The Age of Trump

Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States of America. Trump's Inaugural Address in
January 20, 2017, outlined not only economic nationalism and imperialist militarism. He was not
veiled in its advocacy of the reactionary "law and order" plans. He wants to establish America First
policies. He has scapegoated human beings who happen to be of a different nationality. He blames
many immigrants for the economic troubles in American society. The truth is that immigrants are
not responsible for all of our economic problems spanning decades. We reject building walls of
hatred and isolation. We want to build bridges of racial, economic, gender, and social justice. We
want the growth of human solidarity. American and other Western capitalists have seized wealth
from the poor and the working class to be sent to the super wealthy. That is why many
multinational corporations have record profits. Trump's cabinet is made up of billionaires,
multimillionaires, and other reactionaries. His advocacy of jingoistic nationalism, and the
minimization of the plight of others in other nations totally describe his agenda. His speech
advances the evil view that imperialist powers must lust for raw materials, cheap labor, and giving
some people key strategic positions without adequately responding to the masses of the people.
His speech ha fascist overtones and we are clear to oppose his nefarious agenda.

I can't be silent on this issue. I'm a political person. Trump's first refugee ban and the ban of
immigrants from 7 majority Muslim countries (for 90 days) are not only xenophobic and racist. It's
disgraceful. Those nations included in the first ban are Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and
Yemen. This totals more than 134 million people. There is already a strong vetting process for any
refugee and immigrant who desire to come into America from those nations. The January 27, 2017
executive order (entitled, Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals) bans
refugees from coming into America for 120 days and bans refugees from the Syrian territory
indefinitely. To punish innocent human beings from overseas is wrong. His ban doesn't cover Saudi
Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, and other nations, since those nations have business ties explicitly to U.S.
corporations, which shows Trumps hypocrisy. Courageous protests have occurred nationwide in
airports in Chicago, New York City, Northern Virginia, Seattle, Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Denver, Charlotte, Boston, and throughout the country. Protesters were found in
Portland, Detroit, Bloomington, St. Louis, Wichita, Rochester, Pittsburgh, etc. Trump has expressed
preference to Christian refugees coming into America, but that policy is a religious test (as Trump
has a preference to allow Christian refugees to come into America not Muslim refugees from the
banned countries), which is illegal. The 1965 Naturalization Act forbids discrimination on
immigration status based on national origin. It is illegal under international law (from the Geneva
Convention) as it relates to refugees too. Both Christian and Muslim people are victims of terrorism
in the world not just Christians.

This anti-immigrant ban solves nothing and it violates civil liberties and promotes discrimination
against Muslims. There are many stories of many people having trouble going into America. There is
a 60 year old person with a visa. She had a signed letter from a surgeon to immigration officials
telling them that Algonaimi needed to take care of her sick 76 year old mother. U.S. Customs
officials didnt view this as enough. Samira Asgari, an Iranian scientist coming to Harvard Medical
School to work on a cure for tuberculosis. She said in a tweet: "I was pretty excited to join
@soumya_boston's lab but denied boarding due to my Iranian nationality. Feeling safer?" The Taxi
Workers Alliance called a one-hour boycott of JFK airport pickups in expressing opposition to the
executive order. It is anti-freedom of religion. Trump is an overt authoritarian and a fascist and I
don't use the term fascist lightly. To ban innocent Muslims from certain nations from coming into
America is evil. I am not a Muslim, but we have to stand with our Muslim Brothers and Sisters from
those nations who have an immigrant ban. There should be no religious test in America or
anywhere for that matter.

Trump has suspended Syrian refugees from coming into America when they are the victims of ISIS.
So, Trump has shown his hand as being antithetical to freedom and hostile to equality. Now, Google
has turned back many people who are from certain nations. This male Trump should be impeached
in my opinion. I'm an American and I oppose Trump's agenda 100 percent. Many refugees have
been detained in America without due process of law.
Lawyers have worked hard to allow some refugees to stay in America. On one Saturday, as many as
200 inbound foreigners with once-valid U.S. visas were detained at U.S. ports of entry on account of
the ban, which was enacted while they were on route to America. The ACLU and other
organizations filed for a class certification and argued against the ban in front of Judge Ann M.
Donnelly of Federal District Court in Brooklyn. Two Iraqi citizens both refugees who had been
granted admission to the U.S. and were already on route to the U.S. when Trumps ban went into
immediate effect were detained at John F. Kennedy airport in New York early Saturday morning.
One of the Iraqi men, Hameed Khalid Darweesh, had worked for the U.S. Army as an interpreter
following the 2003 invasion, and had been targeted by militants as a result. Lawyers for the two
men quickly filed a writ of habeas corpus demanding their release, and along with several
organizations including the ACLU and the National Immigration Law Center, also filed a motion
seeking class certification for all refugees and immigrants who had been suddenly detained at ports
of entry on account of Trumps order. Hameed Khalid Darweesh is now free to walk around in
America. A recent federal Brooklyn court decision allowed refugees with valid visas in America to
stay in America for now. The federal judge prevented those detained from being sent back to the
seven banned nations in the Middle East. The executive order still stands other than the court
order. The executive order is disgraceful.

Today, many innocent Iranians cant come to America. Iran has banned Americans from traveling
into Iran too. Now, Steve Bannon is now on the National Security Council and Bannon is a blatant alt
right white nationalist. This is an alarming violation of civil liberties (green card holders have been
once included in the ban too, which is blatantly wrong). This policy impacts all Americans too as an
injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. It is illegal in violating the 1965 Naturalization
Act since it discriminates against people on the basis of national origin and it is a violation of a
religious test too. The executive order is plain morally wrong. Many people nationwide and
worldwide are standing up for freedom and opposing that evil, fascist executive order too. Donald
Trump has created a second, revised travel ban in March of 2017.
Trumpcare is not only reactionary and repugnant. It is based on hypocrisy. The reason is that Trump
claims that his plan will help the sick, but the plan will cut services like Medicaid expansion (which
will cause turmoil and suffering to low income Americans). The Medicaid expansion has been a
great success in many states. Income based subsidies being eliminated as part of his plan is again
very cruel. Obviously, Trump ignores actual solutions that can improve the ACA and led into truly
universal health care (which many industrialized nations have and are working to help people).

Real solutions would be to: establish a public option in health care services, more government
intervention to control the prices of medicines, increase the insurance subsidies for individuals and
families, and many heroes want a Medicare for all system. From Carson's evil statement that slaves
were immigrants to Attorney General Jeff Sessions' support of the voter suppression laws (plus he
agreed with the gutting of the Voting Rights Act), these facts show that Trump stands for extremism
and for the interests of the wealthy oligarchy. We are in favor of the power of the people and true,
universal health care.

#Not my President.
Extremist Executive Orders
One major part of the Presidency of Donald Trump is his early signing of numerous executive orders
quickly. On January 23, 2017, Trump signed three executive orders. The first one withdraws the
United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (as part of economic nationalist reasons). The
second one reinstated the Mexico City Policy dealing with NGOs and abortion access. The third one
freezes federal workforce hiring. This is wrong and harms employment opportunities for millions of
Americans. Trump wants to massively end regulations with his meetings with many large
corporations. Trump has spoken about the lie that millions of people illegally voted against him.
One the next day, he signed 2 executive orders to reverse the Obama administration's halt on the
Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, the latter of which has been the subject of tense
protests by the Standing Rock tribe. It is a known fact that such pipeline risk environmental harm,
damage water supplies, and many oil pipelines have exploded. Trump has signed another executive
order in January 25 to begin the construction of a wall on the Mexico-United States border which is
extremist and impossible because of geographic reasons. He increased border patrol and
immigration officers. He has cruelly reduced grant funding to sanctuary cities and changed
deportation standards. Like usual, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees with a border
wall in the southern U.S. border, because the far right in America is allied with the far right in Israel.
It is what it is. Press Secretary Sean Spicer announced on January 26, 2017 that the border wall
might be funded by a 20% tax on imports from Mexico, which may cause a trade war between
America and Mexico. Mexican President Enrique Pea Nieto canceled a proposed meeting with
Trump due to the controversy of whether Mexico would pay for the wall and after Trump suggested
that Pea Nieto cancel the meeting.

In the first week of the Trump administration alone, we have seen a pro-war and a pro-social
reactionary agenda. Trump has one of the most reactionary administrations in American history.
The secretary of defense is retired general James Mattis. Rex Tillerson desires to bar Chinese access
to islets in the South China Sea. Trump wants more safe zones in Syria. Trump wants to steal Iraqi
oil in order to fund America, which is against international law. Trump agrees with using
waterboarding which is torture. A draft memorandum is circulating in the White House that would
reopen secret CIA prisons and torture centers overseas. This existed in just the first week of the
Trump administration. The age of Trump existed as a product of war, a parasitic financial oligarchy,
the growth of social inequality, and the total exposure of the fallibility of the capitalist system.
Donald Trump is not a populist. He is a capitalist who had promoted failing casinos, corrupt
universities, and failed businesses, which is a symbol of the state of American capitalism. Solidarity
and alliance among many progressive people can defeat the agenda of Trump. Yet, we have to fight.
We have to resist. We will use our voices.

Cabinet Members
Today, the extremist Donald Trump has much of his cabinet confirmed. His cabinet confirmed to us
that he is an extremist. The Vice President is Mike Pence. Rex Tillerson is the Secretary of State. The
Secretary of Defense is James Mattis. Mattis threatened North Korea with overwhelming force if
North Korea attacked America and its allies. Elaine Chao is the Secretary of Transportation. The
Secretary of Homeland Security is John F. Kelly. Nikki Haley is the Ambassador to the United
Nations. The RNC Chairman is Reince Preibus. Other people have yet to be confirmed yet. Trump
use an executive order to get rid of many of the regulations on banks and financial institutions
which came from the 2010 Dodd-Frank law. This shows how the Trump regime is in league with
Wall Street interests. He signed these measures after having a meeting with his business council.
The council is chaired by Stephen A. Schwarzman, the multi-billionaire chief executive of the private
equity giant Blackstone Group. JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Visa have benefited from this bad
policy. Senate Republicans were voting to repeal a rule linked to Dodd-Frank that requires oil
companies to publicly disclose payments they make to governments in connection with their
business operations around the world. Among those who lobbied against the Securities and
Exchange rule was the new secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, in his capacity as CEO of Exxon Mobil.
This is similar to amnesty for corporate exploitation.

I have seen a lot of despicable comments. Ben Carson's comments are some of the most
disrespectful comments about our black ancestors that I have heard in this decade. Slaves were not
immigrants who voluntarily came into American soil. Slaves were victims of kidnapping from Africa
and they were stripped of their human rights and experienced indescribable anguish and turmoil.
Slaves were branded, whipped, forced to wear torture devices, raped, assaulted, and murdered by
racist terrorists. The Maafa and the Middle Passage were crimes against humanity and still some
folks want to minimize or ignore the brutality of slavery. Ben Carson (who said that the ACA is the
worse thing since slavery which is a lie) is a far right extremist who believes in cutting regulations
involving housing and he makes outlandish, historical revisionist comments about American slavery.
He is opposed to many legitimate social programs that have helped the poor and the working class
for generations. Carson isn't the only one who has disrespected our black ancestors. He comes in a
long list of extremists.

DeVos' comments are not only disrespectful, but they are based on something that has no basis in
history. A large number of HBCUs existed from the Reconstruction era in order to give black people
opportunities when many non-black institutions refused to respect racial justice. HBCUs back then
and today give black people camaraderie, cultural growth, and many means to grow success from
business to STEM fields. Her comments don't happen by happenstance. They are calculated in order
to promote the lie that the privatization of all resources in society can somehow end injustice. We
know that isn't true since the elimination of all public resources will cripple millions of Americans'
opportunities. I believe in the general welfare and I believe in social justice. DeVos is totally
unqualified to be the Department of Education since she never taught in any public school and she
didn't answer questions succinctly on basic issues of educational concepts. Like usual, we will set
the record straight and not let right wing extremists deter us from the mission. The mission is
justice. Her father-in-law Rich DeVos, Sr., was the co-founder of the Amway Corporation. Rich
DeVos Sr. was a member of the CNP or the Council on National Policy (which supports extremist
causes). The corporate oligarchy funds the Trump regime and his allies. We know that her younger
brother, Erik Prince, is a known militarist. So, many of the same ones who slander black people give
passes to DeVos. Our eyes are on the prize.
Dissent and Resistance

We live in historic times and the Womens March has great historical significance. This is part of
history. It was the first major international protest in America of 2017 of so many people in America
and in the world. There were over 500,000 people protesting in Washington D.C. There were about
750,000 people in Los Angeles, 250,000 people in New York City, from 150,000-250,000 people in
Chicago, about 150,000 people in Denver, about 130,000 human beings in Seattle. Over 130,000
people were in Boston. There were about 100,000 human beings in London and in Portland. About
60,000 human beings were protesting and rallying in Atlanta and in Oakland. Over 50,000 people
were in Toronto, Canada. 50,000 were in Philadelphia. 100,000 human beings were in Madison, WI,
20,000 people were in Pittsburgh, 20,000 people were in Nashville, TN, and 60,000 human beings
were in St. Paul, MN. There were about 40,000 people standing up in Austin, Texas. Over 10,000
people were in St. Louis. People were rallying in Mexico City, Prague, and Sydney, Australia. There
were 7,000 people in Palm Beach, Florida. Protesters were in Rome, Antarctica, St. Paul, Minnesota,
and in other places of the world too. Demonstrations have been found in Tokyo, Dublin, Capetown,
Paris, Vienna, Yangon, etc. The protesters were more than disagreeing with a demagogic new
President named Trump. It was about standing up for the rights of women, black people, other
people of color, immigrants, and other minorities. This is real. Trump and his crew are overt in their
xenophobic, bigoted extremism and we have the right to disagree with Trump. The women there
and others made history to voice their views. They opposed injustice and girls were protesting too.
There were as much as 3 times as many people in the rally in Washington, D.C. on Saturday than
the people at the Trump Inauguration. The rally showed that womens rights are human rights.

The Saturday Womens March is the largest one day inaugural protest in American history as almost
3 million people protested throughout America. Women have been leaders of movements for social
change since the beginning of human history. Many women of color wanted their voice heard since
a majority of white women voted for Donald Trump. About 52% of white women voted for Trump
and black women have every right to outraged about this. There is nothing wrong with
intersectional womanism and true feminism. It is a fact that women of colors voices have been
omitted by the powers that be for a long time.

That is why Tamika Mallory, Carmen Perez, and Linda Sarsour have been leaders of this movement.
Women deserve equality and justice period. Women give birth, take care of families, work hard,
and do unsung things throughout human history. Days ago, we have witnessed an inauguration of
an extremist who not only spews overtly fascist words, but is unashamed of his racism, sexism, and
xenophobia. On this day, tons of women worldwide are protesting, speaking, and standing up for
their human rights. We can't be free unless women are free. When a man makes more than a
woman on average, when we see record misogyny and misogynoir. When we see oppression
against women continuously today, then we must fight. We fight for women. We do this, because it
is right and our views stand the test of time. Many people spoke in the rallies like Tamika Mallory,
Janelle Monae, Scarlett Johansson, America Ferrera, Ashley Judd, Rep. Maxine Waters (she has
been woke on many issues), and others. They are protesting discrimination, racism, xenophobia,
white privilege, police brutality, imperialism, sexism, Islamophobia, and other evils. We want
universal health care, we want women's rights to be protected and respected, and we want black
liberation. We want immigrants to have their rights honored, and we want humanity in general to
have their voices heard.

I'm opposed to imperialism and empire. We a'int backing down either. We believe in studying the
functions of government, so society can change. So, we should vote, organize, join in great
organizations, work in our communities, and express solidarity with women worldwide. We value
education and environmental justice. The truth is clear and our ancestors sacrificed for us. We
stand with women and men who desire equality, justice, tolerance, and courage. The Womens
March proves that the struggle isnt over, there is hope in the world, and love always trumps hate.
When we honor women, we honor ourselves as human beings. Don't get it twisted: Black Lives will
always Matter.
Still, we rise.

Trumpcare fails (A Victory)

The Trump administration dropped the proposal to repeal and replace the ACA. Trump has wanted
the Republicans in the House to agree with his nefarious proposal. He wants to repeal the ACA and
replace it with his proposal. On Thursday, he didnt have the votes to secure passage. On Thursday
morning, he met with members of the far right Freedom Caucus in wanting more concessions or
making the bill more reactionary and punitive. He failed to get the Freedom Caucus support. Many
Republicans dont support the bill, because even some of them believe that it is too harsh (which it
is). House Democrats oppose the bill. There are dozens of Republican who plan to oppose the
measure. Trumpcare is known as the American Health Care Act or the AHCA. Paul Ryan is desperate
to support the bill too. The Trump administration is in disarray to promote the disgraceful proposal.
The AHCA or Trumpcare is an attack on health care for retired human beings and all Americans. It is
worse than the ACA (and the ACA has imperfections too). It or Trumpcare strips Medicaid on the
federal level (which has helped the poor), it will strip millions of people of health care coverage, it
removes restraints on profit gouging in insurance monopolies, and it proves massive tax cuts for
wealthy people plus medical firms.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that Trump care will leave 14 million more people
uninsured in its first year and 24 million over a decade. Like the ACA, many multinational
corporations will benefit from Trumpcare. The Trump bill escalates the health care
counterrevolution begun under the previous President. Since the bill was first released on March 6,
it has been made progressively more brutal as negotiations within the Republican caucus have been
held in an attempt to win over the most diehard opponents of health care for poor and moderate-
income people plus seniors. Earlier this week, the White House agreed to amend its initial bill to
allow states to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients and receive federal funding in the
form of a block grant, rather than on the basis of a cap on outlays per recipient.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and Seema Verna, the administrator of the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, sent a letter to state governments last week saying they were
open to granting waivers to allow states not only to add work requirements, but also to require
recipients to pay premiums and co-pays for Medicaid care. Both per-capita spending caps and block
grants effectively end Medicaid, which currently covers 74 million people, as an open-ended federal
entitlement program, but the block grant scheme will hasten the dismantling of the program.
Trumpcare cuts health care subsidies for low income people and for the elderly who are not yet
eligible for Medicare. It is bad. On Wednesday, in a further attempt to win over the Freedom
Caucus holdouts, the White House offered to strip its bill of an Obamacare mandate requiring
insurance firms to provide essential benefits in ten areas: doctors visits, emergency services (such
as ambulances), hospitalization, maternity care, pediatric care, mental health and substance abuse
treatment, prescription drugs, lab tests, rehabilitation, and preventive services.

Trump's proposal is anti-human. Im afraid if they get rid of the essential benefits, commented Dr.
John S. Meigs, Jr., president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, youll have
meaningless insurance. This is still not enough for the Tea Party crowd, which shows how evil and
despicable the Tea Party crowd is. They are reportedly demanding even further windfalls for the
insurance companies, including the elimination of language that bars companies from setting
insurance rates based on a persons sex, medical condition, genetic condition or other factors. They
are also demanding caps on the amount of money insurers have to pay out on health claims, limits
on the number of years a beneficiary can be covered, and drug testing of beneficiaries. We are in a
battle for our health care in this generation. Both parties are infiltrated by U.S. corporate financial
elites who want to cut health care (as shown by Trumps evil proposal, which can reduce the life
expectancies of many Americans). This is real.

So, Donald Trump dropped the bill altogether. The Freedom Caucus, Trump, and the Tea Party are
enemies of universal health care. The dropping of the bill is great news.
Donald Trump's evil Budget Proposal
I read about the budget of Donald Trump. That budget proposal is one of the most extremely
reactionary budgets since the days of Ronald Reagan. Trump's massive proposal to cut tons of social
programs is total evil and has no merit. Many people (especially the poor and the elderly) will suffer
more hardships as a product of this evil budget. The budget will try to cut: HUD, the Department of
Transpiration (including cuts to Amtrak), cuts to the PBS channel, cuts to the Department of Health
and Human Services (which includes cuts to medical research), cuts to the Department of
Education, cuts to the EPA (when we need a stronger environment), and other programs. He wants
to eliminate needed programs as well. Trump is a total extremist. Trump ally Steve King has said
racist, anti-immigrant comments. We know that Trump has respect for Andrew Jackson (who was a
racist, a slave owner, and an abuser of the rights of Native Americans). Andrew Jackson is a person
of bad character who almost ruined the economy of America. We must speak up and show our
voices to oppose Trumpism. The biggest impact of the budget cuts will be on the urban and rural
poor. Trump proposes to abolish the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which provides
$3 billion a year to heat homes in the winter; the Community Development Block Grant program,
which spends $3 billion on community development, affordable housing and aid to the homeless;
the Appalachian Regional Commission, which promotes economic development and community
infrastructure in that region; and the Delta Regional Authority, which does the same in the majority-
black delta region of the state of Mississippi. The budget proposal is an attack on the poor and
working class outright.

So, Trump's budget proposal is a total representation of countererevolution. It exposes Trump as a

fraud and a person who has shown cruelty towards the elderly and the poor. It exposes the lie that
Trump is a populist. It also should make any Trump voter feel shame for voting for such an
extremist. Trump is a person who said that he doesn't believe that all people aren't created equal,
yet, people in many cases voted for him. Trump voters should be ashamed of themselves. The
budget massively increases the military budget while cutting social programs in a draconian fashion.
It advocates ending many desperately needed programs outright. The document deals only with
discretionary spending, funds that must be appropriated each year by Congress, accounting for
about one-quarter of the $4 trillion that the US government will spend in the fiscal year that begins
October 1. The budget leaves open the fate of the remaining $3 trillion in federal spending, which
includes payments under entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and
food stamps, as well as other legally required payments, such as interest on the national debt. The
Pentagons budget increases to $639 billion under Trump's proposal.

Military spending will comprise 2/3 of the overall budget. There is also a proposed $2.6 billion in
funding for building a wall along the southwest US borderonly a fraction of the estimated $25
billion cost of this mad and inhuman project. The Trump budget proposes the outright elimination
of 19 government agencies, most of them long targeted for destruction by ultra-right ideologues
and Christian fundamentalists. These include the National Endowment for the Arts; the National
Endowment for the Humanities; the Legal Services Corporation, which provides legal services for
the poor; the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; AmeriCorps; and the Chemical Safety Board,
which investigates industrial disasters in chemical production and transport, including oil-well
blowouts like the 2010 disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The budget hurts lives and promotes evil. The
biggest single cut is a $5.8 billion reduction in the budget for the National Institutes of Health, which
funds a vast array of biomedical research by tens of thousands of health scientists. The biggest
percentage cut, 31 percent, is in the Environmental Protection Agency, where 3,200 jobs and 50
programs would be eliminated, including all pollution cleanup operations in the Great Lakes,
Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound and San Francisco Bay. Half of the EPAs budget for research and
development is eliminated.
Dreamers
Xenophobia is a key part of the supporters of Trump. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland
Security Secretary John Kelly defended the deportation of the Dreamer Juan Manuel Montes. He is
a 23 year old Mexican citizen who was expelled from America in February of 2017. This comes
despite of the fact that he was actively enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
program or DACA. DACA is meant to protect undocumented immigrants who were brought to the
U.S. as children from being deported. This is the first case of a Dreamer being deported. Lawyers for
Montes filed suit in federal court in Southern California. They are demanding that the Trump
administration to release documents relating to his case. Montes lived in America since he was 9.
He was arrested, interrogated, and walked across the border from Calexico to Mexicali on February
17, 2017 despite being covered by the DACA program through 2018. In the program, enrollees are
required to reapply every 2 years. Montes lawyers said in court filings that their client was
assaulted and beaten in Mexicali. He was desperate to return to his home and family. He tried to
scale a border wall 2 days later and he was caught by U.S. border police and deported once again to
Mexico. The DHS or the Department of Homeland Security oversees the Customs and Border
Protection. It has thousands of border police. The DHS has refused all requests from Montes
defense team for documents on the case. In response to the lawsuit, it claims that Montes was not
deported on February 17, but voluntarily crossed into Mexico without obtaining prior permission
from US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency that approves DACA applications.
This is proven to be false. That, according to DHS, along with four prior convictions for petty
offensesone for shoplifting and three for driving without a licenseinvalidated his DACA status.
However, US Citizenship and Immigration Services had ruled that these offenses were not
sufficiently serious to vacate Montes DACA status, extending it through 2018. Kelly has shown half-
truths and lies about Montes deportation. He said Montes had been an active DACA enrollee but
had ceased to be one when he supposedly chose to cross into Mexico. In addition, Kelly maintained,
Montes own behaviormeaning his prior convictionshad deprived him of DACA protection.
Trump said that he wont target DACA enrollees for deportation. Yet, one DACA member was
deported. There are almost 800,000 people in the DACA program. Members of DACA submit to
background checks. They report to immigration authorities. Authorities know who they are.
Sessions wants to deport millions of undocumented workers including DACA enrollees. Sessions
wants to withdraw federal funds from cities who are sanctuary cities. Sanctuary cities are found in
New York City, Seattle, Chicago, El Paso, etc. In another interview recently, Sessions denounced
Hawaii-based federal judge Derrick Watson for holding up Trumps travel ban on six Muslim-
majority countries. The enemies are immigration are clear in their intentions. We are clear in
promoting immigrant rights now and forever.
North Korea and Syria
Right now, tensions between America and North Korea are high. North Korea, years ago, (according
to the Guardian) has received investments from the ABB (which is a Western company). Later,
North Korea has further developed its nuclear program. North Korea has tested many missiles
across the region of East Asia. This is a new era too. The Secretary of State Tillerson and Vice
President Mike Pence said that all options are on the table involving North Korea. There are
accusations of the U.S. using hacking to stop the recent North Korean missile test. Tillerson also said
that he wants to explore diplomatic, security, and economic measures to handle the situation. Right
now, China has blocked some of the coal imports into North Korea. In the Sea of Japan, the USS
Carl Vinson aircraft carrier is soon to come there. China wants cooperation in the solution making
process since a war will cause tons of North Korean refugees to come into China, a destabilization of
the region, and economic problems in China. China rejects any U.S. military response against
Pyongyang, but they dont want extreme tensions in the region either. Russia is allied politically
with China, so Russia has similar views as China has on the North Korean issue. Trump wants North
Korea to dismantle its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. This just isnt going to happen anytime
soon if at all.

The U.S. and South Korea has been involved in war games. Russian aircraft has been flying near
Alaska recently. South Koreas Unification Ministry spokesman Lee Duk-haeng indicated that US and
South Korean forces were on heightened alert. We are closely watching the situation and will not
be letting our guards down, he said. America wants Chinese President Xi Jinping to put more
pressure on North Korea to comply with their goals. Japan is an ally of America, so meetings will
occur among American, South Korean, and Japanese officials. The reason why the U.S. military
hasnt executed military attacks in North Korea is because South Korea would be devastated in
artillery strikes (even if North Korea doesnt use nuclear weapons). U.S. military troops are
stationed in South Korea too. Such an unwise conflict will be harmful for the whole region and the
world at large. So, the most peaceful solution to this problem is a total diplomatic solution.

The Syrian civil war continues. American forces accuse Syria of using chemical weapons against
civilians. This comes about in a complex civil war. On April 7, 2017, the U.S. executed an
unprovoked air strike against Syrian territories. There is no conclusive evidence that Syria executed
a chemical attack in the village of Khan Sheikhun in Syrias Idlib province, which reportedly killed
scores of people. Since then, the US has systematically blocked demands by Syria and its two
principal allies, Russia and Iran, for an objective investigation of the alleged chemical attack by the
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). There should be a conclusive,
independent investigation to find the criminals who has done the evil chemical attack in Syria.

The West wants regime change in Syria. The chemical disarmament of Syria was carried out under a
deal brokered by Moscow in 2013 when the Obama administration backed down from a threat to
launch airstrikes against Syria over another alleged chemical weapons incident in the Damascus
suburb of Ghouta. That incident was also exposed as a deliberate provocation staged by Turkish
intelligence in league with Islamist rebels for the express purpose of provoking a US attack. The
US participated directly in the destruction of Syrias chemical stockpiles, and the OCPW certified
that all of the countrys chemical weapons had been destroyed in January 2016. Mattis wants more
militarism by the U.S. too. Trump is a hypocrite by claiming to support the children of Syria, but
denying Syrian refugees from coming into America. In six years, roughly half of Syria's population,
some 11 million people, has been forced to flee their homes to escape the violence--6 million are
internally displaced, and 5 million are refugees. The death count in Syria since the war began is
almost half a million people. Of those killed, 24,000 have been children. I dont agree with
imperialism in Syria, but Assad is not hero either. ISIS is wrong including the al-Qaeda forces there.
Also, Assad is wrong to promote neoliberal policies, his violent repression of dissenters, etc. So,
Syria must not be govern by U.S., Saudi, Gulf States-backed puppet leaders neither by Assad. They
should be ruled by the working class and revolutionary Syrian people. The Syrian people must
govern their own land in an independent fashion.

We Shall Overcome
The Trump regime has ironically enough has grown a newer progressive movement. In just one
week after his inauguration, millions of people worldwide protested against him in the Womens
March. They or the activists abhorred Trumps agenda of immigrant bashing, misogyny, bigotry, and
his reactionary agenda. The antiwar movement is still in existence. The Black Lives Matter
movement has been forthright in opposing racist police violence. Black Lives Matter is a historic
movement that has expanded and caused more people to address racism, economic injustice, and
police terror never seen since the 1960s & the 1970s. There have been protests in London, Berlin,
Munich, and Frankfurt to oppose fascism including injustice too. Neo-fascists like Richard Spencer
will be defeated of their agenda in the end. Steve Bannon being a chief strategist and senior
counselor of the White House is a disgrace. Crowds of courageous, progressive people have been in
meetings to stand up for health care and to oppose evil policies. The Republican dominated
Congress is clear on what they want. They believe in privatizing health care, cutting taxes for the
super wealthy, removing and ending environmental regulations, depriving voting rights, and using
other repugnant policies. Also, the leadership of both major parties has funded more military
spending and an aggressive, imperialist foreign policy.

This is not new. Lee Atwater admitted that Republicans used race baiting and other bigoted tactics
under the guise of talking about forced busing, states rights, tax cuts, etc. We reject the myths
that the wealthy alone create jobs or that rural towns alone represent the only component of
America. Rural, urban, suburban, and other peoples represent America. While deportations are in
existence now, many people are resisting such policies. Trump deserves no conciliatory tone. He
deserves our opposition. A ban on refugees, a scapegoating of Muslims, a proposed U.S.-Mexico
border wall, and support of stop and frisk by Trump is totally wrong. Also, it is important to support
the rights of the Black working class and the black poor. There is no total human freedom without
addressing the social and economic needs of black people.

Political independence is a necessary too. We wont ally with a party of racism, xenophobia, and
bigotry. Also, many people are tired of another party that focuses on neoliberalism and
compromises to please GOP extremists. There is something wrong with capitalism with record
income inequality and massive poverty. There is something wrong with that. That is why race and
class must be viewed together in forming solutions. You cant defeat racism without ending
economic inequality and you cant end economic inequality without ending racism.

Unity, collaboration, and coalitions must be instituted in order for us to see the
Dream of justice and equality to be made real.

By Timothy

We shall overcome.