# Breaking News: Trump Rents the Strait He Claims to Own in a Deal He Wasn't Even a Party To

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Podcast: [FiveStack with Dean Blundell & Zev Shalev](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fivestack-with-dean-blundell-zev-shalev-7267639)
Published: 2026-08-06T20:11:36+00:00
Episode link: https://www.narativ.org/p/fivestack-trump-rents-the-strait
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## Resource

5️⃣ Someone Is Paying Toronto Teens to Shoot at America Toronto police arrested a 19-year-old and a boy of 15 for the July 27 shooting attack on the US Consulate — Chief Myron Demkiw said someone offered them payment over encrypted apps to pull the trigger. Dean Blundell has owned the story since dawn: two seized guns trace to 27 shootings across the GTA, Jewish institutions among the targets, and US prosecutors allege a Kata'ib Hezbollah commander bragged, "in Canada, we have our guys." Dean's read: two explanations survive — an Iranian proxy network hiring Canadian kids by app, or a false flag built to look like one. 4️⃣ Carr Hands Local TV to Nexstar and Sinclair Brendan Carr overrode Congress. His FCC voted 2–1 to scrap the 39 percent cap — Congress's 2004 law against one company reaching more than 39 percent of American homes — and replaced it with case-by-case review his own commission controls. Zev produced local TV for years: the 6 PM local newscast, not the networks, is where America gets its news, and Sinclair and Nexstar now get to buy the dial. Anna Gomez dissented: "unlawful on its face." 3️⃣ Senators See Potential Bribery in Trump's Korean $2 Million Korea's Base Group paid Donald Trump's business $2 million while its affiliate fought his Commerce Department over aluminum tariffs — Trump logged the money in his own June disclosure as a "nonrefundable development fee." Elizabeth Warren's Senate Democrats demanded answers Thursday: the payment "raises significant concerns about pay-to-play politics and the potential for bribery." Dean's Canadian precedent: Brian Mulroney took $300,000 and his majority party lost nearly every seat. 2️⃣ Paul Refers Pardoned Fauci to Trump's DOJ Rand Paul's committee voted 8–7 to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt and referred a p…

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