The Schloss-Blog is reading all about the ridiculous number of ways Trump has claimed fraud or inaccurate vote counts, tabulation machines tampered with and outright cheating.
It's a lot.
Plus, we have a take on "aging" super-models: are they aging, or, as the NY Times asks, airbrushed?
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Before we get to Trump, couldn't help but notice Carli Lloyd's critical commentary on the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, which got disappointingly bounced early from the Women's World Cup.
The former international player of the year and Olympic and World Cup champ with the United States National Team was critically insightful on the team after it scored just 4 goals in 4 games and got bounced from the tournament.
Among her criticisms, The Athletic reported, were, "The team was disjointed, was not a unit, and the coaching was not what this team needed." She didn't stop there, but enough said about her feelings, which she expressed on the Fox Sports telecasts.
She took some heat for it on Twitter - uh, X - but never backed down.
So, is her job as a TV analyst for the home-team broadcast to be a cheerleader for the tournament favorites or to call them out for their shortcomings?
You tell me.
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According to the NY Times, Trump has repeatedly mischaracterized the voting and counting process thereof, made false claims about verifications, put out baseless charges about fraud and fallen back on any number of conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
He also tried to illicitly reverse the legitimate election results and overthrow his own government, which was validating it.
Any wonder he's been indicted 4 times now?
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The local authorities were upset that the Marion County (Kansas) Record was going to report something they didn't like.
So they arrived with a warrant and took everything, including at the home of the paper's 98-year-old founder, who subsequently passed away, possibly from the stress.
The authorities wound up returning everything when their misguided effort was publicized and a local prosecutor said it wasn't kosher.
And the entire journalism community came and stood at the shoulder of the paper. And rightly so.
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Ageless? Or Airbrushed?
These gorgeous super-models of '90s fame came together and recreated a vintage Vogue cover for which they all had posed so long ago.
So, the NY Times asks, are they ageless? Or airbrushed?
Check out their picture and you tell me.
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Quick takes:
- Harrison Ford, who, as Indiana Jones, declared that he hates snakes, had one named for him. Kate Winslett, by the way, had that honor bestowed on a beetle.
- In a survey, only 37% of respondents said they have faith in Joe Biden's handling of the economy, which is thriving. Huh?
- Anthony Richardson, a first-round draft pick rookie, will start at quarterback in week one for Indianapolis. Let's see, risky? Ask Andrew Luck. Or Peyton Manning.
- Trump's legal faults prevent him from holding office, let alone run for it, says the Constitution's 14th Amendment and Professors William Baude (U of Chicago) and Michael Stokes Paulsen (University of St. Thomas). Maybe we'll see what the Supreme Court says, huh?
- You've heard about all the water shortages plaguing the American Southwest. So how come, Axios reports, water usage in the greater Phoenix area is down from ... wait for it ... 1957?
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