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It was a night of revisionist history as Republicans kicked off their Convention with the theme of "honoring the great American story." Apparently, that story involves a President who's definitely not a racist, as former NFL player Herschel Walker, former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and the Senate's only Black Republican, Tim Scott, repeatedly emphasized. (You're forgiven if you're thinking: "Doth protest too much.") But that "great American story" doesn't include ... protest. "Just because someone loves and respects the flag, our national anthem, and our country doesn't mean they don't care about social justice," Walker said....

It's a statement that's as predictable as it is infuriating: President Donald Trump's administration lacks diversity. On Tuesday, Trump tweeted photos of a briefing he'd received on the new coronavirus spreading out of China. "We will continue to monitor the ongoing developments," the President said in his post. "We have the best experts anywhere in the world, and they are on top of it 24/7!" Who are these experts? They're largely the same sorts of white men (and a couple women on the sidelines) who've dominated the Trump administration from the very beginning. By contrast, former President Barack Obama's circle...