News Dump

After Notre Dame fire, GoFundMe ensured that black churches burned in Louisiana got $1million too
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/17/after-notre-dame-fire-gofundme-ensured-black-churches-burned-louisiana-got-million-too/

HUD moves to require carbon monoxide detectors in public housing after deaths. The announcement follows an NBC News investigation finding at least 13 carbon monoxide poisoning deaths in public housing since 2003.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/hud-moves-require-carbon-monoxide-detectors-public-housing-after-deaths-n996076
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/carbon-monoxide-killing-public-housing-residents-hud-doesn-t-require-n977896

The Trump administration is proposing to tighten regulations to prevent undocumented immigrants from accessing federally subsidized housing, a move that low-income housing advocates fear will keep immigrants who are legally entitled to such benefits from receiving housing help. Current rules already bar undocumented immigrants from receiving federal housing subsidies, but allow families of mixed-immigration status to live in public housing as long as one person is eligible. The eligible person could be a child born in the U.S. In addition to citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees and asylum seekers are also eligible for housing assistance. Under current regulations, residents in subsidized housing can declare themselves “ineligible” and avoid revealing their immigration status. The Trump administration said it wants to close that “loophole” and eventually evict from public housing anyone who is not a lawful resident. The proposal is reminiscent of Trump’s “public charge” crackdown that would make it more difficult for immigrants accessing food stamps, Medicaid and other federal assistance from receiving permanent legal status. “This is going to make people much more afraid because they are going to think they will not be able to get a green card or citizenship if they access benefits," said Susan Popkin, a fellow and housing expert at the Urban Institute. “It’s really going to affect people who are legally eligible for housing but who are now afraid to ask for help.” HUD plans to require housing authorities to expand their use of the Department of Homeland Security’s entitlement verification program to ensure that federal housing assistance is awarded to eligible U.S. citizens and legal residents. Advocates worry that the Trump administration will use the addresses obtained from housing authorities to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/04/18/trump-proposal-would-evict-undocumented-immigrants-public-housing/
https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/housing-authorities-public-charge-expected-sow-confusion-and-add-administrative-costs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-seeks-to-limit-access-to-us-for-immigrants-who-use-or-are-likely-to-use-public-assistance/2018/09/22/c5a43012-bd06-11e8-be70-52bd11fe18af_story.html?utm_term=.694d82c59970
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/18/proposed-new-public-charge-rule-puts-childrens-health-insurance-risk/?utm_term=.ea61b98550fa

North Korea has demanded the removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from nuclear talks, accusing him of "talking nonsense" and being "reckless"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47971164

Democrats Subpoena Nine Banks in Probe of Trump Finances
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-18/democrats-said-to-subpoena-nine-banks-in-probe-of-trump-finances

House Democrats are reluctant to impeach Trump despite learning of 10 instances of obstruction of justice in the special counsel’s report.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/18/democrats-impeachment-mueller-trump-1282488

Except Mueller writes that he specifically accepts the OLC guidance that a sitting president can’t be indicted and explains that’s why he would not reach a conclusion even about whether the president’s behavior justified indictment.
https://twitter.com/RonBrownstein/status/1119002995067248640

Kirill Dmitriev, the chief executive of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund who has close ties to Putin and Russian oligarchs, received a message on Nov. 9, 2016, shortly after Trump had been declared victorious in the election. "Putin has won," it read.
https://twitter.com/dnvolz/status/1119002950632919041

imagine if Dems hadn't flipped House in Nov. this coverup would now be complete
https://twitter.com/EricBoehlert/status/1118951138274041861


The Full Mueller Report, With Redactions
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/18/708850903/read-the-full-mueller-report-with-redactions

More than 100 daycare centres ban non-vaccinated children
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/04/more-than-100-daycare-centres-ban-non-vaccinated-children/

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it may have “unintentionally uploaded” email contacts of 1.5 million new users since May 2016, in what seems to be the latest privacy-related issue faced by the social media company.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy/facebook-says-it-uploaded-email-contacts-of-up-to-1-5-million-users-idUSKCN1RU06R?il=0

'Exhausted' polar bear found 700km from home in Russian village - Environmental activists have blamed climate change for appearance of polar bear in the Kamchatka Peninsula
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/18/exhausted-polar-bear-found-700km-from-home-in-russian-village

Reminder: Blackwater founder Erik Prince - brother of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos - helped fund effort tied to obtaining Clinton's emails
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/439578-blackwater-founder-erik-prince-helped-fund-effort-related-to

Sears sues former CEO Eddie Lampert, Trump Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and others for alleged 'thefts' of billions from retailer
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/18/sears-sues-eddie-lampert-steven-mnuchin-others-for-alleged-thefts.html

Reminder: Russian Hackers Went After Hillary Clinton's Emails 5 Hours After Trump 'Joked' About It
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a27196851/mueller-report-russian-hackers-trump/

Reminder: Trump 'tried to fire Mueller'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47983489

India’s Army Approves ‘Emergency Purchase’ of 240 Israeli Anti-Tank Guided Missiles
https://thediplomat.com/2019/04/indias-army-approves-emergency-purchase-of-240-israeli-anti-tank-guided-missiles/

Nusrat Jahan Rafi was doused with kerosene and set on fire at her school in Bangladesh. Less than two weeks earlier, she had filed a sexual harassment complaint against her headmaster.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47947117

'You Cannot Ignore Science': In Emotional Plea, Greta Thunberg Begs EU to Take Urgent Climate Action. "Our house is falling apart, and our leaders need to start acting accordingly."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/04/17/you-cannot-ignore-science-emotional-plea-greta-thunberg-begs-eu-take-urgent-climate

Paul Manafort Briefed Russian Intelligence Member on ‘Battleground States’ That Nearly All Voted for Trump
https://www.newsweek.com/paul-manafort-russian-intelligence-kilimnik-collusion-trump-campaign-1400826

South Dakota Can’t Silence Our Protest Against the Keystone XL Pipeline
https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/rights-protesters/south-dakota-cant-silence-our-protest-against-keystone-xl

This cafe in India is fully run by acid attack survivors
https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-col1-india-sheroes-acid-attacks-20190418-htmlstory.html