PBC News & Comment, 12.11.19: IG Exposes FISA Corruption and Media Malpractice

Even Lindsay Graham calls for major reforms to FISA and FBI, as CNN report of Manafort FISA warrant is contradicted…

PBC News & Comment, 12.10.19: Are Dems Doing “Impeachment Lite”?

As Democrats unveil only two articles of impeachment, apparently excluding Mueller obstruction claims, Cohen guilty plea and other clear crimes…

PBC News & Comment, 12.9.19: IG Finds “no bias” in Start of FBI Trump/Russia Probe

Inspector General says FISA mistakes were made but Trump/Russia investigation wasn’t biased…as separate investigator, John Durham, disagrees about “predication”….

PBC News & Comment, 12.5.19: Mayor Pete and Mayor Mike Draw Deserved Scrutiny

Buttigieg’s 3-year stint with capitalist tool McKinsey is scrutinized, as Bloomberg is caught in lie about “stop and frisk” apology….

PBC News & Comment, 12.5.19: Guardian Reveals Foreign Network Spewing Hate in US, and It’s Not From Russia

Israel-based clickbait network with a million followers profits from Islamophobic Facebook posts, some targeting Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib…

PBC News & Comment, 12.4.19: New Round of Impeachment Hearings Begins

In Judiciary hearing, Dems focus on 3 law professors who support impeachment, but GOP pick Jonathan Turley shouldn’t be ignored…

PBC News & Comment, 12.3.19: Report—“No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safe”

UC Berkeley scientist Joel Moskowitz issues detailed report blasting FCC for using 1990’s standards without new studies of 5G’s human impact…

PBC News & Comment, 12.2.19: Trump Megadonor Adelson Paid for Surveillance of Assange

NY Times deeply “buries the lede” in report on Spanish firm paid by Sheldon Adelson to spy on Julian Assange….

PBC News & Comment, 11.27.19: Wave of Exonerations Expose Prosecutor Misconduct

Justice in Baltimore, as 3 men wrongfully convicted of 1983 murder are freed, as retrial exonerates man convicted in 2016….

PBC News & Comment, 11.25.19: Are Vaccination Skeptics Defective?

In important new book Anti-Vax, Prof. Bernice Hausman explores vaccination controversies, and rejects snide attitudes of majority herd toward skeptics….