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by Causes | 10.22.18

Welcome to Monday, pundits...

President Trump is getting on - or, I suppose off - the 80s nostalgia train.

The president announced on Saturday that he will pull the U.S. out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia that was created by the Reagan administration in 1986.

\"We're the ones that have stayed in the agreement, and we've honored the agreement, but Russia has not, unfortunately, honored the agreement, so we're going to terminate the agreement,\" Trump said.

The INF treaty required both nations to eliminate ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between 300 and 3,400 miles.

Tell your reps how you feel about the planned withdrawal.

On the Radar

\nSaudi officials have claimed that Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a fight following a discussion in the Saudi consulate in Turkey. Over the weekend, the paper's CEO and publisher called on Trump and Congress to demand \"verifiable evidence\" from the Saudis that that's how Khashoggi died. \"This is not an explanation; it is a coverup... The Saudis cannot be allowed to fabricate a face-saving solution to an atrocity that appears to have been directed by the highest levels of their government.\" What are your thoughts on Congress and Trump demanding \"verifiable evidence\"?

\nA caravan of Central American immigrants marching toward the U.S. through Mexico grew to more than 5,000 on Sunday. This is despite President Trump's threats to cut off federal aid for countries such as Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador; reevaluate his proposed trade deal with Mexico; and even \"close our southern border\" in response to the caravan. Should Trump make good on his threats?

\nVoter engagement in the U.S. has been declining for decades, but that appears to be changing this year. According to USAFacts - a non-partisan civic initiative aimed at making government data accessible - U.S. presidential voting rates have declined from 69.3 percent in 1964 to 56.0 percent in 2016. But that may all change in 2018: voter registration rates are breaking records across the country, and young people – who historically vote the least – appear to be engaging at levels we haven’t seen in a long time. For the full story, head over to: Record Voter Registration After Years of Decline: Are You Ready for the Midterms?\n

Under the Radar

\nCitizens in six states will vote on ballot measures that could add crime victims’ rights ― known as Marsy’s Law ― to their state constitutions this November. The law is named after Marsalee “Marsy” Nicholas, who was stalked and murdered by her ex-boyfriend. Marsy’s brother Henry Nicholas, co-founder of Broadcom, took up the cause of crime victims’ rights after his family’s experience with the criminal justice system: A week after his sister’s death, Henry and his mother encountered Marsy’s ex-boyfriend at a grocery store after he was released on bail—they hadn’t been made aware of his release. We take a look at each state's Marsy’s Law measures here.
\nA coalition of 35 state Attorneys General have issued a joint letter to the FCC, urging the agency to allow phone companies to do more to block illegal robocalls and “neighbor spoofing.” Neighbor spoofing is a technique that allows calls to appear on a consumer’s caller ID as coming from a local phone number, no matter where the call actually originated. And New York's AG Barbara Underwood is sick of it. “Unwanted robocalls aren’t just a nuisance—they’re a means for scammers to take advantage of unsuspecting New Yorkers [who've] been bombarded with these illegal robocall scams – including the all-too-common spoofed calls that appear to come from a neighbor – and it’s time for federal action.”

\nThe latest Pew Research Center political survey finds 58 percent of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 37 percent think abortion should be illegal in all or most cases. As expected, views on abortion divide Americans across partisan, ideological, and religious lines. For example, 78 percent of Democratic women and 73 percent of Democratic men say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 42 percent of Republican men and 34 percent of Republican women say the same. Do you think abortion should be legal in all or most cases?

Your Gov at a Glance 👀

The White House: President Trump in D.C.

To be announced.

The House of Representatives: Out

The House will return Tuesday, November 13th.

The Senate: Out

The Senate will return Tuesday, November 13th.

What You're Saying

Here's how you're answering Should the Federal Gov’t Not Discriminate Against People Based on Their Views About Marriage or Premarital Sex?

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But wait, there's more!

And, in the End…

Two big bill anniversaries today:

On October 22, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Gun Control Act of 1968 into law, placing restrictions on interstate gun purchases and access to firearms for \"prohibited persons\". It was the second major federal gun control law to be enacted, the first having become law in 1934. Read the full story here.
And a little something for the other side of the aisle: On October 22, 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the Tax Reform Act of 1986 into law, lowering income tax rates and consolidating tax brackets while also eliminating deductions. The legislation dramatically changed America’s tax code and was the most significant overhaul the tax code had undergone for decades prior to the Trump administration's tax reform in 2017. Click here for more.

Get down on your knees and pick up some garbage while eating a Wetzel's DIPPED IN ALMOND BUTTER in honor of National Knee Day/Clean Up the Earth Day/Eat a Pretzel Day/National Nut Day/INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY,

—Josh Herman

Talk to Managing Editor Andrea Seabrook via email, andrea [at] countable.us, or on twitter, @RadioBabe. And don’t forget to keep in touch @Countable.

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