I wanted to write about immigration yesterday, after news broke that Donald Trump had fired Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, but I just didn’t think that I could do the subject justice, given the sheer magnitude of everything that’s been happening. But, with that said, I’ve decided to give it another shot right now. […]
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Lacking any other ideas, Trump and doubles down on border cruelty, firing everyone who stands in Stephen Miller’s way
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged anti-immigrant, asylum, blue tape, Calexico, Claire Grady, cruelty, Customs and Border Patrol, deterrent, El Paso, EPA, executive orders, family separation, FEMA, Flores v. Reno, gangs, Homeland Security, ICE, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration law, international trade. Mexico, Jeff Sessions, Jenny Lisette Flores, Kirstjen Nielsen, Mike Pompeo, ports of entry, racism, Randolph "Tex" Alles, Secret Service, Secretary of Defense, southern border, Stephen Miller, United Nations, White House Chief of Staff, xenophobia, zero tolerance 28 Comments
Ever feel like drowning America in the bathtub? Here’s the plan.
As hard as it might be to believe, the above image comes from an actual report issued by White House. The report, titled Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century, lays out the Trump administration’s aggressive plan for reorganizing (a.k.a. shrinking) the United States government. [Can you imagine what would have happened if the Obama […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Americans for Tax Reform, bathtub, chaos, Corey Lewandowski, Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century, deregulation, Donald Trump, Down Syndrome, family separation, federal budget, Grover Norquist, Koch brothers, Laurie Garrett, Michelle from Delaware, racism, Sheldon Adelson, small government, social safety net, Stephen Miller, welfare, Womp Womp 170 Comments
Empowering the elderly by cutting Meals on Wheels… The compassion of the Trump budget
As promised, Trump unveiled his budget today, and I think it’s safe to say that it was far worse than most of us imagined. The President’s budget, if passed into law, would, among other things, cut the budget for the Environmental Protection Agency by 30%, completely eliminating 50 programs and 3,200 positions, and entirely cut […]
Posted in Health, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Alison Foreman, budget cuts, CNN, Community Block Grants, compassion, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, cruelty, defense spending, Donald Trump, elder care, elderly, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, federal budget, Jake Tapper, Meals on Wheels, military spending, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, NEA 29 Comments