Trump’s legal team wrapped up after only 2 hours, trying to ignore Bolton’s accounts of Trump’s Ukraine schemes and end the trial…--more leaks from Bolton’s book draft pressure GOP senators to ask to read it
--new reports portray a delusional authoritarian who likes dictators and does favors for them
--former NSC staffer Jonathan Stevenson offers ideas about Bolton’s motives
New polls show Sanders on top in Iowa and New Hampshire, and only 3 points behind Biden in national poll averages
--NY Times joins WashPost in fretting over Bernie’s strong supporters, some of whom are quite aggressive
--The Times also runs warnings from Pennsylvania that fracking ban supported by Sanders and Warren is a loser
New WBUR poll shows Sanders leads Biden and Warren by 13+ points, so WashPost suspects Berners are using Russian tactics on Facebook…
Sorry, technical problems prevented us from posting this on Friday.
--poll shows Sanders 29%, Buttigieg 17, Biden 14, Warren 13
--Forbes, the self-styled “capitalist tool” reports their poll that shows Sanders owns the youth vote
Trump invites Netanyahu to visit, to comfort fellow accused leader who openly meddled in 2016 US elections and talk “peace”….--Netanyahu’s opponent in upcoming 3rd election, Benny Gantz is also invited, and they will review Crown Prince Jared’s one-sided “peace plan”
--facing war crimes investigation by international criminal court, Bibi calls for sanctions while Americans are sanctioned for supporting BDS
--reacting to coronavirus outbreak, China bans travel from several cities during busy Lunar New Year celebrations
Comments on Day 1 of the trial, plus Glenn Greenwald fights Bolsonaro’s hacking charges, ConsortiumNews and Tulsi Gabbard file libel claims….--Ed Snowden defends Greenwald as Brazil tries to block his exposes of corruption by the anti-corruption prosecutor, and Kevin Gosztola offers good coverage
--Tulsi Gabard files $50 million libel case against Hillary Clinton for her “Russian asset” smear
First Warren, then Biden, and now Hillary Clinton slam Sanders over his strengths, classic swiftboating that demonstrates contempt for voters….--ruthless partisan Mitch McConnell says he has votes to support his rules for a trial that is an endurance contest for senators and the public, with 12-hour sessions starting at 1pm
--like Trump’s blustering tweets, the defense team attacks the process and ignores the evidence, led by world-class hypocrites Dershowitz and Starr
Your humble host covered Watergate, and sees interesting parallels, starting with Lev Parnas in role similar to whistleblower John Dean…--Dean was critical Watergate witness who had told Nixon about a “cancer on the presidency”; Lev Parnas exposes the Trump-Giuliani chain of command and all of the team members, including VP Pence and AG Barr
--from the PBC tax deductible music archives, John Landecker’s “Make a Date With The Watergate” find it here at the 3-minute mark
From loaded questions to the Warren sneak attack to screen graphics, CNN slanted the Iowa debate against Sen. Sanders…--details of the debate, and the bias against Bernie
--impeachment articles approved by House, sent to Senate
--Trump counter-programmed with signing of China trade deal
Due to multiple technical problems today, our rundown is brief with no links to sources, sorry!
As Sanders climbs in polls, desperate Warren claims Berners “trashed” her and that Bernie told her a woman couldn’t win….--timed to affect tonight’s CNN debate, and Iowa caucuses in 3 weeks, this squabble reflects badly on Warren, will probably backfire
--Clinton Dems are going public with slams on Sanders
