In Brazil, after leader of lower house is suspended for corruption, his replacement annuls vote to impeach Rousseff, compounding chaos…Opening music by Brazilian pop band Bide ou Balde
--in our own chaotic presidential race, Trump creates policy whiplash; yesterday, he offered 3 conflicting positions on minimum wage
--Hillary Clinton courts Republican donors and voters, after her supporters slammed Sanders for winning independents “he’s not really a Democrat
--Kevin Gosztola frames it as Clinton running as smart Republican, not a liberal alternative to Trump
--Clinton loyalist and fierce partisan Barney Frank will co-chair powerful Rules Committee at Dem national convention
--Sanders holds rally in Atlantic City, near failed Trump casino; he is expected to win West Virginia tomorrow
--in final delegate count in Washington state, Sanders picks up 49 delegates
--with both candidates sporting extreme negative ratings, a Clinton-Trump matchup will redefine the electorate in unpredictable ways
--former Facebook editor reports anti-conservative bias; in any case, Facebook has outsized influence on many people
--in Alabama, chief justice Roy Moore is suspended again, this time for ordering judges to deny same-sex marriage licenses
--former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman is out of solitary—again
--N. Carolina governor doubles down on the right to discriminate, sues feds over threats of funding cuts
--while right-wing nuts fight over mythical bathroom issues, a bathroom thief in Columbus, Ohio is sought for stealing the plumbing fixtures
--new survey shows that Chicago is a segregated, racist city
--London voters reject conservative rich guy, and elect first Muslim as Mayor
--activist alerts:
--listener and whistleblower Joe Carson asks senators to place hold on renomination of Carolyn Lerner to Office of Special Counsel
--California Assembly will vote this week on obviously unconstitutional bill, AB 2844, to punish supporters of B/D/S for Israel
--from tip by listener Dan DeMaria, we learn that police in Annapolis, MD used Stingray to track man who stole $57 in chicken wings
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