The war on facts: Facts* - gone from Presidential press briefings. Substitute - “alternative facts” which a tweet from the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines as “false statements”.
*M-W definition: A fact is a piece of information presented as having objective reality. (for example, the number of DC Metro fares recorded January 21)
A related blog post can be found here: http://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/01/23/trump-as-an-agent-of-chaos/
More on the ACA take away: The return to “junk plans” - ones where you pay in but get very low benefits.
Today’s executive order take aways:
- TTP withdrawal plan (no US involvement in the negotiations)
- Freeze on government hiring (hard to see how this is a job creator; the effect on services to the public will be felt)
- Ban on federal funds to international groups that provide information on abortion as an option (Back to pre-1984 policy on this one)
From the Sacramento Bee:
Trump signed an executive order indicating his plan to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations…The president also signed memorandums freezing most federal government hiring, though he noted an exception for the military, and reinstating a ban on providing federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide information on the option.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article128191589.html#storylink=cpy
By the way, here's an article on what the government workforce numbers have been over the years: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/23/14361504/trump-hiring-freeze-federal-workforce
By the way, here's an article on what the government workforce numbers have been over the years: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/23/14361504/trump-hiring-freeze-federal-workforce
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