Donald Trump is Imploding: Here’s What We’re Reading Today

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Here’s what we’re reading today.

1. The 2016 electoral map is collapsing around Donald Trump

“Forget Virginia. Or Colorado. Or lots of other traditional swing states. Right now, Donald Trump’s campaign is in such bad free fall, states that haven’t voted for a Democrat in generations are suddenly coming into play as the Republican nominee’s path to 270 electoral votes collapses all around him.”

2. Keon tops ‘The One Hundred’ greatest Maple Leafs

“The honour comes nearly 50 years after Keon was selected playoff MVP when the Leafs won their last Stanley Cup in 1967.

Keon earned No. 1 status among the nearly 1,000 players who have worn the colours of the Arenas, St. Patricks and Maple Leafs since 1917-18. A panel of 30 experts and fans were asked to pick the best players in franchise history to mark the Leafs’ centennial season.”

3. We’ve reached the end of White Christian America

“The United States is no longer a majority white, Christian country, and that is already beginning to have profound social and political implications. At 45 percent of the population, white Christians are a shrinking demographic—and the backlash from many members of the group against the increasing diversification of America has been swift and bitter.”

4. Donald Trump gets the Arrested Development fact-checking treatment

“Ron Howard made a brief foray into presidential politics with the online video “TRUMP-rested Development,” challenging some of the statements GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump made during his first debate last month with Democrat Hillary Clinton.”

5. The Tech IPO Is Back — Who’s Next?

“Tech startups have had good reason to not go public for the past few years. Venture capitalists, wanting a piece of whatever the next Facebook is before an IPO, invested heavily, as did hedge and mutual fund firms.

All that money allowed “startups” to attain the operational scale of major corporations without having to go public and deal with shareholder meetings, publicly available financial data, and onerous Securities and Exchange Commission regulations. It’s the financial god dream.”