Good Morning, News: Hales Backtracks on "Safe Sleep" Policy, Trump Makes French Want to "Retch"

GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Girl, you so fine. Could you be mine? Or do I slack in the back of a wic-wic-wic-wack line? LET'S GO TO PRESS.

As we reported yesterday, Mayor Charlie Hales has hit the brakes on his homeless "safe sleep policy" that was going to be proclaimed a national model—until his announcement of a massive sweep of the Springwater Corridor.

Parts of Crater Lake National Park are being evacuated thanks to a quickly spreading wildfire.

Okay, let's take a look at how Donald Trump is shooting himself in the ass today: Trump refuses to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. John McCain—even though they bit the bullet and endorsed him.

President Obama advised Republicans to turn their backs on their nominee, Donald Trump—and for good reasons.

“Yes, I think the Republican nominee is unfit to serve as president,” Obama said during a joint press conference with Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, at the White House. “I said so last week [at the Democratic national convention], and he keeps on proving it. The notion that he would attack a Gold Star family [the name for a family whose relative has died in service] that had made such extraordinary sacrifices on behalf of our country, the fact that he doesn’t appear to have basic knowledge around critical issues in Europe, in the Middle East, in Asia means that he’s woefully unprepared to do this job.”

Maybe Obama's plea is getting through? GOP congressman Richard Hanna of New York announced that he is defying his party and voting for Hillary Clinton instead of Trump.

François Hollande has said that the "excesses" of Donald Trump made people "want to retch"https://t.co/Y8YNxGiiA6pic.twitter.com/O3mHwIOXwS
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 3, 2016

Trump also kicked a baby out of a campaign event yesterday—but that's probably the least revolting thing he's done this week.

Meanwhile, on the Democratic side, Amy Dacey—the CEO of the Democratic National Committee—along with two other top execs have resigned in the wake of the party's embarrassing email hack.

Police in Marylandshoot and kill an armed black woman whose 5-year-old son was also shot in the crossfire.

The AP came out with a story that pooh-poohs the healthful effects of flossing—which you should totally ignore. (That is if you ever want me to stick my tongue in your mouth again.)

Now let's look at the WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA: Sunny! High of 79!

And finally, here's 10-year-old motivational speaker King Naah with some words of wisdom directed at EVERYONE IN THIS MATERIALISTIC WORLD.

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