Mary Trump describes a family riven by a series of traumas, exacerbated by a daunting patriarch who “destroyed” Donald Trump by short-circuiting his “ability to develop and experience the entire spectrum of human emotion.” From @shaneharris  @PostKranish :

Joe Biden says he would require Americans to wear masks in public. “The one thing we do know is these masks make a gigantic difference,” he said. “I would insist that everybody out in public be wearing that mask."

Biden asked by @KDKA  if he’ll be accepting the Democratic nomination "to an empty room and on YouTube or something?" "Can’t say for sure, but it’s probable that will be the case,” he says.

Nothing beats the Boston Pops on the Fourth of July. Even if it’s an old taped version.

Sen. Alexander becomes second senior Republican lawmaker to announce plans to skip GOP convention Via @WPJohnWagner 

Kanye West on deciding to run for president: "I was in the shower thinking, I write raps in the shower. It hit me to say, ‘you’re going to run for president’ and I started laughing hysterically...I don’t know for how long, but that’s the moment it hit me.”

Kanye, who first registered to vote Monday, on taxes (“I haven’t done enough research on that”) foreign policy ("I haven’t developed it yet”) curing coronavirus ("We pray”) and his priorities (“Clean up the chemicals. In our deodorant, in our toothpaste”)