| By Derek Caney (@stax920)
If he wins the presidency, Donald Trump plans to purge the federal government of officials appointed by his predecessor, President Obama. He could ask Congress to pass legislation making it easier to fire public workers, according to Chris Christie, New Jersey governor and Trump pit bull. Trump's transition advisers fear that Obama may convert these appointees to civil servants, who have more job security than officials who have been politically appointed. This would allow officials to keep their jobs in a new, possibly Republican, administration. The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union in the United States, had no comment, but we suspect they'll have something to say should such legislation be introduced. Paul Ryan may have endorsed Donald Trump on the convention stage, but behind the scenes in Cleveland, the highest-ranking elected Republican has been shopping his own competing vision for the party. He’s being backed by some wealthy donors and Republican establishment who see him as the savior of a party thrown into turmoil by Trump's candidacy.
This is how close I came to being vice president. 
New Jersey Governor Christie speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 19, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
RNC Day 2: What we learned - We can drop "presumptive" any time we refer to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. It became official last night.
- It was mock trial hour, in which Chris Christie auditioned for attorney general. The crowd ate it up. (Sotto voce: Spoiler alert. The crowd found Hillary Clinton guilty of all charges).
- Donald Trump Jr. gave a rousing, coherent speech in which most sentences had a subject and a verb.
- Losing candidate Ben Carson accused Hillary Clinton of conferring with Lucifer, or something.
- The words "avocado farmer" were uttered several times.
Tonight at RNC: - Vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence
- Not-vice-presidential nominee Newt Gingrich
- Not-presidential nominee Ted Cruz.
Around the country - Wisconsin voters who do not have photo identification will be able to vote in November's presidential election, the latest development in a long fight over a state law Democrats say is aimed at keeping minorities from the polls. "Although most voters in Wisconsin either possess qualifying ID or can easily obtain one, a safety net is needed for those voters who cannot obtain qualifying ID with reasonable effort," District Court Judge Lynn Adelman ruled.
- Virginia's Supreme Court heard arguments over a Republican lawsuit challenging the blanket restoration of voting rights for 206,000 felons by Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe. Lawyers for leaders in the Republican-controlled state legislature argued that McAuliffe exceeded his authority by restoring voting rights en masse, rather than on a case-by-case basis.
- Twitter booted a number of users, including Breitbart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos, for abuse and harassment after Ghostbusters actor Leslie Jones said she would quit the social media site. Jones was the target of a swath of racist taunts on Monday, which led the company's founder Jack Dorsey to reach out to the actress.
Around the world - The Nour al-Din al-Zinki Movement, a Syrian rebel group receiving U.S. military backing, is investigating the beheading of a young child in Aleppo after video footage circulated showing the boy being killed by a man activists identified as a member of the group. In a statement, the group denounced what it described as "the human rights abuses that were shared on social media sites," which did not represent its policies or practices. The State Department is seeking more information about the video.
Digits of the day: 50,000 Turkey widened its purge of the army, police and judiciary to include universities and schools, the intelligence agency and religious authorities, bringing the total of those suspended or detained to 50,000. The government is preparing a formal request to extradite Fethullah Gulen, the cleric it blames for the failed coup, from the United States. Gulen has condemned the abortive coup and denied any role in it. Israel's parliament passed a law enabling it to impeach deputies for incitement of violence, racism or support for armed struggle against the state, a move critics said was aimed mainly at Arab legislators. Some Arab parliamentarians have enraged Israel's Jewish majority by meeting with families of some of the Palestinians killed during a recent surge in street attacks on Israelis.
Around Wall Street - Japanese gamers waited in vain for the launch of Nintendo's Pokemon GO, amid reports that developers hit the brakes over concerns that the demand would crash the company's servers. Nintendo shares tumbled 13 percent, after gaining 86 percent since its U.S. launch earlier this month.
- Volkswagen will take a $2.4 billion hit related to its emission cheating scandal, on top of the nearly $18 billion it set aside to pay for technical fixes, buybacks of vehicles and legal costs.
- Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak ruled out possible coordination with OPEC on oil output after a failed attempt to jointly maintain production levels earlier this year. OPEC and other big oil producers, including Russia, were not able to reach a deal in Doha in April on freezing oil production in order to support falling oil prices.
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