Donald Trump Questions Whether Hillary Clinton And Obama Are Actually Christians
The GOP candidate claimed there just isn't enough available information about his opponent's faith to know where she stands

.@realDonaldTrump I propose one debate between you and @HillaryClinton - consisting solely of a Bible quiz, winner takes all

They are protesting the fact that Ryan won't bring a gun vote to the floor.

Bloomberg news

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he Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation was among the organizations breached by suspected Russian hackers in a dragnet of the U.S. political apparatus ahead of the November election, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The attacks on the foundation's network, as well as those of the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, compound concerns about her digital security even as the FBI continues to investigate her use of a personal e-mail server while she was secretary of state.

Both teams were forecast by prognosticators to meet for the NCAA championship this weekend. Instead, they are the first two to go home in the eight-team, double elimination tournament in Omaha.

UCSB will now face Arizona in an elimination game, with the winner to take on Oklahoma State. In the other bracket, Texas Tech will take on the loser of tonight's TCU-Coastal Carolina in an elimination game.

The DA said he was dropping the charges because he could not determine who was in possession of the pot and guns.  He then went on to say:

Some comfort can be taken in the usual and customary Republican mainstays: health savings accounts, sales of insurance across state lines, and elimination of regulations. However, their are some new wrinkles: the popular preexisting conditions are replaced with less stringent standards, a federal income tax on contributions that employers make to employee health insurance based on a cap, older Americans can be charged up to five times what they are charged by younger people, and the requirement that Americans carry health insurance is eliminated.  

The ACA expansion of Medicaid will be rolled back with a per capita allotment and the states will be given a lump sum of federal money for all of a state's Medicaid program. States will be allowed to establish work requirements for Medicaid.  
recipients.

While the House Republicans were at it, they decided to "reform" Medicare.  For starters, the eligibility age will be raised to 67 from 65. And, in accord with Paul Ryan's hobby horse, Medicare will be transformed into a fully competitive market-based model known as premium support (i.e., coupons).  Medicare is to compete directly with private plans.

I forgot how good Barry Scheck was during the criminal trial.  Cochrane got the fame but Scheck was probably the best lawyer in that case.

I wish they had spent a little more time on the armed robbery/kidnapping trial.  That looked  like a case of social justice.  

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A University of Virginia law student who was accused of sexual misconduct and banned from campus--years after the alleged incident--is suing the U.S. Education Department for giving UVA no choice but to rule against him.

His lawsuit is a direct challenge to the legality of the campus kangaroo courts the federal government claims are required under Title IX. Lawyers representing the student, John Doe, argue persuasively that he would have been found innocent of wrongdoing if not for the Obama administration's insistence that universities adjudicate sexual assault under the preponderance of evidence standard.

This makes Doe's lawsuit the strongest legal assault on Title IX to date. If successful, it could undo some of the damage wrought by OCR's crusade to remove elements of due process from campus rape trials.

Leave campaigners are worried that the EU referendum is being manipulated by the government - two-thirds of Ukip voters believe that there is a plot to rig the vote, and a third of them believe that MI5 are involved in it, according to a poll this week.

Those warning about the conspiracy suggest that MI5 or another government agency could rub out the crosses on their ballot papers before they are counted - presumably either spoiling their vote or changing it into a vote to remain in the EU.

this is very funny

A guy wearing an almost cartoonishly large silver skull SS type ring.  On his middle finger right hand.  And he seemed to be trying to make sure it got on camera.  Or maybe I just noticed it because it was so big and out of context with the rest of his Brooks Brothers thang.

Anyway, he was some kind of official for Trump at the convention who seems to be in charge of tamping down any possible "floor troubles". I'm paraphrasing but he said something like "we have a serious group of combat veterans and anyone who wants to cause trouble better bring an army"

What did the Supreme Court decide?

The court deadlocked, 4-4, in the case: United States v. Texas, No. 15-674. The stalemate was made possible by the empty seat left by Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February.

What does the stalemate mean?

The deadlock was a sharp blow to Mr. Obama's ambitious plan, which he had hoped would become one of his lasting legacies. It also amplified the already-contentious election-year debate over immigration policy and presidential authority.