Today's News (2019/12/21)

Former White House officials say they feared Putin influenced the president’s views on Ukraine and 2016 campaign
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/former-white-house-officials-say-they-feared-putin-influenced-the-presidents-views-on-ukraine-and-2016-campaign/2019/12/19/af0fdbf6-20e9-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

Fox News: the impeachment was fake.
No, really.
https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1207861363353239552

Trump adviser: Expect more aggressive poll watching in 2020
https://apnews.com/af2f0ede054d8baebbe1bb6ca47b4895

GOP Senate quietly removes white nationalism from new requirements to screen military enlistees
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/gop-senate-quietly-removes-white-nationalism-from-new-requirements-to-screen-military-enlistees/

Under secret Stephen Miller plan, ICE to use data on migrant children to expand deportation efforts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/under-secret-stephen-miller-plan-ice-to-use-data-on-migrant-children-to-expand-deportation-efforts/2019/12/20/36975b34-22a8-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

Deaths in custody. Sexual violence. Hunger strikes. What we uncovered inside ICE facilities across the US
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2019/12/19/ice-asylum-under-trump-exclusive-look-us-immigration-detention/4381404002/

'Everything is Burning': Australian Inferno Continues, Choking Off Access to Cities Across Country and "These fires are likely to continue to spread well past Christmas."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/21/everything-burning-australian-inferno-continues-choking-access-cities-across-country

‘It is beyond cruel’: Ice refuses to reunite girl with the only family she has left
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/21/it-is-beyond-cruel-ice-refuses-to-reunite-girl-with-the-only-family-she-has-left