PBC News & Comment: Standing Rock Leader Now in Prison Pipeline

Red Fawn Fallis convicted for possession of gun provided by her FBI informant/lover, and skirmish that may have been staged….--in new, in-depth interview, Thomas Frank settles our bet over 2016 election, and offers lively comments on a range of subjects
--drama on Capitol Hill, as House Judiciary tries to force FBI exec Peter Strozk to talk about Mueller investigation
--FAIR’s Adam Johnson calls out media malpractice in FBI covert ops against “domestic terrorism” suspects
--Trump arrives in London, welcomed by protesters
--Trump’s demands of NATO ignore important questions, as Jonathan Marshall observes at ConsortiumNews
--WashPost’s Philip Bump tries to explain why GDP is measure of support for NATO members
--Gareth Porter continues to expose recent media lies about North Korea
--TrumpCo plays games with numbers to pretend it has complied with court orders on reunions of immigrant kids and parents
--SCOTUS nominee Kavanaugh has compulsive spending problem, on baseball tickets
--Kavanaugh is one of 4 judges on DC Circuit who have sealed the gates at Gitmo, reports Guantanamo expert Andy Worthington
--Trump lawyer tells judge that “forever prisoners” at Gitmo could be held for 100 years
--California has reduced greenhouse gas levels almost 2 years ahead of schedule
 
--Sean Spicer tells a few inside stories in new book, but is still loyal to Trump