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Edit: Trump has been ambiguous on when these things happened. The key point is whether he brought hundreds of people to help and was carried out by firefighters, whatever the date.

Here's some coverage:

• Fact-checking Trump's stories about his own 9/11 response (PBS):
• Fact check: Trump’s story about being carried away by firefighters after the 9/11 attack (CNN)
• Was Trump ‘marching into a war zone of fire and ashes’ on 9/11 to ‘save Americans,’ as Benny Johnson claimed? (Poynter)
• Honoring 9/11 heroes, Trump repeats disputed account of his role in recovery (The Washington Post)

And here are his most recent remarks in context.

Nice for a late summer cocktail on the deck.

INGREDIENTS

- 8-10 blueberries

- 10 mint leaves

- 2 oz bourbon or rye

- 3/4 oz lemon juice

- 3/4 oz simple syrup

- 2 oz bourbon

- mint sprig or blueberries or both for garnish

DIRECTIONS

- muddle the blueberries with the simple and lemon juice

- add the mint leaves and twist gently with the muddler

- add the bourbon and shake for 15-20 seconds

- double strain into a chilled glass over ice

Herewith a bottle of bitters developed by a guy named Gary Regan. The label reads Regans’ Orange Bitters.

Sigh.

Interesting discussion on r/cocktails. A redditor argues that vermouth is amaro because, well, you can read the reasoning. We couldn't come to an agreement. So I'll invoke the wisdom of the amaromancers in r/Amaro. Is vermouth amaro?

He said on a podcast, referring to the Epstein files: “Don’t you want to see what’s in there so that we can hold people accountable?” Ritchson asked. “These fucking rapists. We’re just cool with it. That bitch has the keys to the nuclear codes. He’s like all up into 13-year-olds. Like dude, what? Go to jail.”

Here's some coverage.

I saw this last month on a trip to Mount Rainier. My wife and I stopped at venerable restaurant named Charlie's Cafe on the way to the mountain. Charlie's serves an outstanding breakfast.

Check out the little vertical bars, one over each i and one between the t and the s in its. I don't know for sure, but I suspect that someone realized there was a stray apostrophe in "its" and removed it, leaving the little stub behind. This is how I want the world to work.

I forgot to take a picture; this is one I found on the web. If you're headed to Mt. Rainier, maybe you can snap a better one.

And does she know you’re taking them?

I was dodging walnuts on the Katy Trail near Rocheport. I’ve had bad experiences with them. I wasn’t expecting a sneak attack from a piece of gravel smaller than a pea.

It was a good ride anyway.