Monday, April 22, 2019

Light News Dump

Trump and his business sue House Oversight chairman to block congressional subpoena of financial records. Remember when Republicans would complain about an overly litigious society and how laws need to be passed to cut down on litigation? Now they fall in line behind a guy who is proud of loopholes and dragging matters out in court indefinitely.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/04/22/trump-and-his-business-sue-house-oversight-chairman-to-block-congressional-subpoena-of-financial-records/

It’s not 1998 anymore. Democrats shouldn’t be afraid of Impeachment
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/21/opinions/democrats-must-begin-impeachment-proceedings-zelizer/index.html

Trump/Republicans Are Putting Ranchers Who Started Wildfires In Charge Of Reducing Wildfires
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/04/trump-is-putting-some-ranchers-who-started-wildfires-in-charge-of-reducing-wildfires/

'When Workers Fight, Workers Win': Union Declares Victory as Stop & Shop Strike Ends With Deal to Raise Wages
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/04/22/when-workers-fight-workers-win-union-declares-victory-stop-shop-strike-ends-deal

GOP Does Not Want AOC Helping Kentucky Miners
https://trofire.com/2019/04/22/gop-does-not-want-aoc-helping-kentucky-miners/

'That's robbery': Concerns mount over Jared Kushner's role in GOP money machine. Among concerns cited by some Republican consultants contacted by Yahoo News, was that Jared Kushner’s younger brother, Josh, owns a $70 million stake in the credit card swiping company that forms the basis of WINRED, Stripe. Critics claimed the addition of small-dollar Republican donations would add more than an estimated billion dollars in transactions, and thus increase the value of Josh Kushner’s investment in Stripe.
https://news.yahoo.com/concerns-mount-over-jared-kushners-role-in-gop-money-machine-090000260.html

Trump's EPA wants to put a toxic mine in pristine Alaska. What could go wrong?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/22/pebble-mine-alaska-toxic-waste-trump-epa

Canada Revenue Agency writes off $133 million owed by one taxpayer - Tax agency refuses to identify person or corporation getting writeoff
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tax-excise-alcohol-auto-chrysler-wudrick-biram-canada-revenue-agency-cra-write-off-1.5101848

Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy elected President of Ukraine after landslide victory.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ukraine-elections-comedian-volodymyr-zelenskiy-declares-victory-presidential-race-n996776

Jewish effigy hanged and burned in 'disturbing' Easter ritual in Poland - World Jewish Congress voices 'disgust and outrage' after sculpture made to look like stereotypical Jew hanged and burned in Polish town of Pruchnik on Good Friday
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/jewish-poland-effigy-easter-ritual-burned-judas-a8880801.html

Trump’s notoriously wasteful real estate properties will be forced to go green under new bill - President's hometown of New York city passed one of most sweeping climate change bills worldwide
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-properties-green-new-deal-new-york-climate-change-mobilization-a8881661.html

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