I’m at the NH Democratic Party Convention today, so I am writing this in the past or you are reading it in the future or something. God only knows how many of these stories have changed in the intervening twelve hours. And Ronan Farrow hinted that he’s breaking some news so… you should probably go check that out.
Robert Mugabe, Strongman Who Cried, ‘Zimbabwe Is Mine,’ Dies at 95
ICE Office Must Stop Keeping All Asylum Seekers Locked Up, Federal Judge Orders
Reminder: This stuff is not normal! NOAA backs Trump on Alabama hurricane forecast, rebukes Weather Service for accurately contradicting him
Neither is this! “The inquiry is part of a broader, previously unreported probe into U.S. military expenditures at and around the Trump property in Scotland.”
Of course: Now Trump Reverses Emissions-Reducing Lightbulb Energy Efficiency Standards
Eric Trump's Attempt to Discredit the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos Backfired Spectacularly
Phew: Howard Schultz, Former Starbucks Chief, Won’t Run for President in 2020
Go Iceland: Pride flags greet Mike Pence on arrival in Iceland
The constitutional change at the heart of the UK Parliament’s endless deadlock
This is such a loss: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
And today’s features:
Inside the shadowy think tank pushing to kick 3.1 million people off food stamps
WWII: eighty years on, the world is still haunted by a catastrophe foretold
Trees Are Key To Fighting Urban Heat — But Cities Keep Losing Them
The Small-Town Disputes That Fuel Germany’s Far Right
Shakesville’s unravelling and the not-so-golden age of blogging
xoxo, Kate