July 8, 2026
"It is him who is wanting to hold on. He is having to come to terms that his dream is dead. The show is over, this is done."
"President Trump abruptly announced Wednesday that he would not fly out of Turkey aboard his luxurious new Air Force One..."
From "Trump ditches new Air Force One in Turkey, stoking Iran threat intrigue: 'I’m number one on the kill list'" (NY Post).
"A pilot jumped out of the door of a moving plane to his death, leaving the student he was teaching to fly to land the aircraft by herself. "
Maxxing out.
"After an uncredited part as a masseuse in the Peter Sellers comedy 'What’s New Pussycat?' (1965), written by Mr. Allen, and a voice-over in 'What’s Up, Tiger Lily?' (1966), Mr. Allen’s directorial debut..."
McDreamy.
Platner was presented by the Democrats as fulfilling the people's supposed longing for masculinity, so, yeah, replace him with Patrick Dempsey. That makes sense.
"Firefighters used ropes to rescue her and the couple’s two children, a 7-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy, from the mangled Tesla."
From "Charges Against Man Who Drove Family Off Cliff Are Dropped After Treatment/Three counts of attempted murder against Dharmesh A. Patel were dismissed after he completed a court-ordered mental health program, prosecutors said" (NYT).
"Rape claim against Democrat has party asking: Why did we ignore 'red flags'?"
That's the headline at the London Times, a question that assumes a proposition I don't accept as true. Democrats didn't ignore red flags. They saw them and went forward anyway.
The question should be why did they do that, and we know why. It's not hard to figure out. I don't for one minute believe that Democrats are deeply contemplating why they backed Platner despite what they knew. They wanted to win the Senate seat, and they imagined he was their best hope. Now, they are trying to act as though they were blindsided by this rape accusation, and it suddenly disqualifies Platner in a new way.
By the way, what's Platner's motivation to withdraw? He won the primary. It's his nomination. What's good is there for him in withdrawing? If he hangs on for a few more days, past the July 13th deadline for replacing him as the candidate, won't the heat die down? He will have weathered the storm, and he can present himself as a rebellious survivor.
Yes, he may lose, and that loss may be the one Senate seat that denies Democrats the majority they covet, but so what? I mean: "So what?" from his point of view. Should he shrink back into oyster-ridden obscurity because of a rape he says he did not commit? Because of a tattoo everyone knew about when he won the primary?
"I don't want to deal with them anymore, they are scum."
BREAKING: President Trump says the ceasefire with Iran is "over."
— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) July 8, 2026
"I don't want to deal with them anymore, they are scum," Trump says. pic.twitter.com/laHQdRKZUV
A Little League home run... for the Mets.
I promise no amount of explaining will prepare you for how bad this play is pic.twitter.com/45XcHCMvyL
— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) July 8, 2026
July 7, 2026
Sunrise.
"Midtown residents, workers and tourists ran for their lives from homes and offices near a buckling building Tuesday..."
From "Massive ‘frozen zone’ around buckling Midtown NYC building leaves hundreds out on street — with no idea when they can return" (NY Post).
"The Vances’ henhouse is elevated — about two feet off the ground — and situated inside a shed that is protected from the elements...."
"While I’m assigning blame, I shouldn’t leave out myself. Last October, when stories about Platner’s tattoo and Reddit posts first broke..."
Writes Michelle Goldberg, in "Lessons From the Graham Platner Disaster" (NYT).
Here's Goldberg, back in October, explaining that Nazi tattoo:






