Senator Warren and Senator Duckworth are fighting alongside the #LittleLobbyists:

Mike Thompson (toon): It's wrong for people to get their jollies by pushing the pres. off a cliff...

New Yorker (Ellis Rosen ) cartoon:

Scalise thrills GOP colleagues with surprise phone call

Source: Politico

Donald Trumps sketch of the Manhattan skyline is going to auction

Source: Washington Post

Given President Trump’s healthy ego, is it surprising that in his mind, Trump Tower dominates the Manhattan skyline?

A rare sketch made by the future president in 2005 for a charity auction is hitting the market again — and let’s just say that even if his approval ratings are at abysmal lows, Trump might still want to stick to his day job instead of pursuing art. The sketch features the outlines of other buildings, all boxy and anonymous-looking, with Trump Tower at the center, its stepped-design facade portrayed with lines. The building is the largest in the image (though in real life, it is the 64th-tallest skyscraper in New York).

And, in a particularly Trumpian flourish, the artist signed the work with a gold marker.

The sketch, owned by an anonymous seller, is set to be auctioned Thursday by Los Angeles-based Nate D. Sanders Auctions, with bidding set to start at $9,000.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/07/24/donald-trumps-sketch-of-the-manhattan-skyline-is-going-to-auction/?utm_term=.f0f0472104dc

Margaret Atwood's "Alias Grace" teaser for Netflix

GOP Rep: Fight To Fix OCare Is Womens Fault, Could Be Solved With A Gun Duel

Source: TPM

A Republican House member thinks the GOP women of the Senate are to blame for Congress’ inability to address Obamacare.

Appearing on a Corpus Christi radio station Friday, Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) not only suggested that it was Republican women’s fault that the party is fractured on how to get rid of Obamacare, but also said if it was “a guy from south Texas” at the center of the disagreement, he might ask them to resolve their issues with a gun fight.

“The fact that the Senate does not have the courage to do some things that every Republican in the Senate promised to do is just absolutely repugnant to me. … Some of the people that are opposed to this, they’re some female senators from the Northeast,” he said, likely referring to Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, who has been vocal about her opposition to each of the Senate’s health plans from the start. She said over the weekend that she’s opposed to the delayed repeal bill.

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Farenthold suggested if it were a man from his state blocking the repeal bill, he might ask him to “step outside and settle this Aaron Burr style,” he said, referencing the famed gun duel between the former vice president and Alexander Hamilton, a former secretary of the Treasury who had longstanding political differences. The gun fight ended in Hamilton’s death.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gop-rep-fight-to-fix-ocare-is-womens-fault-could-be-solved-with-guns

The Detroit Free Press is live-tweeting the events that unfolded in Detroit on July 23, 1967:

http://www.freep.com/pages/interactives/1967-detroit-riot/



This July marks the 50th anniversary of the civil disturbance and unrest that erupted in Detroit.

50 years later, we can now recognize that Detroit in 1967 was a city of deep divisions that permeated every level of public life.

The city's segregation and prejudices led to omissions in coverage and perspectives. The city's African American community was under-represented in news stories and often delegitimized. The absence of blogs and social media accounts meant many voices and frustrations, from the city and suburbs alike, went unheard.

As we planned our coverage, we wondered: What would it have been like to witness the summer of '67 with the tools and technologies of today?

We've collaborated with former Free Press journalist Bill McGraw, who has written extensively on 1967, and the Detroit Historical Society, to build a detailed timeline of the events of the unrest.

See the yellow text on the timeline? Click on that text to find an annotation written by a local Detroit historian or expert using the Genius web platform. Those annotations, along with oral histories collected by the Detroit Historical Society, are there to help you explore new information, memories and perspectives of those four days in July.

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Chester Bennington, Linkin Park Singer, Dead at 41

Source: Rolling Stone



Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington died of an apparent suicide by hanging Thursday morning, according to The Associated Press. Police in Palos Verdes Estates, in Los Angeles County told TMZ that the singer's body had been discovered just before 9 a.m. The singer was 41. A representative confirmed the death to Rolling Stone.

"Shocked and heartbroken, but it's true," Bennington's fellow Linkin Park vocalist Mike Shinoda said on Twitter. "An official statement will come out as soon as we have one."

Bennington's screamed and emotional vocals provided a gritty counterpoint to co-frontman Mike Shinoda's raps on the group's nu-metal hits like "In the End" and "One Step Closer." He sang the poppy melodies on the band's recent hit "Heavy," which featured singer Kiiara and reached Number Two on Billboard's Hot Rock Songs chart and Number 11 on the Top 40. In addition to working with Linkin Park, he also fronted Stone Temple Pilots between 2013 and 2015 and the supergroups Dead by Sunrise and Kings of Chaos.

Linkin Park were a breakout hit when they released their debut, Hybrid Theory, in 2000. Its blend of rap, metal and electronic music propelled it to Number Two on Billboard, and the RIAA has subsequently certified it diamond, signifying sales of more than 10 million copies. With the exception of 2014's The Hunting Party, which debuted at Number Three, each subsequent Linkin Park release would claim the top spot. Over the years, they've proven themselves to be a malleable act, focusing more on electronic music sometimes and harder rock at others, and even teaming with Jay-Z on the platinum-selling Collision Course EP in 2004 and Steve Aoki on the remix release A Light That Never Comes in 2014. Their most recent LP, One More Light, came out this past May.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chester-bennington-linkin-park-singer-dead-at-41-w493387