Events

Lovely day in Chicago today;

Parker would have turned 20 today. Awww.

For reasons known only to my limbic system, I woke up way too early this morning, about 45 minutes before sunrise. I'm actually glad I did, because this was gorgeous:

The OAFPOTUS claims to have agreed a deal with Iran but, of course, neither side will reveal what the deal contains. One thing is known, at least: it's not going to be as good for the US as Obama's 2015 JCPOA, which the OAFPOTUS hated because a black man Obama did it. Other thoughts:

New Republic staff writer and author Monica Potts moved from Arkansas to Upstate New York three years ago. It didn't take her long to learn how a functioning, adequately-funded government is so much better than the alternative: