NYT, WashPost and NBC finally report on Tara Reade’s allegations of sexual assault by Joe Biden, and dismiss them outright…--read NY Times report here, WashPost report here
--Timing is curious…did they wait until Sanders bowed out? Reade was fired from Biden’s staff a few months after the alleged incident
--far-right Gateway Pundit cites unnamed Secret Service agents who say they protected female agents from Biden’s inappropriate touching
--ConsortiumNews posts video from the mother of Julian Assange’s two young kids, as AP covers the same story without critical context of their exposure by judge
--at Vice, Shane Smith gives better-than-usual interview of Ed Snowden on some of the surveillance expansion linked to Covid response
--PBC thanks donors to our Community Fund, and makes a grant to whistleblower who shared info on Stingray surveillance here a few years ago
--our daily Covi-19 update, from Linda Lewis
--former AL Gov. Don Siegelman spent 5 years at Oakdale, LA federal prison, and explains why it has highest number of fatalities linked to virus
--over objections of attorneys, Brooklyn judge insisted on continuing crowded hearings on March 12, and died 2 weeks later
--top execs of pharma company Biogen are believed to have been “super spreaders”
--NY Gov. Cuomo hopes the worst is over…was Crown Prince Jared right abut ventilator needs?
--in fresh PBC podcast at WhoWhatWhy, radio news anchor Jeff Bell shares his personal struggles with OCD, and how the pandemic affect OC’s
--WashPost fact checkers slam false hopes of hydrochloroquine as miracle treatment
--after Fauci agrees with NY Times review of Trump’s denials and delayed response, Trump retweets call to fire NHS expert, denied today by White House
--Fauci’s still fighting with Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro over restart plans
--and Carla Marinucci of Politico exposes Navarro’s past as wily liberal in San Diego
--Sen. Lindsay Graham keeps whining about laid-off workers who “quit” to soak up unemployment benefits
--in smart op-ed, Bethany McLean says the 2020 depression could kill fracking in US
--as activists burn cell towers in England, we examine the speculative correlation between %G wireless and coronavirus
--Bernie Sanders gives stronger endorsement of Biden
--angry Sanders supporter Laurie Dobson vents about “Sanders Betrayal”
--at MintPress, Alan Mcleod notes that Pompeo and Abrams are threatening a fresh coup in Venezuela, 18 years after Bush’s attempt
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