21 December 18
Jeffrey Toobin | Harold Koh's Verdict on Donald Trump vs. International Law
Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker
Toobin writes: "A friend recently challenged Harold Hongju Koh to sum up his new book, 'The Trump Administration and International Law,' in three words. Koh paused for a minute and said, 'He's not winning.'"
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Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker
Toobin writes: "A friend recently challenged Harold Hongju Koh to sum up his new book, 'The Trump Administration and International Law,' in three words. Koh paused for a minute and said, 'He's not winning.'"
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Senator Mitch McConnell. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty)
Trump Warns Shutdown Could Last 'Very Long Time,' Urges McConnell to Go 'Nuclear' and End Filibuster
Liz Johnstone and Dartunorro Clark, NBC News
Excerpt: "President Donald Trump on Friday said the chances of a partial government shutdown were 'very good' after meeting with Senate Republicans at the White House."
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Liz Johnstone and Dartunorro Clark, NBC News
Excerpt: "President Donald Trump on Friday said the chances of a partial government shutdown were 'very good' after meeting with Senate Republicans at the White House."
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Andrea Elena Castro, daughter of Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-TX, holds a U.S. flag during a Rally For Our Children event on May 31 to protest the 'zero tolerance' immigration policy that has led to the separation of families. (photo: Eric Gay/AP)
Judges Check Trump's Immigration Cruelty
Editorial Board, The New York Times
Excerpt: "The courts make clear that Trump's policies go beyond the law."
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Editorial Board, The New York Times
Excerpt: "The courts make clear that Trump's policies go beyond the law."
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Grocery store. (photo: iStock)
EXCERPT:
What Trump may not realize is that ABAWDs tend to match the profile of his core constituency. According to data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington DC think tank, 55% of low-income ABAWDs are male, and 48% are white. (Given the millions of women with children who are also in the program, men make up only 38% of adult SNAP participants overall.)
Here’s what the rest of SNAP’s demographics look like:
Rohrlich writes: "Nearly 800,000 people could lose their access to food stamps if US president Donald Trump gets his way. And many of them will be single, white men."
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Investigators are scrutinizing whether North Carolina GOP congressional candidate Mark Harris knew a campaign operative may have used improper tactics. (photo: Chuck Burton/AP)
NC Election Officials Sounded Alarm About Alleged Election Fraud to Federal Prosecutors in January 2017
Amy Gardner and Beth Reinhard, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "North Carolina state election officials told federal prosecutors in January 2017 that they found evidence of efforts to manipulate the absentee ballot vote in rural Bladen County in the 2016 election and warned that such activities 'will likely continue for future elections' if not addressed, according to correspondence obtained Friday by The Washington Post."
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Amy Gardner and Beth Reinhard, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "North Carolina state election officials told federal prosecutors in January 2017 that they found evidence of efforts to manipulate the absentee ballot vote in rural Bladen County in the 2016 election and warned that such activities 'will likely continue for future elections' if not addressed, according to correspondence obtained Friday by The Washington Post."
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Kevelin, center, holding a sign that reads 'trans women belong here.' After the march, Arcoíris 17 held a press conference in front of the border fence in Nogales, Sonora. (photo: María Inés Taracena)
The Caravan of Resistance
Maria Ines Taracena, NACLA
Taracena writes: "For Central Americans fleeing homophobic and transphobic violence, heading North is an act of resistance."
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Maria Ines Taracena, NACLA
Taracena writes: "For Central Americans fleeing homophobic and transphobic violence, heading North is an act of resistance."
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A Polar bear in Kaktovic, Alaska. (photo: Getty)
Trump Administration Takes Another Step Toward Oil Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Steven Mufson, The Washington Post
Mufson writes: "The Trump administration took another step toward allowing oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by issuing a draft environmental impact statement outlining four development alternatives, one of which would set some modest limits to protect caribou that use the area as a critical summer calving ground."
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Steven Mufson, The Washington Post
Mufson writes: "The Trump administration took another step toward allowing oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by issuing a draft environmental impact statement outlining four development alternatives, one of which would set some modest limits to protect caribou that use the area as a critical summer calving ground."
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