41. Opened the door to reducing methane pollution
standards.
The president signed an executive order directing the EPA and the Bureau of Land Management to review the methane pollution standards for oil and gas drilling facilities and determine whether to rescind or revise them. Methane pollution supercharges global warming 86 times as much as carbon pollution.
42. Took steps to reverse progress to date on U.S.
preparations for climate change.
trump signed an executive order rescinding previous executive orders related to preparing the U.S. for climate change; encouraging private investment in efforts to mitigate pollution; and ensuring our national security plans consider climate change impacts.
43. Nominated an EPA administrator who denies
scientific proof of climate change.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt told the media that he does NOT THINK carbon dioxide is the primary contributor to climate change. This without ANY SCIENTIFIC INPUT. His statement is the climate science equivalent of saying the world is flat.
44. Budget cuts that will cause 5.7 million low-
income residents to lose assistance with their heating
bills and about 673,000 to lose cooling assistance. trump’s proposal to eliminate the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, will be especially dangerous as more states experience extreme weather.
MORE WAYS THE AVERAGE CITIZEN HAS BEEN HURT That WE NEVER KNEW ABOUT: PART TWO:
Republicans and trump supporters All believe trump has done a great job in his first year. He has, FOIR THE WEALTHY, THE RICH, CORPORATIONS, OIL COMPANIES, HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE AVERAGE JOE OUT THERE. REMEMBER SIX-PACK JOE?
I HAVE ABOUT 101 WAYS WE'VE BEEN HURT...
HERE'S 45 to 88. MORE COMING. Any of you compromised by or affected by one of these?
DEMOCRACY & GOVERNMENT
IMMIGRATION
FAITH
GUN VIOLENCE
HEALTH CARE
HIGHER EDUCATION
K-12 EDUCATION
JUSTICE
THERE IS still MORE TO COME AFTER THIS...
Democracy and government reform
45. Imperiled American voters with untrue claims
about illegal voting.
trump’s empty claims of widespread FRAUD undermine the INTEGRITY of our elections and lay the basis for voter suppression efforts that attack our constitutional right to participate in self-government. When government officials spread lies that call into question the legitimacy of our elections, people lose faith in the democratic process. Instead of responding to the clear and present dangers of foreign interference and discriminatory efforts to keep some American citizens from casting their ballots, Like a child, trump chooses to spread baseless slander while calling for a witch hunt against American voters.
46. Brought pay-to-play corruption to the presidency. The trump family continues to promote their PRIVATE BUSINESS interests at home and abroad while profiting off of the presidency. Corruption, or even the appearance of corruption, diminishes trust in government and increases cynicism toward democratic institutions. At a time when 75 percent of Americans already believe that corruption is widespread in government, President Trump’s blatant disregard for ethics rules and constitutional prohibitions on presidential enrichment further undermine democratic norms and threatens our democracy, economy, and national security.
47. trump has undermined transparency and
accountability by continuing to hide his tax returns
and withholding White House visitor logs.
Due to his refusal to release his tax returns the full extent of trump’s indebtedness and foreign entanglements remains unknown. As a result, Americans cannot be sure that trump is not providing favors and special treatment to his business partners or that foreign states and businesses are not leveraging influence over the trump administration and its decisions. his insistence that foreign visitors utilize HIS HOTEL during State Visits, and more, make it impossible for trump to lead an effort to revise the tax code without Americans knowing how his proposals would line his own pocket. Changing the practice to stop disclosing White House visitor logs prevents the public from knowing who is accessing federal officials on a daily basis and keeps special interest influence shrouded in secrecy.
Immigration
48. Signed two Muslim and refugee bans, both of which
have been enjoined by federal courts.
trump signed executive orders banning immigrants from seven—and then, subsequently, six—Muslim-majority nations for at least three months and halting the refugee program for four months. The January executive order sparked widespread protests at airports all across the country and was quickly blocked by a federal court in Washington state and then by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. In early March, trump signed a barely revised version of the original order, which courts in Hawaii and Maryland rightly acknowledged still constituted a Muslim and refugee ban. The core parts of the ban were once again put on hold.
49. Made every unauthorized immigrant a deportation
priority, regardless of equities.
As a matter of the smart prioritization of resources, the Obama administration focused its immigration enforcement on serious threats to national security and public safety, as well as recent border crossers. Within days of taking office, trump signed an executive order eliminating the Obama priorities, effectively making all unauthorized immigrants a priority for deportation, regardless of how long they have been in the country, their ties to families and communities, or other equities. (In practice, this has meant that people like Guadalupe García de Rayos, a mother of two from Arizona who has been in the U.S. for over two decades, and Maribel Trujillo Diaz, a mother of four U.S.-born children have been deported.)
50. Made immigrant survivors of domestic abuse and
sexual assault afraid to turn to law enforcement for
help.
Aggressive immigration enforcement by the trump administration—including a case in El Paso, where immigration officials arrested a victim of domestic abuse at a courthouse after she received a protective order against her abuser—has made immigrants and Latinos, regardless of immigration status, increasingly reluctant to come forward to report crimes. Prosecutors in Denver have been forced to drop four domestic violence prosecutions because immigrant victims no longer wish to cooperate. Another domestic violence case in Austin hangs in limbo under similar circumstances. Since last year, Los Angeles has seen reports by Latinos of sexual assault decline by 25 percent, and Houston has seen reports by Latinos of rapes decline by nearly 43 percent. By making everyone a priority, the administration has made no one a priority to the detriment of public safety.
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