As US and Saudis blame Iran for attack on Saudi oil complex, Pepe Escobar says Houthis have advanced missile, drone capabilities….--in first of 2-part in-depth interview, Escobar offers extensive comments on the Mideast, and tells of his interviews with former Brazilian leaders Lula and Dilma; part 2 focuses on the protests in Hong Kong, where Escobar used to live
--Escobar says it was a very successful asymmetrical assault, a game changer for Yemen war
--US has no treaty or other obligations to defend the Kingdom, as Daniel Larison comments in American Conservative; Trump has acknowledged this
--amid shifting scenarios, American intelligence is sifting through debris at Abqaiq, seeking evidence to support the narrative
--Matt Taibbi destroys the media-intel narrative around the Moscow Mole, Smolenkov in persuasive article
--Trump shrugs off the reports of Stingray phone surveillance of the White House attributed to Israel
--providing free promotion for Ed Snowden’s book, Permanent Record, government sues to confiscate profits due to nondisclosure agreements
--in big rally in NYC, Elizabeth Warren celebrates persistent women and shares plan to fight DC corruption
--Trump cheers as former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski stonewalls “impeachment investigation”
--in his first visit to California to scoop up campaign cash, Trump announces end to waiver that allowed stricter auto emissions rules
--the recent claims about Brett Kavanaugh are undermined, as Congressional Dems dismiss impeachment talk
--collateral damage in Epstein case, as MIT Prof. Richard Stallman resigns
--NBC dismissed new SNL actor for insulting Andrew Yang, over Yang’s objections
--Cokie Roberts, child of Democratic fixer Hale Boggs who became leading female reporter in Washington, has died at 75
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