Morales for Prov Mayor fundraising event in NYC described by organizers this way: "New York City Democratic Socialists of America ran the table on primary night two weeks ago, winning nine out of ten of its contested races including two congressional seats. The impact of that victory is being felt far beyond the five boroughs. On June 30, Democratic Socialist Melot Kiros defeated a 30-year incumbent to win a congressional seat in Denver, Colorado. Democratic socialists are also running hard in Democratic primaries in Detroit, St. Louis, Kansas City and South Florida.  On Thursday, more than 100 democratic socialists squeezed into hot, clammy bar in Crown Heights, Brooklyn to join a fundraiser for David Morales, a 27-year-old Rhode Island state legislator who is running to be the next mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, a city of 200,000 people with a large student population and sky-high housing costs that is ripe for a leftwing takeover.  Speaking to the feeling in the room that now is a time of unprecedented opportunity for the socialist left in the United States, the event’s emcee, Daniel Denvir, host of The Dig podcast who lives in Providence, vowed that if elected, “David is going to turn Providence into a laboratory for municipal socialism.” The fundraiser was organized by Denvir along with prominent members of New York City DSA, though it was not an official chapter event. Along with Denvir, the crowd heard from a pair of New York City DSA-backed electeds, Assembly member Emily Gallagher and State Senator Julia Salazar. Morales then took the mic and fired up the crowd." NOTE: Daniel Denvir, who introduced candidate Morales, is a Fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute.

Morales for Prov Mayor fundraising event in NYC described by organizers this way: "New York City Democratic Socialists of America ran the table on primary night two weeks ago, winning nine out of ten of its contested races including two congressional seats. The impact of that victory is being felt far beyond the five boroughs. On June 30, Democratic Socialist Melot Kiros defeated a 30-year incumbent to win a congressional seat in Denver, Colorado. Democratic socialists are also running hard in Democratic primaries in Detroit, St. Louis, Kansas City and South Florida.  On Thursday, more than 100 democratic socialists squeezed into hot, clammy bar in Crown Heights, Brooklyn to join a fundraiser for David Morales, a 27-year-old Rhode Island state legislator who is running to be the next mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, a city of 200,000 people with a large student population and sky-high housing costs that is ripe for a leftwing takeover.  Speaking to the feeling in the room that now is a time of unprecedented opportunity for the socialist left in the United States, the event’s emcee, Daniel Denvir, host of The Dig podcast who lives in Providence, vowed that if elected, “David is going to turn Providence into a laboratory for municipal socialism.” The fundraiser was organized by Denvir along with prominent members of New York City DSA, though it was not an official chapter event. Along with Denvir, the crowd heard from a pair of New York City DSA-backed electeds, Assembly member Emily Gallagher and State Senator Julia Salazar. Morales then took the mic and fired up the crowd." NOTE: Daniel Denvir, who introduced candidate Morales, is a Fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute.

Media should READ more carefully - Taylor Farms NOT off the hook! FDA: "To clarify, this false-positive lab sample DOES NOT change the basis for FDA’s ongoing outbreak investigation or the overwhelming epidemiological data supporting the current voluntary recall by Taylor Farms. Over the weekend, FDA alerted Taylor Farms that a new sample of shredded lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico tested positive for Cyclospora during import examination at the Southern Border. This ended up being a false positive, and Taylor Farms was alerted to the corrective test result Sunday. FDA’s traceback investigation and outbreak data continue to converge on shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms locations in central Mexico. FDA will continue to work with federal and state partners to investigate this multistate outbreak and ensure products implicated in this outbreak have been removed from the market. Protecting the American public remains our highest priority. We encourage the public to continue to avoid all products listed in Taylor Farms’ voluntary recall. #cyclosporiasis# #lettuce# #TaylorFarms# #FDA#

Initial report: St. Mary's Feast in Cranston had no serious incidents - a few arrestable fighting incidents - but it looks like nothing more serious. Cranston PD doing an after-action review. That & PVDFan area relatively without serious incident - 2 signs of hope for safety!

NEW: The Defense Department said in a statement that 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, are the two service members that were killed in Jordan.