The News Thread

It would especially hurt her with mainstream Dems because Hillary's claim was that Russia was grooming Tulsi for a third party run, so doing that would play right into the claims about her.
She specifically said that the GOP were grooming Gabbard for a third-party run. That's the actual manifest logic of the words she used when she mentioned "grooming." But the interview was very confusing/confused, and she did mention Russian influence. At times it almost sounded Trump-ish in its incoherence.

I just remembered another detail, at the end of her quote she says Jill Stein is "a Russian asset also" which would imply that she was calling Tulsi one too, no?
 
Julian Assange's health so bad he could die in prison, doctors say.
More than 60 doctors have written an open letter saying they fear Julian Assange's health is so bad the WikiLeaks founder could die inside a top-security British jail. In the letter published on Monday (local time), the doctors say Assange suffers from psychological problems including depression, dental issues and a serious shoulder ailment.

Also this happened:

 

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Far-right radio host and Bolsonaro toady (who said Greenwald's kids should be forcibly removed and returned to the shelter he adopted them from) attacked Greenwald on air after being called a coward.