Mooch lasts ten days

(Huffington Post)

Mooch lasts ten days = A sly smooth cat's end

Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: FolsomNatural

Jeanne Moreau, Femme Fatale of French New Wave, Is Dead at 89

(The New York Times)

The iconic French actress Jeanne Moreau has died = Such an enchantress. "Je t'adore, ma chèrie," I confide.

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Image: bswise

Trump's lies are the Republican playbook

(Daily Kos)

"No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power." - that writer and a political satirist, P.J. O'Rourke
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Just look at the old, elite institution of the US Republican Party, starring foul Edgar Hoover, psychotic roue President Donald Trump, doleful Gerald Ford, Spiro Agnew, Dwight Eisenhower, Rick Santorum, etc. O leer at voters too. What woeful, useless fools. (No offence!)

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Image: Mike Licht

A Dysfunctional White House

(NBC Los Angeles)

Dysfunctional White House = I fault NYC's White House Don

Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: doubichlou14

General John F. Kelly

(Washington Post)

General John F. Kelly = JFK? Hell, nearly gone!

Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Caricature: DonkeyHotey

'You're all over the place' Channel 4 host roasts Labour peer over party's Brexit disunity

(The Daily Express)

Vocally, let Europe hear ~ you're all over the place

Anagram: Robert Jordan

Passchendaele, 100 years on: a final great act of remembrance

(The Guardian)

"A more sacred place for the British does not exist in the world," said politician Winston Churchill = I adopt ironic criticism of Passchendaele (this horrendous, hellish World War I battle) in context.

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Image: Michael Day

Anthony "Mooch" Scaramucci

(The New Yorker)

Anthony "Mooch" Scaramucci ~ oh, caustic crony, macho man

Anagram: Russ Atkinson

End of the EU? Wave of populism takes over bloc

(The Daily Express)

End of the EU = The one feud

Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: Theophilos Papadopoulos

Trump tells police: 'please don't be too nice' when arresting gang members

(The Daily Express)

"Please don't be too nice!" says President Trump = Needs testy police to beat up damn prisoners

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Image: torbakhopper

'Sturgeon's the only winner!' SNP politician who LOST HER SEAT hails snap election result

(The Daily Express)

'Sturgeon's the only winner' ~ yet the running losers won

Anagram: Robert Jordan

President Trump replaces White House chief of staff Reince Priebus with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly

(USA Today)

Reince Priebus has gone = Curbs espionage in here

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Caricature: DonkeyHotey

Hammond's Brexit plan REVEALED: Chancellor wants to keep UK 'tangled in EU free movement'

(The Daily Express)

Hammond's Brexit plan REVEALED = Leave? Next PM's bold hard Remain

Anagram: Robert Jordan

Charlie Gard's parents say their 'beautiful boy' has died

(The Guardian)

The infant Charlie Gard dies = Life is hard, then a tragic end.

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Scaramucci blames Reince Priebus for White House leaks as Trump chaos escalates

(Vox)

Reince leaks ~ like a screen

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Illustration: Mike Licht

'Do you REGRET it?' Nick Robinson SLAPS DOWN Jeremy Corbyn

(The Daily Express)

"Do you REGRET it?" Robinson = Young sorrier; in debt too

Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: Chatham House

'Test-tube rhino' a last-ditch bid to save species from extinction

(The New Zealand Herald)

Can farm a white 'test-tube rhino', uh? = I manufacture the beast with horn

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Heather Paul

Our Earth is Becoming a Plastic Planet

(Frack Check WV)

Our earth is becoming a plastic planet = A brochure image? Canal is not spelt t-i-p^*
*tip = dump (British English)

Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: United Nations Photo

Ex-CIA Director Hayden: Russia election meddling was "most successful covert operation in history"

(Yahoo!)

'Most successful covert operation in history' = V. Putin's most secret choice for solitary US, no?

Anagram: Pinchas Aronas

Hillary Clinton is America's Biggest -- And Most Important -- Loser

(Newsweek)

Hillary Clinton is America's Biggest -- And Most Important -- Loser = It means - carnal girl Monica or silly DT get hers ambitions stop

Anagram: Pinchas Aronas
Image: Andy Baumgartner

Salvador Dali's moustache remains intact, embalmer reveals after exhumation

(The New Zealand Herald)

Read that the moustache of Senor Salvador Dali has remained intact = Oh dear, oh dear! A caveat as callous men disinter him for that DNA test.

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Image: La Tête Krançien

Trump tweets mention his 'complete power' to pardon and bemoan 'leaks'

(CNN)

"The US President has the complete power to pardon" = Donald Trump, the pro creep, tweets this as one hope.

Anagram: Rosie Perera
Caricature: DonkeyHotey

'UK will never have own sovereignty!' Cable in Brexit rant

(The Daily Express)

'UK will never have own sovereignty!' = Verily ruling the waves even now, OK?

Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: Duncan Hull

Donald Trump insists he has 'complete power' to pardon

(BBC)

Pardon me POTUS = Trump's a dope, no?

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Frank L. Ludwig

Anthony Scaramucci: Who is the new White House communications director?

(BBC)

The new Communications Director is aka ~ Scaramucci. The dominator is keen to win.

Scaramucci - "No, not editor! I'm ~ a communications director!"

Anthony Scaramucci is ~ a masochist, a cynic. Run!

Anagrams: Julian Lofts

Seven Natural Wonders

(Wikipedia)

A List of Seven Natural Wonders 1. The Iguacu Falls 2. Halong Bay 3. Jeju Island 4. The Puerto Princesa Underground River National Park 5. Table Mountain 6. Komodo Island 7. The Amazon Rainforest

=

Portend a hefty thrill 1. Brazil-Argentina border 2. Vietnam, offshore 3. aka Jejudo, S. Korea 4. Saint Paul Mountain Range tunnels 5. Cape Town 6. Unusual old dragons live on island 7. South America

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Images: Linda De Volder, Anthony, Christie Yunhwa,
Jam A, Neville Nel, CristinaPessini, Jake Gordon

Trump claims he's passed more bills "than any president, ever"

(CBS News)

"We've signed more bills -- and I'm talking about through the legislature -- than any president, ever. For a while, Harry Truman had us. And now, I think, we have everybody."
=
Here, Trump lied about a highlight: a big, unheard rush by making twenty-nine laws in a hundred days. However, Franklin Roosevelt, at a lower time, had over seventy.

Anagram: Josiah Winslow
Image: Thomas Cizauskas

Republican Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer

(Sydney Morning Herald)

The Republican Senator McCain has ~ a brain neoplasm. Censure chitchat.

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Caricature: DonkeyHotey

Earth is becoming 'Planet Plastic'

(BBC)

Our Earth is becoming 'Planet Plastic' = "Cor! It's appalling on beaches!" I mutter.

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: United Nations Photo

Justine Damond: Australian PM calls shooting 'inexplicable'

(BBC)

Australian Justine Damond shot by police = Just a 'normal' death in USA - beyond politics

Anagram: Julian Lofts

Trump's Plan To "Let Obamacare Fail" Is Morally Appalling

(Huffington Post)

"Let Obamacare fail" (Donald Trump) = Unpalatable for a mild Democrat

Anagram: Rosie Perera
Image: Joe Piette

An entire Scottish island is on sale for just £325k - but it has a disturbing past

(Yahoo!)

Little Ross Island = Dirt's still on sale

Anagram: Pinchas Aronas
Image: Wikimedia Commons

Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker is first woman Time Lord replacing Peter Capaldi as 13th Doctor

(The Independent)

Dr Who has morphed into a female = Hermaphrodite? False - woman, doh!

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Reza Vaziri

President Trump Must Release Mar-a-Lago Visitor Logs

(MSN)

The US President, Donald Trump, must release the visitor records at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida = Retains revered plutocrats, florid madmen, apes, this calm primatologist. O, but the Russians are deleted, haha!

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Graham C99

Roger Federer claims historic eighth Wimbledon title with straight sets win over emotional Marin Cilic

(The Daily Telegraph)

Oh, the great Swiss tennis player Roger Federer has beaten the poor Croatian Marin Cilic in the Wimbledon men's final = Fairytale finish. 8 times is a phenomenal record to celebrate - one more than pedantic Britisher W. Renshaw's long reign.

Anagram: Julian Lofts

Judge me on four things, said Trump. So we did

(BBC)

Judge me on four things, said POTUS Donald Trump. So we did = O he's just an idiot, a doddering old mugwump, fusspot nerd.

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: doubichlou14

Garbine Muguruza beats Venus Williams in straight sets to win Wimbledon title

(The Times of India)

The Spaniard Garbine Muguruza Blanco completely demolished American Venus Ebony Starr Williams in the final = O yes, a brash millennial usurper challenged and beat tearful US champion in a mesmerizing victory at Wimbledon

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Hawaii judge weakens travel ban, Trump to appeal

(Los Angeles Daily News)

Judge weakens President Trump's travel ban = Vet grandparents. Unkempt Jews abide rules.

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Lion Multimedia

Beyoncé twins are here -- and their names are Sir Carter and Rum

(Vox)

The singer Beyoncé has had twins that are called Sir Carter and Rumi = Huh, they'll resent artistic names as arcane, hardcore, dingbat, weird

Anagram: Julian Lofts

Flat Out Denial Inside the weird world of "flat earthers" who deny the earth is round, think gravity is a myth and boast tens of thousands of members including top celebs

(The Sun)

The Flat Earth Community = Heretical man of myth. Tut!

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Dushan Wegner

Trump says son's Russian lawyer meeting 'opposition research'

(BBC)

'Opposition research'? ~ or son is a heretic, Pop!

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Michael de Groot

Despacito

"Despacito" = Poetic, sad = Disco tape = Poised act

Wiz Khalifa's 'See You Again' ends 'Gangnam Style's' streak as most-viewed YouTube video

(Los Angeles Times)

Agonizing over his car accident that finished him, & to pay homage to US St Paul Walker (Furious 7), we see ~ that music video "See You Again", featuring those two singer-composers Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth.

Anagram: Julian Lofts

Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails About Meeting With Russian Lawyer, Annotated

(National Public Radio)

Donald Trump Junior Russia Collusion = All run as jurisdiction round-up looms

Anagram: Erin Neathery
Image: Gage Skidmore

'My Son Is a High-Quality Person.' President Trump Defends Embattled Trump Jr.

(Time)

A high-quality person" is ~ "quite a liar" sighs phony

Anagram: Julian Lofts

Police use van door to take down thief

(UPI)

Van door takedown = knave down to road

Anagram: Russ Atkinson

Donald Trump Is Dragging Down America

(The New Yorker)

America's rogue President = Grip on USA seemed erratic

Anagram: Rosie Perera
Caricature: DonkeyHotey

Trump's kleptocracy could be turning the US into a banana republic

(MarketWatch)

Banana Republic = Ban a Republican

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Jeff Gates

Vatican outlaws gluten-free bread for Holy Communion

(BBC)

The Vatican has outlawed gluten-free bread for Holy Communion = Oh My God! A defiant lot! Hah, even ban molecular structure of wine?

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Awareness Campaign

Upper hand: Trump and Putin's body language shows who's the boss

(The Guardian)

Their tempestuous relationship = Trump lies, Putin seethes. Oh, a riot.

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: FolsomNatural

G-20 Protests Turn Violent as Trump Arrives in Hamburg

G-20 Protests Turn Violent as Trump Arrives in Hamburg (NBC News)

These protests have turned violent in Hamburg, Germany = Arrest Mr Trump - he's violent, he's a thug! Begone NY deviant!

Anagram: Julian Lofts

Hamas' new top leader delivers first speech in Gaza City

(Yahoo!)

Ismail Abdel Salam Ahmed Haniyeh = I'm behind Hamas lead. Yes, Allah, I am.

Anagram: Pinchas Aronas

Donald Trump in handshake trouble... again

(BBC)

Trump's flaw: rash grip, too uncoordinated. He tries to shake hands ~ with Mrs Agata Kornhauser-Duda, consort of the Polish president

Anagram: Julian Lofts

Trump in Poland: Five reasons why he is going there

(BBC)

The president of America goes to Poland ~ to promote his gas and flee deprecation

Anagram: Julian Lofts

Parent fights for their child's right to remain genderless

(The Independent)

Searyl Atli = It's really a ...?

Anagram: Julian Lofts

Arrests over China 'straddling bus' project

(BBC)

Transit Elevated Bus Company = A con dupes me, it's very blatant

Anagram: Julian Lofts

Celebrities React to Donald Trump's CNN Body Slam Tweet: "How the F--- Are You a President"

(Variety)

#FraudNewsCNN #FNN pic.twitter.com/WYUnHjjUjg

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 2, 2017

Donald Trump's CNN Body Slam Tweet = Mad Pres. constantly tumbled down

Anagram: Pinchas Aronas

Watergate reporter: We are in a 'malignant presidency'

(The Hill)

Donald Trump: Modern Day Caligula? = Malignancy ruled a proud, mad dolt.

Anagram: Erin Neathery

Iran holds an international contest to find the best cartoon of Donald Trump

(The New Zealand Herald)

Hadi Asadi has won the International Trumpism Cartoon and Caricature Contest = Ha, that trenchant Iranian competitor draws an idiot, earns mutinous accolades

Anagram: Julian Lofts

See other winning entries.

Trump argues his tweetstorms are "MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL"

(New York Post)

Donald Trump: Modern Day Presidential = Don adds a predominantly lurid temper = Turmoil, dramas drop independently. Da?

Anagram: Erin Neathery
Image: Matt Brown

America's Got Talent 2017 Donald Trump Wins Again Full Audition

Put on the top franchise show 'America's Got Talent' = Stop to watch Trump reach finale - egotist has none

Anagram: Julian Lofts

Why Trump's Vengeful Tweeting Matters

(Entertainment Weekly)

Why Trump's Vengeful Tweeting Matters = Put gently, few might ever trust a.m. news!

Anagram: Dharam

Female Doctor Killed, 5 Injured in "Workplace Violence" Shooting at Bronx Hospital by Ex-Employee

(People)

Deadly workplace gun violence happens in the Bronx Lebanon hospital yesterday = Any hunches? Vexed Nigerian Dr Henry Bello boldly points a weapon, attacks people

Anagram: Julian Lofts