PBC News & Comment: In Trump’s Twisted View, IG Exonerated Him

Eagerly mixing his apples and oranges, Trump claims that IG report that slammed Comey exonerates him of everything he’s been accused of….--channelling Hillary, former NY Times editor Jill Abramson says Comey cost Clinton the election, FBI was “ship of fools”
--in NY Times op-ed, Comey accepts some blame, deflects other blame, and offers platitudes about American justice
--caught red-handed violating laws about Trump Foundation, our Dear Tweeter blames Democrats….and his Twitter fans will believe it
--judge revokes bail for Paul Manafort for witness tampering
--Trump provokes the trade war he’s been threatening, as $50 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports will take effect July 6
--Trump used Singapore summit as excuse to leave G7 early, but was bored and tried to move up the meeting with Kim
--Patrick Martin, reporter for WSWS.org, returns to update the spooks and soldiers recruited by Dems for House campaigns this year
--reporters got a tour of the WalMart in Brownsville that’s been converted to immigration prison for minors
--Jeff Sessions defends family separation with Bible verse that was used to defend slavery
--an array of American religious leaders are finally speaking up against family separation, without “poking the bear”
--Trump throws wrench into House negotiations on Dreamer bill
--ACLU alerts us to administration plan to destroy records of immigrant abuse
--Apple moves to tighten security on iPhones, enraging FBI and other snoopers
--in prosecution of UC Berkeley antifa defendants, prosecutors are using as a witness a pro-Trump demonstrators who admitted hitting protesters
--the big research project on effects of alcohol, funded by the booze industries, has been cancelled