US News

• California prisoners are suing over mice and maggots being on dining tables. [Link]
• A North Carolina man was arrested for keeping his pet fish in filthy conditions. [Link]
• Rachel Maddow still can’t get Russiagate right. [Link]
• The US and Lithuania sign a defense cooperation pact. [Link]
• The Pope blames the US and Europe for the violence in Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen. [Link]

Wikileaks

• Chelsea Manning’s ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ moment  
• Ecuador removes a staff member from its London Embassy over their relationship with Julian Assange. [Link]

Venezuela

• Brazil’s president says his country is working with the US to sow discord in Venezuela’s military. [Link]
• The Trump Administration plans to dump aid money into Venezuela if it can successfully regime change Maduro. [Link]

Israel

• Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says Trump put the IRGC on the terror list at his suggestion. [Link]
• The Israeli elections results suggest Netanyahu will have enough seats to form a government. [Link]

Middle East

• The Saudis threatened to stop selling their oil in dollars if the US passes NOPEC. NOPEC allows the Justice Department to sue OPEC for violating antitrust laws. [Link]
• Scott Ritter argues keeping US troops in Syria helps ISIS wage an insurgency. [Link]  
• A Saudi coalition airstrike kills 11 girls outside of a school in Yemen. [Link] The UN plans to investigate the event. Saudi denies carrying out the airstrike. [Link]
• Rep Ted Lieu writes letters to State and Defense departments to look for information on Saudi airstrike that hit a Yemeni school and hospital. [Link]