[continued from previous message]

The memo, for which there was no factual basis, was viewed as an attempt to sow chaos and led to the resignation of Richard Pilger, director of the DOJ Criminal Division's Election Crimes branch.

On November 13, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a revised naturalization civics exam that will create unfair and unnecessary obstacles to lawful permanent residents pursuing U.S. citizenship.

On November 16, the Social Security Administration finalized a rule that could make it more difficult for people who apply for disability benefits to appeal denials by allowing agency attorneys to hear appeals rather than impartial and independent administrative law judges.

On November 19, the federal government executed Orlando Cordia Hall - the eighth federal execution in more than 17 years after the Trump administration resumed the federal death penalty.

On November 24, CNN reported that the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review was ordering some immigrants facing deportation to file to stay in the United States - rushing the process and increasing the likelihood of deportation. The orders appeared to be signed by supervisory judges, not judges assigned to the cases.

On December 7, the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced a final rule that expands the ability of federal contractors to claim religious exemptions from federal nondiscrimination laws and regulations, allowing them to discriminate against people of color, religious minorities, women, and LGBTQ people.

On December 8, the White House issued a Statement of Administration Policy opposing the conference report to accompany H.R. 6395 - the National Defense Authorization Act. Their opposition was based in large part on the inclusion of language that would rename all bases and other military assets named for the confederacy.

On December 10, the federal government executed Brandon Bernard - the ninth federal execution in more than 17 years after the Trump administration resumed the federal death penalty.

On December 11, the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice finalized a sweeping new rule that creates additional bars to asylum eligibility and limits who can qualify for protection. People who claim they will face persecution based on gender or gang violence, for example, would generally not qualify for asylum under these new rules.

On December 11, the federal government executed Alfred Bourgeois - the tenth federal execution in more than 17 years after the Trump administration resumed the federal death penalty.

On December 12, Justice Department lawyers acknowledged that the expulsion of 66 unaccompanied migrant children (without a court hearing or asylum interview) by U.S. border officials represented a contravention of a November district court ruling.

On December 16, the Department of Justice finalized a rule that strips the Executive Office for Immigration review of its ability to make a reasoned decision on a fully developed record and blocks people in immigration proceedings from mounting an effective appeal.
2021

On January 8, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights released a memorandum misconstruing the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County and its application to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 - refusing to apply Bostock, which prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ people, to federal education law.

On January 8, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved a new Medicaid financing system in Tennessee - a 10-year "experiment" - threatening health care for the 1.4 million people in the state's Medicaid program.

On January 12, the Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule that allows social service providers that receive government funding to discriminate based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

On January 12, a letter from the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Commerce outlined whistleblower complaints that Census Bureau Director Dr. Steven Dillingham ordered staff to prioritize the unconstitutional and premature production of a technical report that would include data on documented and undocumented immigrants in the United States - a directive motivated by partisan objectives. Dr. Dillingham resigned six days later following demands from civil rights organizations and members of Congress that he step down.

On January 13, the federal government executed Lisa Montgomery - the eleventh federal execution in more than 17 years after the Trump administration resumed the federal death penalty.

On January 14, the federal government executed Corey Johnson - the twelfth federal execution in more than 17 years after the Trump administration resumed the federal death penalty.

On January 16, the federal government executed Dustin John Higgs - the thirteenth federal execution in more than 17 years after the Trump administration resumed the federal death penalty.

On January 18, which was MLK Day, Trump's 1776 Commission issued a report calling for "patriotic education," comparing progressivism to fascism and communism, and justifying the nation's founding on the basis of slavery.

============================================================================

Joe Biden Is More Racist Than Republicans

"Americans can't distinguish "between a South Korean and someone from
Beijing." - Joe Biden

Yup... they all look alike, Joe.

Old-Rich-White-Religious Freak, Joe Biden Bragged About His Ability to Work With Racists

Old-Rich-White-Religious Freak, Joe Biden Brags About a Segregationist Democrat Not Calling Him "Boy" Like He Did Others

Used Racist Term "Roaches" to Describe Black Kids Who Felt His Hairy Legs

Praised Democrat Segregationist Sen. John Stennis(D) as "Man of Character"

"Segregation Is Good for Black People" - Joe Biden

"(The) Democrat Party Needs More People Like Racist Democrat Governor George Wallace." - Joe Biden

Gave Speech About What's "Good for the Negro"

"... if you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black..." - Joe Biden

"If my opponent wins, they're going to put y'all back in chains." - Joe Biden

Funny, since Democrats have been KEEPING Blacks "in chains" for 60 years, and PUT them there, in the first place. Lincoln and Frederick Douglas and H.R. Revels, Benjamin S. Turner, Josiah T. Walls, Joseph H. Rainey, Robert C. De Large, Jefferson H. Long, R. Brown Elliot were ALL Republicans

http://www.wordfoundations.com/wp- content/uploads/2016/08/First_Colored_Senator_and_Representatives.jpg

"Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle." - Joe Biden

Jungle: Slang term for a city or urban area.

"You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking." - Joe Biden

Only people from India can work at 7-11?

"Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids" - Joe Biden... as opposed to "White Kids"? That would imply all poor kids are Black.

"I do not buy the concept, popular in the '60s, which said, "We have suppressed the black man for 300 years." - Joe Biden

Seems that THAT'S exactly what Democrats have been saying, ever since they found out that they could buy their votes so easily with free shit.

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean." - Joe Biden

What... they're not SUPPOSED to be?

"We (Delawareans) were on the South's side in the Civil War." - Joe Biden

"I mean these Shylocks (Jews) who took advantage of, um, these women and men while overseas." - Joe Biden (Not "racist", per se, but still...)

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)