Monday, Oct. 2
á Reuters
reported that Hewlett Packard Enterprise, in an effort to sell their software
in Russia, allowed a Russian defense agency to review the inner workings of
cyber defense software used by the Pentagon. http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/46092-hp-enterprise-let-russia-scrutinize-cyberdefense-system-used-by-pentagon
á The
Washington Post reported that documents submitted to federal investigators by
TrumpÕs associates and his company reveal two previously unreported contacts
from Russia during the 2016 campaign. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-company-had-more-contact-with-russia-during-campaign-according-to-documents-turned-over-to-investigators/2017/10/02/2091fe5e-a6c0-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html?utm_term=.4edb75bf79c8&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á The
Republican-led Congress failed to reauthorize the ChildrenÕs Health Insurance
Program by the Sept. 30 deadline, threatening the health of nine million U.S.
children enrolled in the program. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chip-health-insurance-deadline_us_59d0f456e4b09538b508ca23
Tuesday, Oct. 3
á As President Donald Trump visited Puerto
Rico, 95 percent of the power grid was still down and more than half the
population lacked access to clean drinking water. http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/46099-puerto-rico-still-in-crisis-as-trump-arrives
á The State Department announced that it
will expel 15 Cuban diplomats from the U.S. following months of unexplained
injuries to American embassy personnel in Cuba. http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/10829661.365077/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL3dvcmxkL25hdGlvbmFsLXNlY3VyaXR5L3VzLXdpbGwtZXhwZWwtY3ViYW4tZGlwbG9tYXRzLWFzLWZhbGxvdXQtZGVlcGVucy1vdmVyLW15c3RlcnktaWxsbmVzc2VzLzIwMTcvMTAvMDMvOGU4ZGViYzgtYTgzZS0xMWU3LWIzYWEtYzBlMmUxZDQxZTM4X3N0b3J5Lmh0bWw_d3Bpc3JjPWFsX2FsZXJ0LUNPTUJPLXdvcmxkJTI1MkJuYXRpb24md3Btaz0x/58b0dd73e9a8a20d708b4740Cf50f5260
á Trump told Puerto Rican officials that
they should feel Òvery proudÓ they havenÕt lost thousands of lives like Òa real
catastrophe like Katrina,Ó then faulted the island for imperiling the U.S. by
throwing Òour budget a little out of whack.Ó https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-praises-himself-for-administrations-great-job-in-puerto-rico/2017/10/03/fdb5eeb4-a83a-11e7-8ed2-c7114e6ac460_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.9b6a60269b28&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á All visas for Cubans to enter the U.S.
were suspended indefinitely. http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/46107-us-suspends-all-visas-for-cubans-withdraws-most-staff-from-embassy-in-havana
á Trump
announced that that his administrationÕs response to the Puerto Rican disaster
has been ÒunbelievableÓ and Òincredible.Ó https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-praises-himself-for-administrations-great-job-in-puerto-rico/2017/10/03/fdb5eeb4-a83a-11e7-8ed2-c7114e6ac460_story.html?utm_term=.d4163b84e576&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á The House passed a bill that
would ban abortions after 20 weeks. http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/46135-house-passes-20-week-abortion-ban
Wednesday, Oct. 4
á Puerto Ricans protested TrumpÕs visit to
the island. http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/46119-puerto-ricans-protest-trumps-visit-denounce-militarization-amid-lack-of-aid-distribution
á NBC News reported that Secretary of
State Rex Tillerson was on the verge of resigning
this past summer and that he had referred to Trump as a Òf*cking moron.Ó
Tillerson, however, has denied both. http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/46129-rex-tillerson-kind-of-sort-of-just-admitted-he-called-trump-a-moron
á The
U.S. was criticized for voting against a U.N. resolution that sought to
eliminate the death penalty that exists in some nations for the LGBTQ
community. http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/46125-us-votes-against-banning-death-penalty-for-lgbtq-people
á Three
U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers were killed and wounded in Niger after their
joint patrol with Nigerien forces was ambushed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/10/04/u-s-troops-take-hostile-fire-in-niger/?undefined=&utm_term=.318ddd40f07f&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á The Senate Intelligence Committee
concluded that Russia did try to interfere in the 2016 election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/04/congress-to-trump-basically-russia-is-not-fake-news-2/?utm_term=.522da4f35e07&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á After it was exposed that Republican
Representative Tim Murphy, with a 100 percent antiabortion voting record, told
his mistress to get an abortion, he announced he would not seek
reelection at the end of his current term. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/10/04/antiabortion-congressman-tim-murphy-wont-seek-reelection-after-reports-he-asked-woman-to-get-abortion/?utm_term=.b890c2e9343e&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á The
mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, blasted TrumpÕs meeting with local leaders on
the island as a public relations stunt saying, ÒThere was no exchange with
anybody, with none of the mayors,Ó and citing the bizarre incident when Trump
tossed rolls of paper towels to storm survivors. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/san-juan-mayor-trump-abominable_us_59d48333e4b0218923e632d9
á The
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted to protect consumers and
firefighters from health hazards of organohalogen
class of flame retardants. http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/42144-consumer-product-safety-commission-cracks-down-on-flame-retardants-linked-to-health-problems
Thursday, Oct. 5
á Politico
reported that the Justice Department released a series of since-overruled legal
memos finding that itÕs illegal for presidents to appoint relatives as White
House staff, presidential commissions, and unpaid posts. http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/46136-doj-releases-overruled-memos-finding-it-illegal-for-presidents-to-appoint-relatives
á The Center for Biological Diversity
reported that the House Committee on Natural Resources advanced five
bills that strip protections from 1,098 Endangered Species. http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/46133-house-republicans-advance-five-bills-to-cripple-endangered-species-act
á Trump
suggested that the Senate Intelligence Committee investigate media companies
over fake news the day after the it concluded Russia tried to interfere in the
2016 election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/10/05/trump-suggests-senate-intelligence-committee-investigate-media-companies/?utm_term=.c2b0a50b42b4&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á The
Fish and Wildlife Service declined separate petitions to list a variety of
species as endangered or threatened, including the high-profile Pacific walrus.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/10/05/interior-department-rejects-25-endangered-species-petitions-including-several-linked-to-climate-change/?utm_term=.d35384ad0edb&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á Politico reported that the White
House will demand immigration be cut by half over the next decade in exchange
for CongressÕ fix to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/46147-white-house-plans-to-demand-immigration-cut-by-half-in-exchange-for-daca-fix
á The
Justice Department, in a memo from Attorney General Sessions, announced it will
no longer argue
that workplace protections on the basis of sex protect transgender people from
discrimination. http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/46146-jeff-sessions-reverses-doj-policy-protecting-transgender-employees-from-discrimination
á The
New York Times
reported that Treasury Secretary Mnuchin spent more
than $800,000 in military air flights since taking over the post. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/politics/mnuchin-military-flights.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0
Friday, Oct. 6
á An Interior Department scientist, who was reassigned to a job supervising accountants for disclosing how climate change affects Alaska Native communities, resigned. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/10/04/whistleblower-resigns-keeping-my-voice-more-important-than-keeping-my-job/?utm_term=.25fcce58d7d1&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á Treasury
Secretary Steven Mnuchin said parts of the Dodd-Frank
Act should be repealed including disclosure of the pay ratio between CEOs and
employees and disclosure of conflict minerals. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-administration-proposes-scrapping-pay-gap-reporting-requirement-for-companies-2017-10-06
á CNN
reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators met this past
summer with the former British spy whose dossier sparked investigations into
alleged Russian efforts to aid the Trump campaign. http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/46154-muellers-team-met-with-russia-dossier-author
á The
New York Times reported that most Americans support stronger gun laws; but
Republicans in opposition fear alienating their primary voters and the National
Rifle Association. http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/46153-thoughts-and-prayers-and-nra-funding
á Statistics
about Puerto Rico, that only half the population had access to drinking water
and only five percent had electricity, were removed from the main Federal
Emergency Management web page. http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/46152-fema-removes-statistics-about-drinking-water-access-and-electricity-in-puerto-rico-from-website
á Governor
Jerry Brown signed into law a measure making California AmericaÕs first
Òsanctuary state.Ó http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/46151-california-is-now-the-first-sanctuary-state-for-undocumented-immigrants
á The Trump administration lifted most sanctions on Sudan ending two decades of embargo. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-lifts-sanctions-on-sudan-ending-two-decades-of-embargo/2017/10/06/aac1bd22-86d5-434e-9a21-1e0d57a72cb0_story.html?utm_term=.e1de62681da6&wpisrc=al_alert-world&wpmk=1
á The
Trump administration issued rules to immediately narrow the Affordable Care
ActÕs no-cost contraceptive coverage. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-administration-could-narrow-affordable-care-acts-contraception-mandate/2017/10/05/16139400-a9f0-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.f83b17b5ab9d&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á In a gathering with military leaders,
Trump asked reporters, ÒYou guys know what this represents?Ó ÒTell us,Ó replied
one of the reporters. Trump replied, ÒMaybe itÕs the calm before the storm,Ó
sparking fears of impending war. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/10/06/trump-gathers-with-military-leaders-says-maybe-its-the-calm-before-the-storm/?utm_term=.ffd6fcdbc607&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
that U.S. employment fell in September, the first time in seven years. The
decline is possibly due to effects of the hurricanes in Texas and Florida. http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/42184-employment-falls-for-the-first-time-in-seven-years
á
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
threatened increased raids in California, now a sanctuary state, saying ICE will have no choice
but to conduct at-large arrests in local neighborhoods and at worksites. http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/46181-ice-threatens-to-terrorize-california-immigrants-in-retaliation-for-sanctuary-law
á A
draft memo was leaked to various news outlets outlining the Trump
administrationÕs plans to repeal the Clean Power Plan. http://sierraclub.org/press-releases/2017/10/proposal-repeal-clean-power-plan-would-threaten-thousands-lives
á Rolling Stone reported that Manhattan
District Attorney Cy Vance dropped a potential felony fraud case against Ivanka
and Donald Trump Jr. before they made a campaign contribution made to Vance. http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/46173-da-who-dropped-fraud-case-against-trump-kids-did-opposite-with-immigrant-family
á Trump,
in a renewed effort to counteract Republican failure on health care, tweeted,
ÒI called Chuck Schumer yesterday to see if the Dems want to do a great
HealthCare Bill.Ó https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/10/07/trump-says-he-called-schumer-to-broker-deal-with-democrats-for-a-great-healthcare-bill/?undefined=&utm_term=.028ee0a4cc48&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á Trump
continued to threaten N. Korea, saying that diplomatic negotiations and
agreements over the years have not worked and that Òonly one thing will work.Ó https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/10/07/trump-on-north-korea-sorry-but-only-one-thing-will-work/?undefined=&utm_term=.59a33f3dbd28&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Sunday, Oct. 8
á The U.S. halted non-immigrant visas from
Turkey because of deteriorating relations with the Erdogan government. http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/10880687.81745/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL3dvcmxkL3VzLWhhbHRzLXNvbWUtdmlzYS1zZXJ2aWNlcy1pbi10dXJrZXktY2l0aW5nLXNlY3VyaXR5LWNvbmNlcm5zLzIwMTcvMTAvMDgvMDJiZGMwMWEtYWM1Mi0xMWU3LTliOTMtYjk3MDQzZTU3YTIyX3N0b3J5Lmh0bWw_dXRtX3Rlcm09LmZiODdlNWI2YjE4ZiZ3cGlzcmM9YWxfYWxlcnQtd29ybGQmd3Btaz0x/58b0dd73e9a8a20d708b4740C3644ac9b
á Republican Senator Bob Corker, after
Trump attacked him with tweets, called the White House Òan adult day care
center,Ó explaining that TrumpÕs behavior threatens ÒWorld War IIIÓ. http://lists.readersupportednews.org/ss/link.php?M=68384&N=25978&C=587bb1249d465d9d8c86566eaf4d0277&L=34971
á Vice President Pence, at the request of
Trump, flew to an Indianapolis-49er football game to stage a dramatic walkout
over taking-a-knee-anthem-protests by players. http://lists.readersupportednews.org/ss/link.php?M=68384&N=25984&C=587bb1249d465d9d8c86566eaf4d0277&L=34977
á A
state court blocked the state of Texas from handing over citizen voting data to
TrumpÕs Commission on Election Integrity due to privacy concerns. http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/46204-whos-really-in-charge-of-the-voting-fraud-commission
á San
Juan, Puerto RicoÕs Mayor Carmen Cruz said she sees no hope on the horizon for
Puerto Rico despite TrumpÕs celebration of the recovery effort. http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/46201-after-hospital-loses-power-san-juan-mayor-says-trump-administration-is-ignoring-pleas-for-help
á Iran
warned that US regional military bases would be at risk if further sanctions
were imposed. http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-warns-us-against-imposing-further-sanctions-112399996