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August 7th 2022 Daily News Roundup
Starting today, you will receive my daily roundup of all the news you need to know to start your day. I spend every waking hour reading, watching, and listening to the news so you don’t have to. Below are the most important or interesting stories that are driving the news cycle (click the bold headlines to read the full articles):
Democrats Pass Spending Bill After Night Long Voting Session
Democrats' social spending and tax bill passed by a 51-50 vote Sunday after Vice President Kamala Harris casted the decisive vote to break a 50-50 deadlock and the package to the House.
Nearly 20% of gay men who are contracting monkeypox in the U.S. reported having 10 or more partners in the three weeks before symptom onset, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report.
Israel Is Routing Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad After 48 Hours of Fighting
After 48 hours of fighting, Israel appears to have the decisive upper hand in its fight with Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a terrorist group that had allegedly been planning imminent attacks on Israel when the war began on Friday.
President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act would allow the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to hire up to 87,000 new employees while increasing taxes for most Americans, according to multiple reports.
Musk Says He Might Revive Twitter Deal If Key Condition Is Met
“If Twitter simply provides their method of sampling 100 accounts and how they’re confirmed to be real, the deal should proceed on original terms,” Musk wrote on Aug. 6 in response to a Twitter user’s comment. “However, if it turns out that their SEC filings are materially false, then it should not.”
Trump snubbed: Biden told Obama and Bush about al Zawahiri strike, but not Donald
The Biden administration informed former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bushof the airstrike that killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri before it was announced publicly, a National Security Council spokesman told the Washington Examiner. Officials did not reach out to former President Donald Trump.
Libs of TikTok shared a screenshot of a post in which Eli Erlick spoke about engaging in an effort to distribute prescription hormone medications to people […] Libs of TikTok and Walsh both said that they reported the scheme to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
EXCLUSIVE: Report Shows Biden Admin Run By Former Registered Foreign Agents
More than a dozen high-ranking members of the Biden administration previously worked as registered foreign agents, according to a new report obtained exclusively by The Federalist. The report was published by the Biden administration watchdog “Inside Biden’s Basement,” itself a project of the nonprofit Transparency Action Fund.
CBS Sunday Morning Frets 'Human Extinction' from 'Climate Change'
“Searing heat, massive wildfires, catastrophic flooding. Unequivocal evidence the United Nations says that climate change is real and that human activity is its primary cause. So how bad can it get?” Pauley asked. “According to some scientists, the possibility of worldwide societal collapse or even eventual human extinction isn't out of the question. It's a harsh warning to say the least.”
To most people, Pauley’s fear mongering sounds insane. But sadly as evidenced by the rest of this climate alarmist segment, there are people who believe they’re going to die because of “climate change.”
Sour views on economy keep Biden approval on issues down: POLL
More than two-thirds (69%) of Americans think the nation’s economy is getting worse -- the highest that measure has reached since 2008, when it was 82% in an ABC News/Washington Post poll. Currently, only 12% think the economy is getting better and 18% think it is essentially staying the same.
Americans' views of Biden's handling of the economic recovery remain overwhelmingly negative -- and are virtually unchanged from the same poll in early June, with only 37% of Americans approving of the job the president is doing and 62% disapproving in the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll, which was conducted using Ipsos' KnowledgePanel.