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This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).Lindsay Clancy’s attorney sought to blunt prosecutors’ portrayal of the Massachusetts mother as organized and calculating, pressing a hospital psychiatrist to acknowledge that a person can communicate, make plans and carry them out while experiencing psychosis.”People can communicate and plan and act on plans even if they’re in the middle of a psychosis, right?” defense attorney Kevin Reddington asked Dr. Sejal Shah Monday.HEATED LINDSAY CLANCY COURTROOM EXCHANGE OVER 911 CALL, CRIME SCENE PHOTOS SETS STAGE FOR MOM’S MURDER TRIAL”Yes,” Shah replied.Reddington then asked whether someone must be “drooling and stumbling and unable to walk and talk” to be psychotic. Shah said no and agreed that a person in psychosis can still communicate with others.Clancy is charged in the deaths of Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, inside the family’s Duxbury home. Her defense maintains she was suffering from postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors argue she acted deliberately and understood what she was doing.LINDSAY CLANCY’S EX-HUSBAND DETAILS ‘BIG SPIRAL’ AS EXPERT SAYS ONE PART ‘SCARED ME’ IN MOM’S MURDER TRIALSeth J. Zuckerman, a celebrity criminal defense attorney, former New York City prosecutor and founder of Zuckerman Legal Group, said the case will turn on Clancy’s mental state at the precise time the children were killed.”What was in her mind at the exact time that she killed her children?” Zuckerman told Fox News Digital.He said prosecutors have focused on Patrick Clancy’s trips to CVS and a local restaurant, along with his communications with his wife, to portray her as lucid during the critical time frame.WATCH: Psychiatrist calls Lindsay Clancy an ‘honest’ patientLINDSAY CLANCY’S EX-HUSBAND DETAILS PILL USE AS EXPERT SAYS EVIDENCE COULD SHAPE MURDER TRIALShah, an associate chief of psychiatry and medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, first evaluated Clancy five days after the killings.She testified that Clancy was confused, made mistakes during a cognitive assessment and had experienced visual hallucinations after spinal surgery.Shah diagnosed delirium and said possible causes included anesthesia, oxygen problems and an elevated heart rate. The symptoms resolved by the following day, Shah said.During later evaluations, Clancy appeared calm and cooperative, displayed organized and goal-directed thinking and denied hallucinations and suicidal or homicidal intent.Reddington used cross-examination to argue those observations did not establish Clancy was free of psychosis at the time of the killings.”Was she, in your opinion and your experience, an honest patient telling you what her symptoms were, if any?” Reddington asked.”Yes,” Shah said.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X”She didn’t go off and try to exaggerate to you and say, ‘I’m seeing visions and I’m hearing voices,’ and suicidal ideation and homicidal ideas,” Reddington said. “She didn’t say any of those things to you, did she?””Correct,” Shah said.SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS”So this is not, in your opinion, someone who was trying to exaggerate her conditions for some legal reason, correct?” Reddington asked.”No,” Shah replied.LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MOREZuckerman called that concession “extremely helpful to the defense,” although not decisive.”They want to portray her as someone who wasn’t manipulative, who didn’t have some grand plan,” he said.SEND US A TIPOn redirect, prosecutors challenged the defense’s portrayal by focusing on Clancy’s medication history.Shah agreed Clancy was not taking every psychiatric medication discussed at the same time and said she had not known some prescriptions were barely used or untouched.GOT A TIP?Shah also confirmed that Clancy requested do-not-resuscitate status after surviving her fall from a second-story window. The hospital did not immediately change her status because of the reported suicide attempt.Shah said Clancy later agreed her mental health should be stabilized before reconsidering the request.LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCASTZuckerman said Monday’s cross-examination helped the defense by supplying testimony that Clancy could appear lucid at some moments while experiencing severe psychiatric symptoms at others.Still, he said its value will depend on whether the defense can connect those symptoms to the moment the children were killed.GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL”The burden is on the prosecutors to show that she was criminally responsible at the time of the deaths,” Zuckerman said. “That is unique to Massachusetts, and I think it’s beneficial to the defense here.”Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital, has pleaded not guilty to three counts each of murder and strangulation. Judge William Sullivan told jurors that the Commonwealth must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Clancy was criminally responsible when the children were killed.

A 41-year-old man detained at a private immigration detention facility in New Jersey has died, raising concerns about Delaney Hall Detention Facility

12 Glaring Realities Of Marxist Socialism

Authored by Christian Milord via The Epoch Times,

In a free society that embraces free markets and the rule of law, young people must be made aware of the glaring realities regarding the alleged “fuzzy and warm” nature of Marxist (collectivism, communism, progressivism, socialism) iterations. 

There are at least twelve aspects of the Marxist ideology that are clear and present dangers to democratic nations as well as undemocratic countries.

First, Marxism was founded on the stark concept of atheism.  Consequently, it attempts to dismantle the Judeo-Christian faith that has been an anchor of civilization for thousands of years and helps people to navigate life’s challenges.  Marxists also oppose the traditional family, which is the building block of any culture and bolsters societal bonds.  On every life category, intact families are far more successful than broken families.

Next, Marxist policies encourage folks to be intellectually and physically lazy as they rely on bureaucratic government for all of their needs.  This reliance generates an unearned entitlement mentality that expects others to supply the needs of those who refuse to accept personal responsibility.  Minimal effort is applied to studying and working, yet the “entitled” expect to earn high salaries regardless of the effort they put forth.

Third, Marxists are quite generous with the money confiscated from job creators, but they are stingy with their own money.  However, most of the money and possessions that are seized by Marxist leaders end up with their cronies and are not redistributed to the lower-income workers they claim to be helping.  The hypocrisy is staggering.

Fourth, Marxist influencers compete with one another to see who the best liar is as they deceive the vulnerable who might believe promises that are too good to be true.  Marxists use deception as a means to control the masses and keep them on their heels.  They talk a good game about socialism as a paradise on earth yet do everything they can to turn that alleged nirvana into a hell on earth.

Fifth, Marxism is an arbitrary system built on a foundation of contradictions.  It can hand out some goodies but just as easily withdraw them.  Marxists believe that they can alter laws whenever they feel the urge, thus using raw power plays to confuse and divide people, and consolidate power in the hands of a few.  Arbitrary laws can hinder people from advancing economically and can also create insecurity.

Sixth, for an ideology that claims it will usher in equality, Marxism certainly is fixated on economic class, color, gender, and race.  Apparently, some are more equal than others.  Instead of equal opportunity, Marxists favor the equity of prearranged outcomes.  Many Marxist spokespersons are often educated academics who pretend victimhood and fear competition in the real world yet believe they are smarter than everyone else.   They’ve learned nothing about good citizenship and wisdom, while displaying a common sense deficit.  Marxists envy folks who keep their noses to the grindstone, and lash out at those who possess discipline, deferred gratification, and a healthy work ethic.

Seventh, Marxists promise freedom and security to those who will join their cause, yet wealth is stolen from others, and security only exists for those at the top of the pyramid.  In other words, everyone is equally miserable under Marxism except for the jackbooted leaders who profit from the spoils acquired from their “legalized” theft.  For proof, just examine the misery index of folks in China PRC, Cuba, Iran, N. Korea, and Russia.

Eighth, it’s puzzling why Marxists who reside in free societies lack the courage to move to the autocratic societies they admire.  Is it because they don’t even believe the mantras they keep repeating, or do they want to have their cake and eat it, too?  They denounce the blessings of free enterprise and liberty at the same time as they partake of them.  Unfortunately, they have taken their blessings for granted.  Do they really want to transform America into a dysfunctional nation that has constant shortages of goods and services?

Ninth, Marxism promotes the darker facets of human nature rather than its nobler strivings.  Marxists turn lies into the truth and truth into lies.  They oppose the arts, constructive creativity, and innovation and constantly push monolithic groupthink instead of critical thinking.  In other words, Marxism is extremely boring and lacks a sense of humor.

Tenth, Marxists never learn from history and thus are doomed to repeat it, even after the carnage that’s been generated by their dystopian policies for over a century.  Someone once noted that doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.  That’s the Marxist playbook in a nutshell.

Eleventh, Marxists glorify the vices and demonize traditional virtues even while they carry out plenty of virtue signaling.  They condescendingly lecture us about upholding democracy and liberty at the same time as they attempt to erode economic freedom, educational freedom, and individual freedom.

Finally, Marxism is highly immature.  Marxists rarely learn from the past and thus triple down on failure.  They blame others for their own fascist behavior, which is an example of denial and projection.  They demand to get what other folks have earned, which is childish and immoral.  Marxists side with totalitarian entities and mob rule, while opposing the sole Middle East democracy, Israel.  Most Marxists only embrace law enforcement when it is provided to protect unlawful immigrants and themselves, and when it is used to punish law-abiding folks. 

This is why it is imperative to vigorously oppose Marxism by all means necessary.

Tyler Durden
Mon, 08/03/2026 – 23:25

Earlier this month, Rosie O’Donnell did her first interview since moving to Ireland, appearing on “The Late Late Show,” where she discussed the 2024 election and second Trump presidency. (The Late Late Show / YouTube screen shot)
The folks at ABC have decided that ‘The View’ is not horrible enough in its current form, and have decided to bring back former host and perpetual TDS sufferer Rosie O’Donnell.
Do the executives at ABC enjoy making the American people suffer? This decision makes it look that way.
It’s also important to ask – Who was asking for this? Who was demanding that Rosie return to the most toxic show on television, a move that is sure to make it so much worse?
FOX News reports:
Rosie O’Donnell reveals she will return to ‘The View’ for anniversary, details tension with Whoopi Goldberg
Rosie O’Donnell revealed Monday that she plans to return to “The View” for its 30th anniversary season during a podcast interview and explained why she hasn’t appeared much since exiting her co-host position.
During an interview on “The Tangle” podcast with host Kyle Ridley, the former co-host of the liberal talk show was asked if “The View” had asked her to be a guest on the show.
O’Donnell detailed a tense moment she had with co-host and moderator Whoopi Goldberg the last time she was on the show.
“They’ve asked me before, but you know, when I was there last, I had sort of a tense time with Whoopi,” she said. “I admire her EGOT status, I have respect for her, and I expected that we would be like, you know, Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan passing the ball back and forth and then shooting, and, you know, leading the team to victory. But that’s not exactly what happened.”
“And I think maybe she felt encroached upon in some way, and I was not trying to encroach,” O’Donnell continued. “I was just doing it the way that I knew how to do it, and it didn’t go so well.”
O’Donnell said the two have moved past the tension but that she didn’t want to go back on and make it awkward.
Some people are already having fun with this news.

WHOOPI: “So, Rosie, how does it feel to be back in America”
ROSIE O’DONNELL: “Bo shuda, Donald Trump! Poodoo da country uma bo shuda da bompah! Ho ho ho!” https://t.co/4ZfcBxaR69 pic.twitter.com/4MK3jZ2RsF
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 3, 2026

According to Rosie, it’s not going to be a regular gig, so there’s that.

Rosie O’Donnell sets the record straight: She’s only going back to “The View” as a one-time guest, not a host. pic.twitter.com/VO6plvwKfn
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) August 4, 2026

It has been kind of nice having her out of the country, hasn’t it?

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“We Use Thicker Steel”: Security Firm Fortifies HVAC Units Against Thieves

Copper wiring, light poles, catalytic converters, copper gutters, and even Tesla charging cables have long been targets for thieves.

But in crime-ridden metro areas governed by progressive or reformist socialist city halls that have adopted softer enforcement policies, where lefty prosecutors are perceived as unwilling to pursue property crimes, criminals have become increasingly emboldened.

They have moved beyond stealing industrial metals to taking entire outdoor HVAC units, prompting some homeowners and businesses to install heavy steel security cages around their condensers.

An Atlanta-based company called Ornamental Security published a viral Instagram video titled “Securing Your HVAC System,” highlighting what appears to be a growing trend among homeowners: installing metal cages over outdoor condensers to prevent theft.

Ornamental Security’s Instagram video was later reposted on X by Everything Georgia, where it went even more viral, drawing 2.6 million views in just one day.

HVAC thefts are geographically widespread, occurring in cities governed by both Democrats (Chicago, Louisville, District Heights/Prince George’s County, Maryland) and Republicans (Jacksonville, FL; Midland, TX), as well as in Canada.

Recent reports:

In Maryland, WBFF 45 reported earlier this year:

Based:

We pay taxes to stop crime….Democrats use our tax dollars to support crime.
That is the problem.
— Raging Greek (@RagingGreek2) August 2, 2026
Just wait until tech companies start installing mini data centers in residential backyards. Thieves will move up the value chain, from stealing HVAC units to targeting Nvidia chips.

Tyler Durden
Mon, 08/03/2026 – 23:00

Coby Bryant’s Chicago Bears tenure is not off to the start he wished, as he was emotional after being carted off the training camp field during Monday’s practice.There is a bright side to Bryant’s situation, though, despite needing to miss time.Bryant was very upset as he got himself onto the cart after suffering a knee injury, expecting the worst just days into his Bears career one season after winning the Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBryant was facing tight end Cole Kmet during a 1-on-1 drill where he went down and immediately clutched at his leg. But Bryant’s injury got a better diagnosis than he initially believed.It won’t be season-ending for Bryant, as ESPN reported the safety will miss eight-to-10 weeks after suffering a hyperextended knee, bone bruise and small fracture.PANTHERS DEFENSE TAKES MAJOR HIT AS STAR PASS RUSHER SUFFERS MAJOR INJURY ON FIRST DAY OF CAMP: REPORTSBryant signed a three-year, $40 million deal to join the Bears this offseason, bolstering a secondary that was overhauled following multiple departures.He figured to be a mainstay after proving his worth with the Seahawks during his rookie deal, where he tallied seven interceptions and helped his team win the Super Bowl.Bryant may not be available during Week 1, but since that’s five weeks away, he shouldn’t be gone for long when the regular season finally kicks off.”It always sucks to see,” second-year tight end Colston Loveland said about Bryant’s injury, per the New York Post. “That’s part of it. You know, he’s tough, he’s a dog. He’s going to be fine.”As Bryant will attack rehab, the Bears’ depth chart will be tested. They spent their first-round draft selection on Oregon standout safety Dillon Thieneman, who was always considered the team’s starting free safety next to Bryant. But Cam Lewis, who was at slot cornerback after Kyler Gordon suffered a previous injury, will likely move to safety to fill the gap there.Lewis is another free agent signee for the Bears, who lost Kevin Byard, Jaquan Brisker, Nahshon Wright, C.J. Gardner-Johnson and Jonathan Owens this offseason. Lewis spent the past six seasons with the Buffalo Bills.This is the time of year when teams are hoping for health, but the NFL knows all too well that depth determines just how far a team goes come February.The Bears are feeling that early on, but they won’t have to go the entire season without a main free agent addition during the 2026 NFL season.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

S. Korea plans to base its property holding tax more heavily on home values and owner occupancy while raising rates on expensive and rent properties.

KEPCO E&C is seeking state-backed research for its 200 MWt BANDI marine reactor as S. Korean shipbuilders compete in offshore nuclear power.

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As the Gateway Pundit reported yesterday, fires are currently ripping their way through parts of Spokane, Washington.
Updated images are painting a picture that is very bleak. Entire neighborhoods have been reduced to ashes where houses once stood.
As of tonight, the fires are still raging and thousands of people have been evacuated.
ABC News reports:
Devastating wildfires burning out of control near Spokane, Washington, have destroyed at least 700 structures, including homes and businesses, but officials said on Monday that the overall loss remains uncertain.
“It’s unprecedented in this community. Frankly, it’s unprecedented in many areas of this country,” Tom Clemo, the fire incident commander, said at a news conference on Monday with Gov. Bob Ferguson.
While Clemo said that over the last 48 hours, three major fires burning in the Spokane area have destroyed “upwards of 700” structures.
“But there’s still large question marks about the total loss,” Clemo said.
He noted damage assessments in 1,100 areas have been difficult to figure out and will require the assistance of satellites to determine the full scope of the disaster.
“The next week or so is going to be extremely difficult as we start to grasp the overwhelming amount of damage,” Clemo said.
Check out some videos below:

Aerial footage reveals the devastation after massive fire in Spokane, Washington State. pic.twitter.com/B4YcPx7L8Z
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 3, 2026

There is no audio for this but it isn’t even needed.

Absolutely devastating
Footage shows entire blocks completely destroyed from wildfires in Spokane, Washington
65,000 people have been evacuated and it’s 0% contained as of today pic.twitter.com/Zx0JAnMQJN
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 3, 2026

The situation is dire.

I know there’s a lot going on…
But please, PLEASE pray for my friends in Spokane WA.
Entire neighborhoods have been completely destroyed in the wildfires out there, over 600 buildings are totally gone.
This is really really bad. pic.twitter.com/EzQHH2mS02
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) August 2, 2026

Over 600 buildings burned down and nearly 60,000 were ordered to evacuate after uncontained wildfires spread in the city of Spokane ‌in Washington state, as Mayor Lisa Brown warned of possible loss of life https://t.co/UxMtVwckQ9 pic.twitter.com/FGWPiW38tv
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 3, 2026

This is generational destruction. Pray for the people of Spokane.

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Former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg recently spoke to podcaster named Steve Bartlett and spent part of the time talking about new ways to tax people after lamenting that people keep finding ways to hide their wealth from the government.
This really is a window into the mind of a Democrat politician. This is the way they think. They fantasize about what they could do with your money.
The government already takes in trillions of dollars and a huge portion of it is stolen through fraud. Instead of trying to figure out how to spend that money more responsibly, they just think about ways to get more of it.
Quotes via Kanekoa the Great:
“If we had a more reasonable rate of taxation on capital gains and corporate income, and made it harder to pass along inherited wealth…”
“We’d be out of this doom loop we’re in saying… We can’t possibly do something like fast trains here in the United States. Of course we can. This is the wealthiest economy in the world.”
“If we aren’t collecting a fair level of taxes, then of course we’re going to come up short when we’re trying to fund those things.”
Watch the video below:

Pete Buttigieg says higher taxes would help America build fast trains.
Has he seen California’s high-speed rail?
“If we had a more reasonable rate of taxation on capital gains and corporate income, and made it harder to pass along inherited wealth…”
“We’d be out of this doom… pic.twitter.com/5RgHc8o2ug
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) August 3, 2026

The part of this discussion that everyone in the media seems to care about is that Buttigieg is open to running for president.
From The Hill:
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he is leaning toward running for president again in 2028.
“I think I’m more inclined than not, but there’s so much we don’t know,” Buttigieg told Steven Bartlett on an episode of “The Diary of a CEO” published Monday.
“There’s so much I don’t even know about what’s going to happen this year, let alone … what we need to know later,” he noted.
Buttigieg referenced the personal considerations that go into deciding whether to run for office — he and his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, adopted twins in 2021. The former mayor of South Bend, Ind., told Bartlett he did not “fully understand” the “weight” of such a decision until he was a father.
Buttigieg does not poll particularly well with minority voters. If he runs, he is going to have to face that reality.

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