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February 26, 2017 – The Trump Organization claimed it had made good on its promise to donate all profits earned from foreign governments to the U.S. Treasury.
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The DUI-hire defense secretary justified the firings of top judge advocate generals; they’re telling us that the US military will be given illegal orders, including, perhaps, to fire on US citizens.
Hegseth: Trump Will Install New Military Attorneys Who Won’t Be ‘Roadblocks to Anything’
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/hegseth-military-lawyers-firings-roadblocks-1235276960/
Rolling Stone · Hegseth: Trump Will Install New Military Attorneys Who Won’t Be ‘Roadblocks to Anything’
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February 23, 2018 – EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt justified his stance on coal by referencing the Bible. In an interview on the Christian Broadcasting Network, he said, “The Biblical world view with respect to these issues is that we have a responsibility to manage and cultivate, harvest the natural resources that we’ve been blessed with to truly bless our fellow mankind.”
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The largest growth during Trump’s first year were in neo-Nazi circles; 22 new neo-Nazi chapters assembled across the nation during 2017.
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February 21, 2018 – The Southern Poverty Law Center tracked a 4 percent increase in the number of hate groups during 2017.
These groups represent a diverse set of ideologies, from anti-Muslim white supremacists to black nationalist organizations with hateful views toward LGBT and Jewish communities.
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February 17, 2017 – In what has become a regular attack on free press, Donald Trump tweeted, “The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!”
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Explaining the decision in an email, the Deputy Chief of Programs wrote, “It has become clear one of the previous administration’s priority is not consistent with that of the incoming administration. Namely, that priority is climate change. Please visit with your staff and make them aware of this shift in perspective within the executive branch.”
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February 16, 2017 – Staff at the United States Department of Agriculture were given a list of “blacklisted” terms which the agency would no longer use in their scientific research. The memo instructed scientists to replace “climate change” with “weather extremes,” and “reduce greenhouse gases” with “build soil organic matter, increase nutrient use efficiency.”
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Barack Obama first implemented the regulation after a growing body of evidence suggested the debris could contain toxic materials, such as selenium, mercury, and arsenic.
Trump’s repeal has been on the wish list for the coal industry since the rule’s publication in December of 2016.
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February 16, 2017 – Using the Congressional Review Act, Donald Trump repealed the so-called “stream protection rule,” which kept coal companies from dumping mining debris into rivers.
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February 15, 2019 – Trump declared a national emergency along the United States’ southern border in order to acquire his requested $5.7 billion for border wall funding.
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February 12, 2017 – In a tweet from their official account, the Department of Education misspelled the name of W.E.B. Du Bois.
In a follow-up tweet apologizing for the error, the Department of Education misspelled the word “apologies.”
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Civil rights advocates have explained that the latter rule was vital to providing education budget for low-income schools, and its removal could thereby harm funding for poorer areas of the country.
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In 1970, there were nearly 8 murders per 100,000 people in America; in 2015, the latest year with full data collected by the FBI, that number had fallen to 4.9 murders per 100,000 people.
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https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/07/politics/donald-trump-murder-rate-fact-check/index.html
CNN · Trump falsely claims US murder rate is ‘highest’ in 47 years
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February 7, 2017 – Donald Trump stated the murder rate in America had reached a 47-year peak. This was not true. While there had been a slight increase in murders from 2014 to 2015, the murder rate for both years was still more than 40 percent lower than it had been 47 years ago.
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February 6, 2018 – In response to Hurricane Maria, the Trump administration awarded a $156 million contract to Tribute Contracting LLC to provide 18.5 million emergency meals to victims of the hurricane.
By the deadline, just 50,000 meals had been delivered to Puerto Rico.
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February 1, 2017 – Trump and House Republicans rolled back an Obama-era regulation that required oil companies to provide purchasing information when buying minerals from foreign governments.
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I've Maxed out my number of Pinned Posts, so I've created a single archive of the "#BestOfTheWorst" of this $#!+show (akin to my #WeirdGOP archive) since #MafiaDon retook the presidency, which I will update continually.
First up: #Houston PD accidentally released a man awaiting trial for attempting to SOLICIT SEX FROM A MINOR ONLINE because he was a #Jan6 #terrorist pardoned by #TraitorTrump. #AndrewTaake
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January 17, 2017 – After accusing him of sexual misconduct, Summer Zervos also filed a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump.
Zervos claimed Trump had tarnished her reputation when he issued false statements against her and others who had accused him of sexual harassment, calling them “liars” who were telling their stories for “ten minutes of fame.”