FRED HIATT: Justice Ginsburg’s Trump Derangement Syndrome is a bad sign.

Now that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has taken herself to the woodshed, it’s worth asking what her brief bout of Trump Derangement Syndrome says about our system’s ability to withstand four years of a Trump presidency.

Short answer: It is not a good omen.

As the idea of a President Trump has evolved from laughable to unlikely to oh-my-god-this-might-actually-happen, a debate has raged in Washington.

The debate is not over the man’s fitness for office — few people privately will make the case that Donald Trump is qualified or temperamentally suitable to be commander in chief — but over how much damage he might do.

Notorious RBG’s injudicious outburst was Trump’s fault? Hiatt might want to ask himself who else might be suffering from TDS.

GANGSTER GOVERNMENT: Hillary Managed Her Emails Like Criminals I’ve Known.

SKYNET SMILES: Elon Musk Says DARPA A.I. Hacking Challenge Will Lead to Skynet.

WIRED: Clinton has a team of Silicon Valley Stars. Trump has Twitter.

Don’t be too certain which is the more powerful force.

PEACE IN OUR TIME: Mike Lee predicts backlash after RNC smothers delegate rebellion.

“Instead of focusing on a message that could truly unite the party, you’ve got all these people in there who are shouting about, ‘Darn it, we’ve got to be united,’” Lee said, his voice rising. “And to be united we’ve got to shut you guys up. We’ve got to lock up the rules, so that anyone who disagrees with us will be silenced. That’s how we’re going to be unified.”

There’s been a lot of that this year from both sides, so there was going to be backlash no matter who won the rules fight.

UM… NO:

France must learn to "live with terrorism", French PM Manuel Valls says after #NiceAttack https://t.co/UVBb4u9oF3 pic.twitter.com/gVRUmzQEts

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 15, 2016

KRAUTHAMMER: A First Step Toward Rebuilding NATO.

NATO will now deploy four battalions to front-line states. In Estonia, they will be led by Britain; in Lithuania, by Germany; in Latvia, by Canada; in Poland, by the United States. Not nearly enough, and not permanently based, but nonetheless significant.

In the unlikely event of a Russian invasion of any of those territories, these troops are to act as a tripwire, triggering a full-scale war with NATO. It’s the kind of coldblooded deterrent that kept the peace in Europe during the Cold War and keeps it now along the DMZ in Korea.

In the more likely event of a “little green men” takeover attempt in, say, Estonia (about 25% ethnically Russian), the sort of disguised slow-motion invasion that Vladimir Putin pulled off in Crimea, the NATO deployments might be enough to thwart the aggression and call in reinforcements.

The message to Putin is clear: Yes, you’ve taken parts of Georgia and Ukraine. But they’re not NATO. That territory is sacred — or so we say.

Putin may hold a weaker hand than Krauthammer thinks.

BURYING THE LEDE:

"Deadly Truck Crash" https://t.co/G4MFwMu00e

— neontaster (@neontaster) July 15, 2016

You stay ignorant, MSNBC viewers.

FLORIDA SHORE: Pam Bondi and Rick Scott will speak at GOP convention.

Neither candidate has a lock in any reputable poll of the Sunshine State.

AN ANIMAL WITH FOUR BACK LEGS: “Never Trump” Movement Dies in Committee.

“The right to conscience is not just something that we’ve decided is a cool idea. It’s something that is the very basis of our nation,” Unruh said. “It is why the pilgrims came here and founded our nation. It is a God-given right to why we have the Bill of Rights.”

Immediately after that, however, Michigan delegate Matt Hall moved to end debate on the measure, and more than two-thirds of the committee, 77 to 21, voted to cut off all debate while some anti-Trump delegates, including Utah Sen. Mike Lee, were still waiting to speak on the matter.

The committee then voted against Unruh’s amendment by voice vote, with the opposition so clear that a recorded vote was deemed unnecessary.

There was talk in 2008 of Hillary supporters walking out of the Denver convention under the “Party Unity My Ass” banner. But the PUMAs turned out to be all talk and no walk.

Where will #NeverTrump go from here?

THIS IS WHO THEY ARE, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO: ISIS Supporters Celebrate Nice Attack.

DECIMATED AND ON THE RUN: Governor of Yemen’s Aden survives ‘Qaeda’ bombing.

Aidarus al-Zubaidi escaped unharmed after the attack in the Inmaa district of Aden but three of his companions were wounded, the official said.

The port city, the temporary base of Yemen’s Saudi-backed government, has seen a wave of bombings and shootings targeting officials and security forces.

Zubaidi’s predecessor Jaafar Saad was killed in December in a car bomb claimed by the Islamic State group.

As the IRA once warned Margaret Thatcher, “We only have to be lucky once; you will have to be lucky always.”

A COLD WAR MYSTERY: Why did Jimmy Carter save the Space Shuttle?

FALLOUT: Trump delays V.P. announcement, even as Pence emerges as probable choice.

BOO: The World’s Largest Brewer Is Betting Big on Weak Beer.

If the strong beers brewed by my local brewpubs are anything to go by, Anheuser-Busch InBev is betting wrong.

THIS IS NOT THE 21ST CENTURY I WAS PROMISED: Biologists Hope Candy-Shooting Drones Will Save Endangered Ferrets.

SHRINKAGE: Nintendo is launching a mini version of its iconic NES console with 30 classic games.

THE TRAVELER HAS COME: Sorry, But the Original Ghostbusters Isn’t Even That Good.

REPORT: Pokemon Go’s mental health benefits are real.

Twitter is flooded with stories about Pokemon Go’s impact on players’ anxiety and depression, with thousands of people lauding the game for getting them out of the house and making it easier to interact with friends and strangers alike. These simple acts are crucial milestones for anyone struggling with depression, Grohol says.

“The challenge has always been, if you’re depressed, your motivation level is nonexistent,” he explains. “So, you want to go out and get some fresh air, or even take a shower, and it can be a very difficult thing to even comprehend, much less do. I think the impact of something like this, this game, can really be beneficial.”

When I kick my sons outside, I make them leave the screens inside.

BADGE OF HONOR: Jeep’s heroic 75-year campaign.

I still miss my Wrangler.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Brains vs. Bots in Vegas Cyberwar Sponsored by the Pentagon.

PAUL BLART, ROBOCOP: Robot Mall Cop Attacks Child.

Kids still hang out at malls?

BUT OF COURSE: LeBron and Co. Turn ESPYs Into Black Lives Matter Propaganda.

As Ed Driscoll would say, ESPN is just MSNBC with better visuals.

CHANGE: Four Statist Policies Gov. Mike Pence Champions. Joy Pullmann writes that “As governor of Indiana, Mike Pence has switched his leadership style and political philosophy from government skeptic to technocratic Progressive.”

The same thing happened to John Kasich — who once seemed like perhaps the most libertarian member of Congress — when he became governor of neighboring Ohio.

ROAD RAGE: Vast Majority of US Drivers Exhibit Aggressive Behavior, New AAA Study Concludes.

The study, the purpose of which was to provide estimates of the prevalence of aggressive driving behaviors, found that 78 percent of respondents admitted to having engaged in at least one aggressive driving behavior in the last year.

The respondents were 2,705 licensed drivers questioned via a nationally representative online survey conducted in 2014 on their driving behavior in the previous year.

The most common behaviors found in the survey were purposefully following another vehicle too closely, yelling at other drivers, and honking to show annoyance or anger. About half of respondents admitted to engaging in at least one of these behaviors.

Left unsaid: How much aggressive driving is in reaction to passive-aggressive drivers going slowly in the left lane or on the highway onramp?