I have to confess, I'm somewhat of an aficionado of gallows humor, and watching a politician self-destruct in the spectacular implosion that Trump has done in the last two weeks has made me cackle on several occasions.

But then it dawned on me: Maybe this total implosion is actually the reason he would be the best candidate for the job in 2016.

If you are an enjoyer of weekends and you live in Wisconsin, man do I have bad news for you. Over the Fourth of July weekend, eventual presidential candidate Scott Walker and Wisconsin State Senate Republicans quietly passed a controversial state budget.

Introduction to the Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court

ISSUE: Whether a New Jersey statute mandating that otherwise qualified voters join one of two particular political parties as a condition of voting at an integral stage of the State’s election process violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

Filed: July 7, 2015

Bernie Sanders, the 73-year-old independent Vermont senator and 2016 presidential candidate, has taken the Internet by storm, earning the title “king of social media” and "Facebook royalty."

The online success of Sen. Sanders can be summed up in one, simple word: Authenticity

Authenticity: noun, the quality of being authentic; genuineness.

On Sunday's "Meet the Press," host Chuck Todd raised an issue that is getting more and more attention from the media: the record proportion of voters who call themselves independents - and their lack of a voice in the upcoming presidential election. Here is part of the transcript...

CHUCK TODD:

The growing number of voters who don't affiliate with either major political party is reshaping our political system perhaps more than you may realize. How? Let's take a look at this.

On July 5, Greek citizens decisively voted "no" on a 68-word referendum about whether to accept a proposal from international financial institutions. The proposal involved the creditors extending a bailout program to Greece in exchange for new austerity measures.

The referendum was the culmination of a week of tensions between the Greek government and the creditors, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Central Bank (ECB), and leading European politicians.