Refuting some specific lies in the Nunes memo.

Alas, the memo seems to be having its intended effect of convincing Republicans to distrust Mueller's investigation, which is meant to give the bully political cover for shutting the investigation down.

Paul Ryan’s Push for Workforce Development Is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing.

The idea that training programs could correct for the harm done by eliminating jobs is fundamentally mistaken. Here are many reasons why.

• Half of the people in any country are below average in intelligence. Many of them can't learn a complex job and do it well.
• Many of the people that lose their jobs are no longer young. They can't learn and remember a lot of new details the way they could have done 20 years before.
• Training programs, under today's political situation, will cost substantial money. If you are broke, like more than half of all Americans, and then lose your job, you'd need a student loan.

  Student loans today are dangerous. If you don't get the degree (maybe you're not among the brightest students), or of you don't get the job afterward (maybe previous graduates filled the demand), you're left with the student loans on your back for the rest of your life.

• The school might cheat you, as other private training academies have done. Obama worked to forgive the student debts, but the bully's saboteur DeVos has cancelled that.
• Nowadays, even many of the jobs that require training and a license offer lousy pay.
• You might have to move to a city where that lousy pay isn't enough for you to find a place to live.

Hong Kong Democracy Activists Urge UK to Release Unseen Files.

Some of the information might put China under pressure to respect human rights in Hong Kong today.

Mexico Protesters Fear US-Owned Brewery Will Drain Their Land Dry.

In effect, beer is an excuse to transfer water from Mexican farmers to US big business.

Indonesia expelled a BBC reporter for an erroneous tweet that criticized the quality of food sent for malnourished children in Papua.

Her error was to confuse food imported for sale in stores with food aid. She corrected the error later.

Errors are to be avoided. However, to interrogate and expel journalists for what they publish — even for errors — is much worse than an error.