Crime:

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[C1] I don’t know, this just doesn’t look accidental to me. At all.

[C2] A four year old in Dallas died, and a dark world in dentistry was revealed.

[C3] This seems like it ought to be from an episode of The Glades. Florida.

[C4] Sometimes, police do their job very well.

[C5] George Will reports a town in Missouri that is demanding due process. {via Oscar Gordon}

Daesh:

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[D1] George Washington University did a study of Americans arrested for Daesh actions.

[D2] Daesh learns that governing is hard. Good news, though: If you’re good at your job, they won’t kill you for smoking.

[D3] Hate crime hoaxes are not just an American thing (or a leftist one). A teacher who alleged a Daesh school attack invented it, it turns out.

[D4] Vadim Nikitm wants us to give Daesh diplomatic recognition.

[D5] Ted Galen Carpenter says that the Daesh threat is not a 1938 thing, but rather anarchoterrorism from the 19th century. As others have pointed out, given the government’s response at the time, this is a mixed bag for CATO.

Politics:

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[P1] Conspiracy-fodder: Not only is Donald Trump doing his best to destroy the Republican coalition, but his outbursts seem to be rescuing the Democrats. Honestly, I wonder if this isn’t like Wag The Dog, which for years left everybody believing every military action ever was a head-fake because it coincided with some scandal except that there was always some scandal whether there was a military action or not.

[P2] Whatever the case, Trump’s most recent comments seem to have improved his standing… among Democrats.

[P3] Speaking of polls, that one about Agrabah was kind of stacked. Be that as it may, it was successful both in partisan advance and in getting everyone talking about PPP. I expect to see more of this sort of thing.

[P4] A former Romney staffer decided to “troll” a Trump-based focus group, and was pretty stunned and dispirited at what he found. Nate Silver says Trump won’t fade until his coverage does.

[P5] Many laughs were had at the folks in North Carolina who objected to a solar energy installation for fear it would “suck up all the energy from the sun,” and it’s a pretty ridiculous argument. Dollars to donuts, though, it’s a NIMBY thing and they aren’t well-versed in the NIMBY lingo.

Government:

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[G1] The GAO is accusing the EPA of covertly propagandizing the Clean Water Rule. The CWR got a lot of attention in Arapaho. Uniformly negative, which of course lead to some to wonder why westerners don’t want clean water.

[G2] As we expand H2B visas, maybe we should consider helping relocate people to these sorts of opportunities?

[G3] The Alabama Supreme Court has declared void an adoption by a Lesbian couple. Unsurprisingly, this is going to the Supreme Court.

[G4] Calhoun County, Alabama, has a little over 100,000 people and two military tanks, but no more.

[G5] New South Wales has made it a jailtime crime to have firearm blueprints. See also Oscar’s post on the futility of gun control.

[G6] St Louis is experimenting by putting body cameras on sergeants. Why sergeants? Lack of union protection.

Housing:

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[H1] Seattle’s rental market is weakening.

[H2] Monica Potts writes about the downsides to regional economic success, of course referring to pricing out existing residents. If San Francisco wants to help subsidize these folks, I can’t really object so long as they’re not just passing the bill on to landlords. Or asking people everywhere else to help people live in the most expensive part of the country.

[H3] Emily Badger says cities haven’t run out of room so much as they’re shoo-ing away potential neighbors.

[H4] The commenters at Greater Greater Washington argue that of course the less fortunate need housing, just elsewhere.

[H5] Bring back the flop houses! The price is outrageous, but hey it’s San Francisco… I’m just kind of flag a bunk bed for $1200 a month is an option. Kriston Capps is fascinated.

Society:

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[S1] When Stone Cold Steve Austin gave The Donald the stunner. Turns out – not surprisingly, I guess – Trump was a good sport.

[S2] Howard University may sell its public TV spectrum. Southern Tech’s is basically a husk for PBS. Which is fine for TV, though I’m kind of bummed that there is no campus radio network.

[S3] As we’ve transitioned from cigarettes to smartphones, William Davies wonders what we lost along the way.

[S4] In the new economy, extreme fiscal responsibility apparently makes you a pitiable asshole.