Maybe tomorrow won’t feature any presidential candidate withdrawals like the last two–I’ll keep my eye on Baton Rouge just in case! But the HRC testimony could be a big and possibly positive deal for her.

Here are some remains of the day:

* HRC promises an active antitrust enforcement policy, especially in health care. More on that tomorrow.

* 10 House Freedom Caucus member publicly reject Ryan speakership bid, which could be enough to block the endorsement he has demanded.

* At Ten Miles Square, Keith Humphreys discusses the psychological weight of gun violence on Americans in any tense situation.

* At College Guide, Sarah Butrymowicz discusses a Texas experiment in requiring all high school students to take some college courses.

* At Republic 3.0, Anne Kim shows that even an expanded Social Security won’t be enough to ensure retirement security for middle-class families.

And for non-political news:

* 2015 still on track to become warmest year on record, dating back to 1880.

That’s it for Wednesday. Here’s my favorite Elvin Bishop Group song, “Struttin’ My Stuff.”

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Selah.

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Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.