In true Stephen Colbert fashion, the "Late Show" host tested the boundaries in Cleveland last night less than 24 hours before the GOP convention kicked off. Decked out in a "Hunger Games"-style outfit, Colbert found his way to the main stage in the Quicken Loans Arena, where he began speaking in the all-too-familiar British accent from the movie. Within a couple seconds, security was on him and physically removed him from the stage.

A $20 million joint advertising effort between Clinton backers Emily’s List and Priorities USA is starting with a $1.5 million campaign targeted to swing states. The first selection of ads consists of three 15 second spots and one 30-second one where men and women are asked to read comments made by Donald Trump. When the subjects object to repeating the words, they hold up placards with the Trump statement.

Democratic mega donor and billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer has joined forces with The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to push for voter mobilization in November. The effort includes a $10 million campaign to get voters out to the polls for Hillary Clinton in Colorado, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The relationship is part of a growing understanding between labor unions and environmental groups.

Yesterday’s attack in Nice, France, has received similar reactions from Trump and Clinton, who both agreed that we in the Western world are now at war with terrorists. It is unusual for both candidates to have such similar reactions to an event, but the responses to yesterday’s attack went beyond political boundaries.

The Huffington Post called up each of the phone numbers for the Trump campaign in the 50 states, with only six calls answered. Fifteen of the states seemed not to have any offices, with calls going directly to Trump’s New York headquarters. Conversely, the Clinton campaign reportedly has 100 offices in 14 states and staff in 45 states.

With the GOP convention kicking off Monday, there are a number of surprising additions and omissions from the speaker list. Peter Thiel and Tim Tebow are slated to speak at the Cleveland convention. An interesting omission, however, is that of Sarah Palin, who was an early endorser of the Trump campaign. The convention, which will likely prove to be a different type of event than we are used to seeing, will include a night focused on the Benghazi tragedy and will show a presentation detailing President Clinton’s sexual misconduct.

The date has been set, Donald Trump will announce his Vice Presidential choice on Friday, July 15, at 11 a.m. in Manhattan. Amid ample speculation, the most likely candidates are Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich of Georgia, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions.

Hispanics are lining up to register to vote in record numbers in a few key states, most notably Colorado and Arizona. A higher number of minority voters, particularly Hispanic voters, will make the general election more difficult for Republican nominee Donald Trump. He sports 22% support among Hispanics,  according to a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, compared to 69% who support Hillary Clinton.

A newly found clip from “Trumped!” -- a syndicated radio show that aired from 2004-2008 -- has Donald Trump saying that Hillary Clinton would “make a good president” in the midst of the 2008 primary cycle. The Trump campaign didn’t respond to questions about the broadcast, but the statements will likely prove as fodder for additional questions from the press going forward.

A fitting appearance at the GOP convention, starting next week, will be former UK Independence Party and Brexit leader Nigel Farage. Farage said he would not get involved publicly in U.S. politics, having been castigated for doing so by President Obama in the past. However, he does “know a lot of people in the Republican party,” and is “interested to hear what Donald Trump has to say in his big speech.”