Aside from the authoritarian corrution and cruelty of the president and his party, there's the f***ing lying

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MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch Oct 14
Trump: They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents—and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. I turned to the right. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually. He said, "How the hell did you make that turn?" I said, “I don't know.”

...whatever the hell Trump is trying to say here by conflating three separate events, couching them around his brush with the death of a supporter of his in Butler, it's just another in an endless string of lies so stupid and banal you would wonder whether he either believes we're is too stupid to know better; thinks we're too stupid to see through them; or he's just choosing the most mindfucking jibber-jabber he can come up with to just gaslight Americans into delirium.

There's no mistaking that both the posture and policy of this president and administration is basically anti-American. Not just in attitude, but in actual actions taken which effectively hurt people in this country for no damn reason other than meanness and antipathy.

Trump's malice isn't merely targeted at the people he's openly denigrating, like immigrants, women, people of color; or even Democrats. The two time impeached, multi-felony charged, convicted criminal has cast his weir of retribution as far as he can throw it, drawing up most of America into his vicious net and discarding lives as if they're nothing more than collateral in the way of his brutal, autocratic drive to dominate us all to incessantly feed his self-interested avarice and greed.

Trump has declared that Americans should be at war against ourselves; against 'enemies within,' even as he has isolated us from allies around the world; denigrating them and pushing them away with one hand while embracing and praising dictators and autocrats around the world for their willingness and ability to subjugate their own people to their ruler's corrupt intent and self-enrichment at the expense of a collapsing economy.

Ranting and actually signing Executive Orders against efforts to recruit and retain minorities, women and others who aren't merely white males, Trump reduced the minimum wage for federal contractors, costing these lower-wage workers anywhere from 25% to 60% in pay cuts.

...more, from the Economic Policy Institute:

Cutting workers’ wages and making working conditions worse

Rolled back an executive order requiring federal contractors to recognize existing unions in successor contracts and offer jobs to their predecessors’ employees before hiring new workers.
Delayed the defense of a Biden-era rule that made it harder for employers to misclassify workers as independent contractors.
Limited federal workers’ collective bargaining agreements.
Proposed exempting tipped and overtime income from taxation to benefit employers and high earners who game the system.
Rolled back guidance on the rights of student-athletes, remedies for victims of labor law violations, electronic monitoring standards, and noncompete agreements.
Terminated the collective bargaining agreement of more than 45,000 workers at the Transportation Security Administration.
Rescinded the “Good Jobs” executive order, which aimed to improve job quality for the millions of jobs projected to be created by recent federal investments.
Reduced the function of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, which provides mediation, training, and facilitation to resolve disagreements between unions and employers.
Nominated Crystal Casey, a partner at law firm Morgan Lewis, to be General Counsel at the NLRB. Morgan Lewis is pursuing the legal challenge that the NLRB is unconstitutional.
Terminated DOL grants that fight forced and child labor and promote workers’ rights.
Took back an executive order on expanding registered apprenticeships in federal employment or on federally funded projects.
Rescinded an executive order that gave 390,000 low-wage federal contractors a living wage.
Gutted worker safety agency NIOSH.
Stripped the collective bargaining and union rights of more than one million federal workers.
Delayed the enforcement of a rule intended to protect coal miners from exposure to silica.
Pulled the United States out of an internationally negotiated deal that would have set a global minimum tax on large corporations.
Imposed large, extremely broad-based tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico.
Undid support for electric vehicle manufacturing jobs and other investments in clean car and truck technologies.
Paused disbursement of funds from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including clean vehicle tax credits and investments in more than 240 advanced energy projects.
Rescinded an executive order that established a goal for 50% of new car and truck sales to be clean vehicles by 2030.
Imposed further restrictions on foreign investment that will discourage mutually beneficial investments from China.
Threatened retaliatory tariffs against countries trying to hold Big Tech companies accountable for paying their fair share of corporate taxes.
Repeatedly lent public support to the budget resolution working its way through Congress which calls for steep cuts to programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in order pay for the continuation of tax cuts from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the richest households.
Declared a national economic emergency and levied tariffs on goods imports from virtually all U.S. trading partners, at a minimum of 10% but significantly higher for major trading partners.

Attacks on immigrant workers

Overturned multiple Biden-era executive orders that made immigration law enforcement more strategic and humane, including one that directed the federal government to prioritize threats to public safety and national security for deportations and to safeguard workers who assert their rights.
Issued an executive order that would no longer extend birthright citizenship to all individuals born in the United States.
Halted all refugee admissions into the United States indefinitely, subject to review every 90 days.
Suspended funding to organizations that provide refugees with assistance on housing, job placement, and other needs during their first three months in the United States.
Ended the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) One phone app, which provided a process for individuals to make appointments with U.S. immigration authorities and allowed for a more orderly process for individuals to request asylum at ports of entry along the U.S. southern border.
Resumed the “Remain in Mexico” program, which requires asylum-seekers to await their U.S. immigration court hearings in (often dangerous) border areas and makes it difficult for asylum-seekers to access attorneys and legal aid.
Ended a program that allowed migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to come to the United States to pursue their immigration cases if they were sponsored by someone in the United States and to be employed with a work permit granting them workplace rights.
Instituted what is known as “extreme vetting” in the screening of immigrants and visa applicants to the U.S., to assess if they have views that are hostile to the United States.
Rolled back guidance for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and CBP officers to avoid enforcement actions near sensitive locations, such as schools, churches, and health care facilities.
Rolled back guidance that limited the arrests ICE agents could make in or near courthouses.
Nominated Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security, a former governor from a northern state with no experience on immigration issues or with the southern border.
Directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to consider a fast-track deportation process for immigrants and restrict the use of the parole process, which is a type of protection from deportation that can also provide work authorization to immigrants who qualify.
Signed the Laken Riley Act, which eviscerates due process for immigrants. The law allows immigration enforcement officers to place immigrants into indefinite detention, without access to bail, if they are accused of certain lower-level crimes.
Restored the scope of expedited removal to include nearly all immigrants living in the U.S. for less than two years and who are encountered within 100 miles of a U.S. border— the fullest extent allowed by Congress—rather than allowing DHS to prioritize fast-track deportations for those accused of crimes.
Issued a memo prioritizing Department of Transportation funding for local governments that cooperate with immigration enforcement.
Revoked the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuela, impacting more than 300,000 Venezuelans, which will lead to many losing their work permits and workplace rights.
Issued a memo that jeopardized Department of Justice grants for state and local sanctuary jurisdictions.
Filed a lawsuit against sanctuary policies in Illinois, Cook County, and the city of Chicago.
Deputized some law enforcement workers, including IRS criminal investigators, to assist in immigration enforcement and Trump’s deportation effort.
Shortened the TPS designation for Haiti, impacting more than 260,000 Haitians, which will lead to many losing their work permits and workplace rights.
Drew on a law that was used to justify Japanese internment during World War II to propose a rule requiring immigrants who lack an immigration status to register with the U.S. government to compel them to self-deport.
Shortened the Refugee Cash Assistance and Refugee Medical Assistance eligibility period from 12 months to four months.
Revoked protections for 532,000 participants in the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela parole program, which will lead to many losing their work permits and workplace rights.
Citing a Trump executive order issued on day one of the administration, ICE and IRS agreed to share sensitive taxpayer information to go after suspected undocumented immigrants, targeting taxpaying workers who contribute to U.S. social safety net programs.

Attempted illegal federal funding freeze

Temporarily froze the payments of more than 2,600 federal programs, such as funding for apprenticeship and job training programs and scientific research grants; Trump sought to block the spending of government dollars that have already been allocated and approved by Congress.

Putting health care at risk

Undid an executive order that lowered the cost of prescription drugs.
Rolled back an executive order that made health care more accessible and affordable for more people in the United States.

Cancelled an executive order directing federal agencies to participate in a government-wide strategic plan to promote DEI and accessibility in hiring and other employment practices for the federal civilian workforce.
Rescinded an executive order that identified systemic barriers that impede Black Americans’ opportunity to fully participate in educational, economic, and civic life on a level playing field.
Rolled back an executive order that directed federal agencies that enforce federal laws that prohibit sex discrimination to also prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
Reversed an executive order preventing discrimination against LGBTQI+ individuals and families in several areas, including the education system, child welfare and juvenile justice systems, and the health care system.
Rescinded an executive order on the use of compensation history in federal hiring and pay-setting processes.
Eliminated the White House Gender Policy Council, which was tasked with comprehensively addressing gender-based discrimination, violence, health inequities, human rights, and workplace diversity.
Rescinded an executive order stating that all students should be guaranteed an educational environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, including discrimination in the form of sexual harassment, sexual violence, and on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Rolled back numerous executive orders expressing the federal government’s commitment to racial equity and racial justice.
Directed federal agencies to end all DEI and accessibility offices and programs in the federal government.
Directed federal agencies to remove all DEI and accessibility related materials from their websites and cancel any related trainings and contracts.
Attempted to identify and unwind all instances of federal government recognition of either nonbinary expressions of gender or of transgender identity.
Directed federal agencies to discourage private-sector institutions, such as higher education institutions and nonprofit and philanthropic associations, from voluntarily making efforts to improve hiring or other equitable outcomes along lines of race, gender, disability, or other characteristics.
Rescinded Executive Order 11246, which enforced anti-discrimination and equal employment opportunity requirements in federal contracting.

Attacks on federal workforce

Directed federal agencies to fire probationary employees.
Issued a presidential memorandum that politicizes Career Senior Executive Service officials and makes them easier to fire.
Instituted a hiring freeze for the federal government.
Issued an executive order that prevents the federal government from factoring in race, sex, gender, or religion in hiring decisions.
Reinstated Schedule F, which upends longstanding job protections for federal career employees and makes it easier to fire them for any reason.
Directed all federal agencies to terminate remote work agreements and require full-time in-person work.
Offered deferred resignation to all federal employees.
Issued an executive order to reduce federal offices and Federal Advisory Councils that are deemed unnecessary.
Closed three DHS offices focused on civil rights and oversight, eliminating internal watchdog offices that assess the legality and effectiveness of the implementation of Trump administration policies on immigration enforcement.


Attempted to shut down U.S. Agency for International Development, which funds projects across the globe in several areas, including agriculture, human rights, and health initiatives.
Reportedly allowed DOGE to illegally access federal government systems.
Directed heads of agencies to develop large-scale reductions to the federal workforce.
Required federal workers to justify their work by submitting a list of five things they accomplished each week.
Inserted DOGE in the approval and disbursement of federal contract, grant, and loans payments.


more: https://www.epi.org/publication/100-days-100-ways-trump-hurt-workers/

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I can't say it enough!!!

Shame used to work on liars, but these people have no shame.

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3. "Second verse, same as the first"....... only WORSE