Dad shares final text from daughter swept away in Texas floods

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Rescue operations for 161 people who were reported missing following the devastating Texas floods are ongoing. The number of fatalities raised to 109 and counting.

The floods happened following extensive rainfall that caused the Guadalupe river to overflow.

At the time of the deadly floods, 21-year-old Joyce Catherine Badon was spending time with a group of college friends. But once the waters raised, she got trapped along the river.

Before she was tragically swept away, Badon sent her father, Ty Badon, a final heartbreaking text message.

“On her cellphone, the last message [her family] got was ‘we’re being washed away’ and the phone went dead,” Louis Deppe, a leader of a volunteer search group, revealed.

After Badon’s lifeless body was retrieved, her grieving mother, Kellye Badon, shared a heartbreaking message on Facebook.

“God showed us the way we should go this morning!”

“We found our lovely daughter who blessed us for 21 years! We pray to be able to find her three friends soon. Thanks to EVERYONE for the prayers and support. God is good!”

Badon’s friends who were with her at the time of the devastating floods, Ella Cahill, Aidan Heartfield and Reese Manchaca, are also missing, according to 12 News Now.

Moments before the tragedy struck, Aidan, whose house the friends were staying at, was on the phone with his dad. Aidan said, “Hey I’ve got to go, I’ve got to help Ella and Reese… they just got washed away,” Badon’s dad revealed.

“And then a few seconds later the phone just went dead, and that’s all we know,” Ty added.

Texas officials blame the National Weather Service (NWS) for failing to alert emergency services of the deadly floods, The New York Times, reported.

The problem seemed to arise because of vacant crucial positions at local NWS branches previously cut by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as part of the budget reductions.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt rejected claims targeting President Trump. She said, “Blaming President Trump for these floods is a depraved lie and it serves no purpose in the time of national mourning.”

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Hero dad left heartbreaking goodbye voicemails to his kids before tragically dying in Texas floods

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The devastating Texas floods claimed 109 lives, with more than 117 still missing after water levels rose 26 feet in only 45 minutes on the weekend of Fourth of July.

The extensive rainfall led the Guadalupe river to overflow, causing destruction, with the Kerr County being hit the hardest.

One of the many tragic storis that come from Texas has been shared by a sister and brother whose father left them heartbreaking goodbye voicemails before he and his wife were swept by the floods.

First responders looking for survivors and remains at Kerr County/ EPA

While the father, 61-year-old Jeff Ramsey is officially considered missing, the family believes he died after the floodwaters struck his Airstream at the HTR RV Park in Kerrville.

Jeff was staying at the camp with his wife, Tanya, and their dog.

“Once they realized there was nothing they could do, my stepmom was on the phone with her mom while my dad made a call to me and my sister. We were asleep. He left us a message saying he was not going to make it and that he loved us so much, telling us goodbye,” Jeff’s son, Jake said.

“He called me once he realized there was no hope. It was a short voicemail. He just left me a voicemail. He said, ‘Buddy. I love you so much. It doesn’t look like we are going to make it. Tell Rachey I love her’.”

Jake explained that it felt odd hearing his father’s fearful voice. The sound of rushing water could be heard in the background.

While Jeff called his children to tell them he loved them, he also used the final moments of his life to save other people. According to Jake, his father called his wife’s brother, who was staying some 150 yards up from the river in another cabin, to warn him and his family of the raising water.

“He rescued them because they would have slept in and they would have washed away. That cabin was destroyed, completely underwater. He saved their lives,” Jake added.

Since the tragic incident, Tanya’s body was located by the rescuers.

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Russia responds after Trump threatened to ‘bomb the s*** out of Moscow’ in leaked audio tapes

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CNN broadcast a 2024 audio in which Trump could be heard speaking with wealthy donors prior to taking office for the second time about a conversation he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In it, Trump claimed he threatened Putin to bomb Moscow had the Russian invaded Ukraine.

However, according to Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Kremlin, there were no telephone conversations at the time Trump claims to have made the threats.

“After all, we are talking, as far as I understand, about the period when Trump was not yet the president of the United States,” Peskov added.

Commenting on the genuineness of those conversations, Peskov added: “Whether this is fake or not, we also do not know. There are a lot of fakes now. Often, there are many more fakes than true information. And we always proceed from this when we analyze certain news.”

The audio revealed Trump sharing with the donors, “With Putin I said, ‘If you go into Ukraine, I’m going to bomb the sh*t out of Moscow. I’m telling you I have no choice.

“And then [Putin] goes, like, ‘I don’t believe you.’ But he believed me 10%.”

The White House commented on the matter, telling Newsweek that “as President Trump has said time and again, Russia never dared invade Ukraine when he was in office.”

The audio revealed Trump claiming that he had a similar conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Allegedly, he told him Beijing would be bombed if the nation decided to invade Taiwan.

According to CNN, it was Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf who obtained the audio. They outlined a number of the exchanges in their 2024 book.

The conversations revealed in the audio surfaced after Trump recently expressed his frustration with President Putin over Ukrainian soldiers dying in their thousands.

“I’m not happy with Putin. I can tell you that much right now,” Trump said to the press after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday (July 8).

“We get a lot of bulls*** thrown at us by Putin… He’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.”

Trump also hinted at new Russia sanctions and approved additional US arms for Ukraine, with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zeelenskyy asking for immediate reaction.

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Five items to buy now before Trump’s tariffs take effect on August 1st

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Sweeping new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump will take effect on August 1, 2025, and they are expected to strain the budgets of US households.

Trump branded the move Liberation Day, but the delays in the implementation of the tariffs he announced back in April led to a volatile stock market.

While the White House has extended the deadline to August 1, they added there is still a “possibility of further extensions – or delays – to come.”

One important thing to note is that tariffs don’t come out of foreign pockets. On the contrary, the burden falls on US importers and usually pass it on buyers by increasing the prices of the products.

Since a huge jump in the prices of many products is expected to take place very soon, there are certain products experts advise people to purchase before tariffs take effect.

Tech: Laptops, Phones, TVs

According to Forbes, even with details of tariffs on consumer electronics not finalized yet, the uncertainty itself may prompt early price hikes.

“There is a lot of uncertainty on if such tech does see price hikes because of tariffs, so to avoid any worries, it’s advised you make that big purchase soon,” the publication reports.

Furniture

The Alliance for American Manufacturing reports that over 75 percent of all furniture sold in the US is produced overseas. This means increased prices of almost all furniture items, including, tables, sofas, office desks, and basically everything that falls under this cathegory.

Textiles

Tariffs are expected to hit Americans’ closets too.

“Men’s shorts, crossbody bags, and bath towels” are just some products on Forbes’ watchlist of affected items.

Food

The most critical item on this list is definitely food.

In 2023 alone, the US purchased over $45 billion in Mexican food and farm products, and with the newly-imposed tariffs, prices are expected to hit your grocery bill.

Home appliances

Steel tariffs have already affected the prices of a bunch of home appliances such as washing machines, dishwashers, and fridges, and as of August 1, the prices of these products are expected to go even higher.

If you were planning on buying anything on this list, don’t waste your time and do it before it would be hard for many to even afford purchasing any of these products.

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Joe Biden hits back at Donald Trump’s investigation

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President Donald Trump made a shocking decision to launch an investigation concerning former POTUS Joe Biden.

Namely, Trump tends to inspect “who ran the US” during the previous presidency, accusing Biden of masking his “cognitive decline” and deceiving the public about his actual mental state.

Trump believes Biden did that by letting his aides use an autopen—a device that reproduces signatures used by presidents, including Trump, for decades—to authorize executive actions.

Biden didn’t stay silent. On the contrary, he accused Trump of trying to distract Americans in a time when the current administration is working towards extending tax breaks for the wealthy. He dubbed Trump’s accusations as “ridiculous.”

BBC reported that Trump said in a Wednesday statement how the American public had been “purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power” while Biden’s signature was used to endorse documents Trump described as leading to “radical policy shifts.”

“This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history,” Trump concluded.

Biden issued a statement commenting on Trump’s accusations later the same day.

“Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation and proclamations,” the statement read.

“Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false,” it added.

In a memorandum on Wednesday, Trump instructed the White House counsel, in coordination with Attorney General Pam Bondi and other officials, to investigate whether “certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about Biden’s mental state and unconstitutionally exercise the authorities and responsibilities of the President.”

When Biden disclosed his prostate cancer diagnosis, Trump and other officials claimed Biden was aware of his health condition while still in office and accused him of “not telling the facts.”

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Man dies after being ‘sucked’ into jet engine before takeoff

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A man, 35, lost his life in a freak accident after being ‘sucked’ into the jet engine right before takeoff.

The tragic incident, which unfolded in front of staff and passengers, took place at Milan Bergamo Airport, prompted an investigation by the Italian authorities.

Reports say that the man, Andrea Russo, 35, from the Calcinate county, breached security and made his way into a restricted area on the tarmac in a vehicle, a red Fiat 500 that he abandoned in the airport’s internal parking area.

Volotea Airbus A319 was preparing for takeoff to Oviedo, Spain, just before 10:35 a.m. local time when one of the aircraft’s turbofan engines sucked Russo.

The airline company confirmed the incident in a statement released on X. “We regret to confirm flight V73511 from BGY-OVD was involved in an incident at Milan-Bergamo Airport at 10:35h. One person not onboard and not affiliated with the company was seriously injured,” Volotea Airlines.

The statement continued: “All 154 passengers and 6 crew are safe. A new flight is scheduled for 15:55.”

It remains unclear how Russo managed to bypass security to access such a high-risk area. According to witnesses, however, he opened a security door that led directly to the plane parking area. Officers chased after him as he ran across the runway.

Tragically killed Russo wasn’t neither an employee at the airport nor a passenger.

Authorities assume that he did what he did with an intention to end his own life. However, the ongoing investigation is yet to reveal the exact reason Russo entered the restricted area. Also, they need to discover how he gained access to the runway undetected.

“We are investigating on any possible relationships with the airport or the world of aeroplanes,” Public Prosecutor Maurizio Romanelli said, as per The Mirror. “In the car with which he arrived at the airport, full of all kinds of material, we have not found anything that could provide any kind of explanation.”

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Melania Trump shares bold message on Taylor Swift

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That President Donald Trump isn’t fond of one of the most popular performers of today, Taylor Swift, is something we are all aware of. In the past, Trump criticized the singer and even called her out during several occasions.

His comments on Swift came as a response to her publicly supporting his opponent, Kamala Harris, during the 2024 presidential campaign. At the time, Swift said, “We can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos.”

During this year’s Super Bowl, which Trump attended, Swift was booed by the crowd, and the president seemed to love the public’s reaction.

“The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift,” he wrote at the time.

He also re-shared a post from Libs of TikTok, which read: “Trump gets massive cheers at the Super Bowl while Taylor Swift gets booed—The world is healing!”

One time, he even posted “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”

During his presidential rallies in 2023, Trump used the song Justice for All, sang by a group of dissidents incarcerated over their alleged roles on January 6. Eventually, the song reached the No. 1 spot on iTunes. It was more than enough for Trump to mock Swift.

“It beat Taylor Swift, it beat Miley Cyrus, who was number one and two,” Trump said. “They were number one and two, we knocked them off for a long time.”

However, while Trump and Swift got into a feud numerous times, Melania Trump hasn’t commented on the singer… until recently.

Namely, on June 2, the First Lady visited a children’s hospital in Washington, brining gifts to the kids and chatting with them. At one moment, she asked one of the kids about their favorite music, to which the child replied, “Taylor Swift,” according to the NY Post. Hearing this, Melania said that the worldwide superstar was “very talented.”

So, it’s more than clear that Melania’s opinion of Swift differs from that of her husband.

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Mary Trump rips into uncle Donald as ‘cognitive decline’ fears grow

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Mary Trump has been one of the most vocal critics of President Donald Trump — her uncle.

Mary is the daughter of the president’s late brother Frank who died of heart-attack in 1981.

Over the years, Mary has been warning the public of her uncle’s mental and emotional state. In her book Too Much and Never Enough that she published in 2020, Mary wrote that Trump is “utterly incapable of leading this country and it’s dangerous to allow him to do so.”

She referred to his second return to office as “uniquely dangerous times” and went on to express her fears of him aiming to remain president for life.

Most recently, during and episode of the YouTube series Trump Trolls Trump she dubbed Trump’s behavior as a “reign of idiocy.”

“We’re now 166 days into the Trump regime’s reign of terror, reign of confusion, reign of chaos, but also let’s call it what else it is, it’s a reign of idiocy,” she said. Mary added: “Time flies when you’re having a horrible time and when democracy is slowly being strangled by a man who can’t tie his own shoes.”

Still, she has given him “credit” for something. “Donald is good at very, very few things but I’m going to give him credit for something,” she said. “He has an actually quite decent ability to mix cognitive decline with narcissism. I mean that’s a twofer.”

Further, Mary called out her uncle’s recent public stops, most particularly his visit to the new Florida immigration center, Alligator Alcatraz, during which reporters asked him how long detainees would remain in custody. Trump gave a vague answer, and Mary was quick to point that out, saying, “The question, you idiot, wasn’t do you like Florida? The reason he can’t answer that question is because he doesn’t have an answer.”

Mary added: “He has an attention span of a toddler, although that’s actually nothing new.”

Trump’s niece didn’t stop there.

On the contrary, she commented on the pricey fragrance named “Victory” Trump promoted on Truth Social. The fragrance sells for $249 and includes a gold figurine of himself.

“It is grotesque for the sitting president of the United States to grift off of his office, but here we are,” she said. “The idea of having to guess what that horror smells like is deeply unfair to those of us who are still sane.”

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Before she was tragically swept away, Badon sent her father, Ty Badon, a final heartbreaking text message.

Jeff was staying at the camp with his wife, Tanya, and their dog.

In it, Trump claimed he threatened Putin to bomb Moscow had the Russian invaded Ukraine.

The audio revealed Trump claiming that he had a similar conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Trump branded the move Liberation Day, but the delays in the implementation of the tariffs he announced back in April led to a volatile stock market.

Since a huge jump in the prices of many products is expected to take place very soon, there are certain products experts advise people to purchase before tariffs take effect.

Trump believes Biden did that by letting his aides use an autopen—a device that reproduces signatures used by presidents, including Trump, for decades—to authorize executive actions.

Tragically killed Russo wasn’t neither an employee at the airport nor a passenger.

However, while Trump and Swift got into a feud numerous times, Melania Trump hasn’t commented on the singer… until recently.

She referred to his second return to office as “uniquely dangerous times” and went on to express her fears of him aiming to remain president for life.

Trump’s niece didn’t stop there.

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