French President Macron adds drama to G7 meeting, invites Iran’s top diplomat, prods Trump to agree to meet with Rouhani….--expectations are low, but it’s a refreshing change to talk about talking instead of talking about war
--Trump claims power to order American corporations out of China under obscure 1977 law
--Trump draws new GOP challenger for 2020, former Rep. Joe Walsh, joining the Mooch as former Trumpists who now oppose him
--new national poll shows Biden, Warren and Sanders tied at 20%, Rep. Seth Moulton drops out with warning about going too far left
--at MintPress, a critical look at the foreign policy positions of leading Dem candidates by Ken Freeland
--in WhoWhatWhy editorial, Russ Baker notes the ways corporate media are working to enforce the “suicide” narrative in Epstein case
--AG Bill Barr said he had recused from Epstein case, but he is directly managing the “investigation”
--at MintPress, Whitney Webb drops 4th installment of her series, focused on the connections between the pedophile and Bill Clinton
--Jason Leopold gets documents showing that Trump crony Felix Sater was government informant for past 20 years
--was that Russian nuclear accident the new Chernobyl? Former weapons inspector Scott Ritter sets the story straight
--Israel bombs neighbors with impunity: first Syria, then Iraq, now Lebanon
--at The Intercept, Mehda Hasan is right” Aun San Suu Kyi should be indicted for Rohynga genocide
--in NY Times column, Nick Kristof continues his crusade to end the war on some drugs
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