Occasionally, your humble host talks back to the mainstream media; today, a review of PBS interview with Russiagate promoter Clint Watts….--you can watch the PBS interview here
--in video analysis of Stephon Clark killing by cops in Sacramento, it appears that they kept shooting after he was down, and waited 5 minutes to give first aid
--in Oklahoma, teachers are quitting in droves, and Vice video captures their despair
--unions are enjoying a comeback in new media and old media, as New Yorker staff overwhelmingly votes to unionize
--Trump team fines China’s ZTE $1 billion in exchange for relief on cutoff of US parts
--US pulls diplomats from China after symptoms of sonic attacks are reported, similar to unproven complainst from US diplomats in Cuba last year
--North Korea demolishes some missile testing facilities in advance of Singapore summit
--Trump displays equal parts arrogance and ignorance, as he says he doesn’t need to prepare much for Kim meeting
--Trump displayed ignorance and arrogance in recent call with Canada’s Trudeau, claiming Canada burned down the White House in 1814
--Paul Ryan is trying to squelch GOP moderates who want to force a House vote on Dreamers bill
--in Gaza, the family of medic shot last Friday has lost 2 other relatives to the struggle
--Senate investigators say Obama and team lied about effort to help Iran convert money that had been frozen under sanctions
--ABC leaks some details of Justice Dept Inspector General’s report about Comey and the Clinton email investigation
--Ben Carson may as well say “let them eat snake” as he proposes big rent increases for HUD tenants
--Scott Pruitt is asked to stop his discount lunches at the White House mess, and he still has a job
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