In his first debate, Bloomberg took major hits from all sides, led by Feisty Elizabeth Warren; frontrunner Sanders largely unscathed….--team Bloomberg leaked memo that underscores their arrogance: dire warning that Sanders can win nomination, so also-rans must exit to make way for Mike
--Bloomberg said his target is Trump, but he’s now focused on Sanders, as Alan McLeod reports at MintPress; PBC says the billionaire’s assault will backfire
--WashPost pundits say Sanders won, NY Times gives it to Warren
--moderators promoted attacks and interruptions, occasionally adding fresh chum to shark fight
--Intercept writers have best one liner: Warren’s performance may turn out to be “murder-suicide”
--lower-tier candidates Pete and Amy attacked each other
--at WashPost, gatekeeper Megan McArdle is terrified to see Sanders do well
--after Trump’s unprecedented interference, Roger Stone draws 40-month prison sentence, in part for lying about contacts with Julian Assange
--former GOP Rep. Rohrabacher clarifies that Trump did not pre-approve pardon offer to Assange
--after visiting Assange, UK’s shadow chancellor calls extradition bid “the Dreyfus case of our age”
--Australian legislators demand that Britain block the extradition, and return Assange to Australia
--as it demands extradition of Assange, US blocks return to Britain of CIA agent who killed a British teen in traffic accident
--Kevin Gosztola has details of yesterday’s legal filing for Chelsea Manning
--Epstein enabler Les Wexner sells Victoria’s Secret and retires
--coverup of Catholic sex crimes included money transfers from US cardinal who resigned in disgrace
--Boy Scouts of America files bankruptcy amid sex crime claims
--federal appeals court blocks Florida GOP effort to keep ex-cons from voting
--WhoWhatWhy report also warns that election systems are vulnerable
--Obama’s former National Security Advisor, Susan Rice, blasts John Bolton in talk at Vanderbilt
--Mick Mulvaney, who blurted out the truth about Ukraine quid pro quo, sounds alarm on GOP increase in federal debt
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