“The Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of a federal program to prevent teen pregnancy last year was directed by political appointees over the objections of career experts in the Department of Health and Human Services…” according to this article.
The program had bipartisan congressional support and helped reduce the teen pregnancy rate to an all time low.
Just another bad decision by the Trump administration. Sad!
Dowd is considering quitting because he can’t control Trump’s behavior. Trump has talked about firing Cobb. Trump added diGenova, a conspiracy theorist (like Trump).
Sad!
Trump thinks climate change is a Chinese hoax. This article points out that 150 million lives could be saved by reducing carbon emissions. Don’t expect Trump to do anything. Sad!
Will foreign countries make deals and treaties with the US after Trump? He has pulled the US out of the Paris Climate accord and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). He wants to invalidate the Iranian nuclear agreement and redo Nafta.
Why would anyone make a deal with the US now when the next president can just abandon it? Trump’s behavior will have bad repercussions for all future presidents. Sad!
The recent congressional election for PA district 18 is a preview of the November congressional elections.
Since it appears that Conor Lamb won, the conspiracy theorists have to find fake reasons that didn’t happen.
Here’s an overview on a fact check concerning a story that the election was invalidated and links to some of the stories mentioned in it.
The usual fake Republican voter fraud allegations
Allegations that trucks of illegals cast votes
Allegations that voting machines changed votes to Lamb
Trump has convinced his followers that the system is rigged. I think they will not accept the results in November if the Democrats win the House and will fight back with nonsense like these allegations. Sad!
Former CIA Director John Brennan:
This is a good column on why the Congressional Republicans won’t restrain Trump. I still think there’s a good chance Trump will fire Mueller. Congress could prevent it by passing a law….but they won’t.
Cambridge Analytica, under fire for misusing Facebook data, worked on the Trump campaign. This is an overview of the situation from the Washington Post.
I don’t think it matters that Stormy Daniels is a porn star. Her occupation does not factor into the activities covered by the suit. She met Trump in a hotel, not on a porn movie set. If, for example, Daniels was a teacher, would the media keep mentioning that? I doubt it. I don’t think it’s fair to Trump either for the same reasons. The alleged payoff had nothing to do with her profession. I wish the media would use her real name (Stephanie Clifford) and leave her occupation out of it when discussing the lawsuits.
However, it is relevant when discussing how she is profiting from the publicity by having a tour.
Belated happy birthday to her – she turned 39 on March 17th.
Trump has added Joseph D. diGenova to his legal team. He has said, according to the article “Make no mistake about it: A group of FBI and DOJ people were trying to frame Donald Trump of a falsely created crime.”
That’s not true but it sounds like Trump’s thinking. It increases the likelihood that Trump will fire Mueller. Sad!
