Friday, December 6, 2019

Light News Dump

Trump creates evidence faster than the House can draft impeachment articles

Two top U.S. cybersecurity officials have announced they've leaving government. Amy Hess at FBI and Jeanette Manfra at DHS are both leaving, they have announced in recent weeks. They both have broad cybersecurity portfolios and deep experience in gov't.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-u-s-cybersecurity-officials-to-depart-as-election-season-enters-full-swing-11575658194

Duncan Hunter will resign after the holidays
https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/1203077866029760512

Buttigieg read one of the signs from demonstrators that said "Wall Street Pete." He said, "I remember when they said the same thing about Obama and then he set up the CFPB, put Elizabeth Warren in charge of it and delivered some of the toughest regulations on Wall Street ever."
https://twitter.com/jackturmanIII/status/1203100073888026625

The White House said they wanted open hearings, not closed, and then they didn’t want those either. Then they said they wanted to participate in the proceedings, and now they say they don’t. All they really want is to hide the President’s serious misconduct. It’s not working.
https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/1203084373643411457

First and second members of House to endorse Trump have/will plead guilty to federal crimes and have/will resign from office. Now about endorsers 3, 4, and 5 ...
https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1203080809810481152

Crooks Recognize Trump As One Of Their Own | All the President’s Crooks | Again and again, Trump’s core supporters have turned out to be criminals.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/all-the-presidents-crooks/602965/

Members of Congress get paid monthly, going back for the previous month worked. By not resigning until "after the holidays", Hunter will get paid 1 month's worth of his $174k salary in early January.

Shawnee County’s district attorney has asked the county’s sheriff’s office to investigate whether a Kansas congressman voted illegally in Topeka’s city election last month. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported Tuesday that Rep. Steve Watkins, R-Kansas, changed his voter registration in August to the address of a UPS store in Topeka. The address, located in the 8th City Council District, was the one he used in November’s election when the winner of the council race was decided by just 13 votes.
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article238033644.html
https://www.cjonline.com/news/20191203/us-rep-steve-watkins-tangled-in-voter-fraud-perjury-allegations-for-listing-ups-store-as-residence
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article234325722.html

DeVos And Republicans Scheming To Stop Next President From Canceling Student Debt
https://truthout.org/articles/devos-accused-of-scheming-to-stop-next-president-from-canceling-student-debt/

Suspect in shooting attack at Naval Air Station Pensacola identified as Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, a Saudi national | Pensacola shooter, identified by law enforcement sources as Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, was a Saudi national who apparently was there for pilot training.
https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1203017873733619712
https://twitter.com/KenDilanianNBC/status/1203021044925239298

Hey, @SecPompeo. Aren’t you still Secretary of State? Are you fine with what Rudy is doing in Kyiv?
https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1202941241601736704

YEP: Where would Nader 2000's education platform put him in the Dem primary? "Education starts with CHOICE and w/in public education we believe in broad choices. 'Magnet schools,' 'Site-based Management,” 'Schools w/in Schools,' ..are ways in which elementary education can be changed"
https://twitter.com/freedlander/status/1203023991549632515

Democratic Darling Nikki Haley says the Confederate flag was about "service, and sacrifice, and heritage" until Dylan Roof "hijacked" it. 
https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1203002830329712641

Haley also said in this conversation that "the national media wanted to make this" -- the murder of nine black people in a church by a white supremacist -- "about racism."

[I]ts foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery—subordination to the superior race—is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth.[2] | The Cornerstone Speech, also known as the Cornerstone Address, was an oration given by Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens at the Athenaeum in Savannah, Georgia, on March 21, 1861,[1] delivered extemporaneously a few weeks before the Civil War began with the Battle of Fort Sumter. Stephens' speech defended slavery, explained the fundamental differences between the constitutions of the Confederacy and that of the United States, enumerated contrasts between U.S. and Confederate ideologies, and laid out the Confederacy's causes for attempting to secede from the U.S.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_Speech

Republicans: Democrats founded the KKK! They're the REAL RACISTS!
Also Republicans: The Confederacy is our proud heritage! Leave our flags and monuments alone!

As a 23-year-old woman in India was heading to testify against a man who allegedly raped her, a group of men that she says included her rapist attacked her and set her on fire. It's yet another horrifying incident in a country grappling with high levels of sexual violence against women.
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/05/785271217/woman-heading-to-testify-at-rape-trial-set-on-fire-in-india

Woman set on fire in northern India while traveling to testify at her own rape trial dies of her injuries
https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1203029575913082881

N.C. GOP Rep. George Holding to retire in 2020 after district is redrawn
https://www.axios.com/george-holding-retire-congress-north-carolina-e8e1d9d7-b4e4-42c6-8e19-988b8690f478.html

- Opened fire immediately
- Used civilian vehicles with people in them for cover
- Killed the hostage, a UPS driver
- Killed a bystander
- Killed the two robbery suspects
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ups-truck-police-chase-miramar-hostage-frank-ordonez-was-on-his-first-day-as-driver-coworker-says/
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/06/us/florida-ups-shootout-frank-ordonez/index.html

I’d rather let the jewelry robbers get away than chase them into heavy traffic on Miramar Parkway and do a shootout using civilians as human shields resulting in the death of the hostage as well as an innocent bystander. No amount of jewelry is worth that. This is disgusting.

Nikki Haley says the Confederate flag was about "service (to the cause of treason against the United States), and sacrifice (maintain the institution of slavery), and heritage (of racism)" and Dylan Roof "confirmed" it.
https://twitter.com/frankelrichard1/status/1203004780232224768

Records Show Trump Used Phones Vulnerable to Foreign Spies ‘All The Time’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-used-phones-vulnerable-to-foreign-spies-all-the-time-records-show

Illegally Appointed William Barr reportedly liked to haze Mueller when they worked together and would 'mercilessly make fun of him' in meetings
https://www.businessinsider.com/william-barr-hazed-made-fun-of-mueller-2019-12

Russians eavesdropped on Giulani’s calls with Trump
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/russians-likely-eavesdropped-on-giulanis-calls-with-trump-report-2019-12-05

The White House asked Sen. Kevin Cramer to block a motion calling the mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire a "genocide" and the North Dakota Republican complied, Cramer told CNN on Thursday. Third time resolution was blocked.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/05/politics/gop-senator-white-house-armenian-genocide-resolution/index.html

YEP: Giuliani just confessed to the crime. He also revealed something bigger.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/06/giuliani-just-confessed-crime-he-also-revealed-something-bigger

The Blood Pipe Is Still Spewing Blood After Nearly Two Years: Newly-obtained footage shows the underwater fish farm pipe in British Columbia is still churning out virus-infected blood and guts.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59nnzx/salmon-blood-pipe-is-still-spewing-blood-after-nearly-two-years

Fox News host Tucker Carlson says transgender rights are a “boutique issue" for "rich people". Tucker Carlson and his guest said the civil rights struggle does not affect "any normal person" in the U.S. (

Worth re-upping that Sanders supporters don't look like regular Democrats. They're young and decidedly more apolitical. That means a bigger subset of them that can't distinguish ideologically between Sanders and Trump and are voting purely on style points (or not voting at all).
https://twitter.com/PatrickRuffini/status/1203003106180644869

More than 100 members of Congress have now visited at least one of the properties that Trump owns and profits from while in office, according to CREW. 115 individual members of Congress have made 256 visits to Trump properties since he was elected.

US official: Naval Station shooting suspect was Saudi aviation student; authorities investigating if terrorism-related
https://www.citizensforethics.org/members-of-congress-trump-properties/

Rep George Holding R-NC is not running for re-election in 2020. That makes 31 House members who won't be back. 22 R - 9 D
https://twitter.com/jamiedupree/status/1203003692129095681

The U.S. House voted to require states with a history of voter suppression to get federal approval for election-law changes, part of an effort by Democrats to restore the process that was struck down by the Supreme Court six years ago.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-06/house-passes-bill-to-curb-voter-suppression-ahead-of-2020

When I talked to Haley in 2015, she was fully aware that many people in SC associated the flag with hate long before Dylann Roof. She even told me that her son had raised the issue to her before. So I don't understand why she wouldn't even bother to mention that in this interview
https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/1203024475496886272

An Exxon-Owned Firm Figured Out How to Curb CO2 in 1991 | An oil company figured out that only a high carbon price—even for today—could slow emissions.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-04/an-exxon-owned-firm-figured-out-how-to-curb-co2-in-1991

More than 140,000 die from measles as cases surge worldwid
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/more-140000-die-measles-cases-surge-worldwide

Chinese fishing vessels suspected of increasingly common laser attacks on Australian military
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-06/chinese-fishing-vessels-laser-attacks-australian-military/11771808

Astronomers find the biggest black hole ever measured. With a mass of 40 billion suns, the goliath black hole packs the mass of roughly two-thirds of all the stars in the Milky Way into a region about the size of the solar system.
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/12/this-huge-galaxy-has-the-biggest-black-hole-ever-measured

New research has found the sensitive West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsed during a warming period just over a million years ago when atmospheric CO2 levels were lower than today | "Our work shows that very mild ocean warming, like what is happening right now, was the precursor of past ice retreat."
https://phys.org/news/2019-12-reveals-rapid-antarctic-ice-loss.html

New Zealand's glaciers are turning red - and it's because of Australia's bushfires | While it's too early to say exactly how the particles will affect the glaciers, scientists have found that forest fires in the Amazon have caused glaciers in the Andes mountains to melt faster
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/05/australia/australia-bushfires-new-zealand-glaciers-scn-scli-intl/index.html

In his letter, @RepDougCollins says that Schiff didn't allow the GOP or POTUS to call any other witnesses in the inquiry, though that's not true - 3 who testified publicly (Volker, Morrison and Hale) were all on the GOP witness request list.
https://twitter.com/RebeccaRKaplan/status/1203076692899704832

McKinsey has silenced Pete Buttigieg from talking about three years of his life. But he’s not alone. The proliferation of NDAs in the private sector has privatized information about presidential candidates that probably belongs in the public sphere.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-12-06/pete-buttigieg-has-a-nondisclosure-agreement

Trump this morning tweeted that you should never trust an anonymous source. If there isn't a name, he says, it's not real. GOP sends out email this afternoon touting a CNN story that has anonymous moderate Democrats questioning impeachment. "Nancy, call your office," email reads.
https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1203073867046150145

WH isn't participating in impeachment proceedings, but @RepDougCollins is requesting Nadler bring in EIGHT witnesses, including Schiff, the whistleblower, Hunter Biden, and the IC employee who Vindman talked to after the July 25 call
https://twitter.com/jeremyherb/status/1203073071197888512

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NFC East teams are 3-19 this season against teams with a winning record. The Eagles have all three victories (GB, BUF, CHI). And before Philadelphia fans pound their chest, the Eagles have also lost to three 3-win teams this year.”
https://twitter.com/fbgchase/status/1202809525818077185

Trubisky jukes the Cowboys and scores the touchdown
https://streamable.com/y049j

Every single Cowboys game is the exact same. Look good for a drive or two in the beginning, get boat raced for the next two and a half quarters, and then suddenly put up tons of yards in the 4th so that Skip Bayless can convince himself that they were *this close* to winning.
https://twitter.com/brettkollmann/status/1202804249605758976

It's gonna be wild when the Cowboys pay Dak Prescott $36M a year and keep going 8-8 every year
https://twitter.com/JasonLaCanfora/status/1202789110957641728

Jaylon Smith sees Wims is injured after a pass breakup; chooses to celebrate with a throat slash anyways.
https://streamable.com/l0ndw

To clear the air, I was unaware my opponent was down with an injury following a play in tonight’s game! I understand how it feels to be down with an injury and would never wish that upon anyone. I celebrated after making a big play. Sending a speedy recovery his way. 🙏🏾 (twitter.com)
https://twitter.com/thejaylonsmith/status/1202835747629391872

The NFC East will be the only division in the #NFL with 4 teams all below .500 heading into Week 15
https://twitter.com/247kevinboilard/status/1202806338449027072?s=21

Sad But True: It’s possible that the horrendous NFC East could end in a four-way tie
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/12/nfc-east-four-way-tie-scenario-cowboys-eagles-redskins-giants

Tonight Mitchell Trubisky of the became the first QB in NFL history to ... Complete 70.0+ pct of his passes on 30+ attempts, Throw 3+ TD passes, Rush for 50+ yards, Rush for a TD... all in the same game.
https://twitter.com/StatsBySTATS/status/1202813569647161344?s=20

Bears wins means the Redskins are alive. IF they can win at Lambeau Sunday, the Redskins cannot be eliminated Week 14.
https://twitter.com/AndrewSiciliano/status/1202809704113680384

Trubisky throws his third touchdown of the game, this time to Miller, to give the Bears 24 unanswered points
https://streamable.com/974g6

A professional team just quit while leading their division. Unprecedented.
https://twitter.com/willcain/status/1202786823522656256?s=21

“do you understand bullshit” -Jerry Jones on @1053thefan. Wow. Jerry angrily hangs up phone during his interview
https://twitter.com/slaternfl/status/1202992616574468102?s=21

Bears head coach Matt Nagy is happy
https://streamable.com/remjx

Dak runs for his life but can’t get away and gets sacked by Mack
https://twitter.com/nfl/status/1202790430108078084

On the first drive, the Cowboys went 4-for-4 on 3rd down. Since then, they’ve gone 0-for-10
https://twitter.com/nflonfox/status/1202800004303163392?s=21

Anti-vaxxer arrested amid measles crisis (63 killed 4,300 infected) | Samoa has arrested an anti-vaccination campaigner as the country continues to battle a deadly measles outbreak.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50682881

Knicks fired coach David Fizdale, league source tells ESPN
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1203051478140764166

AB Apologizes
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5veOHNhHd4/

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