Sunday, June 23, 2019

Late Light Weekend News Dump

House Oversight Committee to subpoena Kellyanne Conway over Hatch Act violations
https://www.axios.com/house-oversight-subpoena-kellyanne-conway-hatch-act-31aac4c8-9c13-4c2e-b270-8447f1544c9f.html

Authorizing Issuance of Subpoena Related to the Hatch Act: Resolved, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform is authorized to subpoena Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway for testimony in connection with Ms. Conway’s failure to comply with the Hatch Act and ethics laws
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO00/20190626/109728/BILLS-116pih-SubpoenaResolution.pdf

This turtle lost both his back legs, so veterinarians used a Lego toy car kit to build him a very fancy wheelchair
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/21/us/pedro-turtle-wheelchair-lsu-trnd/index.html
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1142797222721011713

Boeing sued by more than 400 pilots in class action over 737 MAX's 'unprecedented cover-up'
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-23/over-400-pilots-join-lawsuit-against-boeing-over-737-max/11238282

Nigel Farage accused of faking a letter from a 10-year-old Brexiteer whose 'school brainwashes him to be pro-EU'
https://www.indy100.com/article/nigel-farage-brexit-letter-10-year-old-twitter-response-8969961

‘Stop Repeating History’: Plan to Keep Migrant Children at Former Internment Camp Draws Outrage.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/22/us/fort-sill-protests-japanese-internment.html

Reminder: My Summary: 11 Oregon GOP senators joined a white supremacist terror org to threaten terrorism to Oregon’s statehouse Shut down legislature & warned to kill cops who pursue them Why? To avoid voting on a climate change bill.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/oregon-statehouse-shut-down-after-lawmakers-flee-team-up-with-right-wing-militias

Agriculture Department buries studies showing dangers of climate change. The Trump administration has stopped promoting government-funded research into how higher temperatures can damage crops and pose health risks.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/23/agriculture-department-climate-change-1376413

Iran executes man on charges of spying for US - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48732143

ATF agents searching for thousands of guns stolen from their facility before they could be destroyed
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/2019/06/13/atf-looking-guns-and-glock-parts-stolen-and-sold-guard/1425467001/

#CloseTheCamps Trends As News of Unsanitary Conditions in Detention Centers Spreads
https://www.newsweek.com/closethecamps-trends-news-unsanitary-conditions-detention-centers-spreads-1445399

After tax cuts, Texas Instruments spent $5 billion on stock — three times more than R&D
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/06/23/thanks-uncle-sam-after-tax-cuts-texas-instruments-spent-5-billion-stock-three-times-rd

10 Cities Waiting For Trump Campaign To Pay $841,000 In Rally Bills
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/campaign-rally-bills-trump-10-cities_n_5d02e5a6e4b0304a120c9a1c

Democrats seek to ban federal spending at Trump businesses
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/449799-democrats-seek-to-ban-federal-spending-at-trump-businesses

A major study on how to limit global warming could be dropped from formal UN climate talks in Bonn this week after a “gentlemen’s agreement” was made under pressure from Saudi Arabia.
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/un-climate-talks-in-bonn-saudi-arabia-15c-ipcc-rejects-a8970481.html

US Consulate in Canada raises pride flag despite Trump order: “For the 6th year, we are proudly raising this beautiful Pride Flag at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto to mark June as #PrideMonth!"
https://thehill.com/policy/international/449884-us-consulate-in-canada-raises-pride-flag-despite-trump-order

Trump suggests he might want his presidential library built on one of his properties. * That could result in his presidential library foundation (& possibly taxpayers) paying his company for rent, maintenance, etc., for years after he leaves office.
https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1142820966692728833

The White House is expected to move to block former top aide Annie Donaldson from answering the House Judiciary Committee's written questions about her tenure as White House deputy counsel, Politico reports.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/23/white-house-immunity-testimony-mcgahn-donaldson-1376950

Trump Defends Saudi Arabia’s Murder Of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi By Saying Iran Kills People Too
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-defends-saudi-arabia-jamal-khashoggi-iran-kills-people-1445430

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