Video by NBC News White House Correspondent Monica Alba who tweeted “Man just jumped outer perimeter fence at White House and was subsequently chased by Secret Service agents before being tackled and detained. Randomly happened just as I was walking in to work.”

“For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the Secretary [of the Treasury] must comply with the Ways and Means Committee’s June 16, 2021 request pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 6103(f)(1) to furnish the Committee with the specified tax returns and related tax information.”

– Dawn Johnsen, Acting Assistant Attorney General Office of Legal Counsel.

Here is a RawStory headline:

“Rock-and-roll guitarist and gun enthusiast Ted Nugent is resigning from the board of the National Rifle Association after 26 years. Nugent, who once recorded a song titled ‘I Am the NRA,’ is stepping down ‘due to ongoing schedule conflicts,’ according to a July 29 memo from General Counsel John Frazer reviewed by Bloomberg News. Nugent, has served on the group’s 76-member board since 1995, according to a website that tracks the gun group” Bloomberg reports.

There is one Congresswoman who has been consistently unafraid to take on the Radical Left and defend conservative values:

Marjorie Taylor Greene.

That's why I am honored to receive @mtgreenee’s endorsement of my campaign for the U.S. Senate!

— Mo Brooks (@MoBrooks) July 30, 2021

New York Times:  “President Donald J. Trump pressed top Justice Department officials late last year to declare that the election was corrupt even though they had found no instances of widespread fraud, so that he and his allies in Congress could use the assertion to try to overturn the results, according to new documents provided to lawmakers and obtained by The New York Times.

“The demands were an extraordinary instance of a president interfering with an agency that is typically more independent from the White House to advance his personal agenda. They are also the latest example of Mr. Trump’s wide-ranging campaign during his final weeks in office to delegitimize the election results.

“The exchange unfolded during a phone call on Dec. 27 in which Mr. Trump pressed the acting attorney general at the time, Jeffrey A. Rosen, and his deputy, Richard P. Donoghue, on voter fraud claims that the department had disproved. Mr. Donoghue warned that the department had no power to change the outcome of the election. Mr. Trump replied that he did not expect that, according to notes Mr. Donoghue took memorializing the conversation.

“’Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me’ and to congressional allies, Mr. Donoghue wrote in summarizing Mr. Trump’s response.”

Retail giant Walmart will require workers to wear masks at its stores, warehouses and transportation hubs in regions of the country experiencing a high number of new coronavirus cases, and it will request customers to wear masks in those stores, the Associated Press reports.

In a memo sent to workers Friday, the superstore chain instructed stores in those areas to re-post signs about masking and other actions that can prevent the spread of coronavirus by store associates and shoppers.

Walmart will also increase the incentive for its workers to get vaccinated, raising the bonus from $75 to $150.  Workers who already got the first $75 bonus will receive a second $75 payment in their August 19th paycheck.

KVVU: “Two weeks ago, life was great for Jessica DuPreez. She was on vacation in San Diego with her fiancé Michael Freedy, (better known as Big Mike at the M Resort where he worked), and their five kids ages 17, 10, 7, 6 and 17 months. Shortly after their vacation, Freedy went to the hospital for what he thought was a severe sunburn. He tested positive for COVID-19.”

“Thursday morning, Freedy died with DuPreez by his side. ‘He is only 39. Our babies now don’t have a dad. You can’t say I am young and it won’t affect me because it will,’ DuPreez said. Freedy was not vaccinated for COVID-19. ‘We wanted to wait just one year from the release to see what effects people had, but there was never any intention to not get it,’ DuPreez said. That is a decision she said she will always regret and has now gotten the shot along with their oldest child. Freedy sent her a text message while in the hospital it said, ‘I should have gotten the damn vaccine.'”

“Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump by more than 150,000 votes in Michigan last November. Trump and the Michigan Republican Party still aren’t over it. The outcome – and the former president’s obsessive efforts to dispute it – has left the state party in disarray, raising questions about the GOP’s focus as it looks to unseat Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in a top battleground state next year. ‘From a staff and leadership perspective, I don’t know that top-notch professionals would want to go into this quagmire,’ said Jeff Timmer, a former Michigan GOP executive director who opposed Trump. ‘Unless you’re going to talk crazy talk, they don’t want you there.'”

“Much of the trouble can be traced to the 2020 presidential election results, which Trump and his allies have alleged were marked by fraud without providing evidence. An April report from the state Bureau of Elections on 250 post-election audits conducted across the state found ‘no examples of fraud or intentional misconduct by election officials and no evidence that equipment used to tabulate or report election results did not function properly when properly programmed and tested.’ Likewise, a GOP-led state Senate Oversight Committee report released in June found ‘no evidence of widespread or systemic fraud.’ But some party officials and conservative activists continue to press for a ‘forensic audit’ of the election results, encouraged by Trump, who has called on ‘American Republican Patriots’ to run primary challenges against ‘RINO State Senators in Michigan who refuse to properly look into the election irregularities and fraud'” – Politico.

The Atlantic: “If we can recognize that the real gift [Marjorie Taylor] Greene is offering [her fans] is not misinformation so much as it is freedom, we might be able to approach the problem of misinformation differently, particularly surrounding COVID-19 and vaccines. Researchers have known for years that shaming people to get vaccinated often ends up backfiring, and that much of this is because vaccine resistance is heavily correlated with notions of personal liberty.”

“The people we’re trying to reach are not motivated to act on behalf of others, and they won’t respond to exhortations of civic responsibility. If Greene’s supporters want freedom without repercussions, focusing on consequences for this freedom might give us more leverage than we might think, particularly if we can shift the focus from ‘freedom versus obligation’ – the way conspiracists like Greene prefer to frame the issue – to differing kinds of freedom. Vaccines offer us the freedom to participate, the freedom to circulate back in the world, the freedom to be human again. The Washington Post, for example, reported on one vaccine holdout who got her shot so she could attend New York Yankees games in person. When The Dallas Morning News asked prominent citizens of North Dallas why they got vaccinated, some spoke in terms of obligation and protecting others. But others spoke of the possibilities associated with the vaccines. Robert Jeffress, the pastor at First Baptist Church, echoed Greene’s line at first, stating that ‘we are not trying to force anyone to be vaccinated – that is a personal choice,’ but he went on to say that vaccination is ‘the quickest way for Christians to come back to church safely so that we can enjoy the encouragement we all need that comes from worshipping together.’ It’s a tricky but promising rhetorical move: You can choose to do whatever you want, but the rest of the world is waiting for you if you choose to get vaccinated.”

“A South Carolina state lawmaker is mounting a primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Tom Rice, saying the five-term Republican broke his constituents’ trust by voting to impeach former President Donald Trump earlier this year. In an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, state Rep. Russell Fry said that he will be a candidate for Congress, running against Rice, who, up until his surprise vote in January, had always been a consistent supporter of the former president, representing an area that voted heavily for Trump in both presidential elections. ‘He campaigned with President Trump and worked with President Trump and was always willing to use President Trump’s name for his reelection purposes, but he broke that trust,’ Fry told AP.”

“‘I think the people of the Grand Strand and the Pee Dee deserve someone they can trust again, and I think I’m that person,’ he added. Rice was among 10 GOP representatives who joined Democrats on Jan. 13 in voting to impeach Trump for his role in the violence a week earlier at the U.S. Capitol. Trump was not convicted during a subsequent Senate trial. A day after his vote, Rice told AP ‘it hurts my heart’ to have gone against the president, but he decided to back impeachment after seeing what he characterized as Trump’s inaction during the Capitol Hill riot. Since then, Republicans in his district and across the state have declared their displeasure with Rice, who has represented the district since its creation in 2012. The South Carolina GOP formally censured him to show disapproval over his vote, a step also taken by other party committees across the country to punish many of the 10 House Republicans who supported Trump’s impeachment” – AP.

On the Romney/Biden “infrastructure” deal, the WSJ is unhappy; the rest of the media is ecstatic. Sounds like a typical outcome for GOP leadership.

They always lose. And that’s why we have a populist conservative movement. https://t.co/oM9ZYQJ63d

— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) July 30, 2021

CNN: “Air traffic controllers warned pilots to be on the lookout after a ‘man in a jetpack’ was spotted near Los Angeles International Airport. ‘Use caution, the jet man is back,’ an air traffic controller said in an audio transmission obtained by CNN. ‘Let me know if you see him.’ An FAA spokesperson said that a Boeing 747 pilot ‘reported seeing an object that might have resembled a jetpack’ at about 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. It was about 15 miles east of the airport and flying at an elevation of about 5,000 feet. Air traffic controllers alerted pilots in the area out of an abundance of caution, the spokesperson said. ‘SkyWest 3626, did you see the UFO?’ asked ATC in one transmission.”

“‘We were looking but we did not see Iron Man,’ a pilot responded. Several aircraft got the warnings as they approached LAX, but the flight crews said they didn’t see anyone in a jetpack. It’s not the first sighting of ‘Jetpack Man’ near LAX. In October, a China Airlines crew saw a person in a jetpack flying at about 6,000 feet. Two commercial airline planes reported seeing a person with a jetpack last August, including an American Airlines crew who said the person flew within 30 yards of them.”

I’m glad we finally heard from the Deplorable Jail.

1. Inmates in your jail are not residents, they are being detained while awaiting trial.

2. You were notified of our intent to visit and regardless Congress has oversight of federal prisons.

Cont’d.. pic.twitter.com/CWtwzzBPx5

— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) July 30, 2021

Thread continued: “We were told we were trespassing while conducting oversight, which is our job. 3. The ‘camera crews’ were members of the press that have the freedom of press, which you denied. 4. We have heard horror stories of the treatment of detainees in your facility under your supervision. We look forward to touring your facility very soon. The American people deserve answers. And we will continue to demand the truth until we get it. We have a justice system in America and people’s rights will not be violated.”

AP: “With coronavirus deaths rising in Myanmar, allegations are growing from residents and human rights activists that the military government, which seized control in February, is using the pandemic to consolidate power and crush opposition. In the last week, the per capita death rate in Myanmar surpassed those of Indonesia and Malaysia to become the worst in Southeast Asia. The country’s crippled health care system has rapidly become overwhelmed with new patients sick with COVID-19. Supplies of medical oxygen are running low, and the government has restricted its private sale in many places, saying it is trying to prevent hoarding. But that has led to widespread allegations that the stocks are being directed to government supporters and military-run hospitals. At the same time, medical workers have been targeted after spearheading a civil disobedience movement that urged professionals and civil servants not to cooperate with the government, known as the State Administrative Council.”

“‘They have stopped distributing personal protection equipment and masks, and they will not let civilians who they suspect are supporting the democracy movement be treated in hospitals, and they’re arresting doctors who support the civil disobedience movement,’ said Yanghee Lee, the U.N.’s former Myanmar human rights expert and a founding member of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar. ‘With the oxygen, they have banned sales to civilians or people who are not supported by the SAC, so they’re using something that can save the people against the people,’ she said. ‘The military is weaponizing COVID.’ Myanmar’s Deputy Information Minister Zaw Min Tun did not respond to questions about the allegations, but with growing internal and external pressure to get the pandemic under control, the leadership has been on a public relations offensive.”

The International Space Station soared out of control for a brief time Thursday after the recently-docked Russian supply module somehow fired its thrusters and the ISS responded with its rockets working to steady the structure, CNN reports.

The accident cause NASA operators to declare a “spacecraft emergency” after the ISS lost attitude control for about an hour Thursday morning.  Ground controls also lost communication with the ISS for eleven minutes.

The crew aboard the ISS was never in danger and the issue was corrected within a few hours.  A mission scheduled for Friday for a Boeing Starliner uncrewed test flight to the station is being delayed until the crew have an opportunity to continue with safety checks.

A man was injured at the Jacksonville, Florida zoo after jumping over a barrier in front of the jaguar enclosure and sticking his arm through into the cage where, unsurprisingly, one of the big cats took a swipe at it, the Associated Press reports.

After he climbed over a waist-high barrier that created a four-foot gap between visitors and the animal enclosure, the unidentified man stuck his hand into the cage in an attempt to taunt the cat, when the jaguar, named Harry, swiped at the hand, injuring it with his claw.

A zoo spokeswoman said the zoo didn’t expect anything to happen to Harry because he was acting as part of his normal behavior for a wild animal.  The zoo is not likely to pursue criminal charges against the man.

“With great sadness and heavy hearts, the Levin Family and Levin Center at Wayne Law announce the passing of Senator Carl Levin – a dearly beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle, and life-long public servant” the Levin Center announced on Twitter.

Wall Street Journal: “The chief executive of MyPillow Inc, one of Fox News’s big advertisers, said he is pulling his ads from the network after a disagreement over a proposed commercial. Mike Lindell said he made the decision after Fox News declined to run a commercial linked to his efforts to promote his claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Security and election officials have said there is no proof of widespread election fraud. ‘It’s unfortunate Mr. Lindell has chosen to pause his commercial time on FOX News given the level of success he’s experienced in building his brand through advertising on the number one cable news network,’ Fox News said in a statement. Fox didn’t say whether it blocked the ad. Lindell said he wanted to cancel the ads as soon as possible and that he had told his ad buyer to inform Fox News.”

“Lindell said he had asked the network to air a commercial promoting a cyber symposium, which he is scheduled to live stream next month. Lindell said the commercial wouldn’t specifically mention claims of election fraud. But he has said the symposium will prove the 2020 election was stolen from then-President Donald Trump through manipulation of election machines. MyPillow is among Fox News’s major advertisers, alongside supplement company Balance of Nature and weight-loss products provider Nutrisystem, according to advertising analytics firm iSpot.tv. MyPillow spent almost $50 million on Fox News last year and so far this year has shelled out about $19 million for ad time on the network, Lindell said. Since the 2020 election, Lindell has emerged as one of the most prominent proponents of unproven theories that the election was stolen from Trump through widespread fraud. Voting-machine maker Dominion Voting Systems sued Lindell and MyPillow in February for defamation, seeking more than $1.3 billion in damages. He has countersued.”

https://youtu.be/dhaBz1L-pjo

In a misogynist segment during which he called women in national leadership roles “neurotic cat ladies,” Fox News host (and alleged man who claims vagina dentata is real) Tucker Carlson referred to Vice President Kamala Harris “Willie Brown’s girlfriend.”

Carlson continued to demean Harris:  “That would be Kamala Harris, the person with no adult skills.  A person who can’t figure out how to pronounce her own first name.  That person is now issuing medical directives to medical doctors and demanding they obey.  [FACT CHECK:  Nope.]  The media, meanwhile, seem to think that is perfectly normal.  That’s how bonkers things have become and yet, it seems to be accelerating.”

This from the network that supporting a Republican president who suggested doctors examine if ultraviolet enemas and bleach injections would kill the coronavirus.