George Washington, America's first president, devoted part of his 1796 farewell address to warning against "[t]he alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension." He feared perpetual war for power between political parties both as "a frightful despotism" in and of itself, and as prelude to some future tyrant seeking "his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty."Was Washington right? Sort of.

"Full-time minimum wage workers cannot afford a two-bedroom rental anywhere in the US," Alicia Adamczyk writes at CNBC, "and cannot afford a one-bedroom rental in 95% of US counties." Adamczyk gets her figures from the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s annual "Out of Reach" report.

Here are a few numbers NLIHC isn’t as eager to talk about:

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says he has an economic plan for America to "Build Back Better." US president Donald Trump complains that Biden "plagiarized" significant elements of that plan from, you guessed it, Donald Trump.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 13, 2020) — Even though we can't be together for the Iowa State Fair this year, we can safely join together to get a taste of what we will be missing. The Iowa State Fair, along with our food vendors, are excited to host two 2020 Taste of the Fair weekends, July 24-26 and July 31-August 2.

Taste of the Fair, Weekend 1 (July 24-26)

Friday, July 24, 4-9PM

Saturday, July 25, 11AM-9PM

Sunday, July 26, 11AM-6PM