IT BEGINS: hundreds of Colorado voters withdraw registrations in wake of Trump-ordered probe of fraudulent voting. I wonder why, and I'll bet against it being worries about 'privacy'.

POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES has posted. My favorite is the California state bird:

I don't know where it nests, but it flies over like clockwork every summer....

NEW YORK TIMES’ DAVID BROOKS describes ordeal of lunching with a rube.

It simply doesn't occur to Brooks - or the writer/editor - that the so-called 'rube' might not share their taste in food. I wonder how they'd feel about sharing a burger with me at Sue's in Blue Ridge....

LEFT-WING INDOCTRINATION IN THE SCHOOLS: It’s worse than you think.

EPIC FAIL: The Left attempts a boycott against Melania Trump's dress designer; his response:

[T]he designer took the boycott and created a hashtag called, “#BoycottDG,” adding it to all of his posts on social media. He also ran with the idea and surprised his critics by creating a line of T-shirts with the hashtag on it.

Laughing at them while punching back; I like it.

Washington Post: Polar bears hurt by climate change could develop taste for humans.

Democrats should be safe....