Corporate media fail to separate fact from assertions, distorting new Senate Intel report and blaming Russia for Novichok-blamed fatality….--Senate Intel updates its investigation and supports January 2017 “assessment” with no new evidence, or old evidence; read it here
--at ConsortiumNews, former US Ambassador to Russia Jack Matlock slams the report from 2017
--one notable exception is Philip Bump’s admission of weak evidence for the Russiagate narrative in the WashPost
--exposing another set of smears and lies from MSNBC “expert” Malcolm Nance, Glenn Greenwald fights back
--as Rep. Jim Jordan denies allegations he knew about sex scandal at Ohio State, allies blame Deep State actors
--blogger Marcy Wheeler reveals she turned in a source to Mueller investigators, but the story is murky
--British woman dies after alleged exposure to Novichok, producing new wave of yellow journalism, with theories and innuendo treated as fact
--former UK ambassador Craig Murray and journalist/MP George Galloway raise a host of important questions
--preliminary report from chemical weapons investigators found no trace of nerve agents in Douma, Syria
--British PM Theresa May suffers wave of resignations over Brexit as Trump comes calling with agenda of disruption for NATO, EU
--the readouts from US, North Korea after meeting with Pompeo were very different
--just before he resigned as EPA boss, Scott Pruitt killed regulations for the most polluting diesel engines
--Trump batters Obamacare again, suspending payments that will destabilize insurance markets
--GOP governor in Kentucky threatens to gut Medicaid benefits after judge blocks work requirement
--world watches as Thailand rescues soccer team from cave
--Ed Schultz, a big player in progressive media for past 15 years, dies at 64
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