Trump Threatens the World
February 17 – Donald Trump visited a Boeing plant near Charleston, South Carolina today. Boeing is one of the largest military manufacturers in the country. Trump vowed to build up a military “so great none will dare to challenge it”. He said his administration is considering a “big order” of F-18 Super Hornet fighter jets. […]
People Stand Up Against Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Offensive with a “Day Without Immigrants” Across the Country
On Thursday, February 16, immigrants and their supporters boycotted work or school, closed their businesses, and marched in the streets across the U.S. in a “Day Without Immigrants” as an act of resistance against the Trump/Pence regime’s war against immigrants and Trump’s hateful, racist rants against people from other countries. Many people involved in the […]
U.S. Senate: Science Denier to Head Environmental Protection Agency
February 17 – The U.S. Senate today approved Scott Pruitt as the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt, formerly the Attorney General of Oklahoma, denies the scientific reality of climate change. He says it is a “hoax”. He has been obsessed with oil and coal production at any cost to the environment, and […]
Librarians Resist Trump
February 17 – Excerpts from an article on the website of PBS. Protests against the new administration by librarians … began popping up in large numbers around the country after Mr. Trump signed two executive orders on immigration, one which could lead to the stripping of federal funds of so-called “sanctuary cities”, refugees as well […]