No corporate media outlet has reported journalist Max Blumenthal’s arrest 6 days ago, an indictment of our declining Fourth Estate…--Blumenthal has agreed to PBC interview on Monday, Nov. 4
--at Shadowproof, Kevin Gosztola details Blumenthal’s arrest
--Caitlin Johnstone denounces the silent ones
--WashPost uses yellow journalism to stoke claims that Maduro is behind unrest in Chile and Ecuador
--in party line vote, House approves impeachment plan
--from a perch that might be tagged “anti-anti-Trump”, Peter van Buren offers some healthy criticism of the impeachment effort
--last week, federal judge gave boost to impeachment, ruling to hand over Mueller grand jury evidence to House Judiciary Committee
--Tim Morrison, a Bolton recruit on National Security Council, gave interview to investigators after announcing resignation
--yesterday, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman said the Zelensky phone call memo edited out some comments
--GOP members tried to get Vindman to name the CIA whistleblower
--70 Inspectors General criticize Justice Dept’s refusal to forward report to Congress
--Twitter says it will ban all political ads, but continues to let Trump tweet
--Russiagate creator John Brennan makes wild claim about 2016 meddling, and got nervous when grad student asked him for proof of Russian hacking
--Tulsi Gabbard goes all in on presidential campaign, won’t run to keep House seat
--after voting for impeachment today, Rep. Katie Hill gave farewell speech, says “double standard” is forcing her out
--Islamic State names new leader, after top 2 are killed in US raids
--Grayzone’s Dan Cohen reports that the US had created a safe haven for Baghdadi and IS in Idlib
--Trump keeps up the crazy talk about “keeping the oil” in NE Syria
--as second OPCW whistleblower surfaces, Caitlin Johnstone updates the unproven claims that chlorine gas was dropped in Douma last year
--Microsoft got the Pentagon cloud contract—did Trump rig the deal to screw Bezos?
--as Trump packs the courts with conservative white males, Lawrence VanDyke starts crying after “unqualified” rating is detailed
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