A big bomb in Beirut, on a big day, to boot.
\nAnd California’s burning because of diesel soot.
\nIsaias will not hit New York in its long passage north.
\nThe TikTok thing is just the king’s distraction (44th).
\nCoronavirus aid is being transferred\u00a0to the rich.
\nPortia had to come out and say Ellen’s not a bitch.
\nCops in Colorado put a six-year-old face-down.
\nThis is not the best time to hot air balloon around.
\nMan rescued from a desert island, wrote out S O S.
\nTo children forced back into school, all we can say’s, god bless.
\nJared’s falling deeper into feckless fall guy hole.
\nThe king’s Axios comedy revealed he has no soul.
\nSenior dog food, Vogue masks, and, bye-bye, Ford CEO.
\nWhile feds threaten the Covid bucks aimed for the Navajo.
\nJuan Carlos is now on the run from Saudi money news.
\nAnd tattered tweets seep down dark deep:
\nThe Mail-In Ballot Blues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A big bomb in Beirut, on a big day, to boot. And California’s burning because of diesel soot. Isaias will not hit New York in its long passage north. The TikTok thing is just the king’s distraction (44th). Coronavirus aid is being transferred\u00a0to the rich. 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