Light News Dump

US threatens to veto UN resolution on rape as weapon of war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/22/us-un-resolution-rape-weapon-of-war-veto

For First Time, Pharmaceutical Distributor Faces Federal Criminal Charges Over Opioid Crisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/nyregion/opioid-crisis-drug-trafficking-rochester.html

Bernie Sanders ended his campaign LOL: Let Terrorists, Sex Predators, Murderers Vote From Prison. Fuck the victims and their familes and friends.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/46295/bernie-sanders-let-terrorists-sex-predators-ryan-saavedra

EXACTLY. Pete Buttigieg Says Incarcerated People Shouldn't Get to Vote
https://www.gq.com/story/pete-buttigieg-voting-rights

I Was a Trump Transition Staffer, and I’ve Seen Enough. It’s Time for Impeachment; I started out as a pragmatist, but the Mueller report was my tipping point. J. W. Verret.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/gop-staffer-advocates-trumps-impeachment/587785/

Warren on impeaching Trump: If anyone else did what he did, 'they would be arrested and put in jail'
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/22/politics/warren-impeach-trump/index.html

White House tells official not to comply with Democratic subpoena over security clearances
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/22/politics/carl-kline-subpoena/index.html

Mueller report: “Miners for Trump” rally in Pittsburgh was a fake
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/mueller-report-miners-for-trump-rally-in-pittsburgh-was-a-fake/

Kamala Harris Believes Congress Should Move Forward On Impeaching Trump
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-trump-impeachment_n_5cbe28f6e4b0315683fbbcfb

At a CNN town hall, Elizabeth Warren had to explain why she, a woman, is electable. Twice.
https://www.vox.com/2019/4/22/18511866/cnn-townhall-elizabeth-warren-hillary-clinton-trump

Reminder: Mueller report: Russia hacked state databases and voting machine companies. Russian intelligence officers injected malicious SQL code and then ran commands to extract information
https://www.rollcall.com/news/whitehouse/barrs-conclusion-no-obstruction-gets-new-scrutiny

The so-called New IRA has admitted responsibility for the killing of journalist Lyra McKee, according to a Northern Irish newspaper.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48018615

Greenland ice sheet melting six times faster than it was in the '80s
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/440107-greenland-ice-sheet-melting-six-times-faster-than-it-was-in-the-80s

WikiLeaks and Fox News Are Silent on the Debunked Seth Rich Conspiracy Theory: Mueller confirmed the DNC staffer didn’t steal his own party’s emails. Why won’t Sean Hannity or Julian Assange apologize for spreading misinformation?
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/wikileaks-and-fox-news-are-silent-on-the-debunked-seth-rich-conspiracy-theory-825686/

Trump ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort sent to minimum security federal prison camp in Pa.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/trump-ex-campaign-chairman-paul-manafort-sent-to-minimum-security-federal-prison-camp-in-pa/2019/04/23/15871a0e-65cc-11e9-82ba-fcfeff232e8f_story.html?utm_term=.a7b220d5342a

His wife died in combat. His daughter is American. And yet Ice targeted him
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/23/jose-gonzalez-carranza-deported-ice-trump

Fox News to Host Town Hall With Mayor Pete Buttigieg on May 19
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-to-host-town-hall-with-mayor-pete-buttigieg-on-may-19

Man making death threat to Ilhan Omar had over 1,000 bullets and illegal guns
http://www.rollcall.com/news/guns-found-in-new-york-home-of-man-who-threatened-to-shoot-rep-ilhan-omar

Washington state passes 100 percent clean electricity legislation
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/washington-state-passes-100-percent-clean-electricity-legislation/942504151