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PBC News & Comment: Trump Tells Big Lies About FISA Application

Spinning and tweeting wildly, Trump tries to claim that FISA court papers for Carter Page warrant vindicate him, lying bigly….--Trump also hammers Iran on Twitter as Pompeo channeled Colin Powell in Reagan Library speech to Iranian Americans

--WashPost reporter Jason Rezaian, who spent 18 months imprisoned in Iran, covered the event, and comments

--WashPost publisher introduced Pompeo for the Iran-bashing, followed by some Post-bashing on Twitter by Trump

--Sen. Rand Paul says he’s asking Trump to revoke John Brennan’s security clearance

--in NY Times, Charlie Savage offers good history on the released FISA documents

--at ConsortiumNews, Ray McGovern helps explain one of the text messages from Peter Strozk to Lisa Page, “no there there”

--Trump Wrecking Crew’s next target: Endangered Species Act

--activists in many states are working to curb gerrymandering

--at The Intercept, Lee Fang names Obama appointees who took the revolving door to profit from the war machine

--dozens of international Jewish groups back BDS, and refute false charges of anti-Semitism

--establishment Dems use Sunday NY Times to telegraph their fear of the progressive and socialist wings

--those robocalls in pigeon-English that threaten your arrest for IRS violations should stop after 8-state raid

--Navy sailors want to be allowed to grow beards, #WeWantBeards