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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Some Miamians Don't Cotton to Having Trump Library in Their Neighborhood

This news doesn't really merit a whole item, and so we would have held it for Political Bytes, but it also works as the entree for this item. So, we'll pass along that a lot of people in Miami don't want the Trump library in their city, either because they don't like Trump, or they don't like the ugly and skyline-dominating proposed design, or both. So, a group of Miamians filed suit yesterday, arguing that the means by which the Trump library foundation received title to the land (it was, in effect, a bribe facilitated by Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-FL) was illegal and improper, and that the transfer should be stopped.

It is regrettable that Kalshi and PredictIt and the other betting markets aren't taking bets on "Will the Trump library be built or not?" because we would really like to see those numbers. The lawsuit has at least some merit, and may succeed in stopping the project (or, at least, stopping it from being in the Hialeah district of Miami). Meanwhile, we're not sure which of these powerful forces is the MORE powerful one: (1) "I want to use the promise of a library to shake down ~~the rubes~~ the base for donations that will end up in my pocket" or (2) "I really want there to be a giant, phallic eyesore that memorializes me and my presidency." Six months ago, we would have been certain that #1 was the answer. But with all of this Arc de Trump/Trump and Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts/Lincoln Reflecting Pool/East Wing stuff, maybe he's had some sort of awakening, and has realized you can't take it with you. Of course, all those other Trump "tributes" were on someone else's dime, and the library would require money he thinks of as "his," so... who knows?

Anyhow, we had two hints as to last week's headline theme. The first was: "The theme is pretty sweet." And the second was: "The band Bow Wow Wow undoubtedly approves. So do the Strangeloves."

And here is the solution, courtesy of reader M.C. in Newtown, MA:

This week's headlines all contain words that pair with "candy" to form a two-word phrase (or name):

Legal News, Part I: Virginia Supreme Court Decides to Rock Democrats' World

Legal News, Part II: John Roberts Is Living in a Bubble

In Old California: Becerra Gets Poked in the Eye at Candidates' Debate

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Check Out the Big Brain on Brad

This Week in Schadenfreude: It's Hard out Here for an Incel

This Week in Freudenfreude: The King of Comedy... Well, the Kings of Comedy

As for the [Saturday] hint, well, I'll let Homer Simpson react:

Sunday's hint refers to the song "I Want Candy," performed by both the Strangeloves and Bow Wow Wow.

Exactly right. This item's headline adds "cotton candy."

Here are the first 60 readers to get it right:

N.H. in London, England, UK
M.S. in Canton, NY
K.R. in Austin, TX
C.W. in Atlantic Beach, FL
J.T. in Philadelphia, PA
S.K. in Atlanta, GA
J.N. in Zionsville, IN
A.A. in Branchport, NY
R.S. in Landing, NJ
R.E. in Birmingham, AL
J.S. in Huntington Station, NY
S.K. in Ardmore, PA
M.M. in Dunellen, NJ
E.S. in Providence, RI
G.M.K. in Mishawaka, IN
N.S. in Fayetteville, NY
N.T. in Le Perreux-sur-Marne, France
D.D. in Bucks County, PA
E.W. in Silver Spring, MD
G.W. in Avon, CT
M.K. in Seattle, WA
M.H. in Ottawa, ON, Canada
P.H. in Bozeman, MT
H.B. in Santiago, Chile
M.T. in Simpsonville, SC
J.C. in Johns Creek, GA
J.G. in Dallas, PA
P.H. in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
S.G. in Durham, NC
M.B. in Albany, NY

J.M.R. in Muncie, IN
A.D. in Gaithersburg, MD
T.K. in Half Moon Bay, St. Kitts
M.T. in Wheat Ridge, CO
D.M. in Oakland, CA
B.B. in Avon, CT
P.A. in Redwood City, CA
G.K. in Blue Island, IL
M.W. in Altea, Spain
H.H. in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
R.R. in Pasadena, CA
D.B. in Glendale, CA
M.B. in Denver, CO
B.B. in Buda, TX
D.F. in Norcross, GA
G.H. in Acton, ME
J.E. in San Jose, CA
S.M. in Buckland, MA
B.D.B. in Columbus, OH
D.L. in Springfield, IL
E.W. in Skaneateles, NY
M.S. in New York City, NY
T.T. in Conway, AR
T.K. in Manchester, MO
B.E. in Brooklyn, NY
B.P. in Arlington Heights, IL
S.F. in Pemberton Borough, NJ
P.L. in Skövde, Sweden
K.Y. in Morgantown, WV
D.B. in Pittsboro, NC

The 60th correct response was received at 9:28 a.m. PT on Saturday.

For this week's theme, it relies on one word per headline, and it's in the category Zoology. Since we won't have a hint tomorrow, we'll give two today: (1) We almost wrote an item about Robert Kennedy Jr. with a headline about his quackery, and (2) For the headline about Mike Banks, we almost included a reference to Madison Cawthorn (who was apparently more on target than it seemed with his orgiastic claims).

Also, the Supreme Court headline is not part of the game. We don't include headlines from items where someone died, or could well die, and we also exclude certain other very serious topics. That is a serious enough subject that we don't want to treat it as a game.

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line May 15 Headlines. (Z)

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