GOP speakers
The New York Times has the scoop on the preliminary speaker list at the GOP convention. And our own Darryl Glenn, who is suddenly a fervent Trump supporter, made the cut. So did Tim Tebow. But in an upset, no Sarah Palin — and, in what can’t be a surprise by now,
very few Republican stars.
Make America hate again
License to play
The latest from Cleveland: While Cleveland officials affirm it’s OK for protesters at the GOP convention to carry guns, they also note that water guns, toy guns, knives, aerosol cans, rope and tennis balls are barred.
Seriously. Via
The Wall Street Journal.
Cleveland preps
The Washington Post takes a look at
preparations in Cleveland for the big week. It finds: empty jail cells — in preparation for riots, one assumes — and many empty hotel rooms.
Pirate Newt
Newt Gingich explains that the problem Trump faces if he chooses him for vice-president is that
both of them are pirates, and Trump might worry about having a two-pirate ticket. He didn’t say, though, if either would have to wear an eyepatch. Via
Fox News. Meanwhile,
The National Journal explains why Gingrich, piratical or not, is
the right choice for Trump.
Trump is what?
Not so notorious
Ginsburg is hardly the first Supreme Court justice to get herself involved in partisan politics. There’s
plenty of precedent to go around. Via
Politico.
Stuck on TPP
Bill Scher: Bernie may have gotten Clinton to bend on a lot of issues in the Democratic platform, but the truth is that Sanders
lost on the big one — TPP — which proves that Hillary is still in charge. Via
Politico
Clinton morphs
The National Review doesn’t see the Bernie-Hillary debate in quite the same way. It sees Clinton as
morphing into Sanders.
Scandal, the sequel
How Clinton
should react to the next scandal (and if she becomes president, there will certainly be more, real or otherwise): Do not overreact, do not over-deny, do not act as if you have seen it all before. Via
The New Yorker.
Catch ’em all
And, in case you don’t understand the Pokemon Go stuff, that’s why we have Vox.