News & Comment

Trump sets new record for presidential lies, and angrily cuts aid to Central American nations, ensuring more migrants move northward….--WashPost is counting the lies: 9,541 in 801 days
--our unstable idiot cuts off aid to Honduras, Guatamala and El Salvador in desperate move to stall migration, but it will only increase
--Washington welcomes NATO boss Stoltenberg this week, and protesters will demand end to NATO expansion that alarms Russia, reports Norman Solomon

At turns vicious and impulsive, Trump injects chaos into health care and immigration after political win from Mueller report summary….--within hours of DHS Secretary Nielsen’s announcement of agreement to reduce migration, Trump attacks the countries she negotiated with
--and Individual 1 ratchets up tensions with another threat to close Mexican border
--in his impulsive decision to try to eviscerate Obamacare in the courts, Trump scares his GOP allies and gives Dems a big opening

NY Post spoofs the media malpractice of Russiagate and hyped expectations of the Mueller investigation, and Rachel Maddow is #1….--find the brackets with all the major offenders here
--Mueller report is still secret, but we know it’s more than 300 pages long
--WashPost continues false reporting on Maria Butina, who will be sentenced on April 26
--Ralph Nader calls Mueller report “flat tire” and calls for millions to protest until Trump resigns

My liberal Facebook friends cheer for plan to ban pro-white content after New Zealand shooting, but arbitrary censorship will make things worse…--in thoughtful analysis, Trevor Aaronson at The Intercept compares rhetoric with reality on prosecuting white extremists as “domestic terrorists”
--Russiagate promoters press on, as Rep. Adam Schiff says “undoubtedly there is collusion”

Unless Barr’s summary is misleading, Trump’s attacks on Dems and the media anchors who promoted Russiagate will benefit Individual 1….--pivoting to offense, White House demands resignation of Rep. Adam Schiff as Sen. Lindsey Graham wants to investigate Obama's FBI and DOJ people
--at NY Times, Farhad Manjoo slams corporate media without singling out NY Times

The partisan propaganda propelled by major corporate media outlets has undermined Fourth Estate, enabling Trump to demagogue about“Fake News”…--in fitting metaphor, Rachel Maddow was fishing in Tennessee Friday when Mueller delivered his report, and told Sen. Amy Klobuchar she hadn’t caught a single fish
--AG Bill Barr’s filter-and-spin summary deserves skepticism, and so does Mueller
--Barr says Mueller concluded that Russia hacked the DNC, offering no evidence, still

In latest giveaway to Israel, Netanyahu, Adelson, Trump ignores history, UN Resolution by recognizing Israel’s theft of Golan Heights….--Robert Mackey offers smart comments at The Intercept
--setting up Netanyahu’s American campaign stops, Trump repeats claims that Dems are anti-Israel and anti-Jewish
--Sarah Sanders and Trump claim that Islamic State is vanquished

Less than a week after the massacres at mosques, New Zealand issues national ban on semiautomatic weapons and big magazines….--after years stoking Russiagate narrative, WashPost warns the Mueller report could produce “one of the most anti-climactic moments in modern politics
--in latest twist in Brexit drama, Theresa May stalks out of Parliament after blaming it for the Brexit mess

In separate reports, former UN Rapporteur de Zayas says “sanctions kill”, blasts regime change actors “we are swimming in an ocean of lies”...--read the new Grayzone article here,  and a January story from Britain's Independent

Ex-FBI official Peter Strzok says Clinton email investigation excluded communications between Foundation and State Dept. under agreement with DOJ…--newly released transcript of interview last summer quotes Strzok “we did not have access”