WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FELLOW DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVES WHO POSSESS BYLINES: Although Trump Cut Taxes For Most Americans, Democrats Convinced The Public That They Paid More Taxes.

OPEN THREAD: Monday’s thread is fair of face.

SHH! DON’T TELL THEM! “Democrats Are Falling Into the Ilhan Omar Trap/By rushing to stand with the controversial congresswoman, the 2020 contenders are allowing Trump to transform her into the face of their party.”

GOOD: Billionaire plans second mission to the moon for Israel.

FROM GEORGE SCOVILLE: Purged by Press Release: First Responders, Free Speech, and Public Employment Retaliation in the Digital Age.

NOBODY CARES BECAUSE IT’S JUST DEMOCRATIC PARTY CLIENTS SHOOTING OTHER DEMOCRATIC PARTY CLIENTS IN A DEMOCRAT-RUN CITY: Gun violence in Philly: ‘An everyday mass shooting,’ Temple study finds.

Philadelphia’s last Republican mayor was in 1952.

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WE’RE ATTEMPTING A SERVER MIGRATION TONIGHT, SO THERE MAY BE A FEW HICCUPS. Don’t be alarmed.

ANALYSIS: TRUE.

NO. VEGETARIANISM IS AN UNNATURAL CULT. Should all public schools have ‘Meatless Monday’? On the other hand, if your goal is to shrink the influence of public education, and it should be, this is a great move.

ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. NEXT QUESTION?  Disgraced New Yorker Fact-Checker: ‘When Did The Memory Of 9/11 Become Sacred?’

HEH: Man Still Clinging To Outdated Belief In Good, All-Powerful, Generous, Loving Government.

WE WERE PROMISED FLYING CARS: The Hangover Cure Industry Is Hooking Up Billionaires, Musicians, and Athletes for a Brighter Today.

MORE ON THE NOTRE DAME FIRE from Popular Mechanics.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Will you be able to use your credit card when buying legal weed in N.J.?

NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT:

Yes, it can be rebuilt. But it won’t be the same cathedral that stood for so many centuries.

UPDATE: Here’s a thread on how a fire like this is almost impossible to stop once it really gets going.

SANDERS JUMPS AHEAD OF BIDEN IN 2020 POLL.

Flashback: Shouldn’t the story on the Dem woman nuking Joe Biden for ‘smelling my hair’ mention her work with Bernie Sanders?

FORMER CNN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL: High Profile Attorney Michael Avenatti Allegedly Funded His Racing Team with Embezzled Money.

TIMELINE: HOW A SCHOOL GOES GREEN: Not in the ecological sense, but in terms of eliminating unconstitutional speech codes and getting a green light from FIRE. At N.C. State, it took 10 years – but it got there.

NOTRE DAME: “Nothing will remain from the fire,” spokesman says.

THE 21ST CENTURY ISN’T TURNING OUT AS I’D HOPED: Syphilis Is Spreading Across Rural America.

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THE CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, AMERICAN STYLE, CONTINUES UNABATED:  Students demand that Camille Paglia be fired and replaced by a “queer person of color.”

THIS SHOULD, BUT WON’T, SHUT A LOT OF PEOPLE UP: Redacted Mueller Report to Drop on Thursday.