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Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about today.

• How Michelle Obama Silenced Trump
  So, why is Michelle Obama the one person who throws Trump off his game? I’m not sure I can satisfactorily answer that. But what strikes me is that she doesn’t engage on his level. As she said Monday night, her motto is “when they go low, we go high.”
• A vote for Jill Stein is a vote for Donald Trump, and that’s the point – The Washington Post
  This is one where there doesn’t need to be any confusion. Voting for Jill Stein (in a competitive state) is voting for Donald Trump to be president. There isn’t any room to quarrel on this.
• Trump’s killed the GOP: He erased covert racism from the party’s platform — by being overtly racist
  The modern Republican Party is dead and Donald Trump killed it. He did so by extracting its heart, a large group of voters who joined the party because of their views on race but who disagree with the GOP’s economic positions.
• Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Make America Hate Again
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Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about today.

• The Dirty Lie That All Lives Matter
  When people say "All Lives Matter," it’s actually a lie. It’s stating a conclusion that all lives matter the same. But they don’t. And they never have
• Leslie Jones's Twitter abuse is a deliberate campaign of hate | Ijeoma Oluo
• John Leguizamo Points Out Hypocrisy Of Minorities Having To Assimilate
  “As a Latin person ― minorities, black people have to do it as well ― we have to immerse ourselves in white culture and learn about white culture,” Leguizamo said in the video, posted Saturday. “It’s all we were taught in school and in movies. And so we learn, but it’s not reciprocal, you know? It’s not a reciprocal thing that happens that white culture wants to learn about Latin culture or black culture.”
• Op-Ed Contributor: Why There Is No War on the Police
  When I was a police officer on the beat, not everyone was glad to see me. But they still called me for help.

Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about today.

• The Most Damning Speech of the GOP Convention
  Here’s the problem, Republicans. Three days from now, this show you’re putting on will be over. All the promises made by people who aren’t Donald Trump will be gone. The only thing you’ll be left with is the guy you actually nominated for president. And what he has said—and continues to say—is so awful that you couldn’t bring yourselves, in four days of talking about him, to face who he really is.
• I lived as a transgender woman in peace for years. Then the GOP got involved.
  Since the "bathroom bills," I’ve experienced newfound humiliation, threats and harassment. The Republican National Convention will only make it worse.
• White fragility is real: 4 questions white people should ask themselves during discussions about race
  Here are a few ways I check myself against white fragility.
• Barack Obama Helped Us Peer Into the Racial Divide
  It may take years to fully appreciate how dramatically this presidency has bent the arc of history toward justice.
• America is too damn hot: U.S. faces dramatic rise in extreme heat and humidity
  We found that scores of U.S. cities home to tens of millions of people will face dramatic increases in dangerous and extreme heat days by the middle of this century if current greenhouse gas emissions trends continue.
• ‘Make America Great Again’ is not a policy. It’s an exercise in mass psychology.
  To peddle hatred instead of real plans is to skirt the central political questions of our time.

Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about today.

• Black Lives Still Matter
  In order to truly ensure that, we will have to confront the broader culture of violence that has long gripped this nation.
• What Sanders' Endorsement Of Clinton Can Teach Us About Fighting Fair
  Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee for president Tuesday, ending a long, and at times bitter, battle for the nomination.
• You Never Know What Someone Is Going Through, So Be Kind
  We really never know what’s going on in someone’s life—what news they might have gotten that day, whether they just lost their job or have a loved one who is ill. That’s why it’s so important to lead with kindness as often as we can.
• Philando Castile Should Still Be Alive
  I shouldn’t have to find the right words to talk about it with my 5-year-old son. I shouldn’t have to tell him that Mr. Phil was killed by the police for no reason. I shouldn’t have to explain that the people charged with protecting us all too often end up killing people with brown skin.

Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about today.

• For White People Who Believe Black Lives Matter
  Before he became governor of Indiana and a candidate to be Donald Trump’s vice-presidential nominee, Mike Pence was a congressman, and he voted for every free-trade agreement that came before him. That record, along with at least two votes favoring freer trade with China, puts him squarely at odds with Trump on one of the signature issues of the businessman’s presidential campaign.
• Why 'reverse racism' is a stupid accusation | John Paul Brammer
  Jesse Williams’ BET speech named aspects of racism that are invisible to those who do not encounter them. That’s why it’s provoked an ill-informed petition.
• It Is Time to Notice That Horrible Mass Bombings Are Targeting Muslims
  It is necessary to call the brutal actions of mass murderers deviant behavior, not radical Islam.
• Are You Ready for Some Hard Truths About the Birth of Our Nation? Brace Yourself
  Cutting edge historians are breaking new ground to help us understand the dogged persistence of white racism.

Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about today.

• To Right-Wing Religious Leaders: ‘Can We Forgive You?’
  Can we forgive you for your insulting and repugnant mantra “We love the sinner but hate the sin”? Can we forgive you in your efforts to deny me and members of my community the rights of self-definition and self-determination, and to deny us our integrity and our humanity by attempting to prevent us from maintaining our subjectivity, our agency, and our voice?
• Barack Obama has made America great again
  Three public opinion charts demonstrate the effect of the Obama administration.
• 5 Big Meat Companies Produce A Combined 162 Million Tons Of Manure Each Year
  Factory farms create hundreds of millions of tons of manure each year, and that is threatening some of America’s most vulnerable bodies of water.
• Transgender Americans Can Now Fight And Die For A Country That Doesn't Protect Them At Home
  Transgender people are now allowed to serve in the military, according to a new policy announced by Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday. That means these individuals can go to war and bravely fight for their country without fear of being discharged or denied re-enlistment. But when they come home as civilians, it will be legal to fire them.

Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about today.

• American Culture Is Inflicting Pain on Our Boys
  The fears of immigration whipped up by Nigel Farage mirror Donald Trump’s. If he makes it to the White House, they too will be exposed as lies the very next day.
• Brexit stands as a warning to American conservatives
  The fears of immigration whipped up by Nigel Farage mirror Donald Trump’s. If he makes it to the White House, they too will be exposed as lies the very next day.
• America, your hands are not clean in Orlando massacre
  A culture that fosters and promotes anti-gay sentiment — and for some, in recent days, refused to even acknowledge the victims as LGBT people of color, thereby erasing their identities even in death — must share some of the responsibility for the hatred Mateen and others like him harbor.
• Lives Are on the Line: The Smearing of LGBTs by the Right Is More Than Disturbing—It's Dangerous
  Politicians and anti-LGBT activists have created a climate in which gay and trans people are constantly at risk.
• Donald Trump Isn’t the Presidential Candidate We Should Be Worried About
  The real danger is the smarter, more capable neo-fascist politician who will inevitably rise in his wake.
• Five Right-Wing Predictions About Marriage Equality That Still Haven't Come True
  Here are just five of the craziest predictions that conservative politicians and pundits made about Obergefell v. Hodges, all of which are yet to come true.
• Stop Asking Me to Denounce Islam to Prove I Care About LGBT Rights
  Surely, I am not less queer just because I am Muslim.
• Gun Reform Has an Overwhelming Majority of Support—So Why Isn't It Happening?
  It will take more than sit-ins in Congress.
• Here’s a better way to punish the police: Sue them for money
  Federal law makes it more difficult to hold an officer accountable for denying constitutional rights than for injuring by negligent conduct.