• A Rough Guide to the 12 Intelligence Officials Who Condemned Trump for Revoking John Brennan’s Security Clearance (naked capitalism)Of the 12: 3 lied to Congress, 1 leaked information to his mistress, 5 supported torturers, 1 greenlit Iraq at a senior level, and 1 let the folks who hacked Senate computers off scot free.
• Asia Argento, a #MeToo Leader, Made a Deal With Her Own Accuser (New York Times) It’s about power, and abuse of power, and the abused become the abusers.
• Research the revenge: what we’re getting wrong about Russia Today (openDemocracy) RT is largely made up of people, western and Russian, who were kicked to the curb by western media after interest in Russia declined, and this drives their coverage. It’s an interesting theory.
• Sea level rise is eroding home value, and owners might not even know it (Washington Post) Yes, the real problem with anthropogenic climate change is falling property values.
• Why Manafort and Cohen Thought They’d Get Away With It (New York Times) Because they thought that criminal prosecutions were only for black and brown people.
• Using FOIA and public databases to track down Department of Defense contracts (MuckRock) A handy primer for all you wannabe Sy Hersh’s

This cut away about McCain’s death is marvelously surreal. (watch the whole thing)