CHARLOTTE // One person is on life support during a second night of mob violence in Charlotte. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory declares state of emergency. http://cvote.it/2cICfJQ
PP SCANDAL // Republicans on House panel vote to hold Planned Parenthood contractor in contempt. http://cvote.it/2d5wJnz
2016 // Hillary is missing from the campaign trail. She will only hold five rallies in September and doesn’t have one scheduled for the foreseeable future, as she relies on surrogates to do her campaigning. http://cvote.it/2cIFvF5
2016 // A speechwriter for Robert Kennedy declares he’s voting for Donald Trump: “Today’s Democrats have become the Party of War.” http://cvote.it/2cIyGDK
CULTURE // Ross Douthat wrote about how late-night TV has become stridently left-wing — and it set off a Twitter storm. “On late-night television, it was once understood that David Letterman was beloved by coastal liberals and Jay Leno more of a Middle American taste. But neither man was prone to delivering hectoring monologues in the style of the “Daily Show” alums who now dominate late night.” http://cvote.it/2cIyrZ7
CULTURE // Are National Anthem protests costing NFL viewership? http://cvote.it/2d5xVXY
CATHOLIC // A Catholic college opened in Vietnam. There have not been Church-run schools in the country since 1975, when communist rule took over the country. http://cvote.it/2d5wicN
ON THIS DAY // 1862 – Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation. http://cvote.it/1QUsGUc
SAINT // Saint Thomas of Villanova – http://cvote.it/DailySaint
DAILY READINGS // Today’s readings – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
NEAT // Pope Francis makes surprise visit to hospital. http://cvote.it/2cIGzsI