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Trump Watch March 2 2018

Day 389:

Gun Control Or Shut the Fuck Up!

I think Marc Ruffalo said it best “Prayers without accordant action are silent lies told to oneself, heard by no God, amounting to nothing.”

Ban Bump Stocks
Ban Assault Rifles
Ban Supressors
Ban High Capacity Magazines
Universal Registry for guns
Universal Background Checks
Universal Health Care (including mental health)
Limit how many guns you can buy a year
Make a 3 month waiting period for guns
No one convicted of a felony can own a gun
No one convicted of domestic abuse can own a gun
No one adjudicated mentally unfit can own a gun
No more gun show loop hole
Strict licencing requirements including mandatory training, trigger locks and gun safes to own a gun
No one under the age of 21 can own a gun
End ban on gun research
Minimum age to join the army raised to 21
Lower voting age to 16

Gun control now, or shut the fuck up!

Further Reading:

Google accused in lawsuit of excluding white and Asian men in hiring to boost diversity

Trump confidant dumped millions in steel-related stock last week, days before tariff announcement

World’s largest solar park launched in Karnataka, India

Vote on bill to outlaw child marriage in Kentucky delayed after opposition from conservative Family Foundation

New leak shows how Russia’s Internet Research Agency operated on Reddit, organized rallies now including in Georgia and New York — and the Georgia rally escalated into violence. But Trump still pretends nothing happened, and the Republican party won’t do anything to stop the ongoing attack.

Elizabeth Warren takes aim at businesses that promise not to poach each other’s workers

‘Mega-colonies’ of 1.5 million penguins discovered in Antarctica – The discovery shows the remote area is a vital refuge for wildlife from climate change and overfishing and should be protected by a new reserve, say scientists

Donald Trump Says Trade Wars Are ‘Good And Easy To Win’

Trump tweets: “Trade wars are good, and easy to win”

Kushner set up WH meetings for 2 business executives who later made loans totaling more than $500 million. Trump’s promise to “drain the swamp” was a cruel joke. He has expanded it into a vast protected wetland, to be enjoyed by friends and family. | Washington Post

Trump silent after Putin’s nuclear ‘threat’

Donald Trump attacks Alec Baldwin in furious, misspelt early morning Twitter post

Alec Baldwin fires back at Trump: I’ll keep up my impression for your impeachment, resignation

Donald Trump Attacks Alec Baldwin’s ‘Dying Mediocre Career,’ But Calls Him ‘Alex,’ Misspells ‘Dying’

Jared Kushner’s Real-Estate Firm Sought Money Directly From Qatar Government Weeks Before Blockade

Scott Walker Refusing To Hold Elections GOP Might Lose

Russian banker said he met Trump through NRA

Report: Trump Wants His Chief Of Staff To Get Rid Of Jared And Ivanka

Americans haven’t been bamboozled by bonuses: The GOP tax law is a flop

How the Russians pretended to be Texans — and Texans believed them

Depth Of Russian Politician’s Cultivation Of NRA Ties Revealed

Pruitt in 2005: Evolution’s just a ‘theory’

Trump Has Said Nothing About Putin’s Satan 2 Video of Nuclear Missiles Aimed At the U.S.

Russians Used Réddit and Tumblr to Troll the 2016 Election

‘Declaration of war’: European officials offer brutal responses to Trump tariffs

Oil Was Central in Decision to Shrink Bears Ears Monument, Emails Show

‘Straight up stupid,’ ‘incompetent’ and ‘misguided’: Economist Adam Posen rips Trump’s tariffs

NRA boycott: REI, Mountain Equipment Co-Op, stop selling major outdoor brand with NRA ties

Millennials hate Trump, eager to vote in midterms: poll

Top Hollywood talent agency cuts ties to FedEx after pressure over NRA links

Never have we seen such chaos and corruption

FBI counterintel investigating Ivanka Trump business deal

‘I know he’s watching television because he’s calling me five minutes after’: Republicans go on TV — then they get a call from Trump

Mueller prepares indictments on DNC and Podesta hacking

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Call the “White House”:

Use this website to call one of Trump’s many properties he has not put into a blind trust yet, and let them know how you feel (be polite, they are workers just like us, but be firm).

Do a little Slacktivism:

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Go to a town hall and talk to your congress person in person:

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Monitor Trumps Conflict of Interests:

From CNN of all people.

The Atlantic

General Guides:

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