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A gay couple who crowdfunded their surrogacy now has custody of a baby boy, despite one partner being a convicted child sex offender
https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/1949901309617856614
Boeing slashes losses as CEO touts ‘our turnaround year’
-Boeing slashed its quarterly losses as sales jumped after it delivered the most airplanes since 2018.
-The aerospace giant lost $176 million in the three months ended June 30, down from $1.09 billion a year earlier.
-Boeing will discuss an increase in 737 Max production rates in the coming months.
Boeing
slashed its quarterly losses as sales jumped after it delivered the most airplanes since 2018, the clearest sign yet of improvement at the manufacturer that has swung from crisis to crisis for years.
“Change takes time, but we’re starting to see a difference in our performance across the business,” CEO Kelly Ortberg said in a note to staff outlining improvements.
“If we continue to tackle the important work ahead of us and focus on safety, quality and stability, we can navigate the dynamic global environment and make 2025 our turnaround year,” he said.
He told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” Tuesday that the company aims to generate cash in the fourth quarter.
Boeing has been getting better by many metrics under Ortberg, a former aerospace executive and engineer who took the top job last August. Its airplane deliveries have improved, its production has become more stable and even once-critical airline CEOs have praised Boeing’s leadership.
The aerospace giant lost $176 million in the three months ended June 30, down from $1.09 billion a year earlier. Revenue rose 35% to $22.75 billion from $16.87 billion. Adjusting for one-time items, Boeing reported a loss of $433 million or $1.24 a share, better than the loss analysts expected.
Boeing’s earnings were hit by a $445 million charge from a deal with the Justice Department to avoid prosecution tied to two deadly crashes of the company’s best-selling 737 Max.
Here’s how Boeing performed in the second quarter, compared with estimates compiled by LSEG:
-Loss per share: $1.24 adjusted vs a loss of $1.48 expected
-Revenue: $22.75 billion vs $21.84 billion expected
Boeing burned through $200 million in the second quarter, down from more $4.3 billion in the same period of 2024, which the company had expected would be a pivotal year for the plane maker until a door plug blew out of one of its packed Max 737 9 planes several minutes into a flight, renewing federal scrutiny on the company and hobbling production.
In the second quarter of this year, sales in Boeing’s commercial airplane unit rose 81% from a year ago to $10.87 billion, and its negative operating margin more than halved to 5.1%.
Boeing has increased output of its 737 Max aircraft to 38 a month, the Federal Aviation Administration’s limit after the January 2024 door plug near catastrophe. Ortberg earlier this year said the company would seek FAA approval at some point this year to go beyond that limit.
“We want to be stable” at 38 a month and then work with the FAA on a rate increase, Ortberg told CNBC on Tuesday. “We will be working with the FAA in the third quarter for sure.”
Increased production and deliveries are key to Boeing’s recovery because airlines and other customer pay the bulk of a jet’s price when they receive it.
For the three months ended June 30, Boeing handed over 150 airplanes. The last time it delivered that many planes in a second quarter was in 2018, which was also the last year Boeing posted an annual profit.
The company still has challenges ahead. Boeing said Tuesday that the long-delayed certification of the Boeing 737 Max 7 and the Max 10, the smallest and largest members, respectively, of the Max family, likely won’t come this year as Ortberg forecast in May, but in 2026, which some airline executives had already expected. Boeing engineers are working on a fix for an anti-ice system for those aircraft.
Also, Boeing’s defense unit has been riddled by charges in past quarters and, as of Sunday, could face a factory worker strike after the 3,200-employee group voted down a new labor deal.
Boeing’s defense and space unit revenue rose 10% to more than $6.6 billion and its services business’s sales increased 8% to $5.3 billion.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/29/boeing-ba-2q-2025-earnings.html
Mysterious message 'from Moses' found in ancient Egyptian mine could prove the Bible true
A controversial new interpretation of markings etched on the walls of an ancient Egyptian mine could prove the Book of Exodus to be true.
Researcher Michael Bar-Ron claimed that a 3,800-year-old Proto-Sinaitic inscription, found at Serabit el-Khadim in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, may read 'zot m'Moshe,' Hebrew for 'This is from Moses.'
The inscription, etched into a rock face near the so-called Sinai 357 in Mine L, is part of a collection of over two dozen Proto-Sinaitic texts first discovered in the early 1900s.
These writings, among the earliest known alphabetic scripts, were likely created by Semitic-speaking workers in the late 12th Dynasty, around 1800BC.
Bar-Ron, who spent eight years analyzing high-resolution images and 3D scans, suggested the phrase could indicate authorship or dedication linked to a figure named Moses.
According to the Bible, Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, and is famously known for receiving the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai. But no evidence of his existence has ever been found.
Other nearby inscriptions reference 'El,' a deity associated with early Israelite worship, and show signs of the Egyptian goddess Hathor's name being defaced, hinting at cultural and religious tensions.
Mainstream experts remain cautious, noting that while Proto-Sinaitic is the earliest known alphabet, its characters are notoriously difficult to decipher.
Dr Thomas Schneider, Egyptologist and professor at the University of British Columbia, said the claims are completely unproven and misleading,' warning that 'arbitrary' identifications of letters can distort ancient history.'
However, Bar-Ron's academic advisor, Dr Pieter van der Veen, confirmed the reading, stating, 'You're absolutely correct, I read this as well, it is not imagined!'
Bar-Ron's study, which has not been published in a peer-reviewed journal, re-examined 22 complex inscriptions from the ancient turquoise mines, dating to the reign of Pharaoh Amenemhat III.
Some scholars have proposed that Amenemhat III, known for his extensive building projects, could have been the pharaoh mentioned in the Book of Exodus.
The language used in the carvings appears to be an early form of Northwest Semitic, closely related to biblical Hebrew, with traces of Aramaic.
Using high-resolution images and 3D casts studied at Harvard's Semitic Museum, Bar-Ron grouped the inscriptions into five overlapping categories, or 'clades,' including dedications to the goddess Baʿalat, invocations of the Hebrew God El and hybrid inscriptions that show signs of later defacement and modification.
Some carvings honoring Baʿalat appeared to have been scratched over by El-worshippers, possibly reflecting a religious power struggle among the Semitic-speaking laborers.
The inscriptions also contained references to slavery, overseers, and a dramatic rejection of the Baʿalat cult, which scholars suggest may have led to a violent purge and the workers' eventual departure from the site.
A burned Ba'alat temple, built by Amenemhat III, and references to the 'Gate of the Accursed One, likely Pharaoh's gate, hint at resistance against Egyptian authority.
Nearby, the Stele of Reniseneb and a seal of an Asiatic Egyptian high official indicate a significant Semitic presence, possibly linked to figures like the biblical Joseph, a high-ranking official in Pharaoh's court, as described in the Book of Genesis.
Joseph, sold into slavery and later rising to power through his dream interpretations, facilitated his family's settlement in Egypt.
'We find worshipful inscriptions lauding the idol Ba’alat, with clearly an El or God-serving scribe coming in later and canceling out certain letters, in an effort to turn the message into a God-serving one,' Bar-Ron told Patterns of Evidence.
'This is ground zero for this conflict.
A second possible 'Moshe,' or Moses, reference in nearby carvings adds intrigue, though its exact context remains unclear.
'I took a very critical view towards finding the name 'Moses' or anything that could sound sensationalist,' Bar-Ron told Patterns of Evidence.
'In fact, the only way to do serious work is to try not to find elements that seem 'Biblical,' but to struggle to find alternative solutions that are at least as likely.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14947429/First-words-Moses-inscribed-Egyptian-prove-Bible-true.html
Keir Starmer addresses the nation as he announces the UK will recognize a Palestinian state in September
https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1950226114548289863
Jesse Watters
@JesseBWatters
Jamaican JOHNS… Trantifa TWERKERS… Screaming KARENS! 😱
The Left isn’t just wrong — it’s gone full-blown INSANE 🤯
You can’t make this stuff up!!! 🤣
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Trump asks Texas to redraw congressional map where Republicans can easily gain 5 seats
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will meet with Democrats in Texas on Wednesday, his office told POLITICO on Tuesday.
The move comes as President Donald Trump urges lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional map in Republicans’ favor. Texas typically redraws its congressional maps every 10 years in accordance with the census.
But the president announced this month that he hopes redistricting could give Republicans five more House seats.
“There could be some other states we’re going to get another three, or four or five in addition. Texas would be the biggest one.” he said on July 15. “Just a simple redrawing we pick up five seats.”
Democrats — who hold only 12 of the state’s 38 congressional seats — are aware the redistricting hurts their chances of reclaiming a House majority.
Democrats have been pondering ways to fight back, including through a quorum break, which would see the required number of members refusing to attend the special session needed to pass the new map. But Democrats who flee the state would incur $500 fine per day and the possibility of arrest.
Democratic Rep. Al Green, who represents the state’s 9th Congressional District and who will meet Jeffries in Austin on Wednesday, said the minority leader’s visit could help “inspire” voters to get involved.
“We understand that this is all hands on deck for us in the Democratic Party,” Green told POLITICO. “This is not just about Texas. … They will take this to other places. ”
Green added that if the redistricting goes through, it could keep minority candidates from Congress.
“This is racism,” Green said, pointing out that the four districts targeted all elected people of color.
Jeffries’ visit to the state comes as a recent Democratic poll indicates the redistricting could spell trouble for Republicans in 2026, with 63 percent of likely voters across 22 of Texas’ congressional districts saying redrawing the state’s congressional map is unnecessary. Forty-one percent of Republicans think the effort to draw new lines in the GOP’s favor is unnecessary.
Still, the Texas Republican Party said redistricting is “an essential step to preserving GOP control in Congress and advancing the President Trump’s America First agenda.”
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/29/congress/jeffries-to-visit-texas-00482001
WSJ: If Trump’s Tariffs Are So Bad, Where’s the Recession?
In their rush to emphasize the negatives, economists might have overlooked countervailing forces.
Donald Trump’s trade policy is in danger of demonstrating the truth about one of those old definitions of an economist: someone who sees something working in practice and explains why it will never work in theory.
We have been told, by adherents of diverse creeds of the dismal pseudoscience, that the president’s sweeping tariff plans would be a short route to economic disaster: Smoot-Hawley, the Sequel. Set aside that the infamous 1930 legislation was probably only a mere contributor to the calamity that followed rather than its author, the history and received wisdom are clear, premised on basic economic principles: Tariffs are a tax that have especially adverse consequences—increasing prices paid by importers and, ultimately, consumers; and, because of the income effect of a tax rise, at the same time depressing demand.
https://archive.is/ee9co#selection-1031.0-1037.619
Arizona Woman Sentenced for $17M Information Technology Worker Fraud Scheme that Generated Revenue for North Korea
An Arizona woman was sentenced today to 102 months in prison for her role in a fraudulent scheme that assisted North Korean Information Technology (IT) workers posing as U.S. citizens and residents with obtaining remote IT positions at more than 300 U.S. companies. The scheme generated more than $17 million in illicit revenue for Chapman and for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea).
Christina Marie Chapman, 50, of Litchfield Park, Arizona, pleaded guilty on Feb. 11 in the District of Columbia to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments. In addition to the 102-month prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Randolph D. Moss ordered Chapman to serve three years of supervised release, to forfeit $284,555.92 that was to be paid to the North Koreans, and to pay a judgment of $176,850.
“Christina Chapman perpetrated a years’ long scheme that resulted in millions of dollars raised for the DPRK regime, exploited more than 300 American companies and government agencies, and stole dozens of identities of American citizens,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Chapman made the wrong calculation: short term personal gains that inflict harm on our citizens and support a foreign adversary will have severe long term consequences. I encourage companies to remain vigilant of these cyber threats, and warn individuals who may be tempted by similar schemes to take heed of today’s sentence.”
“North Korea is not just a threat to the homeland from afar. It is an enemy within. It is perpetrating fraud on American citizens, American companies, and American banks. It is a threat to Main Street in every sense of the word,” said U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro for the District of Columbia. “The call is coming from inside the house. If this happened to these big banks, to these Fortune 500, brand name, quintessential American companies, it can or is happening at your company. Corporations failing to verify virtual employees pose a security risk for all. You are the first line of defense against the North Korean threat.”
“The North Korean regime has generated millions of dollars for its nuclear weapons program by victimizing American citizens, businesses, and financial institutions,” said Assistant Director Rozhavsky of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division. “However, even an adversary as sophisticated as the North Korean government can't succeed without the assistance of willing U.S. citizens like Christina Chapman, who was sentenced today for her role in an elaborate scheme to defraud more than 300 American companies by helping North Korean IT workers gain virtual employment and launder the money they earned. Today's sentencing demonstrates that the FBI will work tirelessly with our partners to defend the homeland and hold those accountable who aid our adversaries.”
“The sentencing today demonstrates the great lengths to which the North Korean government will go in its efforts and resources to fund its illicit activities. The FBI continues to pursue these threat actors to disrupt their network and hold those accountable wherever they may be,” said Special Agent in Charge Heith Janke of the FBI Phoenix Field Office.
“Today’s sentencing brings justice to the victims whose identities were stolen for this international fraud scheme,” said Special Agent in Charge Carissa Messick of the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Phoenix Field Office. “The scheme was elaborate. If this sentencing proves anything, it’s that no amount of obfuscation will prevent IRS-CI and our law enforcement partners from tracking down those that wish to steal the identities of U.S. nationals, launder money, or engage in criminality that jeopardizes national security.”
The case involved one of the largest North Korean IT worker fraud schemes charged by the Department of Justice, with 68 identities stolen from victims in the United States and 309 U.S. businesses and two international businesses defrauded.
According to court documents, North Korea has deployed thousands of highly skilled IT workers around the world, including to the United States, to obtain remote employment using false, stolen, or borrowed identities of U.S. persons. To circumvent controls employed by U.S. companies to prevent the hiring of illicit overseas IT workers, the North Korean IT workers obtain assistance from U.S.-based collaborators.
Chapman helped North Korean IT workers obtain jobs at 309 U.S. companies, including Fortune 500 corporations. The impacted companies included a top-five major television network, a Silicon Valley technology company, an aerospace manufacturer, an American car maker, a luxury retail store, and a U.S media and entertainment company. Some of the companies were targeted by the IT workers, who maintained a repository of postings for companies that they wanted to employ them. The IT workers also attempted to obtain employment at two different U.S. government agencies, although these efforts were generally unsuccessful.
Chapman operated a “laptop farm” where she received and hosted computers from the U.S. companies at her home, deceiving the companies into believing that the work was being performed in the United States. Chapman also shipped 49 laptops and other devices supplied by U.S. companies to locations overseas, including multiple shipments to a city in China on the border with North Korea. More than 90 laptops were seized from Chapman’s home following the execution of a search warrant in October 2023.
Christina Chapman organized and stored U.S. company laptops in her home, and included notes identifying the U.S. company and identity associated with each laptop.
Much of the millions of dollars in income generated by the scheme was falsely reported to the IRS and Social Security Administration in the names of actual U.S. individuals whose identities had been stolen or borrowed. Additionally, Chapman received and forged payroll checks in the names of the stolen identities used by the IT workers and received IT workers’ wages through direct deposit from U.S. companies into her U.S. financial accounts. Chapman further transferred the proceeds from the scheme to individuals overseas.
This case was investigated by the FBI Phoenix Field Office, and the IRS-CI Phoenix Field Office. Assistance was provided by the FBI Chicago Field Office.
Trial Attorney Ashley R. Pungello of the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen P. Seifert for the District of Columbia prosecuted the case, with assistance from Paralegal Specialist Jorge Casillas. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Rothstein for the District of Columbia, the Victim Witness Unit, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, and the National Security Division’s National Security Cyber Section also provided assistance.
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In a coordinated effort, FBI Phoenix also issued guidance for HR professionals on detecting North Korean IT workers, and the Department of State issued guidance on the North Korean IT worker threat.
Prior guidance was issued by the FBI, State Department, and the Department of the Treasury on this threat in a May 2022 advisory, and by the United States and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in October 2023. The FBI issued updated guidance in May 2024 regarding the use of U.S. persons acting as facilitators by providing a U.S.-based location for U.S. companies to send devices and a U.S.-based internet connection for access to U.S. company networks and in January 2025 concerning the extortion and theft of sensitive company data by North Korean IT workers, along with recommended mitigations.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/arizona-woman-sentenced-17m-information-technology-worker-fraud-scheme-generated-revenue
Trans migrant appears in court accused of raping child in NYC park bathroom
A transgender migrant appeared in court yesterday after being arrested for raping a 14-year-old boy in a park bathroom.
Nicol Suarez, 30, allegedly followed the boy into a bathroom at Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem back in February at around midday, police told the Daily Mail.
The boy reportedly left the bathroom and flagged down people nearby, who called the police. The migrant was then charged with first-degree rape and stalking.
Suarez wore head-to-toe beige prison garb and a full face of makeup as she stuck her nose up at her court appearance on Thursday.
She scowled as officers led her into the courtroom, her expression even more pronounced due to her heavy contour, penned eyebrows and bright pink lip.
As she sat down for the court proceedings, Suarez's neck tattoo peaked out from underneath her beige crewneck.
She had spent the entire day waiting in Department of Corrections custody after the building was put on lockdown due to unknown reasons.
Suarez required an interpreter to understand the proceedings as the two sides went back and forth over the status of her case, a court attendee reported.
Her lawyer asked for more time to file her motions, but Judge Michele Rodney declined the request.
After 10 minutes of deliberation, the Judge set a date for a pre-trial hearing in mid-September and Suarez was escorted back to the holding cells.
The accused rapist is being housed at Rikers Island, a large jail complex in New York City, located on a 413-acre island between the Bronx and Queens in the East River.
Originally from Colombia, Suarez was also wanted in New Jersey and Massachusetts and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement had a detainer on her.
After her alleged crime in February, a source told the New York Post that they blamed New York City's sanctuary laws for the attack and said: 'ICE could just pick this person up and deport them back, but due to our sanctuary laws we can't do anything.'
'I feel really bad for the kid that has to go through this because his life will never be the same,' the source added.
'We worry about the migrants but what about the victim? This is a true victim.'
A nearby deli owner, Azid Haime, described the incident as 'disgusting.'
'All my body is shaking; I want to sit. I can't explain how I feel. I'm more than angry,' he said, adding that many young kids come to his shop from the park.
Prosecutors initially asked for $500,000 bail and a $1.5 million bond, but the amount was lowered by Democratic Judge Elizabeth Shamahs.
Both of the crimes Suarez is accused of are felonies in New York.
First-degree rape is a Class B felony with a minimum prison sentence of five years, and a maximum of 25 years. It is also a violent felony, requiring registration as a sex offender.
Stalking in the first degree is a Class D felony with a maximum sentence of seven years in prison.
It's also a violent felony, meaning a minimum sentence of two years is mandatory for those without prior felony convictions.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14940707/Trans-migrant-nicol-suarez-court-accused-raping-child-NYC-park-bathroom.html
Jesse Watters
@JesseBWatters
🚨 NEW: President Trump returns home from Scotland with A TRILLION dollars, and now he wants to SHARE the wealth with $600 STIMMY CHECKS for EVERYONE! 🚨
Europe says “Daddy” ATE them for BREAKFAST 🍳
Move over Million Dollar Man… Trump is the TRILLION Dollar Man now! 💰
https://x.com/JesseBWatters/status/1950353902114652164
Judge Jeanine busts North Korean fraud scheme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dt914w2g6Y