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kmusserOver the weekend
Monday 6/8
Tuesday 6/9
Wednesday 6/10
Thursday 6/11
Friday 6/12
Map of the week
Legislative update
Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate - no action
Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
- Pentagon orders the National Guard deployed in DC to disarm (source).
- Park Police say, ok, maybe they used a little tear gas after all. (source).
- DJT opens 2 marine national monuments to commercial fishing (source).
Monday 6/8
- Judge says the DoJ has some explaining to do regarding the Mueller report (source).
- DJT vows to reduce number of troops in Germany (source).
- Barr denies there's institutional racism in law enforcement (source).
- DJT to go back on the campaign trail regardless of pandemic risks (source).
- Administration to remove migratory bird protections (source).
Tuesday 6/9
- Still no signs of any antifa related groups being involved in the current protests despite Barr's claims (source).
- DJT spinning conspiracy theories about senior citizen attacked by Buffalo police (source).
- HHS to release Covid-19 relief funds to Medicaid providers that were approved in March (source).
Wednesday 6/10
- Army proposes renaming bases that are named after Confederate generals, DJT says no (source).
- Number of U.S. Covid-19 cases passes 2 million (source).
- Fed planning on keeping interests rates near 0 through 2021 (source).
- Budget deficit hits $1.9 trillion, a new record (source).
- ACLU asks U.N. to look into U.S. human rights abuses in its treatment of protesters (source).
- Many folks, including the Administration, are acting like the Covid-19 pandemic is over. Someone forget to tell the virus (source).
Thursday 6/11
- DJT praises the Minneapolis PD for its brutality (source).
- DJT issues sanctions against the International Criminal Court for daring to investigate the U.S. (source).
- Mnuchin says Administration will not disclose the recipients of Covid-19 loans (source).
- DJT planning rally in Tulsa for 6/19, yes that's the site of one of the largest massacres of African-Americans on the anniversary of emancipation, also attendees will need to sign a waiver in case they get Covid-19 (source).
- U.S. has not followed through on threat to leave the World Health Organization (source).
- GOP Senate supports renaming bases (source).
- U.S. general apologizes for participating in DJT photo op (source).
- GOP convention moving to Jacksonville, sort of, business end of convention will stay in Charlotte, DJT acceptance speech/rally will be in Jacksonville (source).
- GOP votes to keep its 2016 platform for 2020, leaving in many items criticizing the government for things DJT has continued to do (source).
Friday 6/12
- DJT planning on
breakingre-interpreting arms control agreement in order to sell more drones abroad (source).
Map of the week
Legislative update
- Legislation signed into law
- 1 minor bill
- Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
- 1 minor bill
- 4 pending bills sitting on DJT's desk
- 1 minor bill
- 416 total pending bills sitting on McConnell's desk
- Bill dedicating permanent funding for the Land & Water Conservation Fund https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s1081
- 3 minor bills
- 139 total pending bills sitting on Pelosi's desk