HEALTH: CDC Warns Residents in Eight U.S. States of Cut-Fruit Salmonella Outbreak.

On Friday, Caito Foods LLC, a unit of SpartanNash Co, recalled fresh-cut watermelon, honeydew melon, cantaloupe and fresh-cut mixed fruit products containing one of those melons produced at a Caito Foods facility in Indianapolis.

The recalled products were distributed to Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio and sold in clear, plastic containers at stores including Costco Wholesale Corp, Kroger Co, Payless, Owen’s, Sprouts, Trader Joe’s, Walgreens, Walmart Inc, and Whole Foods, a unit of Amazon.com Inc.

Check your fridge.

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LIZ SHELD’S MORNING BRIEF: Trump Meets Kim Jong-Un, Larry Kudlow, and Much, Much More.

Tyler O’Neil is filling in for Liz today.

BACKGROUND TO SINGAPORE: The Trump Administration’s maximum pressure effort, March 2017 to March 2018 — with a nod to 1999. (Old column with context.)

YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: 50 Media Mistakes in the Trump Era: The Definitive List, as compiled by Sharyl Attkisson.

PROGRESSIVE GOVERNANCE: Federal Prosecutors Release Scathing Report on NYCHA, Citing Health, Safety Violations on De Blasio’s Watch.

DISPATCHES FROM THE MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION: Louis Farrakhan Goes On Unhinged Rant Against ‘Jewish Power’ And Anal Sex.

(Classical references in headline.)

THE ART OF THE DEAL? Trump Agrees to Stop U.S.-South Korea Military Exercises, Says He Trusts ‘Very Talented’ Kim.

“We’re prepared to start a new history and prepared to write a new chapter between our nations,” Trump said at a press conference in Singapore after daylong meetings with Kim and a joint signing of a declaration between the two that Trump said could lead to Kim being “remembered as the leader who ushered in a glorious new era.”

The two leaders did not discuss the contents of the document at the signing; Trump only called it “comprehensive.” The White House released the document about halfway through Trump’s press conference.

“President Trump committed to provide security guarantees to the DPRK, and Chairman Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” the document states, not elaborating on the security guarantees. It also said the two parties “commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified” and would “commit to establish new U.S.–DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity,” but Trump did not say what those new relations would look like.

Much more to come.

PHOTOS: These Singaporeans Love President Trump.

CHANGE: Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the Trump administration will reject requests for asylum on the basis of domestic violence or gang violence.

(Bumped.)

SO… IN REALITY WE ALL DIED WEEKS AGO? How Net Neutrality Actually Ended Long Before This Week.

I was so busy online I hardly noticed.

WINNING: Donald Trump is wooing black voters and killing the Democratic party.

He doesn’t really have to do much.

He does it by inviting the presidents of some of nation’s historically black colleges to gather in the Oval for a photo op, and watch them do it, because their schools are struggling or dying.

He does it by freeing the Johnsons — freeing the history of Jack and commuting the sentence of Alice.

Anyone who thinks that Trump didn’t gain some black votes by those actions last week doesn’t understand the power of connecting with the disconnected.

In Detroit, and other urban areas – where we can’t get more than 14% to 20% of registered voters to turn out for a municipal election — and where many people still love Kanye West (though he thinks slavery was a choice) or R. Kelly (who is avoiding jail by inexplicable means) — Trump may be resonating.

And now he’s considering pardoning Muhammad Ali, who doesn’t need his support, but that won’t stop Trump from claiming that he saved his reputation.

As I wrote yesterday, this isn’t dumb.

In any election there are five main classes of voters, listed here from the easiest to most difficult to win:

• Your devoted party loyalists.

• Your leaners.

• Undecideds.

• Their leaners.

• Their party loyalists.

Turnout matters greatly — that’s how you get your leaners to act like loyalists. But so do results and salesmanship, which, if successful move the undecideds into your column.

A booming economy and a popular leader can even suppress “enemy” leaner turnout, or even win a few over. This usually results in a blowout, like Reagan in 1984.

The most difficult voters to win are the other side’s loyalists. They’re also the most valuable, since stealing one of those is effectively winning two votes. The vote you won for yourself and the vote you took from the other guy. Sustained efforts at winning over party loyalists results in a landslide, obviously. But doing so may also result in that most elusive gain: Realignment.

If Trump can crack the black vote by 15% or more, then we might just witness a once-in-a-generation political realignment.

While it’s uncertain if it can be done, Trump would be stupid not to try. Black Americans were sorely disappointed by Barack Obama, and millions live in the Rust Belt states Trump is attempting to revitalize. That makes this the perfect moment to try, and whatever other flaws Trump may have, he’s not stupid.

YES. NEXT QUESTION? Did the 1998 impeachment of Bill Clinton set up the domino path leading to the 2016 election?

FIRST THEY TAKE YOUR GUNS, THEN THEY TAKE YOUR SPEECH: UK Police Shut Down Popular Gun Channel on YouTube, Branding it a ‘Forum of Extremism.’

ONLY BECAUSE THE REST OF US ALREADY FIGURED IT OUT: Surprising Voices Now Claim Globalization Was a Mistake.

WORTH PONDERING:  Ten Paradoxes Of Our Age.

TRUMP VS. GERMAN HILLARY, OR HOW THE NARRATIVE IS SHAPED: This link.  And this one.

THE QUESTION IS, WHY ARE YOU SURPRISED?  WHEN PEOPLE WEAR T-SHIRTS AND BUY POSTERS OF CHE AND MAO, WHY WOULD THEIR WORSHIP OF WHOA FAT! SURPRISE YOU?  Cheers And Selfies With Kim Jong-Un Are Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.

IT’S OKAY CHICKEN, BUT THE LEFT SURE DOES SELL IT:  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Eats “Hate Chicken”: The Intolerant “Tolerant” Have a Collective Aneurysm.

MOST TRANSPARENT ADMINISTRATION EVAH!  Obama Records Missing At National Archives.

Oh, also, I’m shocked, shocked, shocked.

ABOUT TIME:  Mainstream Media Picking Up On Intuit’s Shenanigans.

BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT COMPLETELY STUPID?  Despite Anti-Gun Media Push, Some Candidates Still Mum On Gun Control.

ONE OF THESE DAYS WE’LL GET THIS UP IN TIME!  Book Plug Friday! Meet C J Carella.

TEARFUL DENNIS RODMAN BLASTS OBAMA: ‘He Wouldn’t Give Me the Time of Day’ on North Korea.