Cabbage News Network Week #125

[kmusser]

Monday 6/17

• DJT cuts aid to Central American countries, because if they're even poorer people won't want to leave (source, some background on how U.S. aid helps Central America).
  
• House investigating Kushner's Hatch Act violations (source).
  
• DJT calls reporting on DoD activities with DoD permission as "treason" (source).
  
• Supreme Court update and lots more expected this week.
  
• WTO members protest that administration's farm bailout program violates WTO agreements (source).
  
• EPA approves bee-killing pesticide (source).

Tuesday 6/18

• Shanahan out as Defense Secretary (source).
  

Wednesday 6/19

• EPA kills Obama's Clean Power Plan (source).
  

Thursday 6/20

• Border Patrol is offended that their concentration camps are being called concentration camps (source).
  
• Hope Hicks interviewed by House, says DJT serious about getting foreign help in election (source).
  
• Senate votes to block Saudi arms deal (source).
  
• EPA staff says Wheeler lied to Congress (source).
  
• Abortion gag rule goes into effect (source).
  
• McConnell launches anti-Medicare-for-all campaign (source).
  
• DJT's visits to his own resorts have brought them $1.6 million in revenue (source).

Friday 6/21

• House subpoena Felix Sater after no-show (source).
  
• DJT threatens journalist with prison time during interview (source).
  

Map of the week

Massive protests in Hong Kong

What a 2 million person protest looks like.

Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • 4 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • HHS appropriations bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr2740
    
  • 1 minor bill
    
  • 167 total pending bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • Series of 22 bills limiting the president's ability to make arms deals
    
  • 47 total pending bills

Comments

[selki]

Hong Kong video of one brave legislator: https://twitter.com/wilfredchan/status/1141127521683083264
Somewhat relatedly, from https://twitter.com/cnmediaproject/status/1141233647644762112 : power shift and less collective leadership in China per http://chinamediaproject.org/2019/06/19/the-power-to-instruct/ analysis

No words for some of the other articles, other than than you for posting them.