Apple’s Irish tax scam is declared illegal, company ordered to pay billions but pledges to fight, as TTIP appears dead….--Apple’s tax avoidance scheme was tagged “Double Irish with a Dutch Sandwich”
--proposed European trade deal, TTIP, appears dead; Mitch McConnell says TPP will not get a vote this year
--Homeland Security says it will reconsider use of corporate prisons, but critics doubt much will change
--California sends mixed signals on private prisons, maintaining deals for about 11,000 inmates while banning their use for immigrants
--major news blitz profiles Jesse Morton, former al Qaeda recruiter and FBI informant now employed at George Washington University
--IS reports death in Aleppo of top Daesh leader and spokesman al-Adnani
--carnage continues in Yemen, as car bomb kills 54 army recruits in Aden
--off Libya, thousands of migrants are rescued from leaky boats, as IS continues to fight
--illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land are quietly being legalized
--NY Times pens weak editorial about Clinton Foundation
--civil rights activists urge Attorney General Lynch to withhold funds to police departments that fail to report deaths by officers
--FBI’s porn sting raises more questions about entrapment, and Tor
--Shadow Brokers leak shows NSA values surveillance over security, reports Reason magazine
--in California, a bill intended to prevent secret videos like the Planned Parenthood attacks gets scrutiny over unintended consequences
--California Assembly overcomes pressure from Agribiz, passes new overtime rules for farmworkers
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