WashPost offers balanced coverage, while NY Times and Rachel Maddow inject bias based on their investment in Russiagate narrative….--notably, The Post refers to Trump and Barr theories as “unproven” while The Times and MSNBC repeatedly use “conspiracy theory”
--Thursday night, Maddow’s bias was blatant
--Lindsay Graham says 50 GOP senators support his resolution condemning impeachment
--PBC’s bullshit detector pegs on report that Trump might sell the DC hotel
--Maria Butina, falsely portrayed as Russian spy, is released from federal prison and will be deported to Russia; listen to Jim Bamford explain she wasn't a spy here
--MSM outlets make corrections about Hillary Clinton’s comments about Tulsi Gabbard, but the smear is clear
--FAIR report agrees that Russia smears are false, but covers what it calls “Gabbard’s actual troubling ties” to Indian nationalists
--at MintPress, Whitney Webb reports that Barr is proposing pre-crime program based on pervasive surveillance
--in podcast interview, Tracy Rosenberg reveals video surveillance operations in Berkeley, CA that violate the city’s laws
--and for your weekend listening, Jeff Schectman talks with my friend Charles Glass about Syria, Lebanon and Kashmir
--reversing Syria withdrawal plans, Pentagon says some troops will remain and Trump claims “we took over oil”
--in California, Sonoma wildfire may have been caused by PG&E, new fire breaks out in Santa Clarita, north of LA
--low on cash, Biden revokes pledge not to use SuperPacs, and Lee Fang reveals that the donors have big corporate connections
--Ways & Means chair Richie Neal gets loads of corporate money, and is preventing a real prescription drug law from passing; key unions support the effort
--freshman Rep. Katie Hill of Southern California fights revenge porn from ex-husband and admits she had an affair with female campaign staffer
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