Links for 06/14/16

What does acute narcissism look like? Donald Trump thinks he was owed congratulations in the wake of the Orlando attack because he predicted it. 

Lydia Wheeler at TheHill.com explains the significance of yesterday's Supreme Court ruling invalidating a debt restructuring law passed by the Puerto Rican legislature. 

From Public Religion Research Institute, 60 percent of Americans support stricter gun control laws. This number hasn't moved much since the Sandy Hook killings. The reason such an overwhelming percentage has not translated into legislative action is partly the result of the NRA's clout but we can also fault the founding fathers, not for the Second Amendment, but for devising a legislative chamber, the Senate, that gives much too mjch power to small, rural states where guns are popular even among Democrats.  


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