Daniel J.B. Mitchell

Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be on the Supreme Court

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Santa Monica commissioned composer Nelson Riddle to write a symphony,The Santa Monica Suite, a musical history of the city. It debuted as a free concert at the Civic Auditorium. The music is now at the U of AZ collections.music.arizona.edu/riddle/collect… pp. 5, 61.

A man was arrested Wednesday night after stabbing a juvenile during a fight that began inside a McDonald's restaurant and spilled onto a busy Santa Monica street, police said smdp.com/news/crime/man… incident occurred around 10 p.m. near the McDonald's at 2nd St & Colorado Ave

Macron Recognizes a Palestinian State. But to What End? nytimes.com/2025/07/25/wor…

A plan to shoot 450,000 owls — to save a different owl — could be in jeopardy latimes.com/environment/st… Well, I say, "No harm - No owl"

New Netflix murder mystery set in Yosemite leaves national park experts seething/Almost none of Nexflix's No. 1 show about Yosemite was shot in Yosemite sfgate.com/california-par… Just like "Battle: Los Angeles" was largely filmed in the other LA, Louisiana youtube.com/watch?v=Yt7ofo…

Hegseth Signal messages came from email classified ‘SECRET,’ watchdog told washingtonpost.com/national-secur… youtube.com/watch?v=6xvHa1…

Attorney General Bondi Told Trump His Name Appeared in Epstein Files nytimes.com/live/2025/07/2… Well, it could be a similar name youtube.com/watch?v=-9fdsm…

AOC's campaign office vandalized with red paint in NYC /building splashed with red paint, along with a sign accusing the congresswoman of funding genocide in Gaza cbsnews.com/newyork/news/a… Lesson here for AOC: Be careful who your "friends" are. They're not necessarily nice people.

'Don't eat raw food': The terrifying threat lurking in Hawaii/Hawaii is ground zero for the parasitic disease, which can infect the brain/neuroangiostrongyliasis, commonly known as rat lungworm disease sfgate.com/hawaii/article… youtube.com/watch?v=tA6Zkv…

AI doesn't quite get what watching TV entails. Command: "Create an image of women watching TV in 1950"

Federal officers arrested a US citizen in Sacramento raid — was it legal? sacbee.com/news/local/art… youtube.com/watch?v=WkCZdE…

California Sues Trump Administration Over High-Speed Rail Funding Cut smmirror.com/2025/07/califo… youtube.com/watch?v=t2zyTU…

You'll be shocked, shocked to learn that the headlines that said bombing Iran just set their A-bomb program back a few months weren't true!!!! "New Assessment Finds Site at Focus of U.S. Strikes in Iran Badly Damaged" nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/…

4th Estate Sale: How American and European Media Became an Uncritical Mouthpiece for a Designated Foreign Terror Organization 7-15-2025 - Rutgers U Social Perceptions Lab networkcontagion.us/reports/7-15-2… Waiting for response from news media. Waiting... Waiting...

Wall Street Journal: Birthday letter to Epstein bore Trump’s signature, drawing of naked woman amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/07/17… Well, maybe it was signed with an autopen. Just a thought...

NY Times runs a slanted story on the failure of Abraham accords to bring peace with Arab countries arguing they're a failure. nytimes.com/2025/07/13/wor… It features the photo and caption below from Israel-Iran War. Do I have to point out Iran is not an Arab country?

Harry Shearer on Medicaid Farmworkers youtube.com/watch?v=STZM9e…

In South Carolina, Newsom Tests the Presidential Waters (Without Saying So) nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/… Well, maybe he just likes the South: youtube.com/watch?v=A_dK0W…

Judge Considers Order To Restrict 'Roving' Immigration Patrols patch.com/california/san… So they'll go no more a'roving? youtube.com/watch?v=VK0jrn…

Only Eric Adams Can Stop Mamdani/The only way Mamdani can lose is if his opponents coalesce around one candidate. That person should be Eric Adams, our oddball incumbent NYC mayor thefp.com/p/new-yorkers-… Where's Jimmy Walker when we need him? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wal…