Major progress in controlling Wine Country wildfires, but wild speculation from self-styled experts, pseudo scientists precede investigations, and real evidence….--on Facebook, theories are floated by people who expose their ignorance about the local conditions that likely started, and drove massive firestorms
--Mike Davis offers sensible, high altitude look at fires in California
--corporate media starts to note some of the inconsistencies and contradictions in Las Vegas investigation
--in rare case that doesn’t involve FBI informants, New Jersey man is convicted of Chelsea bombing in September 2016
--state Sen. Kevin de Leon is second Democrat to challenge Feinstein in 2018, after lawyer Pat Harris, who joined us here last Friday
--Iraqi forces took over Kirkuk from Kurds in effort to squelch independence move
--reporter Joe Lauria, who has been living in Iraq, filed this report as the takeover was underway
--Catalonia leaders are ignoring Madrid’s demand to clarify its intentions, and Madrid is ignoring Barcelona’s call for dialogue
--Islamic State forces are leaving Raqua, as some surrender and the future of Syria is unclear
--after being called a “dirty rotten traitor” by Trump, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl takes guilty plea
--60 Minutes and Washington Post expose Trump’s “drug czar” nominee, Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA) as architect of law that protects opioid industry
--promoting her book in Australia, Hillary Clinton says Trump’s use of Twitter is dangerous, unloads lies about WikiLeaks and Assange
--as Weinstein scandal continues to grow, Trump’s predatory behavior is focus of lawsuit by former contestant on “Apprentice”
--Trump promised return of “moral clarity” to evangelical group
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