William Pepper, attorney who represented James Earl Ray and King’s widow, says FBI’s Hoover enabled the murder, and framed Ray….Hear Steve Bhaerman’s full interview with Pepper here
--fifty years ago today, Dr, King gave his famous Riverside Church sermon against the Vietnam war the full speech is here , excerpt about Vietnam is here
--Attorney General Jim Crow Sessions interferes in Baltimore police consent decree, threatens to reject others that address racist police patterns
--at Buzzfeed, Melissa Segura publishes lengthy expose of one Chicago cop who framed at least 51 people for murder
--Brooklyn prosecutor faces prison after guilty plea for wiretapping other cops in love triangle
--Buzzfeed’s Ali Watkins explains how Russian spies tried to recruit Carter Page in 2013 in rare report that is based on actual evidence
--Washington Post reveals secret meeting between Erik Prince and a Russian “close to Putin” and as usual, it’s based on anonymous sources
--using the Benghazi dog whistle, Trump defenders hammer Obama’s national security adviser, Susan Rice over unmasking identities in intercept reports
--Miami Herald report asks, “Who says DNC hackers were Russians?”
--be wary of former FBI agent Clint Watts, who asserts that Trump is using Russian memes in his tweets
--Syria says it blew up al Qaeda munitions site, but West says Assad used nerve agents in Idlib raid on Tuesday
--an Indiana law Mike Pence signed requiring ultrasound before an abortion is overturned by federal judge
--Greenwald shows that Trump’s embrace of Egyptian military dictator al-Sisi is the same as Obama, Trump doesn’t pretend to fight for human rights
--also at The Intercept, Lee Fang exposes FDA nominee Scott Gottlieb as addict to opioid industry
--Trump signs bad bill allowing internet providers to collect your browsing history
--Verizon will consolidate Yahoo and AOL under new brand, “Oath”
--issuing drivers licenses to undocumented reduces hit-n-runs and insurance premiums in California
--my old friend Dick Bolles, author of “What Color Is Your Parachute” has died at age 90
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