Monday, February 10, 2020

Light News

There are 50 primaries (plus a handful of elections in areas that do not vote in the general election but nevertheless have represenations, like Puerto Rico and Guam and D.C. and the Virgin Islands and Marianas). Nobody has won. Nobody is the leader. The people we thought would be frontrunners crashed and burned at the Iowa caucus. Tuesday 3 March 2020, aka Super Tuesday, is the day we should all be looking at. That is the day when we should see clear frontrunners and/or a winner. Note that California and Texas are part of this cycle's Super Tuesday. Which could seriously give Democrats a winner in early March. It's unknowable. There are 49 state primaries to go. February's primaries are not the end and do not yield winners.
https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/events.phtml?s=c&f=m

Yep: "Trump's reelection is really gonna depend on the economy... There is incredible anxiety in the Democratic party... about Trump's political resilience. He was impeached... and then last week he had his highest approval rating" - @PhilipRucker w/ @NicolleDWallace
https://twitter.com/DeadlineWH/status/1226994410023456771

The Trump admin drafted a slew of plans to consider not only circumventing state laws limiting the DHS access to driver records, but to retaliate against states that refuse to provide the information they seek, according to govt docs I obtained.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/dhs-memo-drivers-records-sanctuary

Brad Pitt says his 45-second Oscar speech is 45 seconds more than John Bolton got at Trump Impeachment trial
https://www.newsweek.com/brad-pitt-says-his-45-second-oscar-speech-45-seconds-more-john-bolton-got-trump-impeachment-1486462

Don't send letters. Send subpoenas and enforce them, Democratic cowards: House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler sends AG Bill Barr a letter asking him to respond by Feb. 25 to a series of questions about Giuliani’s arrangement providing the Justice Department with info on Ukraine. Nadler sent a letter to Barr “to demand answers after Senator Lindsey Graham and Attorney General Barr admit that Rudy Giuliani is sending information concerning Ukraine to the Department of Justice through a special intake process”
https://judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/2020-02-10_ltr_to_barr_re_giuliani.pdf

Truly curious Dems never mention this math: 👉On @JamesCarville point on Trump Medicare/Social Security cuts: $2 trillion in proposed GOP budget cuts is same as tax cut benefit for top 1% through 2025.
https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1226859353342238725

On Social Security & Medicare, reminder: Estimated $2 trillion cost of Bush and Trump-era tax cuts (for the top 1%) through 2025 is same amount House GOP recently proposed cutting from Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and Obamacare. (not enacted, just a budget proposal.)
https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1224896976887656449

"It is a dollar-for-dollar transfer of benefits to those who need help the least paid for by those who need help the most," said Phil Schiliro, a Democrat who’s served in several government positions including as President Barack Obama’s legislative director.
https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1224897489951698944

The average beneficiary from social safety net programs would stand to lose $1,500 a year under proposed cuts. Joint Economic Committee study: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-find-new-ways-talk-about-entitlement-cuts-campaign-s-n923106

Buttigieg Praises Sanders for Bipartisan Success In Congress In Resurfaced 2017 Interview: 'Conviction Politics Can Actually Make You More Convincing'
https://www.newsweek.com/buttigieg-praises-sanders-bipartisan-success-congress-resurfaced-2017-interview-conviction-1486528

Apple fined $41 million for secretly slowing old iPhones
https://www.theage.com.au/technology/apple-fined-41-million-for-secretly-slowing-old-iphones-20200210-p53z9n.html

Another Putin critic found dead with throat slit, dozens of stab wounds in French hotel
https://nypost.com/2020/02/10/putin-critic-found-dead-with-throat-slit-dozens-of-stab-wounds-in-french-hotel/

China says death toll tops 900 as confirmed cases cross 40,000
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/10/coronavirus-latest-updates-china-hubei.html

Four Chinese military hackers have been charged with breaking into the computer networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and stealing the personal information of tens of millions of Americans
https://apnews.com/05aa58325be0a85d44c637bd891e668f

Western Australia to ban puppy farms and sale of puppies from pet shops
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/10/western-australia-to-ban-puppy-farms-and-the-purchase-of-puppies-from-pet-shops

More than 100 U.S. troops diagnosed with brain injuries from Iran attack - officials
https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-more-100-u-troops-165813282.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/10/politics/traumatic-brain-injuries-iran-strike/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/10/world/middleeast/iraq-iran-brain-injuries.html

"You wouldn't think you'd go to jail over medical bills": County in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coffeyville-kansas-medical-debt-county-in-rural-kansas-is-jailing-people-over-unpaid-medical-debt/

After a bunch of q’s about polls Warren replied: “It’s a very fluid moment in the primary... Who was supposed to still be in this race today and who wasn’t? I think I wasn’t?” Warren asked. “I think the prediction business right now is not something I’d be heavily investing in”
https://twitter.com/AlxThomp/status/1226995317008216069

Warren: “And a lot of people who were supposed to have locked it up by this point are not here. So I think the prediction business right now is not something I'd be investing heavily in.” (2/2)
https://twitter.com/joshjame/status/1226986616620814336

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Pittsburgh is now illegally in charge of looking at all the evidence Giuliani illegally finds in Ukraine.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/barr-acknowledges-justice-dept-has-created-intake-process-to-vet-giulianis-information-on-bidens/2020/02/10/0fba553a-4c1e-11ea-bf44-f5043eb3918a_story.html

Judge Donna Heller, who oversaw the Dulos divorce case, was just reappoitned by the Judicary Committee. She was asked zero questions about how it came to be that both parties in a divorce she oversaw are dead or why there were 545 pleadings in the case.
https://twitter.com/davealtimari/status/1226921296551956480

How an unlikely coalition of environmentalists, Border Patrol agents and Democratic members of Congress persuaded the Trump administration to approve $ to clean up sewage in the Tijuana River.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-02-10/unlikely-allies-push-the-trump-administration-to-back-cleaning-pollution-from-the-tijuana-river

New Hampshire's ballot is pathetic, 34+ candidates on that ballot
https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/NH-D#0211

Warren on her choice to replace Mike Pence: 'I already have a dog'
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/482364-warren-on-her-choice-to-replace-mike-pence-i-already-have-a-dog

WHO official states that 80% of known coronavirus cases have presented as mild cold symptoms, with only 3-5% requiring intensive care.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/10/coronavirus-latest-updates.html

Republicans propose to end student loan forgiveness program
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/10/trump-proposes-end-to-student-loan-forgiveness-program.html

Trump floats death penalty for drug dealers — a big twist from his criminal justice push
https://theweek.com/speedreads/895056/trump-floats-death-penalty-drug-dealers--big-twist-from-criminal-justice-push

QAnon Believers Are Now Running for Congress
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/qanon-believers-running-for-congress-950230/

Judge delays former Trump aide Michael Flynn’s sentencing yet again
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/10/judge-delays-michael-flynns-sentence-again.html

BROKEN PROMISE: "I'm not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican, and I'm not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid." REALITY: Trump's budget proposal slashes Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act by OVER $1 TRILLION—on top of cuts to Medicare and Social Security.
https://twitter.com/CAPAction/status/1227014442711470081

DOJ: "Roger Stone obstructed Congress’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, lied under oath, and tampered with a witness. And when his crimes were revealed by the indictment in this case, he displayed contempt for this Court and the rule of law."
https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1227015327629926400

DOJ gave $500K grant to 'Hookers for Jesus' instead of established anti-trafficking groups
https://www.newsweek.com/doj-gave-500k-grant-hookers-jesus-instead-established-anti-trafficking-groups-report-1486596

Federal prosecutors ask judge to sentence Trump confidant Roger Stone to serve between 7 and 9 years in prison
https://www.9and10news.com/i/federal-prosecutors-ask-judge-to-sentence-trump-confidant-roger-stone-to-serve-between-7-and-9-years-in-prison/

Republicans Propose 25 Percent Drop in Fund Designed to Deter Russia
https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2020-02-10/trump-seeks-steep-cut-to-fund-designed-to-deter-russia-from-threats-to-europe

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