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A conservative firebrand promoting Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud oversees a Kansas election system that threw out at least three times as many ballots as any similarly sized state did, fueling concerns about massive voter suppression should its practices become the national standard.
Only six states – all among the top 10 in population – discarded more votes during the 2016 election than the 33rd-largest state of Kansas, according to data collected by the bipartisan US Election Assistance Commission, a federal agency that certifies voting systems. Kansas’s 13,717 rejected ballots even topped the 13,461 from Florida, which has about seven times as many residents.
Trump's election commission co-chair pushes rules that led to tossed-out votes
Another US agency deletes references to climate change on government website
The National Institutes of Health deleted multiple references to climate change on its website over the summer, continuing a trend that began when the Trump administration took charge of the dot.gov domain.
The changes were first outlined in a report by the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI), which has been using volunteers to track changes to roughly 25,000 pages across multiple government agencies since Trump took office. EDGI counted five instances in which the term “climate change” was changed to simply “climate” on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) site.
Rabbis ditch High Holy Days call with Trump
The High Holy Days are an opportunity for reflection and introspection. As the leaders of major denominations in American Jewish life, we have been deeply engaged in both, considering the events of the Jewish year that is ending and preparing spiritually for the year to come.
In so doing, we have thoughtfully and prayerfully considered whether to continue the practice in recent years of playing key roles in organizing a conference call for the President of the United States to bring High Holy Day greetings to American rabbis. We have concluded that President Trump’s statements during and after the tragic events in Charlottesville are so lacking in moral leadership and empathy for the victims of racial and religious hatred that we cannot organize such a call this year.
The latest resignation letter sent to President Trump spells out 'IMPEACH'
Another day, another resignation, another hidden message in a letter.
Daniel Kammen, an energy professor at the University of California, Berkeley, resigned Wednesday from his position as the State Department's science envoy.
Kammen, who was appointed to the position back in February 2016 and has served in many federal roles for more than 20 years, said his decision was tied to President Trump's "attacks on core values of the United States."
Former DNI Chief Clapper Questions Trump’s ‘Fitness’ to Be President
"I really question his ability to be -- his fitness to be -- in this office, and I also am beginning to wonder about his motivation for it," Clapper told CNN's Don Lemon on "CNN Tonight."
Hours after Trump delivered a defiant speech in Phoenix, Arizona, Clapper said he found the President's rally "downright scary and disturbing."
Trump aides plot a big immigration deal — that breaks a campaign promise
Donald Trump’s top aides are pushing him to protect young people brought into the country illegally as children — and then use the issue as a bargaining chip for a larger immigration deal — despite the president’s campaign vow to deport so-called Dreamers.
The White House officials want Trump to strike an ambitious deal with Congress that offers Dreamers protection in exchange for legislation that pays for a border wall and more detention facilities, curbs legal immigration and implements E-verify, an online system that allows businesses to check immigration status, according to a half-dozen people familiar with situation, most involved with the negotiations.
Pro-Trump group cancels dozens of rallies, citing safety concerns
A group supporting President Trump is canceling dozens of rallies around the country scheduled for Sept. 9 due to threats of violence, according to a Monday press release.
Breitbart News reported that the group Act for America is nixing the rallies "given the security issues of organizing public events."
"In recent weeks, extremist and radical organizations in the United States and abroad have overrun peaceful events in order to advance their own agendas, and in many cases, violence has been the result," the group wrote.
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