July 18, 2016

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Republicans roll into Cleveland for the RNC, with Monday’s theme focused on law and order.

Alleged gunman who killed three Baton Rouge police officers yesterday identified as a former marine.

Twenty-six cops have been killed so far in 2016, up 44% from 2015.

FWIW: Hate-ridden Orlando killer was likely a long-term steroid user.

Why France continues to be attacked: For being the standard bearer of western secular liberalism.

There will be no stopping him now. With Turkey’s coup contained, Erdoğan’s purge begins.

New report says Russia operated a state-sponsored doping program at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014.

Reformers could save millions of lives if people would just stop calling road deaths “accidents.”

Trump’s VP choice Mike Pence isn’t well known to voters, but public health officials know his anti-science record.

Confessional from the BuzzFeed reporter who goaded Trump into taking the presidency seriously.

See also: Jane Mayer’s “Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All.”

Half of Republicans say Mexican immigrants have had a positive impact on the country.

Republican platform goes into the weeds on public lands reform, resulting in a plan to end federal parks.

Filipino farmers weren’t just denied aid during this spring’s drought—the government killed them for asking for it. #longreads

Marxists can be separated into those who play—theoretically—with Lego and those who play with Duplos.

If you read about “psychoticism” being linked to liberals or conservatives, prepare to enter a social-science war.

Psychosis is like a fever. A physiological theory of mental illness.

A woman’s hunger is always an overreach, because it is not supposed to exist.

After months of Swift sniping, Kim posts video of singer seemingly assenting to Kanye’s “Famous” verse.

Popular social media star in Pakistan dead in family honor killing.

Your Monday commuting read: “The American Who Accidentally Became a Chinese Movie Star.”