Determined to conduct executions in worst way, Arkansas killed two prisoners last night, despite court intervention after problems with first one...
--medical director of Arkansas—whose name is secret—broke the law to acquire execution drugs
--the Swiss chemist who invented on of the 3 drugs used, midazolam, objects to lethal use of his invention, Vice reports
--in dramatic move, White House invites all 100 senators to secret briefing on North Korea, as Kim unleashes barrage of missiles
--US imposes sanctions on Syrian weapons personnel, based on unproven assertions that Syria was responsible for Khan Sheikhoun chemical incident
--former Trump appointee Mike Flynn broke the law, says GOP Rep. Chaffetz
--Senate Intel committee’s Trump-Russia investigation is a joke, says conservative WashPo columnist
--Trump softens demand for wall funding to avoid govt shutdown, but presses demands for tax cuts with no deficit considerations
--Sen. Orrin Hatch, who posed as deficit hawk during Obama years, is OK with Trump tax cuts that will add trillions to debt
--listener known only as “Bob” tips us to great column by UK’s Robert Fisk
--Wells Fargo shareholders re-elect all the directors who presided over fraudulent marketing practices
--Oakland flash mob swarms BART train, robs 7 people and vanishes in less than 2 minutes
--in Las Vegas, jury convicts 2 fans of Cliven Bundy from 2014 standoff
--in New Orleans, workers don bulletproof vests for late-night removal of racist monument
--Gary Chew reviews Their Finest, and seems to like it
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