"Lawmakers in South Carolina amended their extreme anti-abortion legislation this week—to make it even more extreme by removing exemptions for victims of rape and incest." Because of course they did. Again, no exceptions. (Grokked from Laura J Mixon)
"White House officials, who have been treating unified Republican support for Trump as a given, have grown increasingly fearful of GOP defections in a House impeachment vote and a potential Senate trial." The mud will be slung hard and fast now.
"Investigating the investigators, the Justice Department has shifted its scrutiny of the government’s Trump-Russia review to a criminal probe, a person familiar with the matter says. It’s raising Democrats’ concerns that President Donald Trump may be using federal muscle to go after his opponents."
"A new biography of former Defense Secretary James Mattis reports President Donald Trump personally got involved in who would win a major $10 billion contract to provide cloud computing services to the Pentagon, according to the website Task & Purpose, which writes about military issues." That's a felony. (Grokked from Kathryn Cramer)
Hey, you know that thing were we release rudimentary learning algorithms onto the webs to see how they perform and then they suddenly turn racist, misogynist, and basically reflect the dark side of humanity in their mirror and expose deep seated truths? "For example, over the course of two days this week, a PC at NPR's office in Washington was shown a campaign ad for President Trump dozens of times on RT's YouTube channels, as well as another Russian propaganda outlet, Sputnik." RT, by the way, stands for "Russia Today… is Russia's main propaganda channel in the West. It's been accused of meddling in U.S. elections and is now required by the U.S. government to be registered as a 'foreign agent.'" Funny how that happens.
"Giuliani can be heard discussing overseas dealings and lamenting the need for cash, though it's difficult to discern the full context of the conversation." Rudy Giuliani apparently butt dials a lot. But if it's intentional (attempts as disinformation, leaking, or trying to direct the news), or a mistake, is a little harder to discern. (Grokked from Xeni Jardin)
"The criminal division of the Justice Department in Washington has taken an interest in the former New York mayor, too, meaning an expansion of resources that indicates the politically sensitive probe into the president’s personal attorney is both broader and moving at a faster pace than previously understood." Investigations into corruption hardly ever only bring one person down. It usually breaks up a gang. (Grokked from Kathryn Cramer)
"House Democrats won an important victory in federal court on Friday when a judge ordered the Justice Department to surrender now-secret material from the Russia investigation — and, more broadly, validated the impeachment inquiry into President Trump." Well that's gotta sting.
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