And Now the News

1. The Senate Democrats are apparently working towards abandoning the Dreamers.
2. More layoffs reported, this time at Kimberly-Clarke, where tax cut money is apparently being used to fund the company doing less and less work at a higher shareholder profit.
3. NTSB update on the derailment at Dupont: “The engineer said that he saw mileposts 16 and 17 but didn’t recall seeing milepost 18 or the 30 mph advance speed sign, which was posted two miles ahead of the speed-restricted curve.” Say, what?
4. Ursula K. Leguin is dead.