Talk:Donald Trump achievements: Religious liberty and LGBT

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Charlie Gard

The story on Charlie Gard is very interesting, and (depending on what happens) might be appropriate to add here eventually. Trump tweeted his support for Gard, a U.S. specialist travelled to London at the Administration's request,[1][2] and Congress is trying to give Gard legal U.S. residency.[3] --1990'sguy (talk) 00:00, 20 July 2017 (EDT)

The family withdrew their application to bring their child to the U.S. due to UK government inaction.[4][5] --1990'sguy (talk) 00:02, 25 July 2017 (EDT)

Ending funding for sex ed grants

The Trump Administration is asking Congress to eliminate sex education grants in its next budget while keeping funding for abstinence programs.[6] Hopefully, Congress will give in. --1990'sguy (talk) 18:44, 30 August 2017 (EDT)

ObamaCare ads cuts

If the GOP cannot repeal ObamaCare, maybe this can be the Trump Administration's consolation prize: cut spending for ObamaCare ads by 90%: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 23:31, 31 August 2017 (EDT)

More ObamaCare/healthcare news

It might well be that the Trump Administration is now trying to take ObamaCare down now that repeal-and-replace has failed in the Senate.[7] This seems like a good thing, as long as the eventual replacement to the broken law isn't Bernie Care." --1990'sguy (talk) 22:43, 7 October 2017 (EDT)

Here's another interesting article about the Trump Administration's efforts: [8] --1990'sguy (talk) 21:36, 12 October 2017 (EDT)
The CMS released new regulations to make healthcare price shopping easier: [9] --1990'sguy (talk) 18:45, 24 April 2018 (EDT)
An interesting article on the ObamaCare waivers, on how they're not as effective in circumventing ObamaCare as some conservatives thought: [10] --1990'sguy (talk) 00:12, 10 July 2018 (EDT)
This study claims that Trump has increased ObamaCare rates slightly: [11] --1990'sguy (talk) 14:29, 27 October 2018 (EDT)
The Trump Administration has a backup plan in case ObamaCare is struck down: [12] --1990'sguy (talk) 09:44, 28 November 2018 (EST)
ObamaCare enrollment is falling, and the media is (at least partially) holding Trump responsible: [13] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:37, 28 November 2018 (EST)
Obama himself made a video asking people to sign up for ObamaCare, possibly illustrating how few people are actually doing so: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 14:24, 11 December 2018 (EST)
The Trump Administration will reportedly promote buying healthcare accross state lines: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 23:14, 6 March 2019 (EST)
The Administration is considering enacting Medicaid block grants to the states without Congress and is discussing this issue with the states: [14] --1990'sguy (talk) 17:14, 14 March 2019 (EDT)
Somewhat interesting op-ed (which doesn't seem to take a strong position either way) on certain healthcare changes by the HHS: [15] Also, here are the 2019 ObamaCare enrollment numbers, which I won't add unless I find other good articles on the topic: 1,2,3,4,5 --1990'sguy (talk) 12:13, 26 March 2019 (EDT)
The DOJ is asking the 5th Circuit to completely strike down ObamaCare: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 --1990'sguy (talk) 14:14, 26 March 2019 (EDT)
It's good that Trump is going on the offensive regarding healthcare/ObamaCare: [16] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:48, 3 April 2019 (EDT)
Somewhat interesting articles on ObamaCare: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 10:32, 13 April 2019 (EDT)
The Trump Administration released its 2020 ObamaCare rules: [17] --1990'sguy (talk) 15:53, 19 April 2019 (EDT)
The OPM will reportedly stop administering ObamaCare's multi-state insurance plans: [18] --1990'sguy (talk) 13:41, 29 April 2019 (EDT)
The Trump Administration seems to support keeping some small parts of ObamaCare despite the lawsuit: [19] --1990'sguy (talk) 09:00, 10 May 2019 (EDT)
Trump's health reimbursement arrangement order could potentially expand ObamaCare, in addition to leading toward a conservative revamping of the system: [20] --1990'sguy (talk) 00:00, 6 July 2019 (EDT)

I just removed this info:

I removed it because today, the Trump Administration re-instituted the insurance payments: [21][22][23][24][25] Also, its reasoning for originally suspending the payments was because of a court order, so doing so was more of a temporary administrative action rather than a real policy change. --1990'sguy (talk) 23:10, 24 July 2018 (EDT)

Wow -- a federal judge struck down ObamaCare as unconstitutional today: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 Hopefully, this ruling will be upheld by the higher courts. --1990'sguy (talk) 20:52, 14 December 2018 (EST)

The House voted to repeal the ObamaCare Cadillac Tax, which never went into effect: 1,2,3,4 --1990'sguy (talk) 19:43, 17 July 2019 (EDT)
The White House is considering releasing Trump's new healthcare plan in September: 1,2,3,4 --1990'sguy (talk) 20:41, 3 August 2019 (EDT)
Trump's CMS director states that an ObamaCare replacement plan is being worked on: [26] --1990'sguy (talk) 15:00, 15 August 2019 (EDT)

Subsidies

While I decided to add to this article the news that the Trump Administration will stop paying the ObamaCare subsidies, this will probably be in the news for quite some time as yet another legal battle over Trump's policies brews. I'll try to stay on top of this story. One interesting thing, possibly to add: after the announcement of the decision to stop paying, the stocks of the insurance companies and hospitals went down dramatically.[27][28] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:42, 17 October 2017 (EDT)

The White House is asking for big changes to an ObamaCare "stabilization" bill supported by Democrats and more liberal Republicans for Trump to sign it.[29] --1990'sguy (talk) 20:54, 18 October 2017 (EDT)
A federal judge ruled that the administration can withhold the subsidies, at least as the legal battle progresses.[30][31] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:10, 25 October 2017 (EDT)

Short-term healthcare plans

The Trump Administration is proposing a rule that will expand short-term health care plans: 1,2,3,4 This proposal does not appear to have been enacted yet, so I probably won't add it at right now, at least. --1990'sguy (talk) 22:42, 11 March 2018 (EDT)

The White House's press release of the positive effect's of Trump's healthcare policies: [32] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:16, 8 February 2019 (EST)

General healthcare news

The Trump Administration is reportedly planning on ending an Obama-era healthcare rule regarding transgender people, along with another rule ending preferential treatment for American Indians on Medicaid: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 23:54, 25 April 2018 (EDT)

More on the Trump Administration and American Indians: [33] --1990'sguy (talk) 10:44, 30 April 2018 (EDT)
Interesting articles on drug prices: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 22:30, 9 May 2018 (EDT)
Trump will apparently announce a plan to prevent foreign freeloading on drugs and Medicare in order to lower prices: [34] --1990'sguy (talk) 07:57, 11 May 2018 (EDT)
There may be a big announcement in the coming weeks on lower drug prices: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 15:16, 30 May 2018 (EDT)
The large pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced it would put its proposed price increases for now because of Trump's tweets criticizing it: 1,2,3,4,5 This is good, though we'll see what ultimately happens with all of this, partially considering that they only said they would pause the increase, not completely kill it. --1990'sguy (talk) 19:10, 11 July 2018 (EDT)
Interesting article on some planned and potential future actions the administration will/might take in the next few months: [35] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:01, 24 November 2018 (EST)
HHS Secretary Azar wants Congress to pass an even broader form of the rebate ban that the HHS is moving forward with: 1,2,3,4 --1990'sguy (talk) 21:42, 1 February 2019 (EST)
Trump will ask for "resources" to fight AIDS in the U.S.: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 10:40, 6 February 2019 (EST)
Ending a potential "death panel" might be something to look into: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 18:44, 18 February 2019 (EST)
The Trump Administration is considering publicizing the rates that hospitals/doctors negotiate with insurers: [36] --1990'sguy (talk) 07:37, 8 March 2019 (EST)
Somewhat interesting articles on the healthcare-related court battles the Trump Administration is involved in right now: 1,2 It's on the defensive on most of them. --1990'sguy (talk) 14:04, 31 March 2019 (EDT)
The Trump Administration is working with Florida on a drug import plan: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 22:21, 6 May 2019 (EDT)
Trump is working with Congress to end surprise medical bills, and he reaffirmed his support for Florida's drug import proposal: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 --1990'sguy (talk) 21:49, 9 May 2019 (EDT)
I don't think I added this in the first place, but the Trump Administration abanded a proposed rule to allow insurers to exclude drugs whose prices rise faster than inflation: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 19:08, 16 May 2019 (EDT)
The HHS sent a drug pricing rule to the White House: [37] --1990'sguy (talk) 11:32, 28 June 2019 (EDT)
The White House withdrew the drug rebate rule: 1,2,3,4,5,6 --1990'sguy (talk) 11:43, 11 July 2019 (EDT)
More articles related to drug prices, including how Nancy Pelosi supports a drug price plan similar to Trump: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 15:07, 11 October 2019 (EDT)

The FDA is warning states it might take action if they don't end vaccine exemptions -- not good news: [38] --1990'sguy (talk) 13:22, 20 February 2019 (EST)

The FDA approved a controversial anti-depression drug: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 08:29, 6 March 2019 (EST)
The Trump Administration apparently received a major donation of HIV prevention drugs to help end the STD: [39] --1990'sguy (talk) 00:23, 10 May 2019 (EDT)
HHS secretary Azar also spoke in favor of vaccines: [40] --1990'sguy (talk) 20:44, 14 June 2019 (EDT)

Trump will reportedly sign an executive order requiring the health care industry to release their prices: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 14:54, 24 May 2019 (EDT)

This article lists three healthcare regulations that the Trump Administration will soon release: [41] --1990'sguy (talk) 10:10, 12 June 2019 (EDT)
The prices executive order is expected to be signed on Monday, June 24: [42] --1990'sguy (talk) 21:43, 20 June 2019 (EDT)
Trump will begin a healthcare push in the coming days: [43] --1990'sguy (talk) 15:38, 21 June 2019 (EDT)
Trump stated the White House is writing an executive order on drug prices, to tie them to other nations' prices: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 --1990'sguy (talk) 16:33, 5 July 2019 (EDT)
A judge blocked one of Trump's orders on healthcare prices: 1,2,3,4,5 --1990'sguy (talk) 21:18, 8 July 2019 (EDT)
The consumer price index for prescription drugs has declined significantly since 2017, which seems like good news: 1,2 There aren't many sources on this though, and because of WaPo's paywall, I haven't read what the article actually says. --1990'sguy (talk) 20:53, 20 July 2019 (EDT)
Decent comments by Seema Verma on the "public option": 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 22:33, 22 July 2019 (EDT)
The White House is reportedly preparing an executive order to cut drug prices for Medicare: [44] --1990'sguy (talk) 13:52, 25 July 2019 (EDT)
Trump is planning a Medicare executive order, as the administration proposed importing drugs from Canada: [45] --1990'sguy (talk) 21:55, 31 July 2019 (EDT)
The Medicare order has been postponed (hopefully, not indefinitely) because of the recent shootings: [46] --1990'sguy (talk) 16:29, 5 August 2019 (EDT)
Trump is supposed to sign the order this coming Thursday: [47] --1990'sguy (talk) 19:05, 27 September 2019 (EDT)
The Trump Administration is allowing states to design wellness programs to be incorporated in insurance plans: [48] So far, I've only seen this article, and it focuses on criticism of the plan, so unless I find more/better sources, I probably won't add it. --1990'sguy (talk) 09:00, 2 October 2019 (EDT)

The Trump Administration is proposing a ban on flavored E-cigarettes: 1,2,3,4,5,6 --1990'sguy (talk) 20:50, 11 September 2019 (EDT)

Trump signed an autism bill into law: [49] --1990'sguy (talk) 21:22, 2 October 2019 (EDT)

Tom Price's legacy

HHS Secretary Tom Price advanced conservative policies during his time at the HHS. Interesting article: [50] --1990'sguy (talk) 11:21, 3 October 2017 (EDT)

HHS taking pro-life stance

The HHS's strategic plan draft recognizes that life begins at conception,[51][52][53][54] and it has several other changes that promote conservative ideals.[55] I probably won't add this to the article until this draft becomes official since this plan is only a draft. --1990'sguy (talk) 00:04, 13 October 2017 (EDT)

The HHS also was reported to have worked with Alliance Defending Freedom on its policy toward Planned Parenthood: [56] --1990'sguy (talk) 14:41, 12 February 2018 (EST)
Here are some more sources on the Title X family planning grants that don't seem good to use, but which are still interesting to read: [57][58] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:26, 4 March 2018 (EST)
Here's a somewhat interesting article on the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division of the HHS, which has somewhat to do with religious freedom: [59] --1990'sguy (talk) 17:13, 16 April 2018 (EDT)

CDC/HHS word bans

It's been reported that the HHS and CDC have banned the official use of terms frequently touted by the Left, even though the administration appears to have denied this.[60][61][62][63][64] Because there is contradictory information on whether a word ban actually exists, I won't add this to the article. It's still interesting to note, however. --1990'sguy (talk) 00:23, 19 December 2017 (EST)

HHS and homosexuality

This Politico article is clearly biased against the Trump Administration's policies, but it still is interesting to read. --1990'sguy (talk) 18:14, 19 February 2018 (EST)

Potential conservative nomination

President Trump may nominate Penny Young, a very conservative person, to be the U.S. foreign envoy for women's issues.[65] This would be very good if it happens, though it might be difficult getting the Senate to confirm her. --1990'sguy (talk) 22:38, 27 October 2017 (EDT)

She chose to withdraw from consideration.[66] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:36, 13 November 2017 (EST)

Bad/left-wing political appointments

President Trump reappointed Chai Feldblum, a far-left lesbian activist who was a huge help to Obama's left-wing social agenda, to be a commissioner in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She is probably Trump's most left-wing and worst appointment so far: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 As this is only a nomination so far, I won't add this to the article for now. Hopefully, the Trump Administration reconsiders or the Senate rejects her, but this does not look good, and I may have to add this. --1990'sguy (talk) 17:59, 5 January 2018 (EST)

Senator Mike Lee might be able to block her renomination: [67] --1990'sguy (talk) 21:55, 28 April 2018 (EDT)
Trump nominated homosexual activist R. Clarke Cooper to be Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs -- even though he's attacked social conservatives and Christians, and despite him being instrumental in the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": [68] --1990'sguy (talk) 21:17, 29 June 2018 (EDT)
Lee is blocking Feldblum: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 00:48, 21 December 2018 (EST)
Awesome -- Feldblum's term has expired (she no longer holds office) because of Lee's block: [69] --1990'sguy (talk) 15:36, 8 January 2019 (EST)
Trump's potential Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation nominee is worrisome for his apparent support for death panels: [70] --1990'sguy (talk) 21:22, 11 October 2019 (EDT)

Trump might nominate Bart Schwartz, an ally of left-wing NY governor Andrew Cuomo, to investigate housing corruption in the state -- not good if this nomination happens: [71] --1990'sguy (talk) 08:44, 8 February 2019 (EST)

Conservative appointments/personnel

Teresa Manning, a strong pro-life HHS official, was fired today, apparently for bad performance: 1,2 Hopefully, this does not imply a shift against social conservatives in the HHS. --1990'sguy (talk) 23:01, 12 January 2018 (EST)

Leftists are trying to get the HHS to fire Scott Lloyd, a pro-life social conservative,[72] because he is doing all he can do to prevent illegal immigrants from aborting their babies: 1,2 He seems to have the support of HHS Secretary Azar: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 21:24, 18 March 2018 (EDT)
Two conservative, pro-life HHS officials were recently fired (or resigned): [73] --1990'sguy (talk) 17:24, 22 April 2018 (EDT)
Here's an interesting article on Roger Severino, a very conservative appointee who I already added to the article: [74] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:25, 29 April 2018 (EDT)
More articles on Scott Lloyd -- though they clearly aren't friendly toward him, they are interesting to read: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 00:17, 23 June 2018 (EDT)
Lloyd has been moved to another position in the HHS: 1,2,3 It seems less "powerful" than his original position, but at least he's still in the administration. --1990'sguy (talk) 17:09, 19 November 2018 (EST)
Valerie Huber, a strong conservative on issues related to abortion, sex education, and other similar matters, has been moved to the HHS's global affairs office, which seems like a good thing -- but absent strong sourcing, I won't add it to the article: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 00:40, 20 January 2019 (EST)
Lloyd will leave the administration on June 7: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 12:17, 29 May 2019 (EDT)
This apparently is a video counterpart to an article I added to this page, so I'm adding it here as a "parking spot": [75] --1990'sguy (talk) 15:19, 30 May 2019 (EDT)

Fortunately, the HHS only chose to reassign a pro-Trump official, rather than fire her, due to some "controversial" comments she made in 2016: [76] --1990'sguy (talk) 12:33, 2 May 2018 (EDT)

However, the HHS just fired two people because of controversial political comments they made: [77] --1990'sguy (talk) 19:30, 13 July 2018 (EDT)
Another conservative was fired: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 07:04, 28 July 2018 (EDT)

More on Scott Gottlieb's resignation and his tenure at the FDA: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 --1990'sguy (talk) 14:09, 6 March 2019 (EST)

G7 Health statement

The Trump Administration pushed back against the far-left language in the G7 Health statement,[78] and it appears to have received some concessions, such as removing language to abortion and softening the climate change language.[79][80][81][82] However, I don't want to add this as an achievement because so much of the left-wing content remained, including language about "diversity-sensitive sexuality education" and implementing the "UN Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health," which endorses abortion.[83] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:32, 28 November 2017 (EST)

I guess it's progress, but I probably wouldn't list it as an achievement. He's making progress and that's good, but he hasn't achieved a full revamp yet. --David B (TALK) 23:37, 11 February 2018 (EST)

More international-related issues

The State Department may ban the use of certain liberal euphemisms in official documents: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 23:30, 31 October 2018 (EDT)

Possible addition: expanding broadband

It might be a good idea to add this executive order that President Trump signed on January 8 to help expand broadband internet to rural Americans: [84][85][86][87][88] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:59, 22 January 2018 (EST)

I have mixed feelings about this. It sounds nice, but it is another case of the government intervening in things which the private sector could do. However, I also recognize that as with telephone lines, some services are hard to get in remote areas. This tends to result in people favoring service areas, when over time means that the population clumps up into cities. Those who do not live in cites, can just be stuck with what they have. I would need to read the bill fully to better understand it though. I'm sure that Trump knows what he is doing. --David B (TALK) 23:35, 11 February 2018 (EST)

"National family caregiving strategy"

Trump recently signed H.R. 3759 into law, which creates a "Family Caregiving Advisory Council and establishes and maintains a national family caregiving strategy." Hopefully, this is not some stealth government intrusion into matters that should remain exclusively in control of parents. --1990'sguy (talk) 17:22, 23 January 2018 (EST)

I also am confused as to whether this is good or not. It sounds nice, I'm having a hard time understanding what this council actually does. One thing worth noting though is that it terminates after three years. It seems to sound like this is promoting in-home family provided care for individuals, presumably for the elderly in particular. If I am reading this correctly, then it is a good thing, since the government currently favors nursing homes over in-home care. I might be confused, though. [89] --David B (TALK) 23:30, 11 February 2018 (EST)
It sets up a committee that is supposed to do two things. First, provide resources/information for families and caregivers of elderly people who want to remain in their homes, and, second, prepare a report with policy suggestions that the federal, state, and local governments could do to make it easier to provide homecare and for the caretakers of elderly people.--Whizkid (talk) 08:30, 12 February 2018 (EST)
Okay, that makes sense and sounds beneficial then! --David B (TALK) 09:39, 12 February 2018 (EST)
I think it will be. We just hadon't to put my grandmother in a nursing home because of dementia, but we had been taking care of her before that, and getting information on things like getting home health aides. If something like this council had existed, it would have saved my mom a lot of time and stress. Let's hope this can help other people in these situations.--Whizkid (talk) 10:19, 12 February 2018 (EST)

HUD housing initiative

The Department of Housing and Urban Development apparently has a new program to help people living in government housing move out and buy/rent their own homes: [90] This seems like a good program, but I was only able to find this one source about it, and I don't know if this program is already implemented or still a proposal. --1990'sguy (talk) 15:29, 9 February 2018 (EST)

It "is committed to reforming government services and expanding opportunities for more Americans to become self-sufficient." There are a thousand ways they could do this wrong, but it sounds great. It might be worth listing...not sure. Tangible, statistical results from this would be even better. --David B (TALK) 02:39, 12 February 2018 (EST)
It is a pilot program that HUD is rolling out in ten cities across the country. If it succeeds, it'll go national.--Whizkid (talk) 08:30, 12 February 2018 (EST)

More HUD news

HUD implemented a smoking ban on all its public housing facilities, something which appears to have been first enacted during the Obama Administration: [91][92] This may not be significant enough to include, but fortunately, it's expected to save a lot of money in maintenance. --1990'sguy (talk) 21:10, 31 July 2018 (EDT)

"Diversity"

This may not be significant enough to add, but Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke apparently doesn't care about advancing enforced racial diversity in the Interior Department, and instead supporting having competent staff, something which is a positive: [93] --1990'sguy (talk) 10:54, 29 March 2018 (EDT)

Affirmative Action

The DOJ is supporting Asian-Americans who are claiming that Harvard is discriminating against them: [94][95][96][97] --1990'sguy (talk) 10:59, 30 August 2018 (EDT)

Welfare/Medicaid

The CMS was about to reject Kansas's request to institute lifetime limits on taking Medicaid, but it has apparently backtracked since there is no consensus in the administration: [98] Hopefully, the CMS will ultimately accept Kansas's request. --1990'sguy (talk) 18:50, 1 May 2018 (EDT)

In Fiscal Year 2017, the USDA spent over $4 billion in improper SNAP payments: [99] This is obviously bad news, but since the whole program (including and especially the waste) is a continuation of the policies of previous administrations, and the fact that improper spending data was released for the first time in three years, it's not significant enough to add to the article. --1990'sguy (talk) 21:44, 1 July 2018 (EDT)
More news about the Trump Administration and Kentucky's Medicaid work requirements: [100] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:08, 18 July 2018 (EDT)
The CMS allowed Maine and Michigan to impose work requirements for Medicaid: [101] --1990'sguy (talk) 11:48, 22 December 2018 (EST)
The Trump Administration rejected Utah's request for a partial Medicaid expansion, which seems like a good (though not significant) decision considering that its reasoning is that ObamaCare is unconstitutional: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 23:58, 27 July 2019 (EDT)

The USDA approved a waiver for California, exempting 95% of its counties from work requirements: [102] --1990'sguy (talk) 19:38, 19 August 2018 (EDT)

The Senate did not include Trump's work requirements for SNAP food stamps in the spending bill it passed, and it decided to vote in favor of legalizing hemp: [103] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:05, 11 December 2018 (EST)

The government shutdown will close 95% of the USDA office overseeing food stamps, though food stamp recipients will continue receiving them for the month of January: [104] --1990'sguy (talk) 16:18, 26 December 2018 (EST)
Some extra and potentially useful sources on the USDA action today on food stamps: 1,2,3,4,5,6 --1990'sguy (talk) 23:14, 23 July 2019 (EDT)
Hopefully, the USDA will act to stop people from collecting food stamps from two or more states at once: [105] --1990'sguy (talk) 20:36, 16 October 2019 (EDT)
USDA's analysis on a Trump Administration food stamp rule (a good rule, despite the AP's article on it): [106] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:06, 16 October 2019 (EDT)

The Trump Administration may give Medicaid block grants to states, meaning they get less money but have more options with what to do with it -- a longtime priority for conservatives: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 21:57, 11 January 2019 (EST)

Trump and "LGBTQ+++" issues

This is a very biased, but interesting article on Trump's actions on homosexual issues so far: [107] I have to say, the article's ridiculous because it says Trump has been extremely anti-LGBT, but the Trump Administration hasn't done anything to undo the several Supreme Court decisions on homosexuality. --1990'sguy (talk) 22:25, 26 June 2018 (EDT)

The Trump Administration has reportedly begun denying visas to unmarried homosexual partners of foreign diplomats and employees: [108] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:36, 1 October 2018 (EDT)
The Trump Administration will begin a campaign to decriminalize homosexuality worldwide: 1,2,3,4,5 We'll see what happens with this, though it's something to be concerned about, at least to an extent. If I see conservative sources criticizing this, then I'll likely add it as a failure. --1990'sguy (talk) 17:11, 19 February 2019 (EST)
HUD apparently removed an LGBT nondiscrimination guidance in 2017: 1,2 This is good, but I haven't found any good sources on it when the decision was made, and it doesn't seem very significant anyway, so (unless I find good sources) I won't add it. --1990'sguy (talk) 09:05, 4 April 2019 (EDT)
The Trump Administration might make it easier for adoption agencies to not serve same-sex couples by repealing an Obama-era regulation -- this is expected to happen in July: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 14:52, 24 May 2019 (EDT)
Some extra sources (published by liberals) on Trump's "Gay Pride Month" commemoration: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 16:05, 1 June 2019 (EDT)
Fortunately, the Trump Administration is arguing before the SCOTUS that sex discrimination under the law doesn't include gender identity: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 23:15, 19 August 2019 (EDT)
The Trump Administration is opposing the pro-homosexual "Equality Act": [109] --1990'sguy (talk) 21:40, 28 August 2019 (EDT)
AG Bill Barr criticized LGBT curriculums that don't have religious opt-outs,[110] and unrelated to that, he stated that drug overdoses can be traced to secularism and moral relativism: [111] --1990'sguy (talk) 20:37, 11 October 2019 (EDT)

Transgender issues

The Trump Administration may define gender by one's biological sex: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Hopefully, this will actually happen. --1990'sguy (talk) 13:32, 22 October 2018 (EDT)

Trump's statement on this: [112] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:34, 22 October 2018 (EDT)
More on this: 1,2,3,4,5 --1990'sguy (talk) 23:38, 22 October 2018 (EDT)
Betsy DeVos doesn't appear to support this: [113] --1990'sguy (talk) 11:39, 25 October 2018 (EDT)
The DOJ filed a brief on transgender issues, arguing that it is not a protected class under U.S. law: [114] --1990'sguy (talk) 11:36, 25 October 2018 (EDT)
The HHS will reportedly release a rule rolling back transgender protections soon: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 18:58, 23 April 2019 (EDT)
Ben Carson made some decent (but politically incorrect) statements regarding transgender people, which were not interpreted well by some career government employees: 1,2,3,4,5,6 --1990'sguy (talk) 23:06, 19 September 2019 (EDT)
Also, the media's not happy that Education Secretary DeVos visited a Roman Catholic school that supports traditional values: [115] --1990'sguy (talk) 20:39, 20 September 2019 (EDT)
These comments are not directly/necessarily on transgender issues, but Carson made some good comments speaking out against political correctness and on separation of church and state: 1,2,3,4 --1990'sguy (talk) 22:29, 22 October 2019 (EDT)
Another ridiculous use of taxpayer dollars to fund homosexual/transgender-related "research": [116] --1990'sguy (talk) 21:12, 31 October 2019 (EDT)

Poverty

According to a White House report, the U.S. has won the War on Poverty, something which goes against a recent UN report that stated that poverty was a terrible problem that required explicitly socialist policies, such as more taxes and universal healthcare, to fix: [117][118] --1990'sguy (talk) 19:50, 12 July 2018 (EDT)

Food-related issues

The FDA may require soy and almond milk producers to find a different name for their products: [119][120] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:08, 18 July 2018 (EDT)

Slightly interesting article on challenges to the Trump Administration school lunches policy: [121] --1990'sguy (talk) 16:17, 30 May 2019 (EDT)

Religious freedom

Here are some more potential sources on the State Department religious freedom meeting: 1,2,3,4,5,6 --1990'sguy (talk) 22:45, 25 July 2018 (EDT)

Interesting article about speculation on the DOJ possibly investigating the SPLC: [122] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:33, 31 July 2018 (EDT)
Brownback spoke at a religious freedom event privately organized by a conservative organization: [123] Interesting, though I don't see a place for it, since comments by Brownback don't take up a large part of the article. --1990'sguy (talk) 23:08, 11 December 2018 (EST)
Not much of a surprise, but a federal judge struck down Trump's rule to acknowledge religious freedom on the ObamaCare contraceptive mandate: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 14:48, 15 January 2019 (EST)
Brownback criticized China for its religious persecution: 1,2,3,4 --1990'sguy (talk) 14:25, 11 March 2019 (EDT)
More great statements: [124] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:01, 25 March 2019 (EDT)
The DOJ filed a statement of interest in favor of a Christian church trying to convert a gentlemen's club into a church building: [125] --1990'sguy (talk) 21:17, 31 March 2019 (EDT)
Some good statements by Pompeo on religious freedom in China: [126] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:45, 10 April 2019 (EDT)
Several cities and states are trying to overturn the Trump Administration's religious freedom protections: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 01:24, 24 May 2019 (EDT)
The Trump Administration is delaying its conscience protection rules because of a lawsuit: 1,2,3,4,5,6 --1990'sguy (talk) 14:28, 29 June 2019 (EDT)
Trump will soon hold an international religious freedom conference: [127] --1990'sguy (talk) 14:30, 14 July 2019 (EDT)
Somewhat interesting article related to a recent pro-religious liberty Labor Department action and Trump's broader agenda in this area: [128] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:54, 14 August 2019 (EDT)
The administration is accusing a hospital of forcing a nurse to help perform an abortion against her will: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 --1990'sguy (talk) 20:29, 28 August 2019 (EDT)
The State Department is condemning Russia for its jailing of Jehovah's Witnesses: [129] --1990'sguy (talk) 20:57, 21 September 2019 (EDT)
An update on the hospital the Trump Administration accuses of violating an employee's religious conscience: [130] --1990'sguy (talk) 21:27, 27 September 2019 (EDT)
The U.S. noted China's harsh trial and sentencing of a pastor in the country: [131] --1990'sguy (talk) 19:50, 1 January 2020 (EST)

Some MSM articles on support for Trump from evangelical Christians: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 23:07, 11 October 2019 (EDT)

Liberals are criticizing the blessing of the Bible used to swear in commanders of the new U.S. Space Force: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 20:35, 13 January 2020 (EST)
The Trump campaign is beginning to reach out to conservative Catholic voters: [132] --1990'sguy (talk) 12:19, 14 January 2020 (EST)

Potential failure?

The Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act passed the House a few days ago and was attached to the spending bill that currently has not passed because of the wall funding dispute -- that bill is concerning with regards to its impact on religious freedom: 1,2,3 It looks like it will pass, though I can't add it unless/until it's signed into law. --1990'sguy (talk) 23:07, 25 December 2018 (EST)

Speeches and other statements

I read some sources stating that Mike Pence is the first sitting vice president to speak at the Value Voters summit, and that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was defying norms by speaking at the event. However, coverage of this was very small compared to general coverage of their speeches, so I'm inclined not to include them (though it's obviously a good thing that they attended). Here are some sources: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 --1990'sguy (talk) 21:44, 22 September 2018 (EDT)

Trump will speak at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference on June 26: [133] --1990'sguy (talk) 12:33, 19 June 2019 (EDT)
Some good statements by VP Pence: [134] --1990'sguy (talk) 21:42, 29 August 2019 (EDT)
Some good statements by Education Secretary DeVos speaking highly of the role of churches in helping prisoners: [135] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:42, 30 September 2019 (EDT)
Trump will speak today at the Value Voters Summit: [136] --1990'sguy (talk) 11:00, 12 October 2019 (EDT)
Pompeo recently spoke at the American Association of Christian Counselors: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 22:52, 18 October 2019 (EDT)
Some good statements by Trump at a campaign event for evangelical Christians on January 3: 1,2,3,4 --1990'sguy (talk) 18:58, 4 January 2020 (EST)

Christmas Eve off

Trump signed an order making Christmas Eve a no-work day for most federal workers -- this is good, but the articles made clear that this is nothing new, and it's practical, since Christmas Day is on a Tuesday, so it's likely not significant enough to add: 1,2,3,4,5,6 --1990'sguy (talk) 16:07, 20 December 2018 (EST)

Civil Rights

The DOJ is considering undoing "civil rights regulations" (whatever those mean): [137] --1990'sguy (talk) 13:59, 3 January 2019 (EST)

Indian reservations

Interesting compromise on whether Native Americans on reservations in AZ will have to work for Medicaid: [138] --1990'sguy (talk) 00:27, 20 January 2019 (EST)

Issues related to women

The Trump Administration will apparently release a "women peace and security strategy," based on a 2017 act of Congress: [139] --1990'sguy (talk) 13:34, 11 June 2019 (EDT)

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