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Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EightYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EightYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 12, 2017&nbsp;– Education Secretary&nbsp;Betsy DeVos rolled back Obama-era protections put in place to help students with student loan payments. </p><p>The Department of Education offered no immediate replacement of the protections against default. In the eight years before DeVos’s repeal, 8.7 million Americans had defaulted on their student loans.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EightYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EightYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 12, 2017&nbsp;– Budget director Mick Mulvaney said “letting people keep more of their money” is the&nbsp;most efficient way of allocating resources. </p><p>According to Mulvaney, “wealth-transfers”—programs that redistribute money from rich to poor, such as food stamps and Medicaid—constitute “bad spending” and “misallocation of resources.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SevenYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SevenYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 12, 2018&nbsp;– Former&nbsp;FBIDirector James Comey&nbsp;published a book on his time in the Trump administration, calling Trump “unethical” and “untethered to the truth and institutional values.” In response to Comey’s publication, Trump&nbsp;tweeted&nbsp;that Comey was “a proven&nbsp;LEAKER&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;LIAR,” in addition to “weak” and an “untruthful slime ball.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SixYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SixYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 12, 2019&nbsp;– Trump said he was considering&nbsp;placing undocumented immigrants in sanctuary cities&nbsp;to retaliate against the “Radical Left.” ICE’s legal department had&nbsp;rejected the proposal&nbsp;in February.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FiveYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FiveYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 12, 2020&nbsp;– “Time to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FireFauci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FireFauci</span></a>” read a message that Trump retweeted after the nation’s top infectious disease expert said fewer Americans would have died had the country gone under lockdown earlier. Trump didn’t only go after Fauci; in a series of tweets, he condemned, China, the World Health Organization, and President Obama.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EightYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EightYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 11, 2017 – Donald Trump allegedly asked that FBI Director James Comey “get out”—that is, release publicly—the idea that the FBI was not investigating Trump. </p><p>Trump added, “Because I have been very loyal to you, very loyal; we had that thing you know.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FiveYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FiveYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 11, 2020 – Trump refused to help the U.S. Postal Service, arguing that it needed to raise its rates for Amazon and other private shippers. If the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill contained any money to help the USPS, Trump said that he would veto the act, according to an administration official. </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SixYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SixYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 10, 2019 – Trump signed executive orders that would make it easier for gas and oil companies to lay pipelines without being blocked by states citing the Clean Water Act.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SevenYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SevenYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 9, 2018 – The FBI raided Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s office in New York City. While the likely impetus for the raid was an ongoing legal battle with adult film star Stormy Daniels, the raid was likely approved by Rod Rosenstein—who was also overseeing the Robert Mueller investigation. </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SixYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SixYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 9, 2019 – Trump repeated a false claim he made in 2018 that the Obama administration was responsible for child-separating policies at the border. Trump said his own administration put an end to them. </p><p>It was Trump, however, who created the zero-tolerance policy.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FiveYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FiveYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 9, 2020 – Defying health experts, Trump rejected the notion that more people needed to be tested for the coronavirus before the U.S. economy could be restarted. </p><p>“Do you need it?” he asked about testing. “No. Is it a nice thing to do? Yes.” He added, “We’re talking about 325 million people. And that’s not going to happen, as you can imagine.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EightYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EightYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 8, 2017 – A U.S. Navy strike group moved in range of the Korean Peninsula as a show of military force. </p><p>The gesture further escalated tensions bordering on brinkmanship between Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EightYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EightYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 7, 2017 – Donald Trump ordered the firing of 59 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian base in response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons attack on his own people. </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EightYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EightYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 7, 2017 – The United States Department of Homeland Security ordered Twitter to reveal the private information of a Twitter user, because the anonymous user had been critical of Donald Trump and may have worked for the U.S. government. </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EightYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EightYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 7, 2017 – Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos received an unprecedented level of personal security, including supervision by federal marshals, which cost taxpayers about $1 million dollars per month. </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EightYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EightYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 7, 2017 -The Senate confirmed Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. Gorsuch took the seat left by the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Gorsuch’s confirmation came after Republicans refused to consider Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland for eleven months—a nearly unprecedented act in itself. </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SevenYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SevenYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 7, 2018 – EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt had a 20 person security detail, costing more than $3 million dollars with travel expenses included. </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FiveYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FiveYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 7, 2020 – Trump blamed the World Health Organization for what he called its slow response to the pandemic. </p><p>The WHO, however, warned of a “public health emergency of international concern” weeks before </p><p>Trump declared a national emergency. “They called it wrong,” he said. “They really, they missed the call.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FiveYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FiveYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 7, 2020 – Trump ousted the chairman of a watchdog panel that oversaw how the Trump administration managed $2 trillion in coronavirus relief. </p><p>Glenn Fine, the acting Pentagon inspector general, was chosen in March to head the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee. </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EightYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EightYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 6, 2017 – In order to break a filibuster from Senate Democrats, Republicans fundamentally altered Senate voting procedure in order to force confirmation of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpKillsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpKillsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>