At People’s Summit in Chicago, union leader DeMoro tries to “corner” Bernie Sanders into forming a third party, will he?....--Medea Benjamin posted this thoughtful analysis
--Sanders, Tom Frank and Van Jones delivered blistering criticism of Dem establishment, but Green Party leader Jill Stein was excluded
--Trump’s attack on Comey as a “leaker” is widely dismissed in MSM, but law professor Jonathan Turley makes a pretty serious case
--Theresa May’s shotgun wedding of Conservatives with DUP and weakened position produce call for pause in Brexit talks
--Russia arrests Putin adversary Navalny as anti-Kremlin protests pop up across the country
--3 American soldiers killed in insider attack in Afghanistan
--in Persian Gulf squabble, tensions ease as Qatar hires former Attorney General John Ashcroft to investigate funding for terrorist groups
--current AG J. Beauregard Sessions will testify publicly on Tuesday at Senate Intel hearing
--rejecting the wisdom of Sessions, large and small police departments are treating opioid abuse epidemic as health crisis that won’t be solved by incarceration
--Sessions issued a bizarre opinion on Trump’s violations of emoluments clause, as Maryland and DC governments sue over 45’s business conflicts
--San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit appeals court rules 3-0 against Trump travel ban, for different reasons than Virginia court
--in report that actually names its source, NY Times says the cyberwar against Islamic State is a loser
--Standing Rock Sioux win award from Wallace Global Fund for Standing Rock protests
--Uber faces pressure from Egypt to share rider data with secret police, as Uber’s board fires top exec and considers putting founder Kalanick on the street
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