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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Stephen Miller is likely the most effective Trump-associated criminal.  He is a true believer in his mission to make America a white-only country.  He is silently causing endless destruction through measures fall under the White House control apparently and we hear nothing about.


Monday, April 22, 2019

For over two years, Smart Dissent's Budget Cuts Series has exposed Trump's proposed budget cuts, finding savage proposals hidden beneath the surface.  The Trump White House proposed their third budget in mid-March 2019 but it's been insanely hectic since then so our Series has a lot to catch up on during April and May 2019.

In today's Budget Cut Series, Trump's budget would eliminate the Public Student Loan Forgiveness program – the program that helps America’s public school teachers, nurses, police officers, & other public servants with their student loan debt.


Thursday, April 18, 2019

Healthier school lunch nutrition standards were one of Michelle Obama's signature programs.

Two years ago in May 2017, we posted that Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) Sonny Perdue set his sights on school lunches, postponing rules to make school lunches healthier.


Wednesday, April 17, 2019

THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTHCARE.  

A federal judge in Washington ruled late Thursday [March 28, 2019] that the Trump administration’s push to make health insurance plans available outside the Affordable Care Act that avoid the requirements of the health-care law was illegal, calling the efforts “clearly an end-run around the ACA.”


Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Florida Republicans are cruising quickly in a devilish attempt to sabotage Amendment 4, a ballot initiative that restored voting rights to about 1.4 million former felons. The GOP is now pushing through a bill that would disenfranchise roughly 1.1 million of them.

In November, a supermajority of Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment restoring voting rights to former felons who’ve completed their sentences.


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