Light News Dump

McConnell's campaign suspended from Twitter for posting critic's profanity-laced video
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell/2019/08/07/mitch-mcconnell-campaign-suspended-twitter-profanity-laced-video/1948050001/

Trump and Republicans unconstitutionally order freeze of USAID funding with goal of ending USAID. |  “In a reckless and irresponsible move, O.M.B. appears set on taking a sledgehammer to one of the most minuscule parts of the entire federal budget that would significantly damage America’s security and economic interests — and thwart congressional authority,” said Liz Schrayer, the chief executive of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, a nonprofit group that is an advocate for American diplomacy and counts large companies and nongovernmental organizations as members.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/us/politics/foreign-aid-freeze-congress.html

House Dems Finally Ask For Millions Of Brett Kavanaugh’s Hidden Documents | It's important to note that these aren't related to the sexual assault allegation, but rather to a case where he claimed under oath that he was not consulted during the appointing of a judge during the Bush administration when documents have been released that suggest he was. If he perjured (he did, multiple times) himself it would be grounds for impeachment, leading to removal. Impeachment is voted on by the House but a trial for removal is done by the perpetually-controlled-Republican Senate.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brett-kavanaugh-investigation_n_5d49d56ce4b01ae816c9c6a4

Federal Judge Orders Government To Release Khashoggi Records
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/06/748877181/federal-judge-orders-release-of-khashoggi-records-by-u-s-government

Online message board 8chan’s fortunes worsened on Tuesday, as it was once again made homeless by a technical services provider and its owner was called to testify to the U.S. Congress after 8chan was linked to a weekend mass shooting in El Paso, Texas. The House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee demanded that owner Jim Watkins, an American living in the Philippines, testify about 8chan’s efforts to tackle “the proliferation of extremist content, including white supremacist content.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shooting-tech/8chan-owner-called-before-u-s-congress-as-latest-host-drops-site-idUSKCN1UX012

White House Republicans rebuffed attempts by DHS to make combating domestic terrorism a higher priority
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/07/politics/white-house-domestic-terrorism/index.html

The NRA Has Long Urged Americans To Arm Themselves Against An Immigrant Invasion
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nra-el-paso-shooting-anti-immigrant_n_5d49b2d8e4b0d291ed07a824

Fox News' Tucker Carlson calls concerns about white supremacy a "hoax": "It's actually not a real problem in America"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brett-kavanaugh-investigation_n_5d49d56ce4b01ae816c9c6a4

Florida governor orders criminal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's 2008 plea deal
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/florida-governor-orders-criminal-investigation-jeffrey-epstein-s-2008-plea-n1039831

A 39-year-old man has been charged with felony assault of a minor in Montana after he allegedly slammed a 13-year-old boy to the ground for not taking his hat off during the national anthem. The incident took place Saturday at the Mineral County Fair and Rodeo in western Montana. Witnesses told a local CBS affiliate that as the anthem began Curt Brockway grabbed the teen, picked him up, and then slammed him headfirst to the ground. As people nearby approached, Brockway said he slammed the boy to the ground because of his hat. “He said (the boy) was disrespecting the national anthem so he had every right to do that,” eyewitness Taylor Hennick said. Brockway told a sheriff’s deputy that he had asked the boy to remove his hat for the anthem and that the boy cursed in response, though eyewitnesses did not corroborate that portion of Brockway’s retelling. | “There was a little boy lying on the ground,” Hennick told the Missoulian. “He was bleeding out of his ears, seizing on the ground, just not coherent.” She said she had heard a “pop” when the anthem began and recognized the boy as the neighbor of a family member. The injuries sustained by the boy were severe: He was taken to a local hospital where he was diagnosed with temporal skull fractures before being flown to a children’s hospital in Spokane, Wash. The boy’s parents said he continued bleeding from the ear for nearly six hours after the incident. | Brockway has had previous run-ins with the law and is currently serving a 10-year probation sentence for another assault charge involving a weapon.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/montana-man-slams-13-year-old-breaks-skull-hat-national-anthem.html
https://www.kpax.com/man-accused-of-assaulting-child-at-mineral-county-fairgrounds
https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/superior-man-charged-with-assaulting-boy-who-was-disrespecting-the/article_1f731fbf-fd38-5c7f-8701-807909d8d137.html

House Democrats ready lawsuit to enforce subpoena for McGahn testimony
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-democrats-ready-lawsuit-enforce-subpoena-mcgahn-testimony/story?id=64825821

State Department Official Moonlit as a White Nationalist Leader and Attended Charlottesville, Report Says
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/bjw88a/state-department-official-moonlit-as-a-white-nationalist-leader-and-attended-charlottesville-report-says

Increased emissions in Texas are canceling out climate progress across the country
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/456299-increased-emissions-in-texas-are-canceling-out-climate-progress 

Beto after being asked if it bothers him when Trump going after him on twitter: "No. When Trump is bad mouthing me, he’s leaving somebody else alone.”
https://twitter.com/NoahGeopfert/status/1159225164497862656