Trump-Pence administration/year 1
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2017-01-20 - 2018-01-19
Week 0: 2017-01-20 - 2017-01-26
- 2017-01-23 (Mon)
- 2017-01-24 (Tue)
- Rep. Lamar Smith urges Americans to get their new facts and news 'directly from the president' (via)
- EPA muzzling:
- Trump orders media blackout for all employees of top environmental agency (via) "According to the Associated Press, President Trump has instructed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff to freeze all grants — including funding for research, redevelopment of industrial sites, air quality monitoring, and education (among others) — as well as barring employees from discussing this or other EPA news outside of the agency."
- Trump administration tells EPA to freeze all grants, contracts (via)
- USDA muzzling (may have been overstated):
- A free flow of information no longer (via): reactions to the EPA and USDA changes
- At Today’s White House Press Conference, the First Question Came From an Actual Fake News Site
- Donald Trump is already trying to muzzle leakers – but government employees have broad free speech rights (via) by Amanda Marcotte
- 2017-01-25 (Wed)
- Trump to sign executive orders enabling construction of proposed border wall and targeting sanctuary cities (share)
- Related: 2017-01-18 How sanctuary cities work and what might happen to them under Trump
- Trump vows federal intervention to quell Chicago gun violence
- Trump seeks 'major investigation' into unsupported claims of voter fraud: an investigation might not find quite what he's hoping to find...
- Trump to sign executive orders enabling construction of proposed border wall and targeting sanctuary cities (share)