PBC News & Comment: Trump on Puerto Rico, Obamacare: Drop Dead!

Trump warns Puerto Rico that feds can’t stay “forever”, and uses executive order to strangle Obamacare, approving “junk policies”…..--Trump has plenty of patience for recovery in Texas and Florida, but slams Puerto Rico, blaming victims of hurricane and vulture capitalists
--Buzzfeed updates shows only 10% have electricity, only half have clean drinking water
--in staged White House event, Trump almost forgets to sign order allowing for cheaper, junk health insurance policies, predicts millions will be “very happy”
--NY Times counts 11 ways Trump is undermining Obamacare
--in our latest in-depth interview, reporter Trevor Aaronson tells about Florida man who resisted FBI efforts to make him an informant, calls it “extortion”
--also at The Intercept, Shaun King exposes attempted lone wolf attack on Asheville airport, which has been ignored by MSM
--Mandalay Bay challenges accuracy of revised timeline of Las Vegas massacre, stoking doubts about the official story
--here’s a recap, with links, of many of the “alternative facts” about Las Vegas, from Citizens for Legitimate Government
--Madrid expands threats to Barcelona over independence vote
--in deal brokered by Egypt, Hamas and Fatah sign reconciliation agreement
--US and Israel announce withdrawal from UNESCO, claiming anti-Israel bias
--Trump goes to Middletown, PA to sell corporate tax cuts to truckers…will benefits trickle down like a golden shower?
--federal judge upholds Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio, but legal challenges will continue