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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Paul Anka, born 85 years ago today (July 30) in Ottawa, Canada. He has been a performer since age 12, and he was only 15 when he recorded his chart-topping rendition of "Diana", which was the first of his 33 Top 40 hits between 1957 and 1983 ...

Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson now appears poised to become the Democratic Party’s standard-bearer against Republican Sen. Susan Collins this November, stepping into the vacuum left by disgraced former nominee Graham Platner. According to RedState, Jackson surged ahead after a...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bobbie Gentry, born Roberta Streeter in Chickasaw County, Miss., 84 years ago today (July 27). The singer-songwriter had four Billboard Top 40 singles and a number of C&W hits, but she is obviously best-known for her huge hit "Ode To Billie Joe" in 1967 ....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Maureen McGovern, born 77 years ago today (July 27) in Youngstown, Ohio. She sang the theme song for the TV show "Angie" and she has starred on Broadway. As a singer, her biggest hit was "The Morning After" from the 1972 film "The Poseidon Adventure" ....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Mick Jagger, born 83 years ago today (July 26) in Dartford, Kent, England. He fronted The Rolling Stones, and the group charted 41 Billboard Top 40 hits in the U.S., including eight No. 1 songs, and "Satisfaction" in 1965 was the first of them ...

Dear Greg T: The libs will, indeed, lose their minds, but that brings up the question ... What minds? Obiously, Trump didn't announce a presidential run for 2028. Reporting jokes as official announcements isn’t journalism, it’s clickbait. Then again, it falls right in line with the fake-news...

A joke, right? After all, that's what the White House Correspondents Association dinner is all about. President Donald Trump, appearing at the rescheduled festivities, announced plans for a fourth run for the White House...

... but unfortunately, so are many, many others!

A paralyzed man in China has become the first person in the world to receive a commercially approved brain chip, underscoring both the speed of Beijing’s techno-ambitions and the ethical questions surrounding state-driven experimentation on vulnerable patients...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Cat Stevens (now known as Yusaf Islam), born Steven Georgiou in London 78 years ago (July 21). He had 11 Top 40 singles in the U.S. in the 1970s, but he had a minor Billboard hit with "Matthew And Son" (which reached No. 115 on Billboard and No. 2 in England in 1966) ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Kim Carnes, born in Los Angeles 81 years ago today (July 20). The singer-pianist-songwriter was a member of the New Christy Minstrels, and she is most known for her solo rendition of "Bette Davis Eyes" (a Billboard chart-topper for 9 weeks in 1981) ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Carlos Santana, born in Autlan, Mexico, 79 years ago today (July 20). The vocalist-guitarist formed the group Santana in San Francisco in 1966, and here, the band performs its biggest hit single ("Black Magic Woman") from late 1970 ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Vikki Carr, born Florence Martinez Cordona in El Paso, Texas, 85 years ago (July 19). The original rendition of "He's A Rebel" was her debut single, and here, she performs her biggest hit ("It Must Be Him") from 1967 ...

... and if Democrats take over, everything WILL be no good!

Dear Greg T: For one thing, with the possible exception of Fetterman, there are no moderates -- and certainly no conservatives -- among modern-day elected Democrats,, at least in national offices!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Dion, born Dion DiMucci in The Bronx 87 years ago today (July 18). With The Belmonts, he charted 7 Billboard Top 40s, and he added 14 more as a solo artist. Here, fronting The Belmonts, he performs the huge 1960 hit "Where Or When" ...

President Donald Trump’s latest address to the nation, a concise, teleprompter-guided speech on election integrity, triggered precisely the sort of pre-scripted outrage from Democrats and NeverTrump Republicans that his supporters have come to expect. The delivery itself was largely smooth...

A crowded field of Democrat hopefuls vying to replace Graham Platner as the party’s U.S. Senate nominee in Maine took the stage Thursday night for a televised debate that underscored just how far the party has drifted from political normalcy...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Martha Reeves, born 85 years ago today (July 18) in Eufala, Ala., before relocating to Detroit at a young age. Prior to forming Martha & The Vandellas, she was a secretary and backup singer at Motown, and here, the group performs the big 1965 hit "Nowhere To Run" ...

Dear Greg T: You didn't tell Pike anything about Long Gone Daddy.