PBC News & Comment: American Women Strike, Protest on International Women’s Day

In latest act of resistance to Trump and his dark agenda of devolution, women nationwide skip work, protest extreme policies….--NSA lawyers investigate and smear journalist Jason Leopold in response to FOIA lawsuit over inspector general reports
--Senators Whitehouse and Graham demand copies of any FISA filings related to wiretaps of Trump, campaign
--tech companies scramble to patch code that CIA has exploited, revealed in WikiLeaks release
--Vault 7 data includes tools to mask IP addresses
--Joint Chiefs of Staff accuse Russia of treaty violations in missile deployment
--stiff opposition to GOP healthcare cuts from conservative and less conservative republicans
--doctor groups and hospitals oppose changes to healthcare system
--Hawaii beats Washington state, first to file lawsuit against revised travel ban
--revised executive order cites honor-killings for further study, a coded anti-Muslim effort
--proposed budget cuts for Coast Guard and FEMA show the security concerns claimed by Trump are proxy for racist immigration crackdown
--recruits for Trump Wrecking Crew at EPA are all dedicated to decimating EPA
--in latest setback, judge declines to halt Dakota Access Pipeline
--at Guantanamo, military judge orders CIA torture team to testify about destruction of torture videotapes
--we got a brief message from former CIA agent Sabrina DeSousa, who was just pardoned by Italy over conviction for Milan kidnap caper
--new report shows increase in exonerations, and racial bias in wrongful convictions
--in latest military sex scandal, website run by Marines had gallery of photos of nude female Marines, with lots of raunchy comments
--in election that deals landslide re-election to Mayor Garcetti, L.A. voters tax themselves to fund homeless programs for 10 years