PBC News & Comment: Candid Advice for Bernie and Joe

Sanders needs to modify campaign scripts to attract fearful voters; Biden and supporters need to deal honestly with Joe’s cognitive issues….--PBC’s “tough love” tips include redefining “democratic socialism”, leaving door open to some private health insurance, stop yelling, expand foreign policy
--in op-ed, former CNBC producer is candid with tips for Biden to “finish off” Sanders, including hiding the candidate
--Dem watchdogs are attacking reporters and others who expose Biden’s obvious struggle to be coherent, and Caitlin Johnstone lays out the case with video evidence
--and Glenn Greenwald notes that, like the birther attacks on Obama, questions about Biden’s decline originated with fellow Democrats
--Trump retweets video clip of Biden’s latest struggle to speak, and Twitter tags it “manipulated media”
--Harris and Booker, senators of color, forget their own criticisms of Biden, and endorse him
--FB poster tries to explain African American affinity for Biden
--Hillary Clinton says Biden is on path to nomination, like hers in 2016
--as Elizabeth Warren mulls her endorsement, Sanders asks her voters to support him
--in crucial Michigan primary tomorrow, 29,000 early voters ask for do-over
--after serious questions surface about exit polls vs. vote counts, Codepink and The Grayzone call for OAS observers
--the deviations are apparent in Massachusetts and South Carolina
--at WhoWhatWhy, Klaus Marre laments voter suppression in Texas, and calls for funding of investigative journalism
--through the eyes of debt-strapped voters, NY Times offers rare, mostly sympathetic look at Sanders supporters
--but WashPost’s Jennifer Rubin slams Sanders for criticizing corporate media
--former Buzzfeed editor Ben Smith is now a NY Times columnist says Bernie is mostly right
--election officials wrestle with coronavirus fears
--Grand Princess cruise ship finally docks in Oakland after days of circling offshore
--oil war between Russia and Saudi Arabia leads to collapse of oil prices, triggering another 2,000 point loss for stock market
--in Friday photo op at CDC HQ, top officials allowed Trump to lie and contradict them without comment
--White House and Congressional Dems work on separate plans to soften impact of virus
--why are mainstream outlets ignoring news about repurposing existing drugs to treat covid-19?
--don’t gloat, but Ted Cruz is self-quarantined after contact with man at CPAC
--listener Jerry Fresia reports from northern Italy, and listener Paul Lehto from Kirkland, WA
--Trump’s 4th chief of staff is movement mad dog Mark Meadows
--mistrial declared in trial of former CIA worker accused of leaking Vault 7
--Alabama lawmaker wants to lift ban on yoga in schools, but retain ban on saying “Namaste”