Marking 10 years of podcasting this week, PBC comments on wildfires, Randy Hayes’s New Green Deal, Trump reversal on Mexican tariffs….--wildfires break out in northern and southern California, one day after federal judge escorted PG&E execs on tour of Paradise, torched by faulty 98-year-old transmission line
--in new interview podcast at WhoWhatWhy, Randy Hayes outlines 7-point plan to address climate change
--as your humble host suspected, Trump was just f**king with Mexico, and the deal to avert his threat of tariffs is mostly rehash of existing agreements
--tweeting praise for ending self-induced “crisis”, Trump lashes out at NY Times
--former WTO chief echoes your humble host, calls Trump gambit “hostage taking”
--DHS Inspector General retires after delivering rosy reports on FEMA
--in blistering commentary, Jonathan M. Katz argues that our immigrant detention facilities should be called concentration camps
--Trump’s all-fronts trade war is already costing jobs and creating uncertainty in US
--at Russia-China summit, Putin offers ominous warning, as Xi floats metaphor of fur coat with fleas
--in fresh PBC interview, Lee Camp says Julian Assange is the “dick” whose exposure of secrets changed the world in 18 ways
--at The Intercept, Glenn Greenwald and team drop 3-story blockbuster about the election scheme that brought right-winger Bolsonaro to power in Brazil
--at Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi says the YouTube and Facebook purges are alarming
--in latest gift to Netanyahu, Trump’s ambassador says Israel has the right to annex at least part of West Bank
--Sens. Sanders, Warren, Feinstein(!) and others introduce resolution against any annexation without negotiation
--Supreme Court rejects the case of Yemeni man held at Gitmo 17 years without charge or trial
--Dems back down on contempt vote for AG Barr, after he agrees to deliver evidence from Mueller report
--pundit Jamelle Bouie warns Pelosi and Schumer of the risks of ignoring the Dem base on impeachment
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