Buzzfeed’s apparent blunder on its Trump-told-Cohen-to-lie story draws hypocritical attacks from error-prone mainstream media outlets…--Mueller’s non-denial denial is a curious statement that doesn’t challenge the central claim of the report
--Glenn Greenwald’s been keeping score, and spoofs Buzzfeed with “listicle” of 10 biggest media failures on Trump/Russia story
--at ConsortiumNews, Joe Lauria recaps his encounter with Jason Leopold, who appears to have impersonated Lauria in chasing “Rove Indicted” stinker
--you can hear PBC’s interview of Leopold from 2017, with the reporter defending his use of anonymous sources
--DNC claims Russian hackers tried again, after midterm elections
--further analysis of sanctions relief for Oleg Derapaska raises more questions
--on MLK Day, King and Kennedy families are joined by activists and historians demanding new investigations of 1960’s assassinations
--my colleague Jeff Schectman talks about it with author and journalist David Talbot https://whowhatwhy.org/2019/01/18/have-we-all-lost-touch-with-reality/
--Trump’s ‘prompter speech Saturday was subdued and semi-rational…did he take some meds? By Sunday, he was back to trash-tweeting Pelosi
--Trump’s “compromise” plan is to delay deportation for some of his hostages, get money for his wall and re-write asylum law to exclude kids
--Supreme Court ends Trump leverage over Dreamers, then gives him a break on transgender military ban
--SCOTUS also accepts New York case that will enable conservatives to loosen gun laws some more
--in collision of protest, 3 marches converged in DC, producing social media overkill that sows division of Americans; must be a Russian plot
--Theresa May offers “compromise” Brexit deal, but like Trump, she offers warmed over leftovers
--some Army members tried to stage a coup in Venezuela yesterday
--Israel bombed “Iranian targets” in Syria again
--Trump didn’t ground Lindsay Graham’s flight to Turkey, where he undermined Trump’s plan to exit Syria
--signalling his run for president, Joe Biden finally admits his “big mistake” on criminal sentencing in 1990’s
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