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Hillary Clinton‘s predicament was on full display Friday in a campaign rally in California as she tried to fend off not one but two opponents.

With the Democratic nomination in her grasp, she is heading toward a general election showdown with the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is trying to seize on the turmoil Donald J. Trump’s ascent has caused within the Republican Party — actively reaching out to gain the support of influential Republican leaders, including former elected officials and retired generals disillusioned by their party’s standard-bearer.

This has nothing to do with Minneapolis, but there appears to be a real lack of understanding about police work on the part of many of the general public. Mainly because no one ever took the time to try to explain how cops do their jobs. Most people form their opinions about the police and how they operate based on what they see on TV or in the movies.

So here’s a chance to test your

One tragedy of the billionaire sex offender’s death is that it will make it harder to argue against the paranoia that is increasingly consuming our politics. Anyone who’s watched a courtroom TV drama has heard the phrase “Hard cases make bad law.” It’s a legal maxim that says really extreme — i.e., rare or weird — cases are not only hard to generalize from, they’re also a bad foundation for