Steve Bannon’s surprise arrest for alleged fraud in Wall scam, DA’s win on subpoena for tax returns leave Trump almost tweetless…--Bannon was arrested on megayacht of Chinese billionaire on Connecticutt coast for skimming money from crowdfunded border wall scheme
--federal judge says subpoena for tax records is not harassment
--Trump’s embrace of QAnon pushes Republicans over the edge, as Sen. Doug Jones (DINO-AL) equates them with AOC and Dem Left
--Alan Macleod at MintPress shares disturbing reports of abuse at ICE lockup in Virginia run by for-profit operator
--after NY legislature changed the law, ACLU posts 300,000+ files on police misconduct
--imitating Trump’s stormtroopers in Portland, Pittsburgh police kidnapped protest leader and took him to jail in van
--last night in Portland, protesters defaced ICE building, prompting first sighting of federal officers in weeks
--Portland cops arrested pro-police protester who fired gun last Saturday
--struggling Oregonians line up for $500 cash grant from the state
--Michigan will pay $600 million to Flint families harmed by toxic water, due to negligence of former GOP Gov. Rick Snyder
--in Ladies Night at DNC online convention, Kamala Harris was teed up by Pelosi, Warren, Clinton and Obama, and some actual issues were highlighted
--Dem strategists bet on women voters and fear of Trump
--Obama unloaded on Trump, trying to wedge Dems in line as Biden makes hopeless pitch to GOP voters
--David Sirota draws attention to comments from Biden’s alter ego that the deficit will limit Biden’s options if elected
--top GOP hawks and spooks who merely opposed Trump in 2016 are back, and say they will vote for Biden this time
--Patrick Martin at WSWS details this year’s crop of CIA Democrats running for House and Senate
--CIA boss “Bloody Gina” Haspel thinks Trump is about to dump her
--as chickens are delivered dead due to mail slowdown, Luis DeJoy’s intentions at Post Office are unclear
--in Pennsylvania court, Trump lawyers can’t provide evidence of voter fraud using mail-in ballots
--NT state expands access to vote-by-mail
--California firefighters cannot handle 367 wildfires at once, as one jumped 8-lane freeway yesterday; no fatalities to date
--in legal battle over employment status of drivers, Uber and Lyft threaten to shut down in California, as soon as tonight
--Tucker Carlson joins Don Jr. in lobbying Trump to block gold mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska
--captain of oil tanker is arrested after massive oil spill caused by crew party
--The Guardian exposes efforts by natural gas lobby to prevent bans on use of gas in new construction
--our daily Covid-19 update, prepared by Linda Lewis
--after stunning lass at Security Council last week, Trump sends Pompeo back to UN to demand arms embargo extension on Iran, even though US breached agreement
--in Mexico, Pemex scandal widens as former official fingers 3 past presidents for taking bribes
--Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny suspects he was poisoned
--at ConsortiumNews, editor Joe Lauria makes good case that US is covertly supporting opposition in Belarus
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