Coordinated assault on reproductive rights leads Utah, Arkansas to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, reframe abortion debate in extreme way…..
--the other big attempted DC takedown is aimed at the Iran deal; in op-ed, Todd Gitlin and Stephen Cohen report that 63% of Jews polled support it
--at NY Times, John Harwood notes that partisanship is likely to prevent Congress from blocking the deal
--NY Times expose of Amazon’s Spartan work environment draws criticism, but fails to ask if Jeff Bezos is treating Washington Post employees like Amazon’s
--in Iowa, Hillary laughed off email scandal as “politics” while DOJ count of classified emails climbs over 300
--in The Guardian, columnist Mary Dejevsky says she’s a Hillary fan, calls on Clinton to “bow out with grace”
--US lodges protest with China over its covert agents in US who target suspects of corruption in China
--China arrests 15,000 people for internet violations
--New Zealand protesters fight against TPP and secret negotiations
--Sen. Sherrod Brown is blocking Obama’s nomination of trade rep over TPP secrecy
--IS propaganda video calls for revolt in Turkey, overthrow of Erdogan
--Pentagon announces plan to expand drone use by 50%, outsource recon to contractors
--cancer-stricken Jimmy Carter draws much love, but the claim that “he never fired a shot” deserves a response
--Julian Bond, civil rights leader and founder of Southern Poverty Law Center, dies at age 75
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