And in other political news around the country: Obama is frustrated about Flints water crisis,new polls are out, and Clinton spoke about her email serverSarah Palin: her son’s arrest and her endorsement translatedObama addresses ‘terrible tragedy’ of Flint water crisisSome of Hillary Clinton’s emails were ‘more than top secret 2.40am GMTPresident Barack Obama may be about to pull a Beyoncé - that is, or he may be on the verge of dropping a hot executive action without even a tip of warning.
After issuing executive orders that expanded access to mental-health treatment and improved background checks for Americans seeking to purchase a firearm,Obama is reportedly considering an order aimed at pulling back the curtain on campaign finance.
The opinion behind the order is to expose the political activity of many of the country’s largest companies, an attempt to narrow the floodgates of corporate contributions that opened with the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling in 2010, or which allowed companies and labor unions to give unlimited sums.” 2.20am GMTKentucky senator Rand Paul is really pushing the Trump-as-six-hundred-year-venerable (respected because of age, distinguished)-dessicated-hobbit-monster:Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com