Cabbage News Network Week #57

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Status of Puerto Rico infrastructure - it's been 156 days and the island is still 20% without power.

Friday 2/16

• Just in case you missed it last week, Mueller indicts 13 Russians for election interference (source, full text).
  
• Mueller also charged one California man with identity theft, hooking the Russians up with bank accounts (source, full text).

Monday 2/19

• State election officials unable to get information from Feds on how to secure elections systems from Russian interference source).
  
• How Russia took advantage of the Florida shooting to sow discord (source).
  
• Russian operatives trying to manipulate activists (source).
  
• Social media tools the Russian's used to influence the 2016, from last weeks indictment (source and expect to see these methods again for this years election).
  
• Mueller's team accuses lawyer of lying about his dealings with Rick Gates (source).
  
• Interior auctions off 77 million acres of off-shore waters (source).
  
• Dems again call for removing restrictions on the CDC researching gun violance (source).

Tuesday 2/20

• End of Net Neutrality to be made official this week (source).
  
• DJT to consider some gun control measures (banning bump stocks, improving background checks, age limits).
  
• Lawyer pleads guilty to lying to Federal investigators about Russia investigation (source).
  
• GOP asks DJT to reconsider the TPP trade agreement (source).

Wednesday 2/21

• HHS to weaken Obamacare enforcement and allow health care plans that are cheaper, cover less, than Obamacare plans (source).
  

Thursday 2/22

• Mueller issues additional charges against Manafort and Gates of bank fraud and money laundering (source).
  
• Immigrants suing DJT (case 1, case 2).
  
• States sue the FCC over Net Neutrality (source).
  
• DJT wants to arm teachers, defends the NRA (source).
  
• U.S. troops staying in Syria (source).
  
• DoD to support transgender troops (source).

Friday 2/23

• Election official focused on cybersecurity to be replaced (source).
  
• Rick Gates to plead guilty (source).
  
• DJT announces more sanctions against North Korea (source).

In news elsewhere

• Turkey has invaded Syria and nobody cares (source).

Map of the week

Legislative action this week

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • DHS authorization bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr4708
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • Bill making the St. Louis Gateway Arch a National Park https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s1438
    
  • 5 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate - no new major bills
  
  • Bill gutting the ADA https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr620
  • Sanctions against Hamas https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr3542
    
  • 430 pending bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House - no new major bills
  
  • 90 pending bills