Monday,
June 5
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Officials in Arizona and Utah urged the Trump
administration to roll back Obama-era environmental protections that ban new
uranium mining near the Grand Canyon. http://tinyurl.com/y8dsu6zo
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President Donald TrumpÕs budget proposal kills
a campus-based childcare program for low-income students. http://tinyurl.com/y8v7qg52
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The Brookings Institution reported that the
$110 billion arms deal Trump cut with Saudi Arabia is fake news created by the
White House. http://tinyurl.com/y7qkhz7x
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Reality Leigh Winner, a government contractor,
was charged with mishandling classified information in an NSA document leak
case. http://tinyurl.com/yclljuuq
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White House deputy press
secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump will not invoke executive privilege
to prevent former FBI director James Comey from testifying before senators. http://tinyurl.com/y8h7cm9k
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The Trump Organization announced plans to launch
a chain of three-star hotels targeting Americans who voted for Trump -- a vivid
example of how the Trump family is transforming the presidency into a
for-profit family business. http://tinyurl.com/y7q2bhbl
Tuesday,
June 6
á
According to the Washington Post, EPA chief
Scott Pruitt is misleading people with the claim that 50,000 jobs were added to
the coal sector since the fourth quarter of last year when, in reality, there
are only about 50,000 jobs in coal in total. http://tinyurl.com/y7hd2v3m
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The Trump administration says the US
might pull out of the UN Human Rights Council unless it stops whitewashing
dictatorsÕ abuses and unfair attacks on Israel. http://tinyurl.com/ycbmnodm
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Canada
said it will increase its military spending because it can no longer rely on
the US for leadership on the world stage. http://tinyurl.com/y77tetkl
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According
to ProPublica, financial disclosure forms for 349 Trump officials, many of whom
are ex-lobbyists and ex-political consultants, reveal they have conflicts of
interest. http://tinyurl.com/y85wuupt
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The Trump administration prosecuted Reality
Winner for leaking file on Russia election hacking. http://tinyurl.com/yd95yvqa
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Trump
announced he would nominate Christopher Wray to replace Comey as FBI chief. http://tinyurl.com/ydajbwse
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Congressman Clay Higgins called for violence
against Muslims by posting on Facebook that all Òradicalized Islamic suspectsÓ
should be hunted down and killed. http://tinyurl.com/ycchr49e
á
In an
effort to counter TrumpÕs anti-choice misinformation, Senator Patty Murry
circulated an 11-page memo about Health and Human ServicesÕ Charmaine Yoest,
who claims that abortion causes breast cancer, and Teresa Manning, who says
contraception doesnÕt work. http://tinyurl.com/y7w2tpez
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The
Securing AmericaÕs Future Elections (SAFE) Act was introduced to safeguard US
elections by requiring paper ballots be submitted with all electronic
voting machines. http://tinyurl.com/y8eoyhfg
Wednesday,
June 7
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Senator
Daniel Coats, director of the SenateÕs National Intelligence, told associates
in March that Trump asked him if he could intervene with Comey to get the FBI
to back off its Russia probe of Michael Flynn. http://tinyurl.com/yanl3nfw
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The
Guardian UK reported that TrumpÕs newly created and esoteric immigration courts
are fast-tracking deportations -- thus evading scrutiny and increasing the risk
of due process. http://tinyurl.com/y7wo3n8u
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Seven
states have sued the EPA for failing to implement the ban on chlorpyrifos, a
pesticide linked to brain damage. http://tinyurl.com/y88qdhym
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The
Intercept reported that Russian military intelligence attempted to
cyber-attack a US voting software supplier and more than 100 local election
officials prior to the November election. It is inconclusive if the hacking had
any impact on the outcome of the election. http://tinyurl.com/y9tkxpyb
á Former
national intelligence director James Clapp said that Watergate pales in
comparison with the current Trump-Russia scandal. http://tinyurl.com/ybkpaohk
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Former FBI Director Comey testified that Trump
told him at the White House ÒI need loyalty, I expect loyalty.ÕÕ http://tinyurl.com/yan3cane
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Four law
firms have refused to represent Trump over concerns that Trump would not take
their advice. http://tinyurl.com/y735fdmu
á Forbes magazine reported that the
Donald J. Trump Foundation, which has come under previous scrutiny for
advancing TrumpÕs interests rather than those of charity, apparently used the
Eric Trump Foundation to funnel $100,000 in donations into revenue for the
Trump organization. http://tinyurl.com/y8bc44vp
á The
European Union unveiled a defense spending plan to operate as a military power
and urged the US under Trump to remain on the world stage. http://tinyurl.com/ycj74kje
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Attorney General Sessions said the Justice
Department will no longer give money to community groups -- money that came from
fraud settlements with corporate wrongdoers – an Obama-era practice
opposed by conservative groups. http://tinyurl.com/y8g594c9
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The LA
Times reported that Trump has yet to have a meeting, or even a
conversation, with top US commanders in either Iraq or Afghanistan, something
that both presidents Obama and Bush did almost weekly. http://tinyurl.com/ydymns26
Thursday,
June 8
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ThinkProgress reported that native Americans
and Alaska natives will disproportionately suffer under the GOPÕs healthcare
plan. http://tinyurl.com/ycbqm6ku
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Trump announced his intention to nominate
Jeffrey Bossert Clark, an attorney who defended British PetroleumÕs Deepwater
Horizon oil spill, to head the Justice DepartmentÕs Environment and Natural
Resources Division. http://tinyurl.com/y6tvqxap
á
Former
FBI director Comey testified he could not trust Trump to tell the truth
prompting him to document their private conversations and make those
conversations public to encourage the appointment of a special counsel for a
Russia probe. http://tinyurl.com/yabq8fpx
á
The
Washington Post reported that former FBI director Comey essentially laid
out an obstruction of justice case against Trump. http://tinyurl.com/yd8b56e6
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Former FBI director Comey testified that the
Trump administration told Òlies, plain and simpleÓ about him and the FBI to
rationalize his being fired. http://tinyurl.com/y8gn3sd4
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The
Center for Media and Democracy uncovered that Tucker Carlson, a FOX NewsÕ
primetime anchor, received a six-figure sum from the Trump campaign through his
charity, the Daily Caller News foundation, for email lists and biased FOX media
support. http://tinyurl.com/y8ctps6j
á
CNBC reported that TrumpÕs proposed budget
cuts to food stamps includes a plan to charge a fee to retailers that accept
stamps. http://tinyurl.com/y8avfeqn
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The House overwhelmingly passed the
Financial Choice Act that kills the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations and
weakens the ability of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to do much of
their oversight and enforcement work. http://tinyurl.com/y79jnoa3
á
The LA
Times reported that Republican support and lauding of Comey during Senate
hearings questions the presidentÕs credibility by members of his own party and
that Òstands alone in the history of modern political scandals.Ó
á
Rewire reported that Valerie Huber, a prominent
leader of the abstinence-only-until-marriage movement, has been named chief of
staff in the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). http://tinyurl.com/y6usa34e
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Rewire
reported that TrumpÕs budget proposes about $160 million in funding for
abstinence-only-until-marriage programs over two years. http://tinyurl.com/y6usa34e
Friday,
June 9
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TrumpÕs plan to file a complaint about Comey,
according to the Washington Post, is Òinitiating an investigation
because you donÕt like somebodyÕs testimony,Ó and Òcould be considered
obstructionÉand evidence of retaliation and, under some laws, could be an
adverse retaliatory act itself.Ó http://tinyurl.com/y7o43plb
á
The Huffington Post reported that the Trump
administration has started targeting hundreds of undocumented immigrants who were given
reprieves from deportation by Obama. http://tinyurl.com/ycjkxvdx
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Mother Jones reported the Supreme Court agreed
to hear a case that asks whether the government can get records from phone
companies showing the location of cell phone customers without first obtaining
a warrant. http://tinyurl.com/y8eu46s5
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Motions filed by the Trump administration and
the fossil fuel industry to appeal a youth climate lawsuit were denied by
Federal Court Judge Ann Aiken. http://tinyurl.com/ydby4odt
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TrumpÕs attorney, Marc Kasowitz, who
represents Trump in the Russia investigation, has represented Russian oligarchs
with close ties to Putin. http://tinyurl.com/y9fzxh7t
Saturday,
June 10
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In an effort to have a lawsuit against Trump
thrown out, the Justice Department has argued that the foreign
emoluments clause doesnÕt apply to Òfair-market commercial transactionsÓ like
payments for hotel rooms and golf club fees. http://tinyurl.com/ybbz83jp
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Thirteen Republican senators, all men, have
been writing a new healthcare bill in secret. When Senator Claire McCaskill
asked if there will be a hearing on this new bill before a Senate vote, the
answer was Òno.Ó http://tinyurl.com/y729zzw9
Sunday,
June 11
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Trump spoke at the Faith and Freedom
Conference, which opposes same-sex marriage, as LGBTÕs celebrated National
Pride Month with parades around the nation. Trump said, ÒIt is time to
put a stop to the attacks on religion.Ó http://tinyurl.com/y8smj9zn
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Attorney General Sessions is scheduled to
testify publicly next Tuesday about questions raised by ComeyÕs testimony. http://tinyurl.com/yb9bcl9m
á
Senators
called for the White House to release tapes that may exist of private
conversations between Comey and Trump. http://tinyurl.com/y9j3flq2
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TrumpÕs lawyer announced that Trump will not
unconditionally cooperate with special counsel Robert MuellerÕs Russia investigation. http://tinyurl.com/ybj4noc2