TRUMP REPORT CARD DEC. 24, 2017

Dear Editor,

* Trump reduces fine on nursing homes for harming residents or placing them in danger.

* Tax bill winners and savings:

Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to the President: $5,000,000-12,000,000

Wilbur Ross, Commerce Secretary: $4,500,000

Linda McMahon, Small Business Administration Head: $4,500,000

Steve Mnuchin, Treasury Secretary $4,500,000

Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State: $4,500,000

Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education: $2,700,000

Donald Trump, President: $11,000,000-$15,000,000

http://washingtonpress.com/2017/12/26/heres-exactly-much-trump-team-will-save-tax-plan/

* US directs State Department to cut UN budget by 1 billion in retaliation for condemnation of US decision to move Israel capital to Jerusalem.

* Trump rolls back rules to prevent oils spills along US coasts.

* Sessions ignores 14th Amendment prohibiting jailing people for non-payment of court fines and fees without safeguards and supports debtor prisons and license suspensions for non-payment of fines/fees.

* Trump cites Arctic blast as proof against global warming. Really?

* Trump terminates all 16 members of Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, via FedEx, looking for more favorable replacements. (maybe)

* Trump spends almost 1/3 of his presidency golfing, enriching himself (illegally) and costing taxpayers at least $42,510,956. http://trumpgolfcount.com/.  But there’s no money for Childrens’ Health Insurance Program.

TRUMP REPORT CARD: F

Diane Lemieux

Arapahoe

TRUMP REPORT CARD DEC. 17, 2017

Dear Editor,

Here is my Trump report card, for the week of Dec. 17.
* Trump has banned the use of seven words from documents by the CDC: evidence-based, science-based, transgender, fetus, vulnerable, diversity, and entitlement.
* Today, the CA Att. General filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Education Department & DeVos, charging the government for violating the Administrative Procedures Act by unlawfully delaying approval of claims of defrauded students.
* White House will decide on the use of “Negro," on federal forms. Offensive term unused since 2014.
* “USDA Organic” will no longer mean that animals were treated humanely. So much for healthy meat, fish and eggs.
* The GOP lets CHIP program expire in September, leaving 9 million children and pregnant women without health coverage. CHIP was unfunded in the Tax Bill but received emergency funding through January.
* Palestinian President rejected America’s future role as mediator, declaring that Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem is “declaration of withdrawal” from the peace process.
* UN votes 128-9, declaring Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel “null and void,” condemning it as “illegal, destabilizing, and a violation of international law.”
* Wage theft proposed rule would allow employers to steal workers' tips, and estimates that employers would take $5.8 billion from workers
* Congress passes Trump’s Tax Bill, Christmas gift to himself, the uber wealthy, businesses and corporations. Not so much for the middle class and the poor.

Report card grade: F
Regards,
Diane Lemieux
Arapahoe

TRUMP REPORT CARD DEC. 10, 2017

Dear Editor,

Here is my Trump report card, for the week of Dec. 10.

* Sixteen women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct and along with fifty-nine congresswomen called for a congressional investigation. Rep. Lois Frankel: "No man or woman is above the law,"

* RNC Nebraska official Joyce Simmons resigns to protest Trump and the committee's financial support for Roy Moore.

*GOP Elizabeth Shackelford from the State Department wrote a blistering resignation letter: “the agency's influence has withered in part because of the ‘stinging disrespect’ shown by the Trump administration.”

* Non-partisan PWBM from Trump’s business school alma mater: “Even with assumptions favorable to economic growth, the Senate TCJA increases debt by over $1.5 trillion dollars over the next decade”.  The report’s three key findings contradict every claim that Republican advocates of the bill make.

* Trump tweets that Senator Kirsten Gellibrand will “do anything for money” in a thinly disguised sexual harassment post.

* Trump’s FCC votes to overturn net neutrality, which saves us from paying extra for Internet/cable.

* Fourteen former U.S. government officials, from Republican/Democratic administrations co-wrote an amicus brief disputing Trump’s claims of no Russian meddling.

Report card grade: F

Regards,

Diane Lemieux

Arapahoe

TRUMP REPORT CARD DEC. 3, 2017

Dear Editor,

I am writing to provide some balance to the privately funded Trump Report Card in the County Compass.  Here is the week of Dec. 3 in review.

*Trump eviscerated Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Monuments in Utah by two million acres, the largest rollback of federal land protection in our history, making way for gas and oil extraction, mining and more, despite the pleas of five Indian tribes and the loss of over 100,000 archaeological sites.

*President Trump told Israeli and Arab leaders he would recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, and move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, counter to U.S. policy and risking violence and peace progress between Israel and the Palestinians.

*The Supreme Court allowed the Muslim Ban to go into full effect against residents of six mostly Muslim countries while it is being litigated. Critics believe that it violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which prohibits favoring or excluding members of any religion.

*German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum that Germany no longer sees the US as a superpower and that they will begin to determine and follow through on their own agenda, regardless of US positions.

*House Rep. Mark Takano, a former teacher, represents California’s 41st District.  He couldn't resist marking up the Tax Bill with his red pen, noting the errors and late submission, giving it an F. https://twitter.com/RepMarkTakano/status/938475274366275584

*Trump held a Hanukkah Party, but OOPS! He neglected to invite any Democratic members of Congress.

*CA GOP Senator Kurt Bardella resigned and no longer wants to be associated with the GOP and is switching to the Democratic Party, citing "an unrelenting assault on the Constitution, the free press and freedom of expression while Republican “leaders” do nothing”.

Report Card Grade: F

Diane Lemieux

Arapahoe