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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

The story of Trump appointing a Steve Bannon associate, Michael Pack, to the parent agency of Voice of America is a big one that will only get bigger and more dangerous.

This is the Breitbartization of U.S. government media.  That’s what dictators do.  Read on....


Monday, July 6, 2020

We were told Mexico would pay for it.  Then Trump stole money from our military to build a few miles of xenophobic wall.   Senate Republicans refuse to do it, but fortunately our courts are reminding Trump that he is not a king.

The Trump administration does not have the authority to use military funding to pay for construction of a border wall, a federal appeals court panel ruled on Friday [6/26/20].


Wednesday, July 1, 2020

The administration continues to use the pandemic to advance Trump’s and Stephen Miller’s long-standing anti-immigrant, white nationalist agenda. Shameful.

Trump on Monday [6/22/20] extended a freeze on green cards for new immigrants and signed an executive order to suspend new H-1B, L-1, J and other temporary work visas for skilled workers, managers and au pairs through the end of the year.


Tuesday, June 30, 2020

The Trump administration has gone from willful ignorance, to indifference, to intentionally undermining testing, containment and treatment.

The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, a federal health agency, abruptly notified companies and researchers that it was halting funding for treatments for this severe form of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.


Monday, June 29, 2020

The Trump Administration just asked the Supreme Court to gut all of the Affordable Care Act and its protections for those with preexisting conditions. They want to take insurance away from you by crushing the landmark health care law that enabled millions of Americans to get insurance coverage.


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