Cabbage News Network Week #181

[kmusser]

Monday 7/20

• DHS defends having unmarked secret police snatch people off the streets, plans to expand operation to more cities (source).
  
• More of DJT's threat to attack more cities.
  
• Chicago appears to be next (source).
  
• State and local officials are not down with this plan (source).
  
• Covid-19 unemployment benefits to expire at the end of the week unless Congress gets its act together (source).
  
• States sue EPA over rollback of power plant emissions regulations (source).

Tuesday 7/21

• DJT wants the census to not count immigrants, following through on that would be blatantly unconstitutional (source).
  

Wednesday 7/22

• More details on our new secret police.
  
• DHS spinning secret police kidnappings as "proactive arrests", which, yeah, that's not a thing, that's doublespeak for arresting people that haven't done anything (source).
  
• DJT resumes giving daily Covid-19 briefings, and they are entirely filled with nonsense just like they were before (source).
  
• Canadian court rules that U.S. is unsafe for immigrants (source).
  
• DJT brags about passing cognitive test (source, here's the test, I'll let you judge for yourself how difficult it is, as a P.S. this is a test for seeing if someone has dementia, passing it doesn't mean you're some sort of genius, it just means you probably don't have dementia).
  
• State Dept. closes China consulate in Houston, China vows retaliation (source).

Thursday 7/23

• Federal agents tear gas the mayor in Portland (source).
  
• DHS being sued for refusing to release records about deaths in their custody (source).
  
• Administration announces $2 billion vaccine deal with Pfizer (source).
  
• 2nd day of Covid-19 deaths being over 1,000/day (source).
  
• DJT attacks Liz Cheney for being opposed to his troop withdrawals (source).
  
• Administration repeals rule against housing discrimination (source).
  
• ICE has not followed court order to release detainees (source).

Friday 7/24

• Federal judge issues order blocking Federal agents from attacking journalists - that we should need such an order is not normal (source).
  
• Federal agents continuing to attack protesters (source).
  
• DJT continues to push for schools re-opening, floats an exemption for schools in Covid-19 hotspots (source).
  
• To that end, CDC issues new DJT-approved guidelines for opening schools (source).
  
• DJT cancels Jacksonville GOP convention (source).
  
• China closes a U.S. consulate in China (source).
  
• Congress is supposedly working on a new Covid-19 aid bill that would among other things continue unemployment benefits, but nothing definite to report yet.

Maps of the week

• Covid-19 changes over the last 2 weeks.
  
• Risk of Covid-19 exposure map

Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • 1 minor bill
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  Bill expanding funding for parks and conservation https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr1957
  
  • Bill extending Covid-19 relief to non-profits https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s4209
    
  • 5 minor bills
    
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • Defense spending authorization bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr7573
    
  • 1 minor bill
    
  • 428 total pending bills sitting on McConnell's desk
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • 149 total pending bills sitting on Pelosi's desk