🎧 intro good morning. it’s wednesday, july 30, and this is the record🗞️.today’s show is about what happens when power protects itself. from courtrooms to coastlines, from gaza to your cloud — a mass earthquake shakes the pacific, delta ignores a hacked ipad, and the u.s. doubles down on protest crackdowns.plus, marjorie taylor greene breaks party lines to call what’s happening in gaza a genocide.
đź“° headline rundown
🗞️ story 1: famine in gazawhat’s happening: at least 46 palestinians were killed overnight by israeli strikes and gunfire — many while seeking humanitarian aid.what to know: gaza’s health ministry reports 7 more deaths from malnutrition in the past 24 hours, including a child. the u.k. now says it will recognize a palestinian state in september unless israel agrees to a ceasefire.my take: death tolls don’t lie. this is a generation living through genocide by starvation. no euphemisms.
🗞️ story 2: tsunami hits pacific coastlines after record quakewhat’s happening: a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake — one of the strongest ever recorded — triggered tsunami waves across the pacific.what to know: two million people were evacuated in japan. hawaii’s warning was downgraded to an advisory, but chaos remains in maui. warnings now stretch from russia to chile.my take: no matter what the weather is doing, we are not ready. no infrastructure, no systems. and that neglect turns natural disasters into manmade ones.
🗞️ story 3: trump-era justice — epstein files, maxwell leverage, and grand jury transcriptswhat’s happening: trump is pushing to release grand jury files from the epstein and maxwell cases amid rising public pressure.what to know: sources say maxwell’s family leaked epstein’s “birthday book” to signal she has leverage. journalist michael wolff reports this triggered serious panic inside the doj — even pardon talks.my take: this isn’t a conspiracy theory. it’s just all of us, in the room, watching each other behave.
🗞️ story 4: the u.s. joins global rights watchlistwhat’s happening: the u.s. was just added to a civil rights watchlist by global nonprofit civicus.what to know: the group cites protest crackdowns, press restrictions, and criminalizing palestinian solidarity. it says america is sliding toward authoritarianism.my take: the quiet part has now been said out loud. the question is: who’s listening?
extra story not mentioned in the news but mentioned in the intro: tech, negligence, and accountability): delta sued after child’s hacked ipadwhat’s happening: delta air lines is being sued by a south carolina family after a vendor employee allegedly stole their child’s forgotten ipad and used it to film explicit content.what to know: the videos synced to the family’s cloud. they say delta ignored multiple complaints over months. now they’re suing for negligence and emotional distress.my take: this isn’t just about tech — it’s about what happens when big companies stop listening until a lawyer gets involved.
🧠gut checkno, you’re not imagining it. yes, the lies are louder. the truth feels harder. the fear is engineered.but you’re still here. still watching. still human.don’t confuse exhaustion for apathy. don’t confuse survival with passivity.it’s the system that’s broken — not you.
📌 show notes:– follow @redefiningtherecord– subscribe on substack: marlenabeautydotcom– “fund the record” soft launch now — @marlenageller on venmo works– hosted by marlena– recorded in california with one dog, zero filters, and no coffee (yet)
sign-off:that’s the record🗞️. media of resistance starts here. see you tomorrow.
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