Khashoggi coverup story still in progress

Still all smiles!State Department via ZUMA Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free _Mother Jones Daily_. This is remarkable: > The 

Trump administration and the Saudi royal family are searching > for a mutually agreeable explanation for the death of journalist > Jamal Khashoggi — one that will avoid implicating 

Crown Prince > Mohammed bin Salman, who is among the president’s closest foreign > allies, according to analysts and officials in multiple countries. That’s from the _Washington Post_

and it’s presented as straight news. The leadership of Saudi Arabia has been appalling for a long time, so it’s not especially surprising that they’d order the murder of a political activist

they found annoying. But even the most cynical critic of American foreign policy has to be gobsmacked that our president is all-but-publicly casting about for some kind of semi-acceptable

coverup. I guess there’s no need to keep it discreet since he knows that no matter how preposterous the story is, Fox News and congressional Republicans will just shrug and then get back to

the important business of confirming corporate-friendly judges. I try not to let my depression and discouragement become too obvious. A lot of it is due not to current events, but to the

temporary fatigue and tiredness I get from the chemo drugs I take. I know that. But damn. Between Kavanaugh and Khashoggi and the degeneracy of the Republican Party and just the unbelievable

fact that _Donald Trump is president of the United States_,¹ I barely feel like getting out of bed anymore. ¹I mean, WTF? _Donald Trump?_ Seriously?