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”
Democratic Party progressive activist Billy Cook alerts progressives all over California to key party vote on Saturday, January 12....Any California resident can participate in the delegate elections, you can register in your local or regional event. To find the location near you, and the progressive slate in your election, go to www.aDems.vote
Max Blumenthal continues to expose Britain’s “Integrity Initiative” which fights “Russian disinformation” with British disinformation, now being imported to the US….--read the new report here
--in new, in-depth interview, investigator Derek Seidman explains how lobbyist Lucy Gikovich influenced key decisions by former CA Gov. Jerry Brown
NSA contractor Harold Martin collected secrets for 20 years, was reported to NSA after he contacted Kaspersky labs in Russia….--Politico broke the story, riddled with irony, as Kaspersky has been banned from doing business with US govt agencies due to Russiagate
Trump will address the nation tonight about the “security and humanitarian” crisis that exists only in his twisted little mind….--TV networks roll over for Trump, after refusing to carry Obama’s immigration talk and allow Chuck ‘n’ Nancy to respond
--Fox & Friends maintain loyalty to Trump’s lies, in contradiction to Fox anchor Chris Wallace’s debunking lies of Sarah Sanders
--Dems warn Trump not to abuse emergency powers
--trial opens in San Francisco over challenge to Trump plan to ask about citizenship in 2020 census
New Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez challenge stale thinking, and worry establishment leaders of both corporate parties….--Tlaib’s pledge to “impeach the motherfucker” challenges the too-cautious Dem leadership, as new voices call for impeachment, from lefty Robert Reich to neolib David Leonhardt
For the first time in 53 years, top California court blocks Brown’s clemency in 10 cases, contradicting its own standards….--you can read PBC’s opinion column here
--the Court consigned a man to deportation to Cambodia, just as ICE is blocked by federal court from deporting more Cambodians
Pelosi opens tiny cracks in shut doors on impeachment and indictment of a sitting president as Dems take control of House….--multiple claims of sexism surface from Bernie Sanders’ 2016 campaign
--100 progressives sign tough-love letter to Bernie on foreign policy and cutting Pentagon spending
--poll shows that 76% of Sanders 2016 delegates still consider him first choice
MSDNC lifts its blackout of impeachment advocates during holidays, will Pelosi permit investigations to begin, as Dems take over House?--when Maddow interviews Tom Steyer, we’ll know things have changed
--Trump fired Maddog Mattis for resigning with attitude, installs 31-year Boeing exec as Acting Pentagon boss, in a cabinet filled with Temps
--Dem hawks and media play the Kurd card, and slam Trump for making the right call in all the wrong ways; Turkey delays plan to slaughter Kurds
Sens. Bernie Sanders and Dianne Feinstein reject unconstitutional limits on BDS aimed at Israel, even though they don’t support BDS….--NY Times editorial offers correct, but weak arguments against Cardin-Portman bill
--Glenn Greenwald broke the story of Texas school speech therapist who lost her job after refusing to sign pledge to oppose BDS
