Just a closing thought for this Saturday…..the rain will not let up and MoMo is letting me know she wants me to make it stop. In this age of fake news, misinformation, disinformation and prop…
U.S. states sue Teva, 19 other drug companies in price-fixing complaint
German Catholic women begin boycott over lack of reforms

German Catholic women have launched a weeklong boycott by suspending voluntary work in churches. Their protest has crystallized fury over a male-only priesthood and bishops’ foot-dragging on sex scandals.
HUD Says Its Proposed Limit on Public Housing Aid Could Displace 55,000 Children
Children are Trump’s enemy! The proposal, published on Friday, would prohibit families with at least one undocumented immigrant from obtaining public housing benefits.
Smoke, Drink and Eat What You Want, Norway’s Public Health Minister Says
Are all right wingers this stupid? The new minister, from a right-wing, anti-immigration party, told an interviewer that people knew what was healthy and she would not be the “moral police.”
There are many reasons not to impeach Trump. The House should do it anyway | Robert Reich

It’s important to uphold the constitution through impeachment – even if it goes nowhere, even if it’s unpopular with many voters, even if it’s politically risky
It’s a constitutional crisis all right. So what happens now? An impeachment inquiry in the House won’t send Trump packing before election day 2020 because Senate Republicans won’t convict him of impeachment.
So the practical political question is whether a House impeachment inquiry helps send him packing after election day.
System of Checks and Balances Just Broke | La Prensa San Diego
Since the founding of our country and the passage of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, we have believed in the political ideal that no one person or branch of government could run roughshod over the others. Today, that has proven not to be true. Our country is weaker for it, and the beacon of freedom the world has looked to shines less bright now. These actions will surely set a standard for future presidents, and will should serve as a lesson to us all. Elections matter. Vote carefully, for the next president will be stronger, bolder, and more likely to go it alone against Congress and the public because there don’t seem to be any repercussions. Our system of checks and balances is out of whack with no fix in sight. Lesson learned.
Source: System of Checks and Balances Just Broke | La Prensa San Diego
H.R. 2652: To require the use of voting machines manufactured in the United States.
Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI2]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on House Administration which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
180 countries — except US — agree to plastic waste agreement
wimps and wrong

After 12 days of negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations, countries have agreed to treat plastic as hazardous waste. Germany is considering a ban that would go even further.
She Stopped to Help Migrants on a Texas Highway. Moments Later, She Was Arrested.
sick A county attorney in West Texas was detained for helping three young migrants, part of an escalating attempt to investigate and punish those providing aid to border crossers.
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