(FREE) PAINE IN THE MORNING: What you need to know this Thursday – July 28, 2022

Here’s what you need to know today, Thursday – July 28, 2022.

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Ranchers Are Selling Off Their Cattle In Unprecedented Numbers Due To The Drought, And That Has Enormous Implications For 2023 – Thanks to the horrific drought which is absolutely devastating ranching in the Southwest, ranchers are now in “panic mode” and are selling off their cattle at an unprecedented rate. In fact, some are choosing to sell off their entire herds because they feel like they don’t have any other options. In recent days, seemingly endless lines of trailers waiting to drop off cattle for auction have gone viral all over social media. Everybody is talking about how they have never seen anything like this before, and if the drought in the Southwest persists the lines could soon get even longer. In the short-term, this is going to help to stabilize meat prices. But in the long-term the size of the U.S. cattle herd will steadily become much smaller, and that has very serious implications for our ability to feed ourselves in 2023 and beyond.

North Texas has become the epicenter for this rapidly growing crisis. Thanks to the drought, there simply is not enough grass and not enough water, and so many ranchers have been forced to make some really tough decisions… – READ MORE

New Jersey Asks Residents To Reduce Water Usage Over Drought Fears – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s office asked residents and businesses to conserve water amid a persistent heatwave, where some metro areas cracked over 100 degrees Fahrenheit for five consecutive days through Sunday.

“Now is the time for New Jersey to be especially mindful of water usage and proactively moderate our consumption,” said Commissioner of Environmental Protection Shawn M. LaTourette. – READ MORE

Canada’s Trudeau Declares War on Fertilizer, Following the Footsteps of Sri Lanka – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ignored cries of anger and desperation from farmers and provincial officials last weekend by pressing ahead with a climate change agenda that will dramatically reduce Canada’s use of fertilizer — the same ruinous strategy that drove Dutch farmers into revolt and destroyed the agriculture of Sri Lanka.

The Toronto Sun reported on a dismaying Friday meeting of federal and provincial ministers, in which the latter could not convince the Trudeau administration to show any “flexibility” in its emissions targets, not even with a global food crisis on the horizon – READ MORE

Connecticut Transit Replaces Electric Bus Fleet with Diesels Following Massive Battery Fire – Just one day after officials promoted the passage of the Connecticut Clean Air Act, CTtransit, the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s bus service, has pulled its entire fleet of electric buses due to one bursting into flames. The electric vehicles have been replaced with traditional diesel-powered buses.

The New Haven Register reports that one day after officials promoted the passage of the Connecticut Clean Air Act, one of the state-run electric buses burst into a massive inferno. The CTtransit bus caught on fire in a Hamden parking lot on Saturday morning and resulted in two workers and a firefighter being sent to the hospital. – READ MORE

China Infiltrates Critical U.S. Infrastructure, Can Disrupt Nuclear Response And Spy On U.S. Military: Report –  An explosive report published by CNN outlined how the Chinese communist government has infiltrated U.S. infrastructure in a way that could potentially jeopardize national security and disrupt U.S. military operations.

The report highlighted a story from the early days of the Trump administration when China wanted to build a $100 million garden, complete with a 70-foot-tall pagoda, at Washington, D.C.’s National Arboretum. – READ MORE

Chicago Mayor Lightfoot refusing to pay speeding, red light tickets as they pile up: report – Multiple police-driven vehicles used to transport Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot have reportedly racked up multiple traffic tickets that have gone unpaid despite the mayor’s advocacy for stricter speed cameras in the city. The mayor’s office responded to the report in a statement Tuesday.

Two of the SUVs used to shuttle Lightfoot throughout Chicago have accumulated three speed camera tickets and two warnings in the past month. The tickets have so far gone unpaid, CWB Chicago reported on Monday. – READ MORE

Police Can Access Your Ring Camera Footage Without a Warrant – The term “surveillance state” brings certain images to mind: cameras on every corner, cataloging passersby’s every move. What one may not always consider is that some of those cameras may have been put up by private citizens for nonpublic use.

In 2018, Amazon bought Ring, a company that manufactures video doorbells, cameras, and other home security equipment. At its acquisition, just a few years after failing to get an offer on ABC’s Shark Tank, the company was valued at upward of a billion dollars. Ring’s doorbells give consumers live video of any visitor to their home; the company’s founder touts that its products prevent neighborhood crime. – READ MORE

What Is the FBI Trying To Hide About Its Raid on Innocent Americans’ Safe Deposit Boxes? – First, the FBI raided a private business to seize safe deposit boxes and assets belonging to hundreds of people who were not suspected of having committed any crimes.

Now, prosecutors are trying to keep the public in the dark about why the brazen forfeiture effort was undertaken in the first place—and are offering little justification for why such secrecy is necessary. – READ MORE

Pennsylvania Dad Facing Prison Time For Entering Capitol On Jan. 6 Dies By Suicide – A Pennsylvania man expecting his first grandchild and facing up to six months in prison for illegally entering the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 riot has died by his own hand.

Mark Aungst, 47, of South Williamsport, was to be sentenced September 27 by federal Judge Reggie Walton. He had pleaded guilty last month to a single charge of demonstrating or parading in a restricted building. He was reported dead on Wednesday. – READ MORE