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Body Found at Home of Rep. Ayanna Pressley's Husband Ruled a Homicide

Our intern Julia mentioned this story last week: a dead body was found at the home of Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s husband. Boston police responded to the residence on July 18 around 2 PM to “investigate a person.” That’s when the body of Yoseliani Ann Marte Ocasio, 18, was discovered. Now, it’s been ruled a homicide (via Boston 25 News):

An 18-year-old woman who was found dead inside a home owned by the husband of Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley was murdered, authorities announced Thursday.

Officers responding to the home at 25 Malta Road in the city’s Mattapan neighborhood just before 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 18, found Yoseliani Ann Marte Ocasio suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, according to the Boston Police Department.

Ocasio was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner officially ruled her death a homicide on Thursday, according to police.

Ocasio’s mother, Elenie Ocasio, previously told Boston 25 News on July 20 that she believed her daughter was the victim of a homicide.

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According to property records, the multi-family home is owned by Conan Harris, the husband of Congresswoman Pressley. It had been listed for $1.15 million, but is now off the market, according to real estate listings.

There have been no arrests made in connection with the young woman’s death.

Yeah, I mean, there’s no chance the house will sell for now. Right now, it’s not good that a body was found at the home of the congresswoman's husband. No doubt, conspiracy theories will develop. We’re staying clear of that for now. It might be just bad timing, who knows.  

https://townhall.com/news/mattvespa/2026/07/31/body-found-at-home-of-rep-ayanna-pressleys-husband-ruled-a-homicide-n2680441

It's Cartoon/Meme Time! #491a

BIG BREAKING REPORT: Trump, Israel planning massive attack on Iran

President Trump is planning a joint operation with Israel to serverly attack Iran, in what is reported to be the biggest attack yet and will include power plants and bridges.

Here’s more from CBS News:

The United States and Israel are planning what would be one of the harshest bombing campaigns to date against energy infrastructure targets in Iran, multiple sources told CBS News, with strikes possible throughout the weekend.

There was some discussion about trying to conclude by the time financial markets open Monday because of concern about how the bombings will affect the U.S. and global economy, but an end point wasn’t locked in.

The Israelis have been notified and are coordinating with the United States, according to multiple U.S. sources. The president has yet to give the final ‘go’ orders for the strikes, the sources said.

A joint operation would mark Israel’s return to combat operations which it had halted during the U.S.-brokered truce. Iran has not hit Israel since the memorandum of understanding fell apart and the U.S. restarted combat operations in early July.

An Israeli official told CBS News: “Israel is unaware of a decision to restart full military operations, nor has been requested of Israel to join any military actions against Iran.”

The military strike plan came up during President Trump’s cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday, according to sources briefed later. Some White House aides who focus on politics were strongly opposed, one of the sources said.

While reporters were in the room, Mr. Trump said: “We’ll be hitting them very hard. At some point, they’re going to say, ‘We just can’t take it anymore.'”

“I think we just want to win,” he told the press when asked about reviving diplomacy.

Energy infrastructure including power plants and refineries would likely be targeted, two of the sources said.

Good. It’s about dang time. This is what I’ve been wanting to see for months now and I hope Trump really does it.

https://therightscoop.com/big-breaking-report-trump-israel-planning-massive-attack-on-iran/

The biggest threat in America's race with China isn't Beijing, tech executive warns

Shyam Sankar called the challenge 'suicide, not homicide' and urged faster deployment of existing AI across the economy

America's biggest obstacle in the technology race with China may not be Beijing, but growing resistance to new data centers and the power needed to run them, according to Palantir's chief technology officer.

"The proximate issues are definitely going to be power and backlash against data centers," Shyam Sankar said in an interview with Fox News Digital at Palantir's American Builder Summit.

Sankar, whose company builds software for the Pentagon, intelligence agencies and major manufacturers, argued the U.S. risks slowing its own technological progress more than falling behind Beijing.

"The only threat to AI generating prosperity for America is suicide, not homicide."

LEADING ECONOMIST WARNS OF RISE OF 'GEN Z AFFORDABILITY SOCIALISM'

The U.S. and China are pouring billions into the race to dominate artificial intelligence, viewing the technology as central to economic growth, military power and geopolitical influence. Winning that race depends on an enormous buildout of data centers, power generation and transmission infrastructure to support increasingly capable systems. 

But those projects have drawn growing resistance from communities worried about electricity demand, water use and whether the benefits will outweigh the costs.

Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer of Palantir Technologies, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit in Carlisle, Pa., on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. 

Companies have raced to build new data centers to support a wave of new computing infrastructure, fueling a nationwide expansion that also has sparked growing local opposition. The issue has spilled into the 2026 midterm campaigns, with candidates in battleground states such as Pennsylvania running ads focused on the economic and environmental effects of the projects.

Residents have raised concerns about electricity demand, water consumption, noise, traffic and whether utility customers will ultimately bear the cost of expanding the power grid. Some projects have been delayed or canceled, while lawmakers in several states have proposed restrictions or moratoriums on new facilities.

THE WAR ON DATA CENTERS JEOPARDIZES OUR ECONOMY AND NATIONAL SECURITY

Some developers have responded by pairing new data centers with dedicated power generation rather than relying entirely on the electric grid.

Sankar argues those debates risk slowing the industrial gains the technology can already deliver. He pointed to one submarine-parts manufacturer that cut production planning from two weeks to less than an hour, freeing enough capacity to add a third shift.

"There is no one on that shift who thinks, 'Hey, I got my job because of AI,' but that's actually what happened," he said.

Protestors hold up "Stop data centers" signs, on the day of President Donald Trump's speech at the General Motors Proving Ground, in Milford, Michigan, July 27, 2026. 

The summit itself appeared designed to counter one of the AI industry's biggest public relations challenges: fears that technology will replace jobs. Rather than showcasing increasingly capable AI models, Palantir filled the stage with factory workers, healthcare workers and military personnel demonstrating software they had built to solve problems in their own workplaces.

Sankar argued the AI industry has become overly focused on pursuing artificial general intelligence, or AGI, rather than deploying today's AI systems across the economy.

Artificial general intelligence, or AGI, refers to a still-theoretical system capable of performing a broad range of intellectual tasks at or beyond human level, rather than excelling mainly at narrower tasks such as writing, coding or image analysis.

He compared the current moment to the early days of electricity, arguing that while technology already exists, businesses have yet to reorganize themselves around it.

"The AI we have is powerful enough that it should have created more prosperity and value," he said. "The only reason it hasn't yet is not a failing of the technology, it's a lack of our national will to push and invest in diffusing the technology through our economy."

"We shouldn't lose the plot in pining away for a machine god," he added.

The summit brought together a cohort of Palantir's American Tech Fellowship, where workers from industries including manufacturing, healthcare and defense demonstrated AI applications they had built for use in their jobs.

The demonstrations were intended to illustrate Sankar's contention: that AI will make workers more productive than ever rather than replace them.

That runs against much of the public sentiment, where workers across industries have begun to wonder how long until their jobs will be done by a machine.

"How many people have actually, at the front line, have experienced AI and how it's changed their job versus how many people are imbibing the fear-mongering from the social media feed, which is partially a Chinese psyop as well.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biggest-threat-americas-race-china-isnt-beijing-tech-executive-warns

Saudi Arabia Planning Major Escalation In Yemen, Possible Ground Op: Reports

 Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, said Thursday that there were indications Saudi Arabia was planning a major escalation in Yemen, as the war between the two sides has been reignited following the July 13 Saudi strikes on the Sanaa International Airport.

"We will work to establish the equation of siege with siege, especially since indicators reveal that the Saudis are heading toward comprehensive escalation, and we will seek God’s help against him and confront his comprehensive escalation with comprehensive escalation," al-Houthi said, according to Yemen’s SABA news agency.

The Guardian also reported on Thursday, citing Yemeni sources, that Saudi Arabia was preparing for a major escalation against Ansar Allah by sea and possibly by launching a ground offensive in central Yemen.

Saudi Arabia is looking to launch a new Red Sea coalition to keep the Bab el-Mandeb Strait open, and the Saudi Defense Ministry announced that 14 countries backed the effort. The full coalition hasn’t been released, but according to Saudi officials, it includes—

• Kuwait
• Qatar
• Bahrain
• Pakistan
• Turkey
• Egypt
• Jordan

Ansar Allah imposed a blockade on Saudi ports following the Saudi strikes on the Sanaa airport, which were meant to prevent the landing of a plane that took off from Iran and was carrying members of a Yemeni delegation that attended the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Yemeni forces have also targeted oil infrastructure inside Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi military has launched additional strikes on Yemen of late.

Escalations against Ansar Allah are unlikely to achieve success since the group faced a brutal US-backed Saudi-UAE war from 2015 to 2022 and multiple US and Israeli bombing campaigns since then that failed to achieve their goals. President Trump has suggested that the US could restart bombing Yemen.

Al-Houthi said in his comments on Thursday that the Yemeni people “are among the most suffering and targeted peoples by the Saudi regime within the framework of the American scheme, and in service of the Israeli enemy.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/saudi-arabia-planning-major-escalation-yemen-possible-ground-op-reports

Streamer Hasan Piker Who Said America Deserved 9/11 Guarantees 2028 Dem Nominee Will Be Anti-Israel

Oh, Hasan Piker, you nepo-nephew rich boy who never had to accomplish anything at all on your own in your miserable little life. You never miss a chance to run your insipid little mouth and show the world what a bigot you are.

Remember, a few days ago, Hasan was walking back his 'America deserved 9/11' comments because it was making life difficult for his bestie Zohran Mamdani. See, some 9/11 families did not want Zohran at the anniversary event because he hangs around a dude who says such atrocious things. Hasan tried to convince the world there was nuance and we just didn't understand him. 

Today, he's back at it ensuring the world the 2028 candidate will be anti-Israel. What a peach.

Oh, Piker is speaking the truth. To take it even further, the WHOLE Democrat platform will be 'Free Palestine' nonsense. It will be the ONLY thing that matters, actually. Securing our borders, the economy, gas prices, the safety of our communities is always secondary to 'Free Palestine' in the eyes of today's Democrats.

When the Democrat Party tells you who they are, believe them.

From your tweet to God's ears.

It is scary, but it also a reality. Democrat candidates are clamoring to campaign with this guy. He is the new 'it' celebrity to have come speak at a campaign rally. 

Also, Christians since the Bible explicitly said we are to 'Bless Israel and not curse it'.

CNN is the worst, but to be fair, he is a major figure in the Democrat Party right now. No matter how off putting he is, it's important to know this is where the Democrats are now. 

Prayers up.

They want to overthrow America.

This is not hyperbole.

https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/07/31/hasan-piker-guarantees-dem-2028-will-be-anti-israel-n2430814