“Vegetable prices may be going up soon, as a shortage of migrant workers is resulting in lost crops in California. Farmers say they’re having trouble hiring enough people to work during harvest season, causing some crops to rot before they can be picked. Already, the situation has triggered losses of more than $13 million in two California counties alone, according to NBC News.” More …
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Trump’s Trade Pullout Roils Rural America
“After the U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, other nations launch 27 separate negotiations to undercut U.S. exporters.” More …
Climate Change Now Impacting U.S., U.S. Government Report Warns
“A scientific review prepared for a massive U.S. government report on climate change forcefully asserts that human activity is changing the global climate—and that the U.S. is already feeling the effects.” More …
In Surprise Vote, House Passes Amendment to Restrict Asset Forfeiture
“The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved an amendment to the Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act that will roll back Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s expansion of asset fortfeitures. Amendment number 126 was sponsored by a bipartisan group of nine members, led by Michigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash. He was joined by Democratic Reps. Ro Khanna of California; Oregon’s Pramila Jayapal, a rising progressive star; and Hawaii’s Tulsi Gabbard.” More …
Is Anybody Home at HUD?
A long-harbored conservative dream — the “dismantling of the administrative state” — is taking place under Secretary Ben Carson. More …
Pro-Russian Bots Take Up the Right-Wing Cause After Charlottesville
“Analysts tracking Russian influence operations find a feedback loop between Kremlin propaganda and far-right memes.” More …
Trump team goes to bat for NRA-backed bill, deleting Park Service concerns
“The National Park Service has several big problems with NRA-backed legislation that would restrict the agency from regulating hunting and fishing within park boundaries. But according to a leaked memo obtained by McClatchy, the Trump administration has so far prevented the parks from voicing such concerns.” More …
Republicans Want More Hunting on Federal Lands
Freedom Means Shooting Bear Cubs While They’re Hibernating More …
OSHA Scrubs Worker Deaths from Home Page
“The new fatality list, buried on an internal page, does not include incidents where a worker was killed if the company was not cited for violations.” More …
Ditching Donald Trump: Wave of Republican retirements points to big GOP trouble in 2018
“Republican members of Congress returned from an August recess in which they avoided terrible headlines by doing their darnedest to avoid their constituents only to face an even bleaker political landscape awaiting them in Washington. With few legislative results to tout, several congressional Republicans have opted to head into 2018 by taking the road of least resistance: retirement. ” More …