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As the political summer heats up, violence wells. What are we to make of it?

Click on over to Townhall, for a full consideration. Then come back here for even more reading.

• YouTube: “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?” by Dionne Warwick
• NBC Bay Area: “I’ve Never Seen Anything Like That in America”: Trump’s San Jose Rally Draws Protest, Turns Violent
• San Jose Mercury News: San Jose police chief defends officers accused of failing to protect Trump supporters from violence
• San Jose Mercury News: San Jose mayor scolds Donald Trump, protesters after post-​rally violence
• Tweet by CNN’s Sara Murray: Trump supporter gets sucker punched
• YouTube: Woman surrounded and egged by protesters
• YouTube: Various San Jose Incidents
• YouTube: Albuquerque violence
• YouTube: Chicago violence
• Townhall: Worst Actors in a Freedom-​Destroying Drama
• Common Sense with Paul Jacob: Trump Speech

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This week at Townhall, an expansion of Monday’s Common Sense outing … to the outhouse. But whether the question is what is in and what is out, the reality is, WHERE and WHO must decide WHAT goes WHERE and WHY.

Click on over. Then come back here for an advanced education.

• The Obama Administration letter
• S. E. Cupp, CNN: “Trump is right on transgender bathroom laws”
• Alison Noon, Washington Post: “California Assembly passes gender-​neutral restrooms bill”
• Wikipedia: Gender theory
• Wikipedia: Cisgender
• Age of Shitlords: “Complete List of Tumblr Genders (So Far)”
• Wirkman Virkkala, Discriminations: “Gender Hooey,” “More on ‘Gender’” and “The New Fear of Sex”
• Jeannie Suk, The New Yorker: “Who’s Afraid of Gender-​Neutral Bathrooms?”

This week at Townhall Paul Jacob wraps up the big story this week. Click on over, forward to friends. But come back here for the necessary further reading of source material:

• Politico: The One Man Who Could Stop Donald Trump
• Common Sense VIDEO: The Delegates (Week in Review)
• NRO: Trump’s Refusal to Release Tax Returns Is a Ticking Time Bomb for the GOP
• Jennifer Rubin at WaPost: Trump created the grounds for a contested convention
• Crooked Timber: Does the primary system violate freedom of association?
• CNBC: GOP official Curly Haugland says, “We choose the nominee, not the voters”
• Curly Haugland Truthers
• FairVote: National Poll Highlights What Republican Voters Really Think
• Kathleen Parker at Washington Post: After Trump, the GOP may need a better voting system
• Common Sense: Fat Lady Score
• Common Sense: Listen to Whom?
• Common Sense: Delegates Unbound

Can you identify Hillary’s apparent co-​partner in anti-​coal? This weekend Paul Jacob asks the question,  and puts it in context.

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• Wall Street Journal Video: Hillary Clinton Is Challenged on Coal Comments
• Washington Post: Emotional unemployed W.Va. coal worker confronts Hillary Clinton over comment about putting coal ‘out of business’
• Infowars​.com: Hillary’s War on Coal Will Make YOU Poor, Not Just Coal Miners
• HotAir​.com: No, Hillary did not apologize for bragging about putting coal miners ‘out of business’
• HillaryClinton​.com Factsheet: Hillary Clinton’s Plan for Revitalizing Coal Communities
• CBN News: Obama’s War on Coal Decimating ‘America’s Powerhouse’
• America Rising: “We Are Going To Put A Lot Of Coal Miners & Coal Companies Out Of Business”

Ah, what a difference an epithet can make! But, in the case of last week’s biggie, will the harsh words backfire?

A more extensive look at the logic of insider invective, at Townhall this weekend. Click on over, then come back here for kinder words:

• Common Sense: The Most Hated
• The Stanford Daily: John Boehner talks election, time in office
• NBC News: Former Speaker Boehner calls Cruz “Lucifer in the flesh”
• The Federalist: John Boehner – I Won’t Vote For Ted Cruz Over Hillary
• Ted Cruz’s Tweet on Twitter
• New York Times: John Boehner, House Speaker, Will Resign From Congress
• YouTube: Republican Minority Leader John Boehner explains why he handed out bribes on the House floor