The US Justice Department is investigating four major automakers that have agreed to meet California’s stricter air pollution and mileage regulations, rather than the federal regulations that were relaxed by the Trump administration https://t.co/mOKlIaQKD9 pic.twitter.com/ZI2S0hUw2A — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 6, 2019
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Middle East peace envoy Jason Greenblatt is leaving the Trump administration after two-and-a-half years spent working on a still unreleased Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, multiple sources say https://t.co/qdxrqhKIkR pic.twitter.com/5Ac2TL6ANm — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 5, 2019
House Judiciary To Focus On Hush Money To Porn Star Scandal
I’ve always thought that the Stormy Daniels scandal was much worse for Trump than L’Affaire Russe, if only because it doesn’t involve dark unknowable Russians AND the White House cannot hide everything in executive privilege. It seems others agree: House Democrats plan to shift their focus this fall to President Trump’s alleged role in the hush money scheme that led … Read More
The NRA Is A Terrorist Organization
No, really: San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has passed a resolution declaring the National Rifle Association (NRA) a “domestic terrorist organization” following the shooting in Gilroy, Calif., where four people, including the gunman, were killed. The resolution, which local Fox affiliate KTVU reported passed on Tuesday, declares the gun rights group to be a terrorist organization and calls on other cities and government entities … Read More
Huge Win: NC Court Strikes Down GOP-Gerrymandered Districts; Orders New Map
In a 357-page decision, a unanimous three-judge panel on Tuesday ordered drawing of new legislative maps in North Carolina, ruling in Common Cause v. Lewis that the current maps constitute “extreme partisan gerrymandering” and violate three separate provisions of the state constitution. “The 2017 Enacted Maps, as drawn, do not permit voters to freely choose their representative, but rather representatives are … Read More
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The Pentagon diverts billions in military construction funds for 11 wall projects on the US-Mexico border, fulfilling a request made by Trump months ago https://t.co/zeyaESWVJV pic.twitter.com/IkTErpRNMS — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 3, 2019
DOJ Inspector General Report Is Not The Bombshell Trump Supporters Made It Out To Be
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz issued a scathing report Thursday on the conduct of former FBI Director James Comey during the first few months of the Trump administration detailing his actions that violated FBI and DOJ policy. But despite its harsh tone, the narrowly tailored report failed to find Comey guilty of any serious criminal wrongdoing while revealing the IG’s actually … Read More
So What’d I Miss?
It’s hard to escape US news no matter where you are, and where I was was Norway. No point in recapping it all, since it is all laid out in the Weekly Lists here and here, but the highlights of course are Trump’s peculiar behavior about buying Greenland, insulting non-white Congresspeople, declaring himself “the Chosen One”, screwing up the stock … Read More
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This week Trump’s strange behavior towards Russia drew renewed concern as he advocated for adding Russia back at the Group of Seven summit in France, then held up military aid to Ukraine. A vacated seat unfilled by Trump at the Federal Elections Commission left the election watchdog group without a quorum ahead of the 2020 election, while voting irregularities were … Read More