Cabbage News Network Week #108
Feb. 22nd, 2019 11:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Monday 2/18
Tuesday 2/19
Wednesday 2/20
Thursday 2/21
Friday 2/22
Map of the week
Legislative update - No action this week
- DJT pick for UN ambassador withdraws nomination (source).
- Pentagon deciding what to de-fund in order to fund the wall (source).
Tuesday 2/19
- House documents administration attempts to give the Saudis nuclear technology (source).
- 16 states (including MD and VA) sue over national emergency declaration (source).
- Environmental groups sue over national emergency declaration (source).
- Roger Stone ordered back to court for violating gag order (source, judge expands gag order).
- NYT report documenting DJT's attempts to obstruct justice in detail.
- Space Force to be a unit of the Air Force rather than its own command (source).
- Detention facilities for immigrant children are still nightmares (source).
Wednesday 2/20
- Supreme Court places limits on civil forfeiture (source).
- Progress on U.S.-China talks? (source).
- Immigrant advocacy group sues administration over "wait in Mexico" policy (source).
- DJT tries to obstruct story about all of his obstructions (source).
- DJT to create new advisory panel on climate to be led by climate change denier (source).
- Dept. of Interior officials accused of ethics violations (source).
Thursday 2/21
- Immigrant families still being separated at the border despite executive order (source).
- U.S. farmers lose $1.9 billion to trade dispute with China (source).
- U.S. banks made an extra $28 billion thanks to GOP tax bill (source).
Friday 2/22
- Troop withdrawal from Syria to leave 200 troops behind to help Kurds (source).
- U.S. farmers receive $7.7 billion in aid to make up for trade losses (source).
- Pentagon stonewalling on wall (source).
Map of the week
Legislative update - No action this week