News Dump

House to vote Wednesday on sending articles of impeachment to Senate
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/478129-house-to-vote-wednesday-on-sending-articles-of-impeachment-to-senate

House Intel is releasing some of the documents from Lev Parnas - including this scrawled note: "get Zalensky to Annonce that the Biden case will Be Investigated
https://twitter.com/ElizLanders/status/1217211796580458497
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EORnrHCXsAE33ub.jpg

Reminder: Russians Hacked Ukrainian Gas Company at Center of Impeachment | Experts say the timing and scale of the attacks suggest that the Russians could be searching for potentially embarrassing material on the Bidens — the same kind of information that Mr. Trump wanted from Ukraine when he pressed for an investigation of the Bidens and Burisma, setting off a chain of events that led to his impeachment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/us/politics/russian-hackers-burisma-ukraine.html

There are no nefarious mysteries about Hunter Biden's relationship with Burisma, just as there were no nefarious mysteries about Hillary's emails. But launder it through a fake "transparency" organization like WikiLeaks, and the media will eat it up, gleefully generating damaging headlines with the words "Ukraine" and "Biden" even though there is nothing of substance within.

Comey fell for a Russian fake document, including the one that started the Clinton probe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/how-a-dubious-russian-document-influenced-the-fbis-handling-of-the-clinton-probe/2017/05/24/f375c07c-3a95-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html

Sanders camp admits anti-Warren script was deployed in multiple early states | Sanders initially attributed the talking points to rogue staffers, and supporters launched an online campaign to convince people the document was fake.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/14/sanders-admits-anti-warren-script-early-states-098786

Court Blocks Efforts to Purge 200,000 Voters From Wisconsin’s Election Rolls
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/us/wisconsin-voter-purge.html

Republican  US will keep China tariffs through 2020 election
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/14/dow-futures-q4-19-bank-earnings.html

Defense contractor from California, Nawres Waleed Hamid, whose death sparked U.S.-Iran conflict is mourned
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-09/sacramento-contractor-whose-death-sparked-iran-us-conflict-mourned

Reminder: Oceans are warming at the same rate as if 5 Hiroshima bombs were dropped in every second | Study says that while the oceans warmed steadily between 1955 and 1986, warming has accelerated rapidly in the last few decades. Between 1987-2019, ocean warming was 450% greater than during the earlier period
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/world/climate-change-oceans-heat-intl/index.html

Rome bans all diesel cars in battle to curb pollution
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-pollution/rome-bans-all-diesel-cars-in-battle-to-curb-pollution-idUSKBN1ZD1MZ

Putin and Assad caught on video laughing as they mock Trump during Damascus meeting
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/watch-putin-and-assad-caught-on-video-laughing-as-they-mock-trump-during-damascus-meeting/

African Americans trust and support Joe Biden — and Bernie Sanders’ dirty tactics won’t change that
https://www.thestate.com/article239256523.html

Trump says he stands with Iranians amid anti-government protests. But he's banned them from US travel, threatened to bomb their cultural sites, and mocked the way they dress.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-says-stands-iran-protesters-but-banned-from-the-us-2020-1?

Trudeau: Iran plane victims would be alive had there been no regional tensions
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-trudeau/canadas-trudeau-iran-plane-victims-would-be-alive-had-there-been-no-regional-tensions-idUSKBN1ZC2H0

Almost all of Britain's top universities have committed to selling their shares in fossil fuel companies after pressure from eco-conscious students who have occupied buildings and carried out hunger strikes.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/university-fossil-fuels-divest-russell-group-climate-change-crisis-a9281566.html

Boris Johnson refuses to grant Scotland powers to hold independence vote
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/14/boris-johnson-refuses-to-grant-scotland-powers-to-hold-independence-vote

Same-sex marriage legalized in Northern Ireland
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-51086276

Brexit will soon have cost the UK more than all of its payments to the EU over the last 47 years put together - [£215B]
https://www.businessinsider.com/brexit-will-cost-uk-more-than-total-payments-to-eu-2020-1

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has filed an ethics complaint calling for an investigation into the House GOP campaign arm and its chairman, Rep. Tom Emmer, over the use of 'trackers' filming lawmakers in Capitol Hill office buildings.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1217068849213988867
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/478095-house-gop-campaign-arm-faces-ethics-complaint-over-trackers-in-capitol

Dems demand explanations after Trump administration again refuses to release Puerto Rico aid
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-democrats-trump-puerto-rico-aid-letter-20200114-btwgkeg6ynggnahniowdnnx224-story.html

Welcome to Kissimmee, Mike Pence: Democrats unveil billboard of Trump throwing paper towels at Puerto Ricans
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-trump-billboard-kissimmee-20200113-kxgbg6wqgbd4vf3ks7q7tafs7a-story.html

Lev Parnas Shown in Photo With Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lev-parnas-indicted-giuliani-associate-shown-in-photo-with-ivanka-trump-and-jared-kushner

Trump Criticized Over Reported Plan to Divert Another $7.2 Billion From Military Funds for a Border Wall That Can Be 'Defeated by a $100 Saw'
https://www.newsweek.com/border-wall-trump-administration-pull-military-funds-1482027
People at every level of the sport bear responsibility for baseball’s current sign-stealing mess
https://theathletic.com/1532175/2020/01/13/rosenthal-people-at-every-level-of-the-sport-bear-responsibility-for-baseballs-current-sign-stealing-mess/

Alex Cora has been fired, announcement tomorrow

Human rights group: Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019 — On April 23, Saudi Arabia executed 37 people, including 3 people who were children at time of alleged offenses. "A country that tortures and executes children should be a pariah state not preparing to host the next meeting of the G20.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/01/13/Human-rights-group-Saudi-Arabia-executed-184-people-in-2019/4661578955381/?ts_=9

Non-smokers at U.K. company rewarded 4 extra vacation days a year
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/non-smokers-at-u-k-company-rewarded-4-extra-vacation-days-a-year-1.4764562

These Emails Show a Trump Official Helping Her Former Chemical Industry Colleagues - A lobbyist turned senior Agriculture Department official repeatedly shared information with her former industry on policy and enforcement. “It’s highly inappropriate conduct,” said one ethics expert.
https://www.propublica.org/article/these-emails-show-a-trump-official-helping-her-former-chemical-industry-colleagues

Regardless of who you support, stick to building up your preferred candidate and do not attack other democrats. Call out those who waste time, energy, and headlines attacking each other. Biden supporters, Bernie supporters, Yang supporters, all of us. We will only win if we are strategic. Don't do Trumps work for him! I think most reasonable people will try to adhere to this strategy, but I do worry about people who attack our own. You want Bernie? Great! You want Biden? Great! You want Yang? Great! What will your role be, what will your actions be? Will you pledge against piling on baggage? Will you support whoever eventually wins the nom and matches up against Trump, which could be anybody? Don't make this election a referendum against Democrats, the DNC, etc. This is a referendum against Trump and our chance to preserve Democracy. This is our moment in history to prevent the collapse of the Republic. We must be wise.

AG Barr Makes It Harder for Federal Authorities to Investigate Presidential Campaigns
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/ag-barr-makes-it-harder-for-federal-authorities-to-investigate-presidential-campaigns/

Stephen Miller Shared Idea Of Shipping Undocumented Immigrants Out of The U.S. on Trains as Scare Tactic, Leaked Breitbart Emails Reveal
https://www.newsweek.com/stephen-miller-warned-undocumented-immigrants-will-replace-existing-demographics-leaked-1482174

Why Didn’t Trump Tell Congress There Was Evidence Russia Hacked Burisma?
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/bursima-hack/

We've been investigating the revolving door between industry and the Trump administration since 2017. We obtained USDA senior official Rebeckah Adcock's communications — which show that she helped her former industry colleagues on a number of occasions:
https://www.americanoversight.org/document/usda-emails-from-senior-advisor-rebeckah-adcock-from-april-to-november-2017%e2%80%a8

Schiff transmits new evidence to Nadler that will be included as part of the official record handed to the Senate for the impeachment trial.
https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20200114_-_hpsci_transmittal_letter_to_hjc_-_new_evidence.pdf

I got stuck on “honorable Collins and Nunes”.........

Kaine says he has 51 votes for Iran war powers resolution
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/478221-kaine-says-he-has-51-votes-for-iran-war-powers-resolution

Trump in Palm Beach: Local security bill for 27 visits to Mar-a-Lago at $13.7M
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20200114/trump-in-palm-beach-local-security-bill-for-27-visits-to-mar-a-lago-at-137m

These documents—and those recently released pursuant to Freedom of Information Act—demonstrate that there is more evidence relevant to the President’s scheme, but they have been concealed by the President himself. 
https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=903

They talking about having Yovanovitch killed: In March 2019, Mr. Parnas communicated by text message with Robert F. Hyde about former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. In response to some articles, tweets, and videos accusing the Ambassador of being disloyal to President Trump, Mr. Hyde wrote “Wow. Can’t believe Trumo [sic] hasn’t fired this bitch. I’ll get right in that.” Mr. Hyde then sent a series of text messages suggesting that he had Ambassador Yovanovitch under physical surveillance in Kyiv and that “They are willing to help if we/you would like a price.”
https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20200114_-_hpsci_transmittal_letter_to_hjc_-_new_evidence.pdf
https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20200114_-_hpsci_transmittal_letter_to_hjc_-_new_evidence_attachment.pdf
https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20200114_-_parnas_excerpts_translated_slide_deck.pdf

Newly released Lev Parnas texts show Robert F. Hyde, GOP congressional candidate in Connecticut, claiming to be surveilling Marie Yovanovitch, then US ambassador to Ukraine
https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20200114_-_hpsci_transmittal_letter_to_hjc_-_new_evidence_attachment.pdf
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Um holy sh*t. This certainly makes it sound like Parnas and co. were actively tracking Yovanovitch's movements. This could explain why Yovanovitch was moved out of Ukraine so quickly.
https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1217215352754577409
https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20200114_-_hpsci_transmittal_letter_to_hjc_-_new_evidence_attachment.pdf

Queensland town runs out of water after Chinese company given green light to extract water from area
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7884855/Queensland-town-runs-water-Chinese-company-given-green-light-extract-water-area.html

YEP: Cory’s passion, empathy and intelligence are unmatched. He sees the best days ahead of us and the best in all of us. Sorry to see him leave the race, but happy to know that he’ll continue to be a leader for this country.
https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1216782444344627201