At The Intercept, Greenwald and Risen spar over Russian meddling, while The Nation offers 2 views from Dreyfuss and Maté….--you can watch the Risen-Greenwald exchange here
--Drefuss offers some interesting speculation based on Dutch intel, while Maté looks at hyped reactions to Mueller indictment of 13 Russians
--at The Guardian, Thomas Frank deplores the hysteria, too
--at Consortium News, Ray McGovern muses about his Day One as CIA director, getting to the bottom of Russiagate
--after waffling, Manafort’s partner Rick Gates decides to plead guilty to money laundering, bank fraud and tax fraud; fascinating, unrelated to Russian “meddling”
--as Ivanka arrives in South Korea for Olympics closing events, Daddy announces more sanctions on North Korea
--Trump tosses red meat at CPAC, talks tough about locking down schools and arming teachers
--The Atlantic posts essay from radiologist who examined Parkland victims, and AR-15 bullets are far for lethal than handgun bullets
--GOP Gov. Rick Scott, with an eye on Senate race, bucks NRA in support of raising minimum age for all gun purchases in Florida
--Missouri’s GOP Gov. Eric Greitens is indicted in attempted blackmail of paramour
--after years of downplaying hacking threats to voting machines, NY Times Magazine this Sunday presents “The Myth of the Hacker-Proof Voting Machine”
--Bernie Sanders’s son Levi considers run for NH congressional seat, upsetting other Dems already in the race
--Lee Fang exposes how OxyContin maker Purdue funded foundation in effort to roll back liability for executives
--refugees rejected by Australia are trickling in to US, as Trump begrudgingly honors Obama’s agreement
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