Happy Fourth?

Happy Fourth of July?

Happy Independence Day?

People gathered on Santa Monica beach in California on Wednesday.

U.S. Coronavirus Cases Hit New Single-Day High Ahead of Fourth of July Weekend

Also this, from yesterday.

Coronavirus cases are rising in 40 of 50 US states

And of course, Trump is still in the White House.

Trump visits Mount Rushmore amid controversy, coronavirus

'Complete disaster': Trump's fraught ties with Native Americans on display at Mount Rushmore

But hey, try to have a good holiday and weekend, y'all.

And stay safe.

Poignant Quote of the Day

And check out from where the speaker was.

My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; 

if wrong, to be set right."

--Carl Schurz, 1872, German revolutionary, American statesman, one-time Senator of Missouri (who knew?), 13th Secretary of the Interior.

Let's do this, folks.

Happy Fourth.