Mike Flynn’s plea deal proves that Trump campaign colluded with Israel, asked Russian help in killing UN resolution on settlements….--The Nation is the latest outlet to notice
--unnamed whistleblower gives evidence that Flynn was covering up a commercial deal he promoted to build nuke plants in Mideast with Russian investments
--Robert Parry’s sharp analysis shows latest NY Times Russiagate story about NRA channel to Putin undercuts the central narrative of contacts and collusion
--Olympic committee properly places steep sanctions on Russia for doping of athletes
--Russian Ministry of Justice properly names Radio Free Europe and other US propaganda outlets as “foreign agents”
--ProPublica reveals that Facebook fails to catch political ads with clickbait and malware links
--Congressman Al Green, opposed by many fellow Dems, will introduce new articles of impeachment against Trump today
--Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital is reckless, arrogant and ignorant
--informed commentary from Jonathan Freedland in The Guardian, and Janine Zacharia in SF Chronicle
--The Intercept finds members of Congress avoid comment on Trump’s blunder
--Time names “The Silence Breakers” as Person of the Year
--12 Senate Dems call for Franken to resign, as 7th accuser surfaces
--listener Deborah Kennedy says PBC protects creeps
--quick stats on Los Angeles wildfires, expansion of the wealth/income gap, increase in homeless population, rise in deportations, prisoners killed by Tasers
--world leaders in the news: Catalonia, Honduras, Ukraine, Lebanon
--federal grand jury indicts Zarate on same charge that San Francisco jury convicted him of last week
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