POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “‘Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!’ Chants Mark First Day of DNC” / RT America / FishTank / Lindsay France ☮

In the wake of a damaging email leak, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz was forced out of her position and onto the sidelines of the nominating convention. RT America’s Lindsay France reports there is a definite “lack of unity” on display at the Democratic National Convention so far. France also speaks with Bernie Sanders delegate Jonathan Tasini, who says that the DNC was “clearly was trying to elect Hillary Clinton.” Then, John Nichols, correspondent for The Nation magazine, joins France and says the Bernie Sanders camp “wasn’t surprised.”

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “BOMBSHELL: DNC Colluded with the Media Against Bernie Sanders” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, was furious when she was criticized by MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski.

Wasserman Schultz called for Brzezinski to “apologize” and told her co-worker Chuck Todd “this must stop.” The DNC chair even complained to MSNBC’s president.

HISTORY: “History as a Cure for Our Times” / The School of Life / Alain de Botton ☮

It can seem as if we are living in deeply, uncommonly troubled and crazy times. We should take a measure of consolation from the example of history, that teaches us that humans have always been cruel and mad – but that civilisation has progressed nevertheless.