PBC News & Comment: Sanders Quits, Ending Hopes For the ‘Revolution’

Sanders did have an uphill climb to catch up with Biden, but his exit at this time is puzzling, distressing…
--PBC opens with detailed recap of the primaries, the efforts to block Sanders, and some of the failings of his campaign
--video clip from Sanders’ statement is here
--Wall Street jumps for joy, 800 points
--over at WashPost’s Stop Bernie Desk, Jennifer Rubin dismisses the Dem left, just like Hillary Clinton did in 2016
--Biden lied about Wisconsin primary being safe, now says he wanted it postponed, as vlogger Christo Aivalis proves with video evidence
--Kevin Gosztola details the Biden flip in Shadowproof
--Vice reported last August on this Biden ad that used Beau Biden’s death—most likely from burn pits—to argue against M4A
--at MintPress, Alan McLeod details the near-total MSM blackout of the Tara Reade time bomb, which Trump will detonate
--details of PBC Podcast Community Fund—how you can donate, how you can request a $100 grant
--our daily Covid-19 update, prepared by Linda Lewis
--Chicago folkster John Prine dies of coronavirus, here’s a great example of his work
--talented music producer Hal Willner is also claimed by the virus