Johnson Doesn't Make the Debates, Trump Says Hillary is the Real Birther, Noam Chomsky Challenged: P.M. Links

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  Gary Johnson has been denied his rightful place in the presidential debates, according to the commission's arbitrary and censorious criteria.

• Bernie Sanders has words for people thinking about voting third party.
• What an awful mother.
• Noam Chomsky is apparently wrong again, but this time he's wrong about the Chomskyest of things.
• Donald Trump says he's not a birther—Hillary Clinton is the birther.
• Remember Austin, the 17-year-old facing sexual assault and child pornography charges for having a consensual sexual relationship with his 15-year-old girlfriend? Austin's mother is trying to raise money to help pay his legal fees. Go here to donate.