The White House is seeking to end the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors with an agreement that would reopen an assembly plant in L/rdstown, Ohio that GM shut down in March. The effort, described to POLITICO by two people close to the matter, would effectively put the White House on the side of the UAW. Some 48,000 GM workers went out on strike Monday demanding higher wages, more generous health care benefits and more job security than management has been willing to offer in a new contract. If the effort is successful, it could boost Trump's reelection chances next year in Michigan and Ohio, where his approval rating has been slipping since the two states helped him to victory in 2016. President Donald Trump has tried to woo blue-collar workers by promising a manufacturing revival, but he's criticized union leaders and has a fraught relationship with the automakers. His Justice Department recently opened an antitrust probe into four automakers, not including GM, that are cooperating with California as it tries to bolster clear air rules. One person close to the matter said National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow and White House trade and manufacturing adviser Peter Navarro are both involved in the talks. This individual, who was not authorized to speak publicly, cautioned that discussions are still in early stages and that the White House may not be able to broker a deal. In remarks to reporters Monday at the White House, Trump said, "Federal mediation is always possible, if that’s what they want. Hopefully, they’ll be able to work out the GM strike quickly. We don’t want General Motors building plants outside of this country."
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/17/white-house-general-motors-strike-1735740
White House says not involved in contract talks with GM, UAW union | The White House is not involved in contract talks with General Motors Co (GM.N) and the United Auto Workers union, aimed at ending a nationwide strike that began late on Sunday, a White House spokesman and GM said. “The Trump Administration, including Larry Kudlow and Peter Navarro, are not involved in the negotiations between the UAW and GM,” said White House spokesman Judd Deere.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-autos-labor-white-house/white-house-says-not-involved-in-contract-talks-with-gm-uaw-union-idUSKBN1W221T
Cokie Roberts, Pioneering Journalist Who Helped Shape NPR, Dies at 75
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/17/761050916/cokie-roberts-pioneering-female-journalist-who-helped-shape-npr-dies-at-75
The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday scheduled a hearing for Sept. 23 titled, "Presidential Corruption: Emoluments and Profiting off the Presidency."
https://www.axios.com/house-judiciary-trump-emoluments-impeachment-3713286b-aad0-44d7-a8d6-30499ab74729.html
https://judiciary.house.gov/legislation/hearings/presidential-corruption-emoluments-and-profiting-presidency
Tennessee becomes first state with a plan to legally eliminate Medicaid
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/tennessee-becomes-first-state-with-a-plan-to-turn-medicaid-into-a-block-grant/2019/09/17/9a4ba518-d88e-11e9-ac63-3016711543fe_story.html
Pete Buttigieg released his plan to improve the United States' disaster preparedness on Tuesday, pledging to set up a disaster commission within his first 100 days in office and launch a National Catastrophic Extreme Weather insurance program
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics/buttigieg-disaster-relief-plan/index.html
US Attorney General Barr invokes “state secrets” to cover up Saudi involvement in 9/11
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/17/saud-s17.html
Climate Strike N.Y.C.: 1.1 Million Can Skip School for Protest | The city will not penalize those who attend global youth climate strikes on Friday, Sept. 20. “This completely changes things,” one student said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/nyregion/youth-climate-strike-nyc.html
Russia hacked the FBI to prevent the bureau from being able to track Russian spies in the US | Russian operatives hacked into the FBI's communication systems beginning in 2010 as part of a broad effort to monitor and cripple the bureau's surveillance of Russian spies in the US, Yahoo News reported on Monday. | The move enabled the Russians to evade surveillance and communicate with human sources, gave them the opportunity to collect information about their pursuers, and prompted concerns among officials that there was a Russian asset within the US intelligence community, the report said. | Yahoo News reported that Russia's hack of the FBI's communication systems was a key reason the Obama administration kicked out 35 Russian diplomats and closed two Russian diplomatic facilities in December 2016.
https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-hacked-fbi-to-prevent-tracking-russian-spies-us-report-2019-9
https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-russia-carried-out-a-stunning-breach-of-fbi-communications-system-escalating-the-spy-game-on-us-soil-090024212.html
In less than three years, Trump has named more former lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than his most recent predecessors did in eight, putting a substantial amount of oversight in the hands of people with ties to the industries they’re regulating. The Cabinet choices are another sign that Trump’s populist pledge to “drain the swamp” is a catchy campaign slogan but not a serious attempt to change the way Washington works. Instead of staring down “the unholy alliance of lobbyists and donors and special interests” as Trump recently declared, the influence industry has flourished during his administration.
https://apnews.com/08dce0f5f9c24a6aa355cd0aab3747d9
Virginia’s Top Hospital Has Filed 36,000 Lawsuits Against Patients in 6 Years. The University of Virginia Health System garnished paychecks, seized bank accounts and put liens on homes as it pursued $106 million in unpaid bills.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/university-virginia-medical-bills-lawsuits_b_5d7be920e4b0ffcb6c6abb48
Pro-Trump Republican Conservative NY judge resigns after allegedly posting 'Make America Great Again' message with noose | Kyle R. Canning, who was a part-time judge in Altona, N.Y., was charged over a Facebook post that allegedly showed a photo of a noose, along with the statement "IF WE WANT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE EVIL PEOPLE FEAR PUNISHMENT AGAIN,” the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct said in a statement Tuesday. The language used in the post echoed President Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan.
|https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/461742-NY-judge-resigns-from-bench-after-allegedly%20posting-make-america-great-again
Jets QB Trevor Siemian, who injured his ankle in last night’s loss to the Browns, is out for the season and will likely need surgery, per coach Adam Gase. (twitter.com)
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1174008555705425922
Starting quarterbacks from 24 days who are currently not starting quarterbacks: Sam Darnold, Ben Roethlisberger, Nick Foles, Andrew Luck, Eli Manning, Drew Brees, and maybe Cam Newton.
https://twitter.com/profootballtalk/status/1173999889078005761?s=21
Republican Rep. Paul Cook (Calif.) will retire from Congress at the end of this term and run for a seat on the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.
He is the 17th House Republican lawmaker to announce they will not seek reelection in 2020.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/461746-gop-rep-paul-cook-to-retire#.XYEXSOryHbQ.twitter
Jerry Nadler on the White House blocking Porter and Dearborn from testifying: "The White House is advancing a new dangerous theory of crony privilege. It makes absolute immunity look good by comparison. Where are the limits? This is a cover-up plain and simple."
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1174011404669661187
Corey Lewandowski looks at empty chairs for Rick Dearborn and Rob Porter at House Judiciary Committee hearing.
https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1174010595127042050
I do agree: AOC-Style Challengers Looking to Unseat the Dems’ Top Brass in 2020 -- “[W]hat’s the point of having power if you’re not using it to hold this president accountable?” asked Alex Morse, the 30-year-old mayor who is challenging Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA).
https://www.thedailybeast.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-style-challengers-looking-to-unseat-the-democrats-top-brass-in-2020
Health Insurance That Doesn’t Cover the Bills Has Flooded the Market Under Trump
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-09-17/under-trump-health-insurance-with-less-coverage-floods-market
Corey Lewandowski:
-I've been fully cooperative and I will continue answering all your questions.
-20 seconds later: I've been advised to not answer any questions.
Alexis Wilson: Teenager who allegedly wanted to 'shoot 400 people for fun' had AK-47 in bedroom
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alexis-wilson-school-shooting-ak47-oklahoma-a9109266.html
YEP: So incredibly Disappointed & Frustrated with the @Giants Right now. Defense gives up 63 Points in 2 Games & WR Group is depleted but let’s Change our QB??
https://twitter.com/shaunohara60/status/1173989928658776064?s=21
Earth to warm more quickly, new climate models show: By 2100, average temperatures could rise 6.5 to 7.0 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels if carbon emissions continue unabated
https://phys.org/news/2019-09-earth-quickly-climate.html
Trump suggests U.S. could back Saudi Arabia in a war with Iran because the kingdom 'pays cash'
https://theweek.com/speedreads/865446/trump-suggests-could-back-saudi-arabia-war-iran-because-kingdom-pays-cash
A highly revealing and impactful new report has been released today by RethinkX predicts the collapse of the dairy and cattle industries by 2030, as traditional meat is replaced by cheaper, higher quality food made from manufactured protein.
https://vegconomist.com/hot-off-the-vegan-press/new-study-we-are-on-the-cusp-of-the-fastest-deepest-most-consequential-disruption-in-history/
A federal judge (Republican Conservative Bush II Appointee U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra) refused to scrap the controversial plea deal that granted immunity to Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators, seven months after ruling that it had violated the Crime Victims' Rights Act.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epstein-judge-refuses-to-scrap-plea-deal-that-protected-co-conspirators
Earlier this year, ruled that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami under Alexander Acosta—who later became President Trump's labor secretary—broke the law in 2007 when it devised Epstein’s secret sweetheart deal without notifying victims. The ruling was seen as a huge victory for Jane Does 1 and 2, who sued the government in 2008, alleging the deal violated the Crime Victims’ Rights Act by keeping them in the dark on the negotiations with Epstein.
'Birth tourism' rising fast in Canada; up 13 per cent in one year - “It’s going up faster than immigration rates, faster than the overall population of Canada”
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/birth-tourism-rising-fast-in-canada-up-13-per-cent-in-one-year-1.4594970
Lewandowski told the Judiciary Committee he had taken dictation for Donald Trump many times, this contradicts what he told Robert Mueller which was that he only took dictation for Donald Trump once on June 19, 2017 (Vol 2, Pg 91)
Trump's Ex-press Secretary Sarah Sanders, Who Admitted Lying to Journalists, Complains That Media Is 'Making Stuff Up'
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-press-secretary-sarah-huckabee-sanders-lying-media-fox-news-1459629
Trump+Republicans Illegally Revoke California’s Authority to Set Stricter Auto Emissions Rules | The revocation of the waiver would also affect 13 other states that follow California’s clean air rules. | California’s special right to set its own tailpipe pollution rules dates to the 1970 Clean Air Act, the landmark federal legislation designed to fight air pollution nationwide. The law granted California a waiver to set stricter rules of its own because the state already had clean air legislation in place before the landmark 1970 federal legislation. A revocation of the California waiver would have national significance. Thirteen other states follow California’s tighter standards, together representing roughly a third of the national auto market. Because of that, the fight over federal auto emissions rules has the potential to split the United States auto market, with some states adhering to stricter pollution standards than others. For automakers, that represents a nightmare scenario.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/climate/trump-california-emissions-waiver.html
Andrew Yang’s use of Asian stereotypes is reinforcing toxic tropes | Yang’s statements have spurred mixed reactions from the Asian American community. While some of his supporters told Vox that the jokes are cheeky in-group references that acknowledge Yang’s Asianness, other voters are concerned they reinforce longstanding racist stereotypes about Asian Americans and other minority groups. | While Yang may have innocuous intentions with his comments, as he said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper this past weekend, the remarks are nonetheless reaffirming toxic tropes. Given his role as a high-profile Asian American presidential candidate, his message is setting the tone for how many people may see Asian Americans and perpetuating a damaging caricature in the process. | Yang condemned Gillis’s past remarks, including his racist comments about Asian Americans. But even in that condemnation, he waded into controversy himself, comparing Gillis’s insults to slurs faced by other minority groups and the type of backlash those would have received. In doing so, critics say he used the bigotry black people face in America to advance his own arguments and washed over any nuances in how each group has been treated in the past. | I’ve been called ///// and //// any number of times in my life. It can be extraordinarily hurtful to feel like you are somehow not part of the only country you have ever known. I have certainly felt that - the churning sense of alienation, anger and marginalization. | It’s also the case that anti-Asian racism is particularly virulent because it’s somehow considered more acceptable. If Shane had used the n word the treatment would likely be immediate and clear. | There’s a major reason why Yang’s broader use of stereotypes is so harmful: they help reaffirm a trope about Asian Americans commonly known as the “model minority” myth, a term that’s pretty much as offensive as it sounds. As the name suggests, this myth, which has previously been used to treat Asian Americans as a monolithic group, implies that Asians are fixated on school and certain professions, and is damaging for a lot of reasons. It not only obscures the diversity within the Asian American community, it’s also intended to demean other minority groups, Alton Wang writes for the Washington Post: Writing in the New York Times in 1966, the sociologist William Petersen coined the term“model minority” to describe the post-World War II rise of Japanese Americans, even in the face of ongoing prejudice. He contrasted their success to that of what he called “problem minorities” (a term that he set in quotation marks that clearly pointed toward black Americans), groups pulled down by oppression to the point where they would greet even equal opportunity with “either self-defeating apathy or a hatred so all-consuming as to be self-destructive.” Whatever Petersen’s intentions, this contrast exposes the real function of the model-minority myth: It rests not on the laurels of Asian American success, but of black oppression and perceived cultural failure. The myth has been used to pit different minority groups against one another, Wang writes. Additionally, it reinforces the perception that Asian Americans can only be one thing, and in doing so masks the wide range of interests, backgrounds, and needs within the community itself, the blog Reappropriate points out: Every time the Model Minority Myth is misrepresented as fact, we render invisible the real facts about Asian Americans. We fail to see the staggering wealth gap among Asian Americans which leaves more than 10% of Asian Americans living below the poverty line. We ignore evidence that the poverty rate is several times higher for some Asian American ethnic groups, whose members also struggle with far reduced access to college. Andrew Yang jokes that as an Asian, he knows a lot of doctors — implying that many Asian Americans are culturally-inclined to become (or befriend) doctors. This joke forgets how US immigration selects for promising, well-educated Asian immigrants creating a skewed perception of who Asian Americans are. | “The Asian American community is very diverse, and certainly I would never claim that my individual experience would speak to the depth and the breadth of our community,” he said. “At the same time, I think Americans are very smart and that they can actually see right through that kind of myth. And if anything, by poking fun at it, I’m making Americans reflect more on it.”
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/17/20864861/andrew-yang-debate-asian-stereotype-model-minority-myth
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/15/politics/andrew-yang-snl-state-of-the-union-cnntv/index.html
https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1173096378312142848
https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1173097118682308608
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/19/524571669/model-minority-myth-again-used-as-a-racial-wedge-between-asians-and-blacks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/09/16/downside-andrew-yangs-jokes-about-knowing-lots-asian-american-doctors/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/11/harvard-university-myth-model-minority/
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/01/09/356013502.html?pageNumber=180
http://reappropriate.co/2019/09/andrew-yangs-problematic-reinforcement-of-the-model-minority-myth/
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/reports/2016/12/20/295359/wealth-inequality-among-asian-americans-greater-than-among-whites/
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/reports/2014/04/23/87520/state-of-asian-americans-and-pacific-islanders-series/
https://aapidata.com/graphic-no-college/
https://www.russellsage.org/asian-american-achievement-paradox
Buzzfeed News: O'Rourke's campaign is the only one in the Dem presidential race so far to confirm that he will be at a kids climate strike this week.
https://twitter.com/Zhirji28/status/1174030734547390465
Ashlee Marie Preston: @WorkingFamilies endorsed Elizabeth Warren and I saw tweets from Bernie folks saying they’d never vote for her. I have friends who are pro Bernie and we’re amicable—but this Bernie or bust energy has a MAGA vibe to it. Democrats will lose (again) if we don’t tighten up.
https://twitter.com/AshleeMPreston/status/1173819504524025856
Indonesia to crimanlise homosexuality, homelessness, sex before marriage, criticism of president and more in overhaul of penal code
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/harsh-criminal-crackdown-in-indonesia-likened-to-islamic-law-20190910-p52pxs.html
Yang says that if he’s president unions won’t lose the health care they bargained for, to applause. This has been a point of friction between some union members and candidates like Sanders who support ablishing the private health insurance industry and mandating a "healthcare for all" plan https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/democrats-tweak-medicare-for-all-pitches-amid-resistance-from-unions-11566577491
At #Workers2020*, Andrew Yang lays out a health insurance solution in which the government would backstop health plans if companies go bust/stop providing them.
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1174061610085814272
O’Rourke was unrepentant. “Leaving millions of weapons of war on the streets because Trump and McConnell are ‘at least pretending to be open to reforms’?” he replied. “That calculation and fear is what got us here in the first place. Let’s have the courage to say what we believe and fight for it.” O’Rourke has certainly shown courage on this issue. As a U.S. Senate candidate in Texas — Texas! — he advocated a ban on selling assault weapons. Now, following the massacre in his hometown, El Paso, he has been radicalized to go further. He is not, however, on a political kamikaze mission. Nearly 75 percent of Democrats support an assault-weapons buyback — and an even greater number support a ban on their sale. In a recent Post-ABC News poll, as my Post colleague Philip Bump points out, a buyback program was even backed by 31 percent of Republicans and 37 percent of people who live in households that have guns. By proposing a gun buyback, O’Rourke is breathing fresh life into his once-stagnant campaign. | It is certainly important to consider whether a policy idea is politically feasible at the moment — and that is a calculation that should be uppermost in the minds of legislative leaders. But it is even more important to consider what makes sense on the merits. And a mandatory gun buyback clearly does make sense. That’s exactly what Australia and New Zealand did after horrific mass shootings in their country. In just six weeks, gun owners in New Zealand turned in 15,000 newly banned guns. In Australia, about 650,000 guns were turned in as part a mandatory buyback in 1996-1997. The result was a 42 percent decline in the rate of firearms homicides and a 57 percent decline in firearms suicides. Buybacks are much more effective in reducing gun violence than simply a ban on sales of assault weapons of the kind that Congress instituted between 1994 and 2004. Millions of assault weapons have been sold since that law expired. To reduce the risk of mass shootings, it is imperative to reduce the number of weapons available for deranged individuals. Second Amendment absolutists will scream that Americans have a right to own guns. That’s true — but there are limits. You can’t bring home a functional tank, a rocket-propelled grenade or a machine gun (at least not without a federal license). You shouldn’t be allowed to own a military-style assault rifle, either. It’s a weapon of war that has no place in civilian hands, and for all the political risks inherent in O’Rourke’s stance, I am glad to see a mandatory gun buyback entering the Overton window.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/thanks-beto-we-need-to-debate-an-assault-weapon-buyback/2019/09/17/864d09a4-d964-11e9-a688-303693fb4b0b_story.html
https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1173265866131234821
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/beto-is-challenging-the-gops-fanaticism-on-guns-can-he-win/2018/09/26/2a40cb52-c1c1-11e8-97a5-ab1e46bb3bc7_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/04/el-paso-shooting-victims/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/13/is-beto-orourkes-mandatory-buyback-program-actually-all-that-politically-problematic/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/how-new-zealands-gun-buyback-program-is-faring-6-weeks-in
https://www.vox.com/2015/8/27/9212725/australia-buyback
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/13/750656174/the-u-s-once-had-a-ban-on-assault-weapons-why-did-it-expire
https://www.thetrace.org/2018/09/how-many-assault-weapons-in-the-us/
"Remember, the Mueller investigation was a Republican investigation that came under a Republican president, a Republican attorney general who named the special counsel, and the special counsel Robert Mueller was a lifelong Republican"
https://twitter.com/cspanwj/status/1174028243348938753
"I've never been instructed to do anything but tell the truth," Corey Lewandowski says in a hearing in which he has repeatedly declined to answer questions on matters the White House ordered him not to talk about.
Just 16, @GretaThunberg is already one of our planet’s greatest advocates. Recognizing that her generation will bear the brunt of climate change, she’s unafraid to push for real action. She embodies our vision at the @ObamaFoundation: A future shaped by young leaders like her.
https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1174056583610949632
Dem lawmakers introduced a bill today to reverse the Trump admin's changes to the Endangered Species Act
https://naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/doc/Grijalva,%20Udall%20ESA%20Bill.pdf
Hillary Clinton: "You can run the best campaign. You can have the best plans. You can get the nomination. You can win the popular vote. And you can lose the Electoral College and therefore the election for these 4 reasons. Number One: Voter suppression." Via The Hill
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1174055558019764225
DHS and DOJ officials have been highlighting migrants’ right to appeal if they are denied credible fear or withholding as a result of new asylum bar. If this takes effect, and fees aren’t waved, appeals would be nearly impossible. The Trump administration wants to charge immigrants nearly $1,000 to appeal deportation cases, according to a draft regulation obtained by BuzzFeed News. "They are essentially depriving people of the right to appeal" a former judge told me.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/trump-administration-immigrant-fees-increase-court-appeals
The ongoing @CBSNews tally of congressional retirements/departures:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EErg0NpWkAABo5K.png
Top GOP strategists organize super PAC to recruit Corey Lewandowski to run for US Senate
https://www.wmur.com/article/top-gop-strategists-organize-super-pac-to-recruit-corey-lewandowski-to-run-for-us-senate/29089586
Trump: Homeless people hurt the ‘prestige’ of Los Angeles, San Francisco
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-homeless-people-hurt-the-prestige-of-los-angeles-san-francisco/2019/09/17/71e71b9e-d982-11e9-ac63-3016711543fe_story.html
Meanwhile...Beto O'Rourke visited Skid Row in L.A. today and is going to San Quentin Prison tomorrow, home to California's only death row.
https://twitter.com/betoorourke
In a nat'l security meeting Monday, US military leaders provided President Trump with a menu of possible actions against Iran. But the president, seeking a narrowly focused response that wouldn't draw US into broader military conflict, asked for more options, people briefed said.
https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/1174074127835156487
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-weighing-retaliatory-action-against-iran-after-saudi-oil-n1055531
That could entail a strike by Saudi Arabia that the US would support with intelligence, targeting information and surveillance capabilities — but without the US actually firing any weapons at Iran, one person familiar with the planning said.
https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/1174075010182504449
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-weighing-retaliatory-action-against-iran-after-saudi-oil-n1055531
A popular Facebook page, ‘Vets for Trump,’ seemed to be a place for former military. But for months, Macedonians controlled it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/17/popular-facebook-page-vets-trump-seemed-be-place-former-military-months-macedonians-controlled-it/
Ayanna Pressley introduces impeachment resolution against Brett Kavanaugh
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/17/ayanna-pressley-bring-impeachment-articles-against-kavanaugh/2349623001/
Through two weeks, the NFL's top storylines are QB injuries, tanking, a sexual assault/rape accusation, and disgruntled players forcing trades. Probably not how the league wanted to celebrate NFL 100
https://www.twitter.com/BenVolin/status/1174002808888147968
Elizabeth Warren took selfies for 4 hours after her New York rally. It's part of her plan.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics/elizabeth-warren-selfie-line-new-york-four-hours-plan/index.html
Lewandowski: "I have no obligation to be honest with the media because they are just as dishonest as everybody else."
Health Insurance That Doesn’t Cover the Bills Has Flooded the Market Under Trump |
The administration’s moves to weaken the Affordable Care Act have taken hold, and companies are cashing in.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-09-17/under-trump-health-insurance-with-less-coverage-floods-market
Chief Judge Beryl Howell has scheduled an Oct 8 hearing on the House Judiciary Committee’s lawsuit seeming the Mueller grand jury materials.
https://twitter.com/dsamuelsohn/status/1174091797448089601
In which @BarryBerke tears Corey Lewandowski a new one
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1174088238794977281
"Joint List leader Ayman Odeh says he expects Blue and White leader Benny Gantz will pick up the phone tonight and invite him to join a center-left coalition, as an exit poll predicts a significant boost for the Arab political alliance."
https://twitter.com/HotlineJosh/status/1174094771444420611
Pig slaughter factories will have their products looked over in less time by fewer inspectors under a rule finalized Tuesday by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The new rule reduces the number of inspectors required at pork plants and also removes a cap on the speed inspection lines can run, prompting concern from groups that the rule will hurt public health as well as worker safety. | But a decrease in inspectors could leave the responsibility to companies' staff to spot signs of disease and remove unsuitable products, leaving USDA inspection at the end of the line. “The new rule would remove 40 percent of government food safety inspectors from the pig slaughter plants, turning their tasks over to plant operators with no required training, and allow plants to aggressively increase their already breakneck line speeds to process more hogs per hour — and increase profits,” said Debbie Berkowitz, director of the worker safety and health program at the National Employment Law Project and a former senior policy adviser for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration under the Obama administration.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/461798-trump-administration-allows-fewer-usda-inspectors-at-pork-plants
Trump's border wall could destroy 22 ancient archaeological sites, National Park Service warns
https://theweek.com/speedreads/865797/trumps-border-wall-could-destroy-22-ancient-archaeological-sites-national-park-service-warns
Check-in computers stolen in Atlanta hold statewide voter data
https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/check-computers-stolen-atlanta-hold-statewide-voter-data/0W40RoNQQ3maPRUt3KPYnL/
U.S. has highest proportion of climate deniers, survey of 28 countries finds
https://www.newsweek.com/us-has-highest-proportion-climate-deniers-survey-28-countries-finds-1459718
Lady Gaga's New Makeup Line HausLabs Is Entirely Vegan & Cruelty-Free
https://www.hauslabs.com/
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