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-- 2016 --
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November 15: Trump's Call to 'Dismantle' Dodd-Frank: The Effect on Banks
Experts Predict Less Regulatory Scrutiny of Financial Institutions
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/trumps-call-to-dismantle-dodd-frank-effect-on-banks-a-9533
-- 2017 --
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By date: Trump Administration Civil and Human Rights Rollbacks
https://civilrights.org/trump-rollbacks/
March 14: Trump's plan to dismember government
President Donald Trump plans to dismember government one dollar at a time.
His first budget -- expected to be unveiled later this week -- will mark Trump's most significant attempt yet to remold national life and the relationship between federal and state power.
It would codify an assault on regulatory regimes over the environment, business and education bequeathed by former President Barack Obama, and attempt to halt decades of steadily growing government reach.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/14/politics/donald-trump-dismember-government/index.html
March 27: "It is certainly ideological and it is certainly ignorance and it is disdain for the fundamental institution of government -- what Steve Bannon means by tearing down our institutions," said Dan Kanninen, now vice president for issues and advocacy at the Smoot Tewes group.
"What Mr. Trump does across the board is create doubt about our institutions," he said. "It is to his advantage to tear down institutions."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/26/politics/kushner-american-innovation-white-house/index.html
May 1: Trump starts dismantling his shadow Cabinet
Tensions have been rising between Cabinet officials and White House advisers embedded at their agencies.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/01/trump-starts-dismantling-his-shadow-cabinet-237819
July 19: Six ways Trump is 'dismantling' the US after six months in office
Trump has been paralyzed on healthcare and tax reform, but his administration has been active in eroding safeguards and protections elsewhere
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/19/six-ways-trump-is-dismantling-america-after-six-months-in-white-house
October 26: While Trump Is Tweeting, These 3 People Are Undoing American Government as We Know It
http://time.com/4998276/demolition-crew/
November 1: President Donald Trump called for "quick" and "strong" justice for terror suspects in the wake of the deadly New York City attack, saying that it is not surprising terror attacks happen because the way the United States punishes terrorists is "a laughing stock."
Trump's comments, made during a White House Cabinet meeting Wednesday, malign the justice system for a lack of toughness. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the head of the so-called 'laughing stock' justice system, was in the room for this comment -- sitting across from Trump.
Trump's call to get tougher on terrorism fall in line with the same rhetoric he used during the campaign trail, where he called the Geneva Convention -- a 1949 agreement that dictates international rules on torture and humanitarian treatment of prisoners -- a problem that the United States had to move past.
"Torture works," he said bluntly.
Trump also pledged to "load up" the prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during the campaign, slamming Democrats and then-President Barack Obama for sustained efforts to cut the number of detainees from the controversial prison.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/politics/trump-justice-laughing-stock/index.html
-- 2018 --
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May 17: How Trump's 'War' On The 'Deep State' Is Leading To The Dismantling Of Government
https://www.npr.org/2018/05/17/611922875/how-trump-s-war-on-the-deep-state-is-leading-to-the-dismantling-of-government
June 18: What is DACA and what does the Trump administration want to do with it?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/what-is-daca-and-what-does-the-trump-administration-want-to-do-with-it
June 21: The White House Office of Management and Budget unveiled an ambitious government restructuring vision Thursday to reduce redundancy by shaking up agency roles.
Included in the plan is a proposal to merge the Departments of Education and Labor, a detail that leaked before the official announcement.
Details about the government reorganization plan were closely held ahead of the release, with OMB officials noting that the livelihood of federal workers could be implicated.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/white-house-unveils-plan-to-overhaul-government-agencies
July 16: Trump Administration Seeks to Dismantle Affirmative Action in Postsecondary Education
In its continuing efforts to undermine and dismantle the Obama Administration’s policies promoting racial equity and inclusion in higher education, the Trump Administration rescinded guidance on affirmative action and diversity in schools. By eliminating the consideration of race in college admissions, Trump is closing another door of opportunity to countless students of color.
https://www.clasp.org/blog/trump-administration-seeks-dismantle-affirmative-action-postsecondary-education
July 27: Trump wants to destroy the world order. So what?
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/07/27/trump-wants-to-destroy-the-world-order-so-what/
July 30: Records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show career staff at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service were overruled by Trump administration higher-ups working to eliminate key safeguards that implement the Endangered Species Act.
The records directly contradict public claims by U.S. Interior Department Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt that career “long-term practitioners” within the two agencies wrote the proposals that were released earlier this month for public review.
“The Trump administration continues to steamroll over the objections of expert, professional staff to advance its extreme ideological agenda,” said Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “Special interests are rewriting the rules to wipe away the protective measures that made the Endangered Species Act so successful at preventing extinction so that they can pad their bottom lines a little bit more.”
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/endangered-species-attacks-07-30-2018.php
August 14: The Trump administration is dismantling financial protections for the military
Predatory lenders disproportionately target military members. The CFPB will no longer supervise them.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/14/17684810/military-lending-act-mick-mulvaney-cfpb-loans
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August 21: Attorney General Becerra Condemns Trump Administration's Proposed Plan to Dismantle the Clean Power Plan
https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-becerra-condemns-trump-administrations-proposed-plan-dismantle
September 9: Trump Is Dismantling America's System for Resettling Refugees -
America’s System for Resettling Refugees Is Collapsing
National resettlement agencies are closing offices and laying off staff in response to the decline in arrivals, leaving the future of the program in the balance.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/refugee-admissions-trump/569641/
September 24: A federal judge has denied the government’s effort to move the lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s shrinking of the Bears Ears and the Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments to Salt Lake City and will keep them here.
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ruled Monday that the suits, filed by environmental groups and tribes that say Trump didn’t have the authority to diminish the monuments' footprint, should be heard in federal court in Washington.
Chutkan also ordered the government to notify the plaintiffs in the case if there are any proposals for hard-rock mining or other surface-disturbing projects proposed within the boundaries of the original monuments, which Trump slashed by about 2 million acres in December.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/09/24/bears-ears-grand/
October 29: The Trump Administration Deals a Blow to Evidence-Based Policy
https://powertodecide.org/news/trump-administration-deals-blow-evidence-based-policy
November 1: Trump Administration Hands States Another Tool for Dismantling Preexisting Condition Protections
Last week, the Trump administration issued long-anticipated guidance regarding the Affordable Care Act’s Section 1332 “innovation waiver” program. The release rebrands and creatively reimagines the ACA program (they’re now “State Relief and Empowerment” waivers), breaking dramatically with past policy and, arguably, with the statute it purports to interpret. In the administration’s view, the ACA permits states to funnel federal dollars towards insurance products, such as short-term plans, which do not meet the ACA’s key consumer protections, while reducing support for consumers who depend on coverage compliant with the ACA’s rules. Further, the new guidance assures states that they may push forward with such policies even if they will have a detrimental effect on people with preexisting conditions, those at lower incomes, or older Americans.
https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2018/11/01/trump-administration-hands-states-another-tool-for-dismantling-preexisting-condition-protections/
November 15: Inside Trump’s VA
Trump Administration Plots Costly Private-Care Expansion for Veterans
The plan sets up a clash with Democrats, who say the administration is thwarting congressional intent and will starve the VA health system to pay for private care.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-plots-costly-private-care-expansion-for-veterans
November 28: Trump dismantling US climate efforts as warnings grow dire
https://www.twincities.com/2018/11/28/trump-dismantling-us-climate-efforts-as-warnings-grow-dire/
December 15: Here's how Trump hobbled Obamacare and drove enrollment down this year
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/15/heres-how-trump-hobbled-obamacare-and-drove-enrollment-down.html
December 16: Lobbyists Are Feasting in Trump’s Swamp
The administration has become an ethics nightmare, as former industry shills now lead the EPA and the Interior Department.
Let’s say Washington is a swamp, as Trump calls it. Then lobbyists are the gators, and strong ethics rules are the fence that keeps Americans from getting bit. In President Donald Trump’s swamp, the gators keep getting bigger and the fence is in tatters.
https://newrepublic.com/article/152724/lobbyists-feasting-trumps-swamp-epa-interior
-- 2019 --
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January 15: Trump’s Under-the-Radar Push to Dismantle Veterans Health Care
New legislation threatens to dismantle the most successful American experiment in government-delivered health care.
https://prospect.org/article/trumps-under-radar-push-dismantle-veterans-health-care
January 18: The Trump Administration Signals That It’s Not Done Trying To Dismantle Obamacare
A discussion document floated this week reveals the Trump White House is considering a slew of reforms to the individual markets that could potentially throw them into chaos.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmcleod/trump-administration-obamacare-rule
January 21: The Shutdown Doesn’t Stop Trump From Secretly Dismantling Our Government
White House Finalizes OSHA Recordkeeping Rollback: But It’s a Mystery
https://www.dcreport.org/2019/01/21/the-shutdown-doesnt-stop-trump-from-secretly-dismantling-our-government/
January 29: The White House quietly rolled back workplace safety rules during the shutdown
Public health groups are suing the Trump administration for blocking a rule requiring employers to report details of workplace injuries.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/29/18197346/trump-labor-electronic-injury-reporting-rule
February 28: A running list of how President Trump is changing environmental policy
The Trump administration has promised vast changes to U.S. science and environmental policy—and we’re tracking them here as they happen.
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/how-trump-is-changing-science-environment/
-- 2020 --
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