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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
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--Saudis revise the Khashoggi assassination narrative, again, as CIA boss Haspel reportedly got to listen to the alleged recordings of the murder

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Harvard History Prof. Serhii Plohky has published a riveting account of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, and argues it was a major factor in USSR breakup.

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Trump’s FCC uses obsolete “UHF discount” to bend rules, allowing alt-right Sinclair to reach 72% of households despite 39% cap ….--read Politico’s report here
--state insurance commissioners struggle to make healthcare markets work, as threat of subsidy cuts remains and Anthem pulls out of some exchanges

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Despite grandiose claims, Trump rollback of EPA rules won’t save coal industry or put miners back to work; warming escalates…..--even coal industry leaders and utility execs admit benefits to them are minor
--VICE lists the Trump donors who will profit from the rollback

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Yasha Levine Skypes in from St. Petersburg, Russia, to talk about the evidence-free claims of Russian hacking in the US in 2016, and provides some history and context from Russia's brief war with Georgia in 2008.Levine published this 15-page article at The Baffler last week.

After complaint from pro-Zionist groups, Berkeley chancellor suspends student-led class on Palestine with focus on “settler colonialism”, limiting free speech...--coverage in SF Chronicle is here
--in face of Chelsea Manning’s hunger strike, Army agrees to provide gender reassignment surgery, reports Kevin Gozstola
--Bernie Sanders joins many voices calling for clemency for Ed Snowden, as Oliver Stone’s movie debuts nationwide
--Colin Powell’s email was hacked, and coverage reveals bias of corporate media

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