"The record-breaking warm weather that swept across the Northeast last weekend was fast becoming a distant memory Tuesday as the region braced for storms poised to dump a foot or more of snow in some areas." We're boned.
"An airplane returning to Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday morning dropped jet fuel onto a school playground, dousing several students at Park Avenue Elementary School in Cudahy, officials said." You don't dump fuel over populated areas for a reason. And that reason is besides the obvious one of flammable and explosive potential.
"This year’s flu vaccine is 'not a very good match' for a common strain of the flu that’s especially tough on children, according to the nation’s top infectious disease doctor… Fauci said even though the match for B/Victoria isn’t great, a flu shot can still save your child’s life."
"The Seattle City Council passed a bill Monday that establishes new restrictions on corporate donations in local elections, delivering a blow to the likes of Amazon… The bill prohibits companies from spending money on city elections if at least 5% of their stock is owned by foreign investors. Amazon, which is headquartered in Seattle, would fall under that umbrella, as foreign investors hold at least 9% of its stock, according to Reuters."
"A suspected shooter and a second person were arrested after a student was killed at Houston-area school Tuesday, police in Bellaire said." Hmm, it seems that moar guns doesn't seem to be helping.
"St. Louis’ first black prosecutor, Kim Gardner, has sued the city, its police union and five others for what she calls a racist effort to block her reform agenda." What happens when everyone "knows" everyone else and why it's important for the court to maintain at least the appearance of impartiality.
"What happened when a state made food stamps harder to get… In West Virginia, tougher work requirements for receiving food stamps complicated life for poor people, but did not result in increased employment." Because it's not about getting people to work, it's about making life hard for the people needing help (as if it wasn't hard enough already) and to decrease the rolls. The stated purpose is to decrease spending, but that never happens either.
How go the Trade Wars? "Phase one trade deal could be less than market hopes: 'Tariffs have now become a roach motel'." Basically China needs to buy more pork and agriculture product as their supplies dry up (because of African Swine Fever), which forced them to buy from the US, and that's pretty much the deal.
"How the US helped create El Salvador’s bloody gang war." A long read for those who didn't live through the 80s and 90s.
"Apple's commitment to protecting the privacy of its users is well known. The iPhone maker has hammered on privacy as a marketing pitch in recent years, with CEO Tim Cook repeatedly calling privacy a fundamental human right. Cook told CNN in 2018 that he wants governments around the world to restrict how much data companies can collect from their customers."
"In an angry speech on state television, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lashed out at the U.S. and Europe for its presence in the Middle East and for what he described as the latter’s failures in upholding the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal." So, it's a Wednesday then.
"Ex-Stormy Daniels lawyer and Trump antagonist Michael Avenatti was led out of the State Bar Court in Los Angeles by federal agents on Tuesday evening."
"Karyn Turk, a former Mrs. Florida beauty pageant winner turned conservative commentator, was sentenced to a month in federal prison plus five months of house arrest Thursday after pleading guilty to social security fraud in September… The charge stemmed from Turk pocketing her mother’s social security checks rather than sending the money to the nursing home in which her mother was receiving care for dementia." The company you keep. She is a supporter of Roger Stone and Trump and has been photographed with them. (Grokked from Laura J Mixon)
"The Trump administration plans to restrict media access during 'lockups,' where reporters get advance time to prepare stories based on major reports with market data, including monthly jobs reports, Bloomberg reported Tuesday." I'm sure that's totally normal. (Grokked from Jim Wright)
"Democrats in the US House of Representatives have unveiled new evidence as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump… These included text messages and handwritten notes from an associate of Rudy Giuliani, Mr Trump's lawyer."
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named seven Democratic members of Congress as the managers to argue the case for President Trump's impeachment before the Senate, beginning next week."
"Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who admitted to lying to the FBI about contacts with Russia's ambassador to the U.S., wants to withdraw his two-year-old guilty plea, saying federal prosecutors reneged on a promise not to ask for jail time at his upcoming sentencing." Someone is a little upset about the consequences, and they want a do over. Tell you what, Flynn, ask all those young black and poor kids who pleaded out just so they could get back to work and forego the expense of a trial how their plea deals all went. And I think you're counting on the fact that the reason why you're going to jail is you broke your plea deal arrangement first by stopping cooperation as you expected a presidential pardon.
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