PBC News & Comment: Corporate Thought Police Launch “Newsguard”

Following Facebook’s October purge of Indy media sites, Newsguard service that says Fox News, Voice of America are credible sources….--read the MintPress News report here
--Dems and media aren’t that outraged by Trump’s biggest lie to date, that he never said Mexico would pay for his wall
--on the Wall, shutdown and possible declaration of emergency, Trump lives up to Jeb Bush’s tag of “chaos candidate”
--as Trump and allies demagogue isolated cases of immigrant crimes, they won’t notice the case of 22-year-old female cop killed in Davis, CA by young white guy
--Pompeo projects ugly American arrogance, and adds to confusion as Pentagon announces that hardware is being extracted from Syria, but not troops
--Glenn Greenwald reports that polls demonstrate how Democrats have grown more militaristic and pro-war
--new study shows oceans are warming 40% faster than predicted
--Treasury boss Mnuchin baffled secret House hearing yesterday when asked to explain sanctions relief for Oleg Derapaska
--South Korean president predicts new Trump-Kim talks soon
--in Venezuela, Maduro is sworn in for second term amid economic collapse due to low oil prices and US interference
--delayed Brexit vote is set for Parliament next week
--Florida’s new racist governor pardons Groveland Four, black men who were wrongly blamed for raping white girl in 1949
--Iowa’s “ag-gag” law to prevent reporting of farming violations joins similar laws declared unconstitutional