The CIA’s latest on Russia-collusion hoax: CIA Director John Ratcliffe is working to declassify a section of former Special Counsel John Durham’s 2023 report that heavily criticized the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into Donald Trump’s supposed collusion with Russia to win the 2016 election. Ratcliffe told Fox News yesterday that the information due to be released in the Durham report annex shows that the false Russia-collusion hoax was partly a Hillary Clinton plan and partly an FBI plan working in concert to inflame a false story into a national scandal. Ratcliffe has been beating this drum for years. In 2020, he testified to Congress that Clinton had been referred to the FBI for investigations after a Russian intelligence analysis alleged that she had approved a plan to link Trump to Russia as a distraction from her email scandal.

• Black mob beats white couple: A viral video captured an incident in Cincinnati, Ohio, over the weekend, wherein a mob of mostly black individuals severely beat a white couple. Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge said she was “in complete disgust” after seeing the video, calling the behavior “nothing short of cruel and absolutely unacceptable.” The incident is being thoroughly investigated, she said, adding, “It’s also important to clarify: this was a sudden dispute between individuals following a verbal altercation.” It’s possible that one of the white guys threw the first slap, but he was curb-stomped by a mob for it. Regardless, Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police President Ken Kober also expressed his indignation not only over the violent incident but also over “those who chose to watch and record instead of calling 911, attempting to defuse the situation or render aid.” Apparently, several arrests have been made.

• “Palestine” allies make fools of themselves: French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron recognized the faux state of Palestine on Thursday, hours after U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff reported that Hamas is not working in good faith toward a hostage deal. Macron’s priorities in the announcement included ending the war and securing the release of hostages in Gaza — someone should have sent him Witkoff’s announcement. Back in the U.S., Rashida Tlaib added her protest to the cacophony of phony Hamas supporters by … banging on a pot with a spoon. In a video release, Tlaib announces: “The Palestinian people, this is all for you!” Such bravery. Unconfirmed reports say Ilhan Omar may stick a fork in a blender in support of Palestine.

• DOE releases frozen money: On Friday, the Department of Education announced that $5 billion in funding for schools across the country, which the department had frozen earlier this month, will now be released. Much of this funding was designated for various after-school and summer programs. The Trump administration’s rationale for pausing the funding was to conduct a review to ensure that American tax dollars were not supporting a “radical leftwing agenda” and to establish “guardrails” to prevent that. Many Republican lawmakers celebrated the news of the funding release, including West Virginia Senator Jim Justice, who posted on X, “The release of these funds will undoubtedly have a positive impact on the kids of West Virginia.”

• Trump tells EU leaders to stop building windmills: Over the weekend, Donald Trump was in Scotland, where he played a round of golf on his Turnberry course, while he also spent time negotiating and signing a new trade deal with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Having just played “the best course in the world,” he complained to reporters, “I look over the horizon and I see nine windmills. I said, isn’t that a shame? What a shame you have the same thing all over Europe, in particular, you have windmills all over the place.” He made these remarks a day after calling on EU nations to “stop the windmills,” which are “ruining your countries.” He further noted, “I will not allow a windmill to be built in the United States. They’re killing us. They’re killing the beauty of our scenery, our valleys, our beautiful plains.”

• Good guy with a gun ends Walmart rampage: On Sunday, a man with a knife began attacking people at a Walmart in Traverse City, Michigan. The man’s stabbing spree was ended after a private citizen pulled a gun on him and ordered him to stop and drop the knife. Two other men then surrounded the perpetrator, and minutes later, law enforcement arrived. Sheriff Michael Shea commended the individuals who intervened, stating, “It’s not very often that we have citizens who are willing to step up and take action.” Eleven individuals were injured in the attack, and authorities are considering raising terrorism charges in addition to assault charges. Had the perpetrator used a firearm rather than a knife to commit his crime, there would be the predictable calls by leftist politicians and other anti-Second Amendment groups for more “gun control” measures — never mind how the rampage was stopped.

• Young men are Republicans: Polling numbers continue to show disaster for the Democrat Party, but that’s been said a few times. One interesting aspect of these numbers is the widening gap between young men and young women. According to Pew Research, young men lean toward Republicans by 18 points, while women break for Democrats by 21 points. The Democrat Party has largely built its current coalition by targeting every interest group possible except young men, so it’s no surprise that they aren’t interested. But the battle between the sexes was never meant to be a real battle. Bridging the gap between young men and women is not just an urgent issue politically; it is essential to the survival of any people or nation.

• Gallup finds Gen Z least likely to favor remote work: No one wants to work an in-office 9-5 job. Gallup found that just 4% of Millennials and only 10% of Baby Boomers prefer an entirely on-site job, with the other generations falling in between. Most workers across all generations prefer a mix of at-home and on-site work. Here’s where it gets interesting. While 35% of older generations would choose remote work exclusively if possible, only 23% of Gen Z prefer that option. Data analysts suggest that this is because Gen Z is the loneliest generation. Few Gen Zers are parents or guardians, so social interaction at work fills a need for community.

Headlines

• Trump reduces Putin’s deadline after massive Russian attack (Fox News)

• FBI Deputy Director Bongino vows to reveal “truth” in cryptic social media post (Fox News)

• AOC broke House rules to attend Met Gala with beau Riley Roberts (NY Post)

• Epstein birthday book also included Bill Clinton letter commending predator’s “childlike curiosity” (Daily Wire)

• Trump’s tariffs are being picked up by corporate America (WSJ)

• There’s another big beautiful bill in the works: What might be in it? (RedState)

• Islamic State-backed militant group attacks Catholic church in Congo, over three dozen dead (Breitbart)

• Humor: An exclusive excerpt from Joe Biden’s memoir (The Babylon Bee)

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