Washington Post Contributor Mark Guarino

Authorities on Tuesday charged the man suspected of opening fire on the crowd at a Fourth of July parade in this Chicago suburb with seven counts of first-degree murder and pledged “dozens of more charges” in coming days, as reports of his previous contact with law enforcement prompted residents to ask whether more could have been done to prevent the massacre.

Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart announced the initial charges against 21-year-old Robert E. Crimo III at a news conference, calling the Monday mass shooting, which also injured more than 30 people, “a premeditated and calculated attack.”

“Lake County will never be the same,” Rinehart said.

Earlier Tuesday, investigators said Highland Park police had in 2019 confiscated 16 knives, a dagger and a sword from Crimo’s residence after a family member told officers he had threatened to “kill everyone,” said Christopher Covelli, a spokesman for the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force.

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Henry Olsen, opinion columnist at the Washington Post

If you’re having trouble grasping why inflation is so politically potent, consider that Americans who enjoyed a Fourth of July cookout on Monday paid 17% more for their food than last year, according to a survey from the American Farm Bureau Federation.

That’s a perfect illustration of a poorly understood aspect of inflation: For most Americans, the inflation they actually experience is often much worse than the 8.6 percent headline rate.

The official government inflation rate comes from the consumer price index, which measures the prices of a basket of goods that reflect the overall annual consumption of items and services that an average urban household pays for.

As a national average, it can never exactly reflect what a particular household faces in any particular city. It assumes that the average family purchases all these goods and services in the same quantities. But that simply isn’t true, and it unintentionally hides how high inflation is for millions of people.

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What should be done with People's Park in Berkeley? Pat Thurston asks listeners if UC Berkeley should be allowed to build student housing at the park, which the school owns? What do you think?

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Kim McCallister is in for John Rothmann

Brittney Griner’s safe return home remains "a priority" for President Joe Biden, but White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre couldn’t say Tuesday if the president had any plans of speaking with the WNBA star’s family. Griner sent a letter to the White House on Monday pleading with Biden to use his presidential powers to ensure her safe return, adding that she fears that she "might be here forever." 

Britney Griner’s wife said it is “very disheartening” that she still has not heard directly from President Biden, even after the WNBA star — who’s been languishing in a Russian jail —sent a handwritten letter to the president, begging him to not “forget” her.

Cheney defended the committee, saying Republicans must choose between Trump and the Constitution. “There are politicians in this country beginning with Donald Trump, who have lied to American people and people have been betrayed,” Cheney said. “He consistently has said the election was stolen, when it wasn’t.” “I think absolutely there’s no question that what we saw happen on Jan. 6 was clearly an attempt to delay the count of the electoral votes,” Cheney said.

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Remembering Judy Garland, who would have been 100 on June 10th: 

Unfortunately, we can not podcast the songs

Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca

Marilyn Monroe -  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Errol Flynn - Gentleman Jim

Rita Hayworth - Gilda 

Fred Astaire & Gene Kelly The Babbitt and the Bromine from That’s Entertainment

Clark Gable - It happened One Night

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Pat Thurston reflects on Sheldon Whitehouse's comments from 2019 on the Federalist Society.

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Criminal Defense attorney David Katz is with Pat Thurston to discuss the 4th of July parade in Illinois that turned deadly.

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Pat Thurston talks to listeners about adjusting the 2nd amendment for today's world.

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Listen to Tuesday's complete podcast of Angie Coiro guest-hosting The Mark Thompson Show

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Guest Host Angie Coiro discusses the controversy of fireworks in a fire iron state. Listen as Coiro explain why people are working to stop the tradition of fireworks. What do you think of fireworks?

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