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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

Robinhood spent Wednesday announcing a slew of new crypto and AI features at a keynote event in London, but perhaps one of its biggest changes happened offscreen, unannounced to the public.Per documents reviewed by TheStreet, Robinhood quietly added Foreign Transaction Fees (FTFs) to its 3% cash back credit card, the Robinhood Gold Card. Across its website, mentions of “No transaction fees” have been wiped. However, controversially, it appears that the changes were made without informing cardmembers. That’s because, confusingly, these new stipulations might not affect all of them. When did Robinhood Gold Card start charging fees?Robinhood Gold Card user Neil Sarkar flagged the new foreign transaction fees on Reddit’s r/CreditCards community Wednesday night, just over two weeks after being approved for the card. Sarkar told TheStreet that when he was approved, he knew the card did not have any foreign transaction fees. Doing research for an upcoming trip, he found the new language in the company’s FAQ and posted about it.

We reviewed older versions of Robinhood’s FAQ, including its official Rates and Fees Table for the card, and found that the changes have happened in just the last few days. That’s despite indications that the cardholder policies had not been updated since Aug. 8, 2025. Obviously, that couldn’t be the case. Users on Reddit indicated that they reached out to Robinhood Support and heard that these changes happened on Jul. 1, 2026. A support representative for Robinhood told one user that Robinhood added the new foreign exchange fee for “customers who are onboarded on or after 7/1.”That might be why the “changes” weren’t declaredCharitably, this might be why the changes to the foreign transaction fee were not declared to existing Robinhood Gold cardholders. It’s because they don’t apply to them. However, a lack of communication certainly added to confusion.After all, the company’s new policy clearly states that “3% of the U.S. dollar amount of each transaction made in a foreign currency” will be subject to the fees. It also doesn’t make clear how older and newer users are subject to the fee.To better understand the changes, we reached out to Robinhood directly. We await their response and clarity on how FTFs will look for both old and new cardholders alike.Does this affect the Robinhood Platinum Card?Notably, the changes do not affect Robinhood’s newer Robinhood Platinum Card. For now, the language on the invite-only ‘premium’ contender is unchanged. In fact, the product’s page calls out “No foreign transaction fees” still.This is understandable for a premium card. Most premium credit cards don’t charge foreign transaction fees as a benefit of card membership. This is part of what you’re paying for when you drop $695, $795, or even $895 on an annual fee.Why did Robinhood make this change?We have reached out to Robinhood to understand the reasons behind these changes, but it’s hard to see it as anything more than an economic decision. A few months back, they quietly eliminated a 5% cash back earnings rate on purchases made through its own Travel Portal. And now, this.The Robinhood Gold credit card already offers best-in-class rewards, with 3% cash back on most purchases. There are evidently some exclusions on the card, like tax and rent payments. However, that cash back rate on virtually all other purchases and no foreign transaction fees (FTFs) was an extremely generous offer, especially given the regulations and limits on credit cards outside of the U.S. market.For instance, the U.S. does not require routing of debit or credit card transactions to the cheapest payment network, or implement “interchange ceilings”, which are basically limits on what credit card networks can charge merchants. A lot of these fees on merchants come back to consumers in the form of rewards or cash back. That said, even Robinhood’s 3% cash back isn’t fully funded by U.S. interchange fees. We don’t know particulars, but most Visa programs earn interchange fees of between 1.4% and 2.7%. The remainder is paid up by Robinhood. Robinhood is presumably tired of making up for this in international markets like Europe and Asia, where there are strict rules on routing and interchange that affect the economics of their card. In these markets, Robinhood is probably taking brutal losses by offering 3% cash back. So in an apparent move to disincentivize that behavior, it’s now nerfing one of the major draws of the card product.

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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

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