July 7, 2016

• Minnesota man dies in second shooting this week of a black man by police officers.
• Department of Justice opens civil rights investigation into police killing of Alton Sterling.
• Latest Washington Post poll map shows the presidential race as Clinton's to lose.
• House Republicans call FBI Director Comey to testify about Clinton's emails.
• Comey’s press conference on Clinton was “unprecedented,” “pre-emptive,” possibly a violation of due process.
• Clinton announces new college affordability plan based on conversations with Sanders.
• Trump visits Capitol Hill, and many Republicans cite convenient conflicts to skip the meeting.
• Unrelated: Trump's Mar-a-Lago may be a foot underwater in 30 years.
• If Putin could design an American president, he or she would look a lot like Trump.
• Trump goes rogue during speech to re-ignite controversy around his tweeting, widely criticized as anti-Semitic.
• Related: "Jared Kushner’s Defense of Donald Trump Is Equal Parts Laughable and Odious."
• Jonah Lehrer's return to publishing dismissed—savagely—by Jennifer Senior in the Times.
• First concrete signs of post-Brexit financial stress in Britain emerged this week.
• More post-Brexit fallout: 700,000 fewer job postings.
• Chelsea Manning cut off from her lawyers amid suicide-attempt rumors.
• Professors cite the second amendment while suing the University of Texas over its campus-carry law.
• Google’s LinkNYC machines, to be installed citywide, are personalized Minority Report tracking/propaganda devices.
• Private prisoner transport companies are exactly as horrific as you think
• Vancouver General gets Canada's first dog certified to detect bacteria in hospitals.
• Uproar in Geneva over the introduction of a black swan—named after Nelson Mandela—into its all-white population.
• Speaking of the Swiss: "Roger Federer’s quarterfinal victory, on Wednesday, seemed, even for him, heroic."
• Profile of the first celebrity chef: X. Marcel Boulestin.
• Winner to receive $2000 for eating as much kale as possible in eight minutes at the first Kale Cup.