturing, according to the global investor.  

The 10 GW capacity targeted by the platform would be capable of simultaneously and continuously powering 100 large-scale, 100MW-class data centers, KKR said.

“At this scale, the Platform is well positioned to become a reliable, large-scale source of clean power for Korea's most demanding industrial users, from AI data centers to global semiconductor production lines, and more,” the global investment firm said.

KKR will have management control of the platform in its initial phase, while SK will participate as an equity investor and retain the flexibility to pursue control rights through future discussions.

“Korea is one of Asia’s most attractive renewable energy markets, underpinned by strong corporate demand for clean power from the semiconductor, data center, and manufacturing sectors,” said Keith Kim, Partner at KKR.

“Together, we are establishing a leading, scaled renewable energy platform that can supply reliable clean power to Korea's most demanding industrial users.”

In April, while South Korea was scrambling for oil supply not passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the Korean Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment said the country would target to generate at least 20% of its power supply from renewables by 2030, up from about 11% now.

“We will swiftly implement the energy transition plan to make sure that South Korea remains resilient to external shocks, such as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East,” Climate Minister Kim Sung-whan said in April.

Tyler Durden Thu, 07/02/2026 - 05:00

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking Eric Trump to confirm whether his family will resume legal action against Capital One over allegations it de-banked family-linked accounts, The Post has learned.

In a bizarre twist, the announcement was Muniz’s second go at revealing the split.

In a bizarre twist, the announcement was Muniz’s second go at revealing the split.

A Pennsylvania Republican lawmaker was left bemused after being ordered to leave the floor of the state’s House of Representatives for wearing an American flag-themed suit jacket – ahead of the country’s 250th birthday.

Paris Deputy Mayor Blames US Air Conditioning For French Heat Wave

The peasantry is not allowed to have creature comforts, otherwise, they might start thinking like free men.  So, let them eat cake (and fight each other over the last few box fans).  

As we covered last week, over 1.2 million tourists have traveled to each US city hosting a World Cup game, and the resulting culture shock has gone viral across social media.  Notably, European visitors have been surprised by American infrastructure, hospitality and, strangely, air conditioning. 

Apparently, European media and governments have spent an inordinate amount of time and energy conditioning their populations with propaganda about the US being a dangerous cesspool of "racism" and violence.  Instead, Europeans found freedom...and luxurious, cold air. 

In response, EU citizens have been traveling back across the and asking their political leaders why, in the midst of a deadly summer heat wave, air conditioners are not more common.  Only 19% of the population has air conditioning in their homes, compared to 90% in the US.  Instead of offering a rational explanation, these governments have moved to restrict or outright ban air conditioners while blaming the US for their problems.

🇫🇷‼️🚨 “WE AGREE THAT PEOPLE MUST NOT SUFFOCATE - BUT”

French Minister of Ecology Monique Barbut rants about air conditioning:

"I'm horrified by people who tell me we just need to put AC everywhere …

Do you think that by air-conditioning everything we're going to prevent… pic.twitter.com/rUyJYmv55X

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 28, 2026

Paris Deputy Mayor Audrey Pulvar, a radical leftist who has in the past defended mass immigration and dismissed the reality of migrant crime, took to social media to attack the US as the "source" of the ongoing French heat wave.  She wrote on Instagram:

"Dear American journalists and social media 'influencers': for days, some of you have been criticizing and making fun of Paris because the city does not have A/C in every room. OMG, this is so rich!" 

"As the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, you bear a significant amount of responsibility for global warming and the consequences we, in France, are experiencing. Your cities '90% air-conditioned' are not unrelated to this. In Paris, we take responsibility."

The Deputy Mayor of Paris, Audrey Pulvar, says the U.S. bears “a significant amount of responsibility for global warming” and the recent heatwave in France

🇺🇸🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/56MBJURgI3

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 29, 2026

"If every American city made the same ecological transition efforts as Paris and many European cities, believe me, the whole world would be better off. So please, enough with the lecture. Just start doing your part. Best regards..." 

I reality, the European political class is not angry over American jokes online; they're angry over the legitimate concerns of citizens asking why the government is constantly propagandizing against (and legislating against) central air?  French officials don't care what Americans have to say about France, they care about what the French people say about France because it makes the government look bad.    

The conflict might sound bizarre to the average American, but many Europeans have been taught to view air conditioning as a bourgeois luxury for selfish people.  The fact that Europe suffers more deaths every year from heat than the US has gun related deaths doesn't seem to be a concern for green politicians. 

Pulvar thinks she has a slam-dunk argument by playing the carbon card, but she is, of course, very wrong.  Carbon emissions have nothing to do with global temperatures.  There is no such thing as man-made global warming.  The European people are suffering for nothing. 

Climate alarmists and climate scientists pull their temperature data from the 1880s onward, which is an incredibly narrow window of time in the Earth's climate history.  The fact that this problem is never addressed showcases the reality that climate science is politically motivated rather than fact based. 

When we look at the temperature record going back hundreds of millions of years, it becomes obvious that the Earth has been much hotter in the past compared to today.  In fact, we just exited an disastrous ice age and temps are near historic lows.  When these stats are compared to global atmospheric carbon content over the same period of time, the basis for today's carbon emissions theory is completely debunked. 

There is no correlation or causation relationship between carbon emissions and climate change.  Meaning, there is no evidence whatsoever that human industry and the emissions it produces has any affect on temperatures, and this includes air conditioners.  Man-made climate change is a lie. 

The question is, why are they lying?  Europe is a perfect example of green socialism in action, as numerous countries enter steep industrial decline.  Climate change is used as an excuse to whittle away individual freedoms, property rights, and access to basic amenities.  They are training the population to live without. 

Leftist governments also use climate change as an excuse for their mass immigration agenda, claiming that global warming is the cause, rather then the fact that they are luring in migrants with taxpayers funded subsidies and free handouts.  In short, the climate lie is about tearing down the western world. 

If Europeans stop believing the lie, then the agenda goes out the window.  The demand for air conditioning is viewed as a symbol of the citizenry no longer believing.      

Tyler Durden Thu, 07/02/2026 - 04:15

"When the Democratic Party goes, this country is over," Thiel said.

Alnaji struck Kessler in the head with a megaphone, causing Kessler to fall to the ground and hit his head on the pavement, prosecutors said.

The wild footage from Tacoma showed a crew of firefighters forcing open the door to the electrical room before thick smoke billowed out.

The Collapse Of Schengen... Over 1 Million Illegal Migrants Apply For Spanish Citizenship

Via Remix News

When the socialist-communist government of Pedro Sánchez first announced he was going to begin the mass legalization of migrants in his country, his government claimed this would amount to 500,000 people. Now, twice as many people are being legalized than first claimed, and importantly for the rest of Europe, those migrants now have the right to freely move through the Schengen zone.

Due to his mass amnesty, The New York Times has now labeled Spain a "beacon of the global left."

In April, the socialist-communist government in Madrid first issue the decree, giving illegal migrants three months to submit their application.

According to the New York Times, more than 1 million applications had already been submitted by illegal immigrants.

Vox party leader Santiago Abascal has accused Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of taking the long-term move of naturalizing millions of foreigners to give himself and left-wing parties an electoral advantage in upcoming elections.

"Pedro Sánchez is willing to rob us of the next general elections by manipulating the census and handing out Spanish nationality," wrote Abascal. "And it is necessary for us to mobilize to prevent him, after everything he has stolen, from also stealing the elections from us."

Pedro Sánchez está dispuesto a robarnos las próximas elecciones generales manipulando el censo y regalando la nacionalidad española.

Nos alegramos de que la denuncia de Santiago Abascal haya sido escuchada.

Lo peor de Pedro Sánchez ya ha llegado.

Y es necesario que nos... pic.twitter.com/85F4CTumFn

— VOX ?? (@vox_es) June 30, 2026

Across Europe, conservative and right-wing politicians are reacting with shock to the huge legalization numbers Spain is now reporting.

"The decision to legalize them means that they will be able to move and settle freely in any place in Europe. Left-wing governments are bringing about the collapse of the Schengen Area and mocking the safety of Europeans. Not only does Spain, under the Migration Pact and in full accordance with the law, have the power to offload illegal immigrants to other countries, but it is also legalizing their stay," wrote Polish MEP Anna Bry?ka.

Premier Hiszpanii Pedro Sanchez poinformowa?, ?e ponad milion imigrantów z?o?y?o wniosek o zalegalizowanie pobytu w Hiszpanii.

Decyzja o ich legalizacji oznacza, ?e b?d? oni mogli nieskr?powanie porusza? si? i osiedla? w dowolnym miejscu w Europie. Rz?dy lewicy doprowadzaj? do... https://t.co/KfAXPP7qL8

— Anna Bry?ka (@annabrylka) June 30, 2026

Sánchez has also been accused of passing the law with no democratic legitimacy. He announced that the Council of Ministers approved the decree initiating the implementation of this decision into the state legal order. Notably, this mass legalization was never formally voted in by parliament. Instead, Sánchez forced through an emergency decree.

The politician marketed the decree by talking about people who are in Spain in an "irregular situation" and noted that "again, I feel proud to be Spanish."

Calls to the European Commission demanding the immediate removal of Spain from the Schengen Area have been met with silence. Illegal arrivals enter Europe through this country every day.

As predicted and warned by both the Spanish opposition and many other political and media outlets, it turns out that there are many more newcomers willing to legalize their stay than the Spanish authorities announced.

The program on legalization of status stems from a citizens' initiative from 2024, which was supported by over 700,000 people. The measure was also supported by hundreds of organizations that describe themselves as humanitarian, along with business groups and the Catholic Church. To count on approval of the application, the newcomer must have been in Spain for at least five months and have no criminal record.

Read more here...

Tyler Durden Thu, 07/02/2026 - 03:30

Folarin Balogun has no option to appeal the red card that left him suspended for the U.S. men’s national team’s Round of 16 match against Belgium.

A New Jersey native who served in the Army was fatally shot by a woman during a dispute over a parking spot outside a Florida Walmart.

Dear Abby advises a husband on how to deal with loneliness in his marriage, a woman whose family is rude to her at gatherings, and a woman who doesn't want to donate to something she doesn't support.

Russia Buying Gasoline From India To Tackle Shortages

Russia, whose refining capacity has come under significant strain in recent months, has started seaborne imports of gasoline from India (the same country it exports millions of barrels of oil to), Reuters reported citing industry ​sources, in an effort to mitigate fuel shortages triggered by ‌Ukrainian attacks on its energy infrastructure.

Fuel shortages are being felt across Russia's 11 time zones with rationing, long queues at filling stations and a record gasoline price increase, as a result of relentless Ukraine strikes on the country's refineries. 

On Tuesday, the Kremlin said that Russia was in contact with ​other countries and discussing imports of fuel at acceptable prices.

An industry source said ⁠at least 60,000 metric tons of gasoline have been dispatched from India to Russia. Another ​source said that two tankers, with parcels of 30,000 to 40,000 tons each, have been sent. A third ​source said that in total, Russia plans to import 400,000 tons of gasoline from various countries each month, including from neighboring Belarus, which has already been exporting fuel to Russia.

Gasoline consumption in Russia is at least 110,000 ​tons per day in summer, when demand for fuel is high.

It was not immediately clear which ​Indian refiner will be supplying gasoline to Russia.

President Vladimir Putin acknowledged on Sunday at a meeting with government ministers and other ‌officials ⁠that Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries had triggered fuel shortages in some regions, but said that Russia was dealing with them. 

Elsewhere, Belarus almost tripled gasoline rail supplies to Russia to more than 70,000 tons in the first half of June versus the first half of May, according to Reuters ​calculations and sources.

Russia's parliament approved amendments ​to its tax ⁠code last week aimed at tackling the fuel shortages due to Ukrainian drone attacks, while also offering subsidies on fuel imports, pegged to Indian ​delivery costs and prices.

If Russia is the world's gas station, then India is rapidly emerging as the world's refiner: in what is emerging as a giant processing round trip, India's crude oil imports from Russia surged to a record ​high in ⁠June, ship tracking data from LSEG and Kpler showed, as refiners snapped up Russian barrels to mitigate the impact of the Strait of Hormuz closure on other sources of supply.

Russian oil accounted for more ⁠than half ​of India's overall imports in June, up from 36.5% ​in May, the Kpler data showed.

And now India is selling back the refined product back to Russia. 

India, the world's third-largest oil importer, received about 2.70 million barrels per day of oil ​from Russia in June, preliminary data from Kpler and LSEG showed.

Tyler Durden Thu, 07/02/2026 - 02:45