executive orders
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Texas State University Stops Diversity Training Programs After Trump Threatens to Cut Federal Funding
Nothing says “I’m not racist,” like signing an executive order that threatens to cut federal funding for universities unless they stop diversity training, and y’all already know that’s exactly what the president did. The Texas Tribune reports that Texas State University announced it will freeze its diversity training program as it tries to make sense…
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Money Moves: Elizabeth Warren Touts Plan to Increase Pay for Black and Brown Women
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth “I have a plan for that” Warren pledged Friday to help close the pay gap suffered by women of color, especially by women who are black or brown. On the heels of a planned appearance at the Essence Festival, one of the largest gatherings of black women in the country,…
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President ‘Oh, You Don’t See Me Signing ’Em’ Signs 3 More Executive Orders
President Executive Order, aka President “Y’all Don’t See How I’m Signing Shit,” is back at it again. On Thursday, with Jeff Sessions’ swearing-in ceremony as the new attorney general as the backdrop, President Asshat hopped off Twitter and signed three more executive orders that he claims will “restore safety in America,” McClatchy reports. While it’s…
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#StayWoke: Trump Names ‘Alt-Right’ Racist Steve Bannon to National Security Council While the World Protests His Muslim Ban
In a flurry of executive orders* even the most ardent news hound finds hard to keep up with—including one banning Muslims from seven nations from coming to the U.S., sparking protests throughout the country Saturday night—President Donald Trump is remaking the world in his skewed, scary image. And while many are rightly incensed over the…
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Trump Is Going to Build His Damn Wall, and Other Questionable Executive Orders
President (ugh) Trump continued his bull-in-a-china-shop routine Wednesday by signing a few questionable executive orders, including one to build a border wall with Mexico, one to cut off funds to cities that do not report undocumented immigrants, and one that could restart an interrogation program that was dismantled in 2009 after being condemned as torture.…