OUT: STOCKHOLM SYNDROME. IN: MANNHEIM SYNDROME. Left-wing German politician who was raped by migrants admits she LIED to police about her attackers’ nationality because she did not want to encourage racism. “Selin, aware of the backlash that migrants suffered after the events in Cologne on New Year’s Eve – when hundreds of women were sexually assaulted and robbed by marauding gangs of immigrant youths – instead said she was robbed and said her attackers spoke German.”

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THE ELECTION WILL PROBABLY TURN ON HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS REACTION:

JOURNALISM: PBS Slammed for ‘Fake’ Fireworks Footage: It used stock footage during ‘live’ broadcast.

Noticed something a bit off about PBS’ A Capitol Fourth broadcast Monday? So did hundreds of people who took to Facebook and Twitter, per NBC News. Though host Tom Bergeron initially laughed off concerns that the live concert and fireworks display over Washington would be rained out, per the Washington Post, the sky above the Capitol Building was foggy and overcast as the fireworks began. That made seeing the show a bit difficult—so PBS intervened. Mingled with misty footage of fireworks over the Capitol building, with scaffolding clearly visible, was stock footage of fireworks from previous celebrations.

Viewers were quick to call out the “fraudulent” scheme—there was no disclaimer during the “live” broadcast—noting the stock footage showed a clear sky over the Capitol Building, and no scaffolding, per the Post. Afterward, the show admitted to showing “a combination of the best fireworks from this year and previous years” because of the poor conditions. “It was the patriotic thing to do,” reads a tweet from the Capitol Fourth account.

Life in the Obama/Clinton era: When lying is the “patriotic thing to do.”

GOOD LUCK WITH THAT, CHAMP: Matt Damon Calls for Confiscation of Guns in U.S.

Magical Hollywood Thinking Flashback: George Clooney calls for ban on internal combustion engine.

HEADLINE OF THE DAY: Brain-Eating Amoeba: What You Need to Know This Summer.

ROGER SIMON: Did Comey Actually Destroy Hillary Clinton by ‘Exonerating’ Her?

NOT EVEN COMEY CAN MAKE THAT GO AWAY: “As you know, Trump has branded Clinton as ‘crooked.’ And that branding has stuck.”

In fact, he may have reinforced it.

REASON TV: Hillary Clinton vs. James Comey, the Email Scandal Supercut (Video):

FBI DIRECTOR COMEY SELLS OUT RULE OF LAW: Mr. Comey’s cowardly decision will go down as one of the government’s worst assaults on truth. (BUMPED)

After describing clear evidence of extensive mishandling of classified national security information, FBI Director James Comey announced that the FBI will not recommend indicting former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. This is naked crony government, ugly and exposed.

I hope you’ll read it all.

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BUT IT WON’T BE SPUN THAT WAY BY THE DNC-MSM: FBI Director Comey’s Remarks Were Devastating to Hillary, Ron Radosh writes.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Mom Still Paying Off Murdered Son’s Student Loans.

FBI DIRECTOR COMEY SELLS OUT RULE OF LAW: Mr. Comey’s cowardly decision will go down as one of the government’s worst assaults on truth.

After describing clear evidence of extensive mishandling of classified national security information, FBI Director James Comey announced that the FBI will not recommend indicting former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. This is naked crony government, ugly and exposed.

I hope you’ll read it all.

FALLEN ANGELS WAS JUST A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL, RIGHT GUYS? RIGHT? GUYS? Are Scientists Preparing for a FlipFlop Back to Global Cooling Predictions?

MICHAEL WALSH: Today’s the Day the Rule of Law Died: “The events of the past week would give any rational person sufficient grounds to believe that the fix was in, and has been all along.”

Read the whole thing.

NEWS IN LIFE EXTENSION: Beyond Resveratrol: The Anti-Aging NAD Fad.

I take Niagen, and I take a pterostilbene/resveratrol combo, so I’m already on board. Does it work? I dunno. Ask me in 20 years.

I WAS EXPECTING AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: Five Men Agree To Stand Directly Under An Exploding Nuclear Bomb.

I would have done this. It wasn’t really dangerous at all, and as you can see, most of theme lived to a ripe old age. Meanwhile, here’s my The Unexpected Return Of Duck And Cover piece.

THESE GREEN-TECH PROGRAMS SEEM TO ALL TURN OUT THIS WAY: A Model for ‘Clean Coal’ Runs Off the Tracks: A Mississippi project, a centerpiece of President Obama’s climate plan, has been plagued by problems that managers tried to conceal, and by cost overruns and questions of who will pay. After all, it’ll be you and me.

THIS MIGHT BE TOO CLOSE TO THE TRUTH TO BE AMUSING:

BREAKING: FBI finds John Wilkes Booth "extremely careless" in discharge of firearm.

— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) July 5, 2016

WARGAMING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE: Clinton with the early advantage (thanks, FBI!) and Trump with two dangerously interesting routes to victory.

THE FIX WAS IN ALL ALONG: Comey: Despite Mishandling of Classified Info, Risk That She Was Hacked, FBI Won’t Recommend Prosecuting Hillary.

Related: No reasonable attorney general meets secretly with the husband of someone under investigation.

TAXPROF ROUNDUP: The IRS Scandal, Day 1153.