Webb Formally Announces, Sanders Rakes in Donations, Trio Apply for Marriage Licenses: P.M. Links

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  Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb has formally entered the race for president as a Democrat. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will be formally joining the race as a Republican on July 13.

• Bernie Sanders' campaign has raised $15 million since it launched in April. Just think of how many starving children that could feed!
• Star Trek's George Takei called Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas "a clown in blackface" over his dissenting opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that made gay marriage recognition the law of the land.
• In the wake of the aforementioned Supreme Court ruling, a trio in Montana has applied for marriage licenses and seek the same government recognition.
• The United Kingdom has admitted it illegally snooped on Amnesty International and kept its communications.
• The governor of Pennsylvania has vetoed legislation to eliminate the state-run system of alcohol sales and privatize it. Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, said, "It makes bad business sense for the Commonwealth and consumers to sell off an asset, especially before maximizing its value." So consumers and retailers don't have actual freedom because the state wants to make money.
• Measles has killed its first patient in the United States in 12 years.
• Have a happy Independence Day weekend, to the extent that your local government permits you to! (Or defy them and have even more fun!)

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