Sanders in the Senate and Conyers in the House have more support than ever for single payer—but “pragmatic” Pelosi balks--Bernie Sanders to introduce “Medicare for All” tomorrow, but Leader Pelosi is focused on short-term politics
--in NY Times Margot Sanger-Katz compares Dem fight to GOP “repeal and replace”
--to remind her of the failures of cautious incrementalism, Pelosi can read Hillary Clinton’s new book, What Happened, reviewed in The Times here, and by Thomas Frank in The Guardian, here
--Clinton doesn’t hammer the “blame Russia” message, and is correct that the media gave Trump uncritical coverage and HRC got mostly critical coverage
--Bob Parry dissects NY Times’ unhinged reporting in recent claims of Russia’s “fake army” of Americans who spread alleged Kremlin propaganda
--Vice and Buzzfeed join MSM in attacks on Sputnik and Putin's plan to normalize US-Russia relations
--in new interview, reporter Tim Shorrock details how Sony allowed The Interview movie to deliver US propaganda about North Korea
--Vice deserves credit for publishing new database of criminal cops
--AG Sessions wants to use polygraph tests to find or intimidate leakers on National Security Council
--Ed Curtin, college professor and 9/11 skeptic, explains how language locks in the memes
--Naomi Klein warns that Irma and Harvey won’t sway Trump and climate deniers
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