⚡️🇩🇪🇮🇱 WATCH - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Germany will not support sanctions against Israel and that Germany has special responsibility towards Israel

⚡️🇷🇺 NEW - Russia has officially accused Pavel Durov of facilitating terrorist activities and issued an international arrest warrant. According to Russian authorities, the founder of Telegram allegedly refused to remove content that was reportedly used by Ukrainian intelligence services as well as by terrorist and extremist organizations to plan acts of sabotage, terrorist attacks, and cyberfraud on Russian territory. At this point, neither Pavel Durov nor Telegram has publicly responded to these new accusations. Reuters reports that Russia now intends to place Durov on an international wanted list, although the specifics of such a move remain unclear. This case comes nearly two years after his arrest in France in August 2024, as part of a separate investigation into Telegram’s content moderation policies. He was subsequently released on probation before leaving France.

⚡️🇺🇸 NEW - Senator Moreno presses Anthony Fauci over the public's treatment during COVID: "Who the fuck do you think you were for doing that?!"

⚡️🇺🇸 NEW - Room starts cheering after Senator Rand Paul kicks Dr. Fauci’s lawyer out of the hearing after he refused to leave Fauci’s side. “You are being disruptive. Would you behave this way in a courtroom? No, 'cause the judge would put you in jail.” “… That's the way you wanna be remembered, and that's what you're gonna do? … security, please remove him from the room.”

⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸 NEW - Netanyahu: I have just finished a conversation here with the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. He told me something interesting. He said to me, "We look at the world, and there are countries that have the will to fight alongside the United States, but they lack the capability. And there are countries that have the capability, but lack the will." He said, "Only in Israel do we see both the will and the capability."

⚡️🇺🇸 NEW - Senator Josh Hawley shreds Dr. Fauci, saying he has no rights under the Fifth Amendment because "you've been pardoned." When you've been pardoned, you do not get to invoke your Fifth Amendment rights. "This isn't about the Constitution. This isn't about the law. This is about contempt." "During the pandemic, you got rich while people were dying."

⚡️⚽️ NEW - European nations will discuss potentially boycotting the World Cup if Gianni Infantino pushes ahead with plans to sell off part of FIFA to private investors.

⚡️🇺🇸 WATCH - Dr. Anthony Fauci invokes his Fifth Amendment rights and will not answer any questions about his crimes during today's hearing. "Under the advice of my attorney, I invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering your questions."

⚡️🇺🇸 NEW - Anthony Fauci pleads the Fifth and declines to testify at a Senate hearing on COVID-19.

⚡️🇺🇸 NEW - Americans now smoke more weed than cigarettes

⚡️💳 NEW - Apple Officially Launches Apple Upgrade in the United States! Apple is launching its leasing program in partnership with Klarna. Customers can now lease an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch for 12 to 36 months, with an option to buy at the end of the contract. Example: An iPhone 17 Pro 256 GB ($1,099) is available for $31.99/month over 24 months or $45.99/month over 12 months. At the end of the contract, customers can upgrade to a newer model, purchase the device, or return it. 💬 Apple seems to be adopting the same model as the automotive industry: making its products more accessible through monthly payments rather than a lump-sum purchase. You would own nothing, and you would be happy.

⚡️📮 AWESOME - This new website transforms the Bitcoin blockchain into a massive digital post office. Each real-world transaction appears as a "living" package that enters the network, waits to be processed, and then travels from block to block until it is validated. It’s a visual and surprisingly intuitive way to understand what’s constantly happening on Bitcoin, behind the strings of numbers and sometimes incomprehensible addresses.

⚡️📡 NEW - Upcoming 6G mobile communications standard will not only transmit data, but also "function like a radar" — heute

⚡️🏪 STORY - By betting $600 a month, an ice cream vendor covers 43% of his shop’s rent by betting on the weather through Kalshi, a U.S.-based prediction market app. Jason Jiang, 37, a former banker, runs the 28wishes shop in downtown Los Angeles with his brother James. His observation is simple: as soon as the temperature drops below 21 °C, the shop loses about 20% of its revenue. Since April 2026, the two brothers have been betting $20 a day on Kalshi, a platform where users bet on real-world events—in this case, cold spells in Southern California. The logic? When the weather causes sales to drop, the bet makes up for it. Results: up to $1,500 in winnings per month, with peaks of $800 in a single day. Compared to the store’s $3,500 monthly rent, this covers nearly 43% of the monthly payment. These figures are unaudited; they were provided by the store owner himself. A betting platform is being used as an insurance tool by a business owner, without any regulatory framework specifically designed for this purpose. For decades, farmers have used CME weather futures (Weather Derivatives, launched in 1999) to hedge against frost or drought. Here, an ice cream shop is doing the same thing using a consumer-facing app. (I advise everyone to stay away from gambling and betting)

⚡️🤡🇺🇸 NEW - U.S. Senate puts CLARITY Act on hold to prioritize Russia sanctions bill. The vote is now unlikely before next week, leaving only the FINAL days before the Senate’s August 8 recess. Classic legislative theater…

⚡️👀 NEW - HBO Max is launching "HBO Max Shorts" a mobile feature designed for users to watch iconic and memorial scenes from the HBO library in a vertical and scrollable feed Watching society become too cooked to even watch a tv show episode…

⚡️🔎 NEW - On this day in history, 16 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto wrote, “If you don’t believe me or don’t get it, I don’t have time to convince you, sorry.”

⚡️🇺🇸🐻 WATCH - The annual salmon run in Alaska brings the rivers back to life: dozens of bears wait at the base of waterfalls to feed.

⚡️💬 NEW - Sean Strickland on what made him change his opinion on Israel “Muslim to me was like the boogeyman”

⚡️💬🇺🇸 NEW - UFC fighter Sean Strickland: When you're at a Trump rally, you're like 'oh, I can definitely see how Hitler happened.' It's a cult