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America Marks 250th Anniversary Amid Deep Political Rifts and Competing National Celebrations

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Jul. 02, 2026
Brain Rot Summary
  • America is turning 250, but the party is split down the middle with two rival groups planning competing national bashes.
  • Donald Trump's Freedom 250 and Congress's America250 are throwing separate events, with some state leaders boycotting the official fair over political vibes.
  • From a massive time capsule in Philly to drag queen story hours in Idaho, everyday Americans are celebrating the milestone in wildly different ways.
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Justice Department Sues California and Virginia Over New Semiautomatic Gun Bans cover

Justice Department Sues California and Virginia Over New Semiautomatic Gun Bans

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Jul. 02, 2026
Brain Rot Summary
  • The DOJ is taking California and Virginia to court, claiming their brand-new restrictions on popular semiautomatic firearms violate the Second Amendment.
  • California's law targeting Glock-style handguns went live on July 1, while Virginia's assault-style weapons ban was blocked by local judges just before its launch.
  • This legal showdown comes right after major Supreme Court rulings expanded gun rights, with the high court set to tackle AR-15 bans next term.
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DMV Upgrade: Speed Limiters, Phone Bans, and Wage Hikes Take Effect cover

DMV Upgrade: Speed Limiters, Phone Bans, and Wage Hikes Take Effect

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Jul. 02, 2026
Brain Rot Summary
  • Virginia is fighting reckless driving by letting judges force GPS speed-limiting devices onto cars instead of taking away licenses.
  • Maryland schools are gearing up for a total 'bell-to-bell' phone and smart device ban, while college campuses must soon provide free period products.
  • D.C. minimum wage workers just got a pay bump, while Virginia's new assault weapons ban is temporarily frozen by a judge.
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Courts Block Trump Administration's Student Loan Restrictions on Public Service and Graduate Degrees cover

Courts Block Trump Administration's Student Loan Restrictions on Public Service and Graduate Degrees

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Jul. 02, 2026
Brain Rot Summary
  • The Trump administration just got double-tapped in court over student loans, saving public service forgiveness for now.
  • Nursing and therapy grad students can temporarily breathe a sigh of relief with higher loan caps, but theology students just got downgraded.
  • The Department of Education is pushing back against the rulings and plans to fight in court to keep their strict loan limits.
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Former CIA Chief John Brennan Files Preemptive Lawsuit to Force Trump Administration to Save Investigative Records cover

Former CIA Chief John Brennan Files Preemptive Lawsuit to Force Trump Administration to Save Investigative Records

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Jul. 02, 2026
Brain Rot Summary
  • Former CIA Director John Brennan is suing the Trump administration to stop officials from deleting files related to active investigations against him.
  • Brennan claims the government is running a politically motivated campaign and wants to keep the receipts to prove it if he gets indicted.
  • The investigations are looking into whether Brennan lied to Congress about Russian election interference and if there was a deep-state plot against Trump.
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Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser Pulls Off Major Upset Against Senator Michael Bennet in Gubernatorial Primary cover

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser Pulls Off Major Upset Against Senator Michael Bennet in Gubernatorial Primary

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Jul. 02, 2026
Brain Rot Summary
  • Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser just pulled off a massive upset, knocking out sitting Senator Michael Bennet in the Democratic primary for governor.
  • Weiser campaigned hard on his record of suing the Trump administration over sixty times, successfully framing Bennet as a passive Washington insider.
  • No unemployment line for Bennet: he keeps his comfortable U.S. Senate seat until 2028 because he was not up for reelection.
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US Maritime Sector Gets Congressional Spotlight Amid Push to Modernize Waterways and Supply Chains cover

US Maritime Sector Gets Congressional Spotlight Amid Push to Modernize Waterways and Supply Chains

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Jul. 02, 2026
Brain Rot Summary
  • US waterways are totally underused, so the government is trying to shift heavy cargo traffic from clogged highways to rivers and coasts.
  • Congress is sounding the alarm on supply chains, noting that the US relies heavily on foreign-owned fleets and lacks domestic manufacturing for ships, containers, and port cranes.
  • New bipartisan legislation and a White House action plan are pushing to rebuild the American maritime industry from the ground up.
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Colorado Governor Fires Clemency Board Members Who Exposed Secret Votes Over Election Denier's Release

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Jul. 02, 2026
Brain Rot Summary
  • Colorado Gov. Jared Polis just sacked two of his own clemency board members for publicly calling him out after he freed a convicted election denier.
  • The fired board members spilled the tea, revealing they had twice voted unanimously to keep the official behind bars before the governor overrode them.
  • The freed official, Tina Peters, wasted zero time: she immediately went back to pushing election conspiracy theories and even bagged an Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump.
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Trump Channels Teddy Roosevelt at Lavish North Dakota Library Opening cover

Trump Channels Teddy Roosevelt at Lavish North Dakota Library Opening

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Jul. 02, 2026
Brain Rot Summary
  • Trump rolled up to North Dakota in a Qatari-gifted private jet turned Air Force One and a patriotic steam train to open Teddy Roosevelt's new library.
  • The President praised Roosevelt's rugged masculinity and chatted with a digital AI hologram of the 26th president about the Panama Canal.
  • Critics are calling out the irony of Trump celebrating America's ultimate conservationist while pushing for more oil drilling.
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