-Trump goes from calling for wars to end to threatening to sabotage the Turkish economy in a few hours

-Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao meeting disproportionately with local officials from state of husband, Mitch McConnell

-SCOTUS kicks off new term hearing case on Kansas law narrowing the use of insanity pleas; White House sides with state, obviously, claiming pleas allow “an on-off switch for liability.”

-GM strike drags on, UAW calls for assurances on job security

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-Warren releases labor plan to Vox praise of “most ambitious” but no vow to end “at will” employment (unlike Sanders)

-Trump admin ratchets up trade war stance, hitting tasty butter, British blankeys and other European products with tariffs

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-House Oversight looks at possible rental of Trump Hotel rooms to curry favor with President

-USDA floats another proposal to cut food stamps for millions of people

-Whistleblower may have tried to stop Boeing 737 malfunctions; company applying to get planes back in the air

-The world is on track to get 50 percent of its energy supply from renewables by 2050, a US government report says. That’s not good enough.

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-A crowd reportedly booed Speaker Pelosi after she voiced support for Henry Cuellar, an incumbent Dem who voted with Trump for most of last Congress

-Justice Dept. Inspector General details DEA light touch on opioids as overdose crisis worsened

-Trump admin, North Korea to resume talks this weekend; South Korea continues to voice support for diplomacy

-Manufacturing index dips to lowest level since 2009

-DC Circuit upholds FCC relaxation of Net Neutrality rules, blocks Trump admin effort to stop stronger rules at state level

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-The Sams take the day off for the Jewish New Year

-Trump's Civil War tweet, and other recent stories from over the weekend

-UNLOCKED FROM BEHIND THE PAYWALL: An interview with podcaster Karen Geier on Justin Trudeau’s love of costumes and the Prime Minister’s chances of remaining in power after Canadian federal elections

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-Whistleblower complaint on the Trump-Ukraine-Hunter Biden scandal alleges multiple White House inside sources, State Department efforts to rein in Rudy Giuliani

-Joseph Maguire, Acting Director of National Intelligence, testified today. Maguire tried to explain why it took months to tell Congress, despite Inspector General corroboration

-Obvious “Wag the Dog” reference much? The Trump administration is accusing Syria of chemical weapons use

-GM strike enters day 11, though UAW and management look close to a deal. The company has already restored workers’ healthcare coverage

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-Justin Trudeau’s woke brand falls apart weeks before the Canadian election, with the Prime Minister mired in a blackface scandal. Canadian writer/podcaster Karen Geier (@KarenGeier) comes on to discuss the situation

-Dems look to screw up this up already, disingenuously framing the Ukraine issue as the only impeachment related matter that the public “understands”

-On the Republican side: the “transcript” released by Trump is not a transcript and even then it does not make him look good at all

-FHA reverse mortgage foreclosures spiked from 2 to 18 percent in four years, according to watchdog report

-Fed governor Lael Brainard won’t answer question about whether she’s “a capitalist or a socialist”

-FTC accuses Match dating conglomerate of illegally exploiting the horny

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Building Huge Vulnerable Aircraft Carriers to Own My Enemy

-Sina Rahmani, from The East is a Podcast, on the recent Saudi oil attack and how the United States is in a prime position to get dealt a huge blow by Iran

-Bernie’s plan wouldn’t necessarily do that, but it gets us closer than Warren’s plan

-More House Dems coming around on impeachment after Trump-Biden-Ukraine scandal

-New York Fed promises up to $75 billion cash injections to overnight financial markets every day until Oct. 10 (that means the economy is good, right?)

-Senate set to confirm former Koch lackey as top overseer of federal land management

-Speaking of which, GAO details how energy companies have been getting away with highway robbery on federal land leases

-New Trump overtime rule takes potential raise away from 2.8 million workers

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-Climate Strike protests clog rush hour for drivers in Washington, sparking reactionary thirst posting from Ken Cuccinelli

-Senate Dems demand hearing on Trump Ukraine pressure over Biden failson

-President clearly appears to be acting inappropriately, though Hunter exemplifies why ex-VP is a bad nominee

-The Labor Department, which is about to be led by Eugene Scalia, wants to collect info on public sector management metrics

-Trump admin assault on graduate student unions officially unveiled today

-FCC media ownership rules dealt setback in appeals court

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-Fed decision to lower rates comes as New York Fed injects $128 billion in financial markets

-Intelligence community tries to take Edward Snowden’s book profits

-House moves bills that would stop forced arbitration, GOP attack on endangered species protections

-Elizabeth Warren flubs question about raising taxes for single payer. Who cares about higher taxes with health insurance vampires on the prowl?

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