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The following opinion and music clip about American politics today is from Kathy.

I hope what I see that is going on will not come to pass. If people make the wrong choices it's all going to go wrong, but I'm hoping we're better than that. I hope our country is better than that. I hope our world is better than that. I hope the good is going to triumph over evil.

Trump has requested voter records from all the states. Even the Republican states have turned him down.

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He has threatened them and run ads against some Republicans that don't do his bidding. If they vote against the repeal of Healthcare he runs millions of dollars of negative ads against them. As for the voting records, he is claiming it is because of voting irregularities. I will bet he wants to get rid of Democrat voters by either purging or redistricting. It reminds me of Hitler with the Jews. He wants rid of the dissenters.

He has tried to blackmail a tv news couple now because they are criticizing him. They were having an affair so he exposed them , then he slandered them. Before that he threatened to run a story in National Enquirer about their affair. They came out and revealed they are getting married.

The virgin forests are to be treasured if possible. There are only a few areas left in US that haven't been plundered by greed. Now since Trump is removing regulations for the waterways and government lands there will be a lot more destruction.

They want to mine and drill in the Grand Canyon.

He has reduced monies to protect the Great Lakes or biggest source of fresh water. Ran the pipeline over the fresh water in the Midwest. There is no reason to do what he is doing as there are ways around it but the fast monies are to destroy.

The coal jobs he promised will be few and the safety regulations are gone for the mines now. He essentially gave solar and renewables to China. The Republicans were on Obamas case because he wanted to invest in renewables and they are all paid off by big oil. It disgusts me. They worry about debt for their kids but they don't worry about the environment and the air and water...."

References

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"On Tuesday, a federal judge in California ruledto temporarily blocked President Trump’s recent attempt to withhold potentially billions of dollars from so-called sanctuary cities if they did not comply with his discriminatory immigration policies. "

http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2017/04/27/federal-judge-trump-sanctuary-cities-c-nicholas-cuneo

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/23/pro-trump-group-to-target-gop-sen-heller-over-health-care-bill-239911

"A pro-Trump outside group is launching an advertising blitz against Republican Sen. Dean Heller over his opposition to the health care repeal bill — a bold act of political retaliation against a member of the president’s own party.

The barrage, which will be orchestrated by America First Policies, a group run by many of President Donald Trump’s top campaign advisers, is backed by more than a million dollars, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning. Digital ads are set to begin running on Friday, and television and radio spots are set to launch early next week."

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/houston-chronicle-sunday/20170122/282063391676558

"WASHINGTON - A decades-long fight by oil and gas companies to open drilling in the deserts and mountain ranges of the Western United States gained a new champion Friday with the inauguration of President Donald Trump."

Water regulation rollbacks

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/2/28/14761236/wotus-waters-united-states-rule-trump

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/politics/scott-pruitt-donald-trump-white-house-regulations/index.html

Coal mines and miners

http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news-politics/20170204/trump-regulation-plan-could-cripple-safety-protections-experts-say