News Headline  “Is Trump a racist?
News Headline: “Does Trump know what it means to be an American?”
News Headline: “Has the GOP lost all self-respect?”
Yes, not really, getting there.
See how easy?

On this day in history 50 years ago, American astronauts achieved lunar orbit before becoming the first men to land on the moon, in another example of needless government interference in an undertaking that, left properly to free enterprise, would be well on its way to completion any year now.

News Headline: “Trump disavows ‘Send Her Back’ chant.”
It happens.
Mistakes are made.
No one said test-marketing fascism was easy.

News Headline: “Trump’s ‘Go Home’ invective echoes Nazi incitement against the Jews.”
No. Not quite.
Forgot the Ku Klux Klan.

Jim Tolson, a Palm Springs, Calif., reader, wants you to know:
Shortly before noon Tuesday, July 16, at Dean Road and Colonial Drive in Orlando, Fla.

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Today’s Birthdays: William Makepeace Thackeray, 208; Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, 83.

News Headline: “Eric Trump: ’95 percent of this country’ is behind Trump’s message.” 
Did he just say 95 percent of Americans are dim and dishonest?
If he hates our country, he can leave.

News Headline:  “Alcohol, coffee could be key to living longer, study finds.”
Keep up the good work, researchers!

News Headline: “Supporters believe Trump doing God’s will on Earth.”
News Headline: “Republican lawmaker declares that rape is the ‘will of God.’ ” 
As a new theology continues to take shape.

News Headline: “Trump rolls back Wall Street regulations.”
News Headline: “Trump rolls back transportation safety rules.”
News Headline: “Trump to roll back more clean air and water rules.”
News Headline: “Trump plan rolls back child labor laws.”
All happening while we gaze at tweets.