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The following three moves were rolled out purposely around Chrstimas to avoid media coverage. They are blatently unpopular actions that harm our environment for the unjust benefit of corporations and people who donate immensely to Trump and Republicans. The Washington Post article linked below lists seven others the disgraceful administration slid through as well.
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Just before Christmas, some terrible policy decisions were enacted which have just started to come to light. This is another upsetting, inexplicable, and indefensible one.
The Interior Department.... issued a secretarial order just before Christmas rescinding several climate change and conservation policies issued under the Obama administration, saying they were “inconsistent” with Trump’s quest....
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Trump and Republicans have taken direct action to deport as many undocuments U.S. residents as possible, prevent Muslims from entering the country, and ran an entire campaign based on building a wall on our border. Add this to the list of despicable actions -- lowering the amount of refugees admitted to the United States, harming those already here, and preventing families from reunification. America Last.
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The oil and gas industries, enormous donors to (and owners of) Trump and the Republican Party, are ecstatic about some late-2017 deregulation that didn't hit the media cycle at all. While a plan to vastly expand offshore drilling was unveiled in early January, they already had some terrible things to celebrate at the end of 2017.
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In our August 15th post included 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.