Be Smart. Stay Informed. Actively Dissent.
Trump's posse figured out early on that their evil, xenophobic efforts to remove certain people from this country would need to take less obvious routes as The Resistance came after their initial attempts. Unfortunately, we continue to learn of new ways they are accomplishing this evil without the involvement of Congress or the light of day.
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Every day with Trump and the Republican Congress is a devious game of misdirection. There's an unimaginable amount of scandals filling the headlines, crowding and clouding the news cycle, making it nearly impossible to pay attention to the destructive Republican policies being enacted out of sight. Things that would normally dominate the news and our national discussions for days, weeks, or months never even get mentioned -- no one even hears about it. This. Is. Terrifying.
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CALL TO ACTION: A SPECIAL REPORT FROM SMART DISSENT ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS ON PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
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When you put lobbyists in positions to make the rules in OUR government, this is what happened. These are people who spent their career working to find loopholes, create new ones, and re-write the rules to help private companies to make money. They paid off congress, cabinet, and others to get their way. Now they are the government employees making the rules.
The Trump administration has completed a detailed legal proposal to dramatically weaken a major environmental regulation covering mercury, a toxic chemical emitted from coal-burning power plants....
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For nearly two years, the Trump administration has been taking every steps possible limit immigrants from coming to our country LEGALLY. That has been lost in the many awful headlines about a border wall, ICE deportations, Muslim ban, families separations, and so on.
The Trump administration is proposing a new regulation that would make it extremely difficult for many immigrants to come to the US or receive green cards if they’re deemed likely to use public benefits like food stamps or Medicaid.