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Many areas of America—the areas where lots of people want to live—also have crushing housing shortages. One unorthodox, wild idea seems to be becoming more attractive... build more housing, faster.

http://gawker.com/the-affordable…

Crazy idea I know!

Even idiot internet commenters can tell you that if a city has huge housing demand and inadequate supply to meet that demand, prices will rise. If this situation persists long enough, that city will become unaffordable to everyone except the rich. This is the situation that already exists in San Francisco, vast swaths of New York City, and other cities. If you are wondering whether it is “progressive” or “liberal” to create a situation in which no poor or middle class people can afford to live in your city: it is not.

Today, the Wall Street Journal
reports on the findings of a new study by Trulia that are thoroughly unsurprising: the American cities that take the longest to issue building permits for new housing construction have extremely slow growth of the housing supply, even in times of high demand, like now. The opposite is also true: cities that issue housing construction permits relatively quickly have might higher growth of the housing supply over the past 20 years. (New York City, Oakland, and San Francisco are among the five slowest cities to issue permits.)

Now, if you have ever witnessed, for example, the clear cutting of a forest in Middle of Nowhere, Florida to make way for a planned housing development that looks like it is made of 100% plastic, you may tend to view the concept of “new housing construction” with a certain distaste. It is certainly possible for specific municipalities to make foolish decisions regarding the approval of new housing. But this is a matter less of the speed of the permitting process than of a ruthless pro-development mindset of local governments, to the exclusion of all other concerns. And the cities that really need housing the most—the aforementioned Bay Area and New York City—are far less likely to be paving over sensitive wetlands to build golf course developments than they are to be tearing down shorter buildings to put up taller buildings. We don’t need to build destructive housing. We don’t need to build ugly housing. But one way or another, we do need to build housing.

If you want non-rich people to be able to live in our nation’s greatest cities—and you should—then you must accept the fact that we need to build a lot of new housing. If our local governments take one year to issue housing permits, we will not be able to build a lot of new housing. Let’s try to do it faster, hey.

Investors are pulling back from hedge funds in Asia; investors pulled $100 billion out of funds of hedge funds in the past year; the world’s biggest hedge fund is slowing its hiring. I wonder why?

http://gawker.com/hedge-funds-ha…

ISIS this week claimed responsibility for an attack that authorities now say was perpetrated by a man the terrorist group would ordinarily want to violently murder, not champion.

According to reports, Mohamed Bouhlel, the man who drove a truck into a Bastille Day parade in Nice, killing at least 84 people, was actually bisexual. In a stunning turn of events, ISIS—which ordinarily puts gay and bisexual men to death—apparently did not vet its latest hero before reflexively claiming responsibility for his actions.

Calling Bouhlel a “soldier,” ISIS put out a statement explaining he had responded to “calls to target nations of coalition states that are fighting (Isis).”

There’s no evidence to indicate Bouhlel, who was Muslim, was actually operating on behalf of or in allegiance to ISIS, though friends and family say he had recently become radicalized. But authorities say there is evidence that he lived life openly as a bisexual man. Via Newsweek:

According to France’s BFMTV, investigators have gleaned that Bouhlel—who left at least 84 people dead in the French city—had a busy sex life, with pictures of both female and male conquests on his phone. Bisexuality, or homosexuality, is forbidden in Islam, although interviews with Bouhlel’s friends and relatives in Nice have revealed that he did not behave, at least until recently, like a devout Muslim.

He had at least one main boyfriend, reportedly a 73-year-old retiree.

“He didn’t pray, he didn’t fast, he drank alcohol,” Bouhlel’s father, Mohamed Mondher Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, told The Local. “He even took drugs.”

Another woman told the paper he was a man “who flirted with anything that moved.”

And maybe he was radicalized—some foreign reports indicate he had been approached by an ISIS recruiter in the weeks leading up to the attack. Or maybe he was simply an unstable man strung out on steroids. Perhaps both. Prosecutors tell The Local Bouhlel had a history of “threats, violence, theft and acts of criminal damage,” and suffered a nervous breakdown that spanned several years. When his wife left him, a neighbor says, he went crazy.

“He defecated everywhere, he cut up his daughter’s teddy bear and slashed the mattress,” the neighbor said. “I don’t think there was a radicalisation issue, I think there was a psychiatric problem.”

Behold—the current face of ISIS.

Logitech’s flagship mouse, five pounds of Haribo Gold Bears, and Yamaha music equipment lead off Monday’s best deals.

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Update 2: Back in stock at Amazon.

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Update: Sold out on Amazon, but you can still buy it here.

The successor to one of the most popular mice ever made is down to a new low price on Amazon, while supplies last.

http://lifehacker.com/the-logitech-m…

The Logitech MX Master Mouse comes with all the accoutrements you’d expect form a high end mouse—namely a rechargeable battery, adjustable DPI, and a dark field laser that works on glass—and a few that you wouldn’t, like a side thumb wheel for horizontal navigation and gestures, and the ability to connect over Bluetooth to three devices simultaneously.

$70 is the best price we’ve ever seen, but I wouldn’t expect it to last, so click on over to Amazon to lock in your order.

Need some gear to start the next hit band? Amazon’s running a Gold Box deal on keyboards, guitars, tuners, and mixers from Yamaha, today only.

Prices start at just $100 for an acoustic guitar, or $145 for a keyboard, but be sure to head over to Amazon to see all of the deals.

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J.Crew Factory’s clearance section has everything you need for a summer wedding, a trip to the beach, and ever occasion in between, and you can save an extra 50% on the already discounted prices today with code EXTRA50.

Anker makes surge protectors now, and naturally, they come packed with PowerIQ USB charging ports for your mobile devices as well. This model features six AC outlets, four USBs, and an 18 month warranty backed by the same company that makes your favorite battery packs, Bluetooth headphones, and more. It normally sells for $30, but while supplies last, it’s marked down to $25.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B018G00CZS?…

It’s not as advanced as a Samsung Gear VR or Oculus Rift, but if you have a smartphone and $13, you can experience VR with this View-Master VR starter set.

The View-Master is actually just a Google Cardboard-compatible VR headset, except, you know, it’s not made of cardboard. It was down to $13 briefly on Prime Day, but if you missed it in the deluge of deals, here’s another chance.

https://www.amazon.com/View-Master-Vi…

Continuing today’s bounty of Logitech peripheral deals, Amazon’s offering up the MK550 keyboard and mouse combo for $38 right now, or about $6 less than usual

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00…

Smartphone dry bags are must-pack items for any trip to the beach, and you can get three of them for $10, or four for $13 today with these deals.

https://www.amazon.com/Waterproof-Ace…

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If you still haven’t upgraded your home network to 802.11ac, the Wirecutter-recommended TP-LINK’s Archer C7 router is down to $85 on Amazon today, the best price they’ve listed in months.

http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-Archer…

VIZIO’s new P-Series 4K TVs feature DolbyVision HDR, built-in Google Cast, and even 6" Android tablets as remotes. And while we’ve yet to see a discount on them, the baseline 50" model is available for its standard $1,000 today, but with a $250 Dell promo gift card tossed in for good measure.

http://gizmodo.com/vizio-now-bund…

Just note that while these gift cards are only valid for 90 days, you can use them on anything Dell sells, including sound bars, game consoles, and of course, computers.

Pint glasses are nature’s perfect drinking vessels for any kind of cold beverage, and Amazon will sell you 10 for just $13 right now. Bottoms up.

https://www.amazon.com/International-…

Update: Tragically, this has sold out for now.

We’ve posted deals on this five pound bag of Haribo Gold Bears a few times in the past, but today’s the first time we’ve ever seen it dip below $10. It’s listed as an add-on item though, so to get it shipped free, you’ll need to buy it as part of another order, or through Amazon’s Subscribe & Save program.

Also, fear not, these aren’t the sugar free ones that famously do horrible things to you body.

For a limited time, Amazon’s taking $50 off the brand new fourth generation Moto G, bringing it down to an absurdly cheap $150.

You might recall that Amazon started offering this deal on the “Special Offers” version of this phone, which included lockscreen ads, but now, it’s available on the standard model as well. Discount shown at checkout.

https://www.amazon.com/Moto-4th-Gen-U…

If you’re really feeling frugal, the Prime Exclusive special edition offer has been bumped up to a $25 discount, plus a $50 gift card, effectively bringing it down to $125.

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https://www.amazon.com/Moto-4th-Gener…

If CVS is your pharmacy of choice, this discounted gift card is essentially free money.

Update: Back in stock!

If you want to dip your toes into the world of electric toothbrushes, Philips’ entry level Sonicare Essence line is an amazing value at $20. I’ve been using this brush for years, and I still love it.

You’ll have a wait out a short backorder, but just clip the $5 coupon on the page to get the deal. This is easily the best price we’ve ever seen on any Sonicare brush.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00…

While we do see 20% discounts from time to time, a $100 iTunes gift card for $85 is still a solid deal if you pay for Apple Music, iCloud storage, or PokéCoins.

$16 is a decent enough price for a four-port USB charging hub with 8A of output, but if you buy one today from RAVPower, you can get a dual-port car charger for free. Just add both to your cart, and use code JW8WRW5U at checkout.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OT6YUIY?…

• FREE RAVPower 24W 4.8A Dual USB Car Charger | Amazon | Promo code JW8WRW5U

$10 for 32GB or $20 for 64GB are great prices for any brand of microSD card, but they’re basically unheard of for an 80MB/s model from a reputable manufacturer like Samsung.

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Just because your house or apartment doesn’t have a doorbell doesn’t mean you’ll have to rely on knocking like a caveman. This $18 kit has everything you need to install one, no wiring required. You can even choose from 52 different chimes!

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It’s not a Fitbit, but this $30 Garmin Vivofit has a few enticing tricks up its sleeve, if you’re in the market for a fitness tracker.

Of course, the Vivofit will track your steps, your sleep, and your calories burned, but two features set it apart from the field. First, if you’re inactive for an hour, it’ll shame you with a big red bar on the screen until you get up and move around. And second, it uses a pair of cheap watch batteries for power, which can last for up to a year with zero maintenance. That’s one less thing to recharge at night.

As long as you don’t mind buying a certified refurb, today’s $30 deal is about $20 less than usual, while supplies last.

Logitech’s K380 portable keyboard can connect to up to three Bluetooth devices at once, and even adapts its key functions automatically to match the selected device’s native keyboard layout. Plus, it’s really small, making it perfect for banging out some work on your phone or tablet on the go. $22 is the best price Amazon’s ever listed, but we don’t expect it to last long.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0148NPAT0/…

And if you missed out yesterday, the trackpad-sporting K830 is still available for an all-time low $55.

https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Illum…

We’re no strangers to USB hub deals, but this one is only $7, made of aluminum, and about as thin as physically possible, making it great for travel. That’s a winning combination.

https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Portab…

I currently have 10 things in my cart as I write this post. The ModCloth sale is full of all the cutest, vintage-inspired dresses and tops and shoes. Get really, really awesome things for whatever occasion for an extra 40% off (with code TOOHOT). Okay, now it’s 11. - Jillian

If you just have to have a selfie stick, $6 is about as cheap as they ever get.

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Whether you’re counting calories, baking, measuring espresso shots, or weighing small packages, a kitchen scale is a always a great tool to have on hand, and this stainless steel model looks great for just $11.

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If your kitchen cabinets look like they belong in an informercial, a $10 lazy susan could be just what you need.

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I assume that most people who wanted an Echo bought one on Prime Day. But if you missed out, or if you accidentally bought an Amazon Tap like my boss, Ryan, you can save $40 today by buying a certified refurb.

Mpow basically created the cheap Bluetooth headphone market, and their noise-cancelling Wolverine models are marked down to $15 today with code PV62UJKU, the best price we’ve seen.

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https://www.amazon.com/Mpow-Wolverine…

While supplies last, Amazon will sell you a sample box with eight or more Amoretti syrups for $10, and then give you a $10 credit back on a future Amoretti syrup purchase. Assuming you use the credit, that’s like getting all of the samples for free.

https://www.amazon.com/Amoretti-Sampl…

Continuing its tireless pursuit of perfecting every conceivable commodity gadget in your home, Anker recently released a new line of essential oil diffusers and humidifiers with built-in accent lights, and the largest one is down to just $28 today, one of the best prices we’ve seen.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B2PDJEK/…

Don’t forget the oils!

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With a few rare exceptions, $4 is about as cheap as Lightning cables ever get, so stock up!

https://www.amazon.com/Mpow-Certified…

Alternatively, Anker’s 10' PowerLine Lightning cable, a Co-Op winner, is still marked down to $11.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01981J2J6?…

This is everything you could want in a $10 surge protector. Six outlets, two USB ports, and a swiveling design that minimizes the distance the whole setup will project out from your wall once everything’s plugged in.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K8ZMVZ4/…

Tech

Storage

• Samsung 32GB EVO Select Micro SDHC Memory Card | $10 | Amazon
• Samsung 64GB EVO Select Micro SDXC Memory Card | $20 | Amazon
• SanDisk - Ultra 256GB | $45 | Best Buy

Power

• Power Bank HAME H16 11000mAh External Battery Pack | $13 | Amazon
• DBPOWER Power Strip with 3 socket and 3 USB Charging Ports (White) | $10 | Amazon | Use code UHYAL5WU
• RAVPower 40W 8A 4-Port USB Charging Station and RAVPower 24W 4.8A Dual USB Car Charge | $16 | Amazon | Use code JW8WRW5U

Audio

• Yamaha GCT1 Clip On Tuner | $8 | Amazon
• D’Addario Assorted Pearl Celluloid Guitar Picks, 10 Pack, Medium | $2 | Amazon
• Yamaha FG700S Solid Top Acoustic Guitar, Natural | $100 | Amazon
• Yamaha FG720SL Left-Handed Acoustic Guitar, Natural | $190 | Amazon
• Yamaha DGX650B Digital Piano | $550 | Amazon
• Yamaha EZ-220 Lighted Keyboard Bundle with Yamaha Accessories | $145 | Amazon
• Yamaha EMX512SC 12-Input Powered Mixer | $400 | Amazon
• Yamaha EMX212S 12-Input Powered Mixer | $290 | Amazon
• HP Roar Mini Portable Wireless Speaker System | $19 | Staples

Home Theater

• Logitech K830 Illuminated Living-Room Wireless Touchpad Keyboard | $55 | Amazon
• Techni Mobili Black TV Stand with 2 Drawers | $73 | Walmart

Computers & Accessories

• ASUS ZenBook UX305UA 13.3-Inch Laptop (6th Generation Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Windows 10) | $700 | Amazon
• Dell S2415H Black 23.8" 6ms HDMI LED LCD IPS Monitor w/ Built-in Speakers | $155 | Newegg
• Logitech MK520 Full-Size Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse Combo | $45 | Staples
• Inateck Ultra Slim 4-Port Portable Aluminum USB 3.0 Data Hub | $7 | Amazon | Use code S9WDASX9
• Inateck 2.4GHz Wireless Pointer Control Powerpoint Presentation Remote Control | $7 | Amazon | Use code H8SUFDQ5
• Logitech MK320 Full-Size Wireless Multimedia Keyboard and Optical Mouse Combo | $20 | Staples
• Samsung 21.5-Inch Screen LED-Lit Monitor | $119 | Amazon
• $25 Off $100+ with Visa Checkout at Staples

PC Parts

• G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory | $30 | Newegg

Mobile Devices

• Logitech K380 Multi-Device Bluetooth Keyboard | $22 | Amazon
• Pebble Time Smartwatch | $99 | Amazon
• Moto G (4th Gen.) Unlocked 16GB Smartphone | $150 | Amazon | $50 Off Apllies in Cart
• 3 Pack Ace Teah Universal Waterproof Phone Case | $10 | Amazon | Use code QDVEDQM7

Photography

• Refurb GoPro HERO3+ Silver Edition | $149 | eBay

Home

• DYMO LabelManager 160 Handheld Label Maker | $10 | Staples
• Etekcity Wireless Doorbell Kit: Plug-in and Battery Operated Receiver (1000 Feet, 52 Chimes) | $18 | Amazon | Use code M9UZ2Y4H
• Hausbell Solar Powered Garden Stake Spotlight (2 pack) | $19 | Amazon | Use code 8TFPOYGT
• Swingline Thermal Laminator | $16 | Amazon
• Honeywell - Febreze Cool and Refresh Mini Tower Fan | $28 | Best Buy
• 4-Pack TaoTronics LED Light Bulbs 75 Watt Equivalent, LED Bulbs BR30 | $16 | Amazon | Use code 2PLGX645
• Hoover WindTunnel T-Series Rewind Plus Bagless Upright Vacuum | $79 | Amazon
• OXA Windproof Travel Umbrella | $10 | Amazon | Use code CZZQ7OQP
• Ultimate Mosquito Killer and Pest Control LED Bulbs | $38 | Woot
• KMASHI Garden Sprinkler | $18 | Amazon | Use code I79MLHX3
• Zinus 14 Inch SmartBase Mattress Foundation/Platform Bed Frame, Full | $59 | Amazon
• Craftsman 1/2 HP Chain Drive Garage Door Opener with two Multi-Function Remotes and Keypad | $144 | Sears
• Refurb LG Electronics LP1013-RB 10,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner | $269 | Walmart
• Home Legend Wire Brushed Barstow Oak Engineered Hardwood Flooring is On Sale Today | Home Depot

Kitchen

• Haribo Gummi Candy Gold-Bears, 5-Pound Bag | $10 | Amazon
• ARC International Luminarc Pub Beer Glass, 16-Ounce, Set of 10 | $13 | Amazon
• 11 lb Digital Multifunction Stainless Steel Kitchen Scale | $11 | Amazon
• Oster Precise Blend 200 Blender - 700 W | $35 | Best Buy
• LG 1.1 Cu. Ft. Mid-Size Microwave | $120 | Best Buy

Tools & Auto

• Cartman Booster Cable 4 Gauge x 20Ft in Carry Bag | $21 | Amazon
• Campbell Hausfeld MP2847 17-pc 1/4-in Air Tool And Accessory Kit | $8 | Amazon
• Two Bosch Insight Wiper Blades | $22 | Amazon
• HomCom Rolling Tool Cabinet Chest with 5 Drawers and Removable Tool Box | $95 | Amazon

Lifestyle

Apparel

• Gildan 12 pack Cotton Briefs | $28 | Woot
• Invicta Gent’s Pro Diver Black Dial SS Bracelet Dive Watch | $51 | eBay
• FILA Men’s Countdown Shoes | $20 | eBay
• RFID Blocking Wallet, Mini Thin Slim Minimalist Money Clip Front Pocket Wallet | $7 | Amazon | Use code HX7CD7IN

Camping & Outdoors

• Coleman Sundome 3 Person Tent | $25 | Amazon
• Goplus Goplus Waterproof 3-4 Person Camping Tent / Automatic Pop Up Quick Shelter | $48 | Sears
• DBPOWER Waterproof Binocular | $25 | Amazon | Use code A5GBMIPI

Fitness

• Refurb Garmin VivoFit Activity Tracker Fitness Band | $30 | eBay
• Shaun T’s INSANITY MAX:30 Base Kit - DVD Workout | $55 | Amazon
• Gold’s Gym Cycle Trainer 300 Ci Exercise Bike with iFit Bluetooth Smart Technology | $197 | Walmart

Media

Movies & TV

• Best Buy has a Large Selection of 3 for $15 Blu-rays
• Lost in Space: The Complete Series | $50 | Amazon
• Dark Shadows | $5 | Amazon
• Charlie Wilson’s War | $5 | Amazon
• Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | $5 | Target
• Independence Day | $10 | Amazon
• The Heat | $4 | Amazon
• Cinderella Diamond Edition | $20 | Walmart

Books

• FREE The Silmarillion : J.R.R .Tolkien eBook | Archive.org
• FREE J.R.R. Tolkien - The Silmarillion Audiobook | Archive.org
• Orphan X Audiobook | $4 | Amazon
• An Innocent Client (Joe Dillard Series Book 1) Kindle | $1 | Amazon

Apps

• FREE Peek Calendar - Simple & Minimalist Cal | iOS | Normally $4
• Her Story | $3 | iOS | Normally $5
• FREE Spark Camera | iOS | Normally $2
  
• Star Walk 2 | $1 | iOS | Normally $3
• Tower of Fortune 2 | $1 | iOS | Normally $2
• Swiftly switch - Pro | $1 | Android | Normally $2
• Scotland Yard | $1 | Android | Normally $5

Gaming

Peripherals

• DBPOWER Mechanical Gaming Keyboard | $55 | Amazon | Use code 8RQCV9T8

PC

• Pony Island | $3 | Steam
• ChargeShot | $1 | Steam

PlayStation 4

• PlayStation 4 DualShock 4 Controller + Silver Headset | $60 | Groupon | $50 for new accounts iwth code WELCOME
• Mad Catz Street Fighter V Arcade FightStick TES+ | $150 | Amazon
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Libertalia Collector’s Edition | $73 | Amazon
• Street Fighter V - Collector’s Edition | $44 | Amazon
• Prison Architect | $20 | Best Buy
• Overwatch Collector’s Edition | $100 | Amazon

Xbox One

• Prison Architect | $20 | Amazon
• Microsoft Xbox One The LEGO Movie Videogame Bundle | $220 | B&H

Wii U

• Kirby and the Rainbow Curse | $32 | Best Buy
• Yoshi’s Wooly World | $38 | Amazon

Toys

• DBPOWER X600C 2.4GHz 4 Chanel Hexacopter with Wi-Fi Camera | $83 | Amazon | Use code 6XATUJN6

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Chaos on the Republican National Convention floor, where a group of yelling men and women tried and failed to force a vote that might allow for an outcome other than Donald Trump as a candidate for president.

Video of the dramatic procedural protest belied its stodgy explanation. What happened, via CNN, is that the anti-Trump delegates requested a vote on the rules of the convention so that they might support a candidate—any candidate—other than Donald Trump. Two voice votes were taken—hence the yelling—and the rules were adopted. Finally, the anti-Trump delegates requested a roll call vote to individually count each vote, which the convention chairman denied on procedural grounds, saying that there were not enough signatures to compel the vote.

Delegations initially supporting the roll call vote reportedly included Minnesota, Iowa Washington, Colorado, DC, North Dakota, Alaska, Virginia, Utah, Maine and Wyoming, though the Trump campaign was apparently able to flip enough delegates to prevent the plan from coming to fruition. Though the convention chair declined to list the flip-floppers, DC Examiner’s Joel Gehrke reports they included delegates from Iowa, DC, Minnesota, and Maine.

In a surprising turn, CNN reports Trump’s team worked with the RNC to resecure the delegates, meaning someone on the Trump campaign actually bothered to learn how the convention works:

Trump aides and RNC staff worked to strip signatures from the submissions that would deny anti-Trump delegates the signatures they need for a vote. They also challenged the validity of various signatures, with some coming up invalid, and some came up invalid. The combined effort was enough to prevent a roll call vote.

Staffers could be seen fanning across the floor, pulling aside delegates and coordinating their counter-efforts, and top Trump delegate wrangler Rick Gates said he was confident they can repeat their success last week when the Rules Committee met and blocked efforts to unbind the delegates.

“Our goal is to destroy them,” Gates said.

Amidst the shouting and whistles and shaking fists, the Colorado delegation reportedly walked off the convention floor, led by a group that includes anti-Trump movement leader Kendal Unruh and Regina Thompson, Ted Cruz’s former state director who is also the executive director of a group called Free the Delegates.

North Dakota GOP Chair Gary Emineth also reportedly quit his position as state finance chair in protest.

A complex dance, to be sure. Here’s how it played out on TV: UNINTELLIGIBLE YELLING.

Almost every major-to-moderate media outlet will be working hard from their designated workspaces in the convention center this week to bring you the latest RNC news, just as fast as their little fingers can type. But not all designated workspaces are created equal.

How does your favorite media outlet’s piece of RNC real estate measure up? Will its temporary “crib” make you proud? Or should you be embarrassed to count yourself among their readership?

Here are the digs. We’ll let you decide for yourselves.

USA Today

The plants are a nice touch. I would have gone in for a closer look but someone who either is in charge of guarding the fine workers of USA Today or just wanted to feel like a Big Man shooed me away. So much for camaraderie. Nice carpet, assholes.

The Guardian

They seemed to be having a nice time. Good for The Guardian.

Bittorrent News

For fans of both politics and the Dark Web™.

NBC

Not sure they need all that space, honestly.

Or their own bathrooms, for that matter.

The Associated Press

Only ten people actually work there.

Every International Outlet

You want to see where the foreign press sets up shop, you say? Please, follow me.

Take a left.

Keep going.

Finally, eventually, you’ll get here.

And you’ll find the foreign press.

The people behind this curtain were very nice. Granted, they were starved for human contact thanks to a sea of curtains and concrete, but I appreciated the smiles nonetheless.

The real fun, though, happens on New Media Row. Where all your favorite conservative talk show hosts mingle with millenial-centric blogs to make up the most bizarre lunchroom cafeteria this side of Cleveland. That’s where you’ll find brands such as....

YouTube

About half a dozen people were silently standing in a semi-circle around those empty chairs for six minutes.

The Wall Street Journal

Very sad they forgot to bring their employees.

WNYC

Who wants some free radio equipment?

WINK (?) News

Or free everything?

Vox

Vox brought their own tiny yellow chairs.

Sirius XM

Sirius XM brought their own screaming men.

The Daily Signal

The Daily Signal’s only employee.

Real Clear Politics

I stole a lanyard. I’m sorry.

NPR

Now This News

That man’s actually been asleep in that position for days.

The Politico

Today I learned that The Politico is a magazine.

This guy!

Hey, man.

The name escapes me.

Infowars I think it is?

Yeah, Infowars.

Buzzfeed

Just some millenials snappin’ about politics.

The Google Lounge

Google ran out of coffee.

CNN...

...and CNN’s Cafe

Fancy spices!

CBS News

With every one of its beloved personalities.

And last but not least...

Gawker

Just kidding. We don’t even have a designated workspace. I had to file this from an Applebee’s.

To find the Women Vote Trump, “the official home for women who support Donald Trump,” we went to a beautiful mall in downtown Cleveland, where about 30 Trump supporters and journalists met in a very large, lovely wood-paneled room and made the best of a slightly awkward situation.

“I knew I was going to take a beating and a lashing for supporting Donald Trump,” said Amy Kremer defiantly, from behind a lectern. “From other conservatives! But who are you to judge me?”

Kremer is a co-founder of Women Vote Trump, but is best known for having helped to found the Tea Party movement. Her voice echoed off empty rows of delicate white chairs on spindly gold legs. A lady in a red pantsuit applauded vigorously. “That’s right,” she nodded gently, as Kremer went on.

“People assume that just because Hillary Clinton is a woman that I’m going to support her,” Kremer said, sounding indignant. “That’s an insult to my intelligence. I have the ability to think on my own.”

Kremer was joined by Ann Stone, ex-wife of dirty tricks expert and noted racist Roger Stone, another co-founder of Women Vote Trump.

“He has a track record with women that is amazing,” Stone told the room, specifically the way, she said, Trump treats women in business. “He has always paid women what they’re worth and paid them comparably.” The lady in the red pantsuit nodded, looking a little misty-eyed.

Next, Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee bounded to the stage, where she warned that ISIS “has terrorist cells in all 5o of our states.” (The FBI said last year they are investigating terror suspects “in various stages of radicalizing” in all 50 states.)

Trump, Blackburn said, is the man to beat the terrorists back, and protect women in the process.

“Women see what is happening in their country,” she said, and they’re tired of it, and tired of the Obama economy too: “Women are tired of wage stagnation, not getting a raise and not taking home more.” (Blackburn has said that women “don’t want” equal pay laws.)

Women, Blackburn added, “are the caregivers,” and they’re tired of Medicare and Social Security being endangered, and the way Hillary Clinton is personally endangering them. “Do they trust Hillary Clinton to tell them the truth about these things? Absolutely not. She just throws up her hands and says, ‘What difference does it make?’ It makes a tremendous difference.”

She closed with a warning not to trust the mainstream media: “ABC is All About Clinton,” she said, to laughter. “NBC is Nothin’ But Clinton. CNN is the Clinton News Network. And CBS, God bless CBS, they’re the Clinton BS network.” That one brought the house down, or what there was of it.

Ashley Carter of the Independent Women’s Forum admitted there are some perception problems with Trump. “Even Trump’s most diehard fans have been vividly aware that he has all sorts of issues, comments, and history people may find objectionable,” she said brightly. “He can ruffle some feathers.” Undecideds, she said, find his tone “bullying and unpolished,” but if he could just “moderate” going forward, he could probably win this thing among the ladies. “Undecided women voters see him as having the ability to make real change happen by simply saying what needs to be said.”

Women Vote Trump was careful to note that they’re a diverse movement. Stacey Dash, the newly vocal conservative actress, was supposed to be there, according to the program, but did not attend. An unnamed person from Latinas for Trump was supposed to attend, but also apparently couldn’t make it. But Diamond and Silk were there, two black women who are passionate Trump supporters.

“If y’all noticed, we’re black,” Diamond said, to laughter. “But that doesn’t mean we have to vote Democrat! We came off the Democratic plantation, and voted for whoever we want.”

Clinton, she said with disdain a few moments later, wasn’t a good job creator, not like Trump. “Unless you wanna talk about that one she created for Monica Lewinsky with her husband.”

Trump, she said, was going to clean up the mess that is this country. For women, for everybody, for America: “Are you all on the Trump train?” she shouted, as people quietly began to leave. “Choo choo, baby!”

Image of Rep. Marsha Blackburn by Stassa Edwards; Jezebel Goes to the RNC badge by Jim Cooke

On Wednesday, small-business owner Michelle Van Etten will address the Republican National Convention on the subject of Making America First Again. According to the convention schedule, Van Etten employs more than 100,000 people. Actually, the Guardian reports, she doesn’t employ anyone.

“Michelle employs over 100,000 people and is a strong supporter of Donald Trump, knowing his policies will support businesses all across America,” the schedule states.

“I don’t employ,” Van Etten told the Guardian: She is a “multi-level marketer” for a company called Youngevity. “Nobody works for me, because we are all individual contractors, and we all have our own individual businesses,” she added.

“[Trump] resonates with me because he’s a businessman,” Van Etten said. “We need someone who’s not a bureaucrat.”

Youngevity has a network of about 100,000 independent retailers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. As it happens, one of those retailers is conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones. The Daily Beast reports:

Conspiracy theorist and Trump supporter Alex Jones (who is in Cleveland for the GOP convention) is an enthusiastic backer of the Youngevity brand. Its products can be found referenced in the online store of his InfoWars website, and at infowarshealth.com. One website even sells a package of Youngevity goods known as ‘The Alex Pack.’

“I want to stomp people… I like it,” Jones said in one video endorsing the product, claiming that the “Tangy Tangerine” made him more “crazed” and aggressive. “The only problem is that I’m 22 [years-old] again…The only side effect is that I’m crazed now. Now I can jog 8 miles instead of 4 miles…My testosterone is up.”

Youngevity lists Van Etten as a senior vice chairman marketing director. She told the Guardian that she collects between three percent and five percent of profits made by members below her in the network.

“The company certainly appears to be a pyramid scheme, advertising unique opportunities through a ‘world class marketing system,’” Britt Hermes, a naturopathic whistleblower, told The Daily Beast. “Rather, it seems like a world-class scam to me.”

During a discussion of the Republican party’s overwhelmingly white leadership on MSNBC, birther congressman Steve King chimed in on Monday to remind everyone that white people are very good (perhaps even better??) compared to “other sub-groups of people.”

“This whole ‘white people’ business does get a little tired,” said King. “I’d ask you to go back through history and figure out where these contributions that have been made by these categories of people that you’re talking about—where did any other sub-group of people contribute more to civilization?”

After other panelists objected to King’s obviously suspect generalization, host Chris Hayes quickly tried to move on, saying, “On cable news, we are not going to resolve the relative strengths of various strands of civilizational prowess.” Which is a shame, really, because it’d be interesting to see where King was going with that.

In June, King told Politico it was “racist” to want people of color on American currency, explaining that President Obama is “trying to identify people by categories, and he’s divided us on the lines of groups.” Since then, it appears King has learned how to do it all by himself.

UPDATE 7:40 P.M.: On Twitter, Chris Hayes said he was “pretty taken aback” by King’s comments and may have made “the wrong call in the moment.”

The Trump motorcade has already been involved in an accident and it is in no way shape or form symbolic for the state of affairs in the Republican Party or in this great country.

I assure you, this is by no means anything more than just a regular ordinary car crash involving humans and their vehicles, as CNN reports:

The vehicle that got hit was a staff car and everyone is fine. Trump’s campaign chair Paul Manafort said as much on CNN himself. On air he stated that that “everything is fine,” as Mediaite reports.

Trump himself made it to the airport alright, and is on his way from the scene of the actual car crash to the metaphorical car crash that is the Republican National Convention.

On Monday, actor Scott Baio somewhat inexplicably addressed the Republican National Convention on the subject of making America great, and also and safe. “So of course, let’s make America great again,” he said, “but let’s make America America again.” What?

Who knows, man.

On Monday, police shot and killed a 17-year-old Afghan migrant armed with an axe and knife after he attacked train passengers in southern Germany, the Associated Press reports. Four people are said to be in serious condition, but the total number of injured is not yet clear.

According to The New York Times, the teen migrant applied for asylum in Germany after arriving alone last year. From CNN:

The attack took place as the train was traveling between stations. The train made an emergency stop short of the station at Wurzburg-Heidingsfeld and the assailant jumped out of the train, [regional police spokesman Lt. Fabian] Hench said.

Police hunted the man down with ground searchers and a helicopter, and he was killed, Hench said.

The attacker’s motive is not currently known, but investigators are reportedly looking into witness accounts that the teen yelled “an exclamation” during the attack.

During a discussion of Melania Trump, who is scheduled to speak at the Republican Nation Convention Monday night, Newt Gingrich pointed out to Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren that Donald Trump’s wife is not only very hot, but also from a place that is not here.

“Melania is not only very, very attractive as a supermodel, but she’s also living proof that Donald Trump is not anti-immigrant,” said Gingrich, according to The Hill. “He’s just for legal immigrants.”

Who also happen to be Eastern European models, it seems.

While discussing recent deadly attacks against police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke stopped to offer some “good news” onstage at the Republican National Convention on Monday: A Baltimore officer charged with the involuntary manslaughter of Freddie Gray had been acquitted.

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“Lieutenant Brian Rice was acquitted on all charges, in the malicious prosecution of State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby,” said Clarke, receiving the biggest cheer of the night at the point, according to Gawker reporter Ashley Feinberg.

During his speech, Clarke also paraphrased a passage from Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and characterized the actions of the Black Lives Matter movement as “anarchy.”

Please turn your attention to the gentleman on the right, in the slightly less unfortunate of the two ensembles before us. He is Marine Corps veteran Mark Geist, and if you’ll look carefully, his fly is down.

According to the Military Times, Geist and fellow Marine Corps veteran John Tiegen have taken the stage at the Republican National Convention to critique Democratic presidential candidate nominee Hillary Clinton’s response to the 2012 Benghazi attack. Both Tiegen and Geist were involved as security contractors.

But an unzipped fly is bound to catch somebody’s eye, and so it did.

This mishap might have been avoided if Geist had left his dad jeans at home. Though, at least his belt buckle is not a garish atrocity like the one topping off Tiegen’s ensemble.

Images via Twitter.

The Republican National Convention has been marked by weirdo demonstrators, Alex Jones squawking, desperate brand exercises, and hundreds of bike cops. Meanwhile, RNC-attending sources tell Deadspin that the city is overrun with bike-mounted officers who ride like herbs.

The City of Cleveland received a $50 million federal grant to buy military gear for its cops to wear in order to pacify and attack protestors, counter-protestors, and anyone strange enough to attend the RNC just for fun. Cleveland PD tells the Wall Street Journal that they’ve chosen to use part of this money to flood the streets with body armor-wearing, biking cops because a cop on a bicycle has more agility than one in a car, and more speed than one on foot.

Sadly—or fortunately, if you are a protestor—the Cleveland PD rides their bikes like a bunch of dumbass jamokes. Look at this horde.

For one, about two-thirds of these people need to shift up. Being in too easy a gear means you can accelerate quickly, but achieve a meager top speed while huffing and puffing and churning your legs only to advance at the pace of a geriatric pug. The loose grouping of these cops is a poor tactical setup, which causes them to lose the precious aerodynamic benefits of riding in a peloton.

Is this the fault of the hybrid commuter/mountain bikes, the frames of which are made by the reputable Kona operation in collaboration with Safariland, that the cops are riding here and all over Cleveland? Perhaps. Their design purportedly lets riders sit more upright, so as to have a better view of any miscreants who may be thinking of vile civic actions like walking or standing; but the upright position combined with a load of bulky gear might, in theory, be overly rigid, and would most likely put you even further back of the spindle than you should be. Note that these cops’ seats are too low. Note that most of their knees never reach full extension when they pedal. They’re leaving a lot of watts on the table.

Cleveland PD told the WSJ that they like using bikes not because they’re efficient, but because they can form barriers. One RNC attendee tells Deadspin that he mostly saw bike cops loafing around. It appears they do primarily use their machines as walls. Photos and videos from the scene confirm this.

They also make crude weapons, apparently.

Also, nobody on staff knows how to fix a dropped chain.

Dumbasses.

Monday evening, Donald Trump appeared for the first time at the Republican National Convention, making an entrance that appeared to be inspired in equal parts by professional wrestling and his own reality show.

To emphasize he was a winner and not a loser, he did it to Queen’s “We Are the Champions,” a song the band has previously denied giving Trump permission to use.

The Republican Party may or may not take the White House this year, but if they can keep up the team spirit they showed Monday night, they’ll clearly be the squad to watch at regionals.