The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 32 - Politics

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 32
Mitch McConnell received donations from voting machine lobbyists before blocking election security bills
Anger at being labeled racist is the new ‘cultural anxiety’ for Trump supporters
Bernie Sanders 'Acing the Electability Test' as Another Poll Shows Senator Crushing Trump in General
Trump tore out magazine picture of Justin Trudeau, scrawled odd message and mailed it to Canadian embassy, report claims
Permit for straight pride rally denied in Northern California city
Trump Uses Accents To Mock Japanese, Korean Allies At Hamptons Fundraiser
Charlottesville's white supremacists are being targeted by a law that took down the KKK
Texas Is Bracing for a Blue Wave in 2020. Yes, Texas.
‘It’s like you have this disease’: Trump supporters in New York complain they cannot admit they back president
Attorney General Bill Barr says there were 'serious irregularities' at jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself
Conservative Pundit S.E. Cupp Quits The NRA In Powerful Plea For Gun Control
President Trump has made 12,019 false or misleading claims over 928 days
Democrats stump for election security, blast McConnell at hacker conference
Bayer gets help from Donald Trump as US regulators veto warnings its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer
Heather Heyer’s Mom: I Have to Hide Her Grave From Neo-Nazis
#TrumpsBodyCount pins blame on Trump for mass shooting and migrant deaths — ‘7 immigrant toddlers, countless immigrant adults, 19 in Philadelphia Synagogue, 9 in CA, 1 in Charlottesville, 22 in El Paso.’
Texas Latina progressive, Cristina Tzinztún Ramirez, launches Democratic Senate campaign. The founder of the group Jolt Initiative, which mobilizes young voters, wants to unseat Sen. John Cornyn.
Trump administration to penalize immigrants who use or might use public benefits, a move aimed at curbing legal immigration
Texas almost mandated an HPV vaccine before politics got in the way. Now, the state has one of the country's highest rates of cervical cancer.
Scaramucci no longer backs Trump's reelection, says change may be needed at top of ticket
‘Invaders’: The Vocabulary Of El Paso Shooter, Fox News Alarmingly Similar
Trump is losing ground in America's suburbs
Republicans Already Had a Chance to Address White Supremacy. They Failed.
Trump’s (Almost) All-White GOP Emerges
Climate change 'getting worse faster than we are mobilizing to solve it': Al Gore

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 32

Posted: 12 Aug 2019 09:00 AM PDT

Welcome to the 'What happened in your state last week' thread, where you can post any local political news stories that you find important in the comments. This is a weekly thread posted every Monday, in order to facilitate more discussion on local issues on /r/politics. Since this is intended to be a thread about local politics, top-level comments that are exclusively about national issues will not be allowed. When commenting, please include the state you're living in, and don't forget to link sources. Also, please actually describe what happened. "I live in X, you know what happened" isn't helpful to users and will be removed.

If someone from your state made a news round-up that you think is insufficient, feel free to comment to that round-up with further news stories. Enjoy discussion, and review our civility guidelines before engaging with others.

Hi there, /r/politics. Before we start, I'd like to restate the intention of this thread, which is to highlight local news. Therefore, any stories that made national news like the death of Jeffrey Epstein, stories about national politicians like the President, US Senators and US Representatives, and stories about people running for the office of President, are considered off topic for this thread. Thank you, and enjoy your day.

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Mitch McConnell received donations from voting machine lobbyists before blocking election security bills

Posted: 12 Aug 2019 08:59 AM PDT