Yes, yes, YES. Vulture reports: Pro tip for anyone who’s been bummed about the absence of Jon Stewart during this election cycle: Make sure to watch Monday’s edition of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The former host of The Daily Show will appear on Colbert’s CBS 11:35 p.m. program to help kick off two weeks of live editions timed …

CNN reports: President Barack Obama on Friday pledged that the U.S. would stand in solidarity with France after the terrorist attack in Nice in which more than 80 people were killed. “Overnight in Nice, we witnessed another tragic and appalling attack on the peace and the freedom that we cherish,” Obama said in remarks delivered at the White House. “Today, …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump was reportedly so uncertain about his choice of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to be his running mate that he asked some of his top staffers if he could back out of it late Thursday night, according to CNN’s Dana Bash and NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell. The alleged hesitance came at around midnight last night, Bash …

Bernie Sanders will keynote the opening night of the Democratic Convention. Via Politico: In a move meant to portray party unity, Sanders is scheduled to speak on Monday alongside First Lady Michelle Obama and Astrid Silva, a prominent immigration reform activist. The theme of that night is “United Together.” Sanders’ slot on Monday is the latest signal that Democratic convention …

The Hill reports: The first logo for the newly announced Donald Trump-Mike Pence presidential ticket faced public ridicule on social media shortly after it was revealed Friday morning. The Republican National Committee’s joint fundraising committee with Trump’s campaign sent out an email with the logo, which shows an intertwining capital T and capital P against the red and white bars …

Via press release from Hillary For America: “By picking Mike Pence as his running mate, Donald Trump has doubled down on some of his most disturbing beliefs by choosing an incredibly divisive and unpopular running mate known for supporting discriminatory politics and failed economic policies that favor millionaires and corporations over working families,” said John Podesta, chair of Hillary for …

“We have to do what we feel the Lord would want us to do. All I’m looking for now is to be seen in eyes of favor. Lord, I know who you are and I can’t imagine standing in front of you and saying, ‘But you don’t understand, you weren’t there.’ He was there. And I don’t want to say, …

Fox News reports: Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign officially announced Friday that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will be Trump’s vice presidential pick. Pence is in New York meeting with senior advisers, the source said. Trump had originally planned to announce his running mate at an event Friday, but Trump postponed his announcement citing the deadly terror attacks in Nice, France. A …

According to the far-right Christian site World Net Daily, if Hillary Clinton wins in November the United States will see a rise in suicide and mental illness rates. They write: David Kupelian, who is WND’s vice president and managing editor, wrote a viral column recently comparing Hillary Clinton to Nurse Ratched, the villain from “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” …

Politico reports: Newt Gingrich, one of the final candidates vying to become Donald Trump’s running mate, called for testing “every person who is of a Muslim background” to determine whether they “believe in sharia” in response to Thursday’s attack in Nice, France. Hours after Donald Trump declared that the attack in Nice constituted “war” against France and the United States, …

Yesterday Tim Tebow declared that despite being named as one of the speakers at the GOP convention, he was never asked and will not be doing so. As you can see from the above tweet from Todd Starnes, anti-LGBT evangelist Franklin Graham is also surprised to hear that he will be speaking at the convention. Here’s what Trump said yesterday …

The Hill reports: Republicans crafting the rules that will govern the Republican National Convention overwhelmingly rejected a proposal put forth by Never Trump Republicans to unbind delegates and move to upset presumptive nominee Donald Trump. The “conscience clause” amendment, put forth by Colorado delegate Kendal Unruh, would have freed delegates from the results of the primaries and caucuses so that …

The Dallas Morning News reports: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants President Barack Obama to choose his words more carefully when it comes to police and racial matters. During a televised town hall Thursday, Patrick implored Obama to more strongly condemn those who call for the deaths of officers. He also urged the president to grant a national law enforcement group’s …

The Independent recaps: Prepare to have your heart stolen; whisked away to lose itself within the dizzying lights of Tinseltown. The first trailer for musical La La Land has dropped and, boy, is it a charmer. Soundtracked to the soft, crooning vocals of star Ryan Gosling performing an original song from the film, “City of Stars”, the trailer promises a …

The Washington Post reports: A truck rammed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in the French Riviera city of Nice on Thursday night, killing at least 84 people in an apparent terrorist attack in which the driver also opened fire on revelers before being shot dead by police. The truck struck the crowd after a fireworks display for the French …

More egg on Donald Trump’s face. Via Sports Illustrated: Former Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow will not speak at next week’s Republican National Convention, he clarified on Instagram Thursday. The New York Times reported Wednesday that Tebow would give a speech at the convention. Tebow, who won the Heisman Trophy while at Florida in 2007, was reportedly set to speak …

Little Green Footballs blogger Charles Johnson tonight directed his Twitter followers to the website of Alaska’s judicial system, which shows that Track Palin has been “remanded into custody” on the three charges that resulted from his drunken attack on his girlfriend in January. Those three charges are Class A misdemeanors and at this writing there’s no news account on why …

Mic reports: Sounding firm during an on-air phone call to Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, the former secretary of state sought to balance her hawkish condemnation of Islamic radicalism with a paean to international cooperation, calling for an “intelligence surge” and work through multilateral institutions like NATO. But as she faces a general election battle against Donald Trump, who has …

Via White House press release: On behalf of the American people, I condemn in the strongest terms what appears to be a horrific terrorist attack in Nice, France, which killed and wounded dozens of innocent civilians. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and other loved ones of those killed, and we wish a full recovery for the many …

CBS News reports: Donald Trump on Thursday delayed his planned announcement of his running mate, citing the attacks in Nice, France. Trump, sources say, has decided on Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his vice presidential candidate. Pence arrived in New York on Thursday evening, and Trump was expected to make a formal announcement on Friday in Manhattan. Those plans were …