• Editor’s note: As President Trump’s re-election poll numbers continue to be dismal for an incumbent President, the country can continue to expect a further ramp-up of his irrational behavior to divert, deflect, and distract from his self-destructive inconsistencies. As an example, “Sharpie-gate” got out of control from his lack of leadership in just letting go his error. Read more, Read more, Read more
• The article titles below highlight many issues in the news last week that were drowned-out by Trump’s 6 days of noise about Alabama being in Dorian’s cross-hairs. “Not!”

“As Dorian Loomed, Homeland Security Shifted $155 Million From FEMA to ICE”

• Editor’s note: President Trump shifted previously appropriated funds to build a section of his “Wall” just for political expediency in demonstrating to his base he is keeping promises, yet at what cost to America?

“Last week, as Hurricane Dorian formed out in the Atlantic, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it was shifting $155 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This means that money previously allocated for disaster relief — to help rebuild after a hurricane, for example — is now being diverted to fund an increased number of beds for the growing number of ICE detainees,” by Sasha Abramsky, Truthout. Read more

“Trump is tanking the US economy because he thinks he’s ‘the chosen one’ to confront China”

By Alan Lockie, Business Insider. Read more

“In Trump country [KY.], a group of coal miners rebel over lost jobs, missed paychecks”

By Tim Craig, Washington Post. Read more

“Trump Wants the Fed to Put Money in His Pocket. His Trade War Is Helping”

“The president has admitted a profit motive in his battle with Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve”

By Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone. Read more

“Alan Greenspan says it’s ‘only a matter of time’ before negative rates spread to the US”

By Fred Imbert, CNBC. Read more

“Trump rolls back Obama-era regulations on energy-efficient light bulbs”

By Sophie Lewis, CBS News. Read more

“US VP Pence was met with rainbow flags on a state visit to Iceland”

• Editor’ note: The Vice President is well-known for his controversial stands against the LGBT community. Read more

Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt to leave administration

“Exit raises questions about Washington’s much-awaited Palestinian-Israeli peace plan expected in weeks”

• Editor’s note: Greenblatt was the Trump Organization’s in-house lawyer prior to the President appointing him as envoy. He and Alan Weisselberg were two of Trump’s primary business confidants at the company. The Trump Org. is currently under investigation for providing funds to kill stories prior to the 2016 election about Trump’s past associations with porn stars. Could Mr. Greenblatt now be called in to testify before the House Judiciary Committee in their “catch-and-kill” stories investagation, which forced him to resign? hmmm. Read more

“Mumps outbreak in the camps: What’s going on in Trump’s detention centers?”

“A disease nearly eradicated by vaccines is spreading in the detention camps. But remember: The cruelty is the point”

Bu Sophia Tesfaye, Salon. Read more

“Strong support for Trump linked to willingness to persecute immigrants”

By Chelsea Whyte, New Scientist. Read more

“Republicans to scrap primaries and caucuses as Trump challengers cry foul”

“The moves, which critics called undemocratic, are the latest illustration of the president’s total takeover of the GOP apparatus.”

By Alex Isenstadt, Politico. Read more

“Critics rail against Trump’s methane proposal as an ‘unconscionable assault on environment’”

By Emma Newburger, CNBC. Read more