More GOP leaders call for Roy Moore to drop out of Alabama senate race, and some Trumpers suggest Sessions should run as write-in….--more tax cuts for the rich hang in the balance if Democrat Doug Jones wins in Alabama
--Sessions squirms, bobs and weaves in hearing at House Judiciary about his previous untrue statements about Russia, defends domestic surveillance, and dances around Trump’s demands for Clinton investigation
--while your humble host believes the Clinton Foundation begs for investigation, he doesn’t support a hyper-partisan witch hunt
--Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) accuses 2 unnamed sitting lawmakers of sexual harassment
--after Intel committee leak, Don Trump Jr. releases his messages with Julian Assange, the first potential evidence of “collusions”
--at Buzzfeed, Jason Leopold adds his byline to a dubious story, based on unnamed FBI leakers, about Russian money transfers related to “election campaign of 2016”
--Freedom House, govt-funded advocate for free press and democracy, and sometime front for covert ops, says 30 governments manipulate public opinion
--Kaspersky Labs offers hack-proof online election systems, but not in US
--in sharp opinion piece at The Week, Matthew Walther declares “TSA is a pathetic failure"
--in Israel graft investigation, witness says Bibi and Sara squeezed rich supporters to maintain stocks of champagne and cigars, sometimes rudely
--America’s #1 tax dodger, Apple, would get $47 billion break under GOP tax plan
--6 Demo senators demand investigation of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross over offshore holdings revealed in Paradise Papers, and failure to divest as promised
--in the Senate, 4 conserva-Dems work to undermine Dodd-Frank to aid mythical community banks
--Trump’s ass-kissing of Xi Jingping wins release of UCLA athletes accused of shoplifting in China
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