PBC News & Comment: Is This “Get Julian Assange” Week??

Media drumbeat builds against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, painting him as nearly friendless, combative and alienating many key former supporters….--Washington Post profiles a German supporter’s visit to Assange
--Daily Beast reports that Freedom of the Press Foundation board debates cutting ties with WikiLeaks
--WikiLeaks has stash of Bitcoin that was worth $29 million, but crytocurrency continues to slide in value
--Bill Clinton fired back at WikiLeaks with carefully-crafted denial that Chelsea used “Foundation funds” for her wedding, based on leaked Doug Band email
--Kevin Gosztola, who covered the Bradley Manning court martial, comments on Chelsea’s plan to run for Maryland Senate seat
--at Buzzfeed, Jason Leopold digs deeper into Russian money transfers that were flagged as suspicious
--facing grand jury subpoena, Bannon agrees to interviews with investigators for Mueller probe
--Navy throws the book at ship commanders involved in 2017 collisions at sea
--sordid horsetrading under way on Capitol Hill, as GOP tries to extend budget deadline by freeing a few hostages, but not the Dreamers
--18 Senate Democrats voted for the FISA extension with no amendments, we name names
--TrumpCo spins up terrorism data to justify Muslim ban
--Trump uses misleading poll data from Fox & Friends to claim his support from African Americans has doubled
--Jeff Sessions is blocking Jared Kushner’s effort to reform prison sentencing
--former CIA officer is arrested, suspected of revealing names of CIA assets in China
--Dylan Farrow goes public for first time, accusing her father, Woody Allen of sexual assault
--pornstar Stormy Daniels confirms her romp with Trump that led to $130,000 hush money payment
--Trump’s White House doctor reports on physical, sounds as unbelievable as the Don’s private doctor, Harold Bornstein