Must Read

• Justin Miller, The Subtle Force of Tom Perez [Ed.:  He’s being talked about as a potential VP nominee.  If you’re not familiar with him – I wasn’t – this is a good backgrounder.]
• Steve Randy Waldman, Attributions of Causality
• Charlie Pierce, Gutless Politicians Blocked a Bipartisan Gun Bill. But Who’s Surprised? (Out on the weekend, where we’ll be reading quite a lot of Michael Herr’s work.)

Should Read

• Daniel Costa, Supreme Court immigration decision means millions of workers will be deprived of crucial labor protections
• Chris Arnade, TARP:  A Love Story
• Mark Zdechlik, Minnesota’s Largest Health Insurer Will Drop Individual Plans [Ed.: An entirely foreseeable outcome given that the ACA is what it is.  Single-payer, anyone?  Single payer isn’t just about access to health care.  It’s also about cost control.]
• Daniel Larison, Endangered Hawks

Brexit

• Richard Seymour, Brexit and the Left:  The European Union is brutal and undemocratic — ignoring that just gives the Right more power
• Dean Baker, Serious Confusion at WaPo on Brexit Consequences and Austerity
• The Onion, Americans Confused By System Of Government In Which Leader Would Resign After Making Terrible Decision

Douchebags  CO2 Emissions

• Matt Richtel (NYT), American Drivers Regain Appetite for Gas Guzzlers

Douchebags Politics

• driftglass, Future Historians Owe Conservatives a Huge “Thank You” [Ed.:  Sure, “The Left” can be obnoxious but they can’t compete with what the right-wingers have puked all over the country for the past few decades.]

Douchebags Business

• Rana Foroohar, Why the Creative Accounting in the Microsoft-LinkedIn Deal Is So Disturbing

Science

• Chris Mooney, 30 years ago scientists warned Congress on global warming. What they said sounds eerily familiar
• Drug Monkey, It is time to eliminate “major revisions” as a manuscript decision  [Ed.: I can’t recall if I’ve ever recommend “major revisions” to a manuscript.    I may have.  If a manuscript needs a huge amount of work then it should be rejected.  That stated, I’ve never suggested that authors conduct additional experiments as part of the revision process.  If additional work is needed in order to answer the question(s) posed then the manuscript should be rejected – rewrite and resubmit when the additional work is done.]
• Andrew Gelman, It comes down to reality and it’s fine with me cause I’ve let it slide
• Mike Wall, Amazing Photo Shows Likely Alien Planet 1,200 Light-Years Away
• Caleb Scharf, Hubble Confirms a Gas Mountain on Neptune
• United States Antarctic Program
• Solar Impulse Airplane – Leg 15 – Flight New York to Seville

Photography

• Randy Kennedy (NYT), Champions of a Monster Polaroid Yield to the Digital World
• Jacob Bernstein (NYT), Bill Cunningham, Legendary Times Fashion Photographer, Dies at 87 [Ed.:  I wouldn’t give a cup of warm spit for fashion photography in general but I always enjoyed Cunningham’s work – probably because he was a street photographer whose focus was fashion, not a fashion photographer.]

Ending on a Positive Note

• Yoan Moncada’s first AA homerun  [Ed.:  And Benintendi appears to be adjusting to AA pitching.  I think the Sox have a couple good ones in the pipeline.]