Cabbage News Network Week #30

[kmusser]

Not news, but relevant: 2015 FBI report about links between white supremacists and local law enforcement.

Saturday 8/12

• DJT fails to condemn violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, many GOP leaders unequivocal in condemning rally and some call out DJT for failing to do so (source).

Monday 8/14

• Sessions labels white supremacist rally in Charlottesville as domestic terrorism and promises DOJ investigation (source).
  
• Merck CEO resigns from DJT advisory council over DJT's refusal to condemn white supremacists, DJT promptly mocks him on twitter. (source).
  
• DJT reluctantly condemns white supremacists (source, on his reluctance).
  
• Mueller investigation including Trump SoHo project - possible money laundering scheme and related cover-up (source).
  
• Update on DJT judicial appointments (source).
  
• DoJ wants IP addresses of everyone that ever visited DJT protest site (source).
  
• California suing DoJ over sanctuary city funding (source).

Tuesday 8/15

• Three more CEO's leave DJT's advisory council (source).
  
• DJT clarifies that in condemning Nazis he didn't mean to condemn the good Nazis, oh and protesting Nazis is bad too. (source).
  
• DJT to roll-back FEMA regulation about not funding infrastructure projects that will be underwater in a few years. (source).
  
• CBO report on how stopping health care subsidy payments would raise premiums (full report).

Wednesday 8/16

• U.K., German, and Israeli leaders condemn DJT (source).
  
• DJT ends immigration program for minors from Central America (source).
  
• NAFTA negotiations begin (source).

Thursday 8/17

• DJT defends Confederate statues (source).
  
• DJT disbands two advisory councils (source).
  
• Bannon gives bizarre interview (source).
  
• Military leaders issue statements denouncing racism (source).
  
• GOP rank and file remain silent on DJT's response to Charlottesville (source).
  
• DJT's infrastructure advisory council disbands (source).
  
• White House won't release visitor logs (source).
  
• Murdoch condemns DJT (source).

Friday 8/18

• Presidential arts commission resigns (source).

Elsewhere in the world

• ISIL terrorist attack in Spain (source).

Legislative action this week - Congress in recess


Maps of the week

From the SPLC report on Confederate monuments:

An interactive map on where the Confederate monuments are.