'Dukes of Hazzard' replica General Lee soars 150 feet into the air over Kentucky fountain in wild stunt

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<p>Ronny ReyesJune 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM</p>

<p>Hundreds watched in awe as stunt driver Raymond Kohn took a replica of the General Lee car from "The Dukes of Hazzard" airborne, soaring 150 feet above the ground over a Kentucky fountain.</p>

<p>Looks like those Duke boys got themselves in a whole heap of trouble again… and nearly took out a cameraman doing it.</p>

<p>Hundreds watched in awe as a stunt driver took a replica of the iconic General Lee car from "The Dukes of Hazzard" airborne, soaring 150 feet above the ground over a Kentucky fountain.</p>

<p>Jaw-dropping video of the Somernites Cruise festival in Somerset captured the moment Raymond Kohn hit the ramp in front of the town's Fountain Square on Saturday evening, mimicking the high-flying adventures of the beloved TV series in a replica 1969 Dodge Charger.</p>

<p>A replica of the General Lee from "The Dukes of Hazzard" races towards the Somerset Fountain Square. Facebook/Northeast Ohio Dukes</p>

<p>The car leaps about 150 feet into the air, splashing through the fountain. Facebook/Northeast Ohio Dukes</p>

<p>The General Lee could be seen splashing through the bright, turquoise fountain as the crowd roared in a sea of cheers and relief when Kohn successfully landed the car.</p>

<p>The replica bounced a few times after hitting the ground, losing one of its doors and back bumper in the impact, which left Kohn barreling toward a row of roadside barricades.</p>

<p>The bumpy landing also the left the car careening toward a cameraman with the stunt crew, who barely got out of the way.</p>

<p>The car landed with incredible force, braking off a bumper and door. Facebook/Northeast Ohio Dukes</p>

<p>Debris from the car skidding along the barricades could be seen pelting the lucky cameraman, with spectators audibly sighing in relief.</p>

<p>"Praise the Lord, everybody's safe," Somernites Cruise Executive Director Keith Floyd announced after the jump, the Commonwealth Journal reported.</p>

<p>"(Kohn) is doing great. I'm just so high (with excitement) right now," Floyd added.</p>

<p>Kohn told the local outlet that despite the rough appearance of the landing, it was "easier" on him, with a wave of relief coming down on the stunt driver after his team spent months preparing the replica car for the jump.</p>

<p>The hump marked driver Raymond Kohn's 30th stunt behind the wheel of a General Lee. Facebook/Northeast Ohio Dukes</p>

<p>"You get one shot at it. This is a very scary situation," Kohn said. "You're putting yourself in a life-and-death situation on purpose, and I just need to focus on one thing, hitting that ramp, and that's it.</p>

<p>The rough landing mirrored the abuse the real-life General Lee took during filming of the popular series, which according to some estimates wrecked as many as 300 of the bright-orange Chargers during the show's run from 1979 to 1985.</p>

<p>The stunt team spent months preparing the replica of the car from the beloved TV show. Getty Images</p>

<p>The Somerset jump marks Kohn's 30th stunt behind the wheel of a replica General Lee, with his personal record seeing him fly 217 feet into the air.</p>

<p>Along with the stunt, festival goers also got to enjoy a meet-and-greet and get autographs from the stars of "The Dukes of Hazzard," including John Schneider, who played Bo Duke.</p>

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Democratic groups target 'non-political spaces' in new campaign ahead of fall elections and 2026 midterms

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<p>Megan LebowitzJuly 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM</p>

<p>The first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last summer. (Win McNamee / Getty Images file)</p>

<p>WASHINGTON — Democratic groups are kicking off a new community organizing effort this summer, taking aim at Republican priorities and widening their scope to include "non-political spaces" like book clubs and sports forums.</p>

<p>The nationwide effort announced Monday comes as Democrats prepare for key battleground elections in the fall and next year and as they search for a viable electoral path forward after losing the presidency, House and Senate in November.</p>

<p>Some constituencies that typically cast ballots for Democrats — including Hispanics and young people — shifted to the right, prompting a reckoning over how the party can adapt its messaging and priorities to win back those groups and expand its base.</p>

<p>Democrats plan to focus part of their efforts on "equipping volunteers to authentically enter conversation in non-political spaces," including in "sports forums, community groups, book clubs, and on social media platforms," according to a news release announcing the push. Democrats will also host voter registration events and provide a "direct pathway" for supporters to share feedback from voters, according to the news release.</p>

<p>The push to harness "non-political spaces" comes amid broader dissatisfaction about American politics and the Democratic Party. Thirty-eight percent of adults feel like "neither party" fights for "people like you," according to an NBC News Stay Tuned poll conducted in April. One month earlier, the Democratic Party reached an all-time low in popularity, with just 27% of registered voters saying they have positive views of the party, according to an NBC News poll.</p>

<p>The summer programming is a joint effort from the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Democratic Governors Association and the Association of State Democratic Committees.</p>

<p>A group of unions — another key constituency — is also launching a similar summer cross-country effort. The AFL-CIO is hitting the road this summer for a two-month bus tour to oppose White House priorities that the union conglomerate believes hurt working people, according to an AFL-CIO official.</p>

<p>Union leaders, including AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, plan to participate in the AFL-CIO's bus tour, which will make stops in more than two dozen cities across the country, including 2024 battleground states that played a major role in President Donald Trump's win. The stops include destinations in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona and Nevada, according to details first shared with NBC News.</p>

<p>The union conglomerate, composed of more than 60 national and international unions representing nearly 15 million people, will focus messaging on the Department of Government Efficiency and the impact of Trump administration priorities on Medicaid and the energy sector, according to the official.</p>

<p>The AFL-CIO backed then-Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024, arguing that Trump and running mate JD Vance had a "devastating anti-worker" agenda.</p>

<p>Unions are a coveted political endorsement, and many of the major unions typically endorse Democrats. But Teamsters declined to endorse a candidate in 2024, releasing an internal survey that found that nearly two-thirds of rank-and-file members preferred backing Trump over Harris. Working-class voters shifted to the right in 2024, helping deliver the presidency to Trump.</p>

<p>The Democratic groups said that one of their key messaging tactics will be criticism of the Republican domestic policy bill that the Senate voted to advance Saturday.</p>

<p>Democrats referenced the legislation in their news release, referring to "Republicans' tax scam that will take health care and food away from millions of Americans while gifting Trump's billionaire backers a massive tax break."</p>

<p>"Our job this summer is to make sure working families know exactly who is responsible for taking food off their table and ripping away their health care," DNC Chair Ken Martin said in the news release.</p>

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<p>July 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM</p>

<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday it sued Los Angeles, California, over policies the city enacted shortly after President Donald Trump's reelection to interfere with the federal government's enforcement of its immigration laws.</p>

<p>"Not only are Los Angeles's 'sanctuary city' policies illegal under federal law, but, as alleged in the complaint, Los Angeles's refusal to cooperate with federal immigration authorities contributed to the recent lawlessness, rioting, looting, and vandalism that was so severe that it required the federal government to deploy the California National Guard and the United States Marines to quell the chaos," the department said in a statement.</p>

<p>(Reporting by Jasper Ward)</p>

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Trump admin will cut hurricane forecasters out of key satellite data in one month

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<p>Andrew Freedman, CNNJune 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM</p>

<p>An SSMI image of Hurricane Ida in August 2021. - (CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin, NOAA/NASA)</p>

<p>The abrupt cutoff of satellite data crucial for hurricane forecasting is delayed by one month, until July 31, according to a message posted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Monday.</p>

<p>The impending data loss from a Department of Defense weather satellite system was announced on June 25 and slated to take place "no later than" Monday, according to an earlier NOAA announcement.</p>

<p>The Defense Department will still maintain the Defense Meteorological Satellite program, but announced last week it would cease sharing the imagery with NOAA and NASA.</p>

<p>The decision, which was initiated by the Defense Department, caused an uproar among meteorologists, public officials and the media in the midst of hurricane season. The fear is that the missing information could degrade the accuracy of hurricane forecasts. The move comes in the wake of steep personnel cuts at the National Weather Service and other parts of NOAA.</p>

<p>The data in question is from a microwave sounder data known as the Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder, or SSMIS. This tool is like a 3D X-ray of tropical storms and hurricanes, revealing where the strongest rain bands and winds are likely to be and how they are shifting.</p>

<p>Such imagery provides forecasters with information about a storm's inner structure and is one of the limited ways they can discern how quickly and significantly a storm's intensity is changing, particularly at night and during periods when hurricane hunter aircraft are not flying in the storm.</p>

<p>According to a former NOAA employee familiar with the matter, the Defense Department's actions caught the nation's weather and oceans agency off guard, along with NASA, whose scientists also use this satellite imagery.</p>

<p>A current NOAA staff member also told CNN the agency, including the National Hurricane Center, was blindsided by the sudden data cut off when it was first announced.</p>

<p>The delay through July, both sources said, is the result of pressure from NOAA and NASA officials. The new NOAA message supports this, stating: "Late on Friday, June 27th, CNMOC received a request from Dr. Germain with NASA to postpone the removal and to continue processing and distributing DMSP data through July 31st."</p>

<p>"An update service advisory will be sent and FNMOC now expects to decommission DMSP processing no later than July 31st," the message states, referring to the Navy's Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center. The satellite status message references Karen M. St. Germain, the division director for NASA's Earth Science Division. This indicates the intervening of a high level official in this matter.</p>

<p>The one month delay does not solve the issue since hurricane season peaks in August and September, and there currently is no plan in place for resuming the flow of this data, even when a new Defense Department weather satellite begins operations in October. Currently, NOAA is planning for that microwave imagery from that satellite will flow to the agency.</p>

<p>According to media reports last week, the Defense Department's rationale for cutting off this data has to do with cybersecurity concerns stemming from the way the data is transmitted between agencies.</p>

<p>NOAA has publicly maintained there are many other sources of data on hurricanes that will allow for accurate forecasts this season.</p>

<p>The Atlantic hurricane season does not end until November 30, and this season is expected to be another unusually active one.</p>

<p>This is a developing story and will be .</p>

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'Alligator Alcatraz' merch pushed by GOP as Florida moves forward with detention facility

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<p>Kathryn Palmer and C. A. Bridges, USA TODAYJune 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM</p>

<p>As officials move forward with plans to open a new migrant detention facility nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida's Everglades, the state's GOP has started selling themed shirts, hats and coolers.</p>

<p>The items are available on the party's online store, which feature the "Alligator Alcatraz" moniker surrounded by claw marks. The t-shirts and beverage coolers also show a stylized mockup of the building, with a large alligator and snake in the foreground.</p>

<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a Friday interview on Fox News that the new detention center will host its first detainees by July 1, roughly a week and a half after State Attorney General James Uthmeier posted the first video about the proposed facility and a week after construction began.</p>

<p>What is 'Alligator Alcatraz'? Migrant detention center approved in Florida.</p>

<p>Trucks enter the Dade-Collier Transition and Training Airport across from the Tamiami Trail as demonstrators hold signs to protest the construction of an immigrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," in the Everglades near Ochopee, Florida, on June 28, 2025.</p>

<p>"The perimeter's already set by mother nature," Uthmeier said about the site in an interview posted on X. "A lot of people thought maybe it was just a joke, but we're serious."</p>

<p>The Florida GOP's items echo similar political merchandise popularized by the Republican party in recent years, like the Trump campaign's embrace of t-shirts using his 2023 mug shot. More recently, Trump supporters seized on the moment NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said "daddy has to sometimes use strong language," with the release of a video of Trump set to "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)" by Usher and "daddy" t-shirts from The Trump War Room, run by Trump's campaign operation.</p>

<p>What is 'Alligator Alcatraz'?</p>

<p>Portable fencing supplies are being delivered into the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area Thursday, June 26, 2025. The airport location is being converted into a controversial migrant detention center currently being referred to as "Alligator Alcatraz."</p>

<p>The federal government on June 23 approved a proposal to open a 5,000-bed detention facility on 39-square miles of land in the Everglades, according to Uthmeier, which includes converting existing structures from the Miami-Dade Collier Training and Transition Airport. The Florida facility, estimated to cost $450 million annually, could eventually house up to 5,000 people, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.</p>

<p>The facility, close to the Everglades National Park, has drawn backlash from locals and environmental groups. Two groups, Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity, have filed a lawsuit against the Florida Division of Emergency Management, the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop what they said is the "unlawful construction of a prison in the heart of the Everglades."</p>

<p>Sierra Club Florida also is opposed to the development, which it said is "irresponsible."</p>

<p>"This 30 square-mile-area is completely surrounded by the Everglades," Uthmeier said in a video proposing the site. "It presents an efficient, low-cost opportunity to build a temporary detention facility because you don't need to invest that much in the perimeter. People get out, there's not much waiting for 'em other than alligators and pythons−nowhere to go, nowhere to hide."</p>

<p>Within days, trucks were seen bringing in materials, the Department of Homeland Security gave its approval and said FEMA money would be used to help fund it, and the governor's office announced the state would use emergency powers to take control of the land away from Miami-Dade County.</p>

<p>Alligator Alcatraz: the one-stop shop to carry out President Trump's mass deportation agenda. pic.twitter.com/96um2IXE7U</p>

<p>— Attorney General James Uthmeier (@AGJamesUthmeier) June 19, 2025</p>

<p>The governor told "Fox and Friends" co-host Steve Doocy is set to hold more than 3,000 undocumented immigrants. "We've got a massive runway right behind us where any of the federal assets, if they wanna fly these people back to their own country, they can do it one-stop-shop."</p>

<p>The move comes as both DeSantis and the Trump administration ramp up efforts to seize and deport undocumented immigrants in Florida and across the country, and several weeks after the president ordered federal agencies to reopen the original infamous Alcatraz, long a San Francisco tourist attraction, to "house America's most ruthless and violent offenders."</p>

<p>Where is 'Alligator Alcatraz'?</p>

<p>The "Alligator Alcatraz" facility is in Ochopee, Florida, just north of Everglades National Park and about 36 miles west of the Miami business district, CNN reported.</p>

<p>According to the Miami International Airport, the Dade-Collier Airport is used as a training facility for "commercial pilots, private training, and a small number of military touch-and-goes."</p>

<p>It's also around the ancestral homelands of the Miccosukee and Seminole Tribe of Florida. Tribal members have denounced the development of detainment camps on indigenous land.</p>

<p>The facility was constructed in 1968 and originally known as the Everglades Jetport, according to the National Park Service, before an environmental study and activist protests killed the plan.</p>

<p>In 1974, President Gerald Ford established Big Cypress National Preserve in the area, the nation's first national preserve. The Alligator Alcatraz site is about six miles from Big Cypress National Preserve.</p>

<p>Contributing: Melina Khan, USA TODAY, Antonio Fin, USA TODAY Network; Reuters.</p>

<p>Kathryn Palmer is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at [email protected] and on X @KathrynPlmr.</p>

<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 'Alligator Alcatraz' merch listed as Florida preps detention facility</p>

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