--in surprise move, Brett Kavanaugh provides swing vote to uphold lower court rulings that derailed defunding moves by Kansas, Louisiana….--Trump boots John Kelly as Chief of Staff, then top replacement pick Nick Ayers declines the honor and resigns as VP’s chief of staff
--Mueller’s Friday filings related to Manafort and Cohen excite the media, but Dems continue to avoid impeachment
--as Maria Butina signals she will plead guilty, Mother Jones and The Trace lay out evidence that NRA and Trump TV buys were coordinated, could be “smoking gun”
--Sunday NY Times front-pager exposes the risky relationship between Crown Prince Jared and Crown Prince MBS
--unnerved by Mueller advances, Trump binge tweets attacks on Rex Tillerson and Mr. Kellyanne Conway
--in face of certain defeat in Parliament tomorrow, Prime Minister May has delayed Brexit vote
--Paris faced another weekend of “yellow vest” protests, a broad rejection of Macron and his policies
--US team is jeered at climate conference in Poland, as it serves up Powerpoint on US expansion of coal, oil and gas use
--new report shows that most countries are failing on goals set by Paris accord
--Charlottesville jury quickly convicted James Fields on all counts, but Heather Heyer’s dad opposes death penalty for him
--it’s International Human Rights Day, and Ai WeiWei has designed a new human rights flag
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