BEN RHODES: "If you were part of the Obama Administration while it normalized Cuba and dropped off pallets of cash in Iran, maybe you should just sit out commenting on the meeting in Singapore between President Trump and Kim Jong-Un."

HERE'S HOW THE MARS ROVER GOT THERE:



I worked for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory many years ago. I'm almost sorry I left.

IT'S TOUGH WHEN YOUR TAX BASE GETS UP AND LEAVES: Seattle poised to repeal tax on big businesses after protests from Starbucks and Amazon.

Especially when they're progressive big businesses....

I'D LIKE TO BELIEVE THIS ABOUT JEFF SESSIONS: Why they let the FBI "get away" with ignoring subpoenas.

LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION and ends at Planned Parenthood.

Sign of the times....

DEMOCRATS' PRIORITY LIST as seen by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio. I particularly like Doug Powers' summary:

... send an illegal alien to ask de Blasio for sanctuary in his city while holding a
Chick-fil-A sandwich in a styrofoam container.

A perfect summary of the Democrat party nationwide.

CALIFORNIA desperately needs an electoral college.

Rather than an electoral college, I think it'd be easier for the Israelis absorb the Palestine territories and Gaza (since they know how to do it) and reserve the two-state solution for California.

GEORGE SOROS COMPLAINS: ‘Everything that could go wrong, has gone wrong’.

Not for normal Americans....

DON SURBER on why the Obama administration anti-Trump plan failed: "The smooth talk aside, he [Obama] does not seem to be very intelligent."

I CAN UNDERSTAND why NYT's Charles Blow is a single parent.

NASA ANNOUNCES A MAJOR FIND BY THE CURIOSITY ROVER: organic molecules on Mars. Not evidence of life, but evidence of possible precursors.

KURT SCHLICTER: A huge win in the culture war.

MY FAVORITE from PowerLine's Week in Pictures this morning:

Finally CNN does something positive.

Now go and see the rest.

IT'S TIME for a U.S. carrier strike group to transit the Taiwan strait.

ANOTHER MIDDLE FINGER TO 'CONSUMER ADVOCATE' ELIZABETH WARREN: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Chief Mick Mulvaney 'shakes up' (meaning essentially fires) current Consumer Advisory Board.

I wonder: Will the Left ever learn that many - if not most - consumers don't want 'advocates' helping them?

CNN'S MELANIA TRUTHER BRIAN STELTER defends vicious fake news; gets hammered on Twitter.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy....

IRONY ALERT: 'Evil' big banks stopped Obama administration's shady Iran deal.

WILL HIS NETFLIX TELEVISION DEAL RUIN OBAMA? Not likely: "Television won’t ruin Obama because cronyism already has."

NO, HE'S JUST A BIGOT: Is Mayor de Blasio an anti-Asian bigot?

BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING LESS VIDEO TIME TO POSTURE: Mainstream media melts down after Trump calls on the Daily Caller.