Fascism Watch, January 25
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s-leary:
The Economist just downgraded the US to a “flawed democracy.”
Trump
In an ABC interview, Trump says we should have kept Iraq’s oil after invading, violating international law, but “Maybe we’ll have another chance.” Holy fucking shit.
New executive orders suspend immigration (including refugees) from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The orders authorize local police to become immigration officers and the White House will publish a weekly list of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.
Trump says construction of border wall to begin “in months”; Mexico will “absolutely” reimburse the U.S. Paul Ryan says Congress will front the money and get Mexico to pay it back later.
Mexican President: We Won’t Pay for a Wall
Undocumented Mexican border crossings have reached a 40-year low
Trump has called for a major investigation into voter fraud. His reasoning for this crackdown? A German professional golfer he knows saw some Latinos in a voting line in Florida. Paul Ryan is fine with that investigation despite the total lack of evidence.
(@jesseltaylor tweet)
Trump’s plan to “send in the feds” to Chicago violates the Tenth Amendment
Trump is back to using his personal, outdated Android phone and has plenty of time to watch TV
Forthcoming executive orders follow through on Trump’s promise to defund the UN:
The
Trump administration is preparing executive orders that would clear the
way to drastically reduce the United States’ role in the United Nations
and other international organizations, as well as begin a process to
review and potentially abrogate certain forms of multilateral treaties.
Mattis, Pompeo stunned by draft executive order requiring the CIA to revisit torture and black site prisons
The
Office of Special Counsel issued a press release reminding everyone
that gagged federal employees still have whistleblower rights
Trump hotels plan to triple US locations; Mar-A-Lago membership fee doubles
Congress
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has met with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
Democrats Want To Pick Their Battles With Trump. Their Base Wants All-Out War.
Cabinet & Federal Appointees
Trump advisors Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, Jared Kushner and Sean Spicer all have private email accounts through the RNC. Well, thank God we don’t have Hillary in office, then.
(@KevinAllred tweet)
’Treasury secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin lied in his written responses to the Senate Finance Committee, claiming that “OneWest Bank did not ‘robo-sign’ documents,” when ample evidence proves that they did.’
Gary
Cohn’s jump from Goldman Sachs to President Donald Trump’s
administration is helping him unlock more than $284 million in pent up
bonuses, stock holdings and other investments
Protests
Some 230 people have been charged with felony rioting for property damage during the inauguration
Other Fascist Nonsense
Data from the EPA must now be reviewed by political appointees before publication.
After yesterday’s gag order on public communications, at least 14 federal agencies’ employees have started anonymous, rogue Twitter accounts. NASA has published all the research it funded, for free.
Scientists are now planning to run for office.
Two people involved in the DNC hack have been arrested for treason in Russia.
Good News
The Netherlands ‘counters’ Trump with international abortion fund
Oregon has a plan to extend women’s health care:
Last week, a coalition of activists and community advocates announced
the launch of a new promotional campaign in support of the Reproductive
Health Equity Act of 2017, a bill that would make the state the first
in the nation to establish reproductive health equity by protecting
no-cost birth control and extending full coverage of reproductive health
services to immigrant women, transgender and gender-nonconforming
people, and the uninsured.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two workers who allege anti-gay harassment
The Nebraska state senator who said Women’s March participants were too unattractive to be assaulted has resigned.
What You Can Do
5calls.org
gives you five calls you can make in five minutes per day: suggested
topics, representatives’ phone numbers, and scripts to use when calling.
s-leary:
The Economist just downgraded the US to a “flawed democracy.”
Trump
In an ABC interview, Trump says we should have kept Iraq’s oil after invading, violating international law, but “Maybe we’ll have another chance.” Holy fucking shit.
New executive orders suspend immigration (including refugees) from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The orders authorize local police to become immigration officers and the White House will publish a weekly list of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.
Trump says construction of border wall to begin “in months”; Mexico will “absolutely” reimburse the U.S. Paul Ryan says Congress will front the money and get Mexico to pay it back later.
Mexican President: We Won’t Pay for a Wall
Undocumented Mexican border crossings have reached a 40-year low
Trump has called for a major investigation into voter fraud. His reasoning for this crackdown? A German professional golfer he knows saw some Latinos in a voting line in Florida. Paul Ryan is fine with that investigation despite the total lack of evidence.
(@jesseltaylor tweet)
Trump’s plan to “send in the feds” to Chicago violates the Tenth Amendment
Trump is back to using his personal, outdated Android phone and has plenty of time to watch TV
Forthcoming executive orders follow through on Trump’s promise to defund the UN:
The
Trump administration is preparing executive orders that would clear the
way to drastically reduce the United States’ role in the United Nations
and other international organizations, as well as begin a process to
review and potentially abrogate certain forms of multilateral treaties.
Mattis, Pompeo stunned by draft executive order requiring the CIA to revisit torture and black site prisons
The
Office of Special Counsel issued a press release reminding everyone
that gagged federal employees still have whistleblower rights
Trump hotels plan to triple US locations; Mar-A-Lago membership fee doubles
Congress
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has met with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
Democrats Want To Pick Their Battles With Trump. Their Base Wants All-Out War.
Cabinet & Federal Appointees
Trump advisors Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, Jared Kushner and Sean Spicer all have private email accounts through the RNC. Well, thank God we don’t have Hillary in office, then.
(@KevinAllred tweet)
’Treasury secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin lied in his written responses to the Senate Finance Committee, claiming that “OneWest Bank did not ‘robo-sign’ documents,” when ample evidence proves that they did.’
Gary
Cohn’s jump from Goldman Sachs to President Donald Trump’s
administration is helping him unlock more than $284 million in pent up
bonuses, stock holdings and other investments
Protests
Some 230 people have been charged with felony rioting for property damage during the inauguration
Other Fascist Nonsense
Data from the EPA must now be reviewed by political appointees before publication.
After yesterday’s gag order on public communications, at least 14 federal agencies’ employees have started anonymous, rogue Twitter accounts. NASA has published all the research it funded, for free.
Scientists are now planning to run for office.
Two people involved in the DNC hack have been arrested for treason in Russia.
Good News
The Netherlands ‘counters’ Trump with international abortion fund
Oregon has a plan to extend women’s health care:
Last week, a coalition of activists and community advocates announced
the launch of a new promotional campaign in support of the Reproductive
Health Equity Act of 2017, a bill that would make the state the first
in the nation to establish reproductive health equity by protecting
no-cost birth control and extending full coverage of reproductive health
services to immigrant women, transgender and gender-nonconforming
people, and the uninsured.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two workers who allege anti-gay harassment
The Nebraska state senator who said Women’s March participants were too unattractive to be assaulted has resigned.
What You Can Do
5calls.org
gives you five calls you can make in five minutes per day: suggested
topics, representatives’ phone numbers, and scripts to use when calling.
