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A immigration officer processed deportations for 20 years. Now he fears his own, after his Mexican birth certificate was unearthed.
https://www.businessinsider.com/cbp-immigration-officer-born-in-mexico-fears-own-deportation-2019-11

70% of Venice Is Now Submerged, And It's a Disturbing Preview For Coastal Cities
https://www.sciencealert.com/venice-is-flooding-and-it-s-a-disturbing-glimpse-into-the-future-for-coastal-cities

All Republican Senators (except Susan Collins) voted Thursday to make Steven Menashi a lifetime federal judge, despite his inflammatory writings about women’s rights and diversity, his refusal to answer senators’ questions and his role in devising an illegal Education Department effort to deny debt relief to students cheated by for-profit colleges. Every Democrat present voted against confirming Menashi. | Menashi, 40, is one of Trump’s most controversial court picks to date. Nearly every national civil and women’s rights group opposed him, including the NAACP, the National Organization for Women, the Human Rights Campaign, Muslim Advocates and Planned Parenthood. Democrats questioned his qualifications ― he has never tried a case, made oral arguments in court or conducted a deposition ― as well as his temperament. In past editorials, Menashi, who is currently Trump’s White House legal aide, compared race data collection in college admissions to Germany under Adolf Hitler; denounced women’s marches against sexual assault; opposed the “radical abortion rights codified in Roe v. Wade”; accused the Human Rights Campaign of having “incessantly exploited the slaying of Matthew Shepard” for political benefit, and claimed that a Dartmouth fraternity wasn’t being racist when it held a “ghetto party” attended by white students donning Afros and carrying toy guns. (see article for links to his articles)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steven-menashi-republicans-senate-confirms-trump-judge_n_5dcd9beae4b00b9293bff09a

Chairman Schiff: "If Mulvaney had evidence that contradicted what we've already heard, he’d be eager to testify and provide documents. Instead, he's hiding behind, and assisting in, Trump's efforts to conceal the truth from the American people.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1195832712793329665

YEP: @MichaelBennet on @NewDay: "I'm with President Obama. We should not be going into this election nominating somebody who is genuflecting to the Twitter base of the party & not focused on living human beings."

YEP: @davidfrum: "There's no talking point too stupid to say on Fox News. There's almost no talking point too stupid to be repeated by the House Republicans." #ImpeachingHearings
https://twitter.com/tonebobb/status/1195505144005349377

YEP: Looks like #TooFarLeft is the beginning of Bernie and Warren’s activists putting pressure on them to attack Obama
https://twitter.com/marcushjohnson/status/1195784324601327623?s=09

YEP: Negative fallout from Medicare For All? @ewarren has a plan for that! Her transition plan to MFA sounds more like that of @PeteButtigieg and @Joebiden, preserving private choice with a robust public option. It’s a better place to be.
https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1195728217946173441
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/16/upshot/elizabeth-warren-backup-plan.html

Today, senior OMB official to testify behind closed doors in deposition. Will be the first OMB official to meet with investigators after others have refused. Political appointees in the office have fought subpoenas, refused to provide documents.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/16/politics/who-is-mark-sandy/index.html

Reminder: Two patients have been diagnosed in Beijing with the most dangerous form of the plague – the medieval disease also known as the Black Death. The announcement sent shock waves rippling through China's northeastern capital as authorities attempted to tamp down fears of an epidemic by censoring Chinese-language news of the hospitalization.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/11/15/779526827/china-reports-2-cases-of-the-most-dangerous-type-of-plague

California says it won’t buy cars from GM, Toyota, others opposing tough tailpipe standards — California's decision to buy only from carmakers that have agreed to follow its clean car rules is expected to cost GM's Chevrolet more than $27 million.
https://calmatters.org/environment/2019/11/california-says-it-wont-buy-cars-from-gm-toyota-others-opposing-tough-fuel-standards/

Extortionist-in-Chief: Trump has asked Japan to quadruple annual payments for U.S. forces stationed there to around $8 billion, Foreign Policy reported, part of Washington’s efforts to press its allies to increase their defense spending. | The demand was made to Japanese officials during a trip to the region in July by John Bolton, at that time Trump’s national security adviser, and Matt Pottinger, who was then the Asia director for the National Security Council, the U.S. global affairs magazine said, citing unidentified former U.S. officials. | According to Kyodo news agency, Japanese officials told Bolton the increase is “unrealistic”, saying Japan already pays a greater share of stationing costs than other allies.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-usa/trump-asked-tokyo-for-8-billion-to-keep-u-s-troops-in-japan-foreign-policy-idUSKBN1XQ06F

Elizabeth Warren’s ‘mug of billionaire tears’ costs $25 and is one of the hottest-selling items on her campaign website
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elizabeth-warrens-mug-of-billionaire-tears-costs-25-and-is-one-of-the-hottest-selling-items-on-her-campaign-website-2019-11-15

The Trump foundation is literally what Right Wingers pretend the Clinton foundation is: AG James Secures Court Order Against Donald J. Trump, Trump Children, And Trump Foundation |  third stipulation includes 19 paragraphs of factual admissions by Mr. Trump and the Foundation of illegal activity. | Another stipulation ensures that Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump received training on the duties of officers and directors of charities so that they cannot allow the illegal activity they oversaw at the Trump Foundation to take place again
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2019/ag-james-secures-court-order-against-donald-j-trump-trump-children-and-trump

This is a truly remarkable speech in which Bill Barr rewrites both long-ago history and very recent events to form a narrative that can justify the Trump Administration. It takes a lot of work, but his hackery is up to the task.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-william-p-barr-delivers-19th-annual-barbara-k-olson-memorial-lecture

Donations pouring into Stefanik's opponent following her impeachment hearing performance. NY21 is a competitive district that Trump won in 2016, but went for Obama in both 2008 and 2012.
https://twitter.com/TedraCobb/status/1195753664331337728
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/social1116#