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Fascism Watch, January 23

January 23, 2017 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

Trump

Trump made no friends at the CIA on Saturday

Authorities are also pushing back against the perception that the CIA workforce was cheering for the president. They say the first three rows in front of the president were largely made up of supporters of Mr. Trump’s campaign.

Trump has frozen federal hiring, which will likely not save money but will farm out work to contractors who have less oversight and fewer benefits.

He also reinstated the Reagan-era Global Gag Rule, which withholds federal funds to any health care organization that mentions abortions. No, not withholding federal money to pay for abortions. Withholding money from organizations that mention abortion.

WaPo: At White House, Trump tells congressional leaders 3-5 million illegal ballots cost him the popular vote. Still obsessed with quantifying his superiority; still a lying loser. Also establishing his excuse for widespread voter suppression.

Trump names his own Inauguration Day as a ‘National Day of Patriotic Devotion’

Social media postings sometimes provide an important window into a person’s #mentalhealth. Know what to look for. https://t.co/B0tPAHwjVK pic.twitter.com/AbXrw2QhQd

— U.S. Dept of Defense (@DeptofDefense) January 23, 2017

White House shuts down phone comment line, tells callers to use non-existent Facebook Messenger account instead

Cabinet & Federal Appointees

Tillerson and Pompeo were confirmed today.

Rubio says he hopes Tillerson is best Secretary of State of all time. Also someone is holding a spine prop behind him pic.twitter.com/lDI6XY56e1

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) January 23, 2017

Democrats have requested a second hearing for Betsy DeVos.

White nationalist hate group FAIR’s former director named chief of staff at U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The new head of the FCC hates net neutrality.

Voting

South Dakota’s legislature has declared a state of emergency rather than implementing an ethics law voters approved. Amazing.

Texas lost its appeal; its voter ID law is still illegally discriminatory.

Other Fascist Nonsense

Louisiana police chief says the state’s new “Blue Lives Matter” law makes resisting arrest a “hate crime.”

The CDC has canceled a climate summit in Atlanta.

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