William Rivers Pitt | Trump, the GOP and the 100-Day Dump Truck Wreck

[t]   Saturday, April 29, 2017 [t r u t h o u t] [View Recent Newsletters]( [Tell a friend about Truthout!]( [Donate Today!](   Truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; donations are tax deductible.   BuzzFlash Thousands March in DC Heat to Demand Trump Act on Climate Change [Read the Article at The Huffington Post](   North Korea Test-Fires Ballistic Missile in Defiance of World Pressure [Read the Article at Reuters](   EU Leaders Finalize Brexit Position Before UK Talks [Read the Article at CNN](   Trump Tells NRA He Will Never "Infringe" on Gun Rights [Read the Article at Al Jazeera English](   Montana Governor Says He'll Veto 20-Week Abortion Ban [Read the Article at Rewire](   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Launches Investigation Into Unusually High Humpback Whale Die-Offs [Read the Article at EcoWatch](   California Just Took a Step to Block Trump's Efforts on Offshore Oil Drilling [Read the Article at The Sacramento Bee](     [Trump, the GOP and the 100-Day Dump Truck Wreck]( William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: These clowns own the whole federal government from soup to nuts, and their response to laying hold of such a rare prize has been to light their own neckties on fire every time they get near the furnace. By 2018, most GOP House members will probably vote against themselves, just so they can flee the town and the next two years. [Read the Article]( [The Sanctuary Movement and Women's Rights: Sister Struggles]( Miriam Ticktin, Truthout: The sharing of strategies is a first step in recognizing that these two movements -- both reinvigorated by Trump's election -- should be explicitly joined: The push for women's rights must also be a push for sanctuary. If we don't think about them together, we risk inadequately addressing important forms of discrimination and exclusion. [Read the Article]( [We'll Stand Together on May Day]( Lance Selfa, Socialist Worker: Voces de la Frontera is a membership-based organization at the center of several important fights for immigrant rights in Wisconsin. Voces cofounder and executive director, Christine Neumann-Ortiz, discusses the organization's work and its plans for May Day. [Read the Interview]( [One Hundred Days of President Trump at Guantánamo Bay]( Aisha Maniar, Truthout: Though he has used Guantánamo to boost Islamophobia and fuel belligerent rhetoric at home and abroad, Trump has not gone out of his way to change US policy toward Guantánamo Bay in his first 100 days. The policies of the Obama administration continue, but the injustices of the past 15 years have not gone unnoticed. [Read the Article]( [Historical Amnesia and the Burden of the Euro-American Past in the Age of Trump]( Westenley Alcenat, Truthout: Many in the US today like to believe that Trump is an aberration from American values, but an honest reading of US history tells a different tale. Trump and his supporters have given us a look behind the curtain of civility and color blindness that tried to mask the systemic and ongoing wrongs of centuries of ingrained racism. [Read the Article]( [Americans Need to Stop Trashing 15 Million Tons of Clothing Every Year]( Judy Molland, Care2: More than 15 million tons of textile waste is generated every year in the US, an amount that has doubled over the last 20 years. However, there are three key ways consumers can immediately lessen clothing waste: recycling, repairing and reducing consumption. [Read the Article]( [Enduring Torture and Death Threats in Service of Conservation]( Zoe Loftus-Farren, Earth Island Journal: The trials that Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo has overcome as a warden in Virunga National Park are hard to imagine. He's been beaten and kidnapped, threatened with death and tortured. But he's endured it all in service to his community and to conservation. [Read the Article]( [New Sharing Depot Opening Reflects Success of Toronto's Library of Things Movement]( Cat Johnson, Shareable: The Toronto Tool Library in Ontario, Canada, is a model tool-lending program. With four locations and a variety of workshops and community events, it is a pioneer of the lending and sharing movement. Lawrence Alvarez, cofounder of the project, talks about the growth of the Sharing Depot and the community response. [Read the Interview]( [Support Truthout with a tax-deductible donation ]( Please add messenger@truthout.org to ensure you receive our messages Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/CWA, Local 36047 [Subscribe]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy](   [The Newspaper Guild]