TPP final agreement is announced, fast-track permits only one House vote and one Senate vote on Obama’s pro-corporate legacy….
--finally, we will get to see just how bad the secret TPP deal is
--transnational oil giants are pressuring Congress to lift ban on exporting American crude oil
--Russian fighters over Syria play games with Israeli jets, and are accused of violating Turkish airspace
--contradicting Putin’s week-old pledge to Obama, Kremlin hints that “volunteer” Russian ground troops may be deployed in Syria
--in Friday comments, Obama lectured Russia about getting into a “quagmire” in Syria; he should know
--controversy swirls over US attack on Afghan hospital that killed 22; top general says Afghans called in the strike
--fears of emerging Third Intifada increase with killings by Israelis and Palestinians, and ban of Palestinians for Old Jerusalem
--as Americans tut-tut over Pope Francis’s contact with Kim Davis, the Vatican shows true colors, dismissing Polish priest who revealed he’s gay, has partner
--in last week’s Planned Parenthood verbal lynching, Rep. Jason Chaffetz was campaigning for Speaker’s job
--extreme weather events: US-flagged cargo ship sank in Joaquin’s furor; Guatemala mudslide kills 130, typhoon kills 15 in China and Phillippines, and South Carolina reels from major flooding
--the day before Oregon college shooting, a group of high school students in rural California were reported to police for plotting to shoot up their school
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