News Dump

Theresa May resigns as prime minister
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-48366071/bbc-coverage-of-theresa-may-statement

Reminder: Trump grants Barr power over classified Russia probe info
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-moves-to-escalate-investigation-of-intel-agencies/2019/05/23/c8a35820-7dbc-11e9-b1f3-b233fe5811ef_story.html

Lawyer for Navy SEAL accused of war crimes also works for Trump Organization
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/24/politics/navy-seal-chief-eddie-gallagher-defense-team-trump/

Bankrupt in the billions, under dozens of local and state and federal investigations, Kushner Cos. Gets $800 Million Federally-Backed Apartment Loan
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2019-05-23/kushner-cos-gets-800-million-federally-backed-apartment-loan

Global Climate Strike: Record number of students walk out | Protests are planned in more than 1600 towns in over 125 countries and organizers say the number of strikers is expected to surpass the 1.6 mil people who took part in the first Global Climate Strike
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/24/world/global-climate-strike-school-students-protest-climate-change-intl/index.html

Reminder: The Trump administration is considering an emergency declaration that would allow it to make an arms shipment to Saudi Arabia without the approval of Congress, two U.S. officials and lawmakers opposed to the move said Thursday
https://apnews.com/2c23a62730ef44c9bd674117a8224b3f

Dow appears set for longest weekly losing streak in 8 yearS
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-dow-jones-industrial-average-is-trying-to-avoid-its-longest-weekly-losing-streak-in-8-years-2019-05-24

Facebook refuses to delete fake Pelosi video spread by Trump supporters
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/24/facebook-leaves-fake-nancy-pelosi-video-on-site

75% of FTC Officials Worked for Corporations It’s Supposed to Be Regulating
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/neaddg/most-ftc-officials-have-had-conflicts-of-interest-study-shows

China has 421,000 electric buses. The United States has 300.
https://thinkprogress.org/electric-buses-outsell-diesel-china/

GOP State Rep. Flashed His Gun In Dem’s Office, Where Weapons Are Banned
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/gop-shae-sortwell-gun-banned-democrat-office

Harriet Tubman is already appearing on $20 bills whether Trump officials like it or not
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/05/24/harriet-tubman-is-already-appearing-bills-whether-trump-officials-like-it-or-not/

I Commanded Several of the Servicemen Trump May Pardon. Letting Them Off Will Undermine the Military
http://time.com/5593657/trump-military-pardons-mistake

Trump Set To Disgrace Memorial Day by Pardoning Convicted and Accused War Criminals
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-will-disgrace-memorial-day-by-pardoning-convicted-and-accused-war-criminals

Former Republican Congressman Joins Call To Impeach Donald Trump: 'The Survival Of Our Democracy Is At Risk'
https://www.newsweek.com/former-republican-congressman-joins-call-impeach-donald-trump-survival-our-1434862

Team Trump, Including a Fox Host, Go All-In on Pushing Doctored Pelosi Videos
https://www.thedailybeast.com/team-trump-including-a-fox-host-go-all-in-on-pushing-doctored-pelosi-videos

Joe Biden reduced murders, reformed criminal justice policy and made America safer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/05/24/murder-rates-lower-joe-biden-criminal-reform-column/3767687002/

The Trump Administration Just Released Its Third Rollback Of Transgender Protections This Week - A draft rule released Friday would undo nondiscrimination protections in health care for transgender people as well as women who have had abortions.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/dominicholden/trump-rule-transgender-abortion-healthcare-discrimination

NASA executive hired to lead 2024 moon mission quits after 6 weeks
https://theweek.com/speedreads/843371/nasa-executive-hired-lead-2024-moon-mission-quits-after-6-weeks

USDA to eliminate meat industry inspectors
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/usda-to-shift-some-inspector-tasks-to-pork-plant-workers--in-everything-but-name/2019/05/23/9808cc50-66af-11e9-82ba-fcfeff232e8f_story.html

Murphy, Waltz Announce Legislation Requiring Public Alerts After Elections Infiltration — Bipartisan bill follows FBI’s refusal to publicly disclose which Florida counties the Russians infiltrated in 2016
https://murphy.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1043

Trump uses 1996 welfare reform bill to go after immigrants who use public benefits
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-memorandum-goes-after-immigrants-who-use-public-benefits-sponsors-pay-government-back-110ec86421a1/

Texas governor announces $1.6B deal for teacher raises - THIS is Beto's legacy in Texas
https://www.apnews.com/6b4c41bc5b5c4e0dbed6b9925997741b

These Republicans campaigned on a bold drug-pricing pledge. Since they won, they’ve gone silent.: Both Reps. Dan Crenshaw of Texas and Pete Stauber of Minnesota have retreated from their campaign pledges on the issue — a sign, experts said, of both the political appeal of pledging to lower drug prices and the trepidation that comes with crossing the party line on a divisive issue. The political liability that comes with quickly abandoning a campaign-trail promise, too, could be substantial. “My expectation is that most voters will believe they flipped because they have succumbed to the money and influence of the drug manufacturers, which creates a donor-whammy,” said Geoff Garin, a left-leaning pollster who has conducted surveys on the politics of health care for Arnold Ventures, a group largely opposed to pharmaceutical industry tactics. “Being wrong on the issue and an appearance of corruption.”
https://www.statnews.com/2019/05/24/republicans-backpedal-on-bold-drug-pricing-campaigns/

Vegan celebrities will lead a funeral procession for deceased farm animals on June 2nd. The event, which will commemorate the ninth National Animal Rights Day, will be attended by tens of thousands of people in 32 major cities around the world
https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/vegan-joaquin-phoenix-lead-funeral-procession-dead-farm-animals

Child homelessness surges by 80% under Conservative-led government, figures show
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homeless-children-temporary-accommodation-conservative-theresa-may-a8928291.html

Beto O'Rourke [VIDEO] Standing strong with workers across the country as we #FightFor15 during today’s day of action and every single day. At a time when unions are under attack, let's not forget that they are the backbone of our workforce and essential to making our economy work for all.
https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1131630028192489472

Trump selling Pride shirts is a grotesque insult to the LGBTQ community. Just today, he proposed allowing healthcare workers the right to deny LGBTQ services.
https://www.dailydot.com/irl/trump-selling-pride-shirts/

Solomon Islanders imprisoned for trying to stop the logging of their forests
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/05/solomon-islanders-tried-to-stop-the-logging-of-their-forest-and-may-pay-the-price/

Huge Animal Liberation Conference in Berkeley, CA next week. Lots of speakers and mass protests. If you can make it, you should go!
https://www.animalliberationconference.com/

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked lower court rulings that had ordered Republican legislators in Michigan and Ohio to redraw U.S. congressional maps ahead of the 2020 elections after finding that the current districts were designed to illegally diminish the power of Democratic voters.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-gerrymandering/us-supreme-court-blocks-redrawing-of-ohio-michigan-electoral-maps-idUSKCN1SU292

Chinese airlines demand 600M in compensation from Boeing over 737 Max grounding
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/22/business/boeing-737-max-air-china/index.html

A blistering, dangerous heat wave, which one expert calls a "death ridge," is poised to scorch the southeastern U.S. over the Memorial Day weekend. While the central U.S. deals with floods and storms, some all-time record high temperatures for May could be shattered as highs rocket into the upper 90s to low 100s all the way from Alabama to Virginia.
https://news.yahoo.com/forget-apos-polar-vortex-apos-224133908.html
https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/1130825351637213185

Jerry Nadler Is Taken to Hospital After Fainting at News Conference
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/nyregion/jerry-nadler-faints.html

Appreciate everyone's concern. Was very warm in the room this morning, was obviously dehydrated and felt a bit ill. Glad to receive fluids and am feeling much better. Thank you for your thoughts.
https://twitter.com/RepJerryNadler/status/1131968231940534272

UK Gardeners urged to let lawns run wild and count flowers to help save bees - 'We're helping turn our famous trimmed green lawns into riots of colour with buttercups, daises and dandelions,' say campaigners
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/no-mow-may-gardeners-wild-flowers-help-save-bees-a8927161.html

In Nevada, blue wave Democrats restore voting rights as they flex their newfound power
https://thinkprogress.org/in-nevada-blue-wave-democrats-restore-voting-rights-as-they-flex-new-found-power-3c2fddb0abf7/

Nevada is lifting abortion restrictions, even as other states pass near-total bans. With the country’s first majority-women legislature, Nevada is moving in the opposite direction of states like Alabama and Georgia.
https://www.vox.com/2019/5/22/18635687/trust-nevada-women-act-abortion-laws-2019

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

Where women call the shots: The nation’s first majority-female legislature is currently meeting in Nevada. Carson City may never be the same.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/17/nevadas-legislature-women-outnumber-men-first-nation-carson-city-may-never-be-same/

Trump orders 1,500 troops to Middle East:  Trump is ordering more troops to the Middle East as tensions between the United States and Iran continue to rise. The U.S. will also send more Patriot missile batteries and other force protection systems, and will be designed for the long-haul confrontation with Iran, CBS News' David Martin reports, citing U.S. officials.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-order-additional-forces-to-middle-east/

Broadband Monopolies Are Acting Like Old Phone Monopolies. Good Thing Solutions to That Problem Already Exist
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/05/broadband-monopolies-are-acting-old-phone-monopolies-good-thing-solutions-problem

LOL...National Rifle Association Hit with $100 Million Counter-Suit: Ackerman McQueen, the gun group’s longtime PR firm, accuses the NRA of false demands and ulterior motives
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/pr-firm-countersues-nra-100-million-839628/

Federal judge blocks Mississippi abortion law
https://cnn.com/2019/05/24/politics/mississippi-abortion-law-federal-judge/index.html

YouTube Is The Only Social Platform Taking Down Doctored Pelosi Videos
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/youtube-doctored-pelosi-video-drunk

France has officially acknowledged for the first time that French Polynesians were effectively forced into accepting almost 200 nuclear tests conducted over a 30-year period, and that it is responsible for compensating them for the illnesses caused by the fallout.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/24/france-acknowledges-polynesian-islands-strong-armed-dangerous/

Hillary Clinton literally did this for years when she was actually on the board of Walmart. She was attacked for it, called a "corporate whore"/"corporate shill"
https://i.redd.it/my75407658031.jpg

Trump Wants to Sell Public Power Agencies to Wall Street — Move Will Hand Over New Deal-Era Giants TVA and Bonneville Power; Much Higher Electricity Costs for the Public and Businesses
https://www.dcreport.org/2019/05/15/trump-wants-to-sell-public-power-agencies-to-wall-street/

Trump administration to pull out of rural Job Corps program, laying off 1,100 federal workers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-administration-to-pull-out-of-rural-job-corps-program-laying-off-1100-federal-workers/2019/05/24/b93c5af4-7e5b-11e9-8bb7-0fc796cf2ec0_story.html

Methane being released faster than ever, posing new threat to Paris climate goals | Rising emissions from tropical regions is possibly due to climate feedback loop
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/methane-paris-climate-change-crisis-atmosphere-noaa-a8928711.html

Florida state Representative says God has told him to rewrite abortion bill with no exceptions
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mike-hill-god-abortion-bill-florida-republican-house-representative-a8929856.html