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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Wings at the Speed of Sound

You could say we offered two hints as to last week's theme, or you could say we offered five. Here is the first hint (or the first three hints): "[W]e'll say that we can imagine certain people having an advantage when it comes to the solution. For example, all the folks listed in the Congress: Retirements link at the top left of this page. Or a very bad doctor. Or the Marx Brothers, particularly circa 1933." And here is the second hint (or the last two hints): "[T]here were a few readers who figured it out and wondered if we were inspired by the fact that the president is named Donald. But that theory is just Daffy."

And here is the solution, courtesy of reader P.A. in Redwood City, CA:

Every clue contains a part of a duck:

Adventures in Overreach, Part I: More Trouble for the Big, Beautiful Bill—Duck "mouth"

Adventures in Overreach, Part II: Trump Managed to Shank the Iran Bombing—The part of the leg above the foot

Adventures in Overreach, Part III: Trump, Bondi Have Managed to Saddle Themselves with a Real Mess—The area along the spine between the wings and the tail

Adventures in Overreach, Part IV: Dodgers Throw a Bean Ball at Trump—Hook at the end of the bill

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Deep Down—Fine soft feathers

This Week in Schadenfreude: $JPROOF Gets Knocked on Its Rump—The part of the back just above the tail

This Week in Freudenfreude: Helping the Children of Gaza Back on Their Feet—Like water off a duck's back

Retiring Congress members are lame ducks, a very bad doctor is a quack, and the Marx Brothers made Duck Soup in 1933. (That was the hint that confirmed I was on the right track with my guess.)

"Wings," from this headline, are another duck part, of course. And Donald and Daffy, from the Saturday hint, are both famous cartoon ducks.

Here are the first 50 readers to get it right:

M.S. in Canton, NY
W.R.S. in Tucson, AZ
K.R. in Austin, TX
J.N. in Zionsville, IN
D.D. in Carversville, PA
N.H. in London, England, UK
T.K. in Half Moon Bay, St. Kitts
S.K. in Ardmore, PA
N.K. in Cleveland Heights, OH
B.E. in Brooklyn, NY
S.W. in Winter Garden, FL
P.A. in Redwood City
M.W. in Altea, Spain
D.B. in Glendale, CA
J.T. in Philadelphia, PA
R.N. in Cleveland, OH
I.B. in Victoria, BC, Canada
M.B. in Menlo Park, CA
D.B. in Pittsboro, NC
G.K. in Blue Island, IL
M.T. in Wheat Ridge, CO
A.F. in Minneapolis, MN
W.S. in Greenville, NC
D.E. in High Springs, FL
J.C. in Trenton, NJ

D.M. in Oakland, CA
P.R. in Kirksville, MO
D.S. in Layton, UT
R.K. in Bel Air, MD
G.W. in Avon, CT
T.T. in Conway, AR
B.N. in San Rafael.
M.M. in Wylie, TX
D.C.W. in Fredericksburg, TX
M.B. in Albany, NY
B.G. in Houston, TX
K.H. in Albuquerque, NM
D.L. in Springfield, IL
E.S. in Maine, NY
K.J.O. in Brookdale, NJ
M.M. in Dunellen, NJ
D.H. in Portland, OR
E.G.Å. in Trondheim, Norway
A.R. in Los Angeles, CA
H.B. in Toronto, ON, Canada
J.E. in San Jose, CA
S.K. in Bethesda, MD
S.R. in Robbinsville, NJ
J.W. in Newton, MA
C.W. in Atlantic Beach, FL

The 50th correct response was received at 10:23 a.m. PT on Saturday.

For this week's theme, it relies on one word per headline, and it's in the category History. For a hint, we'll note that even if you're having trouble with the solution, eventually, you shall overcome.

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line July 4 Headlines. (Z)

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