PBC News & Comment: In Scripted Venezuela Coup, Directors Call “Action!”

US-backed “humanitarian” Trojan horses will attempt to breach Venezuelan borders from Brazil and Colombia this weekend, Maduro takedown underway….--corporate media play up border conflict, defection of former spy chief, and threats of epidemics to stoke made-for-TV uprising
--and for extra drama, Mike Pompeo links Iran and Hezbollah to Maduro
-- Abby Martin delivers great on the ground reporting
--Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin disrupted DC event led by phony ambassador
--House begins process to overturn Trump’s “emergency” declaration
--transgender woman who sought US asylum has been killed in El Salvador
--defense lawyers at Gitmo confirm suspicions: CIA shared torture details with Zero Dark Thirty filmmakers
--Roger Stone’s trial judge just gagged him….can she make it permanent?
--NY prosecutors ready charges against Manafort, double jeopardy insurance against a Trump pardon?
--Ocasio-Cortez fires back at billionaire funders of Times Square billboard blaming AOC for Amazon’s pullout
--former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling is out of prison
--El Chapo may get new trial due to jury misconduct
--Arizona cop who threatened 12-year-old reporter gets reprimand
--Facebook says you can clear your history, but how much will they keep?
--Oscar contender Green Book is “based on a true story”, but just barely, says Dr. Wilmer Leon in new WhoWhatWhy podcast
--sex offenses dominate the news: Time’s Up CEO resigns as her son faces charges; R. Kelly charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse; Patriots owner Kraft busted for BJ at Florida massage parlor; judge blasts violation of victims’ rights in Epstein deal; at Vatican meeting on sex scandals, feeble reforms are proposed.
--Jussie Smollett is written out of “Empire”, drug allegations surface
--3 California prisons have seen “gladiator fights” in recent weeks, Shadowproof reports