In strong NY Times oped, UC Berkeley Journalism Dean Ed Wasserman makes the case for supporting Assange, nationwide protests planned…--read the column here
--rally and march planned for this Friday in San Francisco
--climate change expert Prof. Guy McPherson shares dire prediction of human extinction as soon as 2030 in new in-depth interview in audio and video
--Buzzfeed editor Shannon Keating toggles between hope and despair over climate change, and expresses it well in this commentary
--PBC offers rare comment on Game of Thrones, where the human reaction to impending certain death in battle of Winterfell is instructive
--shooting at synagogue near San Diego is latest event in long history of white supremacy in southern California, says Brooke Binkowski
--FBI was tipped to the assault after citizen reported 8Chan posting by accused shooter just 5 minutes before he opened fire
--the agencies set up to protect us from terrorism were monitoring peaceful First Amendment protests of Trump’s family separation last year
--after Rep. Ilhan Omar tweeted sympathy, she was hammered by Ted Cruz and Meaghan McCain, who repeated false tropes about Omar
--last week in the Silicon Valley town of Sunnyvale, an African American veteran with PTSD mowed down 8 people he thought were Muslims, then said “Thank you, Jesus”
--in leadership duel (without pistols) at NRA, Oliver North is forced out as president
--new milestone for Trump: 10,000 lies in 828 days
--keeping Russiagate alive, James Risen sees “sprawling Russian spy game”
--while, at Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi says the press will learn nothing from Russiagate
--AG Bill Barr is balking at testifying this week, joining other TrumpCo appointees in obstruction of Congress
-new poll shows 56% of Americans oppose impeachment, but 70% of black voters support it
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