Acerbic Politics: Headlines with links

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Headlines with links

Secret Service Protects Jared Kushner - From Being Subpoenaed, Too

Undercover investigator: Facebook moderators were instructed not to remove racist far-right material

Report: VA Purging, Reassigning Career Employees Suspected Of Disloyalty

Police arrest Abolish ICE protesters who shut down streets near Florida detention center for hours

Leading voting machine company admits it lied, reveals that its voting machines ship backdoored, with pre-installed remote access software

Trump loyalists may be purging career officials at the VA

How the National Prayer Breakfast plays into the indictment of an alleged Russian spy

WH Hasn’t Ruled Out Putin Offer That Would Target Ex-Ambassador McFaul

WASHINGTON (AP) — Press secretary Sarah Sanders says the White House is still weighing an offer from Russian President Vladimir Putin to allow the U.S. access to Russians accused of election meddling.

In exchange, Putin wants Russian interviews of Americans accused by the Kremlin of unspecified crimes.

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/white-house-weighs-putin-offer-russian-access-election-meddling

Republicans Won't Save Us Because Their Voters Don't Want to Be Saved: A Farce in Six Acts

Measure to Split California Removed from Ballot

Senate Confirms Court Pick Who Attacked Voting Rights

“The Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm another one of President Trump’s judicial nominees, Andrew Oldham, despite more than 200 civil rights groups opposing him over his record of trying to restrict voting and civil rights,” the HuffPost reports.

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/07/18/senate-confirms-court-pick-with-record-of-attacking-voting-rights/

Devin Nunes Declares War on a Local Newspaper

Politico: “In a campaign ad running more than two minutes — and appearing not only online, but also on radio and TV — Nunes casts the dominant newspaper in his California district as a ‘band of creeping correspondents,’ criticizing The Fresno Bee for its routine reporting practices and for its coverage of a controversy surrounding a winery in which the Republican congressman invests.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/07/18/devin-nunes-declares-war-on-a-local-newspaper/

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