Cabbage News Network Week #128

Monday 7/8

• UN tours migrant detention facility and is appalled, confirming horror stories, says they may violate international law (source).
  
• Administration is looking for sites for permanent migrant children detention facilities (source).
  
• DJT associate Jeffrey Epstein indicted for sex trafficking in Federal court, state charges shielded by agreement with Florida courts arranged by Alex Acosta, our current Secretary of Labor (source, more on DJT-Epstein relationship).
  
• Commentary on the results of Net Neutrality's repeal that are beginning to show up.

Tuesday 7/9

Some more horror stories from the border, this time in Arizona (source).

• Judge rules that DJT can't block critics on Twitter (source).
  
• Barr doesn't want Mueller explaining his report (source).
  
• Tentative peace agreement with Taliban in Afghanistan (source).
  
• Obamacare is back in court (source).
  
• HHS releases report critical of hospice care (source).
  
• U.S. approves arms deal to Taiwan (source).
  

Wednesday 7/10

• DJT has bankrupted DC's security fund (source).
  
• One emoluments case against DJT is dismissed, there is still another one pending (source).
  
• British ambassador to U.S. resigns over DJT criticism (source).
  
• State Dept. analyst resigns over White House censorship of his report describing climate change as a danger to national security (source).
  
• New court challenges to DJT's travel ban (source).
  
• DJT executive order to improve kidney disease treatment (source).
  
• Voting machine companies claim that who owns them is a trade secret (source).

Thursday 7/11

• House subpoenas everyone (source).
  
• DJT gives up on plan for lowering drug prices (source).
  
• DJT gives up on plan for citizenship question on the Census (source).
  
• Banks are abandoning the U.S. farm sector (source).

Friday 7/12

• Mass roundups of immigrants are expected this weekend (source).
  
• Alex Acosta resigns (source).
  
• House report confirms that administration took 18 infants from their mothers last summer with family separation policy (source).

Maps of the week

• Google map of border detention facilities and abuse reports.
  
• More detention maps and statistics, not as up to date as the above, but includes the whole U.S. and more background info.
  
• On a lighter note, Atlas Obscura has updated their map of interesting places.

Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • 4 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • 9 minor bills
    
  • 178 total pending bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • 2 minor bills
    
  • 60 total pending bills