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As Trump dangles pardon for Ed Snowden, his Justice Dept. plays games with the extradition process for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, … Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Will Trump Actually Pardon Ed Snowden?
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In agreement with UAE that Trump hopes to take credit for, Israel will forego plans to annex occupied West Bank territory… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Israel Suspends West Bank Annexation Plans
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Appeal is filed seeking to end interception and collection of all US email traffic, with Bill Binney providing expert testimony… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Will Supreme Court End Total Email Surveillance?
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Dems’ obsession with identity politics propels selection of Kamala Harris, a corporate tool with bad record as prosecutor, thrilling Trump…. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Biden Picks Harris for Veep, Giving Trump a Ripe Target
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As many broke Americans face hunger, eviction with no health insurance, GOP tries to use that suffering to blame Democrats…. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Americans Suffer as GOP Mixes Denial, Projection
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In bizarre contradiction, California fracking moratorium is lifted and Chevron gets permit for solar powered fracking site in Lost Hills…. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: California OK’s Solar Powered Fracking
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AG Letitia James targets the NRA, NY-chartered nonprofit, for dissolution after top leaders looted $64 million, NRA locks & loads… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: NY Attorney General Seeks to Abolish NRA
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Megablast that leveled Beirut’s port is attributed to huge stock of ammonium nitrate—but was ignition an “attack”, as Trump suggested?… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Was Beirut Blast an Accident, or Attack?
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In campaign email, Trump says wearing masks is patriotic; in tweet to Floridians, he says mail-in voting is “safe and secure”… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Our Dear Tweeter Contradicts Himself, Again
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Americans face trifecta of looming depression: unemployment cutoffs, rising evictions and foreclosures, loss of health insurance, as Washington gridlocks…. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: In Deep Denial, GOP Leaders Channel Herbert Hoover
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