Pronoun pickle. In using the first-person we to defend the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, convicted felon Donald Trump has linked himself to the insurrectionists more closely than ever …
■ … and, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains, has handed special prosecutor Jack Smith another tool for his legal arsenal (4:54 in this video).
■ To visual skepticism from the audience at a Univision town hall, Trump described Jan. 6 as “a day of love.”
■ Daily Show anchor Desi Lydic: “Sure we all remember Jan. 6. That was the day countless rioters found their soulmates—wait, I read that wrong: Cellmates.”
■ LateNighter columnist Dennis Perkins on Univision’s audience: “By putting respectful, thoughtful questions to a candidate known for never telling the truth and then holding Trump to account with both deeply unimpressed facial reactions and skeptical follow-up questions … citizen interviewers wound up putting the perennially softball-lobbing mainstream media to shame.”
■ Dan Froomkin at Press Watch: “We are in a state of national emergency. This is no time for moderation or delay. … Journalists need to do their job … before it’s too late.”
‘A vile bigot.’ USA Today’s Chicago-based columnist Rex Huppke says he’d call on the Trump campaign to denounce Trump pal Laura Loomer’s homophobic rant against Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, “but that would be as productive as spitting into a fan.”
■ In Wisconsin yesterday, Vice President Harris mocked Trump for calling himself “the father of IVF.”
■ The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Will Bunch: “Trump’s growing tendency to brand any opponents as mentally ill is deeply offensive in two ways.”
■ Historian Heather Cox Richardson: “Trump wants to get rid of the current government so that he can enrich himself, do whatever he wants to his enemies, and avoid answering to the law.”
■ NBC’s former chief marketer, who led the team that marketed Trump’s TV show The Apprentice: “I want to apologize to America. I helped create a monster.”
Dingus of the week. Men Yell at Me columnist Lyz Lenz’s pick: Fox News’ Harris interviewer Bret Baier.
■ Satirist Andy Borowitz: “Fox Claims Harris Broke Interview Rules by Completing Sentences.”
■ Stephen Colbert: “When the rubber hits the road, Bret’s ready to throw the journalism under the bus.”
■ Poynter media writer Tom Jones says he was wrong to expect Baier to “handle the interview with professionalism and journalistic integrity.”
■ Bloomberg: Welcome to “The podcast election.”
■ The Onion: “Harris Appears On White Noise Podcast In Appeal To Sleepy Voters.”
‘It’s the First Amendment, stupid.’ Those are the words of a federal judge, granting a temporary restraining order against the State of Florida, which has been threatening criminal charges against broadcasters airing a pro-abortion-rights TV ad.
■ Read his order in full here.
■ Injustice Watch says its reporting has prompted Illinois bar groups to revise their ratings of a Cook County judge seeking retention.
■ Ready to vote early? The Chicago Public Square Voter Guide Guide is at your service.
‘A potent symbolic achievement.’ That’s how the AP sees Israel’s killing of Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that left 1,200 dead and 250 others abducted.
■ A Tribune editorial: “Forgive us if we don’t send flowers.”
■ Harris and President Biden see this as a chance to end the war in Gaza.
■ Illinois Tollway billboards along the Edens spur through Northbrook were hacked to display violent and profane anti-Israel statements.
■ A CitiBank location in Lincoln Park was vandalized early today with profanity linked to the war.
‘Lawsuits, online complaints and 1-star reviews.’ The Sun-Times has crunched the numbers to identify Illinois’ most complained-about car insurance companies.
■ Reporter Stephanie Zimmermann wants you to email her about your bad insurance company experiences.
Michigan Avenue: Affordable? The Chicago Plan Commission’s signed off on plans to transform a Magnificent Mile tower into a residential building—including dozens of affordable units.
■ The American Prospect: “Blue states are the hot spots for the country’s housing affordability crisis.”
Open House Chicago. This weekend brings the return of the Chicago Architecture Center’s annual celebration, opening more than 170 distinctive sites across the city and suburbs to the public for free.
■ You can search for spots near you—filtering for attributes like “family-friendly,” “photography allowed” and restroom and refreshment availability.
■ If you’re near the Harold Washington Library Center Saturday, you might want to beam in for “A Conversation with Chicago’s Leading UFOlogists.”
■ Or visit a Southwest Side Chuck E. Cheese restaurant—the area’s last to abandon animatronic music—now featuring trampolines.
Perfectly challenging. Your Chicago Public Square columnist got all the answers right in the latest news quiz devised by The Conversation’s quizmaster, past Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions winner Fritz Holznagel.
■ This edition includes the feature’s first-ever question about dolphin breath.

■ This edition includes the feature’s first-ever question about dolphin breath.
■ Not quizzed out? See if you can top your Square columnist’s mediocre 6/12 on this week’s Slate news challenge.
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