With big loss on Obamacare, limits on tax cuts, Trump tries to regain agenda control with threats to sanctuary cities….
--AG Sessions leads Monday press briefing with threats to cut federal funds to cities that don’t agree to submit to federal interference in local law enforcement
--House intel chair Nunes rejects Dem calls for him to recuse from Russia-Trump investigation, but he should resign as chair
--Prof. Juan Cole offers thoughtful recap of the case so far, noting that it’s mostly circumstantial
--WhoWhatWhy shares results of investigation, saying FBI may be compromised in Trump case by long-running investigation into Russian mobsters known to Trump
--loyal listener and subscriber Ian Berman warns Dems to be careful about using Deep State against Trump, in published commentary
--Muslims who work at FBI protest racial profiling and suspicions, Said Barodi was fired after confrontation at Paris airport, Spencer Ackerman reports
--Parliament lone wolf attacker sent text message just before starting his actions, and Brits want What’sApp to decrypt it
--institute sues DHS over escalation of suspicionless searches of phones and computers at US borders
--journalist and liberal Jew Larry Derfner gets op-ed in NY Times to criticize Israel’s aggressive military actions and suppression of Palestinians
--UN ambassador Nikki Haley panders to AIPAC conference, bragging about intimidating critics of Israel and supporters of BDS
--Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti, who once was a guest on this podcast, is arrested on tax charges that are likely bogus
--in surprise 5-3 decision, Supreme Court scolds Texas over its standards for executing men with mental deficiencies
--history will revile Trump’s order to lift restrictions on burning coal, and pretends it will restore jobs for miners
--Bannon meets with GOP House members to try to revive Obamacare repeal
--Alex Jones was forced to apologize for his reckless coverage of “Pizzagate”
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