The Daily Friday: Monday 7/15

It’s another week in paradise. Here’s what you need to sound smart today.

1. Spain wins the sports weekend, knocking off England for their 4th Euro Cup while Carlos Alcaraz takes home his 2nd Wimbledon title. I’ll be downing a personal Sangria pitcher at lunch out of respect 🤝 

2. Judge dismisses Alec Baldwin’s charges in Rust shooting trial due to suppressed evidence. I wish the trial went on longer so we could get more moments like this. Huge loss for the meme community.

3. Argentina beats Colombia in Copa, which was delayed after fans stormed entrance, with some trying to enter via air ducts. Has this ever worked in real life or is it just a movie thing? Genuinely curious.

4. Amazon’s Prime Day starts tomorrow, with 48 hours of deals lined up for shoppers. I’m praying to god that this sucker is on deal. Anything I can do to help Daddy Bezos pay his rent 🙏🏻🙏🏻

5. Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt on Saturday night. LET’S BREAK IT DOWN.

TRUMP GOT SHOT

On Saturday evening, Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania and got the sickest picture of all time out of it. Pretty wild thing to learn while 18 beers deep (speaking from personal experience.)

The Internet went crazy with memes, misinformation and blazing hot takes while Wildwood, NJ proved that the devil works hard, but boardwalk t-shirt vendors work harder. Respect.

There’s updates coming in constantly on this story, but here’s what we know so far.

WHAT HAPPENED

• During a rally Saturday evening in Butler, PA, a gunman shot at Trump from 150 yards away, tragically killing an audience member, retired fire chief Corey Comperatore, while clipping Trump in the right ear and causing him to bleed (this photo was insane.)

• After Trump hit the ground, a Secret Service sniper killed the shooter, while other agents rushed Trump off the stage, but not before he paused, told them ‘Wait’ and fist pumped to the audience while saying ‘Fight! Fight! Fight!’ Honestly, it was fucking badass.

• The FBI has confirmed the shooter is 20 year old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who reportedly is a registered Republican who donated to a Democratic campaign in 2021 and member of a local gun club. They are still looking to access his cell phone and find a motive. I’ll help you guys - it was to kill Trump.

• Of course, when times are hardest, Nick Castellanos did what had to be done. Easiest bet of all time (after Nick Bosa for MVP of course.)

The fallout has been pretty insane, as the Secret Service faces intense scrutiny, Elon Musk officially endorsed Trump, and politicians on both sides of the aisle called for toned down rhetoric.

The Republican National Convention kicks off today and Trump will be there to announce his VP pick. If the past 2-3 week have been any indication, we are in for ton of madness before this election is over. Buckle up.

VIDEO GAMES: NCAA Football ‘25 is finally out after 11 long years, with pre-orders arriving today. Time to call in sick for the entire week.

NBA: Jalen Brunson signs extension, sacrificing over $110 million to give Knicks more cap space. Josh Hart is right: this dude needs a statue.

MLB: All time loss for the Yankees yesterday, as two errors on routine plays in the 9th led to a collapse against Baltimore.

The HR Derby is tonight but the A’s already put on their own last night, cranking 8 homers that went a combined 3,340 feet including this moonshot. Good god.

GOLF: Electric scenes at the Scottish Open as Scotland’s own Robert MacIntyre buries a putt to win on 18. Chills.

The Open Championship tees of on Thursday, featuring a record $17M purse, including $3.1M to the winner. Can’t wait to see how Rory blows this one.

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WHAT ELSE IS GOOD

Tipping the cap to Maren Morris, who rocked out with her clam out at a concert. Hopefully Sabrina Carpenter takes notes for her next show.

Really hoping to expense a trip to Tokyo to cover their gubernatorial race featuring a Joker cosplayer and a woman who stripped on camera while gaving out her number for people to text. Need boots on the ground reporting.

A teacher has been fired for playing Candy Crush for nearly 2 hours a day during class. Oh but if it was the NYT Mini, it’d be fine right? Snobs.

Italian police seize over $1M of fake ‘extra virgin’ olive oil from operation. There is truly no greater crime you could commit for an Italian than this.

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STUFF TO CLICK WHEN YOU’RE BORED TODAY

• Brain-rot content has finally evolved to Harry Mogger. Thank god.

• Take a deep dive on The Ringer’s ranking of the best horror movies kills of all time. Beautifully gory way to start your week.

• Read this on your lunch break: what it’s like to watch baseball in London as an American.

• Monday Motivation: if this guy can crush 39 cans in 30 seconds with his head, you can get through your 48 hour hangover at work today.

• How the broccoli perm became the definitive Gen-Z hairstyle.

• There’s something about this video that just brings a smile to my face. Can happiness really just be as simple as dry-humping at the club in a comically silly manner while classical music plays in the background?