Cabbage News Network Week #197

[kmusser]

Over the Weekend

• Biden elected president!
  
• DJT's chief of staff tests positive for Covid-19 (source).

Monday 11/9

• GSA refuses to greenlight transition (source).
  
• Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is fired, to be replaced by Christopher Miller (source).
  
• International election observers praise U.S. election process, found no evidence of fraud (source).
  
• DoJ election crimes chief resigns after being asked to investigate non-existent voter fraud (source).
  
• Most GOP are with DJT in not acknowledging election results (source).
  
• Administration submits list of conservation projects to receive funding (source).

Tuesday 11/10

• Entire Pentagon leadership replaced with DJT loyalists (source, source).
  
• Administration approves arms deal for UAE (source).

Wednesday 11/11

• Covid-19 cases are rising in every state (source).
  
• DJT attempting to block the counting of votes from active military (source).
  
• ICE deports 6 women who accused doctor of nonconsensual procedures (source).

Thursday 11/12

• FTC cracks down on unproven Covid-19 treatments (source).
  
• Executive order prohibits investment in companies tied to the Chinese military (source).

Friday 11/13

• DHS confirms there was no election tampering (source).
  
• Covid-19 relief bill still going nowhere (source).
  
• Administration racing to finalize environmental rollbacks (source).

In Other News

• Covid-19 vaccine progress! (source).

Maps of the week

• Covid-19 changes over the last 2 weeks.
  
• 
  Shifts in voting compared to 2016.

Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • 2 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate - in recess
  
  • 570 total pending bills sitting on McConnell's desk
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House - in recess
  
  • 153 total pending bills sitting on Pelosi's desk

Comments

[selki]

I'm really worried now about the transition.