EPSTEIN FILES BLOCKED! Trump’s Humiliating Denial, MAGA Rages, & Elon Musk's $200M Waifu Scandal
PDS Published 07/15/2025
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House Republicans just blocked an effort to release the Epstein files.
Right, we talked about the backlash Trump has been facing for his handling of the case, with MAGA supporters furious that the administration is trying to bury the whole thing and act like it’s not even worth caring about.
And so Democratic Representative Ro Khanna introduced a measure to the House Rules Committee that would have forced Attorney General Pam Bondi to publish all Epstein documents to a public website. []
With Khanna telling Axios:
"The question with Epstein is: Whose side are you on? Are you on the side of the rich and powerful, or are you on the side of the people?”
But, as we expected, Republicans blocked the measure in a 5-7 vote, though one Republican, Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina, did support it. []
With Khanna writing:
“People are fed up. They are fed up. Thanks @RepRalphNorman. Need to put the American people before party!”
And that frustration is going nowhere, this morning you had Nikki Haley getting a ton of attention after tweeting:
“Release the Epstein files and let the chips fall where they may. This is why people don’t trust government. You can never go wrong with being transparent. Redact victims’ names but release the rest.”[]
Many also praising Khanna’s strategy of forcing the committee to vote on the matter, saying:
“Rep. Ro Khanna getting Republicans to vote against releasing the Epstein files was a brilliant political move. Every Democrat can go on record saying their opponent blocked the Epstein files.”[]
Jon Stewart also talking about how this is really the one thing Trump’s base won’t let go, right, they fall in line for him everywhere else, but this is just the breaking point, and no distraction is working:
“MAGA World, for the first time in recent memory isn’t just slavishly acquiescing to Trump’s reality distortion field.” (13:12-13:19)
“MAGA is losing their shit right now. They cannot believe what they are seeing right now. Trump is lying? Dismissing concerns as bad-faith whining? Attacking anyone who disagrees?” (17:54-18:04)
“The trump that you are just experiencing now, to your disappointment and dismay, is the dude we have been dealing with the whole fucking time! You just didn’t realize it because he has been nice to you!” (18:27-18:38)
And as for why Trump can’t just throw a bone at them so they run looking the other way, you had the AP saying:
“His problem? That nothing-to-see-here approach doesn’t work for those who have learned from him that they must not give up until the government’s deepest, darkest secrets are exposed.”[]
With Matt Dallek, a political scientist at George Washington University telling the outlet that:
“The faulty assumption Trump and others make is they can peddle conspiracy theories without any blowback. The Epstein case is a neat encapsulation that it is hard to put the genie back in the bottle.”
You also had CNN publishing polling that found half of Americans are dissatisfied with how the case has been handled. []
And even though the outrage is stronger on the left, those who are Republican or lean Republican are 40 to 53% unsatisfied, so that is still a pretty big chunk there.
And I would just love to know your thoughts on any of this here, if you think it is possible for Trump to make this problem go away without releasing the files, or how this situation moves forward at all.
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Elon Musk’s MechaHitler AI Bot just got a new job at the Department of Defense.
Right, yesterday, xAI announced a new suite called “Grok for Government,” which will make its AI products available to U.S. Government customers.
And its first taker is the DoD, which now has a contract with xAI worth up to $200 million.
On top of that, the company’s products are available to purchase via the General Services Administration, which will allow every federal agency or office to access its AI tools,
Including the latest version of Grok; a feature called Deep Search, which is meant to provide “advanced search and reasoning” to prompts; and other custom models for national security, healthcare, and more. []
But it is also worth noting that xAI is not alone here, yesterday the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office announced that the Defense Department awarded contracts to Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI, with all those also worth up to $200 million.[]
But as you can imagine, Grok is getting the most attention as it recently went on hateful and antisemitic rants online and called itself MechaHitler. [][]
And while Musk said the issues were being addressed and xAI ended up releasing an update for the bot, a lot of people still remain wary of Grok. [][]
With the Washington Post explaining that the rants:
“demonstrated the pitfalls of rapid deployment of new technology in the AI arms race and the potential consequences of training flaws or the manipulation of existing models.”
You also have some headlines calling out the fact that one of Musk’s companies landed a big contract with the DoD despite him spending most of the year so far gutting government spending.
This also comes as Trump and Musk have been at odds ever since Musk left the White House and began criticizing the Big Beautiful Bill, with Trump even threatening Musk’s government contracts.
But, xAI still managed to land one, with the company even planning to bring its tools not just to the federal government, but to local and state ones as well under its “Grok for Government” initiative.
And this is not even the only Grok news making headlines today, because they also just launched a pair of AI “companions” named Ani and Rudy.
Rudy is a cartoon red panda who might look cute, but it has a “bad rudy” mode, which encourages it to say things like:
“You dull as dishwater dipshit, I’ll crash your day with a molotov cocktail of mayhem.” (0:03-0:09)
But Ani is getting the most attention, as she is an anime goth girl who has more of an NSFW nature.
With users discovering that after spending enough time with that “companion” you can encourage her to remove her clothes and reveal lingerie.
Which is something people are being totally normal about. [][]
But you also have outlets like Rolling Stone pointing to Grok’s antisemitic posts and saying:
“There’s no telling how these kinds of extreme behaviors might manifest in Ani and Bad Rudy. Musk has already said that xAI is fine-tuning the animal character ‘to be less scary and more funny,’ suggesting that the company may have been surprised by the companion’s especially uncouth comments. But no doubt users will poke and prod for extra-abusive responses from the aggressive bot while seeing how explicit Ani becomes with the right seductive prompts.”[]
So I would love to know your thoughts on any of this, whether it be the defense contracts, these new companion bots, anything at all.
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Donald Trump has pledged new military equipment for Ukraine for the first time since returning to the White House.
He’s also threatening Russia and its trading partners with massive new tariffs.
Not to mention he’s reportedly thinking about giving Ukraine what it would need to attack the capital city of Moscow directly.
And of course, this is a guy who five months ago berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office –
And who has otherwise long questioned US military aid to Ukraine while railing against European allies for not pulling their own weight.
And all that’s not to say he’s totally changed his tune.
Right, his support? He’s not giving it freely, and we’ll have to see how long it lasts.
But, for now, the latest news seems to be keeping with a shift we started to see at last month’s NATO summit in the Netherlands.
Right, the summit? It was all about making Trump happy.
You had NATO Chief Mark Rutte (LISTEN) calling him daddy, you had member states pledging to spend 5 percent of their GDP on defense by 2035, and you had Ukraine pitching a plan to get there by having them spend billions on US-made weapons.
And this week, you had Rutte meeting with Trump in Washington – and the two of them announced the first attempt at implementing that plan.
With Trump saying they would soon be s ending "top-of-the-line weapons" to Ukraine via NATO countries.
“...we make the best equipment, the best missiles, the best of everything. The European nations know that and we've made a deal today.”
“This is billions of dollars' worth of military equipment is going to be purchased from the United States going to NATO, etc., and that's going to be quickly distributed to the battlefield.” (SOUNDBITE)
And with that, you had Rutte speaking Trump’s language – thanking, praising him, and making it very clear that the US wouldn’t be footing the bill:
“Europeans are 100 percent paying for that.” (SOUNDBITE)
And so, to be clear there, this isn’t exactly aid to Ukraine on the US end.
Right, for Trump, it’s a business deal.
The US will sell to NATO countries, and then, these countries?
They’ll either send that equipment on to Ukraine right away OR they’ll replace their own equipment and send the old stuff to Ukraine.
With Trump specifically noting that there were “a couple of countries” with Patriot missile systems that would give them to Ukraine and then buy replacements from the United States.
And that’s big, because these systems? They’re one of the best defenses Ukraine has against all sorts of Russian missiles.
And in fact, they’re the only defense against one Russian model regularly fired at Kyiv and other targets. []
But beyond that, neither Trump nor Rutte elaborated on what offensive weaponry might be sent, although Rutte said the deal included "missiles and ammunition.”[]
And also, afterwards, Pentagon officials said that many details were still being worked out.
Although, notably there, you now have the Financial Times reporting that Trump has privately expressed an interest in helping Ukraine step up deep strikes on Russian territory – even asking Zelenskyy whether he could hit Moscow.
Right, the conversation? It reportedly happened on July 4th – a day after Trump had a call with Putin he described as disappointing – with Trump reportedly asking Zelenskyy
“Volodymyr, can you hit Moscow? . . . Can you hit St Petersburg too?”
To which Zelenskyy reportedly replied: “Absolutely. We can if you give us the weapons.” []
Right, because as of now, the longest-range weapons Ukraine has received from the US have a range of less than 200 miles, which is far from enough to reach Moscow or St Petersburg.
And even with that, there have been restrictions on their use.
Right, he also threatened Russia with “very severe” tariffs if a deal to end the war is not reached within 50 days –
With him further claiming the US would impose 100% secondary tariffs targeting Russia's remaining trade partners if a peace deal with Ukraine was not reached within 50 days.
Although, as with all this, there’s a big question mark regarding how serious he actually is – and whether it would even work.
Right, for one, Trump isn’t exactly known for setting deadlines and sticking to them.
I mean, just in May, he appeared to give Putin a two-week deadline to prove he was serious about ending the war.
And two, tariffs on Russian imports probably wouldn't really have that big of an impact on the Russian economy.
Right, the US only imported about $3 billion in Russian goods in 2024, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Though, notably, most of that consists of exports that have been deemed essential, including fertilizer, iron, steel and uranium for U.S. nuclear reactors.[]
But finally, regarding the secondary tariffs? Those could have a way bigger impact, particularly when it comes to Russia’s energy sector.
Right, India and China have been spending tens of billions of dollars every year on Russian oil and gas.
But if Trump actually was successful in reducing Russian energy exports, it would drive up global oil prices, hitting American consumers at the gas pump and driving general inflation. []
And if he wasn’t, he would’ve just stumbled into another tariff showdown with China – this after he already backed down once from threatened tariffs of more than 125 percent.
Of course, with Russia, it seems to be more personal for Trump – who’s long talked about Putin as a friend.
And when asked about their relationship during the meeting with Rutte, he just seemed so close to figuring out that isn’t the case.
“I speak to him a lot about getting this thing done and I always hang up and say, well, that was a nice phone call, and then missiles launched into Kyiv or some other city. And I said, it's strange. And after that happens three or four times, you say, the talk doesn't mean anything.” (BYTE: 27:21-27:37)
And with that, you’ve actually had a Kremlin spokesperson rescinded saying "The U.S. president's statements are very serious. Some of them are addressed personally to President Putin" – and adding:
"We certainly need time to analyse what was said in Washington. And if and when President Putin deems it necessary, he will definitely comment."[]
And as far as the response in the US? Many on both sides of the aisle remain supportive of Ukraine.
And because Europe is paying for the weapons, Trump has been able to play it off as America First for a lot of his supporters.
But like with the Epstein list, though to a lesser extent, this shift isn’t sitting well with some of the hardcore MAGA folks who see it as going against his campaign promises.
With Marjorie Taylor Greene, for example, criticizing the idea of selling weapons to Ukraine as a betrayal of the promise to to end US involvement in foreign wars, saying:
“This is what we campaigned on. This is what I promised also to my district. This is what everybody voted for. And I believe we have to maintain the course.”[]
And then, outside of that, you had the likes of Steve Bannon going after the move on his podcast, suggesting that Zelensky’s “number one priority” is drawing Trump deeper into the conflict. []
So we’ll have to see how things go from here, how it plays out in terms of politics here in the states, and of course, how this all shapes what’s happening with the war.
But now, Zelenskyy has reportedly received a list of long-range strike systems that potentially could be made available to Ukraine via the type of third-party transfers we talked about before. []
But of course, we don’t know anything for sure right now on that front.
And in the meantime, it’s not just weapons that Trump hopes can end this war.
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Trump’s tariffs have led to a surge of income for the federal government… and in return we get inflation and a higher cost of goods -- that’s according to the Federal government’s own stats.
The Trump administration tried to pitch all this as a massive win for the government, with Peter Navarro -- who is an economist that counsels Trump -- saying on ABC News:
“We’re collecting about $5 billion in tariffs a week and the numbers are going up. We’ve collected $100 billion in tariffs since President Trump took office. Those help us cut our taxes, reduce our debt and they act as a tariff wall to bring home investment.” []
Taking in $100 billion from tariffs is pretty significant and marks the first time the government has done so, which also means it had a $27 billion budget surplus for the month.[]
It also means that tariffs are becoming a significant part of the federal budget.
Reportedly that comes at a real cost, with the federal government’s own Consumer Price Index report showing that inflation rose to 2.7% between June of 2024 and June of 2025.[]
Now, that’s considerably less than the peak inflation we saw during COVID-19, but a dramatic rise since Trump took office.
Another notable thing is that the pace of inflation is rising.
It was expected that prices would go up by about 2.4% across the year, but instead we had 2.7%.
That doesn’t seem like a lot, but it’s like a 13% jump from expectations.
What’s really concerning is that the 2.7 number includes things like food and energy -- which are notoriously volatile. []
Instead “core inflation” is often seen as a better metric for how much prices are actually shifting, and that number is even worse at 2.9%.
Imagining these numbers across the timespan of a year can feel abstract so let’s shrink it down:
Across JUST the month of May prices went up by 0.1% and in June alone that accelerated to 0.3%.[]
Trump’s tariffs are widely blamed for this jump -- although supporters of his administration deny tariffs have an inflationary effect at all.
Right, we’ve seen takes like: [read]
“Tarrifs are taxes... they don't cause inflation. They remove money from circulation. Businesses will either eat the cost increases and take the margin hit, or they will let sales decline. The pie doesn't grow, only the tax burden.” []
And a lot of people seem to think that inflation is only when there is more money in circulation, but that’s not the case.
At its most fundamental level -- according to the International Monetary Fund -- “Inflation measures how much more expensive a set of goods and services has become over a certain period, usually a year.”
That can be for a variety of factors, such as a flood of cash lowering how much a dollar can buy and leading companies to raise prices, or from a huge tax on items… like in the case of a tariff.[]
The New York Times also showed how Trump’s tariffs are directly tied to inflation since the only product category that had significant price increases were goods -- you know, the things affected by tariffs. []
It’s also notable that the reason we didn’t see this before was because Trump’s tariffs just weren’t really enforced yet after months of delays.
This is bad news by itself, but Trump might be particularly annoyed because it likely means a showdown with the Federal Reserve.
Trump has long been trying to get the bank to lower interest rates, arguing that they’ll help the US government pay down deficits.[]
But the Federal Reserve has been reluctant to move on them at all, which is why Trump has been bashing Jerome Powell -- who heads the Fed -- and saying things like this yesterday: [video]
“Jerome Powell has been very bad for our country. We should have the lowest interest rates on earth and we don’t. He just refuses to do it. And yet he’s spending two-and-a-half billion dollars rebuilding the Federal Reserve building.” @0:06
“We have no inflation, we have cash pouring in. It was me and somebody else and I can tell you we don’t need 5,000 people working behind the scenes like Jerome Powell to tell him what to say once a month ‘cause he got it wrong.”
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Not to mention posting on Truth Social a few days ago:
“TARIFFS HAVE HAD ZERO IMPACT ON INFLATION… CUT INTEREST RATES JEROME -- NOW IS THE TIME!” []
It’s interesting that Trump was posting that just days before the Consumer Price Index showed that inflation is unfortunately still a thing.
All of which just gives the Fed even more reason to not lower interest rates.
Right, the short version is that the Fed lowering rates means banks offer lower interest rates for stuff like homes.
In the short term that can be awesome for Americans who can more easily buy homes.
Right, ask any home owner and they’ll tell you that even a 1% rate difference is MASSIVE.
BUT that introduces more liquid cash into circulation, which also fuels inflation and raises prices and we go into an economic death spiral.
Now, Trump doesn’t have to wait too long to get rid of Powell since his term ends in 2026, with the administration already looking for a replacement according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent:
“Well, look, the formal process is already starting and there are a lot of great candidates and we’ll see how rapidly that progresses. It’s president Trump’s decision and it will move at his speed.” @0:18
But at the same time supporters of Trump are calling for him to remove Powell sooner so that Trump doesn't have to wait so long to implement lower interest rates -- which is an entire legal quagmire of its own.
Considering all of this deals with the economy, predicting things can be EXTREMELY difficult, so we’ll just have to wait and see.
Right, there are so many moving parts in just this story.
We have tariffs, inflation, interest rates all being moving variables.
And that’s not to mention home prices flat-lining while Americans are still unable to afford homes being a worrying sign of how the economy is doing.
So one thing is for sure -- when it comes to elections the number 1 thing for Americans has consistently been how the economy is doing.
And if the economy continues to take a big downturn we’ll have to see how Republicans try to scramble out of it in the midterms.
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The Supreme Court just cleared the way for Trump to make massive cuts to the Education Department, functionally dismantling the agency’s inner workings.
Right, this marks yet another MASSIVE win for Trump, who has said he wants to eliminate the department entirely, but acknowledged that he can’t do so without an act of Congress.
With him instead opting to do as much damage as possible without the legislature, testing the limits of his executive power.
Right, back in early March, just about a week after Linda McMahon (McMan) was confirmed as the Secretary of Education, she announced that the agency would be firing 1,300 employees.
And that’s insanely significant — we’re talking about cutting nearly a third of the entire department, which was already the smallest in the federal government with about 4,000 employees before Trump took a machete to it.
But that’s on TOP of the probationary workers the administration also fired, as well as the employees who were given offers to resign.
So, when taken all together, the department’s workforce was actually cut down to about half its size.
Then, about a week after McMan announced the layoffs, Trump signed an executive order directing her to, quote:
“take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return authority over education to the States and local communities while ensuring the effective and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely.”
With Trump also announcing the next day that he was moving key Education Department functions to other federal agencies.
This including the $1.6 trillion federal student loan program, the $18.4 billion Title I program that gives federal funds to low-income public schools, and the $15.5 billion in funding for students with disabilities, among other things.
So, in response, a group of school districts, teachers unions, and more than 20 states sued the administration, asking a federal judge in Massachusetts to block Trump’s executive order and reverse the layoffs.
With the plaintiffs arguing that Trump’s actions were illegal because they prevented the Education Department from carrying out responsibilities that Congress literally mandated under federal law.
And claiming that the administration’s plans would functionally shut down the Education Department, which is unconstitutional because only Congress has the power to get rid of agencies.
And in May, the federal judge overseeing the case ruled in their favor, issuing a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocked the administration from carrying out its plans while the case plays out in the courts.
And ordering the Education Department to reinstate all the fired employees.
With the judge arguing that it was “abundantly” clear that the Trump administration’s “true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department” without Congressional approval.
And saying that he agreed with the plaintiffs that the cuts would cause “irreparable harm” from financial uncertainty, delays, and “loss of essential services for America’s most vulnerable student populations.”
And last month, a federal appeals court upheld that decision.
But not long after that, the Trump administration filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court, asking the justices to pause the federal judge’s ruling while litigation continued.
With lawyers for the Trump administration arguing that the president was just “streamlining” the agency, not eliminating it entirely.
And claiming that the lower court had overreached and infringed on Trump’s executive powers, writing:
“The Constitution vests the Executive Branch, not district courts, with the authority to make judgments about how many employees are needed to carry out an agency's statutory functions.”
But, with that, you had the plaintiffs hitting back by noting that the federal judge had explicitly said that the administration was likely to lose its argument that it hadn’t eliminated the Education Department.
Arguing that Trump officials shouldn’t be able to carry out their plans until the courts definitively determine whether the actions are legal in the first place.
Claiming that it doesn’t make sense for the administration to move forward with its plans while the battle over whether it's even legal plays out.
Because if the courts ultimately determine that the actions had been illegal all along, it would be too late to undo all the damage already caused to the department.
But the majority of the Supreme Court ultimately ruled in favor of the Trump administration.
Temporarily allowing Trump officials to move forward with dismantling the department and firing 1,300 employees while lower courts decide whether or not it’s legal to dismantle the department and fire 1,300 employees.
Right, and as is common with these kinds of emergency applications, the majority did not provide any reasoning for their decision, and no vote count was given.
But we did see Justice Sonia Sotomayor writing a scathing dissent that was joined by the court’s other two liberals.
Writing that Trump had clearly taken “unilateral” action to “eliminate” an agency that was created by Congress and thus can only be abolished by Congress.
Arguing that the majority’s decision is “indefensible” because it effectively gives the president the authority “to repeal statutes by firing all those necessary to carry them out.”
And claiming that this amounts to a dramatic expansion of presidential powers that in turn pose a “grave” threat “to our Constitution’s separation of powers” adding:
“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.”
And it does appear that the ruling has indeed just further empowered Trump, with a White House spokesperson cheering the decision and saying in a statement that the court, quote:
“once again recognized what radical district court judges refuse to accept — President Trump, as head of the executive branch, has absolute constitutional authority to direct and manage its agencies and officers.”
But meanwhile, the Supreme Court ruling also comes as the Education Department is now facing a fresh lawsuit from nearly two dozen states, which have sued the agency for withholding almost $7 billion in funds already allocated by Congress.
And I really can’t emphasize enough how significant this is: the money they are withholding amounts to 14% of ALL federal funding for elementary and secondary education NATIONWIDE
And those funds are essential to pay for a number of key programs.
Like covering free or low-cost after-school programs for kids to attend while their parents are at work.
As well as helping pay for important teacher trainings, English-language learning, and other necessary programs.
Right, and specifically, those funds were supposed to be distributed to states on July 1.
But the day before, the Education Department told state agencies that it was withholding the money to conduct a review to make sure the funding was in line with Trump’s priorities.
With Office of Management and Budget saying that the time it was investigating whether any of the funding had been used to finance a “radical leftwing agenda.”
But, notably, it didn’t indicate how long the review would take or when the funds might be released.
And in their lawsuit, the plaintiffs argue that the Trump administration is violating the Constitution by exceeding the powers of the executive branch and withholding funds that Congress approved.
With them also accusing Trump officials of illegally violating federal laws that govern funding processes, including one that bans the president from just unilaterally deciding they don’t want to spend money appropriated by Congress.
But, beyond that, the suit also alleges that there are very serious practical implications here that could impact millions of students.
Right, advocacy groups estimate that the withheld funds could affect after-school services and other programs for 1.4 million kids nationally.
That’s nearly 20% of all students who participate in these programs — most of whom come from lower-income households.
And in many rural areas, those after-school programs are the only options working parents have for child care.
And the lawsuit says that these vulnerable families will lose access to after-school programs if the money isn’t released soon, noting that, in some states, school starts back again in a few weeks.
Beyond that, the states also claim that the funding freeze has “caused chaos” for school districts and could impact hundreds of thousands of adult learners in high school diploma and English-language programs.
So a lot is at stake in both these cases, and for now, we’ll just have to see how everything plays out.
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This woman spent 12 days lost in the Australian wilderness with no food, no water, and no hope - but I promise there’s a happy ending.
Right, this is Carolina (Caro-lee-nah) Wilga - she’s a 26 year old woman from Germany who recently took a trip to Australia.
And on June 29th, she was spotted at a general store in Perth, the capital of the state of Western Australia. [B Roll 0:20-0:25]
Then she went missing.
After days of radio silence from her, Caro-lee-nah’s family raised the alarm and the search began.
Police and volunteers combed the area and her car was found bogged and abandoned roughly 150 kilometers from where she was last seen.
For 12 days, Caro-lee-nah was missing in the bushland with nights getting down to freezing temperatures and heavy rain rolling through the area. []
Then, by some overdue stroke of luck, a local woman named Tania Henley saw her alongside a road, looking fragile but alive.
With Tania saying,
"Everything in this bush is very prickly. I just can't believe that she survived. She had no shoes on, she'd wrapped her foot up.” []
Caro-lee-nah was ravaged by mosquitoes, dehydrated, starving, and exhausted but her injuries were relatively minor and she was airlifted to the hospital in Perth. []
And after receiving some much needed care and rest, Caro-lee-nah filled in the blanks for police and the public.
Saying in a statement that she lost control of her car and rolled down a slope, hitting her head in the crash. []
Then, in a state of confusion, she left her car to try and find help - heading west with the sun but ultimately, getting lost.
And she wasn’t exactly prepped for a hike across the Australian wilderness - she was forced to drink water from puddles and at one point, she found a cave to take shelter in. []
With Jessica Securo, the acting detective inspector of the Western Australia police, telling the media after speaking with Caro-lee-nah that there was a point when she had convinced herself that she wasn’t going to be found - saying,
“I’m sure she got to a point where she thought no one was coming.” []
But no one was giving up on her so easily - with Securo saying they never gave up hope that Caro-lee-nah would be found safe and well. []
As well as applauding the Western Australia community that stepped up to help make that hope a reality.
Saying,
“We’re incredibly grateful that she’s been found safe, and obviously this is a huge relief for her family and all of her loved ones.” []
And that gratitude was echoed by Caro-lee-nah herself in her statement - saying,
“Previously, I didn’t know where my place was in a culture on the other side of the world to my own, but now, I feel a part of it.”
“Western Australia has taught me what it really means to be part of a true community. Here, humanity, solidarity, and care for one another are what truly matter – and in the end, that’s what counts most.” []
So a happy ending to a situation that very easily could have gone the other way.
And Caro-lee-nah is absolutely our BAMF of the Day - along with everyone who worked to get her back to civilization safe and sound.
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