Now that I have had two tick bites this summer, I am starting to take it personally. Here we are on another 10-day cycle of doxycycline. Super fun.😬

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In Los Angeles today along Hollywood Blvd, we see Chewbacca in 106 degree weather. Heroes don't always wear capes, but they sometimes wear fur.

Scenes from Spring Lake Regional Park and Howarth Park this afternoon #SantaRosa

It is just now hitting me that for the first time ever in his life, Dick Cheney is voting for a Democratic candidate for president and it's a woman of Black and South Asian heritage. 🔥 🔥 🔥

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Liz Cheney on Trump and Vance:

“They’re misogynistic pigs."

Senator John McCain called it in March of 2017.

Rand Paul "The Senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin."

Rand Paul not only had his campaign manager go to prison for taking Russian money but now one of his advisors is indicted as a Russian spy.

One of my fav Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77 tunes The Real Thing which I played endlessly in high school. Rest in peace, Sergio.

https://youtu.be/CCyvdH2oQVw

Mom, do I sound like a president?

Not good news: The GA Atty Gen ruled that Gov Kemp is not required to investigate the GA election board who pushed new rule changes. This allows Kemp to sidestep requests from Democrats to remove the three Republicans from the board. https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/06/politics/georgia-election-rules-brian-kemp/index.html

All the signs were there.

Keeping track of Trump's criminal cases (gift article) provides a summary and timeline of where all four cases stand https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/trump-investigations-charges-indictments.html

I don’t like it but I think Judge Marchan did the best he could. Trump can’t say the sentencing was election interference. So we beat him on election day and sit back for our thanksgiving gift of sentencing on Nov.26.

Since last fall, the IRS collected $1.3 billion from High-wealth tax dodgers. https://apnews.com/article/irs-treasury-tax-wealth-ira-2932f286c89b19b9ccecaaca2f4f2c2b?

Eighty-eight corporate leaders signed a letter Friday endorsing Kamala Harris for president, including the CEOs of Costco, Ford, American Express, Merck, PayPal, Autodesk, Lyft, Yahoo, Docusign, Yelp, DuPont, Sony, Pepsi, Zillow, Twilio, and LinkedIn. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/06/harris-endorsed-trump-murdoch-yelp-snap-ripple.html