Cabbage News Network Week #191

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Friday 9/25

• DJT nominates Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court (source).
  
• Judge removes chief of the Bureau of Land Management (source).

Monday 9/28

• NYTimes obtains DJT's tax records which show he regularly paid no income taxes, owes a ton of debt to unknown sources, and sucks as a businessman (source, NPR summary).
  
• Judge blocks DJT's ban on TikTok (source).
  
• CDC director says DJT's health advisor is lying (source).
  
• States running out of money for unemployment expansion (source).

Tuesday 9/29

• In presidential debate DJT refuses to condemn white supremacy, tells fascist paramilitary group to "stand by", and again refuses to agree to abide by results of election (source).
  
• House alleges that DHS is obstructing investigation of whistleblower complaint, issues subpoenas (source).
  
• FBI and DHS warn of domestic terrorism threat surrounding the election (source).

Wednesday 9/30

• Judge orders DoJ to publish redacted info from Mueller report (source).
  
• Voice of America executives that were fired file whistleblower complaint about VoA management (source).
  
• White House blocks CDC plans to extend no sail order for cruise ships (source).

Thursday 10/1

• EPA lowering pollution emission standards (source).
  
• Judge rules DJT's commission on law enforcement to be illegal (source).
  
• Airlines furlough thousands as Federal aid runs out (source).

Friday 10/2

• DJT tests positive for Covid-19 (source).
  
• Census is still counting through the end of this month (source).
  

In Other News

• I Lived Through Collapse. America Is Already There. - I thought this an insightful essay on living through a civil war, it's not as dramatic as you might think.

Map of the week

• Covid-19 changes over the last 2 weeks.
  

Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • Continuing resolution keeping the government open https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr8337
    
  • 2 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • 12 minor bills
    
  • 32 total pending bills sitting on DJT's desk
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • 55 minor bills - I didn't have time to go through them all, so there might be major legislation hidden in there, somewhere in there should be an airline bailout and another Covid-19 relief package not that they'll make it through the senate.
    
  • 571 total pending bills sitting on McConnell's desk
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • 4 minor bills
    
  • 153 total pending bills sitting on Pelosi's desk