Acerbic Politics: Headlines with links

Monday, July 30, 2018

Headlines with links

Police reports show child sex abuse is rampant at immigrant detention facilities under Trump

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https://boingboing.net/2018/07/27/636762.html

ICE agents pressured parents to be deported with their children — then separated them again when they refused

Koch Network Says Trump Is Causing ‘Long-Term Damage’

Trump Threatens Govt Shut Down After Pete Hegseth Tells Him To

Russia Liquidated Nearly All of Its U.S. Treasury Securities

We have the first documented case of Russian hacking in the 2018 election

Russia is already trying to hack the 2018 midterm elections, going after Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats up for reelection this year.

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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/26/17619818/russia-claire-mccaskill-2018-midterm-hack

RNC Chair complains about internet bias on Fox News after Republicans killed net neutrality

The chair of the Republican National Committee complained on Friday morning that conservatives are being censored by Silicon Valley, citing the debunked conspiracy theory that Twitter and other net platforms are intentionally targeting voices on the right. But even if the problem were real, her party has done everything in its power to make that sort of Internet censorship possible.

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https://thinkprogress.org/gop-killed-net-neutrality-rnc-chair-complains-internet-bias-against-conservatives-e20d70680d03

Puerto Ricans Who Fled to Florida Not Registering to Vote

North Korea returns remains of 55 US service members

Soldiers carry caskets containing remains of US troops who were killed in the Korean War during a ceremony at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek on July 27, 2018.

There’s a chance the cases don’t contain US remains, but those of other countries’ troops.

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https://www.vox.com/2018/7/27/17621448/north-korea-trump-remains-55-war

Trump Trumpets US Being The ‘Economic Envy Of The Entire World’

The scramble to stop 3D-printed gun designs

CBS Will Probe Misconduct Allegations Against CEO Les Moonves

Big tech stocks tumble

Putin invites Trump to Moscow in a blatant power play

Don Jr's Girlfriend Fired By Fox News For Showing Nude Male Pics At Work

Scott Walker May Be Getting The Tough Reelection Race He Predicted

Charter broke its broadband promises to New York State and "gaslighted" about it, now it might lose its license

Trump Has No Strategy for Election Security

“Nineteen months into his presidency, there is no coherent Trump administration strategy to combat foreign election interference — and no single person or agency in charge,” NBC News reports.

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/07/27/trump-has-no-strategy-for-election-security/

Trump’s push to make city cops into stooges for ICE suffers strange, messy courtroom defeat

Mexican national who killed himself in ICE custody spent 21 days in solitary confinement

Report: Spy Services From China, Russia, Iran Conduct Economic Espionage On US

Betsy Devos' $40mil Yacht Set Adrift By Vandals

What? Didn't you know that the United States Education Secretary had a yacht worth $40 million? Well, yes she does. In fact, it's just one of 10 owned by her and her family, one of the richest families on the planet.

Government by oligarchs, just like in Russia.

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https://crooksandliars.com/2018/07/betsy-devos-40mil-yacht-set-adrift-vandals

Hey Media! Stop Fawning Over Shrinking Republican Party

It's about time someone on cable news said the truth. Trump's "support" among voters is far less than 25% of the electorate, and it's shrinking. But you wouldn't know that listening to the mainstream media's obsession with "The elusive Trump Voter." (This isn't Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, people.) How about paying some attention to the needs and desires of the majority who find Trump to be illegitimate and terrible? That doesn't get ratings does it kthxbye.

https://crooksandliars.com/2018/07/hey-media-stop-obsessing-over-shrinking

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