Morning Wire - Social Media Injunction & Commercial Tanker Defense | Afternoon Update | 7.5.23

Episode Date: July 5, 2023

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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Wednesday, July 5th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. On Tuesday, Independence Day, a federal judge issued an injunction that bans numerous top Biden administration officials and agencies from communicating and meeting with social media companies. Daily Wire senior editor, Joel Needler, has more. The injunction came in response to a lawsuit brought by two Republican attorneys general. According to Judge Terry Dordy, it produced evidence of a massive effort by defendants from the White House to federal agencies to suppress speech based on its content. The lawsuit, filed by Missouri and Louisiana, accused the Biden administration of pushing social media companies to censor content related to the coronavirus pandemic. The judge, a Trump nominee, did allow for some exceptions for Biden officials to have contact with social media companies, including informing them of posts involving criminal activity or criminal conspiracies, national security threats,

and crimes related to U.S. elections. A gunman shot and killed five people in the concessing neighborhood of Philadelphia on Monday night. Witnesses say the gunman appeared to be shooting at random with a rifle and was wearing a bulletproof vest. Authorities later identified the shooter as a male who posted photos of himself dressed in women's attire on multiple occasions and had a history of threatening social media posts. The shooter's motive has not been established, but Facebook Posts indicate that the shooter was fixated on guns as well as historic crimes against black people in America. The incident started around 8.30 p.m. Monday night, and the officers who stopped it were praised by Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw.

We have absolutely no idea why this happened. Like I said, we have this person in custody. We're doing what we can to positively identify this person. I can't tell you at this point if we've had previous contact with this individual or not, but I thank God our officers were here on scene, they responded as quickly as they did. I can't even describe the level of bravery and courage that was shown in addition to the restraint that was also shown here. We unfortunately have six victims here, but it could have been more had it not been for the officers. The unknown powdery substance that forced a brief evacuation of the White House Sunday night has been confirmed by authorities to be cocaine. Officials said the white powdery substance

was found in the White House West Wing. The New York Post reports that first son, Hunter Biden, who has acknowledged a prior addiction to crack cocaine was on the White House grounds Friday before heading off to Camp David with his father for the holiday weekend. We'll have the latest on that story tomorrow morning. Police in Laverne, California are still searching for suspects after a gang of thieves brazenly rammed their vehicle into a local jewelry storefront and made off with more than a quarter million dollars worth of valuables. Four men were seen hopping out of the vehicle, smashing open display cases with hammers and driving off. The The theft happened in broad daylight on Saturday at noon. Laverne Police Department Lieutenant

Corey Leeper said it appeared to be organized crime. It tells me that they're most likely experienced out of this. They have some direction from somebody, and we believe it's some type of organized theft ring or some kind. Meanwhile, nearby locals and business owners are reacting to the incident. It's just so blatant now, they just, in the middle of the day, can do this. It makes me feel scared. Yeah, my wife comes down there, all this, she could have been in the store. You know, you work hard to be honest and give your customers good customer service. And then some stupid person that's not doing nothing, they come and destroy your whole business.

The violent riots that have rocked France over the last week have cost businesses over $1 billion, according to a new report. Here with more is Daily Wire researcher Trevor Mock. Medef, a French business association, came up with the estimate after the country faced widespread flooding and arson following the police shooting of a 17-year-old boy of Algerian descent during an attempted traffic stop. Police have arrested thousands in an attempt to quell the violence as more than 200 businesses have been looted as well as 250 tobacco stores and 300 banks destroyed. The Barbie movie has been banned in Vietnam due to its feature of a map of the South China Sea, which shows China's 9-Dash line and Beijing's maritime border extending into areas claimed by other

governments and encompassing most of the South China Sea. The issue is sensitive in the region as the Chinese Communist Party has repeatedly butted heads with countries like Vietnam over border disputes. And the U.S. Navy said today that it blocked Iran from seizing two commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman. The Navy said the first attempted seizure took place around 1 a.m. in the morning and involved an oil tanker with Marshall Islands flags. A U.S.-guided missile destroyer arrived on the scene and stop the action. The second attack was more aggressive with the Iranian Navy firing on a crude carrier managed by Chevron. The company says all of the ship's crew are safe. Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And for more in-depth

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