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Monday, September 11, 2017

Sanctuary cities are seeking to protect our citizens by ignoring unjust, aggressive immigration policy changes the Justice Department is using to deport good people and destroy families.   Smart Dissent discussed in late June that the Justice Department are various states are seeking new ways to shutdown sanctuary cities.


Thursday, September 7, 2017

After significant research and consideration, OUR government, working on behalf of OUR interests, decided in 2010 to begin working towards restaurants and grocery stores posting health information about the food they are offering.

The rule that the FDA originally proposed in 2011 and finalized in 2014 requires chains with 20 or more locations to list calories on all menus so they are visible when a consumer is ordering.  A federal mandate requiring calories be posted on menus was to take effect May 5. The Trump administration has postponed its implementation...


Wednesday, September 6, 2017

In our August 15th post below, we provided a primer that explained what DACA is and why it exists after President Obama's 2010 DREAM legislation was filibustered by Republicans in Senate to prevent a vote.  We said that by September 5th, DACA was at grave risk of being shut down and nearly a million individuals brought here as children would be deported to countries of birth that have no memory of or connection to.  


Tuesday, September 5, 2017

What do you think about the program described below? 


Thursday, August 31, 2017

Scott Pruitt has called for the dissolution of much of the EPA, yet now runs the Environmental Protection Agency.  He is a seasoned legal opponent of the agency and is incredibly effective tool for Trump and Republican efforts to dismantle regulations on climate change and clean water and "get rid" of the agency.  Pruitt and the White House are waging a war against science, safety, and common sense in order to benefit their favored corporate interests.


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