Trump’s last-minute holiday weekend decree to re-open churches is just his latest pander to religious voters, who overlook extreme hypocrisy…--California Gov. Newsom responds by issuing guidelines for counties to permit church gatherings
--Trump continues to rage over mail-in voting, apparently because it will limit GOP voter suppression efforts
--in deadly Republican loyalty test, Trump threatens to pull GOP convention from Charlotte if big crowds are still banned in August
--in news report and opinion column, NY Times seems to be cracking the door open on different narratives for Flynn and Russiagate
--Charlie Savage’s news report is here, Bret Stephens’ column is here
--in an impressive piece of investigative reporting, Ben Norton at the Grayzone reveals how serial source-burner Matthew Cole of the Intercept teamed up with Richard Esposito—now the PR guy for NYPD—to expose Reality Winner
--our Covid-19 daily update, edited by Linda Lewis
--tipped by listener John Zweibel, PBC highly recommends Jimmy Dore’s interview by Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper at Rolling Stone
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