Acerbic Politics: Headlines with links

Sunday, October 28, 2018

Headlines with links

Trump Cabinet Exodus Likely After Midterms

Republicans May Regret House Rule Change

Politico: “House Republicans changed the rules in 2015 to allow many of their committee chairmen to issue subpoenas without consulting the minority party, overriding Democrats objections that likened the tactic to something out of the McCarthy era.”

”Now the weapon that the GOP wielded dozens of times against Barack Obama’s agencies could allow Democrats to bombard President Trump’s most controversial appointees with demands for information. And many Democrats are itching to use it.”

Source
https://politicalwire.com/2018/10/28/republicans-may-regret-house-rule-change/

The EU's new Link Tax bans the use of Creative Commons and open access for news

Republicans don’t want to acknowledge Trump’s rhetoric is fueling political divisions

California woman wins $55,000 settlement after being wrongfully detained by ICE

Elizabeth Warren’s New Housing Proposal Is Actually a Brilliant Plan to Close the Racial Wealth Gap

Gee, Why Are So Many People Suddenly Attacking The Jews?

Because Trump filled the air with gasoline vapors, and waited for someone else to strike the match:

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https://crooksandliars.com/2018/10/gee-why-are-so-many-crazy-people-suddenly

Wednesday: Armed man in Kentucky tries and fails to enter black church.

Instead goes to local Kroger and shoots and kills two African-Americans. Later tells white man who confronts him, “Whites don’t kill other whites.”

Friday: Serial mail bomber is arrested by the FBI after sending at least 13 mail bombs to Americans targeted by President Trump.

Saturday: Gunman storms Pittsburgh Synagogue and kills at least eight people.

Source
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/week-so-far

Texas officials say voting machines aren’t broken, they’re simply prone to ‘user error’

Voters in Texas have been showing up to the polls in droves since early voting began on October 22. In fact, the largest counties in the state have nearly doubled their turnout compared to this time in the 2014 midterms.

But many of those voters have complained about a significant problem: When they voters finish casting their ballot, it appears that the machine has flipped their votes.
Most of the complaints have been about the Hart eSlate voting machines, which are used in around 30 percent of counties statewide. The issue is particularly prevalent in the vote for the U.S. Senate race between Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), since it is at the top of the ballot.

Officials insist that these voting machines are not rigged or malfunctioning; they’re simply probe to human error. What a … relief?

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https://thinkprogress.org/texas-voting-machines-6d8a6269549c/

Donald Trump Reports He’s Getting Rich as President

The president’s submission to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics claims tens of millions of dollars in income from his real-estate empire.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/donald-trump-reports-hes-getting-rich-off-the-presidency/530718/

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