Summer vacation: Hill GOPers go home after string of failures, Dems look (and need) to regroup

Can the Party of FDR pull off a November tsunami?

Guardian: Republicans head home for the summer after a string of losses in Congress

NYT: Democratic Socialists Are Winning Big. Now They Want Action.

Raw Story: Trump makes stunning admission in early morning post

Mediaite: DNC Boss Threw His Phone at a Junior Aide’s Desk in Fit of Frustration, Wild NYT Report Reveals (you can read that piece, with the Times’ typical anti-Dem bias, here)

WaPo: Republicans see ‘scary’ lack of enthusiasm among core voters ahead of midterms

HuffPo: Hungarians resoundingly rejected a would-be autocrat and got another lease on life for their democracy. Can we?

Politico: Can Ben Wikler and his audacious blueprint ‘save’ Democrats?

C&L discussion: Democrats in disarray?… or development?

DEVELOPING…