• DCCC & Kings Landing Consultants Are Instructing Candidates How To Deceive Democratic Primary Voters On Healthcare (DownWithTyranny!) Seriously, replace the DNC, DCCC, and DSCC with Dr. Who Bobbleheads, or by Mr. Huffle, and you would get better results.
• The Myth of the Alt-Left (Politico) It was created as PR by the corporate Democrats. As Yves Smith notes, when you’ve lost Politico………
• Stonewall Jackson’s Family Wants His Monument Removed (Esquire) No, it’s not about heritage. It’s about showing n*****s their place.
• UK Bank IT Train Wreck Demonstrates Why Algos Can Be a Terrible Idea (Naked Capitalism) Subprime lender tries to replace local sales reps with algorythms. Failure ensues.
• Scientists Figured Out Optimal Length of Time to Dunk Oreo (Grub Street) 4 seconds, apparrently.
• Another staged body cam leads to 43 more dropped Baltimore prosecutions (Ars Technica) I’ve gotta believe that this is SOP, not the proverbial bad apples.
• Robert E. Lee at West Point (American Conservative) West Point grad Andrew Bacevich calls for Lee’s name to be removed from Lee Gate, Lee Road, Lee Hall, and Lee Barracks at the military academy. Calls Lee a traitor.
• Is Facebook Staring Down Its “AOL Moment?” (Mark St. Cyr) Please Let this happen before the 2020 election season heats up.
• ‘The windscreen phenomenon’ – why your car is no longer covered in dead insects (The Telegraph) Massive drop in insect populations.
• Angry Mom: Oh, Honey — If Anybody’s ‘Out of Touch’, It’s You (Emptywheel) A wonderful take-down of Mrs. Steve Mnuchin’s snarky response to someone who noted that she used a government plane to fly to Kentucky to see the eclipse and tweeted all the brands she was wearing.  Words like, “Parasite” and, “Blood Sucker” are very justifiably used.

Using the Sousaphone (Tuba) to Parody KKK Members