President Trump last week conferred his Fake News Awards.
Now it’s our turn to weigh in, with the "Trumpys" — recognizing the worst elements of what is likely to go down as the worst presidency in American history.
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Every day through January 29, we’ll announce nominations in a category and invite Twitter to select the worst of the worst. We’ll announce the losers (winners) on January 30, the day of Trump's State of the Union.
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Nominees for today's Trumpy, "Worst Corrupting Conflict of Interest," are:
1) Trump International Hotel & Mar-a-Lago
2) Jared Kushner & the Middle East
3) The Tax Scam: Tax Cuts for Trump & the Cabinet
4) Carl Icahn
Read up on the nominees: citizenvox.org/2018/01/22/ann
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- Trump Hotel & Mar-a-Lago36.1%
- Kushner & the Middle East11.8%
- The Tax Scam50.3%
- Carl Icahn1.8%
441 votesFinal results
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#OscarNoms aren’t the only nominations out today. We’ve got the second installment of Trumpy nominations — highlighting the worst of the worst of the Trump administration.
Today’s category: Worst Anti-Democratic Action
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Not only does Trump not respect traditional democratic norms, his core notion of presidential powers is fundamentally authoritarian. If the country faces a real or concocted terrorist attack or military confrontation, there's no telling how our democracy will fare.
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The judges had a lot to consider in selecting today’s nominees. They decided against a nomination combining all of ’s tweets and expressed hostility to democratic principles, choosing instead to focus on more discrete actions.
The nominees for “Worst Anti-Democratic Action” are:
1) Firing : Obstructing Justice
2) Suppressing the Votes of People of Color
3) Overturning the Johnson Amendment: #CitizensUnited 2.0
4) Ramming Through the #GOPTaxScam
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Suppressing the Votes of POC:
From the sham “Election Integrity Commission” to the DOJ reversing its prior position in ongoing voting rights legislation, the Trump administration is defending and promoting schemes to intimidate and make it harder for people of color to vote.
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#CitizensUnited 2.0:
Early in his term, Trump promised to “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment, which would eliminate the restriction on churches (and charities) engaging in electioneering activity. The move would unleash a flood of new Dark Money into our elections.
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The #GOPTaxScam:
It was rammed through committees without any time for debate. Then @SenateMajLdr made massive changes that were never considered through regular order. And of course, the Senate used “reconciliation” to circumvent a Democratic filibuster.
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Which of these anti-democratic actions is the worst affront against democracy?
Read up on the nominees: citizenvox.org/2018/01/23/tru
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- Firing Comey6.6%
- Suppressing Votes of POC31%
- Citizens United 2.046.7%
- GOP Tax Scam15.7%
332 votesFinal results
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. is a cruel man — a bigoted demagogue who sees the political payoff in scapegoating. In his self-absorbed megalomania, he is incapable of empathy, and he's built an administration in his own image.
Today’s Trumpy nominations are for Cruelest Action:
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The judges recognize a raft of other possible contenders, but after great deliberation, the final four nominees for “Cruelest Action” are:
1) The #MuslimBan
2) Medicaid Work Requirements: Bigotry Against the Poor
3) Nursing Home Abuse
4) The Assault on Immigrants: #DACA and #TPS
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The #MuslimBan is motivated exclusively by anti-Muslim animus. What a horrible statement this makes to the world, and what a despicable message to the millions of Muslim-Americans who face an increased risk of violence directly as a result of the president’s actions.
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The Trump administration's decision to impose Medicaid work requirements is stupid, illegal and incredibly cruel. It denies that health care is a right, will lead to needless death and suffering and promotes the shameful bigotry of health care denial based on wealth.
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Trump pulled back the Obama administration's move to impose fines on nursing homes engaged in wrongdoing. The new guidelines discourage regulators from levying fines — even when the wrongdoing has resulted in a resident’s death. nytimes.com/2017/12/24/bus
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Trump’s efforts to rescind #DACA, coupled with his move to end #TPS for hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have relocated to the US in the wake of emergencies in their home countries, prove he’s turning America the beautiful into America the cruel. chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/h
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This is a mean-spirited administration. It combines a callous indifference to the poor, a contempt for the sick, a disregard for the truth, naked self-interest and the most virulent racism, sexism, and anti-immigrant sentiment in a presidential administration in living memory.
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Which of these Trump administration actions is the cruelest and most shameful?
Read up on the nominees: citizenvox.org/2018/01/24/tru
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- The Muslim Ban7.1%
- Medicaid Work Rqmts17.3%
- Nursing Home Abuse18.9%
- The Assault on Immigrants56.6%
196 votesFinal results
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Trump has appointed a Cabinet stuffed with billionaires and corporate execs. Collectively, they are delivering for the corporate sector — but with harsh consequences for the rest of us.
Today’s Trumpy nominations are for Worst Corporate Giveaway:
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Your nominees are:
1) #NetNeutrality Repeal: A Corporate Chokehold on the Internet
2) Private Prisons
3) ’s #RipOffClause
4) #CleanPowerPlan Repeal: Let the Planet Burn
(To keep the category competitive, we’ve omitted the biggest corporate giveaway of all: the #GOPTaxScam)
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Led by Chair @AjitPaiFCC, who previously worked at , the voted in December to kill #NetNeutrality — handing control of the internet to the cable oligopoly.
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. rescinded Obama’s policy ending federal reliance on private prisons. There are very discrete and identifiable beneficiaries of this policy reversal, namely the and — whose stock tripled after Trump was elected.
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After the and financial services companies lobbied hard to gut the 's #RipOffClause rule, the voted to overturn it — enabling Big Banks to rip off consumers with impunity.
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Dirty Energy has banked on — and he’s delivered. In repealing the #CleanPowerPlan, Pruitt seems more concerned with pleasing the Coal Barons than addressing arguably the greatest threat humanity has ever known.
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Which of these Trump administration actions qualifies for the "Worst Corporate Giveaway"?
Read up on the nominees: citizenvox.org/2018/01/25/tru
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- Net Neutrality Repeal31.5%
- Private Prisons18.5%
- Rip Off Clause9.5%
- Clean Power Plan Repeal40.5%
168 votesFinal results
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With a president who has minimal familiarity with policy, cabinet officials are crucial in driving what the Trump administration is actually doing — not just tweeting about. And what its been doing is horrific.
Today’s Trumpy nominations are for Worst Cabinet Member:
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Your nominees are:
1) , Attorney General
2) , Secretary of the Interior
3) , Director of the Office of Management and Budget
4) Gary Cohn, Director of the National Economic Council
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-Adopted new policy for maximum charges against low-level nonviolent offenders while making it easy for corporate executives to evade criminal charges for overseas bribery
-Ended #DACA
-Reversed the DOJ’s historic defense of voting rights
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