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Thursday, December 14, 2017

Soon after inauguration, Trump nominated Dr. David Shulkin as the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.  He was confirmed by the Senate on February 13, 2017.  He has since traveled on "business trips" to London and Denmark on taxpayers dime while claiming he personally paid for many activities he did while abroad that had nothing to do with his post. He got back to work last week, seeking to put homeless veterans back on the street.


Wednesday, December 13, 2017

The latest developments in the Trump Muslim "Travel" Ban saga played out on Friday, December 8, 2017 at oral arguments before the U.S. 4th District Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia.  Some of the Tweeter in Chief's xenophobic tweets from the previous week played a part in the discussion of the third version of the travel ban:

In lively, aggressive questions, several judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit pointed to the president’s tweets last week sharing inflammatory anti-Muslim videos posted by a far-right British activist.


Tuesday, December 12, 2017

The Trump Administration is really good at overturning consumer protection rules.  Why protect the American people who elect them when corporations need their help instead?


Monday, December 11, 2017

While in Utah on last Monday, Trump announced his administration, at the recommendation of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, will dramatically shrink the size of the state's two national monuments, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. Trump's orders mark the largest reversal of national monument protections in U.S. history.


Thursday, December 7, 2017

Trump and his administration are installing people into power whose goal is to destroy the agency they are running.  Trump and his administration have and will continue to institute policies that directly harm tens of millions of Americans. These policies and the people in power are causing enormous, disproportionate harm to Trump voters.  


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