#45 - Donald Trump Is Blowing Hard.

Trump Made Strong Statements that concern our Civil Liberties, the Climate Science "Hoax," Immigration, Armed Conflicts and Health Care.  As this presidency progresses let's take a look at just "What the Hell You Have to Lose." And at the same time, as we move through the Trump years we'll take a look at What The Hell We've Lost!

Breaking News

What The Hell Do You Have To Lose ?

Your Freedom. Every Republican President Since Nixon Has Had a War on Drugs, a War on Crime, A Zero Tolerance Policy That Has Sent Millions of Men and Women Of Color to Prisons

Trump in  February as President: "Afterwards, he delivered a speech that closely resembled his harsh campaign rhetoric on crime, promising to support police officers as they safeguard what he described as cities, like Chicago, under attack by gangs and neighborhoods “crippled by violence and fear.” Souce: Politico

Trump on Crime

What The Hell Do You Have To Lose?

Free and Fair Elections and Your Voting Rights.

This past Election Cycle The Trump Team Did Their Best To Keep US Away From The Polls With Their Voter Suppression Campaigns. Protect Democracy.  VOTE!

The Trump team engages with a foreign power to influence the election.  "Donald Trump Jr. initially told the press that the meeting was held to discuss adoptions of Russian children by Americans. On July 8, 2017, Trump Jr. tweeted that he agreed to the meeting with the understanding that he would receive information damaging to Hillary Clinton. Goldstone had stated in his email that the Russian government was involved. Robert Mueller, the special counsel of the Department of Justice in charge of Russia-related investigations, is investigating the emails and the meeting. Source: Wikipedia

Election News

Public Lands - National Parks

America's national parks need a staggering $11.5bn worth of overdue road and infrastructure repairs. But with the proposed National Park Service budget slashed by almost $400m, the Trump administration says it will turn to privatizing public park services to address those deferred maintenance costs." Source: The Guardian.

"A coalition of influential officials in Arizona and Utah is urging the Trump administration to consider rolling back Obama-era environmental protections that ban new uranium mining near the Grand Canyon."

Source: The Guardian

Environmental Protection

Trump signs order at the EPA to dismantle environmental protections

"At the EPA, scientists are encountering renewed skepticism of their work, many employees have seen their offices slated for elimination altogether, and regulators are facing the prospect of dismantling environmental rules many of them spent years creating. Trump’s visit to headquarters Tuesday was met with frustration, resignation and varying levels of angst." Source: The Washington Post

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to remove the climate change page from its website, two agency employees told Reuters, the latest move by the newly minted leadership to erase ex-President Barack Obama's climate change initiatives. Source: Reuters

Health Care

"The GOP health bill promises lower premiums for consumers. To get there, it would require patients in standard plans to spend as much as about $13,000 upfront on their own care.
The deductibles would be so high, in fact, that they’d violate maximums set in U.S. law, an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Thursday. Under Obamacare, by comparison, an individual in a standard plan would have a deductible of roughly $5,000." Source:Newsmax

The Truth

#45 tells an incredible number of lies.  The New York Times listed the lies told by the President in the first 6 month of office.  The first few days are listed below.  Use the link to see complete list. "Jan. 21 “I wasn't a fan of Iraq. I didn't want to go into Iraq.” (He was for an invasion before he was against it.) Jan. 21 “A reporter for Time magazine — and I have been on their cover 14 or 15 times. I think we have the all-time record in the history of Time magazine.” (Trump was on the cover 11 times and Nixon appeared 55 times.) Jan. 23 “Between 3 million and 5 million illegal votes caused me to lose the popular vote.” (There's no evidence of illegal voting.) Jan. 25 “Now, the audience was the biggest ever. But this crowd was massive. Look how far back it goes. This crowd was massive.” (Official aerial photos show Obama's 2009 inauguration was much more heavily attended.) Jan. 25 “Take a look at the Pew reports (which show voter fraud.)” (The report never mentioned voter fraud.)Source: New York Times

Sovereignty - Transparency

"Days before President Donald Trump's inauguration, Blackwater founder Erik Prince met with a Russian close to President Vladimir Putin in the Seychelles islands to create a communication back-channel between Trump and Russia, according to The Washington Post."
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and top White House adviser, was willing to go extraordinary lengths to establish a secret line of communication between the Trump administration and Russian government officials, The Washington Post reported on Friday."

Gender Rights - Human Rights

Trump Rescinds Rules on Bathrooms for Transgender Students - New York Times

Trump Said He Would “Strongly Consider” Appointing Judges To Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision.  -  Human Right Campaign

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights launched a multipronged critique of the Trump administration Friday, disapproving of new stances on voting rights, transgender people in the military, and asset forfeiture. - Washington Post

LGBT groups sue Trump over transgender military ban - Fox News

 

 

Money Laundering and Obstruction of Justice

TRUMP: "He is a nicer person than I am," Trump said of the Russian president. "In terms of leadership, he's getting an A." The reason, according to Trump, is that Putin is "making mincemeat out of our president."

Putin returned the compliment in December, when he said: "He's a really brilliant and talented person, without any doubt. He is the absolute front-runner in the presidential race." Trump, who judges people purely by whether or not they praise him, promptly shot back: "When people call you brilliant, it's always good, especially when the person heads up Russia." Source: Der Speigel

According to many news sources, obstuction is is Trump's way of doing business. From Newsweek: "Over the course of decades, Donald Trump’s companies have systematically destroyed or hidden thousands of emails, digital records and paper documents demanded in official proceedings, often in defiance of court orders. These tactics—exposed by a Newsweek review of thousands of pages of court filings, judicial orders and affidavits from an array of court cases—have enraged judges, prosecutors, opposing lawyers and the many ordinary citizens entangled in litigation with Trump."

World Opinion

Are We Losing Our Alllies? "World to Trump: Stand up against racism, neo-Nazis - CNN" "Climate change is a global challenge. No country can place itself outside of this," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said". "The head of the European Commission lectured Mr. Trump that "not everything in international agreements is fake news." ""The EU and China are joining forces to forge ahead on the implementation of the Paris agreement and accelerate the global transition to clean energy," EU Climate Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete told the Guardian newspaper.

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Trump claims credit for Shell plant announced under Obama

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