Larwyn's Linx: Is John Boehner auditioning to be Trump’s running mate?

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Nation

Is John Boehner auditioning to be Trump’s running mate?: Ed Morrissey
Trump: ‘For every terror case known to public, there are dozens, dozens more’: Creeping
Pete Wilson endorses Cruz: 'He's not anti-immigration, hardly anti-Latino': Anna Giaritelli

Trump Thumps the Ruling Class: George Neumayr
If Trump doesn’t get to 1,237, Cruz could win the Convention: Robert Eno
I wonder when the Trump backers will realize they’ve been had.: Andrew C. McCarthy

The Great Culture War: The Z Man
Ten Reasons Moderates Should Vote for Ted Cruz: Dan McLaughlin
What Hillary Clinton said behind closed doors: Chicago Tribune Editorial Board

Gun taxes, thought policing and the triumph of the 'Force Left': Dustin Howard
Jewish reporter: Trump supporters bombarding me with anti-Semitic rhetoric: Times of Israel
If the Donald Loses in November, It Won’t Be #NeverTrump to Blame: Jonah Goldberg

Economy

Lies, Lies and OMG, More Lies: Jim Quinn
“Nothing Is Real… All Of This is... To Keep People Believing The System Is Working”: Mac Slavo
Five of six F-35s unable to take off during testing because of software glitches: DailyMail

Scandal Central

“Safe Pathways”: Newspeak for Muslim Refugee Resettlement in Your Neighborhood: Creeping
Hillary Clinton's Damning Emails: Ray McGovern
SSA Putting Millions of Americans at Risk for Identity Theft: Elizabeth Harrington

Climate & Energy

Elon Musk, Crony Capitalist: Veronique de Rugy
The EPA stashes billions in unaccountable slush funds: Rick Moran
James Hansen gets grilled by attorney in Omaha after spewing nonsense: Anthony Watts

Media

A Viral Video Illustrates Why Target Is Making Me Rethink My Opposition to Boycotts: David French
Should We Arrest Louis C. K.?: Kevin D. Williamson
Networks Blackout Hassan Scandal: Bill McMorris

Could Someone Please Buy Poseur Donald Trump a Clue?: Political Clown Parade
'Clinton Cash' rears its head again, just as Hillary is getting a leg up over Bernie: DailyMail
At Correspondents Dinner, Larry Wilmore Smears Fox News as Racist, Hailing Obama as 'My N***a': TIm Graham

World

Russian Warplane Flies Within 50 Feet of U.S. Spy Plane in Asia: Bill Gertz
China Successfully Tests Hypersonic Missile: Bill Gertz
Baghdad in state of emergency as protesters storm Green Zone, parliament: Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY

Muslim suspects arrested in ISIS plot to attack Israeli embassy in Rome and the Vatican: BNI
Go ahead, insult: We need to stop the preferential treatment of Islam : Ole Martin Moen
Islamic 'state' Struggles to Overcome their Budget Deficit.: MFS-TON

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The incredible mystery of the ‘alien spacecraft’ that lies at the bottom of the Baltic Sea: New.com.au
Declassified files released of atomic relic of the Cold War: USS Independence (CVL-22): Anthony Watts
5 Of The Most Innovative Wristwatches Ever Made: Elizabeth Doerr

Cornucopia

Liberal (cough cough) Logic: Woodsterman
Woman kicks man's ass after he harasses her in an elevator: Gabe Bergado
Three Years Ago- Alexis Deacon Talks To Mark Levin: Queen of Liberty

Image: Muslim suspects arrested in ISIS plot to attack Israeli embassy in Rome and the Vatican
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Help Protect Our Constitution: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "Want to know why Obamacare is fully funded? Why the meager spending caps enacted in 2011 were busted? Why the debt limit was suspended so Washington could zoom past its $18 trillion credit line? Why Obama’s lawless executive order granting de facto amnesty to illegal aliens is proceeding apace? Why Obama is emptying Guantanamo Bay and planning to transfer detainees into the United States? Why the EPA continues to implement Obama’s climate-change agenda despite a Supreme Court stay of its anti-coal regulation? Why no official was impeached and no funding was slashed when the IRS was used as a political weapon against conservative groups? Why the Justice Department has a $27 billion budget that pays for its paralyzing investigations of the nation’s police departments while the attorney general threatens new legal action against climate-change “deniers” and “anti-Muslim” speech?

Thank John Boehner. To fight Obama on these and other progressive priorities would have required exploiting Congress’s constitutional authority, particularly the power of the purse. Boehner and other GOP leaders were given this power because voters believed their promises to fight. Empty promises.

While Boehner was surrendering, Donald Trump was backing him to the hilt: a staggering $100,000 contribution to the Congressional Leadership Fund — Boehner’s super PAC, formed largely to fend off conservative primary challenges against GOP establishment loyalists. It should be easy to remember that number, $100,000. It is the same amount Trump gave to the Clinton Foundation. That’s even more than the $60,000 Trump gave to Kentuckians for Strong Leadership, the super PAC of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (along with a $5,200 contribution to McConnell’s reelection campaign)." --Andrew C. McCarthy