I WISH I COULD SAY THIS IS HARD TO BELIEVE:  The Biden Administration Is at the Center of a Massive Fentanyl Trafficking Scandal.

WHERE DEMS CAN’T CREATE FALSE VOTERS THEY COME UP WITH FAKE CANDIDATES:  This Nebraska Senate Candidate Is Running As an Independent. His Donors Are Anything But.

ONCE YOU HAVE VOTE BY MAIL, YOU DON’T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT HOW VOTERS VIEW YOU ANYMORE:  Fired Teacher Accused of Forcing Students to Kiss Lands New Job at Colorado Elementary School.

IS TRUMP TRYING TO PROVE THE MULLAHS WON’T EVEN ACCEPT A VICTORIOUS DEAL? ARE IRANIANS TRYING TO PROVE THEY CAN THROW AWAY A WIN AS WELL AS TRUMP?  LOL: Iran Demands an Apology After President Trump’s Brutal Warning to Negotiators.

AS IF IT MATTERS – THOSE POLLS ARE FIXED AND DEM VOTERS DON’T MATTER:  Interesting Poll About the Dems From NY Voters…and Not in a Good Way.

WE’RE SO BACK:  A-10 Nose Art: America’s Airborne Folk Art And The Return of the Shark-Toothed Warthog.

SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE:  James Fenimore Cooper, 2 Centuries Ago: “the American press is the pest of society, the bane of decency, the perverter of truth, and the pander of crime”.

I SUGGEST SHE LEAVES TO THE PLACE OF HER PREFERENCE. I’LL HELP HER PACK:  Joy Reid Discovers Her Friend Group Is Not America. 

YAY:  U.S. Nuclear Acceleration Effort Hits Big Milestone with Second Successful Criticality Test.

DOES ANYONE CARE? NO? I THOUGHT SO:  Tucker Carlson Officially Exits the Republican Party; ‘It’s Immoral … I’m Out’.

Quatar overpays him.

BEHOLD MY SHOCKED FACE!  Yes, credit goes to @Axios  Chicago for having the audacity report that Barack Obama’s pals, former Weather Underground terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, attended the invitation-only VIP opening of the Obama Presidential Center last Thursday.

X-cancel.

BUT THEY WANT TO BAN GUNS:  Reducing Murder Rates Without Banning Guns.

THIS IS WHY I KEEP ALL MY PAPER BOOKS, THOUGH I READ A LOT MORE IN PIXELS:  The new Dark Ages.

THEY ALWAYS WIN THE LIMBO CONTEST:  Just when you thought the Democrats couldn’t stoop any lower…”Senator” Jon Ossoff of Georgia goes lower.

WE ALL BLEED THE SAME:  Blue Bloods.

HOW IT WORKS:  On Assassination Culture: “Traitor for Israel”. How one issue hijacks every permission structure at once for political violence.

ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE AUTHORS:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

There’s also a vignette challenge.

WHILE I HOPE HE’S WRONG … THAT’S NOT HOW THE SMART MONEY BETS:  Sen. Lindsey Graham predicts Iran peace talks will fail — and Trump will take Strait of Hormuz ‘by force’.

IN FAIRNESS, THESE ARE QUALITIES LARGELY MISSING FROM THE LABOUR PARTY, NOT JUST ITS PM-IN-WAITING:  Strength, morals, determination, empathy – everything that King Andy lacks.

IS HE OFFERING TO HELP THE GANGS OR THE STATE? BECAUSE THE GANGS ARE MORE LIKELY TO ACCEPT THE OFFER:   More Than 20 Shot in Chicago Over Weekend As Trump Offers Help.

OF COURSE THEY DID:  DHS Says Iranian World Cup Team Tried to Smuggle IRGC Members Into the United States.

IT’S THE ONLY THING SHE CAN SERVE:  Kamala Harris Serves Up A Fresh Summer Word Salad.

“WE GOTTA GO SOMEHOW” BEFITS A PRESIDENT WHO HAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS:  The Reactions to This Trump Podcast Quote Have Been Absolutely Hilarious.

I HAVE TO ASSUME THIS:  Many People Question the White House’s Decision Regarding Iran; Maybe the Secret Is That Trump Has Decided That the Overwhelming Goal Now Is to Win the 2026 Mid-Terms.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR MINDS:  Former Olympic Athlete Among Those Arrested for Reflecting Pool Vandalism.