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They Trojan Horsed Us

Yep, that's right. While we were too busy paying attention to Trump crying wolf about Obama wiretapping Trump Towers (Seriously...) the rest of the snakes were slithering their way to more oppression. They snuck their way past and moved forward with some very damaging bills that they're trying to put into action. You better sit down for this list of travesties. It's really nothing new but when I break down the destruction we're possibly heading towards, it'll make your head spin. The first is H.R. 861 which is to terminate The EPA aka The Environmental Protection Agency. Our planet is suffering enough and it's only getting worse as time goes on. Without the EPA to keep things in check, the issues we're currently facing are only going to accelerate at a higher momentum, bringing about unprecedented damage to our ecosystems and wildlife. Not to mention the damage to our food and water sources. Ahem, DAPL anybody? Flint Water Crises ring a bell? The second ...

The Fight Is On

Well, he was sworn in. It's official. Donald Trump is the new president of the United States and I don't know whether to scream in anger or crumble into a lump of anxiety. Maybe I'll do both, who knows? What I do know is that we're in for an infuriating and scary four years. He's already trying to erase all the progress we've made as a country. The healthcare, civil rights,LGBT,climate change, and poverty sections were removed from the White House website. Apparently those issues mean nothing to our new leader. How lovely... If that's not an omen of bad things to come, I don't know what is. And to think, people are asking that we give this man a chance. He's already made it clear that he's coming after free speech. Telling news organizations to "keep their mouths shut" and trying to take away the right to protest. He's making it his personal mission to ban Muslims from entering the country. Well, the one's that he's not ...