Trump's Deadly Narcissism  —  According to a new Quinnipiac poll, a majority of Americans believe that Donald Trump is unfit to be president.  That's pretty remarkable.  But you have to wonder how much higher the number would be if people really knew what's going on.

A Preliminary Analysis of the Unified Framework  —  ABSTRACT  —  The Tax Policy Center has produced preliminary estimates of the potential impact proposals included in the “Unified Framework for Fixing our Broken Tax Code.”  We find they would reduce federal revenue by $2.4 trillion …

USAFA superintendent: “Grab your phones”  —  Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, superintendent of the Air Force Academy, yesterday “stood all of his 4,000 cadets at attention ...  [c]hins in and chests out ... to deliver a message on racial slurs found written on message boards at the academy's preparatory school …

VA chief took in Wimbledon, river cruise on European work trip; wife's expenses covered  —  Nearly three days into a trip to Europe this past July, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin had attended a Wimbledon championship tennis match, toured Westminster Abbey and taken a cruise on the Thames.

Melania Trump fires back at librarian who rejected gift of Dr. Seuss books as ‘racist’  —  First lady Melania Trump fired back Friday at a Massachusetts elementary school librarian who rejected her donation of Dr. Seuss books, claiming their illustrations are examples of “racist propaganda.”

Anti-abortion groups fuming over GOP failure to defund Planned Parenthood  —  Anti-abortion groups fuming over the Republican failure to defund Planned Parenthood as part of ObamaCare repeal are eyeing tax reform as the next vehicle for their cause.  —  The groups want Republicans …

People Are Sharing This Fake Photo Of NFL Players Burning The American Flag  —  Conservative social media accounts are sharing a photoshopped image that makes it look like an NFL player is burning the US flag while his teammates cheer him on.  —  The fake picture is being used …

Bernie backers give Dem incumbents a pass in 2018  —  Democrats have long been terrified that the Sanders-Clinton slugfest of 2016 would set off a prolonged civil war in the party, forcing incumbents to fight off primary challengers from the left in Senate and gubernatorial races.  —  It hasn't happened.

Arizona Senate: Sinema's Candidacy Puts Race in Toss Up  —  Republican U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake is getting challenged from both the right and the left in his bid for a second term.  The first hurdle will be a competitive primary.  If he clears that obstacle, he will likely face a competitive challenge …

CNN poll: Americans split on anthem protests  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Americans are sharply divided over whether NFL players taking a knee during the National Anthem are doing the right thing to express their views, but a majority agree that President Donald Trump …

D.C. Circuit lets stand concealed-carry ruling, cheering gun-rights activists  —  Case could head to Supreme Court  —  A federal appeals court let stand Thursday a decision that it is unconstitutional to require firearms owners prove a “good reason” in order to carry legally a concealed handgun …

The Berniecrats Have an Obama Problem  —  The ideological vanguard of the Bernie Sanders movement emerged from the 2016 election overflowing with dialectical certainty.  Hillary Clinton's narrow win in the primary was the last gasp of a dying neoliberal order, the overthrow of which is now preordained.

Trump Goes Rogue on Iran  —  The disjointed effort by Team USA to rewrite the nuclear deal.  —  Donald Trump has railed against the Iran nuclear deal since it was agreed to in 2015.  As a candidate, he said undoing it would be a top priority as president.  As president, he's called it one of the worst deals ever.

DOJ demands Facebook information from ‘anti-administration activists’  —  Washington (CNN)Trump administration lawyers are demanding the private account information of potentially thousands of Facebook users in three separate search warrants served on the social media giant, according to court documents obtained by CNN.

In private dinner, George W. Bush criticizes Trump's decision to add North Korea to travel ban  —  In a private dinner Thursday night, the former President George W. Bush was critical of President Donald Trump's decision to place added travel restrictions on North Korea as part …

Judge: Black Lives Matter is a movement that can't be sued  —  https://apnews.com/b1a60cdffa1e46bb9146 443d0a915e91  —  Link copied!  —  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Black Lives Matter is a social movement, like the tea party or the civil rights movement, and therefore can't be sued, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

A kid walked into a GameStop wearing a Kaepernick jersey.  Two NFL players bought him an Xbox.  —  Saundra Watts was getting her makeup done in the Dulles 28 Centre in Sterling on Tuesday, killing time while her dog was groomed at Petco, when her 10-year-old grandson, Jaden, came running into the store.

I'm a white country singer.  I still took a knee after I sang the national anthem at an NFL game.  —  I was on my way to Nissan Stadium in Nashville on Sunday morning when I got a phone call informing me that my performance of the national anthem before the Tennessee Titans game would be televised nationally later that day.