GOES WITHOUT SAYING DEPT.

Thank heavens no one was injured last night!

Hats off to the Secret Service.

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MAUREEN DOWD – MUST READ

Trump, Iran’s Newest Hostage

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NOAH HAWLEY – FUN READ

What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat

→ I’m not sure I fully agree with this (“For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.”).  But it’s such a great story.

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You know the billboards you’ve been helping to fund?

This one went up in Des Moines last week:

Someone posted it on X, and — as you can see — it’s gotten 650,000 views and 43,000 likes.

LeavingMAGA is becoming “a thing.”

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BONUS

The Short, Ridiculous Trial of a Protestor Arrested in an Inflatable Penis Costume