| By Derek Caney (@stax920)
That's how the night began for the Democrats. "If you don’t believe this election is important, if you think you can sit it out, take a moment to think about the Supreme Court justices that Donald Trump would nominate and what that would mean to civil liberties, equal rights and the future of our country." - Bernie Sanders And that's how the night ended. DNC Day 1: What we learned There's an old saying about Philadelphia sports fans: They'll boo Santa Claus at Christmas time. The "Bernie or Busters" were in a similar mood, a reminder of the bruising primary battle between Sanders and the presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton. 
A supporter of Bernie Sanders sits alone at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia July 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar How bad was it? They tried to shout down Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, godmother of Occupy Wall Street, with shouts of "Goldman Sachs!" and "We trusted you!" Comedian Sarah Silverman, a fervent Sanders supporter, had this to say to the "Bernie or Busters": "You're being ridiculous." They booed some more, although it was hard to hear over the cheers of Clinton supporters. Sanders presented a modified form of his stump speech, hitting on many of his favorite themes: income inequality, unfair trade agreements, student debt, climate change. The difference was that when he addressed each theme, he highlighted how Clinton and the Democratic platform moved closer to his positions (c.f. Ted Cruz) and framed each point as an endorsement of his one time rival. We learned that President Obama may be the second best orator in his household, and that's only because we haven't heard Malia or Sasha speak publicly yet.
Around the world Digits of the day: 19 A man broke into a facility for the disabled in a small town near Tokyo and stabbed 19 patients to death as they slept and wounded at least 25 others. The killer, 26-year-old Satoshi Uematsu, a former employee at the facility, surrendered to police. "My goal is a world in which the severely disabled can be euthanized, with their guardians’ consent, if they are unable to live at home and be active in society," he wrote in the letters back in February. It was Japan's worst mass killing in decades. - Police killed two blade-wielding men who had taken several people hostage in a church in northern France. The attackers killed a priest by slitting his throat, according to French media.
- In April, European Council President Donald Tusk called Turkey "the best example in the entire world of how to treat refugees." He may not have spent much time with the Syrian children working in Turkey's textiles industry up to 15 hours a day, six days a week for a fraction of what Turks get paid.
Around Wall Street The story of the Yahoo's downfall is one of missed opportunities: - A failed bid to buy Facebook for $1 billion in 2006 - A 2002 dalliance with Google similarly came to naught - A chance to acquire YouTube came and went - Skype was snapped up by eBay. - Microsoft's $45 billion takeover bid for all of Yahoo in 2008 was blocked by Yahoo's leadership. Just as damaging as the missed deals, though, was a company culture that ultimately became too bureaucratic and too focused on traditional brand advertising. - Anheuser-Busch InBev raised its bid for rival brewer SABMiller to compensate for the beating the British pound took following the Brexit vote. That currency slide threatened to derail the deal.
- No change in interest rates is expected when the Federal Reserve finishes its two-day policy meeting tomorrow.
Around the country - If the Russian government is behind the theft and release of embarrassing emails from the Democratic Party, as U.S. officials have suggested, it may reflect less a love of Donald Trump or enmity for Hillary Clinton than a desire to discredit the U.S. political system.
- Thousands of California residents were allowed to return home after a deadly wildfire forced them to evacuate as it raged through drought-parched canyons and foothills north of Los Angeles.
- Basketball legend Michael Jordan made two $1 million grants to the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund and a group that works on improving police relations with communities. "As a proud American, a father who lost his own dad in a senseless act of violence, and a black man, I have been deeply troubled by the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement and angered by the cowardly and hateful targeting and killing of police officers," he wrote.
Today's reason to live Stevie Wonder – Higher Ground | 
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