Since the current Administation nominated Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, the question has not been 'if' but 'when' he would take action to enforce Federal laws contradicted by legalized recreational marijuana use laws in seven states and Washington DC. Smart Dissent reported on this back in February 2017.
It can be a struggle in daily conversations to explain the real life impact this election has every day on the decisions being made to govern our society. This election has put numerous individuals in positions of real, tangible power who are spending every hour of every day implementing policies in an efficient, destructive manner. They are doing the exact things their prior words, actions, and lobbyist bosses should have made obvious.
In late June, Trump nominated another dangerous individual to lead an important government position charged with protecting and defending a segment of the U.S. population. Eric Dreiband has been nominated to lead the Department of Justice's Civil Rights division. Dreiband has represented corporations defending themselves against civil rights and employment discrimination accusations. He is the exact opposite of the person that should be leading the Civil Rights division which handles voting rights, policing and discrimination cases among other things.
Conservatives and Trump were rejoicing on Monday, June 26, 2017 and claiming a victory on the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion issued that day. The Supreme Court granted certiorari in cases appealed from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and granted a stay of certain parts of the preliminary injunctions that stopped Trump's immigration ban from going into effect. If you don't know exactly what the previous sentence means, you are not alone. Let's break down what the Supreme Court "opinion" means.
The White House is changing the purpose of the “Countering Extremism Program” which is a Department of Homeland Security program dedicated to combating ALL types of extremist ideologies. The DHS announced changes to the $10 million grant program that will take money away from groups that work to combat domestic-based extremism (neo-Nazi / KKK), diverting those funds solely to fighting Islamist extremism-related groups.
Earlier in June, we posted about the White House taking aggressive steps towards reducing the role of the federal government in fighting discrimination and protecting minorities. In that post linked here many examples were noted. Another way the Department of Justice is lessening justice for citizens has come to light since then.
The White House is taking aggressive steps towards reducing the role of the federal government in fighting discrimination and protecting minorities. It is doing so by cutting budgets, dissolving programs and appointing officials unsympathetic to previous practices. Several examples are noted below and more thoroughly discussed in the Washington Post's article.
In this continuing series, we are examining the White House proposed budget cuts to learn what's hidden beneath the surface and later update based on Congressional budget proposals and actions. This post is about the proposed 95% savage cuts to the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
The Budget Cuts Series continues an examination of the White House proposed budget cuts to uncover some critical underreported defunding proposals. We will later update based on Congressional budget proposals and actions. This post examines the Legal Services Corporation ("LSC"), also known as Legal Aid.
Recently, Smart Dissent discussed the unacceptable actions of Attorney General Jeff Sessions directing federal prosecutors to crack down on illegal immigrants and “use every tool” they have to go after violent criminals and drug traffickers.
In another shining example of incompetence, Sessions doesn't have a single U.S. attorney in place.