In his latest act of obstruction, Individual 1 makes 11th inning claim of executive privilege, Pelosi calls him “self-impeachable”…--Trump goes all in, betting that a new Democratic “witch hunt” via impeachment would deliver him the 2020 election
--second day in a row, Nancy “Impeachment is off the table” Pelosi talks about impeachment
--exactly one year since Trump breached the Iran nuclear agreement, Iran threatens to enrich uranium in move to get Euro nations to break US sanctions
--China is also pushing back on the Bully-in-Chief’s tariff threats
--NY Times reports on Trump’s taxes from 1985-94, with Donnie reporting biggest losses by individual taxpayers….he’s the #1 loser
-prisoner Michael Cohen lets actor Tom Arnold release phone recording about Cohen’s intervention to keep sex photos of Jerry Falwell, Jr. secret
--at The Intercept, formerly respected reporter James Risen continues his curious support of Russiagate with selective criticism of Mueller report
--Sen. Ron Wyden presses DHS and surveillance vendor about monitoring of First Amendment protests of Trump’s child separation policies
--new data show the cruelty and bias of immigration under Trump: only 62 Syrian refugees were admitted to US in fiscal 2018
--in gift to Trump, ostensibly-liberal 9th Circuit decision allows policy that sends asylum applicants back to Mexico to wait for US decision
--as a member of Arctic Council, US forced deletions of all references to climate change in latest report
--TV host Busy Philipps blasts Georgia governor for signing new law that bans abortion at about 6 weeks of pregnancy
--as Uber readies IPO, drivers go on strike and we learn that Uber’s next target of disruption is public transit
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