PBC News & Comment: CNN and Israel Lobby Trample First Amendment

CNN fired Prof. Marc Lamont Hill for pro-Palestinian speech at UN as senators move to pass anti-BDS bill despite opposition….--CNN refuses to explain termination of Hill, we cite strong commentary from Philip Giraldi and Cornel West
--in lame duck session, senators of both parties scheme to pass anti-BDS bill
--newly-elected to Congress, Rashida Tlaib backs BDS and will lead delegation to Palestine
--in tweets, Trump slams Michael Cohen, praises Roger Stone, experts call it witness tampering
--NY Times says in 2017 Manafort was desperate for new clients, pitched Ecuador on plan to turn Assange over to US
--at National Review, columnist Andrew McCarthy says Mueller is writing a report, not assembling cases to prosecute
--in powerful column, Maureen Dowd declares it’s “Curtains for the Clintons”
--D. Trump and B. Clinton relieved, as their child molester pal Jeffry Epstein settles case, avoids testimony from victims
--House GOP reveals its servers were breached by unknown hackers, and they called Crowdstrike!
--RT reports FBI raid on Uranium One whistleblower, was it intended to protect Mueller?
--listener known only as “Big J” emails omniscient forecast
--in NC congressional race, allegations of mail-in ballot fraud lead to threat that Dems will block seating of GOP “winner”
--GOP lame ducks in Wisconsin and Michigan follow NC playbook to tie hands of Dems before they take office
--CIA boss Bloody Gina Haspel briefs senators about Khashoggi murder in secret session
--Dow plunges amid confusion over China tariffs, and German carmakers run to Washington, chasing resolution to tariff threats
--to end riots, Macron blinks, suspends gas tax increase
--mainstream reporter catalogs crazy theories about California wildfire causes