Cabbage News Network Week #159

[kmusser]

Saturday 2/8

• DJT fires officials that testified against him (source) (note that this is illegal, law being violated).
  
• Native American burial grounds in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument being destroyed to make way for DJT's wall (source).

Monday 2/10

• DJT unveils another budget proposal that Congress will ignore (source).
  
• DJT's claim of no injuries during Iran's missile strikes is false, there were no deaths, but number of soldiers with traumatic brain injuries is now over 100 (source).

Tuesday 2/11

• GOP is still blocking attempts to improve election security (source).
  
• DoJ to reduce Roger Stone's prison sentence after DJT complained about it (source).
  
• DJT fires DoD official for following the law (source).
  
• Philippines ends alliance with U.S. (source).

Wednesday 2/12

• Prosecutors in Stone case quit in protest of DoJ caving to DJT demands (source).
  
• In-depth look at administration's attempt to roll-back auto emissions using faked data as justification, long, but definitely a recommended read (source).

Thursday 2/13

• Hope Hicks re-joins White House team (source).
  
• John Kelly unloads on DJT (source).
  
• Radio Sputnik broadcasting on U.S. radio stations (source).
  
• White House has been purging national security staff for awhile (source).

Friday 2/14

• Attorney General Barr complains about DJT tweets, DJT tells him to piss off (source).
  
• DJT diverts additional Pentagon funding to border wall (source).

Map of the week

• In depth border wall status report

Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • 2 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • 7 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • Removal of deadline on the Equal Rights Amendment https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hjres79
    
  • Removal of USPS requirement to pre-fund all employees pensions https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr2382
    
  • Bill protecting workers rights to unionize https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr2474
    
  • Puerto Rico disaster relief https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr5687
    
  • 9 minor bills
    
  • 399 total pending bills sitting on McConnell's desk
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • 2 minor bills
    
  • 114 total pending bills sitting on Pelosi's desk

Comments

[dewline]

The Trumpwall still seems to my eyes as doomed as the Maginot Wall turned out to be. But the financial chaos it's causing may be a doom of its own, and therefore is perhaps DT-45's true goal.

[kmusser]

The entire point of the wall is to funnel tax dollars to construction contractors, it is doing just fine at doing that.