Updated Day 253

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-1/ **Tom Price resigned as Trump's Health and Human Services Secretary** after racking up at least $400,000 in private charter flights. In an effort to satisfy Trump yesterday, Price [offered to reimburse the government](https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2017/09/28/day-252/#7-tom-price-will-repay-taxpayers-for) $51,887. The announcement came hours after Trump told reporters he considered Price a “fine man” but that he “didn't like the optics” and would make a decision about his future by the end of the day. Additionally, [Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/28/tom-price-military-jets-europe-asia-hhs-243276) reported that Price had used a military aircraft to travel to Africa, Europe, and to Asia earlier this year at a cost of more than $500,000 to taxpayers. The overseas trips bring the total cost of Price’s travels to more than $1 million since May. ([NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/hhs-secretary-price-s-fate-be-decided-tonight-trump-says-n806051) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/us/politics/tom-price-trump-hhs.html) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/09/29/trump-to-decide-friday-night-whether-to-fire-hhs-secretary-price/))
+1/ **Tom Price resigned as Trump's Health and Human Services Secretary** after racking up at least $400,000 in private charter flights. Yesterday, in an effort to satisfy Trump, Price [offered to reimburse the government](https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2017/09/28/day-252/#7-tom-price-will-repay-taxpayers-for) $51,887. Price's resignation came hours after Trump told reporters he considered Price a “fine man” but that he “didn't like the optics” and would make a decision about his future by the end of the day. Additionally, [Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/28/tom-price-military-jets-europe-asia-hhs-243276) reported that Price had used a military aircraft to travel to Africa, Europe, and to Asia earlier this year at a cost of more than $500,000 to taxpayers. The overseas trips bring the total cost of Price’s travels to more than $1 million since May. ([NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/hhs-secretary-price-s-fate-be-decided-tonight-trump-says-n806051) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/us/politics/tom-price-trump-hhs.html) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/09/29/trump-to-decide-friday-night-whether-to-fire-hhs-secretary-price/))
 
 * **Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his aides have taken several flights on private or military aircraft**, including a $12,000 charter plane to take him to events in his hometown in Montana and private flights between two Caribbean islands. ([Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/28/ryan-zinke-charter-military-planes-interior-243280) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2017/09/28/59533ed8-a4b8-11e7-ade1-76d061d56efa_story.html))
 
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-5/ **Senate Republicans released their budget blueprint, paving the way for tax reform without Democratic support**. The 89-page plan sets up the use of budget reconciliation to advance the legislation with 50 votes in the Senate, rather than the usual 60-vote supermajority. Under the proposal, Republicans can add up to $1.5 trillion to the deficit over 10 years, giving lawmakers the ability to lower rates for businesses and individuals. Republicans believe they will offset that lost revenue with increased economic growth prompted by the tax cuts. Trump described the blueprint as a "giant, beautiful, massive, the biggest ever in our country, tax cut." ([Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/29/senate-budget-resolution-released-243300) / [ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/senate-gop-budget-pave-tax-rewrite-50181035) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/09/29/tax-bill-to-be-drafted-by-november-according-to-senate-gop-budget/))
+5/ **Senate Republicans released their budget blueprint, paving the way for tax reform without Democratic support**. The 89-page plan sets up the use of budget reconciliation to advance the legislation with 50 votes in the Senate, rather than the usual 60-vote supermajority. Under the proposal, Republicans can add up to $1.5 trillion to the deficit over 10 years, giving lawmakers the ability to lower tax rates for businesses and individuals. Republicans believe they will offset the lost revenue with increased economic growth prompted by the tax cuts. Trump described the blueprint as a "giant, beautiful, massive, the biggest ever in our country, tax cut." ([Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/29/senate-budget-resolution-released-243300) / [ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/senate-gop-budget-pave-tax-rewrite-50181035) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/09/29/tax-bill-to-be-drafted-by-november-according-to-senate-gop-budget/))
 
-6/ **The Treasury Department removed a paper that contradict Steven Mnuchin argument** that workers would benefit the most from a corporate income tax cut. The analysis found that workers pay 18% of the corporate tax while owners pay 82%. A Mnuchin spokeswoman said that “studies show that 70% of the tax burden falls on American workers” and that a “lower corporate rate, as proposed in the \[GOP tax\] framework, will generate the incentives needed to increase productivity and wages, as well as create jobs.” ([Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/treasury-removes-paper-at-odds-with-mnuchins-take-on-corporate-tax-cuts-winners-1506638463))
+6/ **The Treasury Department removed a paper that contradicted Steven Mnuchin argument** that workers would benefit the most from a corporate income tax cut. The analysis found that workers pay 18% of the corporate tax while owners pay 82%. A Mnuchin spokeswoman said that other “studies show that 70% of the tax burden falls on American workers” and that a “lower corporate rate, as proposed in the \[GOP tax\] framework, will generate the incentives needed to increase productivity and wages, as well as create jobs.” ([Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/treasury-removes-paper-at-odds-with-mnuchins-take-on-corporate-tax-cuts-winners-1506638463))
 
 7/ **The acting Homeland Security Secretary called Puerto Rico's recovery "really a good news story."** San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz shot back: "Dammit, this is not a good news story. This is a 'people are dying' story. It's a life-or-death story." [Early this week](https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2017/09/26/day-250/#8-trump-will-travel-to-puerto-rico-n), Trump placed some blame on Puerto Rico for its situation, tweeting that the US territory had "broken infrastructure & massive debt." Today, he tweeted that "big decisions will have to be made as to the cost of its rebuilding!" ([CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/29/politics/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-san-juan-mayor-trump-response/index.html) / [Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/29/trump-puerto-rico-response-backlash-243296) / [The Hill](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/353039-trump-big-decision-will-have-to-be-made-about-rebuilding-puerto-rico))
 
 {% twitter https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/913723771336392704 %}
 
 {% twitter https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/913724766208610304 %}
 
-8/ **The Justice Department wants Facebook to turn over information about people who "liked" an anti-Trump Facebook page**. The department obtained search warrants requiring The DisruptJ20 Facebook page – now Resist This – and two others to hand over "nonpublic lists of people who planned to attend political organizing events and even the names of people who simply liked, followed, reacted to, commented on or otherwise engaged with the content on the Facebook page." Information from the three accounts that could provide the personal details of thousands of activists who expressed interest in anti-Trump rallies. The DOJ originally requested [that 1.3 million IP addresses](https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2017/08/15/day-208/#8-the-justice-department-has-demande) from disruptj20.org be turned over, which a DC judge ruled the web hosting company was [obligated to turn over](https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2017/08/24/day-217/#9-a-web-hosting-company-was-ordered). ([NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/feds-demand-facebook-share-information-anti-trump-protesters-n805801))
+8/ **The Justice Department wants Facebook to turn over information about people who "liked" an anti-Trump Facebook page**. The department obtained search warrants requiring The DisruptJ20 Facebook page – now Resist This – and two others to hand over "nonpublic lists of people who planned to attend political organizing events and even the names of people who simply liked, followed, reacted to, commented on or otherwise engaged with the content on the Facebook page." Information from the three accounts could provide the personal details of thousands of activists who expressed interest in anti-Trump rallies. The DOJ originally requested [that 1.3 million IP addresses](https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2017/08/15/day-208/#8-the-justice-department-has-demande) from disruptj20.org be turned over, which a DC judge ruled that the web hosting company was [obligated to turn over](https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2017/08/24/day-217/#9-a-web-hosting-company-was-ordered). ([NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/feds-demand-facebook-share-information-anti-trump-protesters-n805801))
 
 * **A social media campaign calling itself "Blacktivist" and linked to the Russian government used both Facebook and Twitter in an attempt to amplify racial tensions during the election**. The Twitter account has been handed over to Congress with the Facebook account expected to be handed over in the coming days. ([CNN](http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/28/media/blacktivist-russia-facebook-twitter/))
 
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 11/ **The State Department ordered nonessential diplomats and families out of Cuba after several sonic attacks**. At least 21 US diplomats and family members have been affected, causing an array of issues from hearing loss to dizziness to concussions. ([CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/29/politics/us-cuba-sonic-attacks-pulls-out-diplomats/index.html) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/us/politics/us-embassy-cuba-attacks.html))
 
-12/ **Republicans launched a group to fight Democratic-drawn political maps in court** using data and legal efforts and “serve as a central resource to coordinate and collaborate” on redistricting for party organizations and members. Democrats setup a similar group earlier this year. Both the National Republican Redistricting Trust and the National Democratic Redistricting Committee are focused on influencing congressional and state legislative boundaries after the next census. ([Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/29/republicans-redistricting-strategy-2020-243298))
+12/ **Republicans launched a group to fight Democratic-drawn political maps in court** using data and legal efforts to “serve as a central resource to coordinate and collaborate” on redistricting for party organizations and members. Democrats setup a similar group earlier this year. Both the National Republican Redistricting Trust and the National Democratic Redistricting Committee are focused on influencing congressional and state legislative boundaries after the next census. ([Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/29/republicans-redistricting-strategy-2020-243298))
 
 poll/ **49% say NFL players who kneel during the National Anthem are doing the wrong thing** to express their political opinion, while 43% say it's the right thing. ([CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/29/politics/national-anthem-nfl-cnn-poll/index.html))
 
