PBC News & Comment: Rudy Giuliani Channels Anthony Scaramucci

In tactical disclosure to friendly Hannity, Giuliani launches new version of Stormy Daniels case, proves Trump and Cohen lied, bigly…--at first, it appeared Giuliani had gone rogue, but Trump’s Thursday tweets confirm that he’d rather be seen as a liar than campaign finance criminal
--Comey and Giuliani trade insults on Twitter over Rudy’s comment about FBI stormtroopers
--Giuliani is upset that Cohen’s call with Trump was probably wiretapped
--Trump continues attacks on his Republican team at “Justice Dept.”
--at The Nation, Aaron Maté asks important questions about Mueller’s endgame, which may be disappointing to most anti-Trumpers
--The Nation deserves credit for presenting many views of Russiagate, but my old pal Bob Dreyfuss slimes former Sen. Lincoln Chafee with flimsy claims
--at ConsortiumNews, Caitlin Johnstone defends Jill Stein against smears for using “Kremlin talking points”
--NY Times confirms that Trump secretly ordered Green Berets to Saudi-Yemen border in January
--as Netanyahu served up lies about Iran, the Knesset was passing dangerous legislation allowing Netanyahu expansive new war powers
--Palestinian leader Abbas is accused of anti-Semitism in rambling speech
--new reports say 27 additional women have accused Charlie Rose of harassment
--House chaplain withdraws his resignation, in holy challenge to Paul Ryan
--the formerly-liberal 9th Circuit appeals court here in SF sees conservatives revolt in case involving campaign contribution limits
--one of San Francisco’s visionary funsters has died; Gilbert Klein was a KFAT talk show host who invented Rockin’Bowl