Obama announces US will re-open embassy in Havana, and urges Congress to lift trade embargo; Radio Habana is available online….
We open with Rancid’s “Radio Havana” as PBC reflects on listening to shortwave broadcasts being jammed in 1961. Listen to Radio Habana today here
--in Greek crisis, Tsipras relents to most of banker demands, but icy Merkel refuses to negotiate until after Sunday’s referendum
--American economist James Henry says the fight over Greece is really about regime change
--British shoe salesman launches crowdfunding for Greece, raising 1.1 mil euros from 65,000 people in 3 days
--in our latest in-depth interview, Brad Friedman explains Supreme Court ruling on Arizona redistricting, and we compare that to California’s approach
--Obama delivers big raise for manager types who are “exempt” from overtime
--under pressure from Jason Leopold’s lawsuit, State Dept. releases a packet of Hillary Clinton’s emails, some heavily redacted
--Hillary campaign releases video ridiculing Benghazi investigations
--Tunisian beach killer reportedly was trained in Libya
--media trumpets dubious links to IS by recent attackers in Sinai, Gaza
--in Gaza, friends of IS challenge Hamas, as other radicals hit IS allies
--in Syria, IS beheadings draw decapitation of IS fighters by Jaish al Islam
--new IS video condemns Hamas, as IS beheads 2 women for “sorcery”
--what will US do with widow of IS bookkeeper?
--3 more American church groups vote to support BDS against Israel
--7th black church in the South burns down
--California Gov. Jerry Brown signs new law requiring vaccinations
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