● Today’s comic is Trump under investigation: a witch hunt? by Ruben Bolling:
● Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly to condemn "alt-right white supremacy" … but overwhelmingly doesn’t mean they did it quickly.
● Now there's a lede:
While jogging on a familiar, overgrown, wooded trail near her home on a recent warm afternoon, Rachel Borch thought to herself, “what a beautiful day.”
Little did she know she was about to be attacked by a rabid raccoon she would end up killing with her bare hands.
● How conservatives are trying to rewrite the Constitution:
For years, conservatives have been trying to rally a two-thirds majority of states around a balanced budget amendment. They came close in 2014 then stalled until this spring. In March, Arizona became the seventh state to call for a constitutional convention—or maybe the ninth, depending on how you're counting. Texas was probably lucky No. 11 in May. Last week Governor Scott Walker urged Wisconsin lawmakers to bring the total to 30. We'll find out this week if he persuaded them. Just 34 states are needed.
● Luxury vs. discount pricing and the meaning of the number nine.
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On today’s Kagro in the Morning show, Greg Dworkin rounds up the 3 big stories: the Alexandria shooting; Trump pushing his way into direct investigation, and; the burgeoning AHCA disaster. We examine why Trump couldn’t resist trouble & USA Today’s new data on his secret real estate deals.
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