The prosecutor dropped the charges "in the interest of justice", and she has since
been re-elected. She is still on the court.
- My Liberally Lean Weather Team woke up to report: A "cold" front moves through this afternoon around 2:30 p.m. It will be hotter at noon than it will be at 5:00 p.m. And the next few days are an absolute gift for mid-July.
- Republican National Convention highlights:
- Rudy took big a tumble while walking. Video.
- Rep. Matt Gaetz confronted former speaker Kevin McCarthy on the convention floor and almost got his butt kicked. What he did (video) and how he was confronted (video).
- The gangs all here in quite the photo. Sarah Huckabee-Sanders, Trump blowing a kiss, the Jewish Space Laser lady in the background, and a giddy VP nominee.
- Trump has humiliated them all, but they all showed up and kissed the ring last night.
- Random photo of a delegate.
- The gal that butchered the National Anthem before the home run derby offered up an explanation.
- Another pretty good graphic of the the shooting scene
- I'm not a conspiracy theory guy, but I want to see Trump's ear. Something definitely happened to it, and I'll take his word for it that a bullet pierced it, but I'm not ruling out that it got hurt on the ground after he ducked.
- That looks pretty nasty.
- This is one of the dumbest takes of the Dallas Morning News ever. Expunction in Texas is ridiculoulsly hard to get and almost impossible to meet the prerequistites.
- Old school Ticket fans: Mike Rhyner and The Hammer, of the original Hardline, at the All-Star game last night.
- The day before. What hand symbol is he making?
- The Supreme Court stopped a Texas execution yesterday evening 20 minutes before it was set to happen.