I don’t think we talk enough about what a complete idiot Donald Trump is. There’s lots of focus these days on his “moods,” his temper, his insanity. But there’s also the totally ignorant, stupid, numbskull part, too. Take this executive order he is signing today to “end the nightmare known as Obamacare.” The fact that it… Continue reading “Trumpcare executive order bound to bring higher premiums and lawsuits”
The theocratic bunch in Congress is taking every opportunity to impose their will on our brain-addled Dear Leader:
In early February, Trump was reportedly considering an executive order that would reverse former president Barack Obama’s orders prohibiting discrimination against gays and lesbians in the federal workforce or by federal contractors. But the order was never signed.
A group of 51 members of the House wrote to Trump this month to “request that you sign the draft executive order on religious liberty, as reported by numerous outlets on February 2, 2017, in order to protect millions of Americans whose religious freedom has been attacked or threatened over the last eight years.” The letter has not been publicly released but was obtained by USA TODAY.
In February, the White House said Trump had no plans to sign such an order: “The executive order signed in 2014, which protects employees from anti-LGBTQ workplace discrimination while working for federal contractors, will remain intact at the direction of President Donald J. Trump.”
But on Monday, a senior White House official told USA TODAY that some sort of policy to protect religious liberty is still in the works, but that the president is trying to find middle ground. The official did not want to publicly discuss a policy that is still under development.
“Middle ground.” On civil rights. Welcome to the Gulag.
