Donald Trump had a very, very busy first week as president, so the first episode of The Trump Scorecard podcast has a lot to cover. I look at his attacks on Medicaid, and what you can do to stop them. He’s silencing scientists across the government, bringing back torture, and getting started building the border wall. I also talk to NARAL’s Donna Crane about how Trump didn’t just reinstate the global gag rule, but made it worse.
There’s a lot more, so listen now. Links to all the stories referenced in the podcast are below.
Segment 1: Dismantling Medicaid
Segment 2: Attacking the Affordable Care Act
Segment 3: Post-Inauguration Weirdness
- Trump Names His Inauguration Day a ‘National Day of Patriotic Devotion’
- Trump Spokesman’s Lecture on Media Accuracy Is Peppered With Lies
- Trump Repeats Lie About Popular Vote in Meeting With Lawmakers
Segment 4: Silencing Government Scientists
- These Park Service Tweets Were Too Wild for the Interior Department
- USDA Scientists Have Been Put on Lockdown Under Trump
- Agriculture Department Lifts Clampdown on Its Science Division
- President Trump Institutes Media Blackout at EPA
- Trump Administration Tells EPA to Cut Climate Page From Website: Sources
Segment 5: Federal Hiring Freeze
Segment 6: Banning Refugees
Segment 7: Black Site Prisons, Torture, and Iraqi Oil
- Trump Poised to Lift Ban on C.I.A. ‘Black Site’ Prisons
- Trump Says U.S. Should Have Stolen Iraq’s Oil, and ‘Maybe We’ll Have Another Chance’
Segment 8: Governors Beg for Help After Storms
Segment 9: Border Wall, Sanctuary Cities, Oil Pipelines
- Trump’s Executive Order on Building the Wall
- Trump Floats 20% Tax on Mexican Imports to Pay for Wall
- How Trump Can Defund ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Protecting Undocumented Immigrants
- Trump’s Executive Orders on Building the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines
Segment 10: The Global Gag Rule
Segment 11: Standing Ovation at the CIA