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What Happened Today – July 2, 2026

Archived Department of Energy Home Cooling Systems webpage showing the deleted 75 to 78 degree thermostat guidance

The Energy Department's own Home Cooling Systems page recommended 75 to 78 degrees, guidance the agency deleted after conservatives mocked NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani for identical advice. (Energy Department webpage via Internet Archive)

Kash Patel just ordered every FBI field office in America to send analysts to recount an election Donald Trump lost six years ago. The directive pulls 260 analysts and gives them two weeks to comb through Fulton County’s 2020 records. Georgia counted those votes three times, once by hand, and got the same answer every … Read more

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