BITTER COOKIES:  Girl Scouts To Meet With Ohio Senators To Push For Gun Control.

THE NEWEST DISPATCH OF THE CULTURE WARS. IT’S NOT JUST SF, THEY’RE COMING FOR EVERYONE:  Cultural Bifurcation.  (Long but good.)

GET READY FOR THE FUTURE, IT IS MURDER:  Thought criminals.

YOU KNOW, THIS SHOCKED FACE IS GETTING WORN OUT:  Judiciary Committee Transcripts on Trump Tower Meeting Confirm It Was a Big Nothingburger.

THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  Broward County’s Promise Program Was A Failure From The Start.

HINT: “IDENTITY STUDIES” AIN’T WHERE THE DOUGH IS:  Picking the right college major could be worth $1.7M.

TRYING TO PICK UP WHERE “FAST AND FURIOUS” FAILED:   Trial Of H&K Officials Over Illegal Gun Shipments To Mexico Begins.

THE ANSWER STARTS WITH “NY PARENTS” AND ENDS WITH “HIPSTER TREND” – BUT IF YOU’RE CONSIDERING “REGGIO EMILIA” READ THIS:  Why NYC parents are obsessed with this hipster preschool trend.

TEACH WOMEN TO NOT DON CLOWN MAKE-UP AND STAB MEN:  Teen swears off kinky sex after ex-girlfriend in clown makeup stabs him.

NEVER MIND.  I’D BET THEY WANT US TO HOLD THEIR BEERS WHILE THEY GET EVEN MORE EMBARRASSING:  Trump-Hating MSM Hacks Just Wrapped Up Their Most Embarrassing Week Yet.

LET’S FACE IT: NOBODY LIKES HAVING A DIRTY AURA BUT MOST OF US JUST USE THOSE AURA-CLEAN DRYER SHEETS:   Where rich New Yorkers go to get their auras cleansed.

THE BOBBIES LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS CORRECT 2% OF THE TIME:  UK’s facial-recognition tech is ‘wrong 98 percent of the time.’

KIMBERLEY STRASSEL: So a few important points on that new NYT “Hurricane Crossfire” piece. A story that, BTW, all of us following this knew had to be coming. This is DOJ/FBI leakers’ attempt to get in front of the facts Nunes is forcing out, to make it not sound so bad. Don’t buy it. It’s bad.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: The Ultimate Order At The World’s Oldest Deli (Video).

(Via Maggie’s Farm.)

THE SECRET OF MY ANNUAL “DIVE TRIPS” TO CAYMAN IS OUT! University of Tennessee invests in Cayman Islands funds, lobbied for secrecy law.

OPEN THREAD: Perhaps there are things you’d like to discuss.

RICHARD FERNANDEZ: The Global City. “1MDB illustrates just how vulnerable American politics has become to ‘globalization’ with its attendant tangle of foundations, celebrities, bankers, lobbyists and fixers. The Iranian nuclear deal cannot be understood except in connection with the huge business transactions with which it is associated. “

BROKE YOUR RIGHT ARM? Exercise your left.

ACTUALLY, IT’S BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE: The Rise of Black Anti-Semitism. “It’s hard to imagine that left-wing activists or Democratic politicians would keep their careers after associating with a figure who spouts hatred against any other minority group the way Farrakhan does with Jews. Having attained a certain level of political power or social capital, however, Mallory, Jarret, Obama, and the CBC have apparently insulated themselves from criticism on this point, at least among their fellow progressives and much of the elite media.”

SCOTT JOHNSON: And now, the Trump Tower transcripts.

MAYBE IT’S A BAD IDEA TO NAME A CAMPER AFTER A STATE ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN FECES AND DISCARDED SYRINGES? Test Drive: 2018 Volkswagen California.

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HE’D HAVE MY VOTE (IF I LIVED IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON):  Paris train hero runs for Douglas County commissioner.  Electing heroes to office doesn’t always work out well, but … well … I can’t help but have a good feeling here.  Go Alek Skarlatos!