WTF Just Happened Today

Friday, October 12, 2018

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1/ The Trump administration is considering new rules to separate parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border.

2/ Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross discussed adding a citizenship question to the U.S. census with Steve Bannon and Kris Kobach despite previously saying he hadn't spoken with anyone at the White House about the addition.

3/ Wilbur Ross shifted his explanation for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, saying he now recalls discussing it with Steve Bannon.

4/ Trump could fire Jeff Sessions and then replace him with a temporary attorney general who would then reduce Robert Mueller's budget "so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt."

5/ Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a Hatch Act complaint against Sarah Huckabee Sanders for using her official government Twitter account to tweet a photo of herself with Kanye West, who was wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat in the Oval Office.

poll/ 51% of Americans disapprove of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court – and 53% favor further investigation by Congress that could lead to efforts to remove him from office.

✏️ NOTABLES.

• The Turkish government told U.S. officials that they have audio and video recordings that prove Jamal Khashoggi was tortured and killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.

• Trump on Khashoggi: "It's in Turkey, and it's not a citizen, as I understand it."

• Two Arizona Republicans tried to make a donation to a Democratic congressman as members of the Communist Party in an attempt to link him to the far left.

• Senate Democrats agreed to confirm 15 lifetime federal judges in exchange for the ability to go into recess through the midterms, allowing Democrats to campaign.

• Georgia sued for placing 53,000 voter applications – 70% by African-Americans – on hold weeks before November's midterm election.

• Melania Trump said she has "more important things to think about" than her husband's alleged affairs, adding that the allegations are "not concern and focus of mine" because she's "a mother and a first lady."

• Trump made 129 false claims last week – his second-most-dishonest week as president.

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