Five in Ten 8/2/23: Gaslighting America

The New York Times actually published a lede to a story on the testimony of Hunter Biden’s former business partner that contradicts nearly three years of denials that Joe Biden knew anything about his son’s apparently illicit business dealings in Ukraine, Russia, and China. 5) Media tries to rewrite history of its reporting on the Bidens; 4) Influential military analyst says time has come to negotiate settlement between Ukraine and Russia; 3) China preparing for war; 2) Sales of cardboard boxes drops, signaling imminent recession; 1) UK singer who claims she married ghost hires exorcist to obtain “divorce.”