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THE HIGHLIGHTS

Netanyahu is in hot water.

 

THE BACKGROUND.

You know Benjamin Netanyahu for being Israel’s prime minister. You also know him for being accused of things like corruption and bribery - ahem, accepting (very pricey) gifts in exchange for tax breaks, greenlighting regulation to help a telecommunications biz in exchange for control of its news organization, and pinky promising to take down a newspaper’s competition in exchange for - surprise - good coverage. Minor things like that. Netanyahu’s denied everything, but Israeli police have recommended indicting him..

 

THE HAPPENINGS.

Yesterday, Israel’s attorney general said ‘I hear ya’ and announced that he’d be indicting Netanyahu. Big big big deal, because Netanyahu just moved up the date of Israel’s elections to...next month. And his job is potentially up for grabs.

 

THE REACTION.

Netanyahu says this is all just a witch hunt and that he’s completely innocent. And added that his opposition “understands that they will not beat” him when it comes time to head to the polls - and is using these indictments in an attempt to keep him from winning. Spoiler: none of this is a done deal yet. As in Netanyahu will have a chance to plead his case in a hearing before he’s formally charged. Not yet clear whether that hearing would be in time for the elections.

 

SO…?

You’ve been hearing about the charges against Netanyahu for months. TBD on what goes down during his hearing.


THE ACTION

POLITICS: All eyes are on Jared Kushner. Yesterday, it came out that Prez Trump apparently commanded his then-chief of staff - John Kelly -  to hand over top-secret security clearance to Jared Kushner. Aka Trump’s son-in-law. This reportedly came after intelligence officials said ‘we have some concerns’ and warned the Prez not to give Kushner top-secret security clearance. Advice, disregarded. In other news, the House of Reps just passed the “Charleston loophole bill.” ICYDK, there’s a loophole that allows people to sell guns if a background check takes longer than three days to complete. Not a typo. This new bill would move the period to 10 days. Stay tuned.

 

USA: Yesterday, Toledo (aka the city in Ohio) voted to give personhood status to Lake Erie. Meaning it’d now be treated like a person. Reminder: Lake Erie has a little algae bloom problem. Read: big. As in the algae bloom is contaminating the lake’s waters - cutting off drinking water for half a million people. Now, with Lake Erie’s new personhood status, Toledo residents can sue polluters to pay for cleanup costs or prevention programs. Speaking of which, recently, PG&E (as in the utility biz) declared that they’re probably responsible for last year’s Camp Fire in California - the state’s deadliest fire ever. This comes after the biz filed for bankruptcy.

 

WORLD: Netanyahu’s not the only world leader in hot water. Yesterday, Canada’s former attorney general said ‘here’s the tea’ and detailed a months-long campaign by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office to put an end to a legal issue for a Quebec construction firm. Yes, really. The former attorney general says this counts as interference in the judicial system - even though it wasn’t illegal. But Trudeau says he was just trying to stop people from losing their jobs. Unclear what this means for him. Meanwhile, Thailand just passed a controversial cybersecurity law that’d reportedly allow the gov to do things like monitor internet traffic and access private data. Cue backlash.


WHAT TO KNOW

$330 million:” Bryce Harper’s new record-breaking contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. Pheeling jealous.


SAY WHAT?

“Time to bring my Jonas Brothers merch out of retirement” - Fans were just a teensy bit excited after hearing that the Jonas Brothers are officially back together. Hold On while we have a meltdown.

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