July 25, 2016

Democrats open their convention in chaos over emails suggesting dirty dealings toward Sanders.

Clinton’s campaign manager says the emails were leaked by Russian hackers “for the purpose of helping Donald Trump.”

Garry Kasparov: Trump reminds me of Putin, a total nightmare.

Following leak of embarrassing emails, DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigns.

White House hires hackers to handle relatively simple IT updates for government agencies.

“153 Things Donald Trump Has Said and Done That Make Him Unfit to Be President.”

Caity Weaver tours Trump properties and tangles with their PR team’s “diabolical ineptitude.”

Profile of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president.

Seven years after agreeing to abolish the system of male guardianship over women, Saudi Arabia makes only meager reforms.

British PM Theresa May to crack down on immigration by restricting student visas.

Probably the best Brexit piece yet: Zadie Smith’s “Fences” diary.

The deeper I get into elite culture, the more I see value in reverse snobbery.

US airstrikes that accidentally kill as many civilians as the Nice attack get next to no news coverage.

Another nightclub shooting in Florida kills two, wounds 14, during an event for teenagers.

Islamic State kills 80 during a rally by hundreds of ethnic Hazaras on Saturday in Kabul.

Defensive lineman at Iowa playing Pokémon Go mistaken for a bank robber, held at gunpoint by police.

For LeBron, coming home was glorious; for Ken Griffey Jr., it was a disaster.

When a dish is perfectly seasoned, it will taste simultaneously like it has too much salt and too little salt. David Change releases his “Unified Theory of Deliciousness.”

Rent man in Japan sees 30-40 clients a month, mostly women, most of whom just want him to listen.

by via The Morning News