Acerbic Politics: Headlines with links

Pelosi Is More Popular Than Trump

Blasey Ford Working With Democratic Operative Who Advised Anita Hill

NRA Finances Slide Into Negative Territory As Dues Decline

Trump Walks Back Plan to Declassify Probe Documents

Ford 'Hearing' Already A Sham; McConnell Promises Kavanaugh A SCOTUS Seat

New York Times Tries To Get Rosenstein Fired

New emails show NRA’s sway over Florida government officials

Minnesota GOP Lawmaker Abruptly Ends Campaign

Minnesota state Rep. Jim Knoblach (R) abruptly ended his re-election campaign Friday as MPR News prepared to publish “detailed accusations from his adult daughter of what she described as his inappropriate behavior toward her since childhood.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/09/21/minnesota-gop-lawmaker-abruptly-ends-campaign/

As Canada-US trade-war draws nigh, so does the threat to nationalise US pharma patents

https://boingboing.net/2018/09/20/hit-em-where-it-hurts.html

There have been 263 days in 2018 — and 262 mass shootings in America

https://www.vox.com/2018/9/20/17882888/mass-shootings-us-aberdeen-maryland

HHS to cut funds from Head Start, cancer research to pay for the detention of immigrant children

https://thinkprogress.org/hhs-cuts-cancer-research-child-detention-210dbb16cc32/

Rubio gets mad at John Kerry for talking to Iran, forgets he signed Republicans’ 2015 letter to Iran

https://thinkprogress.org/john-kerry-marco-rubio-iran-tom-cotton-mike-pompeo-fara-logan-act-922f1571b061/?u

Republicans Have Lost Messaging Battle on Tax Cuts

https://politicalwire.com/2018/09/20/republicans-have-lost-messaging-battle-on-tax-cuts/

More Oppose Kavanaugh Than Support Him

https://politicalwire.com/2018/09/20/more-oppose-kavanaugh-than-support-him/

A flag of... young women's underwear? Photo from Kavanaugh’s college years reveals misogynist antics

https://boingboing.net/2018/09/20/bras-and-panties.html

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Friday, September 21, 2018

Headlines with links