WTF Just Happened Today

Monday, October 8, 2018

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1/ Rick Gates requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities and use social media to manipulate and influence the election.

2/ Nikki Haley resigned as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and will leave at the end of the year.

poll/ 54% of likely voters say they support the Democrat in their district while 41% back the Republican in a generic ballot.

poll/ 34% of young people ages 18-24 say they are "extremely likely" to vote in the midterm elections – up from 19.9% of 18-to-29 year olds who voted in 2014's midterms.

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???? THE RE-UP.\ A few stories worth your attention that were drowned out by the daily shock and awe. Updated occasionally.

• Day 621: Trump inherited his family's wealth through fraud and questionable tax schemes.

• Day 627: A U.N. report on the effects of climate change predicts a strong risk of an environmental crisis much sooner than expected.

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✏️ NOTABLES.

• The acting EPA administration repeatedly engaged with racist and conspiratorial content on Facebook and Twitter over the past five years.

• The Trump administration will remove a federal ban on the summer sales of high-ethanol gasoline blends.

• Trump apologized "on behalf of our nation" to Kavanaugh "for the terrible pain and suffering" that he and his family endured during the confirmation process.

• More than a thousand noncitizens may have been registered to vote in California due to a processing error.

• Trump's trade war with China has cost Ford $1 billion.

• Kanye West will visit the White House to discuss job opportunities for former convicts with Trump and Jared Kushner.

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