Today’s comic by Ruben Bolling is White supremacist president offended by being called white supremacist:
• Preet Bharara finds a new gig:
Preet Bharara, whom President Donald Trump fired as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, is joining CNN as a senior legal analyst, POLITICO has learned.
Bharara was known for his media savvy on the job in Manhattan, and since leaving office in March he has amassed nearly 440,000 Twitter followers. He also recently launched a podcast, “Stay Tuned With Preet.” On Wednesday’s episode, Bharara recalled how Trump initially requested he stay on as U.S. attorney shortly after the presidential election, and he also described his growing unease as the president-elect — and later president — broke with protocol by calling him directly on the phone.
• It’s the 20th anniversary of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial:
It is a sight to see this time of year: Three nurses surrounding a dying soldier, somber bronze figures nestled among eight willow oak trees turned autumn gold. To the passing tourist, the Vietnam Women’s Memorial might be just another photo opportunity. To Diane Carlson Evans, a former Army nurse, the women’s memorial is a testament to a nine-year struggle for recognition.
Going up against Congress, three federal commissions and two existing Vietnam War memorials, Evans led a nurses’ campaign for a memorial on the Mall next to her “brother soldiers.” This Veterans Day, she will gather around the memorial with her sister nurses to honor its 20th anniversary.
• Coming expiration of Trump’s Muslim travel ban could allow Supreme Court to avoid ruling on this matter of executive authority.
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• Fatalities from Mexico quake reach 250 as rescuers continue searching for survivors:
The name “Frida Sofía” trended on Twitter on Wednesday as the country was captivated by what the media and authorities said was the imminent rescue of a girl trapped in the rubble of a collapsed school.
But Frida Sofía was not the name of the girl rescuers were trying to pull from the rubble of the Enrique Rébsamen school. All students with that name at the school were accounted for, Mexican broadcaster Televisa – which focused heavily on the school site – reported Thursday morning. The girl’s parents also had not been located, according to public education secretary Aurelio Nuño.
“Frida Sofía” trended again on Thursday, though the tweets were tinged with rage as Mexicans railed against the country’s big broadcasters for peddling false hope as the country dug out from the two massive earthquakes in less than two week.
• San Francisco, Oakland sue oil companies over damages from rising seas:
The suits, filed separately in Superior Court in San Francisco and Alameda County and announced Wednesday, claim that a slate of oil, gas and coal producers not only caused the heat-trapping gases that drove sea level rise but knowingly did so, a challenge akin to litigation against big tobacco companies in the 1990s.
Both cities are asking the companies, which include Bay Area-based Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell and BP, to pay billions in compensation for past and future flooding, coastal erosion and property damage resulting from climate change.
• NRDC: Climate Alliance states show what real leadership looks like:
In a forceful show of climate leadership, Governors Andrew Cuomo (NY), Jerry Brown (CA), and Jay Inslee (WA) and former Secretary of State John Kerry came together in New York City Wednesday as part of Climate Week to celebrate the progress and growth of the U.S. Climate Alliance, the bipartisan coalition that has grown to 14 states dedicated to meeting the Paris agreement climate goal. The coalition was founded by Cuomo, Brown and Inslee after President Trump announced the U.S. intent to withdraw from Paris.
• Sally Yates joins Georgetown Law for the fall semester.