Light News Dump

Thousands of immigrants forced into solitary confinement by ICE
https://www.msnbc.com/stephanie-ruhle/watch/thousands-of-immigrants-forced-into-solitary-confinement-by-ice-60040261961

Trump Spent More Than Three Times the Cost of Robert Mueller's Russia Investigation Playing Golf at His Own Resorts
https://www.theroot.com/trump-spent-more-than-three-times-the-cost-of-robert-mu-1834950100

Trump’s Golf Costs: $102 Million And Counting, With Taxpayers Picking Up The Tab.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-golf-102-million-taxpayers_n_5ce46727e4b09b23e65a01bb

Trump's golfing has cost taxpayers $102 million, just $12.7 million behind Obama's travel during entire presidency:
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-golf-102-million-report-1432550

Ben Carson confuses real estate term with 'Oreo' in disastrous hearing
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ben-carson-oreo-reo-katie-porter-real-estate-hearing-trump-video-a8924556.html

A Presidency That Will Live in Infamy: While Washington debates Trump's legal maneuvers, his administration is committing acts of cruelty that dwarf impeachable offenses
https://newrepublic.com/article/153977/trump-presidency-will-live-infamy

Wife of lobbyist for Russian plant in KY got boost from McConnell: Maddow notes how the dots connect awkwardly for McConnell after the wife of the lobbyist who alerted McConnell to a huge Russian investment in Kentucky was suddenly processed for a federal judgeship for which she is not qualified.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/wife-of-lobbyist-for-russian-plant-in-ky-got-boost-from-mcconnell-60082245958

GOOD: Bernie Sanders Revives Plan to Tax Stock, Bond and Derivatives Trades
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-22/sanders-revives-plan-to-tax-stock-bond-and-derivatives-trades

U.S. officials say Pentagon will present plans to White House to send up to 10,000 troops to Mideast amid Iran tension
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/U-S-officials-say-Pentagon-will-present-plans-to-13875116.php

Arizona Prisons’ Ban on Book About Racism in Criminal Justice Draws Challenge
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/us/arizona-bans-chokehold-book.html

Nevada Senate passes bill that would give Electoral College votes to winner of national popular vote
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/444943-nevada-senate-passes-bill-that-would-give-electoral-college-votes-to?__twitter_impression=true

On Monday, the Republican majority in Tennessee's state House voted 45-24 in favor of a historic vote of no confidence in House Speaker Glen Casada (R), following a series of scandals including sexually explicit text messages about women he exchanged with his male former chief of staff. Casada said he won't resign. In neighboring Mississippi on Tuesday, it was House Speaker Philip Gunn (R) who called for the resignation of a member of his caucus, Rep. Doug McLeod (R), arrested on Saturday on allegations he punched his wife because she didn't undress quickly enough when he wanted to have sex.
https://www.apnews.com/0d709438dba143dbba2c364effe615eb
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/21/mcleod-lawmaker-resign-speaker-gunn-assault-wife-domestic-violence/3760945002/
https://theweek.com/speedreads/842850/mississippi-state-lawmaker-punched-wife-because-didnt-undress-fast-enough-police-say

Harriet Tubman $20 bill no longer coming in 2020: Mnuchin says
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/22/harriet-tubman-20-bill-no-longer-coming-in-2020.html

The Keystone Pipeline Is Looking Worse Than Ever Now That the Midwest Is Prone to Massive Flooding
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a27545714/keystone-xl-pipeline-flooding-midwest-icebergs/

Internal memo orders military to restrict information it shares with Congress. Acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan has mandated new restrictions on the way the Pentagon shares information with Congress about military operations around the world, a move that is straining ties with key Republican and Democratic lawmakers. In a May 8 internal memo, which was obtained by The Washington Post, Shanahan lays out the criteria for when Pentagon officials may provide congressional offices or committees information they request about operational plans and orders. The memo comes as lawmakers from both parties complain that the Trump administration has withheld information that prevents them from executing their constitutionally mandated oversight role. Some lawmakers are also concerned about whether Shanahan has allowed the military to be drawn too deeply into President Trump’s immigration agenda.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/lawmakers-bristle-at-new-rules-for-sharing-pentagon-information-with-congress/2019/05/21/79315df9-d792-41df-a42e-10df9af7306e_story.html

Dem rep: 'Evidence is clear' that migrant child deaths are 'intentional'
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445027-dem-rep-evidence-is-clear-that-migrant-child-deaths-are-intentional

Mnuchin denies that IRS memo contradicting his position on Trump’s taxes contradicts his position | If that sounds incoherent, that’s because it is.
https://www.vox.com/2019/5/22/18635589/mnuchin-irs-memo-trump-tax-returns-house-hearing

Joe Scarborough on Beto: “Every candidate should do this. Knock on hundreds of doors and hold dozens of town hall meeting. The stories you will hear and the people you will meet stay with you through entire campaign.”
https://i.redd.it/k1iz0b9uorz21.jpg

Chile has Reached its 2025 Clean Energy Targets Six Years Ahead of Schedule
https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/chile-beats-2025-renewables-target

Jane Sanders is mad that her tax payer funded honeymoon ‘home videos’ are coming under scrutiny.
https://twitter.com/janeosanders/status/1130946278291136513?s=20

Old Crow Yukon declares climate change state of emergency | "We are seeing birds up in our community we have never seen before. Their migrations are changing, the snow is changing, the rivers are changing. Everything is changing right in front of our eyes."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/old-crow-climate-change-emergency-1.5144010

Beto O'Rourke: We should begin impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/05/22/trump-impeachment-proceedings-beto-orourke-town-hall-sot-vpx.cnn

Beto O'Rourke: The president does not just offend our ears or sensibilities. He makes possible the acts of violence and hatred we’re seeing play out in this country today.
https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1131034758459404288

Jen O'Malley Dillon on Twitter: "THIS is the @betoorourke that voters have seen at 154 and counting town halls in this campaign; and many more in Texas: listening, thoughtful, detailed, and focussed on bringing people together. So glad America is getting to see for themselves tonight"
https://twitter.com/jomalleydillon/status/1131024790087770112

Beto O'Rourke on impeachment: "If we do nothing because we are afraid of the polls, or the politics, or the repercussions in the next election, then we would have set a precedent for this country that... some people... are above the law."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/22/politics/beto-orourke-town-hall-takeaways/index.html

Judge says Deutsche Bank, Capital One can give Trump financial records to House Democrats
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/22/judge-says-deutsche-bank-can-give-trump-financial-records-to-democrats.html

Michael Avenatti charged with stealing $300,000 from former client Stormy Daniels
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/22/politics/michael-avenatti-stormy-daniels-indictment/index.html

Scientists discover China has been secretly emitting banned ozone-depleting gas
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/scientists-discover-china-has-been-secretly-emitting-banned-ozone-depleting-gas

Brazil is suing the world’s largest cigarette makers British American Tobacco Plc and Philip Morris International to recover the public health treatment costs of tobacco-related diseases over the last five years.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-tobacco-lawsuit/brazil-sues-top-tobacco-firms-to-recover-public-health-costs-idUSKCN1SS2DN

Trump Shifts His Banking Business to a Small Firm in Florida — With his relationship with Deutsche Bank under scrutiny, the president turned to a little-known bank.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/05/in-an-odd-move-trump-shifts-his-banking-business-to-a-small-firm-in-florida/