We take a look back at a busy weekend at the Paris Olympics, including a bittersweet race for Rice Lake’s Kenny Bednarek. We take our best guesses on who will be VP Kamala Harris’ choice for running mate. And Eric Hovde steps on more rakes—passing along tired tropes about Black men and single moms.

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