The 'first' question about a Hillary Clinton presidency
Uh, first dude, that isn't your Oval Office
Hillary Clinton has clinched the Democratic nomination (and her place in history as the first female presidential nominee by a major party), so it’s time to ask a serious question: What do we call Bill if she wins the presidency? "First dude, first mate, first gentleman — I'm just not sure about it,” she joked to Jimmy Kimmel in November. In Bill Clinton's case, his life-long title of “Mr. President” trumps any title of a presidential spouse. How people address a former and sitting president in the same room, or same sentence, comes down to semantics. Other political things: 1. The final six presidential primaries are Tuesday (save for the D.C. Democratic primary next week). Yes, we already know it's Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump, but if Bernie Sanders does well (say, in delegate-rich California), he could still be a thorn in her side. 2. There are three big tasks that Clinton and Trump need to accomplish as they prepare to face off in the fall. 3. Speaking of Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan called his comments about a judge's "Mexican heritage" racist. But Ryan still supports him. Cue five more months of that balancing act.
Why people are outraged with the judge in Stanford's ugly rape case
The district attorney asked for six years. The ex-Stanford University swimmer got six months. Now, hundreds of thousands of people want a California judge off the bench for his light sentencing of Brock Turner, 20, who was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault for the attack on an unconscious woman in January 2015. The judge used to play lacrosse at the school. Some are urging for his recall in Change.org petitions, and a Stanford University law professor who is friends with the victim launched a campaign to remove Aaron Persky from the bench. Turner's father said his son's life will never be the one that he dreamed of. The victim told the court the life she's living isn't the one she dreamed of. The case reveals how a culture of indifference and denial is still rooted on college campuses and beyond. But even in the ugliness, there's light. And, remarkably, hope. “[T]o girls everywhere, I am with you," the victim's raw, excruciating statement reads. "When people doubt you or dismiss you, I am with you."
Feel like you're barely holding it together? Samesies
Women are nearly twice as likely as men to report anxiety. People under 35 are more likely to report anxiety. Twice as many North Americans report anxiety, compared to the global average. So, congrats, U.S. Millennial ladies, you hit dead center of this awful Venn diagram of gender, age, region and WORRY. This is all according to a review of roughly 50 studies from around the world. Ways to reduce anxiety include talking it out (therapy), working it out (exercise, yoga), breathing it out (meditation) and the other m-word: medication.
Reports of Roger Goodell's death have been greatly exaggerated
Tweets went out Tuesday from the official NFL Twitter account to its more than 19 million followers that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell had died (#RIP). But Goodell is "alive and well." It was @NFL that was in trouble, hit by an unidentified hacker. The tweets have since been deleted. Goodell's Wikipedia page was also "updated" to report the supposed cause of death: Deflated lungs.
Extra bites:
This is why Renee Zellweger walked away from Hollywood.
Bretagne, the last known surviving search dog from 9/11, has died at the age of 16.
Electric eels can jump out of the water to sting predators. And there's video.
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