The tension in the Women's National Basketball Association is boiling over as star player Caitlin Clark continues to take what many commentators are describing as targeted abuse. The Indiana Fever guard has been increasingly critical of the WNBA's officiating while opposing teams have continued their physical play against her. On Monday, Clark narrowly avoided an elbow to the face from Phoenix Mercury player Alyssa Thomas, which resulted in a review in which officials still found Clark guilty of a foul. Then again on Wednesday against the Mercury, things took a turn when Thomas seemingly pushed her fist into Clark's throat while she was on the ground, but no foul was called during the game. This — and another incident that reportedly injured Clark's back and resulted in a foul for the Mercury — seemed to be the final straw and set off a firestorm in the league, starting with Clark's coach, Stephanie White. "The fist in the throat is crazy," White said after the game. "It's crazy. It's dangerous." "We have a generational talent and a WNBA superstar who had two cheap shots right there that weren't called. And I just say again, absolutely unacceptable," the coach yelled. Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy shared a clip of the dangerous foul and asked, "What are we even doing here?" "Brutal cheap shot... Former NFL MVP Boomer Esiason said after the foul that Clark should "seriously consider" going to play in a different league. Esiason claimed she would get "the royal treatment" if she went elsewhere. "I think that there's a petty, petty jealousy, and she's a straight white basketball player. And she is not being treated with any sort of respect," Esiason added. Cowherd pointed out that a brand-new poster put out by the league commemorating 30 years of history did not include Clark on it... Despite praising the league and its diversity in 2024, Clark has continued to be snubbed by women's basketball. She was even passed for the women's USA basketball roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. https://www.theblaze.com/fearless/caitlin-clark-wnba-fouls-referees A record-setting heat wave in France has seen an exasperated public get creative to cool off without air conditioners, while foreign tourists have described their hot Paris hotels as akin to “torture”. Météo-France, the official French meteorological administration, said that Wednesday and Thursday were the hottest days on record in the country, with an average high temperature over the two days of 38.5 degrees Celsius (101 degrees Fahrenheit), while temperatures soared above 40°C (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in many places. Although the heatwave is notable for its intensity and for being so early in the summer, many French have apparently been convinced they should join the 21st century and finally begin installing air conditioners. Long a taboo — due to environmental and superstitious health concerns... The heatwave has proved deadly in some cases; however, the vast majority of deaths appear to be from younger people drowning while swimming in unauthorised areas. According to Sports Minister Marina Ferrari, some 55 people have drowned so far during the heatwave this week. DuckDuckGo’s AI search feature has been caught spreading the outrageous claim that President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance both died earlier this month from rabies, in what appears to be a successful campaign by internet pranksters to manipulate artificial intelligence systems using a technique known as “poisoning.” Futurism reports that the false claim that Trump and Vance both died from rabies in early June represents yet another instance of AI systems amplifying misinformation without critical verification. According to the AI feature’s fabricated narrative, Trump had been deliberately bitten by Vance following advice from Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who supposedly claimed the deadly infection could confer “superpowers.” The misinformation traces back to a coordinated effort by the Reddit community r/poisonai, a group of approximately 45,000 users dedicated to posting absurd falsehoods in an attempt to trick AI systems into repeating them. The group’s self-described mission is providing “Accurate, Verified and Trusted information,” though this is itself part of the satirical nature of the operation. Breitbart News social media director Wynton Hall describes AI as having great potential on the positive side, but also having the same danger as a landmine for America’s future. When AI models can be so easily duped by poisoning attacks as to make outrageous claims like the death of a president, it reveals the landmine effect of rushing into AI control of information systems. The governing body of the European Union has been accused of holding a neo-feudalist mindset after it was reported that only certain areas of its building in Brussels kept air conditioning running during last week’s record-breaking heatwave. According to a POLITICO report, the EU Commission’s Berlaymont building in Brussels turned off air conditioning on floors one through seven last week “due to extreme weather conditions”. However, the outlet claimed that air conditioning remained on for floors eight through 13, where EU President Ursula von der Leyen and her 26 commissioners work. This led to accusations that the unelected Eurocrats were prioritising their own comfort over the working people who staff the building. The outdated infrastructure in Europe can be dangerous, particularly for elderly citizens. According to the Barcelona Institute for Global Health research centre, there were more than 62,700 heat-related deaths in Europe during the summer of 2024, and over 181,000 between 2022 and 2024. While most Texans were going about their business, the streets of Sugar Land recently filled with an Annual Muharram Jaloos – a large religious procession organized by the Ali Center Houston (Masjid-e-Ali). Black-clad participants, banners, and mourning rituals marched through an American suburb in the name of ancient sectarian history. Walking among them were the children – the Buturab Scouts. This community didn’t just join the Boy Scouts of America as previous generations of immigrants did. They built their own. They have their own school (Buturab School). They have their own scouting program. They have their own mosque, their own majalis, their own entire parallel ecosystem. Why? Because, in their own words, they are building “a strong, unified community grounded in the teachings of Islam… empowering our members to live by Islamic principles in all aspects of their lives.” Translation: keep the kids walled off from American society. This is what “diversity” looks like when one side refuses to assimilate: All while native Texans are told they must celebrate every foreign tradition or be labeled bigots. Texas didn’t vote for this. But mass Islamic immigration, along with high birth rates and deliberate non-assimilation, are delivering it anyway. The mosques aren’t “storming” the streets with weapons. They’re doing something far more effective: they’re marching with children in uniform, claiming public space, and raising a generation that sees itself as separate from and superior to the country that took them in. This is conquest by demographics and parallel institutions. https://rairfoundation.com/another-piece-america-slips-away-sugar-land-texas/ 
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