- The Department of Defense identified the three U.S. Army Green Berets who died in Jordan yesterday: Staff Sgt. Matthew Lewellen, Staff Sgt. Kevin McEnroe, and Staff Sgt. James Moriarty.
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Hillary Clinton had the maid who worked at her Washington, DC home, Marina Santos, print out classified emails and documents for her. No, Santos did not have a security clearance. FBI Director James Comey told Congress that the Hillary Clinton emails found on Anthony Weiner’s laptop do not change his opinion that Clinton should not be charged with crimes over her private email server.
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The Secret Service hustled Donald Trump off a state in Reno when someone yelled, “Gun!” The person at the center of the disturbance in the audience was a Republican holding a sign saying, “Republicans against Trump.” Trump supporters were trying to wrestle away his sign. He was later released without charge.
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J.D. Rucker writes on the founding of the Federalist Party:
If the original Federalist Party leaders were around, they would be fighting the exact same battle from the opposite perspective. Instead of fighting for federal power, they would be fighting for the same checks and balances they fought for in the 18th century, only this time they would be fighting against the overreach and political manipulations that have turned Washington DC into a cesspool of self-serving powermongers.
As we form the new Federalist Party, we do so with a full awareness that our mission is very different from their mission. The goal of balance remains the same, but achieving that goal can only happen by systematically reducing the power of the federal government to give states the equal footing they need to prevent tyranny. The original goal was to promote the Constitution. Our goal is to defend it. The original party relied on bankers and the political elite. Our party will rely on the grassroots and building a new class of righteous leaders.
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused European countries of abetting terrorism by criticizing his treatment of the PKK and other Kurds. The pro-Kurdish HDP members of parliament who aren’t in jail decided to partially boycott parliamentary activities.
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U.S.-backed Syrian rebels announced an offensive to take Raqqa, ISIS’ home base in Syria.
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The tyranny of low expectations applied to photo voter ID:
