October 2019 News
Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative September 2019 news and views
October Update
Oct. 2
Impeachment Daily Index
- New York Times, Trump Wants to ‘Interview’ Whistle-Blower
- New York Times, Pompeo and House Chairmen Clash Over Impeachment Inquiry
- New York Times, Pompeo Calls House Request to Interview Diplomats ‘Intimidation’ and Rushed
- Washington Post, ‘A presidency of one’: Key federal agencies increasingly compelled to benefit Trump
- Washington Post, Barr is said to have urged foreign governments to aid investigation of CIA, FBI activities related to 2016 election
- Palmer Report, Opinion: Donald Trump is now being targeted by the Department of Defense Inspector General too
- Washington Post, Trump amps up attacks on whistleblower as some Republicans call for a more strategic response
- New York Times, Who supports an impeachment inquiry? Here’s a full list
U.S. 2020 Politics
Roll Call, Bernie Sanders cancels campaign schedule after heart procedure, Niels Lesniewski, Oct. 2, 2019. Spokesman says presidential candidate (shown in a Gage Skidmore file photo) had stents installed after doctors found blockage in artery.
Sen. Bernie Sanders is recovering after having heart stents installed, canceling his presidential campaign events until further notice. Jeff Weaver, a senior adviser to the Democratic presidential campaign of the Vermont independent, made the announcement of the medical procedure. “During a campaign event yesterday evening, Sen. Sanders experienced some chest discomfort. Following medical evaluation and testing he was found to have a blockage in one artery and two stents were successfully inserted. Sen. Sanders is conversing and in good spirits. He will be resting up over the next few days,” Weaver said. “We are canceling his events and appearances until further notice, and we will continue to provide appropriate updates.”
Sanders was among the 10 Democratic presidential hopefuls scheduled to appear at a candidate forum in Las Vegas on Wednesday.…