KARAH RUCKER: A FORMER ASSOCIATE OF HUNTER BIDEN TESTIFIES ON HOW INVOLVED JOE BIDEN WAS IN HIS SON’S BUSINESS DEALS AND THERE’S A NEW RESOURCE FOR THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS STRUGGLING WITH LONG COVID. THE RUNDOWN STARTS NOW. THIS IS STRAIGHT-ARROW NEWS. BRINGING YOU UNBIASED, STRAIGHT FACTS. TODAY IS TUESDAY– AUGUST 1ST. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M KARAH RUCKER.

HUNTER BIDEN’S FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER TESTIFIES

A FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER OF HUNTER BIDEN TESTIFIED FOR MORE THAN FIVE HOURS BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN-LED HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON MONDAY AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO BIDEN FAMILY BUSINESSES CONTINUES – AND LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE WALKED AWAY WITH DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS ON WHAT WAS REVEALED. 

ACCORDING TO THOSE PRESENT DURING THE CLOSED-DOOR QUESTIONING, DEVON ARCHER- WHO SERVED WITH HUNTER ON THE BOARD OF BURISMA – TESTIFIED THAT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WAS NEVER DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN HIS SON’S FINANCIAL DEALINGS, BUT HUNTER WOULD OFTEN PUT HIS FATHER ON SPEAKERPHONE TO IMPRESS CLIENTS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATES. 

NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE DAN GOLDMAN, WHO WAS REPRESENTING DEMOCRATS INSIDE THE ROOM, TOLD REPORTERS THAT ARCHER TESTIFIED THAT HUNTER SOLD – QUOTE – “THE ILLUSION OF ACCESS” TO HIS FATHER.

Rep. Dan Goldman | (D) New York: “It was abundantly clear and the witness stated unequivocally that he there was there is evidence in his possession or his knowledge that Joe Biden ever discussed business with Hunter Biden, Joe Biden ever did anything on behalf of Hunter Biden’s business interests or otherwise never changed official policy in any way shape or form.” 

THE COMMITTEE’S CHAIR, REPRESENTATIVE JAMES COMER, SAID ARCHER TESTIFIED THAT JOE BIDEN WAS PUT ON THE PHONE TO SELL QUOTE – “THE BRAND.”

COMER SAID THE TESTIMONY SHOWS QUOTE – “JOE BIDEN LIED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHEN HE SAID HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIS SON’S BUSINESS DEALINGS.” 

ARCHER’S ATTORNEY ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: “WE ARE AWARE THAT ALL SIDES ARE CLAIMING VICTORY FOLLOWING MR. ARCHER’S VOLUNTARY INTERVIEW TODAY. BUT ALL DEVON ARCHER DID WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE SAID HE WOULD: SHOW UP AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS PUT TO HIM HONESTLY AND COMPLETELY”

THE WHITE HOUSE ISSUED A STATEMENT OF ITS OWN – SAYING THE TESTIMONY FELL SHORT OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS PROMISING TO DELIVER – QUOTE – “BOMBSHELL EVIDENCE.” 

HAITIANS PROTEST OVER KIDNAPPING OF AMERICAN NURSE

ABOUT 200 HAITIANS MARCHED THROUGH THEIR CAPITAL CITY — IN PROTEST OF THE KIDNAPPING OF AN AMERICAN NURSE AND HER DAUGHTER IN HAITI LAST WEEK.

ALIX DORSAINVIL WORKS FOR EL ROI HAITI — A NON-PROFIT CHRISTIAN MINISTRY.

SHE WAS WORKING AT A CLINIC LAST THURSDAY WHEN ARMED MEN BROKE IN — AND TOOK HER AND HER DAUGHTER.

SOME MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY SAID THE KIDNAPPERS ASKED FOR 1 MILLION DOLLARS IN RANSOM — AS IS TYPICAL FOR HAITIAN GANGS TO DO FOLLOWING A KIDNAPPING.

HOWEVER — U-S STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON MATTHEW MILLER REFUSED TO SAY MONDAY WHETHER THE ABDUCTORS MADE ANY DEMANDS.

MATTHEW MILLER | STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON: “Again, I just think it would be inappropriate to comment on details. You shouldn’t read into that one way or the other what the answer might be. But because it’s an ongoing law enforcement situation, those are obviously quite sensitive and I just don’t want to comment on.”

ACCORDING TO A LOCAL NONPROFIT — THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF KIDNAPPINGS IN HAITI THIS YEAR ALONE.

THURSDAY’S KIDNAPPING CAME THE SAME DAY THE STATE DEPARTMENT ADVISED AMERICANS TO AVOID TRAVELING TO HAITI — AND ORDERED NON-EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY — OVER KIDNAPPING CONCERNS. 

HEAT STREAK IN ARIZONA SNAPPED AFTER 31 DAYS ABOVE 110 DEGREES

AFTER 31 DAYS OF CONSECUTIVE 110 DEGREES DAYS —

PHOENIX ARIZONA SNAPPED ITS “HEAT-STREAK” RECORD —

COOLING TO A STILL-SCORCHING 108 DEGREES ON MONDAY —

BUT THE FIRST TIME THE CITY HAS SEEN A DAY BELOW 110 IN AN ENTIRE MONTH.

THE “COOL FRONT” — IF YOU CAN CALL IT THAT — CREATED BY A ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS — 

WILL BE SHORT-LIVED.

TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO CREEP BACK ABOVE 110 BY THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER ROLL ON.

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO STUDY LONG COVID, BEGIN CLINICAL TRIALS

ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO 23 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE DEVELOPED “LONG COVID” AFTER BEING INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS —

MEANING THEIR SYMPTOMS LINGERED FOR MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS.

NOW THERE’S A GOVERNMENT RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO AID PEOPLE LIVING WITH LONG COVID.

A NEW “LONG COVID RESEARCH TEAM” WILL STUDY THE CONDITION —

AND HELP THOSE DIAGNOSED.

CLINICAL TRIALS ARE LAUNCHING UNDER THE NEW GOVERNMENT PROGRAM —

AIMED TO PREVENT LONG COVID — AND **TREAT SOME OF ITS SYMPTOMS —

LIKE EXTREME FATIGUE, A COMMON SIDE EFFECT IN 4 OUT OF EVERY 5 LONG COVID PATIENTS.

DOCTORS ARE STILL UNSURE WHY SOME PEOPLE GET IT AND OTHERS DON’T.

HOLLYWOOD GRIEVES LOSS OF PEE-WEE HERMAN, EUPHORIA ACTORS

HOLLYWOOD IS GRIEVING THE LOSS OF TWO ACTORS FROM TWO DIFFERENT ERAS.

PAUL REUBENS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS “PEE-WEE HERMAN” FOR DECADES — DIED AT THE AGE OF 70.

REUBENS WAS BATTLING CANCER FOR SIX YEARS.

AND “ANGUS CLOUD” FROM HBO’S HIT SHOW ‘EUPHORIA’ HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 25.

CLOUD PLAYED THE CHARACTER OF “FEZ” WHO BECAME A FAN FAVORITE OVER TWO SEASONS.

THERE WAS NO CAUSE OF DEATH RELEASED.

FAMILY SAID CLOUD WAS STRUGGLING WITH THE RECENT PASSING OF HIS FATHER — WHO HE BURIED LAST WEEK.

ELON MUSK’S ‘X’ SIGN ATOP HEADQUARTERS REMOVED

THE BRIGHT ‘X’ ATOP THE COMPANY’S SAN FRANCISCO HEADQUARTERS HAS BEEN REMOVED JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER ITS INSTALLATION.

THE LOGO WAS PART OF ELON MUSK’S REBRANDING OF TWITTER —

BUT THE CITY SAYS ‘X’ — FAILED TO APPLY FOR THE PROPER PERMITS TO INSTALL THE SIGN —

AND HAD RECEIVED ABOUT TWO DOZEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT ITS BRIGHT LIGHTING.

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