Trump’s faces massive backlash after “Second Amendment” remarks. NYT:“…Trump’s remark quickly elicited a wave of condemnation from Democrats, gun control advocates and others, who accused him of suggesting violence … [Speaker Paul Ryan said,] “You should never joke about that. I hope he clears it up quickly.” Mr. Trump and his campaign did not treat his remark as a joke; instead, they insisted he was merely urging gun rights supporters to vote as a bloc against Mrs. Clinton.”

Trump’s remarks recall “how Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin got assassinated”says NYT’s Thomas Friedman.

Former Secret Service agent says Trump is “pretty close to the edge” of breaking the law reports Time.

Jacob Swenson-Lengyel

Whatever Happens to Trump in November, Populism is Here to Stay

Whatever happens with Donald Trump this November, right-wing populism is most likely here to stay. The neoliberal consensus that has dominated the globe for nearly 40 years is collapsing. As the old dies and the new has yet to be born, two populisms are rising in its wake, struggling to define the future.