America

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• Uber CEO Kalanick Quits as Investors Revolt (WSJ)
• Saudi King’s Surprise Shakeup Clears Son’s Path to the Throne (BBG)
• After weeks of secrecy, U.S. Senate to unveil healthcare bill (Reuters)
• Latest Election-Hacking Hearings to Focus on State-Level Events (WSJ)
• Trump’s Net Worth Slips to $2.9 Billion as Towers Underperform (BBG)
• Oil Returns to Bear Market (WSJ)
• Brexit Dominates May's Program as Some Manifesto Pledges Ditched (BBG)

Authored by Darius Shahtahmasebi via TheAntiMedia.org,

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson recently admitted that America’s official foreign policy includes a regime-change operation in Iran. The CIA has created an office for this sole purpose, tasking Michael D’Andrea — also known as the Dark Prince or Ayatollah Mike — with leading this operation.

Iran just had an election in May, and voter turnout was as high as 70 percent. Even prisoners were allowed to vote, something so-called moderate democratic countries like New Zealand disallow.

Authored by Federico Pieraccini via The Stratgeic Culture Foundation,

Authored by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute,

“It is often the case that police shootings, incidents where law enforcement officers pull the trigger on civilians, are left out of the conversation on gun violence. But a police officer shooting a civilian counts as gun violence. Every time an officer uses a gun against an innocent or an unarmed person contributes to the culture of gun violence in this country.”—Journalist Celisa Calacal

Legally owning a gun in America could get you killed by a government agent.

After recruiting Trump, the KGB and Moscow have clearly also managed to make all House Republicans their puppets, because the Senate bill that passed last week and slapped new sanctions on Russia (but really was meant to block the production on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia and which Germany, Austria and France all said is a provocation by the US and would prompt retaliation) just hit a major stumbling block in the House.

At least that's our interpretation of tomorrow's CNN "hot take."