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With Support From Nancy Pelosi, House Gives Trump Administration Broad Latitude to Spy on Americans (Thanks “resistance,” The Intercept)
Amazon Makes List of Large Companies with Workers Receiving Food Stamps (Taxpayers subsidizing Jeff Bezos, the richest guy in the world, The Columbus Dispatch)
Ecuador and Assange (Craig Murray)
Kamala Harris Went to Bat for Dirty Prosecutors as California Attorney General (This is the Democrats’ “rising star,” Reason)
Millennials, It’s Time to Save in Bitcoin (Interesting perspective from a millennial, The Washington Examiner)
Whatsapp Security Flaws Could Allow Snoops to Slide Into Group Chats (Wired)
Proposal to Expand Mandatory DNA Collection in Virginia Raises Serious Privacy and Due Process Concerns (Insanity, ACLU)
U.S. Politics/News
FBI Task Force to Expose Russian Social Media Manipulation (Bloomberg)
Governments and Corporations Escalate Internet Censorship and Attacks on Free Speech (World Socialist Website)
Trump Administration Waives Punishment For Convicted Banks, Including Deutsche — Which Trump Owes Millions (International Business Times)
Poll: Majority of Voters Oppose Sessions’ Crackdown on Legal Marijuana (It’s not even close, The Hill)
Donald Trump Suggests He Wants U.S. Law to Limit Free Speech in Wake of Publication of Explosive New Book (The Independent)
How ‘Russiagate’ Helped Secure a Dangerous Arms Deal (TruthDig)
Republican House Bill Exchanges DACA Amnesty for Mandatory E-Verify, Legal Immigration Cuts (Breitbart)
Are Stoned Motorists Driving Amok in Post-Legalization Colorado? (Reason)
Judge Dismisses Bundy Case With Prejudice After Finding of Extensive Unethical Conduct By Federal Prosecutors (Jonathan Turley)
ACLU Says New Jersey Prisons’ Banning of “The New Jim Crow” Is Unconstitutional (The Intercept)
Foreign Affairs/WW3
Pakistan Says the US Is No Longer Its Ally — and It’s a Much Bigger Deal Than You Think (Anti-Media)
Trump Cancels Britain Trip, Blames Obama for ‘Peanuts’ London Embassy Deal (Reuters)
German Coalition Negotiators Agree to Scrap 2020 Climate Target (Reuters)
Economy/Finance/Crypto
No Cryptocurrency Trading Ban in South Korea, Government Says (The CoinTelegraph)
Korea’s Crypto Crackdown Talk Draws Backlash From Users and Politicians (Coindesk)
Telegram Plans Multi-Billion Dollar ICO for Chat Cryptocurrency (TechCrunch)
China Moves to Shutter Bitcoin Mines (FT)
Regret Making Bitcoin ‘Fraud’ Comment: Jamie Dimon (Clueless dinosaur, YouTube)
Switzerland’s Central Bank Made $55 Billion Last Year—More Than Apple (The global financial system is a total fraud, WSJ)
Facebook Changes Could Mean Less Time Spent on Site; Shares Fall (Bloomberg)
Bill Gross of Janus: ‘Bonds, Like Men, Are in a Bear Market’ (Reuters)
JPMorgan’s Equity Traders Took a $143 Million Loss on a Single Client (Bloomberg)
Beijing’s Yuan Ambitions Look Dashed (Bloomberg)
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