Ghislaine Maxwell, who procured and abused young girls with Jeffrey Epstein, is arrested, but corporate media keeps coverage sharply limited…--media outlets, and Netflix documentary Filthy Rich avoid exposing Epstein’s sexual blackmail schemes, and ties to intelligence and powerful people like Bill Clinton and Donald Trump
--some of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers settle for $19 million
--MSM continue to hype RussiaBountyGate, as Dems and GOP align to prevent troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Germany:
--Glenn Greenwald comments on Liz Cheney’s House bill
--16 Dem hawks in Senate join GOP to block Trump’s withdrawal plans
--The American Conservative challenges the leak-based reporting of bounties
--wicked Lee Camp says bounty narrative is effort to end “threat of peace”
--and Ray McGovern says beware of NYT DC bureau chief David Sanger
--Supreme Court will hear appeal on House access to Mueller grand jury reports, delaying resolution past election
--using FOIA, Jason Leopold continues to mine Mueller docs
--David Sirota explains why corporate America loves John Roberts
--and NY Times court watcher Linda Greenhouse explains how Roberts flipped in Louisiana abortion ruling
--top British court rules that Maduro is not leader of Venezuela, can’t access its gold reserves at UK bank
--while embracing demonization of Maduro, researchers call for end to sanctions against Venezuela due to Covid
--our daily Covid-19 update, edited by Linda Lewis
--California prison boss admits mistakes as virus overtakes San Quentin
--Lansing state prison in Kansas is another deadly prison outbreak site
--new study shows Cook County Jail is major source of Covid in Chicago
--correspondent Jonah Lehto’s latest update Seattle Protest Report
--TrumpCo signs 5-year deal for hi-tech border surveillance…so why do we need a wall?
--in Texas, immigration lawyer is blocked from talking to clients about the be deported
--Cuban migrants on hunger strike are gassed at New Mexico prison
--court ruling curtails Trump’s asylum ban
--Mississippi takes down its racist Confederate flag
--desperate Trump is playing the race card, early in the campaign
--TV host Hugh Downs dies at 99
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