First night of RNC 2020 was very effective, to media's dismay  —  The first night of the Republican National Convention was, all in all, sensationally effective — and effective in ways that the mainstream media and its Twitter chatterers clearly found it impossible to understand.

Jerry Falwell Jr. resigns from Liberty University.  Again.  —  (RNS) — Jerry Falwell Jr., the embattled president of Liberty University and one of President Donald Trump's most vocal supporters, formally resigned from the evangelical Christian university founded by his father Monday evening …

The rabbi who is neighbor to Mark and Patricia McCloskey speaks out: ‘They are bullies’  —  When Rabbi Susan Talve heard that Patricia and Mark McCloskey would be among the speakers addressing the Republican National Convention, she decided she could no longer stay quiet.

Jacob Blake's father says son paralyzed from waist down after police shooting in Kenosha  —  Doctors don't yet know if the injury is permanent.  “I want to put my hand on my son's cheek and kiss him on his forehead, and then I'll be OK,” Blake's father says.

F.D.A. ‘Grossly Misrepresented’ Blood Plasma Data, Scientists Say  —  Many experts — including a scientist who worked on the Mayo Clinic study — were bewildered about where a key statistic came from.  —  At a news conference on Sunday announcing the emergency approval of blood plasma …

Michael Cohen stars in new anti-Trump attack ad — to run during RNC Convention  —  On Monday, the Democratic super PAC American Bridge released a new ad to run during the Republican convention — starring President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen, who minced no words in blasting his former boss.

The Eyes Have It: Junior Just Wants Daddy's Love  —  Donald Trump Jr. may be a disgusting racist, but he's a disgusting racist trying desperately to get a narcissist to love him.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  It's never a good sign when someone gives a speech and people's reaction is to talk about something other than the words.

'He's going to be unleashed': Republican DOJ appointees urge against Trump second term  —  A group of onetime Republican presidential appointees who served as senior ethics or Justice Department aides are endorsing Joe Biden for president, warning that Donald Trump has “weaponized” …

Major GOP donor gives emotional speech  —  Maximo Alvarez, owner of Sunshine Gasoline Distributors in Florida, delivered an emotion-filled speech in favor of President Trump and against Democratic nominee Joe Biden.  —  What stands out about Alvarez, aside from his personal story …

California is a failed state.  How do we know?  They're moving to Arizona in droves  —  Driving across Arizona, it's hard not to notice a surge in California license plates.  The reason for this is becoming more apparent every day.  California is a failed state.

Trump's Scare Tactics Aren't Working on Women in the Suburbs  —  CORNELIUS, N.C. — A few years back, in the middle of the day in the middle of a week in the spring, in the parking garage of an upscale mall in Charlotte half an hour south from her house here in the suburbs, Susan Sandler was attacked.