PBC News & Comment: Karl Rove is Right, For Once!

“Trump is a complete moron” says Bush’s Brain, as The Donald, his ego and hair jump into GOP clown car…
--Jon Stewart is orgasmic to have Trump be his target of satire during his final weeks on The Daily Show, Neil Young’s unhappy
--Palestinian split widens, as Abbas dissolves “unity government” after Hamas talks indirectly with Israel
--new Rand Corp. report shows that Israel and Palestine would both show huge economic gains under solid peace agreement
--in another dubious FBI domestic terrorism bust, 20-year-old New York man arrested for researching pressure cooker bomb
--NY Times uses this bust to tee up another map of Islamic State’s expanding zones of influence, many exaggerated
--21 GOP Senators vote against toothless ban on torture, embracing the fiction that “torture works”
--House committee learns that Blumenthal’s memos to Hillary about Libya were mostly written by ex-spook Drumheller
--another House hearing grilled OPM staffers about hack of personnel data
--NY Times Public Editor slams the paper for slams at Irish in coverage of Berkeley deck collapse that killed 6
--Oakland gets its first—maybe last—NBA championship, as Warriors plan new privately-funded arena in San Francisco
--Obama’s budget quietly eliminates tax-free bonds for pro sports facilities
--disrupting the disrupters, California labor board rules that an Uber driver is an employee, not a contractor
--New Hampshire poll shows Bernie a strong second to Hillary
--new report shows podcasting is growing in audience, revenue