Today’s biggest stories:
- Barack Obama delivered an optimistic Democratic National Convention keynote/presidential valedictory that won praise even from ardent conservatives.
- Meanwhile, Joe Biden said the word “malarkey” more passionately than it’s ever been said before.
- In a very Trumpian move, Donald Trump claimed he didn’t really mean Russia should hack Hillary Clinton’s email when he said Russia should hack Hillary Clinton’s email.
- Trump has also been caught trying to use foreign labor at one of his properties when domestic labor appears to be available.
- And he did a Q&A last night with a hate-speech-friendly Reddit subforum. (Here’s today’s Trump Apocalypse Watch.)
- No officers will be criminally punished for Freddie Gray’s death, an outcome that demonstrates why the courts cannot be the only avenue for the pursuit of police reform.
- Finally, here’s how Democratic and Republican delegates describe their states differently during convention roll calls.
