Kansas City Morning Pop: Everyone Against Prez Biden & Holy Land

Lots to consider this morning but first . . . 

Actually, we enjoyed Ke$sha's music back in the days when she actively avoided any remeemable social value. Turns out she invented Tik Tok and didn't get paid for it. Nowadays, she's forced to push back against the social media mob like everyone else.

Check TKC news gathering . . .

Sounds Inside The Loop

Get Ready for Another Summer in the City Performance - Downtown Council of Kansas City

Traditional Music Society - Soundz of Samba will perform at Oppenstein Park in July as part of the "Summer in the City."

Rock Chalk Tracking Nature

To save the bees, a Kansas scientist is building an app to identify thousands of species

Scientists want to know how well bees are coping with habitat loss. But first, they need to be able to tell nearly identical species apart.

Show-Me Chiefs On Right Side

St. Joseph gears up to host another year of Chiefs training camp

The Kansas City Chiefs, the back-to-back Super Bowl champions, are set to head to St. Joseph for their training camp in two weeks

Local Captive Grows Stronger

Baby Giraffe Born at Kansas City Zoo 'Already Stands 5 Feet 6 Inches Tall': 'Welcome to the Herd'

A female Masai giraffe was born at the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium on June 30, to mom Makali and dad Aidan. The newborn is still unnamed.

Diva Declaration . . . 

Kesha shares stunning bikini snaps online as she slams body shamers

Kesha dropped in on social media Sunday to share sizzling bikini snaps with her 3.3 million followers.

White House Last Stand

Biden's team faces a tough, pivotal week in D.C.

For the president's White House and his campaign, it's likely to get worse before it gets better.

MAGA Looks For New Deuce

The plane is ready, the fundraisers are booked: Trump's VP search comes down to its last days

The future Republican vice presidential candidate's plane is currently parked in an undisclosed hangar, an empty spot on its fuselage for where a decal featuring his or her name will soon be placed. All that's left: an announcement from former President Donald Trump on who's his pick.

New York Decided Against Prez

Democrats ARE going to get President Biden off the ticket

President Biden insisted Friday that he won't drop out of the 2024 race unless "the Lord Almighty" tells him; get ready for a lot of Democrats to start publicly praying.

Gen-X Forever

How the 1990s broke politics

Inside the GOP's transition from the party of Reagan to the party of Trump.

Europe Tragedy Cont'd

At least 20 dead after 'massive' Russian missile attack on Ukraine cities

At least seven people were killed in the capital Kyiv and 10 in the city of Kryvyi Rih.

Threats Against Holy Land Abound

Israel is inching toward a wider war and a nasty fight against an enemy poised to bombard it as no other foe has

Israel and Hezbollah have regularly exchanged fire for months, but increasingly escalatory rhetoric has raised fears of a wider conflict.

Hurricane Aftermath Impact

Jacob's Radar: Beryl remnants will impact Missouri

The main weather event for the country continues to be Tropical Storm Beryl, with landfall expected along the central coastline of Texas early Monday morning. Storm surge up to 7 feet, up to 10 inches of rainfall, and hurricane force wind gusts are possible from the Houston Metro to Corpus Christi.

More Deets On Weather This Week

FIRST WARN FORECAST: Another slim chance of rain on Monday, some rain from Beryl arrives Tuesday

Sunday turned out to be a little less rainy than our computer models expected, but that gave us a good window to get outdoors.

Imagine Dragons - Wake Up is the song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.