The story is about Michelle Obama's grace, discipline, and dignity as she endured public attacks and showed America what strength under pressure truly looks like.
Earlier in the month, Phil Mickelson was banned from The Farms Golf Club in San Diego over allegations of inappropriate behavior. According to a female employee, she claims Mickelson acted inappropriately towards her last spring, as he made unconsensual physical contact with her. In the new report, Mickelson allegedly was asked to leave two other golf clubs, according to Alan Shipnuck of Skratch. "In fact, Mickelson's unceremonious ending at The Farms seems to be part of a larger pattern. In recent years, he has had abrupt departures from two other high-end golf clubs, the Madison Club and The Bridges in Rancho Santa Fe. Sources at both clubs say his personal conduct was a primary factor.
After Donald Trump watched fans walk out of the opening rally at his Great American State Fair on the Washington Mall, things have not gotten much better. According to Washington Post reporting, the 16-day National Mall celebration got off to an inauspicious start Thursday, with organizers struggling to open gates on time and workers "scrambling to hide construction debris." Fair goers were able to see a calf named "Melania" " shipped in from West Virginia " with the owner, Piper Stolipher, 15, explaining to the Post, "We were trying to come up with patriotic names for the 250th year, and we came up with Melania, which is President Trump's wife and my teacher thought that they had a similar hair color, so it just fit."
Police have arrested a MAGA supporter dressed as Uncle Sam for allegedly committing a lewd act at the president's Great American State Fair. The embarrassing news was confirmed by police, who said that Gian Rachtelli was charged with "lewd, indecent, or obscene acts." Three separate witnesses told officers they saw the man performing what appeared to be a sexual act while watching female circus performers at the event. The offence took place during a Cirque Mechanics performance. The 54-year-old was later identified as a Donald Trump-supporting livestreamer, also known as "Manny," who happened to be broadcasting live from the event.
Now, in her new book Regime Change, written with Jonathan Swan, she examines how Trump has wielded power in his second term: his relationship with loyalty, his desire to shape history, and the people around him who help drive his decisions.
On this episode of The Fourcast, Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to Maggie Haberman about Trump's ambition to be remembered as one of the most powerful leaders in history, whether he is considering a third term, and what his presidency reveals about his character.
Donald Trump has frequently dismissed Haberman for writing false stories about him, which she rejects.
Is Trump changing the presidency - or trying to make the presidency about himself?
Nearly four million people who signed up for Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare) plans this year have already dropped their coverage after the loss of subsidies resulted in sharply higher costs, for some the premiums were more expensive than their mortgages. Meanwhile, the US has wasted over $113bn fighting an illegal and reckless war against Iran on behalf of Israel, a wealthy and nuclear-armed country that offers world class universal healthcare to all her residents.
Why are Americans paying for another country's excellent universal healthcare system?
The USDA confirmed new cases of screwworm in Texas, bring the total to 25.
Texas Govt Response
Wide open music thread this weekend. What ever floats yer float. Post it and comment on it if you want to.
It's been a busy few days for a formerly obscure Russian blogger and veteran of Moscow's war on Ukraine who calls himself Aleksandr Lunin.
On June 25, he posted a video in Instagram in which he described what he called widespread torture of soldiers in the war zone by their own officers and demanded a live, on-air meeting with President Vladimir Putin and warned that if it did not take place soon, "the army will turn its weapons against the Kremlin."
The US response to the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak has concluded with no cases among American passengers but plenty of questions on the responses from Trump administration officials.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday released a tranche of Health and Human Services (HHS) emails that appear to show HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressuring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over its vaccine messaging.
Members of the House Oversight Committee have discussed issuing subpoenas to people who could testify about secret settlements between some of Jeffrey Epstein's friends and his accusers.
Biblical Proof that Trump Will Save America
Donald Trump's family business is breaking ground on an accelerated project in Vietnam as the country's government seeks an updated trade agreement with the United States.
A mistrial was declared Friday in the federal trial of a 30-year-old former Uber driver accused of setting what would become the destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history. Jonathan Rinderknecht was on trial for destruction of property by means of fire, arson affecting property used in interstate commerce and timber set afire. But on Friday, the 13th day of trial, U.S. District Judge Anne Hwang declared a mistrial after the jurors said they were unable to reach a verdict on any of the felony charges, with a final vote of 10 to 2 for acquittal. "The court finds there's a manifest necessity to declare a mistrial in this case due to a jury deadlock," Hwang said. Read more
Several months before blue strips started floating to the surface of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a company involved in its last renovation more than 15 years ago was approached with an opportunity to do this remodel as well. But the company said no. Read more
