PBC News & Comment: Extreme Heat Waves Worldwide, Compounded by Wildfires in California

Temperature spikes recorded all over the world this summer;  California sizzles as smoke from spate of wildfires fouls the air....--GOP candidates tell California to build more reservoirs, MidEast “heat dome” broils Bagdhad and the region
--Jason Leopold of VICE details his blockbuster report on CIA battle with Senate Intel committee, including the mistakenly released apology from Director Brennan
--NY Times uses Snowden docs to reconfirm what Mark Klein told us years ago: AT &T is “partner” with NSA in domestic surveillance
--in sordid move, ObamaCo will ask federal judge NOT to release hunger-striking Guantanamo prisoner Bah Oda
--Palestinian hunger striker Mohammed Allan is being given fluids involuntarily
--affirming the radical extremism of his government, Netanyahu names Likud Knesset member Danny Danon as UN ambassador
--over 100 dead in 2 days of bombing in Damascus suburb by Assad fighter jets
--in Bangkok, 19 killed by unknown opponents of military dictatorship
--in Egypt, military dictator al-Sisi decrees new laws and “fast-track” prosecution, targets include journalists
--Pentagon unveils revised Law of War manual with new restrictions on journalists
--Chelsea Manning will represent herself in disciplinary hearing at Ft. Leavenworth tomorrow
--National Labor Relations Board denies union status to college football players at Northwestern U
--Trump shows he can propose bad policy, details his plan to deport all illegals, force Mexicans to pay for border wall, and end citizenship birthright