Cabbage News Network Week #126

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Monday 6/24

• Report on how horrid conditions are at a migrant children detention camp and another horrifying account and and another one about a different facility.
  
• Administration responds to reports of detention camp conditions by moving kids around (source) while the Justice Dept. argues that the kids don't need basic hygiene (source).
  
• HHS says it's almost out of money for its detention camps (source).
  
• DJT issues executive order requiring hospitals to disclose prices (source).
  
• New U.S. sanctions against Iranian leaders (source).
  
• Israel and Palestine both rejecting Kushner's peace plan (source).

Tuesday 6/25

• E. Jean Carroll accuses DJT of sexual assault, contrary to the article, that makes her DJT's 22nd victim to come forward for those counting (source, full list).
  
• Custom and Border Patrol commissioner resigns (source).
  
• Stephanie Grisham is new WH press secretary (source).
  

Wednesday 6/26

• Judge in emoluments case approves collection of DJT's financial records for the case (source).

Thursday 6/27

• Supreme Court blocks Census citizenship question (source) - they did leave the door open for the future though as they didn't rule it unconstitutional, just that the administration failed to justify it.
  
• Supreme Court okays gerrymandering (source, consequences - the TL;DR of that is that control of state legislatures will be crucial in 2020).
  
• Mark Morgan new head of Customs and Border Patrol, promises the best concentration camps (source).
  
• Union of Federal workers processing asylum claims protests DJT's border policy (source).

Friday 6/28

• Journalists allowed to tour cleaned up detention facility (source).
  
• House passes Senate version of border spending bill without additional protections for migrants (source).
  
• Senate passes defense spending bill (source).
  
• House passes election security bill (source).
  
• DJT meets with Putin in Japan, asks him to pinky-swear not to meddle in the election (source).
  

Maps of the week

• Fun with gerrymandering.
  
• 
  Wine and food map of France from 1932.

For those not on FB, my totally subjective spreadsheet of 2020 candidates.

Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • 3 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • Border appropriations bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr3401
    
  • 3 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • Appropriations bills: , https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr3055, https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr3351
    
  • 2 minor bill
    
  • 169 total pending bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • 1 minor bill
    
  • 49 total pending bills
  
  
• Action also expected today on the National Defense Authorization Act https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s1790