Cabbage News Network Week #20

Friday 6/2

• DJT tells Federal agencies to ignore requests from DEM lawmakers (source).
  
• Pruitt: one man's campaign to destroy the Earth (source).

Saturday 6/3

• DJT infrastructure plan: have someone else pay for it (source).
  
• Analysis piece on the GOP embrace of climate change denialism.

Sunday 6/4

• U.S. considering sanctions against Venezuela (source).

Monday 6/5

• Russia attempted to hack U.S. voting machines - note while the media throws around the term "hack" loosely, the allegations of Russian interference in the U.S. election have mostly been about them trying to throw the election via media interference, not tampering with the voting process directly, this NSA document alleges that yes, they were also going for hacking the actual voting machines. (source).
  
• Contractor that leaked the above report is arrested (source).
  
• Not a news item, but amusing, Wonkette on the above two items.
  
• Senator Warner says more states were targeted than that NSA document says, is pushing to declassify details (source).
  
• U.S. planning on leaving the U.N. Human Rights Council (source).
  
• Honeymoon between DJT and Sessions is over (source).
  
• U.S. acting ambassador to China resigns over Paris agreement (source).

Tuesday 6/6

• DJT takes credit for selling Qatar down the river (source, more background on what's going on with Qatar, timeline for Qatar events).
  
• U.S. calls for free elections in Venezuela (source).

Wednesday 6/7

• Cristopher Wray picked as new FBI director (source).

Thursday 6/8

• Houses passes Dodd-Frank repeal (source).
  
• Dodd-Frank repeal not likely to pass Senate (source).
  
• Health care bill still in limbo and likely to stay there for awhile (source).
  
• Comey testifies to Senate investigation, accuses DJT of obstruction (source).

Elsewhere in the world:

• Venezuela is in deep shit.
  
• In the U.K., Theresa May's election did not go as planned, staying on regardless.

Legislative action this week

• Legislation signed into law
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • Law expanding whistleblower protections https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr657
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • Repeal of Dodd-Frank Act https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr10
    
  • Law authorizing support for war crimes investigations in Iraq and Syria https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr390
    
  • Renewal of law requiring background checks for Customs and Border Protection officials https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr2213
    
  • American Health Care Act ( the "Obamacare repeal") https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr1628
    
  • 172 other bills
  
  
  Maps of the week
  
  • The Larsen ice shelf in Antarctica is about to lose a big chunk
    
    
  • In case you missed it my maps explaining Qatari airspace are at http://imgur.com/en61n0G - Qatar's new flight routes.