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  This story is insane... Kimya Holmes, a Democrat Judge, is running for re-election in Louisiana. Her former fiancé, Arthur Allen, was charged with stealing over $712,000 in COVID relief funds. During their time together, Allen reportedly gifted Holmes a $765,000 house, a diamond ring, and a Corvette. Holmes is now claiming that she "didn't know" he was charged with a felony until he pleaded guilty. She has since broken off the engagement. She continues to live in the same house he gifted to her.

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  🚨 JUST IN: President Trump lowers U.S. flags to HALF STAFF for one week starting tonight to honor Dolly Parton, after she passed away at 80 The right move 🙏🏻 “Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER, has just passed away.” “This is a true loss for millions of people. There has never been anyone like her, and never will.” “In her honor, I am lowering the American flag throughout the United States for a one week period beginning tonight at 6:00PM. Rest in Peace, Dolly! The World loves you. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

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  Some of you have been asking what book(s) to start with, here's a post to cover 4 primary answers depending on what you like -- there are lots more than just these, and all but one of these are multi-book series. If you're into traditional thrillers, then Perimeter and Multiverse are likely good book 1 choices, though if you ask me, I'd suggest starting with Perimeter because they're related series. Darwin's Cipher is a medical thriller and Primordial Threat is a heavy on the science and mildly futuristic Science Fiction Thriller. Below are the basic descriptions: 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫: (https://t.co/0FJV7MLMsa) Levi Yoder is a man who solves problems—Mafia problems. But when he’s diagnosed with terminal cancer, there’s nothing left to fix. He prepares to die… until the impossible happens—he learns that he's in complete remission. Before he can make sense of his second chance, Levi is thrust into a deadly game of international espionage. The CIA claims the Russian mob is gunning for him, but the truth is even more dangerous—someone wants him dead because of something his late wife did. As Levi navigates a web of deceit, organized crime, and shadowy intelligence forces, he faces an enemy he might not be able to outmaneuver. Can he uncover the truth before he and his family become collateral damage? 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: (https://t.co/DaTHXSPY1U) 𝐌𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 What if your greatest scientific breakthrough became humanity’s biggest threat? Michael Salomon, a brilliant particle physicist, has just unlocked the secrets of tachyons—faster-than-light particles that could rewrite the laws of reality. But before he can even share his discovery, his research is seized by the government, and a stranger—one who knows his future—warns him that his work has already shattered time itself. A waking nightmare grips him: visions of a child he hasn’t lost—yet. A government that now hunts him. A student who remembers things they haven’t done—yet. Michael’s experiment didn’t just open a door; it shattered the walls between past, present, and future. Now, he must race against time—before the version of himself that already went too far dooms them all. From a 𝐔𝐒𝐀 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 best-selling author, 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 is a high-stakes sci-fi thriller that bends time, twists reality, and asks the ultimate question: 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞? 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧'𝐬 𝐂𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫: (https://t.co/hhDlFrqLEq) A revolutionary discovery. A lethal new threat. A race against time to save humanity. In Darwin’s Cipher, brilliant cancer researcher Juan Gutierrez uncovers a hidden genetic algorithm that can predict the path of a species’ evolution over millennia. His breakthrough offers a tantalizing hope for overcoming human vulnerability to disease—but shadowy forces have their own sinister plans for this genetic super-tool. When an FBI analyst investigating bizarre, unsolved cases is called out to a ranch with a single surviving calf surrounded by dead cattle, the DNA evidence points to something far beyond the ordinary. Meanwhile, a newborn child with an impossible genome sets off alarms at the NIH—and the race to contain a nightmarish outbreak begins. From hidden labs to high-security bio-containment units, Darwin’s Cipher hurtles you into a nerve-shredding chase where science, conspiracy, and evolution collide—with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance. Prepare to question everything you thought you knew about our genetic destiny. 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭: (https://t.co/0YLKOzT9TZ) The year is 2066, and the world is oblivious to the threat it faces. The fate of humanity lies on the shoulders of Burt Radcliffe, the new head of NASA's Near Earth Object program. He's been rushing the completion of DefenseNet, a ring of satellites that are both part of an early-warning system, as well as

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• Aug 25, 20268.7x their median

  Kennedy Center may be torn down, Trump lawyers warn, if renovations don't take place to save it from its 'death spiral' https://t.co/jy5iM6erUs https://t.co/jWK5B7LyRN

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  𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍'𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐒: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐏𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐒∗𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 Treasury Secretary 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 (@SecScottBessent) didn’t aim this warning at Tehran’s mullahs. He aimed it at the soldiers still propping them up. Standing behind the rollout of 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 — a sweeping new sanctions push hitting Iran’s digital assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping sectors — Bessent said the regime’s old math no longer holds. “𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.” “𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳.” Then he spoke straight to the rank and file. “𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯.” Bessent reached for history’s sharpest example of a regime its own army walked away from: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴∗𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.” “𝘕𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 𝘪𝘵.” The pressure lands as Iran’s own leadership can’t hide the strain. President Trump separately said this week the “𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯” is “𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘬!𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴” — a 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (Israel National News). 𝐓𝐞𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐲. 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

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  𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐃∗𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝟖𝟎—𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐖𝐍 Dolly Parton, the girl from a one-room cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains who became one of the most beloved entertainers America has ever produced, has d∗ed at age 80. Her family confirmed the news Tuesday in a statement posted to her official accounts by her nephew, 𝐁𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫, days after she was admitted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. No cause of death has been released. The warning signs were there. Just days earlier, Parton told fans she was dealing with ongoing health issues but had 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, forcing the cancellation of a string of Dollywood and Las Vegas appearances in recent weeks. The fourth of twelve children born to a poor farming family in Sevier County, Tennessee, Parton turned a childhood of dirt-floor poverty into one of the most successful careers in American entertainment history — “𝟗 𝐭𝐨 𝟓,” “𝐉𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞,” a theme park that became Tennessee’s largest tourist draw, and a coat her mother sewed from rags that became a book, a song, and a symbol of a childhood built on love instead of money. In an industry that constantly demanded celebrities pick a side, Parton spent six decades doing the opposite. She built a fan base that stretched from the Grand Ole Opry to the Kennedy Center Honors without ever losing the people who first heard her voice on a truck radio in rural America — and through her Imagination Library, she spent thirty years quietly mailing free books to children everywhere, no politics attached. 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲, 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 — 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

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  𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐘 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐔𝐏 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐀 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐀 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐖 — 𝟓𝟎% 𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 Days from a deal, Mark Carney walked away — and blamed Washington for something Washington says it never did. “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴... 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘤 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.” Carney told reporters. Here’s what actually happened, according to Quebec’s own government: the U.S. wanted Quebec’s 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝟗𝟔 language law excluded from special protection and treated like any other trade barrier — not banned. Quebec Premier 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 confirmed the real sticking point herself: “𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.” (CNN Business) That’s not the United States attacking French. That’s Washington refusing to carve out a special exemption for a provincial law that regulates business signage and workplace language rules from ordinary trade scrutiny (CBC). The fallout is real either way. Carney’s walkout triggered Trump’s 𝟓𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟 on roughly $𝟐𝟖 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 in Canadian exports, with Canada’s own retaliatory tariffs set to hit September 8 (NBC News). 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞-𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥. 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡.

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  𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐆𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐍 President Trump ordered American flags lowered to half-staff nationwide for a full week after country music legend Dolly Parton d∗ed Tuesday at age 80, a tribute typically reserved for presidents and fallen troops. Trump posted the order himself within hours of the family's announcement: “𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥, 𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘙, 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭.” He continued: “𝘐𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘵 6:00 𝘗𝘔. 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘋𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶.” The gesture lands harder because Parton spent six decades deliberately staying above the political fray. Both 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐡 and 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 offered her the Presidential Medal of Freedom; she turned both down, once citing her husband's illness, once citing COVID. She was, as one commentator put it on air Tuesday, one of the last American entertainers with a 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 in a country that otherwise can't agree on anything. Fox and CNN both broke into regular programming for over an hour Tuesday afternoon, replaying her biggest hits and reading tributes from family and fellow artists as flowers piled up at her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her family says a private funeral will be immediate-family-only, with fans asked to donate to her Imagination Library, which has mailed free books to children since 1995. It takes a rare life to earn a presidential salute usually reserved for heads of state. 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐲.

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  𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐉𝐔𝐃𝐆𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 $𝟕𝟔𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐂É 𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐃 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘 Kimya Holmes sits on the bench for Section D of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans, and she’s on the ballot again this fall. Her former fiancé is the reason her name is trending for the wrong reasons. Arthur Allen pleaded guilty in April to lying to the Small Business Administration, falsely claiming his bed-and-breakfast grossed over $425,000 in 2019 to unlock pandemic relief loans. Bank records show the business had no revenue that year at all. Federal prosecutors say he walked away with more than $𝟕𝟏𝟐,𝟎𝟎𝟎 in stolen COVID relief funds (DOJ, Eastern District of Louisiana). Weeks after that fraud, Allen bought Holmes a $765,000 home. She’s been photographed wearing a large diamond engagement ring on Instagram this spring and summer, and as of August 12, a white 2024 Corvette registered to one of Allen’s businesses was parked in her 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞. Holmes says she didn’t start the relationship until 2025 — years after the fraud — and didn’t learn about the federal charges until Allen pleaded guilty this April. She says she’s ended the engagement and will hand back the Corvette once its lease runs out in October. She is 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞. 𝐀 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞.

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  𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐓-𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐃—𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐄 $𝟓𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐏, 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐄 Before the charges, there was the campaign video. “𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘵,” one supporter says. “𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯.” Another: “𝘏𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵.” That was the pitch that got Jennifer Rivera elected to the Lower Merion School District board in Pennsylvania last November, riding the Democrat-backed “ElectLMSD” slate with an endorsement from the Democratic Committee of Lower Merion and Narberth. Now the Montgomery County district attorney has charged her with four felony counts — 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, Receiving Stolen Property and Access Device Fraud — after her former employer, the Bala Cynwyd marketing firm SMB Team, uncovered an embezzlement scheme on her company card and business Amazon account stretching back to September 2024, months before she ever ran for office. The receipts: $𝟐𝟓,𝟓𝟗𝟔.𝟔𝟖 in clothing, bathroom accessories and other personal items charged to the company’s Amazon account, more than $𝟗,𝟎𝟎𝟎 in company reward points cashed in for a Bahamas trip with family and friends, and $1,339 spent on a videographer for a friend’s son’s bar mitzvah — all, prosecutors say, on someone else’s dime. Rivera turned herself in to Lower Merion police Monday. She’s out on $25,000 unsecured bail, barred from contacting anyone at her old company, with a preliminary hearing set for September 2. The Democratic committee that vetted and endorsed her never caught any of it. Voters who believed that campaign video have every right to call it a 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. https://t.co/x4GJYVYjss

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