Devastation on Abaco and Grand Bahama creates regional refugee crisis, just as Trump considers reducing 2020 refugee count to zero….--important new study concludes that fire did not cause collapse of WTC Building 7 on 9/11
--Oakland’s Ghost Ship fire killed 36 people in 2016; one defendant has been acquitted, the other drew hung jury
--doctors advise that vapers stop using e-cigarettes, after 3 deaths and 450 cases linked to mysterious vaping illness
--in CNN forum on climate change, Booker and Yang separated from the pack by promoting new generation of nuclear power plants
--Democrats make noise about investigating Trump’s profiteering in bid to host G7 at his Miami resort, and Pence’s stay at property in Ireland
--North Carolina court’s ruling against gerrymandering parallels case to expose the documents of GOP gerrymandering guru Hofeller
--The Intercept details the big decision on terrorist watch lists
--as PBC posts new in-depth interview with journalist Dave Lindorff, who is on one of those watch lists
--Twitter boss Jack Dorsey’s phone was hacked via SIM-card switch
--Beto O’Rourke slams Twitter for refusing to take down false tweets which say that Odessa gunman was a Beto supporter
--one of Trump’s Twitter gladiators, Jacob Wohl, is arrested on securities charge
--man who tried to hack IRS for Trump’s tax returns pleads guilty
--Google accused of promoting climate change denial in AI-generated news summaries
--DARPA steps up to fight fake news, what could go wrong?
--in self-serving article, SF Chronicle reports on opposition to AB 5 gig worker bill, because it would raise costs for exploited newspaper delivery people
--GOP senators who backed Trump’s ridiculous “emergency” at border take big hits as Pentagon announces which projects are killed to divert money to the wall
--south Texas seniors resort will be trapped between Trump’s wall and the Rio Grande, and some residents won’t vote for Trump again
--weekend read: respected journalist Stephen Kinzer covers the Frank Olson case depicted in Wormwood, in excerpt from new book about CIA’s Sidney Gottleib
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