Cabbage News Network Week #94

[kmusser]

Monday 11/12

• List of likely investigation targets once the Dem-controlled House takes office in January.
  
• ICE holding record number of detainees (source).
  
• Dept. of Interior police supplementing U.S. Border Patrol in detaining immigrants (source).
  
• Justice Dept. deploying additional personnel to watch for the non-existent voter fraud (source).
  
• (Analysis on how Congress has become dysfunctional).

Tuesday 11/13

• Hate crimes increased for third year in a row (source).
  
• U.S. putting up barbed wire at Tijuana border crossing (source).
  
• Maryland to challenge DJT's appointment of Whitaker as acting AG as illegal (source).
  
• CNN is suing the White House over Acosta's banning (source).
  
• U.S. budget deficit breaks $100 billion (source).

Wednesday 11/14

• DJT again making claims of voter fraud out of nothing (source).

Thursday 11/15

• Migrant caravan arrives at border, requests asylum interviews (source).
  
• Troop levels at the border have peaked, now that the election is over they can start going home (source).
  
• White House issues sanctions against the Saudi's that the Saudi government says are responsible for Khashoggi's death (source).
  
• White House proposes turning over Turkish dissident to Turkey to get Turkey to ease up on the Saudi's for their murder of journalist Khashoggi (source).
  
• Whitaker defends former company from fraud allegations (source).

Friday 11/16

• Judge orders White House to restore Acosta's access (source).
  
• Julian Assange indicted, maybe (source).
  
• Pentagon fails audit (source).
  
• DeVos proposes new school guidelines protecting students accused of sexual harassment (source).

Map of the week

Fun collection of homemade Dungeons & Dragons maps.

Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • Water infrastructure bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s3021 (I reported this as signed earlier, but it has not been)
    
  • 20 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • 11 new minor bills
    
  • 744 total pending bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • 9 new minor bills
    
  • 142 total pending bills