Trump Administration

Activists Already Scored Victories Against Trump’s Policies

By Adam Gabbatt for The Guardian - The campaign was launched in October 2016, in response to Donald Trump’s infamous boasts that his fame allowed him to sexually assault women; specifically, to “grab them by the pussy”. GrabYourWallet lists dozens of companies which have ties to the president – either by selling his or his family’s products, or by endorsing him during the election campaign. Since the campaign started a number of companies have dropped Ivanka Trump’s clothing line, including Shoes.com, Shopstyle and most recently Nordstrom. In addition to delivering a financial hit to Ivanka Trump, the campaign succeeded in upsetting the president, who tweeted that his daughter had been “treated so unfairly” by Nordstrom

Regime Change Agenda Of US Continues With ‘New’ NED Chair

March 8, 2017 Joseph Thomas, www.globalresearch.ca Educate! NED, Regime Change, Trump Administration

By Joseph Thomas for Global Research - While supporters of recently elected US President Donald Trump believe steadfastly that among other things, his administration will role back what has been essentially a century of American expansionism worldwide through overt wars and more “covert” methods toward achieving “regime change,” by all metrics it appears such methods will only expand. Not only do observers note continued subversive activities coordinated through local US embassies around the world since Trump’s presidency began, including across Southeast Asia as part of America’s continued attempts to isolate and contain China...

EPA’s Scott Pruitt: The Great Disruptor

March 3, 2017 Diane Wilson, Brian Grenoble, www.commondreams.org Resist! EPA, Trump Administration

By Diane Wilson for Common Dreams - On January 17, 2017, a congressional hearing to confirm Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump’s chosen appointee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, was held in Washington, D.C. Now, anybody who knows anything about fracking or oil well drilling knows that wherever there’s a roomful of well-dressed executives, oil probably ain’t far behind. So, I figured there was going to be a lot of oil in that room just listening to themselves talking to each other. I also thought they needed a little education from someone who also knows a lot about oil but from a somewhat different perspective. Namely, me.

Jeff Sessions’ Alternative Facts About Marijuana

March 3, 2017 Tony Newman, www.alternet.org Educate! Marijuana, Regulation, Trump Administration

By Tony Newman for AlterNet - Attorney General Jeff Sessions became the second member of the Trump administration in less than a week to provide “alternative facts” and backward analysis when it comes to marijuana. Yesterday, in a meeting with reporters, Sessions spoke out against marijuana legalization and implied that it’s leading to more violence. “I’m dubious about marijuana. I’m not sure we’re going to be a better, healthier nation if we have marijuana sold at every corner grocery store.” "Experts are telling me there's more violence around marijuana than one would think,” said Sessions. "You can't sue somebody for a drug debt. The only way to get your money is through strong-arm tactics, and violence tends to follow that."

Jeff Sessions Issues Ominous Warning On State Marijuana Legalization

March 1, 2017 Ryan J. Reilly and Matt Ferner, www.huffingtonpost.com Educate! Marijuana, Marijuana Legalization, Trump Administration

By Ryan J. Reilly and Matt Ferner for The Huffington Post - WASHINGTON ― Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday restated his opposition to marijuana use and offered an ominous warning about state-level marijuana legalization efforts, suggesting that such policies would open states to “violence,” as well as potential repercussions from the federal government. “I don’t think America is going to be a better place when people of all ages, and particularly young people, are smoking pot,” Sessions said to reporters Monday at the Department of Justice. “I believe it’s an unhealthy practice, and current levels of THC in marijuana are very high compared to what they were a few years ago, and we’re seeing real violence around that.” Sessions said he had a meeting on Monday with the attorney general of Nebraska, who is very concerned about marijuana flowing in from Colorado, which legalized weed in 2012. “Experts are telling me there’s more violence around marijuana than one would think and there’s big money involved,” he said.

To Trans Youth: “We Stand Ready To Protect You, Even If Washington Won’t”

February 25, 2017 Lauren McCauley, www.commondreams.org Resist! Transgender, Transinclusive, Trump Administration

By Lauren McCauley for Common Dreams - After the Trump administration on Wednesday revoked Title IX protections for transgender students, allies and legal organizations are vowing to protect the rights of students and transgender youth who are now increasingly vulnerable to bullying and discrimination. An estimated 200 people rallied outside the White House Wednesday evening after it was announced that the Obama-era joint guidance directing the Departments of Education (DOE) and Justice (DOJ) to "treat a student's gender identity as the student's sex for purposes of enforcing Title IX" had been rescinded. Addressing the crowd, Gavin Grimm, a transgender teen whose lawsuit against the Gloucester County, Virginia school board will be heard by the Supreme Court in March, said: "I've faced my share of adversaries in rural Virginia, but I never imagined that my government would be one of them."

Why I Got Arrested At David Friedman’s Confirmation Hearing

February 23, 2017 Lila Weintraub, www.truth-out.org Resist! Foreign Relations, Israel, Trump Administration

By Lila Weintraub for Truthout - On the morning of David Friedman's Senate hearing for the US ambassadorship to Israel, I stood with five Muslim and Jewish partners, faced the ranking members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and demanded the attention of an audience packed with white male decision-makers and press, along with elite members of the American Jewish community. In the 20 seconds I had before being escorted out and arrested, it seemed that for the first time in my life, my young, female, proudly Jewish voice would be heard by so-called American Jewish leaders. In loud and unambiguous terms, I explained to the room that Friedman's potential ambassadorship is devastating on two levels: for Palestinians and for the American Jewish community itself.

Trump Administration Issues How-To For ‘Hyper-Aggressive Mass Deportation Policy’

February 22, 2017 Lauren McCauley, www.commondreams.org Educate! Deportations, Executive Order, Immigration, Trump Administration, Undocumented

By Lauren McCauley for Common Dreams - New Homeland Security guidelines constitute a sweeping rewrite of Obama-era policies on immigration. The Trump administration on Tuesday issued new guidelines that constitute a "sweeping rewrite" of Obama-era policies on immigration, greatly expanding the number of individuals that can be forcibly deported and further emboldening the current crackdown. The memoranda on implementation (pdf) and enforcement (pdf) of President Donald Trump's recent executive orders on immigration, which were dated Monday and published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), were leaked to news agencies over the holiday weekend and sparked wide concern among immigrants and civil liberties organizations. The official guidelines, signed by DHS Secretary John Kelly, "expand raids and the definition of criminal aliens, while diminishing sanctuary areas and enlisting local law enforcement to execute federal immigration policy," The Hill reported.

Trump Taps Ex-Labor Board Member Acosta To Be Labor Secretary

February 17, 2017 Robert Lafolla and Steve Holland, www.reuters.com Educate! Donald Trump, Labor, Trump Administration

By Robert Lafolla and Steve Holland for Reuters - In response to President Trump’s nomination of Alexander Acosta for labor secretary, Fight For $15 published the statement of Aiesha Meadows McLaurin, a Burger King worker from Chicago, IL: “Workers in the Fight for $15 just proved that when we stand together, even fast-food CEOs and presidents can’t ignore us. Working Americans need a labor secretary who will have our backs, not one who will hold us back. We look forward to learning more about Mr. Acosta’s record as the confirmation process unfolds. If confirmed, we will hold Mr. Acosta accountable as labor secretary and do whatever it takes to make sure that our voices are heard loud and clear in Washington. No matter who becomes labor secretary, we won’t back down for one second in our fight. We’ll keep taking to the streets, standing up and speaking out until we win $15 and a union rights for all.”

Flynn Resignation Shows Leaks Under Trump Are Working. Keep ‘Em Coming

February 16, 2017 Trevor Timm, wwwcjr.org Resist! Leak, National Security Administration, Trump Administration

By Trevor Timm for CJR - LEAKS ARE COMING OUT of the White House at a seemingly record pace, many of which have painted a picture of a dangerously ignorant and ill-equipped president who is narcissistic to the extreme, unable to let go of even the smallest of slights. But some of these leaks have halted a Trump appointment and controversial policies in their tracks, and it’s a lesson showing how whistleblowers and leaks to the press are vital for democracy. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was forced to resign late Monday—just three weeks into the job—following the revelation that he lied to both the Trump administration and the public when he said he did not discuss outgoing President Obama’s sanctions on Russia with that country’s US ambassador just after the election. Multiple outlets have reported over the past few days that intercepts of the phone calls showed that he in fact did, despite personally telling Vice President Mike Pence the opposite.

How Trump Regime Was Manufactured By War Inside Deep State

February 15, 2017 Nafeez Ahmed, www.informationclearinghouse.info Educate! Donald Trump, Trump Administration

By Nafeez Ahmed for Information Clearing House - A systemic crisis in the global Deep System has driven the violent radicalization of a Deep State faction. President Donald Trump is not fighting a war on the establishment: he’s fighting a war to protect the establishment from itself, and the rest of us. At first glance, this isn’t obvious. Among his first actions upon taking office, Trump vetoed the Trans Pacific Partnership, the controversial free trade agreement which critics rightly said would lead to US job losses while giving transnational corporations massive power over national state policies on health, education and other issues. Trump further plans to ditch the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and US, which would have diluted key state regulations on the activities of transnational corporates on issues like food safety...

Teachers Don All Black To Protest DeVos’ Confirmation For Ed Secretary

February 11, 2017 Allison Nielson, www.sunshinestatenews.com Resist! Education, Protests, Trump Administration

By Allison Nielson for Sunshine State News - If you see a sea of teachers dressed in black this week, there's a reason why. Teachers and supporters of public education are donning all-black outfits this week to protest the confirmation of U.S. Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos, sending a message of resistance against Trump's controversial pick for the country's top education job. Badass Teachers Association organized the blackout protest via social media, calling on teachers, educators, parents and supporters of public education to wear all black to encourage lawmakers to vote against her confirmation. "We want our senators to dump DeVos," the group wrote on Twitter.

How Do We Stop Trump And Win Gains In Justice And Equality?

February 10, 2017 David Solnit and George Lakey, www.commondreams.org Strategize! Donald Trump, Equality, Justice, Trump Administration

By David Solnit and George Lakey for Common Dreams - George Lakey: Point 2 of the ten-point plan suggests that activists strengthen connections of civic institutions with targeted populations so those institutions can leap to the defense. Some parts of our body politic are geared to defense—they are the white blood cells whose job is to resist infection—and if they are slow to act it’s a good idea for activists to stimulate them. On the other hand, we may not be needed for that! In my town, Philly, a city councilwoman, Helen Gym, led 4- to 6,000 people to the airport yesterday to protest Trump’s order only two days previous to prevent migrants from seven Muslim countries from entering even if they had visas or green cards.

Federal Employees Turn To Encryption To Privately Discuss New Boss Trump

February 3, 2017 Kate Cox, www.consumerist.com Resist! Civil Servants, Donald Trump, Encryption, Federal Agencies, Trump Administration

By Kate Cox for Consumerist - Every new President brings a wave of change to D.C., but the first two weeks of the Trump administration have been busier and more controversial than usual — to put it very mildly. While much attention has been paid to the public response to the White House’s newest tenant, there are federal employees who can’t be so vocal about their concerns, particularly when chatting over government-supplied devices. That’s why some federal staffers are turning to new encryption technologies to keep their discussions away from unwanted scrutiny. Politico reports today that across agencies, some federal employees are seriously stepping up their tech security game.

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