💭 A US Space Force colonel has been relieved from his post following his appearance on a podcast in which he advised servicemembers not to comply with diversity training because it is “Marxism.”

Col Lohmeier argued that leftist ideas & practices embraced by the government, academia, the media and military are proving a divisive force and that the Defense Department should take steps to return to a more “politically nonpartisan” course

⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls on both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to ensure the safety of civilians.

❗️ White House reportedly approves $735 mln arms sale to Israel amid escalating tensions with Hamas

Check out some of the latest news you may have missed:

▪️A train derailed and caught fire in the far northwest Iowa town of Sibley on Sunday afternoon; no injuries have been reported so far.

▪️The US has requested details from Israel on its bombing of a building in Gaza housing media.

▪️Many fuel pumps across the US remain empty, despite the gasoline shortage slowly easing in the country.

▪️Donald Trump will travel to North Carolina to headline the state’s GOP convention next month.

▪️Prince Harry has called the First Amendment “bonkers” – and is now facing a wave of backlash online.

😳 Saying a man can't get pregnant = hate speech, according to Twitter.

Twitter temporarily suspended Francisco Jose Contreras, a member of Spain's right-wing Vox Party, after he wrote that – wait for it – a man can't get pregnant.

Contreras shared an article about a transgender man who gave birth to a baby girl, writing that men have “no uterus or eggs” and therefore can't birth children.

As a result, he was suspended on Twitter for 12 hours for “hate speech.”

Just wow.

❌ 📃 The US has imposed sanctions on 19 individuals and two entities from Myanmar.

Those sanctioned are linked to the military government and have been placed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) list.

This SDN list, managed by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control, is for designated terrorists, officials, and beneficiaries of certain authoritarian regimes, as well as international criminals.

❗️Israel strikes at HQ of Hamas internal security service in northern Gaza

🙄 A sign of the times.

If you happen to be driving through Nashville, Tennessee you can see firsthand how people feel about the rising fuel prices under Biden’s watch.

Check out this giant screen showing Hunter Biden smoking crack as gas prices go “high,” the letter “E” in the Biden-Harris logo portraying an empty gas pump, and a laughing Tucker Carlson – this gas station knows how to troll.

📢 Parler’s app returned to Apple’s AppStore on Monday.

The platform, which presents itself as a free-speech alternative to Facebook or Twitter, announced its return in February – but the app only just became accessible on iOS, with some content redacted.

However, anything banned by iOS but allowed on the platform will be accessible through Parler’s web-based and Android versions.

😢 Dozens of firefighters in New Jersey have been deployed near the Jersey Shore to combat a raging wildfire that has scorched hundreds of acres after erupting in the Little Egg Harbor Township over the weekend

⬇️ President Biden experienced a decline in income as he campaigned for, and assumed, the presidency during tax year 2020.

The president and the First Lady reported adjusted gross income of $607,336 in 2020, the White House said in a statement on Monday. They paid $157,414 in federal income tax and their 2020 effective federal income tax rate is 25.9 percent

🇺🇸🇮🇱US President Joe Biden in a telephone call encouraged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do everything possible to protect civilians and reiterated US support for the right to self-defense in the conflict with the Palestinians, the White House said.

A man on trial in Fargo reportedly killed himself Monday afternoon at a federal courthouse.

After his verdict trial at Quentin Burdick Courthouse in downtown Fargo, the man stood up and slit his throat with either a pen or plastic shank

👏 Texas reported zero deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, just two months after Gov. Greg Abbott drew heat from the White House for rolling back business restrictions and lifting the state's mask mandate

😰 Violent rainfall in southwest Louisiana left many cars submerged in floodwater.

More than seven inches of rain was reported by noon just north of Lake Charles

At least 24 people were shot and four people died in separate shootings over a bloody weekend in the Atlanta area, amid an ongoing string of violence.

The violence follows months of increases in crime across the city, prompting officials to publicly address the issue Monday

Colombia Special Riot Police (Esmad) dispersed protesters at Las Aguas Station, near Gabriel Garcia Marquez Journalist Park, in central Bogota. Two police armored cars chased a group of demonstrators using tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets.

"We are being attacked with two armored cars. But people are firm, very firm," student Alejandro Pinzon, 21, who participated in the demonstration, said.

Protests against the tax reform have been underway in Colombia since April 28. Despite Colombian President Ivan Duque withdrawing the controversial reform on Sunday, protesters have continued to rally across the country for a better health system and higher salaries, among other demands.

❗️ Blinken says US seeks to end violence between Israelis and Palestinians as soon as possible

⚡️🇺🇸🇷🇺US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expresses the belief that the meeting of US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place "in the weeks ahead", and expressed the hope for more stable and predictable relations.

Check out our brief summary of some of the latest news:

▪️At least two people have died and more than 10 were injured in the latest clashes between demonstrators and police in Colombia.

▪️Amazon is reportedly "weeks into" talks to purchase MGM studios.

▪️Melinda Gates may aim to change her children's inheritance in the wake of her divorce.

▪️Joe Biden has voiced support for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas… again.

▪️The US does not seek to buy Greenland, Secretary of State Blinken says.