In the wake of the Orlando shootings, comedy show hosts, humorous podcasts and other opinion makers veered off their traditional comedic paths to address the deeply disturbing events of the weekend. Events like the shooting in Orlando, highlight the thin and vague line that comedians have to walk when discussing current events.

The general election appears destined to skew heavily negative, and Democrats have begun accentuating issues to blitz presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump for the next five months. As far as advertising goes, the Democrats are winning the battle, spending more and testing a number of different creatives.

While Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has pledged to fight for the Democratic nomination up to the convention in July, a number of signs are pointing to the fact that he is edging ever closer to conceding the race. Sanders will meet with presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton this evening, following the final Democratic primary in Washington D.C.

The shooting in Orlando on Sunday morning has profoundly shocked our country once again. While talk of politics has and should make way for a more profound discussion of our identity as a nation, politicians will help give voice to the people and can create a forum for a conversation about violence, extremism, hatred and bigotry.

If it weren't for the overwhelming wall-to-wall coverage of Donald Trump over the course of the 2016 primary cycle, who knows what the political climate would look like today? Then again, revisionist history is often not of much use; we're here now, and Trump will be the Republican nominee.

Some 73% of Democratic respondents say that they have seen an ad for Hillary Clinton on television. This compares to 44% of Republican respondents who have seen a television ad for Donald Trump.

The Associated Press announced Hillary Clinton as the presumptive Democratic nominee Monday night. The former Secretary of State did the same herself last night at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. "Thanks to you," Clinton told supporters in Brooklyn, "we've reached a milestone, the first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee."

Late last night, the "Associated Press" announced that Hillary Clinton attained the number of delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. While Hillary Clinton was widely expected to capture her party's nomination following the vote in New Jersey today, a loss in California, would be another blow to what has been an unsteady campaign for the front-runner.

A captivating statewide initiative has the chance to make it onto the November ballot in California. The "California Political Advertisement Sales Tax Initiative" (15-0106) looks to impose a 1,000% tax on political advertising in the state, with returns used exclusively for funding education.

While voters have been galvanized by deep opposition to both leading candidates from rival parties, the cynical, negative tone, pervasive throughout the primaries, may turn off a significant number of general election voters.