1. Big political donors are flexing their muscles as pressure mounts over President Biden’s future as the man to represent the Democratic Party in the next election. The heirs to the Disney fortune and other big donors to the party have said they won’t give money to the party until Biden leaves office. They say Biden isn’t going anywhere.
2. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has received a lot of criticism for what has been described as an embarrassing Fourth of July tantrum on social media.
3. A new face took the mustard belt yesterday at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest, when 39-year-old Patrick Bertoletti won. Ate 58 hot dogs In 10 minutes. That’s 18 less than Joe Chestnut’s personal best of 76, by the way. It’s also just one more than Joey ate yesterday at Fort Bliss while competing with four other soldiers. The soldiers totaled 49, Joey ate 57, and he did it in 5 minutes.
4. If Wordle has become mundane and is no longer a challenge, test your geography knowledge with the daily “Geogrid”. It’s harder than you think.
5. In Miami, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to a call at Zoo Miami, but it wasn’t about a human, it was about an elephant. With temperatures rising, zoo staff were wondering how to provide a nice rain shower for the sweaty elephants. That’s where emergency personnel came in, spraying the elephants with water from a hose while watching them play. Not the most exciting call for the Fourth of July, but at least the elephant wasn’t stuck in a tree…
And that’s the trend.
