Our correspondent Jonah Lehto reports on the early morning police action that broke up Seattle’s CHOP, leading to 32 arrests….--Lehto’s report is here CHOP Report.7.1.20
--The Guardian recaps recent officer shootings by the LA Sheriff’s department
--corporate media outlets go heavy on RussiaBountygate, as White House and intel officials say Trump had not been briefed on the allegations
--more yellow journalism: NY Times says cash transfers from GRU to Taliban are “evidence” of unproven claims of bounty payments
--Caitlin Johnstone counters the official narrative
--at MintPress, Alan Macleod challenges the speculative reporting
--and at Anti-War.com, Afgan war veteran Danny Sjursen urges skepticism
--at the UN, Mike Pompeo draws no support for gambit to extend part of the Iran nuclear deal that US withdrew from
--Facebook says it is shutting down Boogaloo accounts, but Buzzfeed shows how they missed at least one, and how Facebook has profited from them
--in Kentucky and Colorado primaries, the progressives lost by slim margins
--federal appeals court reinstates GOP voter restrictions in Wisconsin
--our daily Covid-19 update, edited by Linda Lewis
--Chesapeake Energy, one of the early fracking successes, collapses
--Committee to Protect Journalists names 10 top threats to press freedom, but excludes Julian Assange
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