Prof. Postol rebuts “proof” of Syrian responsibility for nerve agent release last week asserted by Trump team, sees contrived event….
--read Postol’s blistering report here
--in our new interview with Andrew Bacevich, he supports skeptics, and raises sharp concerns about Trump getting advice only from generals
--in the interview, Bacevich noted the news that those generals dropped our largest bomb in Afghanistan today
--Robert Parry notes that Trump is withholding the “evidence” and introduces new possible scenario involving Saudi-Israeli drone
--Kevin Gosztola gives roundup of skeptics, including former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter
--“alternative” media outlets join the groupthink, as Vice and The Intercept embrace the official narrative
--US airstrike in Syria on Tuesday killed 18 US-backed “moderate” Syrians
--in op-ed, House Democrat Adam Schiff tries to use Trump’s military response to wedge him into supporting intelligence agencies
--Schiff is major player in Trump-Russia investigation; Paul Manafort is reported to have borrowed $20 million from Ukrainian and Trump buddy after he left campaign
--President Flip-Flop says NATO’s obsolescence is now obsolete, US will not get involved in Syria, now says he won’t label China a currency manipulator, and ends his hiring freeze after only 82 days in office
--Trump plan will loosen rules for immigrant jails, which are already cesspools of injustice
--Trump signs law enabling states to cut funding to Planned Parenthood
--keep an eye on Turkey’s referendum this Sunday which will allow Erdogan to get his full dictator on
--it’s tax time, and the Obamacare blues are back…Form 8962 punishes those who get subsidies
--my friends Ben and Eliza are recovering from meningitis they contracted on honeymoon in Maui, details here
--read this: Caitlyn Johnstone deftly satirizes the anonymous leaks that drive the news these days
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