PBC News & Comment: Americans Suffer as GOP Mixes Denial, Projection

As many broke Americans face hunger, eviction with no health insurance, GOP tries to use that suffering to blame Democrats….--Trump’s executive orders are just props in his reality-free show
--his reduced unemployment boost requires 25% from states that don’t have the cash
--UMich Prof. Juan Cole asks “how did Americans become such wimps?"
--Summer of Rage continues in Chicago, where police shooting or armed Black man spurs looting on Michigan Ave
--Portland police again declare a riot on weak premise, as protesters target cop union office and precinct building
--Seattle police officials agree not to declare riot as justification of force at protests
--on Friday, NYPD deployed choppers, vanloads of cops to arrest BLM protester, but he held out and the cops gave up
--Lebanon’s government resigns, bowing to protesters after massive blast last week
--Pepe Escobar exposes Lebanon’s corruption and negligence, and sees Israeli connections
--HongKong blasts US sanctions and returns the favor; publisher Jimmy Lai arrested
--Max Blumenthal exposes American agitator Brian Kern, who poses as Kong Tsung-gan
--Caitlin Johnstone exposes fake video footage used to promote Chinese abuse of Uyghurs
--Johnstone also has pungent comments on new claims of foreign interference in US election
--at The Grayzone, Ben Norton contradicts Twitter’s claim that it doesn’t run ads with government propaganda
--as Twitter competes with Microsoft to buy TikTok, The Intercept shows that TikTok gives user data to American government agencies
--rigged election in Belarus keeps Lukashenko in power, as American consultant to his opponent is detained
--our daily Covid-19 update, edited by Linda Lewis
--Trump wants his own Gettysburg address, as DNC unveils zoom convention lineup for next week
--Phoenix voters end Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s dream of restoration
--Puerto Rico primary halted yesterday due to lack of ballots