PBC News & Comment: Israel Controls Sophisticated Influence Campaign in US

False claims of anti-Semitism are part of playbook, as suppressed documentary "The Lobby" exposes Israel’s offensive campaign against BDS….--al Jazeera’s powerful documentary has never been aired, but you can watch it here
--AIPAC uses the Twitter spat with Rep. Ilhan Omar to collect more “Benjamins”
--Jews defend Omar, and expose details about AIPAC:Ady Barkan at The Nation ,
Mairav Zonszein at WashPost
And Jonathan Ofir at Mondoweiss
--yesterday, Rep. Omar brushed back Eillott Abrams over his war crimes, and House voted to assert war powers in Yemen, with anti-BDS amendment
--60-nation Warsaw meeting claims to focus on all of the MidEast, but it’s about war with Iran
--McConnell predicts budget bill with border money will prevent shutdown, but Rush Limbaugh pans it
--California’s new governor Gavin Newsom sends mixed messages about high speed rail project, and Trump demands $3.5 billion refund of federal money
--in fresh in-depth interview, psychiatrist Justin Frank puts Trump on the couch
--in 60 Minutes interview to promote his book, former FBI #2 Andy McCabe talks about his actions after Comey was fired
--at ConsortiumNews, Gareth Porter covers some of the same ground
--NY Times and MSNBC use Manafort’s lies to spin more conspiracy theories about collusion
--former NSA Technical Director Bill Binney issues new report, “Why the DNC was not hacked by Russians”
--in New Yorker megastory, Ronan Farrow and Adam Entous expose Israeli private spy company Psy Group, which reportedly did some work on Trump campaign
--MintPress reveals the company that’s been making repeated flights to Venezuela, one of which was carrying weapons
--Congress is finally paying attention to burn pit victims from Iraq and Afghan wars
--serial extortionist Jeff Bezos pulls out of plan to build campus in Long Island