OPEN THREAD: Party like it’s Saturday night.

BLAME-SHIFTING IS WHAT THE LEFT DOES:

IF YOU THINK OF THE PRESS AS A NARRATIVE-ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM, IT ALL MAKES SENSE:

NAILED IT:

Is there anyone — aside maybe from Trump — who looks like he’s having more fun than Musk?

LIVE AID, THE REST OF THE STORY: What Nobody Tells You About the African Famine that Led to the Most-Watched Concert in History.

If the cause of the Ethiopian famine had been a right-wing regime, it would probably be in every school curriculum alongside Live Aid.

The famine that produced the most-watched concert in history was caused by forced collectivization, forced grain seizures, and a deliberate policy of using hunger as a weapon against civilians. Four decades later, that half of the story still does not appear in most accounts of Live Aid.

Read the whole thing.

IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY, OR WHAT? World Cup Freddy Encounters a Big Problem, but America Comes Through Again.

Freddy, the World Cup tourist from Germany, has been having the road trip of a lifetime as he and his crew drive across America.

He’s been to the Johnson Space Center, met astronauts, and got to sit in the commander’s seat of the Orion trainer capsule. He was invited to country singer Ella Langley’s concert and got to meet her after posting about admiring her music as they drove.

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However, then there was a problem. The weather caused Freddy’s flight to be cancelled, and he couldn’t get on a flight until the next evening. Meaning he would miss the game.

Read on for just a sample of the help was Freddy was offered.

Exit quote: “But he said they’d be back in a few days. That’s when we may see if he makes it to the White House.”

I sincerely hope Freddy’s prepared for the East German levels of doxxing he’s going to get from America’s DNC-MSM if that happens.

KEITH ELLISON IS FEELING THE HEAT AND DOESN’T LIKE IT:

The centerpiece of Minnesota’s scandal — the Feeding Our Future catastrophe — predominantly involved Somali-American individuals and organizations. Federal indictments and prosecutions document this. This isn’t a talking point; it’s a court record. Prosecutors allege fraudsters fabricated meal sites, claimed to feed children who didn’t exist, and laundered over $250 million, with money flowing out of the country to Somalia and Kenya. Oh, and Muslims. Let’s not forget the linkage between the fraudsters and Ellison. How much of that fraud money came back to Ellison himself in various forms, including campaign funding, for example, remains an open question.

The congressional investigation keeps returning to one pointed question: the majority of fraud perpetrators came from a community that is both Muslim and a core political constituency for Ellison. He had the authority. He had the information. He had the tools. He did nothing.

As far as I can see, his meltdown in front of a Fox News Digital reporter doesn’t weaken that line of inquiry. It strengthens it. But nothing to see here, citizen. Continue paying your taxes and go about your lives.

Or else: