In dramatic Sunday night session, Rand Paul blocks action on Section 215 as McConnell spouts Obama talking points, incoherent fearmongering….
--Dems and Repubs used eulogies of Beau Biden to run out the clock, but Paul managed to make his case
--Facebook announces more encryption tools
--Supreme Court overturns conviction of man who posted rap lyrics as threat to ex-wife
--Hastert case coverage takes quick fade, NY Times continues to avoid his obvious connections to Turkey
--Glenn Greenwald notes that Hastert is a victim of the over-criminalization he supported in Patriot Act
--the sting operation that caused Doug Williams to plead guilty in polygraph case was based on Patriot Act and overcriminalization
--in first 5 months of 2015, 385 people have been shot and killed by police
--federal judge Mark Fuller resigns, was facing impeachment for domestic violence
--appeals court refuses to block release of Gitmo force feeding videos
--Kerry promises more military aid to Nigeria’s new president
--Egypt releases American prisoner Soltan, as we learn that 2600 political opponents killed since 2013 coup
--neener-neener: Russia bans 89 European politicians from travel to Russia
--US removes Cuba from list of state sponsors of terrorism
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