Some larger edits today

Doubled words, connective tissue changes, and rewrote a sentence to improve it but it's still awkward.

Author: mogigoma

_posts/2018-11-05-day-655.markdown

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ todayInOneSentence: 'Vote or I''ll unsubscribe you from WTF Just Happened Today.
 
 1. **The Georgia secretary of state and Republican candidate for governor accused Democrats of allegedly trying to hack the state's voter registration system**. Brian Kemp, who is in a tight race with Stacey Abrams, alleged that the state Democratic Party made a "failed attempt to hack the state's voter registration system" and announced that his office was opening an investigation. Kemp said his office also alerted the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, but he offered no evidence to back up his allegation. Democrats called it a "political stunt" days before the election. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/us/politics/georgia-elections-kemp-voters-hack.html) / [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/kemp-charges-georgia-democrats-attempted-voter-hack-abrams-fires-back-n931011) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/04/brian-kemps-office-orders-hacking-probe-georgia-democrats-eve-election-hes-competing/))
 
-2. **Early voting in at least 12 states have already surpassed their early voting numbers were in 2014**. First-time voters have cast 5% or more of the early vote in 10 states. ([CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/02/politics/early-vote-swamps-2014-and-first-timers/index.html))
+2. **This year's early voting numbers in at least 12 states have already surpassed those from the 2014 midterm election**. First-time voters have cast 5% or more of the early vote in 10 states. ([CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/02/politics/early-vote-swamps-2014-and-first-timers/index.html))
 
 3. **Early voter turnout in Texas surpassed the entire turnout in the 2014 midterm election**. Over 4.5 million people in Texas cast in-person ballots in this year's early voting period and more than 360,000 people have cast mail-in ballots in 30 counties alone. ([Texas Tribune](https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2018/general-election-early-voting/))
 
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ todayInOneSentence: 'Vote or I''ll unsubscribe you from WTF Just Happened Today.
 
 1. **The Trump administration expects a number of Cabinet secretaries and top White House aides to be fired or actively pushed out after the midterms**. Jeff Sessions, Rod Rosenstein, Sarah Sanders, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross all face uncertain futures. ([Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-administration-prepares-for-massive-shake-up-after-midterms/2018/11/04/dd6ad432-dded-11e8-b732-3c72cbf131f2_story.html))
 
-2. **Financial penalties against banks and big companies has declined sharply during the first 20 months of the Trump presidency**. There has been a 62% drop in penalties imposed by the S.E.C. and 72% decline in corporate penalties from the Justice Department's criminal prosecutions compared to the the Obama administration. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/trump-sec-doj-corporate-penalties.html))
+2. **Financial penalties against banks and big companies have declined sharply during the first 20 months of the Trump presidency**. There has been a 62% drop in penalties imposed by the S.E.C. and a 72% decline in corporate penalties from the Justice Department's criminal prosecutions compared to the Obama administration. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/trump-sec-doj-corporate-penalties.html))
 
-3. **NBC aired the racist anti-immigration political ad approved by Trump**. After airing the ad, both NBC and Fox News pulled the anti-immigrant ad. CNN, however, rejected the ad outright, saying "that this ad is racist." ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/us/politics/nbc-caravan-advertisement.html) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/03/trump-jr-griped-that-cnn-didnt-run-his-dads-commercial-this-ad-is-racist-network-replied/) / [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/05/media/nbc-trump-immigration-ad/index.html))
+3. **NBC aired the racist anti-immigration political ad approved by Trump**. After airing the ad, both NBC and Fox News pulled it. CNN, however, rejected the ad outright, saying "that this ad is racist." ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/us/politics/nbc-caravan-advertisement.html) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/03/trump-jr-griped-that-cnn-didnt-run-his-dads-commercial-this-ad-is-racist-network-replied/) / [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/05/media/nbc-trump-immigration-ad/index.html))
 
 4. **Trump's deployment of troops to the U.S.-Mexico border is estimated to cost $220 million by year-end**. A Pentagon risk assessment found that the caravan did not pose a threat to the United States. ([CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/05/trump-border-deployments-could-cost-220-million-pentagon-sees-no-caravan-threat.html) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trumps-border-deployments-could-cost-200-million-by-year-end/2018/11/02/9798d7b6-deeb-11e8-aa33-53bad9a881e8_story.html))
 
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ todayInOneSentence: 'Vote or I''ll unsubscribe you from WTF Just Happened Today.
 
 7. **Trump's name was invoked in direct connection with 17 cases of criminal violent acts, threats of violence, or allegations of assault.** Nearly all of the cases – 16 out of 17 – include court documents and direct evidence of someone echoing presidential rhetoric, not protesting it. The suspects and perpetrators in the 17 cases are mostly white men, while the victims represent a variety of minority groups, including African-Americans, Latinos, Muslims, and gay men. ([ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/blame-abc-news-finds-17-cases-invoking-trump/story?id=58912889))
 
-8. **Trump dismissed his administration's National Climate Assessment**. Trump didn't read the report, but said he believes climate change will "probably" change back. ([Axois](https://www.axios.com/reality-check-trump-climate-change-comments-6a07878d-2385-4f07-af5b-cbe408cd737d.html))
+8. **Trump dismissed his administration's National Climate Assessment**. Trump didn't read the report, but said he believes climate change will "probably" change back. ([Axois](https://www.axios.com/reality-check-trump-climate-change-comments-6a07878d-2385-4f07-af5b-cbe408cd737d.html))