🚨🇺🇲 UPDATE: School bus OVERTURNS in Georgia after HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES. ~30 people were reportedly aboard, including Salem High School players and trainers returning from a game. Rockdale County Schools confirmed the bus belonged to the district but has not verified the number of passengers. The extent of any injuries remains unknown. Story developing… Source: 11Alive / Writer: Marie

I asked 50 Japanese people, ages 9 to 91, one question. "What do you admire most about Americans?" Here are the top answers. 10. "They clap when the plane lands." (Office worker, 34) 9. "They say 'I love you' every time they hang up the phone. Even men. Even to other men." (Taxi driver, 61) 8. "A stranger told me she liked my shoes. Then she just walked away. She didn't want anything." (High school girl, 16) 7. "They thank the bus driver when they get off." (Bus driver, 55. He got emotional saying this.) 6. "They tell you their whole life story in the grocery line. I know about one man's divorce, his boat, and his knee surgery. We knew each other for four minutes." (My mother, 64) 5. "They stand for the anthem at a children's baseball game." (Little League coach, 47) 4. "When they lose, they shake hands and say 'good game.' And they mean it." (Sota, 12) 3. "They fly the flag on a regular Tuesday. No holiday. Just because." (Nurse, 28) 2. "They help a stranger push a car out of the snow, then leave without saying their name." (My cousin's husband, 52, who got stuck in Colorado once) And the number one answer came from the oldest person I asked. My grandfather. He's 91. He thought about it for a long time. Then he said: "They still believe tomorrow will be better than today." I asked him what he meant. "In 1946, we had nothing," he said. "The American soldiers I met were young and far from home. But they acted like the future was coming, and it was going to be good. After a while, we started to believe them." I asked him if he thought Americans still believe that. He nodded slowly. "Tell them," he said, "not to stop."

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To be fair, the amount of training they get is also twenty minutes. Why waste money on expensive training. There is a story related by some US troops in Iraq, how they arrived in a village and find a group of 20 Iraqis in uniform....but wearing shiny dress shoes....and looking very confused and frightened. They promptly surrendered. Thirty minutes before they were various businessmen and workers waiting for a bus...only to be tossed into a truck, taking to the front, given half uniforms and rifles...and left alone. They could hear the Americans coming. Behind a wall was their briefcases and suits. What they did with them. "Got them to change back into their work clothes and drove them back to town to go back to work."

🚨 BOOM. TOM HOMAN puts on a masterclass and puts a fake reporter IN HIS PLACE! REPORTER: "Do you believe ICE should be arresting parents in front of their children at school bus stops?" HOMAN: "Are they in the country illegally?" REPORTER: "He was in the country illegally for 20 years, but did not commit any other crimes." HOMAN: "Is he removable? Is he here in violation of the law?" REPORTER: "Should he be arrested in front of his 16YO daughter at the school bus stop?" HOMAN: "Bottom line is, just because—" REPORTER: "ICE confirmed—" HOMAN: "No, HERE'S the issue [...] If you're in the country illegally, YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM!" 🔥🔥🔥 If the message you wanna send to the whole WORLD, enter the country illegally, it's crime but IT'S OK?! If you get an order of removal, IGNORE IT? No, no. Have a US citizen child and you're good to go? Law means nothing anymore?!" "If THAT'S the message we send to the whole world? The most vulnerable people put themselves in harm's way like under Biden, thousands of aliens died making that journey." What don't they get? We said mass deportations, not some deportations. As it turns out, people who break the law many times have children — that does NOT make them immune The reporter admits "he's here illegally." END OF STORY.

Ritu Narayan founded Zum after struggling to find reliable school transportation for her children. Today, her $1.7 billion company is bringing 21st century technology to a stodgy workhorse. “Transportation is not just a logistics problem; it’s basically an on-ramp for students to learn,’’ says Narayan. Read the full story about how this entrepreneur built Uber for the yellow school bus: 📸: Cody Pickens for Forbes #ForbesOver50#

There is a dry cleaner on my street in Tokyo. Behind the counter, in a cheap wooden frame, hangs one index card. Both sides are covered in English. Twenty-three different handwritings. I finally asked about it last month. The owner, Mr. Tanabe, is 79. He told me the whole story while he pressed my shirts. In 1966, his wife Fumiko was seventeen. She spent one summer as an exchange student in a small town in Minnesota. Her host family was named Lindquist. There was a lake. A wooden dock. Mrs. Lindquist taught her to swim off the end of it. Fumiko talked about that summer for the rest of her life. "Someday we'll go," she always said. "I'll show you the dock." They never went. The shop was open six days a week for fifty years. There was always next year. Two years ago, Fumiko got sick. Near the end, Mr. Tanabe made her a promise. "I'll take you back." Last summer, at 78, he got on a plane to Chicago with her ashes in his carry-on. He doesn't speak English. He had never been on a plane alone. His granddaughter wrote him one index card. "Hello. My name is Isamu Tanabe. I do not speak English. I am taking my wife home to a lake in Minnesota. Can you help me get to the next place?" He showed it to the first American he saw. She was a gate agent at O'Hare. She read it twice. Then she walked him all the way to the bus station herself. Before she let him go, she turned the card over and wrote on the back. "Walked him to the bus. Somebody take it from here. — Denise, O'Hare" The bus driver read Denise's line. He gave Mr. Tanabe the front seat, and wrote under her. "Front seat. Made sure he ate. — Big Mike" And it kept going. Every person who helped him wrote one line, so the next person would know. "He tried to pay for his eggs. Nope. — Tammy, truck stop, Wisconsin" "Drove him 140 miles out of my way. Worth every one. — R.J., trucker" "Found him on a bench at midnight. He slept at our house. My wife made pancakes. He cried. So did she. — Deputy Hanson" Twenty-three people. Four days. Not one of them knew who he was. Every one of them took him to the next place. On the fourth evening, he stood at the end of a gravel driveway in a town of 900 people. A woman came out on the porch. Karen Lindquist. 74. She had been nine years old the summer Fumiko came. Fumiko used to braid her hair. She looked at the old man. At the card. At the small wooden box. Then she came down the steps, took his hands, and said the only Japanese word she still remembered. "Okaeri." Welcome home. Karen had kept every letter Fumiko ever sent her. Fifty-eight years of them, in a shoebox. The next morning, Karen's grandsons rowed them out past the end of the old dock. The water was flat and gold. Mr. Tanabe opened the box and let his wife go into the lake where she learned to swim. Karen held his arm the whole time. That night, she took the card and wrote the last line on it. "Fumiko came home. — Karen Lindquist, her American sister" Mr. Tanabe flew back to Tokyo. He opened the shop the next morning, like always. Under the frame, there is a small strip of paper now. One line in Japanese, in his handwriting. I asked him to translate it for me. "I went to America to bring my wife home. America carried both of us." Twenty-three strangers. Not one of them asked why. Every one of them just took him to the next place.

Citizen Vigilante (2026): A Flawed but Thought-Provoking Vigilante Thriller Reviewed by Reader From Chicago Uwe Boll’s Citizen Vigilante, starring Armie Hammer in a high-profile comeback role, is a low-budget action-thriller that arrived amid significant controversy and publicity. Most notably, the film was made available for free viewing on X (formerly Twitter) for a limited 48-hour window thanks to efforts by director Uwe Boll and amplified by Elon Musk’s platform. It was viewed by millions before the free stream ended on June 27, 2026. It can be rented or purchased on platforms like Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango, and similar services. The story follows Michael Sanders (Armie Hammer), an American businessman with business interests in Europe who becomes disillusioned with the failures of the justice system. He transforms into a vigilante, taking the law into his own hands against violent criminals — particularly those involved in brutal attacks on women and girls. His actions turn him into a social media sensation, complete with manifesto-style videos that spread his message far and wide. The film draws clear inspiration from classic vigilante movies such as the Death Wish series, but updates the premise to contemporary European settings (filmed in Croatia and evoking broader continental issues). As a piece of filmmaking and art, Citizen Vigilante has clear faults. It often feels disjointed and nonlinear, with pacing that jumps around and some scenes that don’t fully cohere. There’s also a gratuitous sex scene that feels tacked on and unnecessary. Compared to the slicker, more focused Death Wish films starring Charles Bronson, this one lacks polish in direction, editing, and overall craft — typical of Boll’s exploitation-style approach. That said, the movie offers some interesting ideas that go beyond simple vengeance. Hammer’s protagonist isn’t driven purely by personal revenge. He operates from something closer to a personal philosophy of citizenship — emphasizing personal responsibility, accountability, and the maintenance of a high-trust society. In one scene, he confronts a group of teens who boarded a bus without paying and calmly explains why they should pay their fare, framing it as a matter of civic duty rather than just enforcement. In another, at a nightclub, he intervenes to stop two women from being drugged by men they met, protecting the vulnerable in real time. A particularly striking sequence involves Sanders visiting a woman in the hospital who was brutally beaten by migrants. He sits in a chair beside her bed, engaging her at eye level with empathy and presence. Later, when the Interpol chief (played by Costas Mandylor) visits the same victim, he stands towering above her throughout their conversation — a subtle visual contrast that highlights differing approaches to authority and care. These moments give the film more texture than a pure revenge fantasy. Released around the same time as the UK grooming gang report, which exposed widespread institutional failures and the betrayal of vulnerable girls by authorities, Citizen Vigilante taps directly into real-world frustrations about crime, migration, shortcomings in the justice system, and the erosion of social trust. In terms of financial success, concrete box office numbers remain limited as of late June 2026 due to its restricted theatrical rollout (it faced significant hurdles, including being left unrated in Germany). Claims circulating online of massive grosses (approaching hundreds of millions on a very low budget) appear exaggerated or unverified by major trackers like Box Office Mojo or The Numbers. However, the free X promotion generated enormous visibility and discussion, likely translating into strong video-on-demand interest and profitability through controversy and word-of-mouth rather than traditional theatrical dominance. Citizen Vigilante is far from a perfect or polished film. Its flaws in execution are evident, and it will undoubtedly polarize viewers along ideological lines. Yet it delivers bold, unapologetic ideas about citizenship, personal responsibility, and what happens when institutions fail — ideas that resonate in the current cultural moment. If you can look past its rough edges and occasional excesses, it’s a provocative watch that sparks conversation long after the credits roll. Value mostly in being in total opposition to the current paradigm that treats regular folks as expendable sacrifices on the altar of “diversity.”

In eight regions and Kyiv, efforts are under way to deal with the aftermath of Russia’s overnight attack. In Sumy region, Russian drones struck the locomotive pulling the Kyiv–Sumy train. Nearly 100 people were evacuated by bus. In Kharkiv, a drone hit a multi-storey residential building, injuring two people. In Odesa region, a civilian market was hit. Damage has also been reported in Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Two people were killed in the capital, and 10 others are known to have been injured so far. Residential buildings were damaged, with fires and destruction reported across five districts. I thank our air defence forces, rescuers, medics, police officers, railway workers and all those working on the ground and helping people.

All-In-Summit 2nd speaker: Dina Powell McCormick president and vice chair Meta. Gave impassioned (and correct) defense of data center buildout showcasing how it has revitalized Richland Parish, Louisiana when they started their data center project there 20 months ago. Average salary there was $38K before the $20B data center build out project. Needless to say it has revitalized the economy. They just announced $50K bonuses for their teachers. They now have tons of inbound of the best teachers in the State wanting to work there. Louisiana is now courting data center builders from around the country to build in the State using Meta’s Richland Parish deal as the template. Water, of course, has been a nonissue. The data center uses less water than the farms that previously existed there used. Meta paid for its own electricity generation, storm mitigation upgrades, etc. Meta also touted their Workforce Academy training program for data center techs of all kinds. It’s been so successful that other companies like GM are wondering how they can get involved. JCal asks about Facebook lawsuit settlementment. 52 attorney generals agreement. Facebook now shuts off after 2 hours for children under 18. Wants YouTube and TikTok to join. Meta Glass, what’s the sticky use? Conversation focus is a big one. In a crowd, when you look at someone, the speakers will enhance that conversation and mute others. I could have used that yesterday on the shuttle bus when talking to an Aussie on a very noisy and crowded shuttle bus.