Eyebrows are accurate predictors

What The White House is Talking About: 
Another day of vacation while Washington pundits rail about Donald Trump.

What the White House Press Corps is Talking About: 
TGIF.

SIKE:
Trump wasn’t being serious. Come on, guys, Obama isn’t really the founder of ISIS.

​He’s Just A Dad in Dad Jeans:
#Vintage.

Twitter: @JGreenDC

Eyebrows Are Accurate Predictors: 
The Grooming Lounge, a popular salon for Washington’s male power set, is staking claim to accurately predicting presidential elections based on which candidate has the better eyebrows. So, #NeverTrump.

​The only exception was Al Gore, who lost to George W. Bush in 2000, but the whole popular vote thing makes it not a clear loss.

Grooming Lounge founder Mike Gilman says Hillary Clinton’s brows have benefitted from gradually lightening over the years. He says that makes her appearance softer. Trump’s are in need of manscape. Election 2016: You Decide…

(Trump: Getty/Joe Readle; Clinton: Getty/Bill Pugliano)

Two Weeks Until Obama Love Story Hits Theaters:
I’ve already got my ticket for “Southside with You,” the meet-cute first date movie about Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson (now obvi POTUS&FLOTUS). The film has gotten solid reviews (88% on Rotten Tomatoes), though the White House is telling me for the time being they have no comment on the movie, whether the first couple approved a script, or even if the Obamas have seen it. I’m guessing they have; it’s being executive produced by singer John Legend, a good friend and frequent White House guest.

So far, almost one-million people have viewed the official trailer for “Southside with You” on YouTube. This afternoon at 2:45, Legend and Parker Sawyers, the actor who plays (and is a dead ringer for) Obama, will host a Twitter Q&A about the movie.

Twitter: @Southside_Movie

Obama’s Summer Reading List, Nerds: 
Released this morning by the White House … 
“Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life” by William Finnegan
“H is for Hawk by Helen” Macdonald
“The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins
“Seveneves” by Neal Stephenson

What The Beltway is Talking About:
Trump saying he was being sarcastic about the Obama founded ISIS thing.

What America is Talking About:
U.S. Olympic gold, including Simone Manuel in the 100m freestyle. You couldn’t help but smile and love America when you saw the look on her face after realized she won.

Getty Images: Gabriel Bouys

Trump Admits His Utah Problem:
It’s been an unpredictable week in Mormon politics. First, there was Clinton’s op-ed in the Deseret News. And Trump admitted yesterday while speaking to evangelicals in Florida that he has a “tremendous problem” in Utah, which he called a “different place.”

But Trump got some good news out of the state yesterday when Gov. Gary Herbert, who’s been critical of Trump in the past, said he would vote for the Republican nominee in part because he thinks Trump would be better on state’s rights and Supreme Court nominees. Herbert’s administration is split, though. Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox told me in a statement, “While I completely understand why some people feel an obligation to vote for the Republican nominee, and I am in no way being critical of those decisions, I just can’t get there.”

Scumbag Steve’s With Her:
Blake Boston, who became the meme “Scumbag Steve” because a photo of him at age 16 looking particularly scumbaggy, told the Boston Globe he thinks Trump’s the scumbag and he’s supporting Clinton, even though “she’s not perfect.”

“[S]he’s qualified and she’s dedicated her life to her beliefs,” he said. “Do I think the e-mail thing was a problem? Maybe. But it’s done. She won’t be doing that again.”

Dank Hillary 2016:
Speaking of memes, I just can’t with this Super Deluxe video of Clinton as a meme queen.

It starts out predictably enough, but then she talks about ~text messaging~, dabs, and says, “yeah I vape, so what.” Then there’s the “Pokemon Go … to the polls,” and I lose it.