Light News Dump

Federal judge issues temporary injunction blocking part of Trump’s plan to build a wall along the  U.S.-Mexico border
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/05/24/federal-judge-issues-temporary- injunction-blocking-part-of-trumps-plan-to-build-a-wall-along-the-u-s-mexico-border/

Federal judge blocks Trump from using Defense funds for parts of border wall
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/24/politics/federal-judge-trump-border-wall/index.html

Anderson Cooper grills Facebook VP for keeping Pelosi video up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI4cBp5DfZc

Trump’s Public Enemies List Is an Impeachable Offense
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-public-enemies-list-is-an-impeachable-offense

U.S. Government Moves To Take Paul Manafort’s Trump Tower Apartment
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paul-manafort-trump-tower-apartment- government_n_5ce8892ce4b00e03656e47a2?m=false

Employee wages grew by just 84 cents per hour last year, as CEOs earned million dollar raises
https://www.newsweek.com/ceo-wages-wealth-gap-workers-1435855

A federal judge has formally issued his decision striking down North Carolina's ban on abortions  after the 20th week of pregnancy, except in a medical emergency. U.S. District Judge William  Osteen signed his judgment dated Friday — 60 days after issuing a memorandum explaining why  he declared the law unconstitutional. He wrote in March the 20-week limit prohibited some  abortions before a fetus could live outside the womb. The judgment means some women could  now obtain abortions later but prior to viability.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article230814299.html

You Could Get Prison Time for Protesting a Pipeline in Texas—Even If It’s on Your Land
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/05/you-could-get-prison-time-for-protesting-a- pipeline-in-texas-even-if-its-on-your-land/

North Korean women tell of paedophilia, slavery and gang rape on camera in Chinese cyber sex  dens -- a business worth $100M per year, girls as young as 9 smuggled into the country and being  exploited or sold as wife
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/north-korean-women-tell-of-paedophilia-slavery- and-gang-rape-on-camera-in-chinese-cyber

Beto O'Rourke has Released a Small Business Plan to increase capital and demand for America’s  small businesses
https://betoorourke.com/small-business/

Separated by Design: How Some of America’s Richest Towns Fight Affordable Housing
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-some-of-americas-richest-towns-fight-affordable- housing

Trump administration  to cut jobs with Forest Service program restructure
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/25/politics/forest-service-jobs-cuts-program/index.html

Trump+Republicans to cut 1,100 rural jobs
https://www.axios.com/trump-plans-cut-1100-rural-jobs-80a66869-3121-47b0-a0fb-dc88344206cf.html

Alabama Goes Scorched-Earth Over Same-Sex Marriage, Votes to Eliminate Marriage Licenses and Weddings Altogether
https://lawandcrime.com/opinion/alabama-goes-scorched-earth-over-same-sex-marriage-votes-to-eliminate-marriage-licenses-and-weddings-altogether/

Maine governor signs bill to remove religious, philosophical vaccine exemptions
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/445541-maine-governor-signs-bill-to-remove-religious-philosophical-vaccine

‘Welcome to the beginning of the fascist takeover’: Utah judge suspended for bashing Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/25/welcome-beginning-fascist-takeover-utah-judge-suspended-bashing-trump/

House Democrats must insist that Robert Mueller testifies publicly
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/445482-house-democrats-must-insist-that-robert-mueller-testifies-publicly

This is why money need to be removed from campaigning: Tulsi Gabbard’s Top Online Fundraiser Is A Las Vegas Shooting Conspiracy Theorist.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tulsi-gabbard-niko-house-conspiracy-theorist_n_5ce93de5e4b00356fc221861

The price of insulin is surging. Colorado is the first to make insurance companies eat the cost.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/05/24/price-insulin-is-surging-this-state-is-first-make-insurance-companies-eat-cost/?utm_term=.fc2c1ad55c8f

Trump-Appointed Judges Don’t Think Flint Officials Should Be Liable for Water Crisis
https://lawandcrime.com/opinion/trump-appointed-judges-dont-think-flint-officials-should-be-liable-for-water-crisis/pp

EPA watchdog, senators recommend agency recoup $124K for Pruitt's "excessive" travel costs - Axios
https://www.axios.com/epa-inspector-general-recommends-agency-recoup-124k-pruitts-excessive-travel-costs-18a05cff-b706-44ff-9c63-4ce2efbdaaa5.html

Artist banned from Facebook for turning 'MAGA' hats into symbols of hate speech
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/445548-artist-banned-from-facebook-for-turning-maga-hats-into-symbols

Trump lawyers, House committees reach agreement to hold off on enforcing Deutsche Bank, Capital One subpoenas
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/05/25/politics/trump-house-committee-agreement-stay-subpoena/index.html