PBC News & Comment: Federal Judge Reinstates New York’s Prez Primary

After Cuomo’s handpicked election board announced cancellation of June presidential primary, Andrew Yang sued, and federal judge has restored it…--Veteran political observer Elizabeth Drew challenges Biden’s pledge to name a woman VP
--in badly argued bit of moral relativism, feminist Linda Hirshman says, “I believe Tara Reade. I’m voting for Joe Biden anyway”
--Obama’s office slams GOP ongoing investigation of Biden and Ukraine, then agrees to release of documents
--Secretary of Education rolls out controversial new rules on campus sexual assault
--LA Times DC columnist Doyle McManus echoes questions posed here yesterday, about a new cold war with China
--many hearts skipped a beat yesterday on news that Ruth Bader Ginsburg was in the hospital, but it was just a gall bladder procedure
--RBG raised hell by phone in oral arguments about Obamacare’s contraceptive coverage
--Mitch McConnell’s young, inexperienced protégé’s confirmation hearing for appeals court reveals shift in bar association rating
--Trump signals he’s open to another bailout bill, but wants to add tax cuts and restore deduction for 2-martini lunch
--Today’s Covid-19 update, prepared by Linda Lewis
--listener Olivier de Mirleau presents arguments for and against lockdowns, and leans against
--Trump campaign uses tricked up video clips to promote highly misleading narrative of his response to Covid
--in effort to drive u the cost of his vanity border wall even more, Trump now wants to paint it black
--Michael Moore responds to critics of Planet of the Humans
--at Grayzone, Aaron Maté reveals more OPCW documents that contradicts the agency’s claims about investigation into chemical weapons release in Douma, Syria
--we get more details of “Keystone Kops Bay of Pigs” failed invasion of Venezuela, linking US mercenaries to Trump
--and backhanded compliment to Maduro from WashPost
--Facebook announces independent panel to advise on censorship