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• Lee Zeldin attacked: Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin, the GOP candidate for governor in New York, was attacked Thursday evening at a campaign event. He was unharmed when a man took the stage, grabbed Zeldin’s arm, and, as a witness described, “wrestled with him a bit, and pulled a blade out” before being tackled and subdued by attendees. “Grateful for the attendees who stepped up quickly to assist and the law enforcement officers who quickly responded,” Zeldin said after the attack. “I’m as resolute as ever to do my part to make New York safe again.” Democrat New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who has presided over rising crime in the state, condemned the attack “in the strongest terms possible.” Maybe she should stop alerting her followers of Zeldin’s campaign events while warning that he’s a “dangerous” “far-right extremist.” And maybe violent criminals shouldn’t be immediately released back onto the street, as this attacker was hours later.

• Child rapist is involved with child’s mom: Remember that 10-year-old girl who was raped by an illegal alien and ended up having an abortion? We’re now learning that her attacker is in a romantic relationship with the girl’s mother. It was certainly strange that the girl’s mother initially said her daughter is “fine” and that “everything they’re saying against him is a lie.” Now we know why. The man remains in Franklin County Jail in Columbus, Ohio, and he faces life in prison if convicted.

• House Dems block resolution condemning abortion violence: “Since the May 2, 2022 leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, individuals professing anti-life views have targeted, destroyed, or vandalized numerous pro-life facilities, groups, and even churches to further their radical cause,” reads House Resolution 1233, introduced by Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA). The purpose of the resolution is “Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives condemning the recent attacks on pro-life facilities, groups, and churches.” And Democrats just couldn’t do it, blocking the resolution from coming to the House floor. It’s not because social issues aren’t front and center but because Dems are busy pushing the Right to Contraception Act and the Respect for Marriage Act.

Headlines

• Supreme Court rejects Biden immigration guidance, keeping Trump-era policy in place for now (Fox News)

• GOP lawmaker calls on ATF to explain video of agents asking firearms owner for gun serial numbers (Washington Times)

• Six big takeaways as House panel retraces Trump’s steps during Capitol riot (Daily Signal) | Trump gave order to “make sure” J6 rally was “safe event,” Pentagon memo shows (Just the News)

• White House doesn’t know where Biden caught COVID, says it’s not important (Fox News)

• Depression is likely not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, study says (The Hill)

• More than 100 Florida churches fleeing United Methodist Church over LGBTQ issues (Daily Wire)

• Wait … fences work? San Francisco fences off Mission district plaza due to rampant drug use, dealing (National Review)

• Portland antifa summer camp teaches kids how to hate police and raise anarchy (Townhall)

• Officials identify first case of polio in the United States in years (Daily Wire)

• CIA chief: China set for takeover of Taiwan in next few years (Washington Times)

• China economy suffering rapid slowdown as “systemic” problems surface (Fox News)

• Ukraine, Russia set to sign deal on resuming grain exports (AP)

• Policy: What you need to know about Biden’s climate “emergency” (Daily Signal)

• Satire: Brutal: Biden contracts COVID just one day after miraculous recovery from cancer (Babylon Bee)

• Humor: Kamala Harris speechwriter leaves administration to write for Sesame Street (Babylon Bee)

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