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PBC News & Comment: Doug Band Memo Exposes Clinton Foundation

Leaked Doug Band memo shows how foundation peddled influence, scored big payments to Bill and spawned infighting after Chelsea joined…..–triangle of Foundation, Teneo and “Bill Clinton, Inc” was built on greed and mutual back-scratching, as Washington Post reports

–Wall Street whistleblower Nomi Prins looks at Hillary Clinton’s record, and predicts protection for banksters under a new Clinton administration

–at The Intercept, Alice Speri sums up the array of GOP voter suppression tactics in play, many aren’t visible

—-in Ohio, court ends major voter suppression scheme, maybe too late for some voters

–Dr. Margaret Flowers tries to join Senate debate in Maryland but was ejected; watch it here

–as California voters are expected to legalize weed, big Pharma dumps $109 million into deceptive ads to stop initiative to limit prescription drug prices

–researchers who tracked the rise of AIDS say virus hit US years before it was identified, and debunk story of flight attendant dubbed “Patient Zero”

–at Standing Rock, goons who used dogs on protesters face charges

–Trump has invested at least $500,000 in pipeline builder, and got $100,000 contribution from Kelcy Warren

–for info on joining the protests, click here

–also at The Intercept, 1990’s whistleblower Patrick Eddington defines 20-year pattern of ignoring and punishing whistleblowers

–Twitter, which has had a major impact on the campaigns, is cutting 350 jobs