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.
The acting USAID administrator John Barsa is a disgrace to the agency. Two recent appointees by Barsa are hateful people who have no place in a government agency.
A new Trump appointee to the United States’ foreign aid agency - Merritt Corrigan, who recently took up a position as deputy White House liaison at the U.S. Agency for International Development - has a history of online posts denouncing liberal democracy and has said that the country is in the clutches of a “homo-empire” that pushes a “tyrannical LGBT agenda.”
Trump signed an executive order last Thursday to waive requirements of many crucial environmental laws, claiming it was necessary during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Just in case anyone does not realize how much of the deadly response to COVID-19 is the fault of the Trump administration.....
There are still no specific federal regulations protecting health care workers from deadly airborne pathogens such as influenza, tuberculosis or the coronavirus. This fact hit home during the last respiratory pandemic, the H1N1 outbreak in 2009. Thousands of Americans died and dozens of health care workers got sick. At least four nurses died. Studies conducted after the H1N1 crisis found.... shortages of personal protective equipment.
Trump has removed 3 inspectors general on a Friday night in the last 6 weeks.
In each case, he had a rather clear political motivation.
Right before our eyes he's eliminating all oversight and obstructing justice.
Time is running out.
THIS IS A BIG DEAL. THIS IS THE CORRUPTION ON AN UNIMAGINABLE LEVEL. THIS IS A CODE RED ALARM.
EPA stands for Environmental Protection Agency. That middle world "Protection" is an interesting choice. Presumably it was intended to protect we the people, the greater good for society, and so on. It's been clear for decades, but never more so than right now, that Republican's think it's protection of corporations and their profits. And Americans die as a result.
This is stunning to watch. 60 Minutes details a "political disinformation campaign" that went from Matt Gaetz to Tucker Carlson to OAN to Trump and killed one of the most important virology programs in the world. Please watch the 60 minutes video and/or read the transcript at the link below:
The Trump administration is close to finalizing its rule rolling back the non-discrimination protections of the Affordable Care Act. Hate. Discrimination.
The Trump administration is moving to scrap an Obama-era policy that protected LGBTQ patients from discrimination, alarming health experts who warn that the regulatory rollback could harm vulnerable people during a pandemic.
Even in a time of unprecedented crisis, Trump and his top aides are playing favorites when awarding contracts and allocating resources. Powerful detail on Trump intervention to control supplies and contracts and hand out rewards— circumnavigating traditional contract rules.
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A network of right-leaning individuals and groups....has helped incubate the fervor erupting in state capitals across the country.... being amplified, and in some cases coordinated, by longtime conservative activists, whose robust operations were initially set up with help from Republican megadonors.