PBC News & Comment: Ambassador Taylor Saw Quid Pro Quo

Bill Taylor’s opening statement details what he saw as linkage between military aid release and Ukraine investigations, “incredibly damning”….--are the Clinton book tour and Hillary’s Russia smears testing the waters for her to make a late entry and save the day? NY Times is setting the stage
--at The Guardian, Nathan Robinson slams the smearing of Tulsi Gabbard
--Kevin Gosztola delivers an excellent recap of the Gabbard-Clinton tussle
--NY Times continues to hammer Trump over Syria exit plan, extolling Putin as a winner to bruise Trump’s ego
--in stinky decision, appeals court upholds most government claims of secrecy related to No Fly List
--in case that used unconstitutional “reverse search warrants”, 2 of the “Proud Boys” draw 4 years in prison for street brawl last year
--Roger Stone loses appeal of social media gag order
--Stone is featured in new documentary about Roy Cohn, the ruthless NY lawyer who worked for Joe McCarthy, and later represented Trump
--in new, in-depth interview, Ted Howard of Democracy Collaborative talks up new economic models to use local resources to support working class
--at ConsortiumNews, Craig Murray says Julian Assange showed symptoms consistent with torture in court appearance yesterday
--Bernie Sanders says he wouldn’t use Espionage Act on whistleblowers
--NY Times columnist Jamelle Bouie compares Sanders to Eugene Debs
--Justin Trudeau ekes out narrow win in Canadian election
--in Bolivia, Evo Morales is being accused of stealing his re-election
--in Chile, wounded protesters decry police brutality that left 15 dead