Before any investigation started, mainstream media and social media overflowed with conclusions from Sherlocks who don’t need evidence….--corporate media’s Russiagate obsession has damaged its credibility, leaving huge opening for Trump’s attacks—most of which are false
--Trump and Huckabee Sanders actively ignore their own roles in vilifying media
--smart PBC listeners react to the story
--Saudis revise the Khashoggi assassination narrative, again, as CIA boss Haspel reportedly got to listen to the alleged recordings of the murder
--former CIA officer John Kiriakou shares stories from his duty in Saudi kingdom, and calls for coup to take out Crown Prince MBS
--the estimable journalist Robert Fisk explains how Saudi Arabia and Israel unite to squelch al Jazeera
--in empty gesture aimed at injecting more fear of the Caravan, Trump orders 800 US troops to the border, where they won’t do much
--while Trump rants and tweets about the border “Emergy”, The Guardian calmly points out that total southern border crossings were 3 times greater in 2000
--Trump denies NY Times report that he insists on using unsecured iPhones, and that Chinese and Russian spies are listening in
--Putin’s matter-of-fact response to US threat to pull out of arms treaty is called a “threat” by NY Times
--Georgia is the center of voter suppression efforts, but the schemes are widespread
--at ConsortiumNews, Max Blumenthal co-authors report quoting top Neocon insider that Facebook’s recent purge is “just the beginning”
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