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I am NOT on board from this. Nor have I been from the start. I knew about it a few months ago but I had thought it had already been blocked. Then lo and behold. my time to strike came back.
I will not yield.
I will not back down.
I'll be editing links in below as I find them.
-Adam connover on net neutrality and what you can do to help.
https://youtu.be/xjOxNiHUsZw
https://www.battleforthenet.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality
https://www.savetheinternet.com/net-neutrality-what-you-need-know-now
I will not yield.
I will not back down.
I'll be editing links in below as I find them.
-Adam connover on net neutrality and what you can do to help.
https://youtu.be/xjOxNiHUsZw
https://www.battleforthenet.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality
https://www.savetheinternet.com/net-neutrality-what-you-need-know-now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJWNm5cqFCQ
Social Justice is a cancer in whatever form it takes, this is just virtue signaling by anti-capitalist anti-free trade/market advocates.
Social Justice is a cancer in whatever form it takes, this is just virtue signaling by anti-capitalist anti-free trade/market advocates.
Blaqk that's the old argument trying to stop the bill from being passed. It was passed and set neutral. The government doesn't control us now so I don't think we're being controlled by a shadow censoring blah blah blah government. Were now stopping the bill from being reppealed. Also the big companies would benefit from shitty service as they can censor the people competing with them (like whatever that internet based phone company was called again)
But yes social justice is cancer. I can agree much there
I know you two mean well, but wrong forum. We have an off topic for a reason, try and keep IRL crap there.
But yes, the whole business with the FCC is some gay ass shit that needs to be shut down
But yes, the whole business with the FCC is some gay ass shit that needs to be shut down
It's old because it hasn't been challenged and been defeated yet, this is less to do with censorship and privacy, and more to do with how large and powerful the Federal Government can get without an amendment.
If people were actually angry at the current market they would make an impact with their USD and boycott the ISP's in question of taking advantage of those who consume their product and not by making posts on social media. Where is all the outrage for corporate government subsidies?
I tried in off-topic, but my non-personal attack posts were marked otherwise.
It's pretty easy to sort all this stuff out, just do the opposite of whatever John Oliver/Google/Facebook/Stephen Colbert tell you to do.
If an ISP screws you, you can get another ISP or make one. If the Federal Government screws you, you go to jail under the threat of force.
If people were actually angry at the current market they would make an impact with their USD and boycott the ISP's in question of taking advantage of those who consume their product and not by making posts on social media. Where is all the outrage for corporate government subsidies?
I tried in off-topic, but my non-personal attack posts were marked otherwise.
It's pretty easy to sort all this stuff out, just do the opposite of whatever John Oliver/Google/Facebook/Stephen Colbert tell you to do.
If an ISP screws you, you can get another ISP or make one. If the Federal Government screws you, you go to jail under the threat of force.
In pure capitalism, corporates screw with you. In pure socialism, government screws with you. The answer is somewhere in between. Some regulations to stop the corporates from growing too big and controlling too many things, yet not so many that government gets too big.
The USA isn't pure capitalism, if anything it's closer to crony socialism.
You have to understand that corporations have gotten regulations passed to secure their own monopoly and duopolies via corruption and government subsidies. A majority of which implemented under democrats and so called "independents" taking speaking fees for speeches from special interest groups.
The actions taken by Trump to put the FCC chair were to bring us closer to the ideals of the nation that created the Internet, free market.
If you are following current politics from today going back to the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s, you would know that Donald Trump is rolling back such regulations that cripple TRUE free market capitalism, and not the strange cabal of crony capitalism and several flavors of communism/socialism that currently exists.
I don't know what the color of his skin/hair has to do with anything, I don't agree with everything Donald Trump does, that would be no better than the cult of personality around Kim or Castro. When he bombed that empty Syrian air base I didn't agree with that style of interventionist foreign policy.
There are more than just two choices in a given situation, but I'm sure if you keep calling anybody opposed to your views names you will eventually reach the intellectual high ground(After the true police state shows it's face and it's used as an excuse for "Civil War 2.0 : Hungarian Financiers Edition"
EDIT: Calling me blind could be construed as a personal attack, which is only going to have whistler come into this thread and end the conversation before it starts.
Perhaps that's what your intentions were from the very start.
You have to understand that corporations have gotten regulations passed to secure their own monopoly and duopolies via corruption and government subsidies. A majority of which implemented under democrats and so called "independents" taking speaking fees for speeches from special interest groups.
The actions taken by Trump to put the FCC chair were to bring us closer to the ideals of the nation that created the Internet, free market.
If you are following current politics from today going back to the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s, you would know that Donald Trump is rolling back such regulations that cripple TRUE free market capitalism, and not the strange cabal of crony capitalism and several flavors of communism/socialism that currently exists.
I don't know what the color of his skin/hair has to do with anything, I don't agree with everything Donald Trump does, that would be no better than the cult of personality around Kim or Castro. When he bombed that empty Syrian air base I didn't agree with that style of interventionist foreign policy.
There are more than just two choices in a given situation, but I'm sure if you keep calling anybody opposed to your views names you will eventually reach the intellectual high ground(After the true police state shows it's face and it's used as an excuse for "Civil War 2.0 : Hungarian Financiers Edition"
EDIT: Calling me blind could be construed as a personal attack, which is only going to have whistler come into this thread and end the conversation before it starts.
Perhaps that's what your intentions were from the very start.
I don't know what the color of his skin/hair has to do with anything
It isn't the color of his hair. If he dyed his hair black, he'd be a gorilla. He has the brain of an ape. He hasn't done anything remotely smart for the past couple of years. It's all dumb luck, appearing in the just right, ripe climate for an authoritarian populist right after the Obama era.
If you disagree about the level of his brain development, I can respect that. Agree to disagree!
I can understand where you're coming from as well, part of the grassroot movement to take back control and dignity from the government, snowflakes, and whatever else that's been bugging you. I merely disagree about what exactly is the problem and how to best solve it. Sorry, I don't care enough about you or politics to explain it in detail in a dissertation.
Everyone knows exactly where you stand politically on every single sub-point, so let's move on?
It isn't the color of his hair. If he dyed his hair black, he'd be a gorilla. He has the brain of an ape. He hasn't done anything remotely smart for the past couple of years. It's all dumb luck, appearing in the just right, ripe climate for an authoritarian populist right after the Obama era.
If you disagree about the level of his brain development, I can respect that. Agree to disagree!
I can understand where you're coming from as well, part of the grassroot movement to take back control and dignity from the government, snowflakes, and whatever else that's been bugging you. I merely disagree about what exactly is the problem and how to best solve it. Sorry, I don't care enough about you or politics to explain it in detail in a dissertation.
Everyone knows exactly where you stand politically on every single sub-point, so let's move on?
damnit, cant either of you stop bickering for 5 seconds?
He hasn't done anything remotely smart for the past couple of years.
Here's a list of the SMART things he's done so far since in office (First 100 days)
1.)President Trump signed an executive order reversing some Obama-era offshore drilling restrictions and ordering a review of limits on drilling locations.
2.)President Trump has signed 13 Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions in his first 100 days, more than any other President. These resolutions nullified unnecessary regulations and block agencies from reissuing them.
3.)President Trump decreased the US Debt in his first 100 days by $100 Billion. (President Obama increased the US debt in his first 100 days by more than $560 Billion.)
4.)The US Stock Markets are at record highs
5.)President Trump added 298,000 jobs in his first month alone (after President Obama said jobs were not coming back!).
6.)Illegal immigration is down 73% since President Trump’s Inauguration.
7.)NATO announced Allied spending is up $10 Billion because of President Trump.
8.)After being nominated by President Trump, Constitutionalist Judge Neil Gorsuch was confirmed and sworn in as Supreme Court Justice in early April.
9.)Notifying Congress of a strike on Syria after it was reported that the country used gas on its citizens.
10.) Dismantling Obama’s climate change initiatives.
11.) Travel bans for individuals from a select number of countries embroiled in terrorist atrocities.
12.) Enforcing regulatory reform.
13.) Protecting Law enforcement.
14.) Mandating for every new regulation to eliminate two.
15.) Defeating ISIS.
16.) Rebuilding the military.
17.) Building a border wall.
18.) Cutting funding for sanctuary cities.
19.) Approving pipelines.
20.) Reducing regulations on manufacturers.
21.) Placing a hiring freeze on federal employees.
22.) Exiting the US from the TPP.
23.) President Trump signed an extension of the Veterans Choice Act of 2014, which allowed veterans to seek medical care outside the VA system due to serious VA problems.
24.) President Trump signed a bill into law giving preference in federal grants to "federal and state law enforcement agencies that hire and train veterans".
25.) President Trump signed the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act into law.
26.) President Trump signed an executive order creating an office in the Department of Veterans Affairs to investigate obstacles preventing the VA from firing incompetent employees, and to protect those who reveal cases of incompetence in the department.
Here's a list of the SMART things he's done so far since in office (First 100 days)
1.)President Trump signed an executive order reversing some Obama-era offshore drilling restrictions and ordering a review of limits on drilling locations.
2.)President Trump has signed 13 Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions in his first 100 days, more than any other President. These resolutions nullified unnecessary regulations and block agencies from reissuing them.
3.)President Trump decreased the US Debt in his first 100 days by $100 Billion. (President Obama increased the US debt in his first 100 days by more than $560 Billion.)
4.)The US Stock Markets are at record highs
5.)President Trump added 298,000 jobs in his first month alone (after President Obama said jobs were not coming back!).
6.)Illegal immigration is down 73% since President Trump’s Inauguration.
7.)NATO announced Allied spending is up $10 Billion because of President Trump.
8.)After being nominated by President Trump, Constitutionalist Judge Neil Gorsuch was confirmed and sworn in as Supreme Court Justice in early April.
9.)Notifying Congress of a strike on Syria after it was reported that the country used gas on its citizens.
10.) Dismantling Obama’s climate change initiatives.
11.) Travel bans for individuals from a select number of countries embroiled in terrorist atrocities.
12.) Enforcing regulatory reform.
13.) Protecting Law enforcement.
14.) Mandating for every new regulation to eliminate two.
15.) Defeating ISIS.
16.) Rebuilding the military.
17.) Building a border wall.
18.) Cutting funding for sanctuary cities.
19.) Approving pipelines.
20.) Reducing regulations on manufacturers.
21.) Placing a hiring freeze on federal employees.
22.) Exiting the US from the TPP.
23.) President Trump signed an extension of the Veterans Choice Act of 2014, which allowed veterans to seek medical care outside the VA system due to serious VA problems.
24.) President Trump signed a bill into law giving preference in federal grants to "federal and state law enforcement agencies that hire and train veterans".
25.) President Trump signed the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act into law.
26.) President Trump signed an executive order creating an office in the Department of Veterans Affairs to investigate obstacles preventing the VA from firing incompetent employees, and to protect those who reveal cases of incompetence in the department.
27.) President Trump signed a bill into law (Public Law 115-8)[1] repealing a Social Security Administration rule adding mental disability determinations to the background check registry, subject to a person applying to be removed from the list.
28.) H.R. 244, which was signed into law by President Trump on May 5, 2017, and funded the government through September 30, 2017, did not include funding for several of President Trump's priorities, such as defunding sanctuary cities and building new sections of the border wall. However, it did include an additional $1.5 billion in border security funding, including money to repair 40 miles of existing border barrier sections and to increase funding for ICE and CBP, among other conservative achievements.
29.) Trump signed two executive orders. The first one included ordering the "immediate construction of a physical wall on the southern border," the hiring of 5,000 additional border control agents, and ending "catch-and-release" policies for illegal immigrants. The second order called for hiring an additional 10,000 federal immigration officers, re-establishing the Secure Communities Program and other local partnerships, making the deportation of criminal illegal immigrants a priority, directing the State Department to use leverage to ensure countries-of-origin take back illegal immigrants, and stripping federal grant money from sanctuary cities and states.
30.) Trump signed an executive order indefinitely banning the admission of Syrian refugees, suspending the overall refugee program for 120 days, suspending entry and the issuing of visas from seven failed Middle Eastern countries for at least 90 days, and reducing the number of refugees allowed into the nation during the fiscal year from 110,000 to 50,000. Additionally, Trump made clear that he would help Christian refugees, a reversal from the Obama Administration. Despite criticism from leftists and non-conservatives, 49 percent of the American public supported the decision compared to 41 percent opposed, according to the "mainstream" Reuters, and 57% percent of likely American voters supported the ban according to Rasmussen. Additionally, while the leftist establishment European leaders opposed the ban, a strong majority – 55% average – of Europeans supported the ban, according to a poll in 10 European Union nations.
31.) President Trump signed a second executive order regarding the temporary suspension of refugees and others from certain high-risk countries after the first one was blocked by the courts. The second order made some clarifications and minor improvements over the first, such as exempting green card holders from the ban and excluding Iraq from it as it had developed an acceptable vetting process. (after being blocked in federal courts, the Supreme Court on June 26, 2017, partially reinstated the ban and allowed key portions of it to continue pending a hearing on the ban's constitutionality in October.
32.) Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a plan to speed up the deportation of imprisoned illegals.On April 11, 2017, Sessions issued a memorandum to U.S. attorneys, instructing them to enforce much stricter guidelines against immigration crimes, and he announced the Justice Department would hire 125 immigration judges in the next two years. As a result of Session's decision, the DOJ resumed the criminal prosecution of first-time illegal border crossers, something which the Obama Administration stopped. In the Tucson border sector, 565 first-time illegal immigrants were prosecuted for entering in June 2017 alone.
28.) H.R. 244, which was signed into law by President Trump on May 5, 2017, and funded the government through September 30, 2017, did not include funding for several of President Trump's priorities, such as defunding sanctuary cities and building new sections of the border wall. However, it did include an additional $1.5 billion in border security funding, including money to repair 40 miles of existing border barrier sections and to increase funding for ICE and CBP, among other conservative achievements.
29.) Trump signed two executive orders. The first one included ordering the "immediate construction of a physical wall on the southern border," the hiring of 5,000 additional border control agents, and ending "catch-and-release" policies for illegal immigrants. The second order called for hiring an additional 10,000 federal immigration officers, re-establishing the Secure Communities Program and other local partnerships, making the deportation of criminal illegal immigrants a priority, directing the State Department to use leverage to ensure countries-of-origin take back illegal immigrants, and stripping federal grant money from sanctuary cities and states.
30.) Trump signed an executive order indefinitely banning the admission of Syrian refugees, suspending the overall refugee program for 120 days, suspending entry and the issuing of visas from seven failed Middle Eastern countries for at least 90 days, and reducing the number of refugees allowed into the nation during the fiscal year from 110,000 to 50,000. Additionally, Trump made clear that he would help Christian refugees, a reversal from the Obama Administration. Despite criticism from leftists and non-conservatives, 49 percent of the American public supported the decision compared to 41 percent opposed, according to the "mainstream" Reuters, and 57% percent of likely American voters supported the ban according to Rasmussen. Additionally, while the leftist establishment European leaders opposed the ban, a strong majority – 55% average – of Europeans supported the ban, according to a poll in 10 European Union nations.
31.) President Trump signed a second executive order regarding the temporary suspension of refugees and others from certain high-risk countries after the first one was blocked by the courts. The second order made some clarifications and minor improvements over the first, such as exempting green card holders from the ban and excluding Iraq from it as it had developed an acceptable vetting process. (after being blocked in federal courts, the Supreme Court on June 26, 2017, partially reinstated the ban and allowed key portions of it to continue pending a hearing on the ban's constitutionality in October.
32.) Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a plan to speed up the deportation of imprisoned illegals.On April 11, 2017, Sessions issued a memorandum to U.S. attorneys, instructing them to enforce much stricter guidelines against immigration crimes, and he announced the Justice Department would hire 125 immigration judges in the next two years. As a result of Session's decision, the DOJ resumed the criminal prosecution of first-time illegal border crossers, something which the Obama Administration stopped. In the Tucson border sector, 565 first-time illegal immigrants were prosecuted for entering in June 2017 alone.
33.) The Trump Administration cracked down on H-1B visas in a series of actions, making it much more difficult for entry-level programmers to enter the U.S. Combating corruption in the program, and making sure that Americans were not discriminated against. On April 18, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order restricting the H-1B visa to give the hiring preference to American workers and enacting stronger enforcement of laws requiring the use of American-made materials in federal projects. Experts on the H-1B visa supported his order.
34.) The Trump Administration delayed for eight months, reasoning that immigration officials already had much important work to do, an Obama Administration rule that would have made it easier for foreign nationals to enter the country to start a business.
35.) President Trump signed an executive order ordering Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to review Department of Education regulations, with the intention of returning power to the states and local governments.
36.) In addition to the above, Trump signed three other orders, one requiring the United States Secretary of Commerce make a plan within six months mandating all new or improved pipelines be made with American steel, another order requiring every federal agency to streamline manufacturing regulations, and the third allowing fast-track approval for important infrastructure projects.
37.) President Trump signed a major executive order repealing several Obama-era environmental regulations unfavorable to coal. In addition to this, the order started an immediate review of Obama's Clean Power Plan, help create American energy jobs, bring American energy independence by stimulating domestic energy production, and giving authority back to the states.
34.) The Trump Administration delayed for eight months, reasoning that immigration officials already had much important work to do, an Obama Administration rule that would have made it easier for foreign nationals to enter the country to start a business.
35.) President Trump signed an executive order ordering Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to review Department of Education regulations, with the intention of returning power to the states and local governments.
36.) In addition to the above, Trump signed three other orders, one requiring the United States Secretary of Commerce make a plan within six months mandating all new or improved pipelines be made with American steel, another order requiring every federal agency to streamline manufacturing regulations, and the third allowing fast-track approval for important infrastructure projects.
37.) President Trump signed a major executive order repealing several Obama-era environmental regulations unfavorable to coal. In addition to this, the order started an immediate review of Obama's Clean Power Plan, help create American energy jobs, bring American energy independence by stimulating domestic energy production, and giving authority back to the states.
38.) The Trump Administration signed agreements as a member of the Arctic Council, and it was later revealed that it successfully weakened the language regarding climate change and environmental policy.
39.) The Trump Administration formally rejected a G7 pledge to adhere to the Paris climate agreement.
40.) H.R. 244, which was signed into law by President Trump on May 5, 2017 and funded the government through September 30, 2017, expanded military spending by about $21 billion without an identical increase in domestic spending and fulfilled several of the military's requests.
41.) The Trump Administration and Lockheed Martin reached a tentative deal that would purchase 90 F-35 jets at the lowest price in the program's history. The first 90 planes were about $725 million below budget, with billions of more dollars of savings expected, and it saved at least one U.S. ally, Japan, $100 million.
42.) Under the increased autonomy President Trump gave the Defense Department, the U.S. dropped a GBU-43B (also known as MOAB or the "Mother Of All bombs"), the largest non-nuclear bomb in existence at 21,000 pounds on a complex of Islamic State tunnels in Afghanistan. Although tested in 2003, the bomb had never been used in combat before. It caused much damage, being estimated to have killed at least 94 ISIS fighters, including four commanders – no civilians were killed. It also destroyed several of the tunnels as well as weapon stockpiles. The attack was reported as having dealt a heavy blow to ISIS's Afghanistan branch.
43.) President Trump signed an executive order to review U.S. cyber security and hold the various federal departments accountable for ensuring the protection of valuable information.
44.) President Trump signed an executive order creating a commission, chaired by Vice President Mike Pence and vice-chaired by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, to review the extent of voter fraud and suppression in the United States.
45.) Unlike former President Obama, the State Department under President Trump described the Afghanistan Taliban as a terrorist organization without hesitation.
39.) The Trump Administration formally rejected a G7 pledge to adhere to the Paris climate agreement.
40.) H.R. 244, which was signed into law by President Trump on May 5, 2017 and funded the government through September 30, 2017, expanded military spending by about $21 billion without an identical increase in domestic spending and fulfilled several of the military's requests.
41.) The Trump Administration and Lockheed Martin reached a tentative deal that would purchase 90 F-35 jets at the lowest price in the program's history. The first 90 planes were about $725 million below budget, with billions of more dollars of savings expected, and it saved at least one U.S. ally, Japan, $100 million.
42.) Under the increased autonomy President Trump gave the Defense Department, the U.S. dropped a GBU-43B (also known as MOAB or the "Mother Of All bombs"), the largest non-nuclear bomb in existence at 21,000 pounds on a complex of Islamic State tunnels in Afghanistan. Although tested in 2003, the bomb had never been used in combat before. It caused much damage, being estimated to have killed at least 94 ISIS fighters, including four commanders – no civilians were killed. It also destroyed several of the tunnels as well as weapon stockpiles. The attack was reported as having dealt a heavy blow to ISIS's Afghanistan branch.
43.) President Trump signed an executive order to review U.S. cyber security and hold the various federal departments accountable for ensuring the protection of valuable information.
44.) President Trump signed an executive order creating a commission, chaired by Vice President Mike Pence and vice-chaired by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, to review the extent of voter fraud and suppression in the United States.
45.) Unlike former President Obama, the State Department under President Trump described the Afghanistan Taliban as a terrorist organization without hesitation.
46.) It was reported that the DHS under Donald Trump defunded several Islamic organizations supported by the Obama/BushJr/BushSr Administration and that were set to be funded under it.
47.) The Department of Defense announced it would delay an Obama Administration plan to have the military recruit transgender people for six months in order to ensure the military's readiness would not be affected by the change.
48.) The Trump Administration limited the governmental use of Kaspersky Lab software due to suspicions that the Russian government was using it for cyber espionage.
49.) President Trump successfully made use of Congressional Review to roll back Obama-era regulations—even more than expected. Prior to Trump's presidency, the Congressional Review Act had been used only once successfully, sixteen years prior. When the window to use the CRA for the 115th Congress ended, Congress had passed and Trump had signed 14 CRA resolutions repealing Obama regulations – significantly more than expected. These actions were estimated to have saved $3.7 billion in regulatory costs and up to $36.2 billion in compliance costs.
50.) President Trump signed Public Law 115-33 (S. 496), which repealed a rule by the Department of Transportation that would have taken power away from local governments on infrastructure planning.
51.) On its first day in office, the Trump Administration ordered a regulatory freeze on all federal governmental agencies.
52.) Trump signed an executive order that requires two federal regulations must be eliminated for every regulation created.
53.) President Trump signed an executive order requiring every federal agency to create a "regulatory reform task force" to find unnecessary, burdensome regulations to repeal. This order was called "the most far reaching effort to pare back U.S. red tape in recent decades."
47.) The Department of Defense announced it would delay an Obama Administration plan to have the military recruit transgender people for six months in order to ensure the military's readiness would not be affected by the change.
48.) The Trump Administration limited the governmental use of Kaspersky Lab software due to suspicions that the Russian government was using it for cyber espionage.
49.) President Trump successfully made use of Congressional Review to roll back Obama-era regulations—even more than expected. Prior to Trump's presidency, the Congressional Review Act had been used only once successfully, sixteen years prior. When the window to use the CRA for the 115th Congress ended, Congress had passed and Trump had signed 14 CRA resolutions repealing Obama regulations – significantly more than expected. These actions were estimated to have saved $3.7 billion in regulatory costs and up to $36.2 billion in compliance costs.
50.) President Trump signed Public Law 115-33 (S. 496), which repealed a rule by the Department of Transportation that would have taken power away from local governments on infrastructure planning.
51.) On its first day in office, the Trump Administration ordered a regulatory freeze on all federal governmental agencies.
52.) Trump signed an executive order that requires two federal regulations must be eliminated for every regulation created.
53.) President Trump signed an executive order requiring every federal agency to create a "regulatory reform task force" to find unnecessary, burdensome regulations to repeal. This order was called "the most far reaching effort to pare back U.S. red tape in recent decades."
54.) President Trump signed an executive order to perform an audit on every executive branch agency in order to reduce spending and waste and improve services.
55.) President Trump signed an executive order ordering the Department of Agriculture to find and eliminate unnecessary regulations, in an effort to help farmers, particularly in the light of NAFTA and the trade imbalance with Canada.
56.) President Trump signed an executive order ordering the Interior Department to review designations of national monuments from as far back as 20 years prior, with the intention of reversing federal overreach in land acquisition and returning power to the states.
57.) The Environmental Protection Agency ended a $1 million program where it gave gym memberships to its employees, ending the program due to an abuse of taxpayer money.
58.) The White House 2017 payroll was $5.1 million lower than the Obama Administration's 2015 payroll. Additionally, the Trump White House employed 110 fewer employees than Obama, and it did not employ any policy "czars" In addition, President Trump donated his entire first-quarter 2017 salary to restore the Antietam National Battlefield.
59.) President Trump signed an order directing Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, upon his confirmation, to plan changes to the Dodd-Frank bank regulatory law in order to cut much of it.
60.) President Trump signed one executive order and two memorandums. The order directed the Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to look at the U.S. tax code and recommend the removal of unnecessary regulations and the two memorandums directing the Treasury Secretary to conduct a review of portions of the Dodd-Frank law.
61.) President Trump signed executive orders to loosen federal regulations on job-training programs and to encourage apprenticeships and vocational learning.
62.) By June 2017, the economy was clearly improving and growing, and Americans' confidence in the economy rose. The average credit scores of Americans reached an all-time high by July 2017. The economy rose faster than expected in July 2017, with 222,000 jobs being added, and jobless claims applications and benefits fell. It was reported in early July that U.S. factory activity rose to its highest level since August 2014.
63.) Trump signed an order which withdrew the United States from the globalist Trans-Pacific Partnership.
64.) The Trump Administration forced the G-20 to remove its opposition to protectionism and its support for free trade from its joint statement.
65.) President Trump signed two orders. The first order instituted a crackdown on violations of anti-dumping laws and help to officials to collect penalties already owed to the U.S. The second order ordered a report by the Department of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative on the causes of the U.S. trade deficit due within 90 days.
66.) President Trump signed a memorandum directing the Department of Commerce to investigate whether steel imports pose a threat to U.S. national security.
55.) President Trump signed an executive order ordering the Department of Agriculture to find and eliminate unnecessary regulations, in an effort to help farmers, particularly in the light of NAFTA and the trade imbalance with Canada.
56.) President Trump signed an executive order ordering the Interior Department to review designations of national monuments from as far back as 20 years prior, with the intention of reversing federal overreach in land acquisition and returning power to the states.
57.) The Environmental Protection Agency ended a $1 million program where it gave gym memberships to its employees, ending the program due to an abuse of taxpayer money.
58.) The White House 2017 payroll was $5.1 million lower than the Obama Administration's 2015 payroll. Additionally, the Trump White House employed 110 fewer employees than Obama, and it did not employ any policy "czars" In addition, President Trump donated his entire first-quarter 2017 salary to restore the Antietam National Battlefield.
59.) President Trump signed an order directing Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, upon his confirmation, to plan changes to the Dodd-Frank bank regulatory law in order to cut much of it.
60.) President Trump signed one executive order and two memorandums. The order directed the Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to look at the U.S. tax code and recommend the removal of unnecessary regulations and the two memorandums directing the Treasury Secretary to conduct a review of portions of the Dodd-Frank law.
61.) President Trump signed executive orders to loosen federal regulations on job-training programs and to encourage apprenticeships and vocational learning.
62.) By June 2017, the economy was clearly improving and growing, and Americans' confidence in the economy rose. The average credit scores of Americans reached an all-time high by July 2017. The economy rose faster than expected in July 2017, with 222,000 jobs being added, and jobless claims applications and benefits fell. It was reported in early July that U.S. factory activity rose to its highest level since August 2014.
63.) Trump signed an order which withdrew the United States from the globalist Trans-Pacific Partnership.
64.) The Trump Administration forced the G-20 to remove its opposition to protectionism and its support for free trade from its joint statement.
65.) President Trump signed two orders. The first order instituted a crackdown on violations of anti-dumping laws and help to officials to collect penalties already owed to the U.S. The second order ordered a report by the Department of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative on the causes of the U.S. trade deficit due within 90 days.
66.) President Trump signed a memorandum directing the Department of Commerce to investigate whether steel imports pose a threat to U.S. national security.
67.) After Canada changed its milk pricing policy, putting U.S. farmers at a severe disadvantage, the Trump Administration imposed tariffs at rates up to 24% on Canadian lumber imports.
68.) President Trump signed a memorandum opening a Department of Commerce investigation into whether the high level of aluminum imports constitutes a threat to U.S. national security.
69.) President Trump signed two executive orders, one ordering the U.S. to review all of its free trade agreements including NAFTA, and the other establishing a White House trade policy office.
70.) President Trump approved a trade deal with China which would increase American exports.
71.) President Trump began the process of renegotiating NAFTA.
72.) The U.S. and China made an agreement that would allow American beef products to be exported to China.
73.) In the final G-20 common statement, the Trump Administration, which was ideologically opposed by the other G-20 nations, successfully received concessions from them on the statement on trade.
74.) President Trump and the U.S. Senate approved Montenegro's accession into NATO, over Russia's objections.
75.) After Iran tested a ballistic missile in apparent violation of a UN Security Council resolution, the Trump Administration instituted unilateral economic sanctions against 13 Iranian individuals and 12 companies.
76.) The Trump Administration imposed additional sanctions on an Iranian national, an Iranian company, a Chinese national, and three Chinese companies (because of Chinese dealings related to Iran's nuclear program).
77.) Two U.S. government-run media outlets began broadcasting in Russian in an attempt to counter Russian propaganda.
78.) The Trump Administration refused to issue waivers to any companies which wanted to do business with Russia, which was under economic sanctions, including ExxonMobil, which had applied for a waiver. The day earlier, the Trump Administration announced, in strong language, it was implementing the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, which blacklisted certain Russian citizens.
68.) President Trump signed a memorandum opening a Department of Commerce investigation into whether the high level of aluminum imports constitutes a threat to U.S. national security.
69.) President Trump signed two executive orders, one ordering the U.S. to review all of its free trade agreements including NAFTA, and the other establishing a White House trade policy office.
70.) President Trump approved a trade deal with China which would increase American exports.
71.) President Trump began the process of renegotiating NAFTA.
72.) The U.S. and China made an agreement that would allow American beef products to be exported to China.
73.) In the final G-20 common statement, the Trump Administration, which was ideologically opposed by the other G-20 nations, successfully received concessions from them on the statement on trade.
74.) President Trump and the U.S. Senate approved Montenegro's accession into NATO, over Russia's objections.
75.) After Iran tested a ballistic missile in apparent violation of a UN Security Council resolution, the Trump Administration instituted unilateral economic sanctions against 13 Iranian individuals and 12 companies.
76.) The Trump Administration imposed additional sanctions on an Iranian national, an Iranian company, a Chinese national, and three Chinese companies (because of Chinese dealings related to Iran's nuclear program).
77.) Two U.S. government-run media outlets began broadcasting in Russian in an attempt to counter Russian propaganda.
78.) The Trump Administration refused to issue waivers to any companies which wanted to do business with Russia, which was under economic sanctions, including ExxonMobil, which had applied for a waiver. The day earlier, the Trump Administration announced, in strong language, it was implementing the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, which blacklisted certain Russian citizens.
79.) The same day President Trump met with Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on 38 Russian individuals and entities involved in the conflict with Ukraine.
80.) Early in Trump's presidency, he and his administration took a much tougher tone against North Korea than his predecessors.[38] While the deployment was first announced during the Obama Administration, the Trump Administration confirmed it would continue the plans to – and subsequently did – deploy the THAAD missile defense system to South Korea despite China's strong objections.
81.) President Trump embarked on an ambitious foreign trip, where he, among other accomplishments, visited the heartlands of the three Abrahamic religions, challenging the Muslim world to get serious about defeating Islamic terrorism, challenging the European leaders to contribute more to NATO, and isolating Iran. While in the Middle East, Trump, unlike Obama, took a strong stance against Iran and strengthened the United States's traditional alliances with Israel and the Arab nations, bringing them closer together.
82.) During a speech attended by opponents of Cuba's Communist regime, President Trump partially reversed Obama's pro-Cuba policies by restricting U.S. travel to Cuba and prohibit financial transactions that benefit the Cuban military. Additionally, Trump visibly took a much stronger position on Cuba to repatriate American criminal fugitives than Obama had done.
83.) The Trump Administration successfully secured the release of several American prisoners held in foreign countries that the Obama Administration did not or could not release. It played a large role in successfully helping prevent CIA officer Sabrina de Sousa from being extradited to Italy, with the decision coming on March 1, 2017. On April 21, 2017, Egypt released an Egyptian-American who had been detained for three years. Additionally, according to the father of Otto Warmbier, who was held hostage in North Korea and then released in June 2017, the Obama Administration did not do enough to secure his release while the Trump Administration did secure his release.
84.) In an attempt to solve a diplomatic crisis between Qatar and several other Persian Gulf nations, the U.S. and Qatar signed an agreement for Qatar to increase its counterterrorism measures and to end funding for terrorist groups.
85.) President Trump signed a bill into law to reduce the backlog of families of fallen police officers waiting to receive benefits due to their status.
86.) Attorney General Sessions rescinded an Obama Administration memo that directed the Bureau of Prisons to begin phasing out private prisons.
87.) President Trump signed three executive orders pertaining to law enforcement. The first cracked down and strengthens the law against international crime organizations, the second deals with anti-law enforcement crimes, and third with finding a strategy for reducing crime in general, "including, in particular, illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and violent crime."
88.) Attorney General Sessions ordered the Department of Justice to review Obama's agreements with local police departments. Sessions made this order to give back local control to police departments.
89.) The Justice Department prosecuted two doctors and one other for practicing female genital mutilation – the first such prosecutions under a federal law passed by Congress in 1996 prohibiting the practice.
90.) Although he previously stated he was not planning on asking him to resign, President Trump, at the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, fired Obama-appointed FBI director James Comey for being unfit to serve in the position.
80.) Early in Trump's presidency, he and his administration took a much tougher tone against North Korea than his predecessors.[38] While the deployment was first announced during the Obama Administration, the Trump Administration confirmed it would continue the plans to – and subsequently did – deploy the THAAD missile defense system to South Korea despite China's strong objections.
81.) President Trump embarked on an ambitious foreign trip, where he, among other accomplishments, visited the heartlands of the three Abrahamic religions, challenging the Muslim world to get serious about defeating Islamic terrorism, challenging the European leaders to contribute more to NATO, and isolating Iran. While in the Middle East, Trump, unlike Obama, took a strong stance against Iran and strengthened the United States's traditional alliances with Israel and the Arab nations, bringing them closer together.
82.) During a speech attended by opponents of Cuba's Communist regime, President Trump partially reversed Obama's pro-Cuba policies by restricting U.S. travel to Cuba and prohibit financial transactions that benefit the Cuban military. Additionally, Trump visibly took a much stronger position on Cuba to repatriate American criminal fugitives than Obama had done.
83.) The Trump Administration successfully secured the release of several American prisoners held in foreign countries that the Obama Administration did not or could not release. It played a large role in successfully helping prevent CIA officer Sabrina de Sousa from being extradited to Italy, with the decision coming on March 1, 2017. On April 21, 2017, Egypt released an Egyptian-American who had been detained for three years. Additionally, according to the father of Otto Warmbier, who was held hostage in North Korea and then released in June 2017, the Obama Administration did not do enough to secure his release while the Trump Administration did secure his release.
84.) In an attempt to solve a diplomatic crisis between Qatar and several other Persian Gulf nations, the U.S. and Qatar signed an agreement for Qatar to increase its counterterrorism measures and to end funding for terrorist groups.
85.) President Trump signed a bill into law to reduce the backlog of families of fallen police officers waiting to receive benefits due to their status.
86.) Attorney General Sessions rescinded an Obama Administration memo that directed the Bureau of Prisons to begin phasing out private prisons.
87.) President Trump signed three executive orders pertaining to law enforcement. The first cracked down and strengthens the law against international crime organizations, the second deals with anti-law enforcement crimes, and third with finding a strategy for reducing crime in general, "including, in particular, illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and violent crime."
88.) Attorney General Sessions ordered the Department of Justice to review Obama's agreements with local police departments. Sessions made this order to give back local control to police departments.
89.) The Justice Department prosecuted two doctors and one other for practicing female genital mutilation – the first such prosecutions under a federal law passed by Congress in 1996 prohibiting the practice.
90.) Although he previously stated he was not planning on asking him to resign, President Trump, at the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, fired Obama-appointed FBI director James Comey for being unfit to serve in the position.