Elton John Is A Class Act When It Comes To Donald Trump

Billionaire Mark Cuban told Wired he would be interested in purchasing Fox News. Said Cuban: “If I had enough money to do it, which I don’t, I’d buy it in a heartbeat.”

Politico: “After several cycles of ceding ground to Republicans, Democrats believe their top-of-the-ticket energy could power a major comeback in states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa. And it’s not just talk — they’re investing millions in the red-tinted turf.” “As new polling comes in, Democrats are increasingly directing money and manpower toward targets like Michigan’s 10th, Wisconsin’s 3rd and Iowa’s 1st and 3rd.

“President Biden and former President Trump spoke over the phone on Monday after an apparent assassination attempt against the Republican nominee at his Florida golf course,” The Hill reports. Said Trump: “We had a very nice call. It was about Secret Service protection.”

“The toxic political climate and a complex web of threats — punctuated by Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump — is putting an extraordinary strain on the national security officials tasked with safeguarding American democracy,” Politico reports. “Security experts say sharp polarization and increasingly hateful political rhetoric — fanned by foreign adversaries and supercharged by social media — have combined to test the nation’s ability to protect its candidates and institutions.”

A judge ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will remain on the ballot in the swing state of Wisconsin, the AP reports. Said the judge: “The statute is plain on its face. Mr. Kennedy has no one to blame but himself if he didn’t want to be on the ballot.”

“In a newly unearthed video from 2022, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) scoffs at the idea that young women should have access to birth control and, repeatedly waving his hand near his groin, says they just need to ‘get this under control,'” the HuffPost reports. “During a January 2022 appearance at Hilltop Baptist Church in Thomasville, North Carolina, Robinson ― who is now the GOP nominee for governor ― also took aim at programs that provide sexual education and birth control to young women.”