Politics

The British chancellor George Osborne has said that ‘Brexiters’ are so paranoid that they would accuse the media and politicians of faking the moon landing and covering up the loch ness monster. The Tory chancellor even shared a platform on Monday with his former rivals Ed Balls and Vince Cable to warn about the terrible dangers of leaving the EU. The Huffington Post reports: George Osborne has claimed the ‘Brexit’ campaign is so paranoid it thinks the moon landing was faked as he made a fresh warning of the deep economic cost of leaving the European Union.

A recurring question during Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has been what, if any, role her husband the "First Gentleman", Bill Clinton will hold.  Yesterday, she finally have some hints toward answering this question. At a campaign stop in Fort Mitchell, Ky., Clinton said her husband would be "in charge of revitalizing the economy."

Clinton gets specific on the job Bill would have in her WH: "My husband, who I’m going to put in charge of revitalizing the economy..."

I have to admit, I found David Samuels’s defense of his now-infamous New York Times Magazine article to be delightfully amusing. From my perspective, the important paragraph of his defense is this one:

With Russian stocks among the best performing in 2016 - and up dramatically since The White House issued its "sell" rating...

Some anti-Trump Republicans are still trying to find someone crazy bold enough to launch an independent presidential bid to thwart Trump. The Republican National Committee chairman isn’t pleased:

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus did not mince words as he urged party figures laying the groundwork for a third-party bid to suspend their operation.