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Recapitulating the Thursday and Friday Common Sense outings, Paul Jacob’s weekend column for Townhall is well worth checking out. And then coming back here for a little extra.

• Curious about the memorial service? Click here.
• The chief’s statement, here.
• Fast and … what? (Obama’s first scandal.)
• The Feds keep driving civil asset forfeiture. Yikes.
• The death toll and incarceration rates in the War on Drugs are astounding.
• “These Are the Times,” at Townhall.

Violence. Animosity. Lawlessness. And Paul Jacob is not just talking about these things on the streets, amongst protestors.

Click on over to Townhall. Come back here. Figure out the age; testify.

Declarations of … regret? Partisans of Big Government will go quite a long ways to defend said modes of governance. See Townhall, this weekend, and then come back here:

• Washington Post: “Brexit is a reminder that some things just shouldn’t be decided by referendum,” by Emily Badger
• New Republic: “The Case Against Referendums: From Greece to California, They Always End Up Undermining Democracy,” David A. Bell
• Washington Post: “Does the Brexit vote prove democracies should not use referenda?” by Ilya Somin
• Townhall: “Think Longer” by Paul Jacob
• Newsweek: “Brexit Exposes the Flaws of Referendum Democracy,” by Jason Brennan
  The Atlantic: “Should the Brexit Vote Have Happened at All?,” by Uri Friedman
• Guardian: If referendums are the answer, we’re asking the wrong question, by Martin Kettle
• New York Times: “‘Brexit’ and the Dangers of Democracy,” by Peter Eavis
• Princeton University Press: “Brexit, Democracy, and Epistocracy,” by Jason Brennan
• Princeton University Press: “Against Democracy,” by Jason Brennan

Ah, how Britain’s Brexit vote surprised the world’s leaders and elites! If for no other reason than to see them squirm, there is something in the LEAVE [the EU] vote to glory in. But it’s more important than that.

Click on over to Townhall for this weekend’s Common Sense column. Then come back here for a bit more reading:

• MarketWatch: 5 arguments in favor of a U.K. ‘Brexit’ from the EU — and 5 against
• BBC News: Eight reasons Leave won the UK’s referendum on the EU
• AP: From benefits to bendy bananas: Fact-​checking UK’s EU debate
• WSJ: Brexit Would Lead to 6% Drop in U.K. GDP, Government Warns
• The Week: Brexit Quiz
• The Atlantic: Why Britain Left
• Breitbart: Senior Cato Analyst — Obama Should Be Ashamed of His Arrogant, Ignorant, Counter-​Productive Brexit Meddling
• Mises Institute: Britain Doesn’t Need the EU to Thrive
• New York Times: ‘Brexit’ Revolt Casts a Shadow Over Clinton’s Caution
• C‑Span: Donald Trump News Conference in Turnberry, Scotland
• In These Times: After Brexit, European Left Calls for ‘Massive Political Opposition’
• Zero Hedge: The European Union: Government By Deception
• Common Sense: Hysteria, Assassination, and Big Government
• (Common Sense) Video of the Week: After-​Brexit Perspective

Oh, the richness of this political season has made for something strange. What sea change comes next?

Paul Jacob, on Townhall this weekend, discusses one such possible, momentous motion of the rich and strange. Click on over, then come back here:

• Unbound: The Conscience of a Republican Delegate, Curly Haugland and Sean Parnell, Woodbridge, VA: Citizens in Charge Foundation, 2016).
• Detroit News: Two Mich. GOP delegates join new plot to dump Trump
• Politico: Anti-​Trump GOP delegates start organizing
• The Hill: Several GOP delegates working to block Trump’s nomination
• Daily Beast: New Evidence Donald Trump Didn’t Pay Taxes
• The Hill: Trump Veepstakes in Overdrive
• CNN: How the GOP could cut ties with Donald Trump
• Washington Post: Dozens of GOP delegates launch new push to halt Donald Trump

This weekend at Townhall​.com, your Common Sense advocate for freedom tries to free minds from the constraints of the two major political parties. It’s easier, this year, since both parties seem bent on picking candidates that are … bent.

Click on over, then come back here for more reading:

• Daily Wire: Both Trump and Clinton Went To Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Slave Island.
• New York Times: Hillary Clinton Turned $1,000 Into $99,540, White House Says
• Time: Hillary Clinton Says Bill Clinton Would Be in Charge of the Economy After Election
• Daily Caller: New Emails Show Hillary Assisting For-​Profit College That Paid Bill $16 Million
• Jonathan Turley: Laureate Education Lawsuits Present Problem For Clintons
• Common Sense: Bernie’s Problem?
• National Review: “Conservatives against Trump” by Glenn Beck
• MSNBC: Meet the Republicans Speaking Out Against Trump
• New York Times: Meg Whitman Likens Donald Trump to Fascists, Shaking G.O.P.’s Brief Truce
• National Review: Not a Single Republican Delegate Is ‘Bound’ to Donald Trump
• The Libertarian Republic: Mitt Romney Is Considering Supporting Gary Johnson and Bill Weld
• Common Sense Video: Not Fringe