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PBC News & Comment: Part 2, Obama’s Legacy is Fading, Even Before He Exits

On 15th anniversary of Guantanamo prison, 40 members of Progressive Caucus urge Obama to close it, blocking Trump’s plans….–reports indicate Chelsea Manning is on Obama’s “shortlist” for commutation

–CIA whistleblower john Kiriakou urges Obama to release the full report on CIA torture

–California progressives organized, and took control of state’s Democratic party leadership last weekend

–in op-ed, Prof. Cornel West speaks for many of us: “Pity the Sad Legacy of Barack Obama”