Plans to phase out DACA were announced by the Trump Administration on September 5, 2017; implementation was put on hold for six months to allow Congress time to pass the Dream Act or some other legislative protection for Dreamers. Congress failed to act and the time extension expired on March 5, 2018, but the phase-out of DACA has been put on hold by several courts. On August 31, 2018, District Court Judge Andrew Hanen ruled that DACA is likely unconstitutional. However, he let the program remain in place as litigation proceeds.[3][4] As of October 2019, the cancellation of the program was on hold by court order; a Supreme Court decision on the matter was not expected until 2020.[5]
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Plans to phase out DACA were announced by the Trump Administration on September 5, 2017; implementation was put on hold for six months to allow Congress time to pass the Dream Act or some other legislative protection for Dreamers. Congress failed to act and the time extension expired on March 5, 2018, but the phase-out of DACA has been put on hold by several courts. On August 31, 2018, District Court Judge Andrew Hanen ruled that DACA is likely unconstitutional. However, he let the program remain in place as litigation proceeds.[3][4] As of October 2019, the cancellation of the program was on hold by court order; a Supreme Court decision on the matter was not expected until 2020.[5]
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=31532
June 7, 2017
United States remains the world’s top producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons
The United States remained the world's top producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons in 2016 for the fifth straight year despite production declines for both petroleum and natural gas relative to their 2015 levels. The United States has been the world's top producer of natural gas since 2009, when U.S. natural gas production surpassed that of Russia, and it has been the world's top producer of petroleum hydrocarbons since 2013, when its production exceeded Saudi Arabia’s.
The increase in oil production was due to the shale oil boom brought on by significant improvements in fracking knowhow and the sustained high average prices of crude. The lead time between market price incentivized crude production caused the production low to land in Obama’s lap, not because he did anything special. Besides, I thought Obama was co2 aware. He did crush the coal industry, right? Along with related jobs and jobs of supporting or related industries, right?
It is probably in the US’s long term energy security best interests to maintain a threshold amount of clean coal industry activity.
Ok, so the issue is still in play. My impression is Trump is flexible on the issue, but does not want to upset his base. Personally, I don’t have a strong opinion on DACA.
2018
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/4...ck-voters-choose-any-given-2020-democrat-over
Poll: Overwhelming majority of black voters back any 2020 Democrat over Trump
10/7/2019
An overwhelming majority of black voters — 85 percent — said in a new Hill-HarrisX poll that they would choose any Democratic presidential candidate over President Trump.
The survey, which was released on Monday, found this sentiment to be particularly true among black voters along partisan lines.
Ninety-eight percent of black voters who identify as Democrat, and 72 percent of those who identify as independent said they would back whoever ultimately becomes the Democratic nominee over Trump. Just 12 percent of black voters who identify as Republican said the same.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politic...-to-the-polls-to-choose-democrats?context=amp
Trump Drove Black Voters to the Polls – to Choose Democrats
Susan Milligan • Nov. 19, 2018, at 3:40 p.m.
He's no Barack Obama. But President Donald Trump is having his own motivating effect on African-American voters, who overwhelmingly cast votes for Democrats in this month's midterms – in large part because of the damage Trump has done to the GOP brand, according to pollsters who surveyed African-Americans immediately before the elections.
Nine out of 10 African-Americans surveyed on the eve of the election said they were voting or had already voted early for aDemocrat in the congressional races, up from 77 percent who said so in July, according to the survey by the African American Research Collaborative. And while a number of GOP candidates distanced themselves from their party's controversial leader or just tried to ignore him, polling showed Trump might as well have been on the ballot himself, the survey indicated.
Nearly 8 in 10 African-Americans said Trump made them "angry," while 85 percent of black women and 81 percent of black men said Trump made them feel "disrespected," according to the study. Similar majorities of African-American voters – 89 percent of women and 83 percent of men – said Trump's statements and policies will cause "a major setback to racial progress."
That Trump effect filtered down to damage even candidates in the Northeast and California, where the GOP contenders did not necessarily align with the president, and may have affected other ballot choices as well, Henry Fernandez, a principal at the collaborative, told reporters in a conference call. "African-American voters and other voters of color are associating Trumpism with all Republican candidates," Watkins said. "Even with Trump not being in the ballot, Trumpism was effectively on the ballot. The entire party has now been branded," he said.
Black women – who were integral in the narrow upset victory by Democratic Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama last December – also played an outsized role in electing Democrats in the midterms, said Ray Block, a political science professor at the University of Kentucky, assessing the poll. African-American women were more likely than black men to vote for the Democrat, by a 94 percent to 84 percent difference, according to the poll. In the Nevada Senate race specifically, for example, 93 percent of African-Americans voted for Democratic Sen.-elect Jacky Rosen. The same percentage voted for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams in Georgia – not enough to make her the Peach State's first female African-American governor but enough to show the potential power of the black vote, Block told reporters.
"It's not simply women voting for women," he said. "Anger and disrespect, I believe, are motivators for black turnout."
Iran was not building nuclear weapons when Trump came into office,now they are
https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/17/politics/trump-iran-complying-nuclear/index.html
Trump administration: Iran complying with nuclear deal
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN
Updated 2:20 AM ET, Tue July 18, 2017
(CNN)The United States said Monday that Iran is continuing to comply with the terms of the nuclear deal that curbed Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...r-deal-restrictions-iaea-report-idUSKCN1LF1KR
Iran is complying with nuclear deal restrictions: IAEA report
Francois Murphy, Robin Emmott
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has remained within the main restrictions on its nuclear activities imposed by a 2015 deal with major powers, a confidential report by the U.N. atomic watchdog indicated on Thursday.
Under Trump, the number of uninsured Americans has gone up by 7 million
Even in a strong economy, Americans are losing their health coverage.
By Sarah Kliffsarah@vox.com Jan 23, 2019, 10:00am EST
The country’s uninsured rate has steadily ticked upward since 2016, rising from a low of 10.9 percent in late 2016 to 13.7 percent — a four-year high.
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I am one of those uninsured. Healthcare insurance costs for the working class and small business owners are a big hit. My cost for a big deductible healthcare plan in Washington State would be about $8000. Think of all the consumer goods and services I am able to buy instead of throwing my money away to an insurance company. Look at how fast medical procedures and pharmaceuticals prices are rising. Way above overall inflation rates. Who does the medical profession think they are? Colleges and textbook sellers? The underlying problem between the high cost of services for the previously mentioned is the third party payer system. The insertion of a middle man has added costs and reduced accountability.
Our College and healthcare systems need reforming from financing to insurance. These industries are not operating in a competitive pricing environment and is causing other industries to suffer as a result of less discretionary spending available after healthcare insurance and college expenses.
I would not discount the possibility of Trump getting a sweet surprise from minorities in 2020. Just a little swing, a little improvement in minority support may be all Trump needs for a decisive reelection victory. The upcoming debates may help shed some light. One thing is for certain in my mind: Democrats have been taking the minorities in their base for granted way too long.
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