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#Trump keeps saying the #GOP mega bill will #eliminate #taxes on #SocialSecurity. It does not. And the #SocialSecurityAdministration tonight sent an email to all individuals who registered on the agency's site stating this - which is a #LIE "The bill ensures that nearly 90% of Social Security #beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on their benefits, providing meaningful, immediate relief to seniors who have spent a lifetime contributing to our nation's economy." Share the Facts

Trump signed #executiveorder to dismantle 7 additional federal agencies, including one that oversees #VoiceofAmerica, other govt-funded media outlets around the world. Directed heads of the agencies largely obscure entities that address issues like #labor mediation & #homelessness prevention, #eliminate all functions that are not statutorily #mandated. The leaders should also “reduce the performance of their statutory functions, associated personnel to minimum presence, function required by law.

#Trump transition team exploring ways to significantly #reduce, #merge, or even #eliminate top #bank #regulators in Washington WSJ reported on Thursday.. In recent interviews with potential candidates for leading these regulatory agencies, Trump advisers and officials from the newly established Department of Government Efficiency #DOGE have inquired about the possibility of the president-elect abolishing the #FDIC #banking #financialcrisis #financialstability #finance #economy #WallStreet

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>> The war where 700,000 Palestinians got expelled happened in 1948. What happened in October 1948 specifically?

If you & I are ordered by Court to settle our differences & live in separate halves of a duplex, & you reject that, come after me with some of your other neighbors, not just to take possession of the other half of the duplex, but to kill me and my family (I mean #eliminate), I will tell you what I’d do. That’s what happened in 1948.

If Donald Trump returns to the White House, close allies want to dramatically change the government's interpretation of #Civil #Rights-era laws to💥 focus on "anti-white racism" 💥rather than discrimination against people of color.

Trump's Justice Department would push to #eliminate or #upend programs in government and corporate America that are designed to counter racism that has favored whites.

Targets would range from decades-old policies aimed at giving minorities economic opportunities, to more recent programs that began in response to the pandemic and the killing of George Floyd.

Trump campaign spokesperson #Steven #Cheung told Axios: "As President Trump has said, all staff, offices, and initiatives connected to Biden's un-American policy will be immediately #terminated."

Longtime aides and allies preparing for a potential second Trump administration have been laying legal groundwork with a flurry of lawsuits and legal complaints — some of which have been successful.

A central vehicle for the effort has been #America #First #Legal, founded by former Trump aide #Stephen #Miller, who has called the group conservatives' "long-awaited answer to the ACLU."

America First cited the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in February in a lawsuit against CBS and Paramount Global for what the group argued was discrimination against a white, straight man who was a writer for the show "Seal Team" in 2017.

In February, the group filed a civil rights complaint against the NFL over its "Rooney Rule."

The rule — named for Dan #Rooney, late owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers — was instituted in 2003 and expanded in 2022.
It requires NFL teams to interview at least two minority candidates for vacant general manager, head coach and coordinator positions.

American First argued that "given the limited time frame to hire executives and coaches after the season, this results in fewer opportunities for similarly situated, well-qualified candidates who are not minorities."

In 2021, Miller's group successfully sued to block the implementation of a $29 billion pandemic-era program for women- and minority-owned restaurants, saying it discriminated against white-owned businesses.

"This ruling is the first, but crucial, step towards ending government-sponsored racial discrimination," Miller said then.

Other Trump-aligned groups are preparing for a future Trump Justice Department to implement — or challenge — policies on a broader scale.

The #Heritage #Foundation's well-funded "#Project2025" envisions a second Trump administration ending what it calls "affirmative discrimination."

Part of the plan, written by former Trump Justice Department official #Gene #Hamilton, argues that "advancing the interests of certain segments of American society ... comes at the expense of other Americans — and in nearly all cases violates longstanding federal law."

Hamilton is America First Legal's general counsel.

Such groups have gained momentum with the #Supreme #Court's turn to the right
— most notably its recent rejection of affirmative action in college admissions.

The court ruled that programs designed to benefit people of color and address past injustices discriminate against white and Asian Americans.

In 2021, a federal judge blocked a $4 billion program to help Black farmers

axios.com/2024/04/01/trump-rev

Axios · Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white peopleBy Alex Thompson

#December 18, 1898
#OTD Ethelind Fearon, #English #Gardener & #Writer, is born.

In her book, The #Reluctant Gardener (1952), she wrote,

With #Flowers, as w/ all [things] #Garden, you 1st decide what #Kind you #Want to #Grow, & then whittle it down to what CAN grow in the space.

When you [Review] the #List & Reduce it to what you can #Afford to grow,
& then #Eliminate the ones you know from #Bitter #Experience will #Refuse to grow,
You #Save a very #Great deal of labour, indeed.