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Donald Trump achievements: Religious liberty and LGBT

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:''Main article: [[Donald Trump achievements]]''
This article is a non-exhaustive list of achievements by [[President of the United States of America|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]], [[Trump Administration|his administration]], and [[United States Congress|Congress]] related to [[religious liberty]], gender issues, and other social issues.

For achievements related to abortion, see [[Donald Trump achievements: Abortion]]. For social policy achievements related to the military, see [[Donald Trump achievements: Military, national security, and anti-terrorism]]. For social policy related to opioids, mainly an enforcement issue, see [[Donald Trump achievements: Criminal justice, law enforcement, and other DOJ matters]].

==2017==
The Trump Administration advanced and enacted numerous social conservative policies in 2017.<ref name="RRgains">Easley, Jonathan (October 10, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354629-religious-right-notches-gains-under-trump Religious right notches gains under Trump]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 10, 2017.</ref><ref>Multiple references:
*Jalsevac, Steve (October 16, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/still-need-convincing-here-are-18-more-reasons-why-it-is-crucial-to-supportUPDATED: 68 more reasons to be grateful for President Trump]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
*Smith, Samuel (December 15, 2017). [https://www.christianpost.com/news/7-trump-accomplishments-evangelicals-like-210289/ 7 Trump Accomplishments That Evangelicals Like]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
*Groppe, Maureen (January 19, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/19/first-year-trump-pence-brings-bountiful-blessings-religious-conservatives-say/1044308001/ First year of Trump-Pence brings bountiful blessings, religious conservatives say]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
*[http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2017/december/17-reasons-why-american-christians-celebrated-in-2017 17 Reasons Why American Christians Celebrated in 2017]. ''CBN News''. December 31, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
*[http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/january/brody-file-trump-gets-a-on-evangelical-report-card-in-his-first-year Brody File: Trump Gets A+ on 'Evangelical Report Card' for His First Year]. ''CBN News''. January 20, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.</ref> Due to his achievements in advancing conservative social policies, President Trump was described as "taking back America's culture" by the [[conservative media]].<ref>Berry, Susan (July 30, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/30/seven-ways-trump-taking-back-americas-culture/ Seven Ways Trump Is Taking Back America’s Culture]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 30, 2017.</ref> [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services]] [[Tom Price]], who resigned in late September 2017, used his tenure as secretary to advance numerous conservative policies.<ref>Demko, Paul; Pittman, David; Ehley, Brianna (October 3, 2017). [https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/03/tom-price-influence-health-human-services-243403 Why Price’s conservative imprint on HHS is likely to endure]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 3, 2017.</ref> President Trump played a large role in the [[Culture War]].<ref>Easley, Jonathan (October 15, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355399-trump-ramps-up-the-culture-war Trump ramps up the culture war]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 15, 2017.</ref>

===Legislation, 2017===
*December 22, 2017—As part of a $1.5 trillion tax cut bill President Trump signed, the [[ObamaCare]] individual mandate was also repealed.<ref>Multiple references:
*Meyer, Ali (December 22, 2017). [https://freebeacon.com/issues/president-trump-signs-tax-cuts-jobs-law-signaling-promise-kept-american-people/ President Trump Signs Tax Cuts and Jobs Into Law, Signaling Promise Kept to the American People]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
*Heavey, Susan; Lambert, Lisa (December 22, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax/trump-signs-tax-government-spending-bills-into-law-idUSKBN1EG1T1 Trump signs tax, government spending bills into law]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved December 29, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
*Sahadi, Jeanne (December 22, 2017). [https://money.cnn.com/2017/12/15/news/economy/gop-tax-plan-details/index.html What's in the GOP's final tax plan]. ''CNN''. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
*Singman, Brooke (December 21, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/21/tax-bill-strikes-major-blow-to-obamacare-will-it-survive.html Tax bill strikes major blow to ObamaCare: Will it survive?]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
See also:
*Nolte, John (December 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/02/nolte-obamacare-mandate-repeal-important-civil-rights-victory-years/ Nolte: Obamacare Mandate Repeal Is the Most Important Civil Rights Victory in Years]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
*Kirby, Brendan (December 28, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obamacare-mandate-says-goodbye-in-2019-as-health-law-faces-new-threat ObamaCare mandate says goodbye in 2019, as health law faces new threat]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 28, 2018.</ref>

===Executive actions, 2017===
The Trump Administration took numerous actions related to healthcare and welfare:
*January 20, 2017—On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order that would lessen [[Obamacare]]'s burden while Republicans work to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.<ref>Fabian, Jordan (January 20, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315414-trump-signs-obamacare-executive-order Trump signs ObamaCare executive order]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.</ref><ref>Chamberlain, Samuel (January 20, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/20/trump-orders-regulatory-freeze-directs-agencies-to-ease-burden-obamacare.html In first executive order, Trump tells agencies to ease ObamaCare burden]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.</ref>
*August 30, 2017—The Department of Health and Human Services rescinded an Obama-era directive that had allowed states to request a waiver to ignore [[work requirements]] for the poor in order to receive welfare.<ref>Multiple references:
*Spiering, Charlie (August 30, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/30/donald-trump-ends-obama-effort-to-waive-work-requirements-for-welfare/ Donald Trump Ends Obama Effort to Waive Work Requirements for Welfare]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
*Dinan, Stephen (August 30, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/30/trump-moves-restore-work-requirement-welfare/ Trump moves to restore work requirement for welfare]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
*Freddoso, David (August 30, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-reverses-obama-closes-potential-loopholes-in-work-requirements-for-welfare/article/2632986 Trump reverses Obama, closes potential loopholes in work requirements for welfare]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
*[http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article170300832.html Trump administration reverses little-used welfare waivers]. ''Miami Herald'' (from the ''Associated Press''). August 30, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2017.</ref>
*August 31, 2017—The HHS announced that it would cut ObamaCare outreach funding by 90%.<ref>Multiple references:
*Armour, Stephanie; Wilde Mathews, Anna (August 31, 2017). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/administration-cutting-ads-and-grants-aimed-at-boosting-affordable-care-act-signups-1504211418 Administration Cutting Ads and Grants Aimed at Boosting Affordable Care Act Sign-Ups]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
*Spiering, Charlie (August 31, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2017/08/31/donald-trump-slashes-obamacare-outreach-funding-by-90-percent/ Donald Trump Slashes Obamacare Outreach Funding by 90 Percent]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
*King, Robert (August 31, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-cuts-obamacare-ad-budget-by-90-percent Trump cuts Obamacare ad budget by 90 percent]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-idUSKCN1BB30Y Advertising budget for Obamacare to be cut 90 percent: U.S. health agency]. ''Reuters''. August 31, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
*[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-cuts-funds-for-obamacare-ads-by-90-percent/ Trump HHS cuts funds for Obamacare ads by 90 percent]. ''CBS News''. August 31, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2018.</ref>
*October 12, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order to increase market competition and make the healthcare market freer, such as by expanding access to plans that reach across state lines and which do not have to comply with ObamaCare rules.<ref>Multiple references:
*Spiering, Charlie (October 12, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/12/beginning-trump-signs-executive-order-loosen-obamacare-grip/ ‘Only the Beginning’: Trump Signs Executive Order to Loosen Obamacare Grip]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
*Boyer, Dave (October 12, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/12/trump-executive-order-expand-health-care-options/ Trump’s executive order for health care alternatives prods Congress to pass Obamacare repeal]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
*Bredemeier, Ken (October 12, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-health-care-law-changes/4067429.html Trump Orders Health Care Law Changes]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
*[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/12/trump-clears-way-for-obamacare-alternatives-in-new-executive-order-goes-around-stalled-congress.html Trump clears way for ObamaCare 'alternatives' in new executive order, goes around stalled Congress]. ''Fox News''. October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
See also:
*Moran, Sean (November 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/02/winning-land-o-lakes-offers-health-plans-nearly-50-cheaper-than-obamacare/ Winning: Land O’ Lakes Offers Health Plans Nearly 50% Cheaper than Obamacare]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 2, 2018.</ref> The Labor Department finalized the rule resulting from this order in June 2018,<ref name="Association2018"/> and on August 1, 2018, the HHS released a rule resulting from the order to give Americans greater access to short-term non-Obamacare plans.<ref name="ShortTerm2018"/> On October 22, 2018, the Trump Administration released the third rule resulting from the order.<ref name="HRAsHealthcare"/>
*October 12, 2017—The Trump Administration announced it would stop paying Obamacare subsidies, which a federal court ruled during the Obama Administration to be unconstitutional.<ref>Multiple references:
*Moran, Sean (October 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/13/president-trump-suspends-obamacare-subsidies/ President Trump Suspends Obamacare Subsidies]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
*[https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-to-stop-paying-cost-sharing-subsidies/4068691.html Trump Plans to Stop Paying Health Insurance Subsidies]. ''Voice of America'' (from the ''Associated Press''). October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
*[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/13/trump-to-halt-obamacare-subsidies-legal-fight-likely.html Trump to halt 'massive' ObamaCare subsidies, legal fight likely]. ''Fox News''. October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
*Dinan, Stephen (October 12, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/12/white-house-end-obamacare-subsidies-health-insuran/ Trump declares Obamacare payments illegal; deals second blow to health law]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
*[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/13/trumps-obamacare-subsidy-cutoff-triggers-political-war.html Trump's ObamaCare subsidy cutoff triggers political war]. ''Fox News''. October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-trump/white-house-says-it-cant-lawfully-pay-obamacare-subsidies-idUSKBN1CH24C White House says it can't lawfully pay Obamacare subsidies]. ''Reuters''. October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.</ref>
*In addition to creating initiatives to reduce [[food stamp]] usage,<ref name="7Reasons2017"/> the Trump Administration cracked down on food stamp fraud.<ref>Rodriquez, Katherine (December 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/25/the-seven-biggest-takedowns-of-food-stamp-fraud-in-2017/ The Seven Biggest Takedowns of Food Stamp Fraud in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 25, 2017.</ref>

The Trump Administration took numerous actions related to religious liberty:
*May 4, 2017—On the annual [[National Day of Prayer]],<ref>[https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-05-09/pdf/2017-09570.pdf Proclamation 9605 of May 4, 2017 -- National Day of Prayer, 2017]. ''Federal Register''. May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017.</ref> President Trump signed an executive order on religious liberty. Among its provisions, it loosened IRS restrictions against political activities by tax-exempt religious organizations, effectively weakening the [[Johnson Amendment]]; and it attempted to make it easier for employers not to provide contraceptives if they had religious objections.<ref>Multiple references:
* Jackson, David; Groppe, Maureen (May 4, 2017). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/04/donald-trump-religious-liberty-johnson-amendment/101277724/ Trump executive order targets birth control, church involvement in politics]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
* Boyer, Dave (May 4, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/4/donald-trump-signs-religious-freedom-order-give-ch/ Trump gives churches ‘their voices back’ with approval to take part in partisan politics]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
* [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/04/trump-marks-national-day-prayer-signs-executive-order-on-religious-freedom.html Trump marks National Day of Prayer, signs executive order on religious freedom]. ''Fox News''. May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.</ref> The order gave conservative Attorney General Jeff Sessions greater authority regarding religious liberty policy.<ref>Mason, Ian (May 4, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/04/trumps-religious-liberty-order-gives-sessions-major-leeway/ Trump’s Religious Liberty Order Gives Sessions Major Leeway]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 5, 2017.</ref> Although well received by some Christians and conservatives,<ref>Starnes, Todd (May 4, 2017). [https://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2017/05/04/trump-we-will-not-allow-people-of-faith-to-be-bullied-n2322358 Trump: ‘We Will Not Allow People of Faith to be Bullied’]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved May 4, 2017.</ref> others criticized it for being ineffective and easy to repeal.<ref>Multiple references:
* French, David (May 4, 2017). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447338/trump-religious-liberty-executive-order-failure Trump’s Executive Order on Religious Liberty Is Worse Than Useless]. ''National Review''. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
* Harsanyi, David (May 4, 2017). [https://thefederalist.com/2017/05/04/trumps-executive-order-on-religious-liberty-is-a-big-disappointment/ Trump’s Executive Order On Religious Liberty Is A Big Disappointment]. ''The Federalist''. Retrieved May 4, 2017.</ref> According to the [[Family Research Council]] nearly one year later, the order helped faith-based groups give healthcare coverage to 13.7 million Americans, among other positive effects.<ref name="FRC2018Report"/>
*October 6, 2017—The Department of Health and Human Services rolled back the ObamaCare contraceptive mandate which required employers to provide birth control and sterilization procedures to employees even if the employers disagreed with the services for religious and moral reasons.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-administration-rolls-back-obamacare-birth-control-mandate-/4059657.html Trump Administration Rolls Back Obamacare Birth Control Mandate]. ''Voice of America''. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
*Howell Jr., Tom (October 6, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/6/trump-rolls-back-obama-era-contraception-mandate/ Trump rolls back Obama-era contraception mandate]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
*Berry, Susan (October 6, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/06/trump-administration-rescinds-obamacares-hhs-contraceptive-mandate/ Trump Administration Rescinds Obamacare’s HHS Contraceptive Mandate]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
*Singman, Brooke (October 6, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/06/trump-administration-rolls-back-obamacare-contraceptive-mandate.html Trump administration rolls back ObamaCare contraceptive mandate]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
*Lynch, Sarah N.; Humer, Caroline (October 6, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-religion/trump-undermines-u-s-birth-control-coverage-requirement-idUSKBN1CB1XZ Trump undermines U.S. birth control coverage requirement]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
*Lehman, Charles Fain (October 6, 2017). [https://freebeacon.com/issues/admin-announces-relief-contraceptive-mandate-religious-objectors/ Trump Admin Announces Relief From Contraceptive Mandate for Religious Objectors]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved October 6, 2017.</ref><ref name="DOJ&HHSliberty">Multiple references:
*Klukowski, Ken (October 6, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/06/trump-doj-hhs-issue-major-religious-liberty-and-pro-life-protections/ Trump DOJ and HHS Issue Major Religious Liberty, Pro-Life Protections]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
*Crary, David; Alonso-Zaldivar, Ricardo (October 7, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/07/citing-religious-freedom-trump-backing-off-obama-era-rules.html Citing religious freedom, Trump backing off Obama-era rules]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved October 7, 2017.</ref> The Trump Administration finalized the rules on November 7, 2018.<ref name="Mandate2018"/>
*October 6, 2017—The Department of Justice issued several memos directing how federal agencies should interpret religious freedom, directing the DOJ to vet proposed regulations for any potential impact on religious freedom, and ordering the IRS not to enforce the [[Johnson Amendment]].<ref name="DOJ&HHSliberty"/><ref>Multiple references:
*Noble, Andrea (October 6, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/6/doj-lays-out-guidelines-religious-liberties/ DOJ lays out Trump admin’s guidelines for religious liberties protections]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
*Reid, John Wesley (October 6, 2017). [http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/2017/october/justice-department-announces-strong-defense-for-religious-freedom Justice Department Announces Strong Defense For Religious Freedom]. ''CBN News''. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
*Zoll, Rachel; Tucker, Eric; Gurman, Sadie (October 6, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/06/trump-religious-objection-order-upends-lgbt-protections.html AG directive protects religious objectors to LGBT rights]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved October 7, 2017.
*Johnson, Kevin (October 6, 2017). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/06/jeff-sessions-religious-freedom-directive-could-threaten-lgbt-workplace-protections/739704001/ AG Jeff Sessions issues broad guidelines to protect religious objections to public policy]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
*Strohm, Chris; John, Arit (October 6, 2017). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-06/u-s-issues-religious-freedom-memo-giving-leeway-in-who-to-hire U.S. Issues Religious Freedom Memo Giving Leeway in Hiring]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
*Wheeler, Lydia (October 6, 2017). [https://thehill.com/regulation/administration/354263-sessions-issues-religious-liberty-guidance-to-federal-agencies Sessions issues religious liberty guidance to agencies]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
*Gerstein, Josh (October 6, 2017). [https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/06/sessions-calls-for-broad-religious-freedom-protections-243536 Sessions outlines broad exemptions for religious freedom]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
See also:
*Brody, David (October 12, 2017). [http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2017/october/restoring-respect-for-religious-liberty-ag-jeff-sessions-puts-teeth-to-trumps-order Restoring Respect for Religious Liberty, AG Jeff Sessions Puts Teeth to Trump's Order]. ''CBN News''. Retrieved May 10, 2018.</ref>
*November 6, 2017—The Department of Agriculture issued a guidance protecting religious liberty and ensuring that Christians who opposed homosexual "marriage" would not be discriminated against for their beliefs.<ref>Multiple references:
*Berry, Susan (November 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/07/department-agriculture-religious-freedom-policy-resolves-case-christian-meat-packer/ Department of Agriculture Religious Freedom Policy Resolves Case of Christian Meat Packer]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
*Hodges, Mark (November 13, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/usda-issues-guidelines-allowing-for-freedom-in-the-workplace-to-express-rel Gov’t agency reverses Obama guidelines, allows pro-marriage speech at work]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
*Smith, Samuel (November 7, 2017). [https://www.christianpost.com/news/usda-vows-to-protect-christians-views-gay-marriage-business-owner-threatened-obama-205744/ USDA Vows to Protect Christians' Views on Marriage After Business Owner Threatened Under Obama]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
*[http://www.wnd.com/2017/11/battle-over-censoring-bible-has-clear-winner/ Battle over censoring Bible has clear winner]. ''WND''. November 6, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
In May 2017, Secretary [[Sonny Perdue]] stated the Department of Agriculture was committed to religious freedom:
*Berry, Susan (May 12, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/12/agriculture-secretary-sonny-perdue-commits-religious-freedom/ Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Commits to Religious Freedom]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 7, 2017.</ref>

The Trump Administration took numerous actions related to homosexual, transgender, and other sex-related matters:
*January 20, 2017—While a symbolic move, the newly-sworn-in Trump Administration quickly removed the Obama Administration's web pages on LGBTQ issues, among some other left-wing causes.<ref>Multiple references:
*Bourne, Lisa (January 25, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lgbtq-pages-vanish-from-white-house-website-with-new-administration-in-cont LGBTQ pages vanish from White House website as Trump takes control]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
*Patton, Julie Brown (January 26, 2017). [http://www.gospelherald.com/articles/69400/20170122/trump-administration-purges-lgbtq-rights-health-care-climate-change-white-house-web-pages.htm Trump Administration Purges LGBTQ Rights, Health Care, Climate Change White House Web Pages]. ''The Gospel Herald Society''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
*Wheeler, Lydia (January 20, 2017). [https://thehill.com/policy/technology/315379-lgbt-rights-page-gone-from-white-house-website LGBT rights page gone from White House website]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
*O'Hara, Mary Emily (January 24, 2017). [https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-administration-removes-lgbtq-content-federal-websites-n711416 Trump Administration Removes LGBTQ Content From Federal Websites]. ''NBC News''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
See also:
*Rosiak, Luke (January 21, 2017). [https://dailycaller.com/2017/01/21/heres-what-really-happened-with-the-missing-lgbt-white-house-page/ Here's What Really Happened With the 'Missing' LGBT White House Page]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
*Rocheleau, Matt (January 20, 2017). [https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/20/why-are-whitehouse-gov-web-pages-disappearing/gd0HEAAU49hrLZMCiOQwuN/story.html Why are whitehouse.gov web pages disappearing?] ''The Boston Globe''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
*Singer, Paul (January 20, 2017). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/20/five-ways-trump-wiped-obama-off-white-house-website/96850660/ 5 ways Trump wiped Obama off the White House website]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.</ref>
*February 22, 2017—President Trump rescinded former President Obama's pro-[[transgender]] guidelines for schools receiving federal aid that are subject to [[Title IX]].<ref>Multiple references:
*[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/22/trump-administration-revokes-obama-era-transgender-bathroom-guidance-for-schools.html Trump administration revokes Obama-era transgender bathroom guidance for schools]. ''Fox News''. February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
*Richardson, Bradford (February 22, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/22/transgender-bathroom-directive-lifted-trump-admini/ Trump lifts Obama-era directive on transgender bathrooms]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
*Trotta, Daniel (February 22, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-lgbt/trump-revokes-obama-guidelines-on-transgender-bathrooms-idUSKBN161243 Trump revokes Obama guidelines on transgender bathrooms]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
*LaBarbera, Peter (February 22, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-drops-obamas-transgender-school-bathroom-order Trump drops Obama’s ‘transgender’ school bathroom order]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
*Mass, Warren (February 23, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/25462-trump-rescinds-transgender-bathroom-and-locker-room-rules Trump Rescinds Transgender Bathroom and Locker-room Rules]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
*Danilova, Maria; Gurman, Sadie (February 23, 2017). [https://apnews.com/ab7e4c13b98a4f4f881254c60e01472d/Trump-administration-lifts-transgender-bathroom-guidance Trump administration lifts transgender bathroom guidance]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
However, see also:
*Munro, Neil (February 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/23/transp-transgender-policy-compromise/ Donald Trump Junks Obama Transgender Policy, But Does Not Oppose ‘Gender Identity’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.</ref> A day earlier, the Trump Administration announced it would discontinue Obama's pro-transgender policies,<ref>Munro, Neil (February 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2017/02/21/trump-junks-obama-transgender-policy/ Donald Trump Junks Barack Obama’s Pro-Transgender Policies]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved February 21, 2017. See also:
*Richardson, Bradford; Boyer, Dave (February 21, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/21/white-house-says-transgender-students-are-states-r/ White House says transgender students are a states’ rights issue]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.</ref> and earlier that month the DOJ refused to defend the policy or appeal a court-ordered injunction on the policy.<ref>Multiple references:
*Klukowski, Ken (February 12, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/12/trump-admin-pauses-transgender-lawsuit/ Trump Administration Hits Pause on Transgender Lawsuit]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
*Chretien, Claire (February 13, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-administration-wont-defend-obama-transgender-school-bathrooms-edict-i Trump administration won’t pursue Obama transgender school bathrooms edict in court]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
*Pestano, Andrew V. (February 13, 2017). [https://www.upi.com/Trumps-DOJ-withdraws-Obama-effort-over-transgender-bathroom-case/8671487008563/ Trump's DOJ withdraws Obama effort over transgender bathroom case]. ''UPI''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.</ref>
*April 14, 2017—The Justice Department dropped its discrimination lawsuit against North Carolina for its "bathroom bill" (filed under the Obama Administration) after North Carolina passed a compromise bill. Homosexual activists still opposed the new bill.<ref>Noble, Andrea (April 14, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/14/justice-dept-drops-north-carolina-bathroom-bill-su/ Justice Dept. drops ‘bathroom bill’ suit against North Carolina after HB2 repeal]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 15, 2017.</ref>
*In May 2017, the Trump Administration began to undo Section 1557 of ObamaCare, which would have helped liberals gain transexual "rights" through the courts.<ref>Munro, Neil (May 18, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/18/donald-trump-transgender-transsexual-lawsuits-obamacare/ Donald Trump’s Deputies Removing Pro-Transgender Rule from Obamacare]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>
*President Trump did not proclaim June 2017 as LGBT Pride Month, unlike former presidents Clinton and Obama.<ref>Multiple references:
*Carter, Brandon (July 1, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/340344-trump-breaks-tradition-doesnt-recognize-lgbt-pride-month Trump breaks tradition, doesn't recognize LGBT Pride Month]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
*Groening, Chad; Butts, Charlie (June 6, 2017). [https://www.onenewsnow.com/national-security/2017/06/06/historical-run-of-lgbt-pride-month-at-an-end 'Historical' run of LGBT Pride Month at an end?] ''OneNewsNow''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
*Phuong, Zenny (June 14, 2017). [https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/zenny-phuong/trump-broke-predecessors-tradition-proclaiming-lgbt-pride-month Trump Broke Predecessor’s Tradition of Proclaiming LGBT Pride Month]. ''CNS News''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
*LaBarbera, Peter (June 2, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-breaks-with-obama-tradition-of-designating-june-as-lgbt-pride-month Trump breaks with Obama tradition of designating June as ‘LGBT Pride Month’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
*Bump, Philip (June 27, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/06/27/last-year-june-was-national-pride-month-this-year-it-isnt/ Last year, June was National Pride Month. This year, it isn’t.] ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
*Stafford, Dylan (June 30, 2017). [https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/30/politics/trump-pride-month/index.html Trump WH declines to recognize LGBT Pride Month]. ''CNN''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
*Estepa, Jessica (June 1, 2017). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/06/01/president-trump-hasnt-declared-june-pride-month-least-not-yet/102393004/ President Trump hasn't declared June as Pride Month — at least, not yet]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.</ref>
*June 30, 2017—The Department of Defense announced it would delay an Obama Administration plan to have the military recruit [[transgender]] people for six months in order to ensure the military's readiness would not be affected by the change.<ref name="TransMilDelay">Multiple references:
*Munro, Neil (June 30, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/30/transgender-military-voters-support-delaying-recruitment/ Pentagon Halts Obama’s Transgender Endorsement Plan]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
*[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/07/30/pentagon-delays-enlistment-transgender-recruits.html Pentagon delays enlistment of transgender recruits]. ''Fox News''. July 30, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
*Siegel, Josh (June 30, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jim-mattis-delays-plan-for-transgender-enlistment-in-military/article/2627614 Jim Mattis delays plan for transgender enlistment in military]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
*Scarborough, Rowan (July 1, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/1/james-mattis-delays-transgender-military-services-/ Mattis delays allowing transgender in military, services to review ‘impact’ on readiness]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 1, 2017.</ref> On July 26, 2017, President Trump announced he would reverse Obama's policy and disallow transgender people from serving in the military.<ref>Multiple references:
*Wong, Kristina (July 26, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/26/trump-announces-ban-on-transgender-people-in-the-u-s-military/ Trump Announces Ban on Transgender People in the U.S. Military]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
*Persons, Sally; Miller, S.A. (July 26, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/26/donald-trump-says-transgender-troops-will-not-serv/ Trump issues edict: Transgender troops will not serve in U.S. military]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
*Kheel, Rebecca; Savransky, Rebecca (July 26, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343847-trump-calls-for-ban-on-transgender-individuals-in-military Trump to ban transgender people from all military service]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
*Chakraborty, Barnini (July 26, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/26/trump-announces-ban-on-transgender-individuals-serving-in-military.html Trump announces ban on transgender individuals serving in military]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
*Bredemeier, Ken (July 26, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-bans-transgender-people-from-military/3959644.html Trump: Transgender People Barred From US Military]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
The announced ban was popular with social conservatives:
*Scarborough, Rowan (July 30, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/30/donald-trumps-transgender-troop-ban-cheers-social-/ Despite reservations of others, social conservatives cheer Trump’s transgender troop ban]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 30, 2017.</ref> President Trump formally signed an order banning transgenders from joining the military on August 25, 2017.<ref>Multiple references:
*Munro, Neil (August 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/25/donald-trump-formally-erases-obamas-pro-transgender-military-rules/ Donald Trump Formally Erases Obama’s Pro-Transgender Military Rules]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
*[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/25/trump-issues-guidance-on-transgender-military-ban.html Trump issues guidance on transgender military ban]. ''Fox News''. August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
*Boyer, Dave (August 25, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/25/donald-trump-signs-ban-transgenders-serving-milita/ Donald Trump signs ban on transgenders serving in military]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
*[https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-tells-mattis-in-indefinitely-ban-transgender-rescuits/4001356.html Trump Tells Mattis to Indefinitely Ban Transgender Recruits]. ''Voice of America''. August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
*Mason, Jeff (August 25, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-transgender-idUSKCN1B52T8 Trump signs memo directing Pentagon to implement transgender ban]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
However, the ban would not go into effect until a study on the order was completed:
*Chamberlain, Samuel (August 29, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/29/mattis-freezes-trump-ban-on-transgender-troops-pending-review.html Mattis freezes Trump ban on transgender troops pending review]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
*[https://www.voanews.com/a/mattis-says-transgender-members-in-us-military-may-serve-until-study-completed-/4006416.html Mattis: Transgender Members in US Military May Serve Until Study Completed]. ''Voice of America'' (from ''Reuters''). August 29, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
*Kew, Ben (August 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/29/general-mattis-freezes-trump-transgender-policy-pending-further-review/ Mattis: Transgender Soldiers Stay Pending March Decision]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 30, 2017.</ref> President Trump signed a final order on March 23, 2018, that banned transgender individuals from military service but with certain exceptions.<ref name="Transgender2018"/>
*October 4, 2017—The Department of Justice issued a memo reversing an Obama-era policy that had the DOJ interpret the scope of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to extend to "gender identity."<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.voanews.com/a/sessions-says-workplace-discrimination-laws-do-not-protect-transgenders/4058493.html Sessions Says Workplace Discrimination Laws Don't Protect Transgenders]. ''Voice of America''. October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
*[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/05/justice-department-scraps-transgender-workplace-protections.html Justice Department scraps transgender workplace protections]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
*Noble, Andrea (October 5, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/5/jeff-sessions-rolls-back-obama-era-work-protection/ Jeff Sessions rolls back Obama-era work protections for transgender employees]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
*Greenwood, Max (October 5, 2017). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/354023-sessions-reverses-doj-policy-on-transgender-employee Sessions reverses DOJ policy on transgender employee protections]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
*[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sessions-doj-reverses-obama-era-transgender-work-protections/ Sessions' DOJ reverses transgender workplace protections]. ''CBS News''. October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.</ref>

===Appointments, 2017===
*April 14, 2017—President Trump appointed Roger Severino, a strong defender of [[religious liberty]], to the HHS Office for Civil Rights.<ref>Multiple references:
*Berry, Susan (April 14, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/14/trump-appoints-religious-liberty-defender-roger-severino-head-hhs-office-civil-rights/ Trump Appoints Religious Liberty Defender Roger Severino to Head HHS Office for Civil Rights]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
*LaBarbera, Peter (April 11, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-picks-pro-life-conservative-to-lead-civil-rights-department-at-hhs Trump picks pro-life conservative to lead HHS civil rights office]. ''Life Site News''. Retrieved April 14, 2017.</ref> By April 2018, Severino had become a major figure in advancing the Trump Administration's pro-religious liberty policies.<ref>Multiple references:
*Hellmann, Jessie (April 10, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/382383-trump-appointee-at-center-of-fight-over-religious-freedom Trump appointee at center of fight over religious freedom]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
*Kodjak, Alison (March 20, 2018). [https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/20/591833000/civil-rights-chief-at-hhs-defends-the-right-to-refuse-care-on-religious-grounds Civil Rights Chief At HHS Defends The Right To Refuse Care On Religious Grounds]. ''NPR''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
*Freiburger, Calvin (June 29, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/were-just-getting-started-civil-rights-chief-at-trump-hhs-tells-pro-lifers ‘We’re just getting started,’ civil rights chief at Trump HHS tells pro-lifers]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
See also:
*Graham, Tim (March 23, 2018). [https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2018/03/23/npr-alarmed-conservatives-hhs-defending-religious-freedom NPR Alarmed by Conservatives at HHS Defending Religious Freedom]. ''NewsBusters''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.</ref><ref name="ArmourWSJ4/13/18"/>
*June 6, 2017—The Trump Administration appointed Valerie Huber, an [[abstinence education]] advocate, to the position of chief of staff to the assistant secretary for health at the HHS.<ref>Hellmann, Jessie (June 6, 2017). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/336620-abstinence-education-advocate-named-to-hhs-post Abstinence education advocate named to HHS post]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 16, 2017. See also:
*Haberkorn, Jennifer (March 6, 2018). [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/06/abstinence-advocate-family-planning-dollars-389453 Abstinence advocate gets final say on family planning dollars]. ''Politico''. Retrieved March 6, 2018.</ref>
*July 2017—President Trump appointed Bethany Kozma, a conservative [[Homemaking|homemaker]] and anti-[[transgender]] activist as Senior Adviser in the Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment division of [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]].<ref>Hodges, Mark (July 6, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-picks-woman-who-opposes-transgender-bathrooms-to-gender-equality-post Trump appoints anti-transgender activist, stay-at-home mom as key advisor]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.</ref> In March 2018, Kozma reportedly stated that the U.S. "is a pro-life country" at a private [[United Nations]] meeting.<ref>Multiple references:
*Freiburger, Calvin (March 23, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-official-says-us-is-pro-life-country-at-united-nations Trump official says US is ‘pro-life country’ at United Nations]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Sampathkumar, Mythili (March 22, 2018). [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-united-nations-womens-conference-pro-life-abortion-a8267691.html US politics Trump official says US is ‘pro-life country’ at closed-door UN meeting]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Ertelt, Steven (March 23, 2018). [https://www.lifenews.com/2018/03/23/trump-official-tells-united-nations-the-united-states-is-a-pro-life-country/ Trump Official Tells United Nations the “United States is a Pro-Life Country”]. ''LifeNews''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Anapol, Avery (April 17, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/383579-trump-officials-claimed-us-is-a-pro-life-nation-pushed-for-abstinence-based Trump official claimed US is a 'pro-life nation' in UN meeting: report]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
See also:
*Gennarini, Stefano (March 26, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/after-exhausting-battle-pro-life-nations-hold-the-line-at-un Trump admin helps pro-life nations hold the line at UN]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved March 26, 2018.</ref>

===Proclamations, 2017===
*November 19–25, 2017—President Trump declared this week to be National Family Week to "emphasize the importance of preserving and promoting strong families, the cornerstone of our society."<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-11-22/pdf/2017-25492.pdf Proclamation 9677 of November 17, 2017 -- National Family Week, 2017]. ''Federal Register''. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
*[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/cnsnewscom-staff/trump-declares-national-family-week-we-can-show-support-our-family Trump Declares National Family Week: ‘We Can Show Support to Our Family Members by Loving Selflessly’]. ''CNS News''. Retrieved November 22, 2017.</ref>

===Other achievements, 2017===
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:

*October 13, 2017—President [[Donald Trump]] became the first sitting U.S. President to speak at the [[Family Research Council]]'s Value Voters Summit,<ref>Multiple references:
*Kennedy, Ben (October 13, 2017). [http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2017/october/we-are-stopping-cold-the-attacks-on-judeo-christian-values-trumps-history-making-values-voters-speech 'We Are Stopping Cold the Attacks on Judeo-Christian Values': Trump's History-Making Values Voters Speech]. ''CBN News''. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
*Shelbourne, Mallory (October 12, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355096-trump-to-become-first-sitting-president-to-address-values-voter Trump to become first sitting president to address Values Voter Summit]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
*Taylor, Jessica (October 13, 2017). [http://www.npr.org/2017/10/13/557459193/trump-set-to-address-values-voter-summit-for-first-time-as-president Trump To Values Voters: In America 'We Don't Worship Government, We Worship God']. ''NPR''. Retrieved October 18, 2017.</ref> in which he voiced strong support for [[Social conservatism|social conservative]] policies.<ref>Multiple references:
*Miller, S.A. (October 13, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/13/donald-trump-touts-moves-protect-religious-freedom/ Trump touts moves to protect religious freedom: ‘We don’t worship government, we worship God’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
*Kamisar, Ben (October 13, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355303-trump-were-saying-merry-christmas-again Trump: 'We're saying merry Christmas again']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
*Singman, Brooke (October 13, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/13/trump-to-values-voter-summit-times-have-changed-now-re-changing-back.html Trump to Values Voter Summit: ‘Times have changed … now they’re changing back’]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
*Spiering, Charlie (October 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/13/donald-trump-we-are-stopping-cold-the-attacks-on-judeo-christian-values/ Donald Trump: ‘We Are Stopping Cold the Attacks on Judeo-Christian Values’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
*Lemire, Jonathan; Thomas, Ken (October 13, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/13/trump-touts-support-for-conservative-religious-groups.html Trump pledges fealty to religious values, "Merry Christmas"]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved November 29, 2017.
*Gill, Joshua (October 13, 2017). [https://dailycaller.com/2017/10/13/trump-promises-to-end-attacks-on-judeo-christian-values/ Trump Promises To End ‘Attacks On Judeo-Christian Values’]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
*Easley, Jonathan; Kamisar, Ben (October 13, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355314-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-christian-summit Trump gets hero’s welcome at Christian summit]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 14, 2017.</ref>
*Food stamp levels fell after Trump took office.<ref name="7Reasons2017">Rodriguez, Katherine (December 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/25/seven-reasons-2017-was-the-year-of-the-food-stamp-turnaround/ Seven Reasons 2017 Was the Year of the Food Stamp Turnaround]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 25, 2017.</ref><ref>Multiple references:
*Rodriguez, Katherine (November 2, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/02/five-trump-era-food-stamp-facts-everyone-hear/ Five Trump-Era Food Stamp Facts Everyone Should Hear]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
*Byas, Steve (October 26, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/27237-food-stamp-use-down-under-trump Food Stamp Use Down Under Trump]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
*Adelmann, Bob (July 24, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/26541-disincentives-cut-food-stamp-use-immigration Disincentives Cut Food Stamp Use]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 19, 2018.</ref> By August 2017, the number of people on [[food stamps]] had fallen by 1.1 million people since the beginning of Trump's presidency,<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (August 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/07/1-1-million-fewer-americans-food-stamps-trump/ More Than 1.1 Million Fewer Americans on Food Stamps Under Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 7, 2017. 
Food stamp enrollment fell in 46 out of the 50 states:
*Rodriguez, Katherine (August 8, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/08/food-stamp-enrollments-46-50-states/ Food Stamp Enrollments Down in 46 Out of 50 States]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
By October 2017, the number of people on food stamps had fallen 1.5 million since Trump's election:
*Rodriguez, Katherine (October 23, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/23/nearly-1-5-million-fewer-americans-food-stamps-trump/ Nearly 1.5 Million Fewer Americans on Food Stamps Under Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 24, 2017.</ref> and it was reported in September 2017 that the number of people using food stamps had declined each month of Trump's presidency to that point.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (September 18, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/18/food-stamp-usage-has-fallen-every-month-of-trump-presidency/ Food Stamp Usage Has Fallen Every Month of Trump Presidency]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 19, 2017.</ref> By the end of Fiscal Year 2017, the number of people on food stamps had dropped by over 2 million,<ref>Multiple references:
*Rodriguez, Katherine (January 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/06/food-stamp-enrollment-drops-2-million-trump/ Food Stamp Enrollment Drops by 2 Million Under Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
*Calicchio, Dom (January 5, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/05/food-stamp-recipients-down-2m-under-trump-usda-figures-show.html Food stamp recipients down 2M under Trump, USDA figures show]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
For data at the end of the calendar year 2017:
*Rodriguez, Katherine (March 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/15/food-stamp-enrollment-drops-1-3-million-since-trumps-inauguration/ Food Stamp Enrollment Drops by More than 1.3 Million Since Trump’s Inauguration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 15, 2018.</ref> and the number fell to 2.2 million fewer in Trump's first full year in office.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (May 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/10/2-2-million-fewer-people-food-stamps-trump/ 2.2 Million Fewer People on Food Stamps Under Donald Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 10, 2018.</ref> In FY 2017, the federal government spent the lowest amount of money on the food stamp program in seven years.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (December 12, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/12/food-stamp-hit-seven-year-low/ Food Stamp Program Costs Hit Seven-Year Low]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 13, 2017.</ref> Between October and November 2017, four million people stopped using food stamps,<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (February 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/07/food-stamp-enrollment-drops-4-million-one-month/ Food Stamp Enrollment Drops by Four Million in One Month]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 8, 2018.</ref> and in December 2017, it dropped by over 500,000.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (April 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/15/food-stamp-usage-drops-half-million-single-month/ Food Stamp Usage Drops over Half-Million in a Single Month]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 15, 2018. See also:
*Rodriguez, Katherine (April 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/18/trumps-re-election-campaign-touts-food-stamp-usage-dropping-nearly-600000/ Trump’s Re-Election Campaign Touts Food Stamp Usage Dropping by Nearly 600,000]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
*Spiering, Charlie (April 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/23/donald-trump-praises-food-stamps-low-the-american-people-are-finally-back-to-work/ Donald Trump Praises Food Stamps Low: ‘The American People Are Finally Back to Work’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 23, 2018.</ref> According to the USDA, in 2017, participation in the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) food stamp and welfare program reached its lowest level in 17 years.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (December 24, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/economics/2017/12/24/wic-welfare-program-program-participation-hits-17-year-low/ WIC Welfare Participation Hits 17-Year Low]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 25, 2017.</ref> In 2017, the number of people applying for disability benefits through the [[Social Security Administration]] fell below 1.5 million – the lowest level since 2002, and something attributed to the strong economy.<ref name="DisabilitySSA"/> The drop was so large that the SSA had to revise its estimates of how much longer the program would remain financially stable.<ref name="DisabilitySSA">Multiple references:
*Rodriguez, Katherine (June 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/20/report-disability-applications-plunge-strong-economy/ Report: Disability Applications Plunge amid Strong Economy]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
*Schwartz, Nelson D. (June 19, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/business/economy/social-security-applications.html Disability Applications Plunge as the Economy Strengthens]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 20, 2018.</ref>

===Failures, 2017===
Many of these failures and setbacks to the MAGA agenda, if not all of them, were caused by Congress or officials in the Trump Administration, rather than President Trump himself:

*January 31, 2017—President [[Donald Trump]] announced he would keep a 2014 executive order signed by former President Obama that gave protected status to homosexual employees of the government and federal contractors.<ref>Craine, Patrick B. (January 31, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-trump-wont-overturn-obama-order-granting-special-rights-to-lgbt-go BREAKING: Trump won’t overturn Obama’s special rights for LGBT gov’t workers]. ''Life Site News''. Retrieved February 3, 2017.</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (January 31, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/31/trump-continue-enforce-obamas-executive-order-protecting-lgbtq-federal-workers/ Trump to Keep Obama Executive Order Protecting LGBTQ Federal Workers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 30, 2017.</ref> Additionally, [[Ivanka Trump]] and [[Jared Kushner]] reportedly derailed a proposed executive order protecting religious liberty at the same time.<ref>LaBarbera, Peter (February 9, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ivanka-trump-husband-reportedly-stopped-religious-freedom-order-pence-affir Ivanka Trump, husband reportedly stopped religious freedom order; Pence affirms pro-LGBT rights move]. ''LifeSiteNews.com''. Retrieved April 8, 2017.</ref> However, [[Homosexual rights advocacy|supporters of homosexual privileges]] claimed that a March 27, 2017 order, which repealed much of Obama's 2014 executive order, went against Trump's statement to keep the 2014 Obama order (which, if true, would annul this supposed failure).<ref>O'Hara, Mary Emily (March 29, 2017). [http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lgbtq-advocates-say-trump-s-news-executive-order-makes-them-n740301 LGBTQ Advocates Say Trump’s New Executive Order Makes Them Vulnerable to Discrimination]. ''NBC News''. Retrieved March 30, 2017.</ref>
*It was reported in June 2017 that the Trump Administration officials continued Obama's advancement of [[Transgender activism|transgender ideology]] into public schools.<ref>Berry, Susan (June 23, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/23/trump-administration-investigate-school-personnel-fail-use-trans-students-preferred-pronouns/ Deep State: Education Officials Quietly Push Transgender Ideology Onto Schools]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 23, 2017.</ref>
*Despite the Trump Administration's actions in advancing social conservative policies,<ref name="RRgains"/> some conservatives, citing numerous examples in Trump's presidency, argued that President Trump had not taken as strong a stance in favor of religious liberty and social conservatism as expected.<ref>Jalsevac, Steve (August 4, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/the-evidence-trump-fails-on-gay-trans-religious-liberty-issues The evidence: Trump fails on gay/trans/religious liberty issues]. ''LifeSite News''. Retrieved August 6, 2017. See also:
*Jalsevac, Steve (August 7, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/the-major-influences-on-trump-regarding-lbgt Here’s why Trump is caving on gay ‘marriage’ and transgender ‘rights’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.</ref>
*August 2017—Not only did Secretary of State [[Rex Tillerson]] announce he would keep two programs in the department intended to increase racial diversity,<ref>Gehrke, Joel (August 18, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/state-department-even-the-white-guys-support-diversity-program/article/2631982 State Department: 'Even the white guys' support diversity program]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 20, 2017.</ref> but he announced that the department would take further action for racial diversity, such as considering at least one minority for every ambassadorship position.<ref>Multiple references:
*Chalfant, Morgan (August 18, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347084-tillerson-pledges-to-boost-diversity-at-state Tillerson pledges to boost diversity at State]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
*Wadhams, Nick (August 18, 2017). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-18/tillerson-denounces-racism-as-he-pledges-more-diverse-diplomats Tillerson Denounces Racism, Pledges More Diverse Diplomats]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
*Gehrke, Joel (August 18, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rex-tillerson-promises-to-consider-minorities-for-all-ambassador-posts/article/2631953 Rex Tillerson promises to consider minorities for all ambassador posts]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
*[https://www.rt.com/usa/400181-tillerson-racial-diversity-state-trump-charlottesville/ Damage control? Tillerson pushes for diversity at State Dept amid Trump controversy]. ''RT''. August 18, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2017.</ref> In addition, the State Department under Tillerson recognized the "Transgender Day of Remembrance."<ref>Multiple references:
*Mason, Ian (November 20, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/20/rex-tillersons-state-department-marks-transgender-day-of-remembrance/ Rex Tillerson’s State Department Marks ‘Transgender Day of Remembrance’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
*Bourne, Lisa (November 22, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/u.s.-state-department-recognizes-transgender-day-of-remembrance Trump’s State Department recognizes ‘Transgender Day of Remembrance’]. ''LifeSite News''. Retrieved November 25, 2017.</ref>

==2018==
The Trump Administration continued promoting social conservative policies and defending religious liberty,<ref name="FRC2018Report">Multiple references:
*Bedard, Paul (May 2, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/report-trump-ends-obamas-war-on-religious-liberty-helping-millions Report: Trump ends Obama’s ‘war’ on religious liberty, helping millions]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
*O'Neil, Tyler (May 3, 2018). [https://pjmedia.com/faith/study-trump-religious-freedom-order-helps-13-7-million-receive-health-care-and-social-services/ Study: Trump Religious Freedom Order Helps 13.7 Million Receive Health Care and Social Services]. ''PJ Media''. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
See also:
*Weber, Travis (May 2018). [https://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF18E03.pdf One Year Later: The Impact of President Trump’s Executive Order Protecting Religious Liberty]. ''Family Research Council''. Retrieved May 3, 2018.</ref><ref>Multiple references:
*Alonso-Zaldivar, Ricardo; Crary, David (May 30, 2018). [https://www.apnews.com/0a165e54c0a94600871539472ba82ba1/Trump-remaking-federal-policy-on-women's-reproductive-health Trump remaking federal policy on women’s reproductive health]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
*Christie, Grazie Pozo (August 8, 2018). [https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/400877-the-doj-under-trump-is-standing-up-for-religious-freedom The DOJ under Trump is standing up for religious freedom]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
See also:
*Berry, Susan (October 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/10/26/mike-pompeo-religious-freedom-is-central-to-trump-administrations-foreign-policy/ Mike Pompeo: ‘Religious Freedom Is Central to Trump Administration’s Foreign Policy’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
*[https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/protection-of-religious-freedom-central-to-donald-trump-administrations-foreign-policy-mike-pompeo/1362793/ Protection of religious freedom central to Donald Trump administration’s foreign policy: Mike Pompeo]. ''Financial Express'' (from ''PTI''). October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
*Mora, Edwin (November 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2018/11/09/usaid-urges-christians-other-minorities-to-return-to-iraq-america-is-on-the-ground/ USAID Urges Christians, Other Minorities to Return to Iraq: ‘America Is on the Ground’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 20, 2018.</ref> and the HHS had become a strong defender of [[religious freedom]] by January 2018.<ref name="ArmourWSJ4/13/18"/><ref name="HHSadvocate"/><ref>Multiple references:
*Strand, Paul (January 17, 2018). [https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/january/hhs-will-fight-hard-to-protect-religious-and-moral-objections-in-health-care Trump's New Healthcare Move: 'We Will Not Allow People of Faith to Be Targeted, Bullied or Silenced']. ''CBN News''. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
*Diamond, Dan (January 22, 2018). [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/22/trump-religious-activists-hhs-351735 The religious activists on the rise inside Trump's health department]. ''Politico''. Retrieved January 22, 2018.</ref> Meanwhile, in the [[Department of Housing and Urban Development]], Secretary [[Ben Carson]] worked to advance a conservative agenda.<ref>Multiple references:
*Wasinger, Robert (April 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/01/wasinger-ben-carsons-quiet-effective-reforms/ Wasinger: Ben Carson’s Quiet but Effective Reforms]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
*Starr, Penny (November 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/19/trumps-hud-people-share-stories-escaping-poverty-public-housing/ Trump’s HUD: People Share Stories of Escaping Poverty, Public Housing]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
See also:
*Starr, Penny (January 26, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/26/hud-providing-2-billion-in-grants-to-help-homeless-across-u-s/ HUD Providing $2 Billion in Grants to Help Homeless Across U.S.] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 27, 2019.</ref> The Trump Administration also took steps to encourage Americans to opt out of Obamacare and receive less expensive plans.<ref>Pappas, Alex (August 10, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/10/obamacare-double-whammy-two-big-trump-changes-could-spur-insurance-exchange-exodus.html ObamaCare Double Whammy: Two big Trump changes could spur insurance exchange exodus]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 10, 2018. See also:
*Parker, Elaine (August 13, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/trump-administrations-healthcare-reforms-are-a-victory-for-working-americans Trump administration's healthcare reforms are a victory for working Americans]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
*Haskins, Justin (August 22, 2018). [https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/402858-the-trump-administration-is-saving-millions-of-americans-from-obamacare The Trump administration is saving millions of Americans from ObamaCare]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
*Ellis, Ryan (October 26, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trump-is-making-obamacare-optional Trump is making Obamacare optional]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
*Hillyer, Quin (January 23, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trump-deserves-more-credit-for-health-policy-improvements Trump deserves more credit for health policy improvements]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
*Moran, Sean (February 9, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/09/study-trumps-obamacare-reforms-will-save-americans-450-billion/ Study: Trump’s Obamacare Reforms Will Save Americans $450 Billion]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
*Howell, Tom (February 8, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/8/wh-economic-council-trump-isnt-sabotaging-obamacar/ WH economic council: Trump isn't 'sabotaging' Obamacare]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
*Weixel, Nathaniel (February 8, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/429142-white-house-report-administration-not-sabotaging-obamacare White House report: Administration not sabotaging ObamaCare]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
Unable to repeal ObamaCare, the Trump Administration was able to stabilize it:
*Howell, Tom (October 11, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/11/obamacare-enjoys-resurgence-under-donald-trump/ Obamacare enjoys surprising resurgence under Trump: 'This is by no means a celebration']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
ObamaCare enrollments significantly declined in 2018, something some observers attributed to the Trump Administration's policies:
*Persons, Sally (December 12, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obamacare-enrollment-drops-amid-trump-attacks-but-future-of-program-unclear ObamaCare enrollment drops amid Trump attacks – but future of program unclear]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
*Mikelionis, Lukas (November 29, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obamacares-sign-ups-drop-amid-trump-administration-efforts-booming-economy Obamacare's sign-ups drop amid Trump administration efforts, booming economy: report]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
*Demko, Paul (November 28, 2018). [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/28/obamacare-insurance-numbers-drop-995227 Trump may finally be undermining Obamacare]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
*Hellmann, Jessie (December 12, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/421011-obamacare-sign-ups-surge-in-final-weeks-but-still-lag-behind-last-years ObamaCare sign-ups surge in final weeks but lag last year's numbers]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
*Howell, Tom (December 11, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/12/healthcaregov-signups-500k-behind-last-years-pace/ HealthCare.gov signups 500K behind last year's pace]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (December 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/19/obamacare-enrollment-down-300000-compared-to-2018/ Obamacare Enrollment Down 300,000 Compared to 2018]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
*Howell, Tom (December 19, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/19/healthcaregov-signups-finish-85-million-down-300k/ HealthCare.gov signups finish at 8.5 million -- down 300K]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
*Re, Gregg (December 19, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obamacare-despite-court-ruling-and-claims-of-gop-sabotage-posts-solid-enrollment-numbers ObamaCare, despite court ruling and claims of GOP sabotage, posts solid enrollment numbers]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
Regarding prices for short-term healthcare plans:
*Moran, Sean (January 25, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/25/study-short-term-health-plans-80-percent-cheaper-than-obamacare/ Study: Short-Term Health Plans 80 Percent Cheaper than Obamacare]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 25, 2019.</ref> The Trump Administration also tried to fight rising drug prices,<ref>Multiple references:
*Pear, Robert (July 23, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/us/politics/trump-drug-prices.html How the Trump Administration Is Browbeating Big Pharma on Drug Prices]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
*[https://www.wsj.com/articles/sticking-it-to-pharmawith-competition-1542674076 Sticking it to Pharma—With Competition]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2018.</ref><ref name="DrugPricingFight">Weixel, Nathaniel (October 17, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/411755-trump-officials-ratchet-up-drug-pricing-fight Trump officials ratchet up drug pricing fight]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.</ref> and in 2018, drug prices declined by the largest percentage in forty-six years.<ref name="Largest46Years">Moran, Sean (February 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/05/fact-check-yes-prescription-drugs-dropped-by-largest-in-46-years-under-trump/ Fact Check: Yes, Prescription Drugs Dropped by Largest % in 46 Years Under Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 6, 2019.</ref>

===Legislation signed, 2018===
*February 9, 2018—President Trump signed a government funding bill that also had a provision assuring disaster relief from [[FEMA]] to churches and other houses of worship and ending the agency's practice of denying funds to the institutions simply because of their religious status.<ref>Multiple references:
*Starr, Penny (February 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/09/budget-includes-win-for-religious-liberty-fema-aid-available-to-faith-based-institutions/ Budget Includes Win for Religious Liberty: FEMA Aid Available to Faith-Based Institutions]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
*Smith, Samuel (February 9, 2018). [https://www.christianpost.com/news/churches-get-fema-disaster-relief-funding-budget-agreement-signed-by-trump-217161/ Churches to Get FEMA Disaster Relief Funding in Budget Bill Signed by Trump]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
*Martin, Mark (February 10, 2018). [https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/february/no-longer-no-room-at-the-inn-new-law-allows-houses-of-worship-equal-access-to-disaster-aid No Longer 'No Room at the Inn': New Law Allows Houses of Worship Equal Access to Disaster Aid]. ''CBN News''. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
*Burke, Monica (February 14, 2018). [http://dailysignal.com/2018/02/14/fema-policy-change-is-the-silver-lining-of-the-2017-hurricanes/ Thanks to This Change, Houses of Worship Can Now Get Disaster Relief]. ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
*Miller, S.A. (February 11, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/11/church-access-fema-disaster-aid-affirmed-budget-de/ Congress’ budget deal affirms church access to FEMA disaster aid]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
*Strode, Tom (February 12, 2018). [http://www.bpnews.net/50353/fema-funds-for-disasterstricken-churches-now-law FEMA funds for disaster-stricken churches now law]. ''Baptist Press''. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
*Green, Emma (February 9, 2018). [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/fema-funding-churches/552941/ The Government Gets Into the Church-Rebuilding Business]. ''The Atlantic''. Retrieved February 26, 2018.</ref>
*May 30, 2018—President Trump signed the [[Right to Try Act]] of 2017 into law, which gave terminally ill patients the right to try experimental treatments without full approval from the [[Food and Drug Administration]].<ref>Multiple references:
*Singman, Brooke (May 30, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/30/trump-signs-right-to-try-says-it-will-save-tremendous-number-lives.html Trump signs 'Right to Try,' says it will save 'tremendous number of lives']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
*Miller, S.A.; Howell, Tom (May 30, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/30/trump-signs-right-to-try-law-terminally-ill/ Trump gives terminally ill access to experimental drugs with ‘Right to Try’ law]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
*Tennant, Michael (May 31, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/item/29173-trump-signs-law-letting-terminally-ill-patients-try-experimental-drugs Trump Signs Law Letting Terminally Ill Patients Try Experimental Drugs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
*Hellmann, Jessie (May 30, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/389908-trump-signs-right-to-try-bill-for-terminally-ill-patients Trump signs 'right to try' drug bill]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
*Heretik, Jack (May 30, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/politics/trump-signs-right-try-act-law/ Trump Signs ‘Right to Try Act’ Into Law]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
*Fritze, John (May 30, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/30/trump-signs-right-try-experimental-drugs-terminal-patients/655954002/ President Trump signs 'right to try' law to get experiment drugs for terminal patients]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
See also:
*Earl, Jennifer (May 30, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/30/what-is-right-to-try-look-at-drug-law-trump-supports.html What is 'Right to Try'? A look at the drug law Trump supports]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.</ref>
*October 10, 2018—President Trump signed two bills into law, both of them banning "gag clauses" that disallow pharmacists from telling patients that they can pay less for prescriptions by not using their insurance.<ref>Multiple references:
*Howell, Tom (October 10, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/10/donald-trump-signs-bipartisan-bills-boost-drug-pri/ Trump signs bipartisan bills to boost drug-pricing transparency]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
*Hellmann, Jessie (October 10, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/410813-trump-signs-bills-banning-drug-pricing-gag-clauses Trump signs bills banning drug pricing 'gag clauses']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
*Kellum, Holly (October 10, 2018). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-signs-bills-to-eliminate-pharmacy-gag-orders_2685756.html Trump Signs Bills to Eliminate Pharmacy Gag Orders]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
*[https://www.apnews.com/8a8c512b3db449e4b878adb031495bcd Trump signs bills to help patients stop overpaying for drugs]. ''Associated Press''. October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
*Pear, Robert (October 10, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/us/politics/trump-health-insurance-drug-costs.html Trump Signs New Laws Aimed at Drug Costs and Battles Democrats on Medicare]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.</ref>
*October 24, 2018—President Trump signed into law a major bill combatting the opioid crisis through several different measures.<ref>Multiple references:
*Hein, Alexandria (October 24, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/health/trump-signs-bipartisan-opioid-bill-aimed-at-curbing-national-crisis Trump signs bipartisan opioid bill aimed at curbing national crisis]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
*Howell, Tom (October 24, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/24/trump-signs-sweeping-opioids-bill/ Trump signs sweeping opioids bill, says effort will make 'big dent' in deadly crisis]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
*Kellum, Holly (October 24, 2018). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-signs-6b-package-of-bipartisan-opioid-bills_2698267.html Trump Signs $6 Billion Package of Bipartisan Opioid Bills]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
*Damron, Aryssa (October 24, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/politics/trump-signs-sweeping-bipartisan-opioid-bill-law-combat-drug-crisis/ Trump Signs Sweeping Bipartisan Opioid Bill Into Law to ‘Combat Drug Crisis’]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
*Hellmann, Jessie (October 24, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/412991-trump-signs-sweeping-bill-aimed-at-tackling-opioid-crisis Trump signs sweeping bill aimed at tackling opioid crisis]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
*Abutaleb, Yasmeen (October 24, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-opioids/trump-enacts-anti-opioid-abuse-package-in-rare-bipartisan-step-idUSKCN1MY195 Trump enacts anti-opioid abuse package in rare bipartisan step]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
See also:
*Fritze, John; Jackson, David (October 24, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/24/donald-trump-opioids-bill-includes-changes-trafficking-treatment/1752329002/ What's included in the opioids bill signed by President Trump]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved October 25, 2018.</ref>
*December 11, 2018—President Trump signed the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act into law, which ensured that U.S. aid to the Middle East would reach Christians and other religious minorities, and it authorized the government to directly fund faith-based groups and other NGOs working in the region.<ref>Multiple references:
*Klukowski, Ken (December 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/12/donald-trump-signs-genocide-relief-act-christians-iraq-syria/ Donald Trump Signs Genocide Relief Act for Christians in Iraq and Syria]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
*Crabtree, Susan (December 11, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/national-security/trump-signs-bill-aimed-assisting-isis-genocide-victims-iraq-syria/ Trump Signs Bill Aimed at Assisting ISIS Genocide Victims in Iraq and Syria]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
*Smith, Samuel (December 13, 2018). [https://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-signs-bill-to-aid-isis-genocide-victims-iraqi-christians-beginning-to-see-a-difference.html Trump signs bill to aid ISIS genocide victims; Iraqi Christians ‘beginning to see a difference’]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
*Riechmann, Deb (December 11, 2018). [https://www.apnews.com/6c456d1fc4f1443699eb7ef8b7670e92 Trump signs bill to help religious minorities in Iraq, Syria]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
See also:
*Starr, Penny (December 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/12/12/religious-liberty-advocates-praise-trump-signing-genocide-law/ Religious Liberty Advocates Praise Trump for Signing Genocide Law]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
*Chapman, Michael W. (December 11, 2018). [https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/knights-columbus-applaud-genocide-relief-bill-signed-trump Knights of Columbus Applaud Genocide Relief Law Signed by Trump]. ''CNS News''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
*Perkins, Tony (December 12, 2018). [https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/tony-perkins/tony-perkins-trumps-signing-iraq-and-syria-genocide-relief-and Tony Perkins: Trump’s Signing of ‘Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act’ Was a Jubilant Moment]. ''CNS News''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.</ref>

===Executive actions, 2018===

The Trump Administration took several actions related to healthcare and welfare:
*January 11, 2018—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a guidance that made it easier for states to enact programs requiring Medicaid recipients to work in order to continue receiving those benefits.<ref>Multiple references:
*Moran, Sean (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/11/trump-allows-states-implement-work-requirements-medicaid/ Trump Allows States to Implement Work Requirements for Medicaid]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
*Singman, Brooke (January 11, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/11/major-shift-as-trump-opens-way-for-medicaid-work-requirement.html Trump administration opens door to allowing Medicaid work requirements]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
*Abutaleb, Yasmeen (January 11, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-medicaid/trump-administration-to-let-states-adopt-medicaid-work-requirements-idUSKBN1F01AH Trump administration to let states adopt Medicaid work requirements]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
*Howell Jr., Tom (January 11, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/11/trump-admin-offers-roadmap-medicaid-work-requireme/ Trump allows states to require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to seek employment]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 12, 2018.</ref>
*The USDA took several steps to protect against fraud in its food stamp programs, including hiring a "chief integrity officer" to oversee those efforts.<ref>Rodriquez, Katherine (March 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/31/usda-hires-integrity-officer-to-fight-fraud-in-food-stamp-program/ USDA Hires ‘Integrity Officer’ to Fight Fraud in Food Stamp Program]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 31, 2018.</ref>
*April 9, 2018—The HHS released two new ObamaCare regulations that expanded exemptions to the individual mandate and gave the states more flexibility.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-regulation/trump-administration-issues-rule-further-watering-down-obamacare-idUSKBN1HG384 Trump administration issues rule further watering down Obamacare]. ''Reuters''. April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
*Howell, Tom (April 9, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/9/obamacare-penalty-carve-outs-expanded-trump-admini/ Trump administration expands Obamacare penalty carve-outs]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
*Sullivan, Peter (April 9, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/382364-trump-officials-create-new-exemptions-to-obamacare-mandate Trump officials create new exemptions to ObamaCare mandate]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
*Armour, Stephanie (April 9, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-allows-states-to-narrow-aca-coverage-1523316498 Trump Administration Allows States to Narrow ACA Coverage]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
*King, Robert (April 9, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trump-administration-releases-new-ways-for-states-to-skirt-obamacare-rules Trump administration releases new ways for states to skirt Obamacare rules]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
*King, Robert (April 9, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/americans-get-more-ways-to-avoid-obamacare-penalty Americans get more ways to avoid Obamacare penalty]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
Pro-life individuals also received an exemption from the individual mandate if the only plans available included abortion coverage:
*Popik, Jennifer (April 13, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-pro-lifers-can-avoid-obamacare-penalty-for-2018 Trump: Pro-lifers can avoid Obamacare penalty for 2018]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
See also:
*Vinik, Danny (April 13, 2018). [https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2018/04/13/trump-policy-infrastructure-obamacare-trade-000652 5 things Trump did this week while you weren't looking]. ''Politico''. Retrieved April 14, 2018.</ref>
*April 10, 2018—President Trump signed an executive order calling for a government-wide review of welfare programs for the purpose of ensuring that they help Americans find work and escape poverty. The order also called on the federal government to create or strengthen work requirements for its welfare programs.<ref>Multiple references:
*Samuels, Brett (April 10, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/382557-trump-signs-order-calling-for-work-requirements-in-welfare-programs Trump signs order calling for work requirements in welfare programs]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
*Boyer, Dave (April 10, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/10/donald-trump-orders-top-bottom-review-welfare-prog/ Trump orders top-to-bottom review of welfare programs]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
*Radnofsky, Louise (April 10, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-to-sign-executive-order-for-revamp-of-federal-aid-programs-1523380645 Trump Signs Executive Order for Revamp of Federal Aid Programs]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
*Lehman, Charles Fain (April 11, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/issues/trump-signs-eo-emphasize-work-requirements-welfare/ Trump Signs EO to Emphasize Work Requirements for Welfare]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
*Arter, Melanie (April 11, 2018). [https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/trump-signs-welfare-reform-executive-order Trump Signs Welfare Reform Executive Order]. ''CNS News''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-pushing-work-for-welfare/ Trump signs executive order pushing work for welfare]. ''Breitbart News''. April 10, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
See also:
*Weixel, Nathaniel (April 14, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/383106-trump-order-targets-wide-swathe-of-public-assistance-programs Trump order targets wide swathe of public assistance programs]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 14, 2018.</ref>
*June 19, 2018—The Labor Department finalized a new rule – resulting from an executive order President Trump signed in October 2017 – expanding association health plans so that small business owners join together to buy health insurance plans outside of ObamaCare's strict regulations.<ref name="Association2018">Multiple references:
*Howell, Tom (June 19, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/19/trump-opens-association-plans-across-state-lines/ Trump opens door to sale of 'association' health plans across state lines]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
*Moran, Sean (June 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/19/trump-expands-association-health-plans-department-labor-rule/ Trump Expands Association Plans with ‘Biggest Free-Market Health Care Reform in a Generation’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
*Tennant, Michael (June 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/item/29316-trump-allows-more-small-businesses-to-join-forces-to-get-health-insurance Trump Allows More Small Businesses to Join Forces to Get Health Insurance]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
*Moynihan, Lydia (June 19, 2018). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/labor-department-to-ok-obamacare-alternatives ObamaCare alternative coming from Labor Department]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
*Armour, Stephanie (June 19, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-trump-administration-rule-to-expand-access-to-health-plans-without-aca-protections-1529414100 New Trump Administration Rule to Expand Access to Health Plans Without ACA Protections]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
*Sullivan, Peter (June 19, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/392959-trump-officials-move-to-expand-non-obamacare-health-plans Trump officials move to expand non-ObamaCare health plans]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
*Abutaleb, Yasmeen (June 19, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-insurance/trump-administration-puts-skimpy-health-insurance-plans-in-place-idUSKBN1JF2AQ Trump administration puts skimpy health insurance plans in place]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
*Pear, Robert (June 19, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/us/politics/trump-affordable-care-act-health-insurance.html New Trump Rule Rolls Back Protections of the Affordable Care Act]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
For the actual rule:
*[https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-06-21/pdf/2018-12992.pdf Definition of ‘‘Employer’’ Under Section 3(5) of ERISA—Association Health Plans]. ''Federal Register''. June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
See also:
*De Lea, Brittany (June 19, 2018). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trumps-obamacare-alternative-to-save-small-businesses-big-money Trump’s ObamaCare alternative to save small businesses big money]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
*Klein, Roger D. (June 20, 2018). [https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/393214-new-labor-rule-will-be-a-big-health-care-boon-for-small-businesses New Labor rule will be a big health care boon for small businesses]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
*Ortiz, Alfredo; Price, Tom (June 22, 2018). [https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/393549-small-businesses-just-scored-a-win-on-health-care-costs Small businesses just scored a win on health-care costs]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
*Ortiz, Alfredo (November 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/05/ortiz-reforms-making-small-business-employees-healthier-and-wealthier/ Ortiz: Reforms Making Small Business Employees Healthier and Wealthier]. ''Breitbart News'' (from ''RealClear Policy''). Retrieved November 6, 2018.</ref>
*July 10, 2018—The Trump Administration announced it would cut funding for Obamacare outreach from $36.8 million to $10 million – the funding was at $62.5 million before the Trump Administration began cutting it in 2017.<ref>Multiple references:
*Howell, Tom (July 10, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/10/obamacare-navigator-program-cut-further-trump-admi/ Trump administration announces further cuts to Obamacare 'navigator' program]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
*Sullivan, Peter (July 10, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/396379-trump-officials-cut-funding-for-obamacare-outreach-groups Trump officials again slash funding for ObamaCare outreach groups]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
*Armour, Stephanie (July 10, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-slashes-funds-for-aca-outreach-1531272043 Trump Administration Slashes Funds for ACA Outreach]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-obamacare/trump-administration-cuts-grants-to-help-people-get-obamacare-idUSKBN1K102W Trump administration cuts grants to help people get Obamacare]. ''Reuters''. July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
*Alltucker, Ken (July 10, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/07/10/obamacare-cuts-mean-groups-have-less-sign-up-customers/773728002/ Trump administration slashes funding for Obamacare outreach program]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
See also:
*King, Robert (October 26, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trump-administration-confirms-it-wont-restore-ad-funding-for-obamacare-for-2019 Trump administration confirms it won't restore ad funding for Obamacare for 2019]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 27, 2018.</ref>
*July 17, 2018—The [[Food and Drug Administration]] released a draft guidance to make it easier for consumers to buy more medicines without a prescription, beginning the process of enacting new rules on the matter.<ref>Multiple references:
*Howell, Tom (July 17, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/17/fda-eyes-broader-range-over-counter-drugs/ FDA pushes for more prescription drugs to be sold over-the-counter]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
*Cone, Allen (July 17, 2018). [https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2018/07/17/FDA-looks-to-make-more-prescription-drugs-available-over-the-counter/4771531844891/ FDA looks to make more prescription drugs available over the counter]. ''UPI''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
*Edney, Anna (July 17, 2018). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-17/u-s-to-make-more-drugs-easily-available-cutting-role-docs-play U.S. to Make More Drugs Easily Available, Cutting Role Docs Play]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
*Johnson, Linda A. (July 17, 2018). [https://www.apnews.com/76867169b2db48b789105df7b6efd235/FDA-plans-to-ease-OTC-approvals-for-some-prescription-drugs FDA plans to ease OTC approvals for some prescription drugs]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.</ref>
*August 1, 2018—The Labor Department released a final rule to expand Americans' access to short-term non-Obamacare healthcare plans, reversing an April 2016 Obama-era regulation.<ref name="ShortTerm2018">Multiple references:
*Moran, Sean (August 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/01/trump-releases-rule-for-more-affordable-health-insurance-compared-to-obamacare/ Trump Releases Rule for More Affordable Health Insurance Compared to Obamacare]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
*De lea, Brittany (August 1, 2018). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/healthcare/trump-oks-sale-of-revamped-short-term-health-care-plans Trump OKs sale of revamped short-term health care plans]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
*Armour, Stephanie; Burton, Thomas M. (August 1, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/cheaper-health-plans-with-less-coverage-move-forward-1533121200 Cheaper Health Plans With Less Coverage Move Forward]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
*Sullivan, Peter (August 1, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/399799-trump-expands-non-obamacare-plans-in-effort-to-open-up-cheaper-options Trump expands non-ObamaCare plans in effort to open up cheaper options]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
*Jones, Susan (August 1, 2018). [https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/hhs-rolls-out-new-affordable-temporary-health-coverage-option-some-not-all HHS Rolls Out New, Affordable, Temporary Health Coverage Option -- For Some, Not All]. ''CNS News''. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
*Adamczyk, Ed (August 1, 2018). [https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/08/01/HHS-unveils-new-short-term-health-plans-as-ACA-alternative/1871533139728/ HHS unveils new short-term health plans as ACA alternative]. ''UPI''. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
*Leonard, Kimberly (August 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trump-extends-short-term-plans-offered-as-a-way-out-of-obamacare Trump extends short-term plans offered as a way out of Obamacare]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
*Alltucker, Ken; O'Donnell, Jayne (August 1, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/08/01/president-trumps-answer-obamacare-short-term-health-insurance/879337002/ President Donald Trump's answer to Obamacare: Short-term health insurance]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
See also:
*Cannon, Michael F. (August 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/obamacare-is-now-optional Obamacare is now optional]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
*Lee, Sarah (August 9, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/trumps-skinny-insurance-plans-will-help-millions-of-families Trump's 'skinny' insurance plans will help millions of families]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
*Barnes, David (August 13, 2018). [https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/401582-expanding-maximum-duration-of-short-term-plans-expands-freedom Expanding maximum duration of short-term plans expands freedom, choice for consumers]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 13, 2018.</ref>
*August 7, 2018—The HHS announced it would allow insurers participating in the Medicare Advantage program to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to lower drug prices.<ref>Multiple references:
*Weixel, Nathaniel (August 7, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/400808-trump-administration-gives-insurers-power-to-lower-medicare-drug-prices Trump administration gives insurers power to lower Medicare drug prices]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
*Edney, Anna (August 7, 2018). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-07/trump-forces-pharma-to-face-more-medicare-drug-price-negotiation Trump Forces Pharma to Face More Medicare Drug-Price Negotiation]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
*LaVito, Angelica (August 7, 2018). [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/07/trump-administration-opens-up-more-drugs-to-price-negotations.html Trump administration opens up more drugs covered by Medicare to price negotiations]. ''CNBC''. Retrieved August 7, 2018.</ref>
*August 29, 2018—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services moved to give Medicare drug plans more choices they could offer to customers in order to lower drug prices.<ref>King, Robert (August 29, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trump-administration-moves-to-give-medicare-drug-plans-more-control-over-their-offerings Trump administration moves to give Medicare drug plans more control over their offerings]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref>
*October 4, 2018—The CMS announced it would implement several changes to improve its oversight of organizations that accredit hospitals.<ref>Armour, Stephanie (October 4, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-to-step-up-oversight-of-hospital-watchdogs-1538683200 Trump Administration to Step Up Oversight of Hospital Watchdogs]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved October 6, 2018.</ref>
*October 15, 2018—The HHS announced it would enact a regulation requiring pharmaceutical companies to list their drug prices in their TV commercials, a step intended to help lower drug prices.<ref name="DrugPricingFight"/><ref>Multiple references:
*Barrabi, Thomas (October 16, 2018). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/healthcare/drugmakers-should-reveal-prices-on-tv-trump-administration-says Drugmakers should reveal prices on TV, Trump administration says]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
*Howell, Tom (October 15, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/15/big-pharma-will-disclose-more-about-drug-costs/ Big pharma says it will disclose more about drug costs]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
*Koons, Cynthia; Edney, Anna (October 15, 2018). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-15/drug-lobby-sets-stage-for-free-speech-battle-over-prices-in-ads U.S. to Require Prices on Drug Ads as Pharma Girds for a Fight]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
*Hellmann, Jessie; Weixel, Nathaniel (October 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/411505-trump-administration-to-require-drug-companies-include-prices-in-ads Trump administration plans to require drug companies to include prices in ads]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
*Pear, Robert (October 15, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/us/politics/drug-industry-consumer-price-lists.html Trump Rule Would Compel Drug Makers to Disclose Prices in TV Commercials]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
A conservative criticism of the decision:
*[https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-drug-price-bust-1539905098 Trump’s Drug Price Bust]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. October 18, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2018.</ref>
*October 22, 2018—The HHS announced it would allow the states to offer cheaper ObamaCare plans with fewer of the law's requirements yet still be able to receive federal subsidies.<ref>Multiple references:
*Hackmann, Michelle (October 22, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/states-are-cleared-to-allow-less-comprehensive-health-plans-1540247171 States Are Cleared to Allow Less-Comprehensive Health Plans]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
*Howell, Tom (October 22, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/22/trump-admin-loosens-obamacare-waiver-rules/ Trump admin. loosens up Obamacare waiver rules]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
*Weixel, Nathaniel (October 22, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/412543-trump-administration-loosens-restrictions-on-obamacare-waivers Trump administration loosens restrictions on ObamaCare waivers]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
*King, Robert; Leonard, Kimberly (October 22, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trump-administration-moves-to-allow-more-cheaper-obamacare-plans-with-fewer-benefits Trump administration moves to allow more cheaper Obamacare plans with fewer benefits]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
*Pear, Robert (October 22, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/22/us/politics/trump-obamacare-preexisting-conditions.html Trump Officials Make It Easier for States to Skirt Health Law’s Protections]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
*Levey, Noam N. (October 22, 2018). [http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-health-plans-20181022-story.html Trump administration takes another step to allow health plans that don't cover preexisting conditions]. ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved November 1, 2018.</ref>
*October 22, 2018—The Trump Administration proposed a rule to allow employers contribute to cheaper health reimbursement arrangements, reversing an Obama-era regulation.<ref name="HRAsHealthcare">Multiple references:
*Weixel, Nathaniel (October 22, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/412640-trump-administration-to-overhaul-employer-insurance Trump administration plans to revamp employer-based health care]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
*King, Robert (October 22, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trump-administration-moves-to-let-employers-contribute-to-cheaper-obamacare-alternatives Trump administration moves to let employers contribute to cheaper Obamacare alternatives]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
*Luhby, Tami (October 22, 2018). [https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/22/politics/trump-health-insurance-employer/index.html Trump makes it easier for employers to pay workers for health coverage]. ''CNN''. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
*[https://www.newsmax.com/politics/apfn-us-trump-small-business-health-option/2018/10/22/id/887480/ Trump Administration Unveils Health Options for Small Firms]. ''Newsmax''. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
See also:
*Acosta, Alexander; Mnuchin, Steven; Azar, Alex (October 22, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-health-options-for-small-business-employees-1540249941 New Health Options for Small-Business Employees]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved October 23, 2018.</ref>
*November 13, 2018—The Trump Administration gave more flexibility to the states to provide inpatient mental health treatment for individuals.<ref>Multiple references:
*Weixel, Nathaniel (November 13, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/416451-trump-administration-loosens-restrictions-on-mental-health-treatment Trump administration loosens restrictions on mental health treatment]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
*Alonso-Zaldivar, Ricardo (November 13, 2018). [https://www.apnews.com/befb2ad037624b94a13456ba02bf7fad More leeway for states to expand inpatient mental health]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
*Owens, Caitlin (November 14, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/medicaid-mental-health-coverage-expansion-5f5fd318-55d8-4f6e-9ecc-8b0787c60d6e.html Medicaid expanding mental health coverage]. ''Axios''. Retrieved November 15, 2018.</ref>
*November 29, 2018—The Trump Administration announced four ways it would give waivers to the states so they could receive federal subsidies for health care plans that do not meet ObamaCare's requirements.<ref>Multiple references:
*Armour, Stephanie (November 29, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-details-health-law-waivers-for-states-1543512557 Trump Administration Details Health-Law Waivers for States]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
*Howell, Tom (November 29, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/29/donald-trump-outlines-ways-states-can-duck-obamaca/ Trump outlines ways states can duck Obamacare's strictures]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
*Weixel, Nathaniel (November 29, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/418964-trump-administration-allows-states-to-loosen-obamacare-coverage Trump administration allows states to loosen ObamaCare coverage requirements]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
*Leonard, Kimberly (November 29, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trump-administration-gives-states-options-for-retooling-obamacare Trump administration gives states options for retooling Obamacare]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
*Pear, Robert; Goodnough, Abby (November 29, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/us/politics/obamacare-waivers-federal-subsidies.html Federal Subsidies Could Expand to Health Programs That Violate Obamacare]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
*Goldstein, Amy (November 29, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/new-insurance-guidelines-would-undermine-rules-of-the-affordable-care-act/2018/11/29/ff467f46-f357-11e8-aeea-b85fd44449f5_story.html New insurance guidelines would undermine rules of the Affordable Care Act]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved December 1, 2018.</ref>
*December 20, 2018—The USDA announced it would implement stricter work requirements for its SNAP food stamp program.<ref>Multiple references:
*Rodriguez, Katherine (December 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/20/trump-administration-tightens-use-snap-work-requirement-waivers/ Trump Administration Tightens Use of SNAP Work Requirement Waivers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
*Shaw, Adam (December 20, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-announces-plan-to-tighten-work-requirements-for-food-stamp-recipients Trump administration moves to tighten food stamp rules]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
*Boyer, Dave (December 20, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/20/donald-trump-tighten-work-rules-food-stamps-after-/ Trump to tighten work rules on food stamps after Congress punts on issue]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
*Wise, Justin (December 20, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/422216-trump-admin-eyes-tighter-food-stamp-restrictions Trump administration eyes tighter food stamp restrictions]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
*[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-food-stamp-proposal-add-work-requirements-in-some-states/ Trump's food stamp proposal would add work requirements in some states]. ''CBS News''. December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
See also:
*Schallhorn, Kaitlyn (December 20, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-tackles-snap-benefits-what-are-the-proposed-rule-changes-for-food-stamps Trump administration tackles SNAP benefits: What are the proposed rule changes for food stamps?] ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
*Dedaj, Paulina (December 20, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-signs-867-billion-farm-bill-tightening-rules-for-food-stamp-recipients Trump signs $867 billion farm bill, tightening rules for food stamp recipients]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
*Perdue, Sonnie (December 20, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/12/20/usda-secretary-sonny-perdue-snap-benefit-reform-workers-welfare-column/2343066002/ New SNAP rules encourage productivity instead of poverty: Sonny Perdue]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved December 20, 2018.</ref>

The Trump Administration took several actions related to religious liberty:
*January 18, 2018—The HHS created the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division office, part of the Office of Civil Rights, in order to protect doctors and other healthcare workers from being forced to participate in abortions, euthanasia, and transgender surgeries.<ref name="ArmourWSJ4/13/18">Armour, Stephanie (April 13, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/health-workers-new-advocate-sees-objection-to-abortion-as-a-civil-right-1523611801 Trump Appointee Harnesses Civil-Rights Law to Protect Anti-Abortion Health Workers]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved April 14, 2018.</ref><ref>Multiple references:
*McKelway, Doug (January 18, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/18/trump-administration-bolsters-protections-for-doctors-nurses-who-oppose-abortion.html Trump administration bolsters protections for doctors, nurses who oppose abortion]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
*Howell, Tom (January 18, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/18/hhs-launches-office-enforce-religious-freedom-laws/ HHS launches office to enforce religious-freedom laws]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
*Caralle, Katelyn (January 18, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/issues/trump-administration-forms-new-office-protect-religious-rights-medical-providers-oppose-abortion/ Trump Admin Forms New Office to Protect Religious Rights of Medical Providers Who Oppose Abortion]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
*Bourne, Lisa (January 18, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-trump-admin-establishes-new-office-to-protect-doctors-consciences Trump admin creates office to ‘protect’ doctors’ consciences who refuse to do abortion]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
*Starr, Penny (January 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/18/hhs-unveils-conscience-religious-freedom-division/ HHS Unveils Conscience and Religious Freedom Division: ‘We’re Open for Business’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
*King, Robert (January 18, 2018). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-administration-creates-religious-liberty-division-to-allow-doctors-to-opt-out-of-abortions-transgender-surgeries/article/2646309 Trump administration creates religious liberty division to allow doctors to opt out of abortions, transgender surgeries]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
*O'Donnell, Jayne (January 18, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/18/new-federal-office-protect-consciences-religious-objections-health-care-professionals/1044748001/ New federal office to protect consciences, religious objections of health care professionals]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
*Clarke, Toni (January 18, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-religion/u-s-government-to-shield-health-workers-under-religious-freedom-idUSKBN1F7262 U.S. government to shield health workers under 'religious freedom']. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
*Armour, Stephanie; Radnofsky, Louise (January 18, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-to-let-health-providers-skip-procedures-on-religious-grounds-1516231878 Trump to Let Health Practitioners Skip Procedures on Religious Grounds]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
*Alonso-Zaldivar, Ricardo (January 18, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/18/trump-tries-to-protect-medical-providers-who-oppos/ New Trump office would protect conscience rights of doctors]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved June 4, 2018.
See also:
*Hellmann, Jessie (February 20, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/374725-hhs-new-office-that-enforces-religious-moral-rights-of-health-workers New HHS office that enforces health workers' religious rights received 300 complaints in a month]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.</ref> The next day, the HHS began the process of enacting a regulation to require healthcare providers to follow laws that protect workers' from being forced to perform services, such as abortions, that violate their consciences.<ref name="HHSadvocate">Shellnutt, Kate (January 19, 2018). [http://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2018/january/trump-hhs-planned-parenthood-funding-pro-life-conscience.html It’s Official: Trump Turns HHS from Pro-Life Antagonist to Advocate]. ''Christianity Today''. Retrieved January 20, 2018.</ref><ref>Multiple references:
*Howell, Tom (January 19, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/19/hhs-announces-pro-life-moves-ahead-march-life/ HHS announces pro-life moves amid March for Life]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
*Abutaleb, Yasmeen; Humer, Caroline (January 19, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-religion/u-s-health-agency-revokes-obama-era-planned-parenthood-protection-idUSKBN1F820T U.S. health agency revokes Obama-era Planned Parenthood protection]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
*Bailey, Sarah Pulliam; Cha, Ariana Eunjung; Eilperin, Juliet (January 19, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/01/19/hhs-releases-new-rule-on-health-workers-religious-moral-objections/ HHS releases new rule on health workers' religious, moral objections]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved January 20, 2018.</ref>
*January 2018—The DOJ added new guidelines regarding religious liberty in its U.S. Attorneys' Manual, prioritizing the issue for the department and intended to strengthen such protections.<ref>Multiple references:
*Sasser, Hiram S. (February 21, 2018). [https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/374846-us-attorney-manual-update-signals-hope-for-religious-liberty US attorney manual update signals hope for religious liberty]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
*[https://aclj.org/religious-liberty/attorney-general-adds-religious-liberty-update-to-us-attorneys-manual-protecting-our-first-freedom Attorney General Adds Religious Liberty Update to U.S. Attorneys’ Manual Protecting Our First Freedom]. ''American Center for Law & Justice''. Retrieved May 10, 2018.</ref>
*February 23, 2018—The HHS changed its Title X family planning grants to promote conservative priorities such as favoring religious organizations as well as groups that promote abstinence and do not perform abortions.<ref>Multiple references:
*Berry, Susan (February 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/23/trump-administration-announces-260-million-in-family-planning-grants-to-programs-that-do-not-perform-abortions/ Trump Administration Announces $260 Million in Family Planning Grants to Programs that Do Not Perform Abortions]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
*Quinn, Mattie (February 26, 2018). [http://www.governing.com/topics/health-human-services/gov-hhs-abortion-title-x-states-funding-trump.html Months Late, Trump Administration Changes Family Planning Program's Priorities]. ''Governing''. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
*Brown, Lauretta (February 26, 2018). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/02/26/trump-admin-rolls-out-new-priorities-for-title-x-family-planning-grants-n2454591 Trump Admin Rolls Out New Priorities for Title X Family Planning Grants]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
*Haberkorn, Jennifer (February 23, 2018). [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/23/trump-family-planning-grants-abstinence-364530 Trump's family planning grants emphasize abstinence, other conservative priorities]. ''Politico''. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
*Hackman, Michelle (February 23, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-cuts-funding-for-title-x-family-planning-program-1519433036 Trump’s Family-Planning Program to Prioritize Faith-Based Clinics]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved March 4, 2018.</ref>
*May 3, 2018—Speaking at a [[National Day of Prayer]] event,<ref>Multiple references:
*Radnofsky, Louise (May 3, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-proclaims-support-for-religious-liberty-1525369053 Trump Proclaims Support for Religious Liberty]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
*Bohon, Dave (May 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/28967-trump-takes-lead-on-national-day-of-prayer Trump Takes Lead on National Day of Prayer]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
*Moons, Michelle (May 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/03/trump-hosts-national-day-prayer-condemn-crimes-people-faith/ President Trump Hosts National Day of Prayer: ‘We Condemn All Crimes Against People of Faith’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
See also:
*[https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-05-08/pdf/2018-09893.pdf Proclamation 9741 of May 3, 2018 -- National Day of Prayer, 2018]. ''Federal Register''. May 8, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.</ref> President Trump signed an order creating a faith-based White House office, the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative, intended to help protect religious liberty and include the perspective of "faith-based" Americans when making policy.<ref>Multiple references:
*Freiburger, Calvin (May 3, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-creating-faith-based-office-in-white-house Trump signs executive order creating faith-based office in White House]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
*Boyer, Dave (May 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/3/donald-trump-signs-executive-order-establishing-fa/ Trump signs executive order establishing faith-based office at White House]. ''Washington Times''. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
*Gill, Benjamin; Kennedy, Ben (May 3, 2018). [http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2018/may/i-will-always-protect-religious-liberty-whats-inside-president-trumps-new-executive-order 'I Will Always Protect Religious Liberty': What's Inside President Trump's New Executive Order]. ''CBN News''. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
*Korte, Gregory (May 3, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/03/faith-based-initiatives-trump-signs-order-national-day-prayer/577171002/ Trump signs executive order giving more freedom to federally funded religious groups]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
*Pentchoukov, Ivan (May 3, 2018). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/2trump-signs-order-to-promote-religious-freedom-from-government-overreach_2513235.html Trump Signs Order to Protect Religious Freedom From Government Overreach]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
*Tillett, Emily (May 3, 2018). [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-observes-national-day-of-prayer-at-white-house-live-stream/ Trump signs order to protect religious freedom, establishes new White House faith initiative]. ''CBS News''. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
*Unruh, Bob (May 3, 2018). [http://www.wnd.com/2018/05/president-sets-up-white-house-faith-initiative/ President sets up White House faith initiative]. ''WND''. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
See also:
*Dallas, Kelsey (May 5, 2018). [https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900017820/nothing-is-more-powerful-than-god-a-look-at-president-donald-trumps-new-faith-based-initiatives.html 'Nothing is more powerful than God': A look at President Donald Trump's new faith-based initiatives]. ''Deseret News''. Retrieved May 7, 2018.</ref>
*May 9, 2018—The Education Department moved to review existing regulations restricting religious universities from receiving federal money – with the intention of changing or removing those regulations – in order to strengthen religious freedom protections for those institutions.<ref>Multiple references:
*Jacqueline, Thomsen (May 9, 2018). [https://thehill.com/regulation/pending-regs/387045-education-dept-to-relax-rules-restricting-faith-based-institutions Education Dept to relax rules restricting faith-based institutions from getting federal aid]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
*Richardson, Valerie (May 10, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/10/devos-moves-roll-back-regulations-federal-aid-reli/ DeVos moves to roll back regulations on federal aid to religious colleges]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
*Smith, Samuel (May 10, 2018). [https://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-education-department-strengthen-religious-freedom-protections-christian-college-university-223834/ Trump Admin. to Strengthen Religious Freedom Protections for Christian Colleges]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
*Green, Erica L. (May 9, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/us/politics/betsy-devos-religious-christian-education-federal-aid.html DeVos Moves to Loosen Restrictions on Federal Aid to Religious Colleges]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved May 10, 2018.</ref>
*June 13, 2018—The DOJ announced a new initiative – its "Place to Worship Initiative" – to combat religious discrimination against houses of worship by municipalities.<ref>Multiple references:
*Lynch, Sarah N. (June 13, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-sessions-religion/u-s-justice-department-to-focus-on-discrimination-against-houses-of-worship-idUSKBN1J92OM U.S. Justice Dept targets discrimination against houses of worship]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
*Jones, Emily (June 13, 2018). [http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2018/june/new-doj-initiative-protects-churches-against-zoning-discrimination New DOJ Initiative Protects Churches Against Zoning Discrimination]. ''CBN News''. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
*Samuels, Brett (June 13, 2018). [https://thehill.com/regulation/administration/392159-sessions-moves-to-protect-houses-of-worship-from-discrimination Sessions moves to protect houses of worship from discrimination]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
*Quinn, Melissa (June 13, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/doj-moves-to-prevent-discrimination-against-houses-of-worship DOJ moves to prevent discrimination against houses of worship]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
*Unruh, Bob (June 13, 2018). [http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/feds-begin-project-to-protect-worship/ Feds Begin Project to Protect Worship!] ''WND''. Retrieved June 13, 2018.</ref>
*July 24–26, 2018—The State Department hosted the first-ever U.S. government summit on religious freedom.<ref>Multiple references:
*Green, Laurel (July 24, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/24/religious-freedom-is-right-given-by-god-state-department-official-says.html Religious freedom is 'right given by God,' State Department official says]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
*Richardson, Bradford (July 24, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/24/religious-freedom-under-attack-sam-brownback-says-/ Religious Freedom forum draws attention to persecution, false imprisonment and re-education camps]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
*Mora, Edwin (July 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/07/25/u-s-convenes-world-faith-leaders-first-ministerial-religious-freedom/ U.S. Convenes World Faith Leaders for First-Ever Ministerial on Religious Freedom]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
*Rosales, Erik (July 24, 2018). [http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/july/ministerial-summit-for-religious-freedom-brings-countries-together Ministerial Summit For Religious Freedom Brings Countries Together]. ''CBN News''. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
*Crabtree, Susan (July 24, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/issues/brownback-must-stomp-religious-persecution-around-world/ Brownback: We Must Stomp Out Religious Persecution Around the World]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
See also:
*Kraychik, Robert (July 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/25/state-department-civil-society-religious-freedom/ State Department: ‘Civil Society’ Is ‘First Line of Defense’ for Religious Freedom]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
*Kraychik, Robert (July 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/25/mulvaney-obama-discourage-christian-values/ Mick Mulvaney: Past Administration ‘Used Taxpayer Dollars’ to ‘Discourage Christian Values’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
*Freiburger, Calvin (July 31, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-admin-vows-to-stop-punishing-countries-that-oppose-homosexuality-lgbt Trump admin vows to stop punishing countries that oppose homosexuality; LGBT activists outraged]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
*Green, Lauren (July 26, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/26/pence-says-summit-is-just-beginning-religious-freedom.html Pence says religious freedom summit is 'just the beginning']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
*Wong, Kristina (July 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/28/watch-religious-freedom-ambassador-sam-brownback-faith-is-a-good-thing/ Watch — Religious Freedom Ambassador Sam Brownback: ‘Faith Is a Good Thing’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
*Ellis, Jenna (July 20, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/on-religious-freedom-trump-keeps-his-word On religious freedom, Trump keeps his word]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 25, 2018.</ref> At the end of the summit, the State Department released the Potomac Declaration and the Potomac Plan of Action, which emphasized the importance of religious liberty to the U.S. government, called on other countries to protect religious freedom, and outlined specific steps for these countries to follow to protect religious freedom. The Trump Administration also announced the establishment of an International Religious Freedom Fund, as well as the Genocide Recovery and Persecution Response Program to quickly provide aid to persecuted religious minorities.<ref>Multiple references:
*Greenwood, Max (July 26, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399122-pompeo-issues-religious-freedom-declaration Pompeo issues declaration calling for world governments to prioritize religious freedom]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
*Lee, Morgan (July 26, 2018). [https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2018/july/potomac-declaration-religious-freedom-pence-pompeo.html Pence and Pompeo Make Big Religious Freedom Pledges]. ''Christianity Today''. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
*[http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/cwn/2018/july/why-the-potomac-declaration-is-truly-historic-for-religious-freedom Why the Potomac Declaration Is 'Truly Historic' for Religious Freedom]. ''CBN News''. July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
*Smith, Samuel (July 27, 2018). [https://www.christianpost.com/news/what-does-state-departments-potomac-declaration-say-and-do-226441/ What Does the State Department's Potomac Declaration Say and Do?] ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
*Cimmino, Jeffrey (July 27, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/issues/pompeo-releases-declaration-calling-governments-uphold-religious-freedom/ Pompeo Releases Declaration Calling for Governments to Uphold Religious Freedom]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
*[http://www.oann.com/u-s-fighting-back-against-religious-persecution/ U.S. Fighting Back Against Religious Persecution]. ''One America News Network''. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
*Chang, Joan (July 26, 2018). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/pence-and-pompeo-say-religious-liberty-top-us-priority_2605355.html Pence and Pompeo Say Religious Liberty Top US Priority]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
On the Genocide Recovery and Persecution Response Program and U.S. funding in the Middle East:
*Gill, Joshua (July 26, 2018). [https://dailycaller.com/2018/07/26/mike-pence-genocide-recovery-program/ Pence Announces US Genocide Recovery and Persecution Response Program]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
*Grogan, Courtney (July 26, 2018). [https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pence-announces-genocide-recovery-program-for-iraqi-minorities-61592 Pence announces Genocide Recovery Program for Iraqi minorities]. ''Catholic News Agency''. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
*Morello, Carol (July 26, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/help-is-on-the-way-at-last-for-religious-minorities-in-iraq/2018/07/26/e6d58265-76f5-4d26-abcc-a76ce7e1aeca_story.html Help is on the way, at last, for religious minorities in Iraq]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
See also:
*Richardson, Bradford (July 26, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/26/pence-unleashes-on-north-korean-abuses-much-worse-/ Pence unleashes on North Korean abuses: 'Much worse' than China]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
*Williams, Thomas D. (July 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/28/pence-persecution-christians-north-korea-no-rival-earth/ Mike Pence: Persecution of Christians in North Korea ‘Has No Rival on the Earth’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
*Freiburger, Calvin (July 26, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pence-pompeo-speak-at-state-department-conference-on-religious-freedom Mike Pence: Religious freedom is ‘top priority’ of Trump Administration]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
*Lucas, Fred (July 26, 2018). [https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/07/26/7-big-moments-from-pence-address-on-religious-freedom/ 7 Big Moments From Pence Address on Religious Freedom]. ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved July 26, 2018.</ref>
*July 30, 2018—Attorney General Sessions announced the creation of its Religious Liberty Task Force to help it implement a pro-religious liberty guidance it issued in October 2017.<ref>Multiple references:
*Mordock, Jeff (July 30, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/30/jeff-sessions-forms-religious-liberty-task-force-t/ DOJ forms Religious Liberty Task Force to protect freedom of religion]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
*Cimmino, Jeffrey (July 30, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/politics/sessions-announces-new-religious-liberty-task-force/ Sessions Announces New Religious Liberty Task Force]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
*Wheeler, Lydia (July 30, 2018). [https://thehill.com/regulation/administration/399482-sessions-announces-religious-liberty-task-force Sessions announces 'religious liberty task force']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
*Cohen, Kelly (July 30, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice-department-creates-religious-liberty-task-force Justice Department creates religious liberty task force]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
*Starr, Penny (July 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/30/jeff-sessions-dangerous-movement-eroding-americans-religious-liberty/ Jeff Sessions: ’Dangerous Movement’ Eroding Americans’ Religious Liberty]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
*Pandolfo, Chris (July 30, 2018). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/trump-launches-religious-freedom-task-force-to-undo-another-obama-legacy/ Trump launches religious freedom task force to undo another Obama legacy]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
*Browder, Jenna (July 30, 2018). [http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2018/july/a-core-principle-from-the-beginning-of-our-country-sessions-announces-religious-freedom-task-force 'A Core Principle from the Beginning of Our Country': Sessions Launches Religious Freedom Task Force]. ''CBN News''. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
*Arter, Melanie (July 30, 2018). [https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/sessions-we-will-keep-fighting-religious-liberty-and-were-going-keep Sessions: We Will Keep Fighting for Religious Liberty, and ‘We’re Going to Keep Winning’]. ''CNS News''. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
*Downs, Ray (July 30, 2018). [https://www.upi.com/Sessions-announces-creation-of-Religious-Liberty-Task-Force/2811532995120/ Sessions announces creation of Religious Liberty Task Force]. ''UPI''. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
*[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-sessions-religious-liberty-task-force-announced/ Jeff Sessions announces creation of "religious liberty task force"]. ''CBS News''. July 30, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
See also:
*Ellis, Jenna (July 30, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trump-and-jeff-sessions-prioritize-religious-liberty-with-new-justice-department-task-force Trump and Jeff Sessions prioritize religious liberty with new Justice Department task force]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
*Hobbs, Jay (August 4, 2018). [https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/religious-liberty-task-force-right-to-champion-first-freedom/ The DOJ’s Religious-Liberty Task Force Is a Breath of Fresh Air]. ''National Review''. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
*Russell, Donna (July 31, 2018). [http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/july/liberal-media-freak-out-over-new-religious-liberty-task-force-accuse-trump-admin-of-holy-war-on-lgbt-people Liberal Media 'Freak Out' Over New Religious Liberty Task Force, Accuse Trump Admin of 'Holy War on LGBT People']. ''CBN News''. Retrieved July 31, 2018.</ref>
*November 7, 2018—The Trump Administration finalized two rules allowing employers with religious objections to opt out of the ObamaCare contraceptive mandate and ensuring that taxpayer-funded healthcare subsidies would not be used to fund abortions.<ref name="Mandate2018">Multiple references:
*Re, Gregg (November 7, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-neuters-obamacare-birth-control-coverage-mandate-with-limits-on-plans-covering-abortion Trump neuters ObamaCare birth control coverage mandate, tightens regulations on plans covering abortion]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
*Berry, Susan (November 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/07/trump-admin-protects-objectors-to-obamacare-contraceptive-mandate/ Trump Admin Protects Objectors to Obamacare Contraceptive Mandate]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
*Howell, Tom (November 8, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/7/trump-carve-out-obamacare-contraception-mandate/ Trump admin finalizes sweeping carve-out from Obamacare contraception mandate]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
*Freiburger, Calvin (November 8, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-admin-issues-rules-protecting-conscience-rights-against-abortion-cont Trump admin issues rules protecting conscience rights against abortion, contraception insurance]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
*McMorris, Bill (November 8, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/issues/trump-admin-shields-nuns-contraceptive-mandate/ Trump Admin Shields Nuns From Contraceptive Mandate]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
*Leonard, Kimberly (November 7, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trump-administration-rolls-back-obamacares-birth-control-rule Trump administration rolls back Obamacare's birth control rule]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
See also:
*Israel, Melanie (November 8, 2018). [https://www.lifenews.com/2018/11/08/thank-you-president-trump-for-protecting-christians-from-having-to-fund-abortion-pills/ Thank You President Trump for Protecting Christians From Having to Fund Abortion Pills]. ''LifeNews''. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
*Russell, Nicole (November 8, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/novel-idea-hhs-says-little-sisters-of-the-poor-dont-have-to-provide-birth-control Novel idea: HHS says Little Sisters of the Poor don't have to provide birth control]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
*Williams, Thomas D. (November 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/11/u-s-bishops-praise-conscience-protections-trump-administration/ U.S. Bishops Praise Conscience Protections by Trump Administration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 11, 2018.</ref>
*November 15, 2018—[[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]] announced a new policy expanding its funding of private and religious schools in developing countries.<ref>Multiple references:
*Richardson, Valerie (November 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/16/usaid-expands-funding-private-religious-schools-un/ USAID expands funding to private, religious schools under new global education policy]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
*Berry, Susan (November 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/11/16/trump-administration-expands-international-education-funding-faith-based-groups/ Trump Administration Expands International Education Funding to Faith-Based Groups]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
*Chandak, Neetu (November 17, 2018). [https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/17/trump-education-faith-children-developing-countries/ Trump Administration Expands Education Funding to Faith-Based, Private Sector Groups Helping Children in Developing Countries]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
See also:
*Dorman, Sam (November 19, 2018). [https://ijr.com/conservative-usaid-funding-religious-non-state-education/ Conservative Leaders Praise Trump Admin’s Decision to Expand USAID Funding to Religious, Non-State Education]. ''Independent Journal Review''. Retrieved November 20, 2018.</ref>

The Trump Administration took numerous actions related to homosexual, transgender, and other sex-related matters:
*February 2018—It was reported that the Education Department would no longer investigate claims by transgender students of being forced to use the bathroom of their biological gender.<ref>Multiple references:
*Tennant, Michael (February 14, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/28271-education-department-wont-pursue-transgender-students-bathroom-claims Education Department Won’t Pursue Transgender Students’ Bathroom Claims]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
*Mainwaring, Doug (February 12, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trumps-education-department-will-no-longer-accept-lgbt-student-bathroom-com Trump’s Education Department will no longer accept LGBT student bathroom complaints: report]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
*Berry, Susan (February 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/13/report-education-department-reject-transgender-bathroom-complaints/ Report: Education Department to Reject Transgender Bathroom Complaints]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
*Chapman, Michael W. (February 13, 2018). [https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/report-doe-reject-transgender-student-bathroom-complaints Report: Trump's DOE to Reject Transgender Student Bathroom Complaints]. ''CNS News''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
*Richardson, Bradford (February 13, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/13/education-department-wont-investigate-transgender-/ Transgender bathroom complaints will no longer be investigated by Education Department]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
*Balingit, Moriah (February 12, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2018/02/12/education-department-will-no-longer-investigate-transgender-bathroom-complaints/ Education Department no longer investigating transgender bathroom complaints]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
See also:
*Berry, Susan (February 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/28/report-trump-administration-dismissed-15-19-transgender-student-complaints-past-year/ Report: Trump Administration Has Dismissed 15 of 19 Transgender Student Complaints in Past Year]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 28, 2018.</ref>
*March 23, 2018—President Trump signed an order banning transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military except in "limited circumstances."<ref name="Transgender2018">Multiple references:
*Zwirz, Elizabeth (March 24, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/24/president-trump-issues-order-to-ban-transgender-troops-from-service-except-in-limited-circumstances.html President Trump issues order to ban transgender troops from service except in 'limited circumstances']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
*Munro, Neil (March 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/03/23/trump-pentagon-rejects-obama-transgender-ideology/ Trump’s Pentagon Deep-Sixes Obama’s Transgender Ideology]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
*Dinan, Stephen (March 23, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/23/trump-reinstates-broad-ban-transgender-troops/ Trump reinstates broad ban on transgender troops]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
*Ali, Idrees; Beech, Eric (March 23, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-transgender/trump-moves-to-limit-transgender-individuals-from-military-service-idUSKBN1H002S Trump moves to limit transgender individuals from military service]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
*Bowden, John; Anapol, Avery (March 23, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/380050-trump-bans-most-transgender-americans-from-serving-in-the-military Trump moves to ban most transgender people from serving in military]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
*Freiburger, Calvin (March 26, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-unveils-final-details-of-transgender-troop-ban Trump unveils final details of transgender troop ban]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
*Bohon, Dave (March 26, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/28601-trump-announces-new-ban-on-transgenders-in-military Trump Announces New Ban on Transgenders in Military]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
Despite this order, President Trump retreated from a total ban on transgender individuals in the military:
*Tritten, Travis J. (March 23, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/trump-cancels-all-out-ban-on-transgender-troops-will-allow-some-to-serve Trump cancels all-out ban on transgender troops, will allow some to serve]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
See also:
*Munro, Neil (March 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/26/transgender-pentagon-says-fewer-than-25-soldiers-requested-genitalia-surgery/ Transgender: Pentagon Says Fewer Than 25 Soldiers Requested Genitalia Surgery]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 26, 2018.</ref> On January 22, 2019, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] allowed the ban to temporarily go into effect pending hearings in lower courts.<ref>Multiple references:
*Singman, Brooke; Mears, Bill (January 22, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-rules-pentagon-can-limit-transgender-military-service-while-lawsuits-continue Supreme Court lets Pentagon limit transgender military service while lawsuits proceed]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
*Kendall, Brent; Youssef, Nancy A. (January 22, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-allows-trump-restrictions-on-transgender-military-service-for-now-11548168481 Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Implement Transgender Restrictions in Military]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
*Swoyer, Alex (January 22, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/22/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-transgen/ Supreme Court allows Trump administration transgender military policy to go into effect]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
*Barillas, Martin M. (January 22, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/u.s.-supreme-court-allows-trump-admin-to-enforce-ban-on-transgender-troops U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump admin to enforce ban on transgender troops]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
*Klukowski, Ken (January 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/23/supreme-court-allows-military-transgender-ban-to-continue-for-now/ Supreme Court Allows Military Transgender Ban to Continue—for Now]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 22, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31264-supreme-court-trump-s-partial-transgender-ban-stays-until-courts-settle-it Supreme Court: Trump’s Partial Transgender Ban Stays Until Courts Settle It]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
*Wheeler, Lydia; Kheel, Rebecca (January 22, 2019). [https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/426377-supreme-court-allows-transgender-military-ban-to-be-enforced Supreme Court allows transgender military ban to be enforced]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
*Quinn, Melissa (January 22, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-to-enforce-militarys-transgender-ban Supreme Court allows Trump administration to enforce military's transgender ban]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
*Chung, Andrew (January 22, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-transgender/supreme-court-lets-trump-transgender-troop-restrictions-take-effect-idUSKCN1PG1RI Trump transgender troop limits can take effect, top court decides]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
*Wolf, Richard (January 22, 2019). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/22/supreme-court-clears-way-partial-transgender-ban-military/2529314002/ Supreme Court allows Trump's partial ban on transgender troops in military to take effect]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
See also:
*Russell, Nicole (January 22, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trumps-military-transgender-ban-is-more-reasonable-than-you-think Trump's military transgender ban is more reasonable than you think]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.</ref>
*It was reported that various agencies in the Trump Administration removed instances to LGBT information on their websites.<ref>Freiburger, Calvin (March 23, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lgbt-activists-outraged-as-trump-admin-cuts-lgbt-info-from-govt-websites LGBT activists outraged as Trump admin cuts LGBT info from gov’t websites]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved March 24, 2018.</ref> Additionally, the Trump Administration successfully pressured the [[4-H]] to rescind a pro-homosexuality rule from its website.<ref>Multiple references:
*Crowder, Courtney; Clayworth, Jason (November 18, 2018). [https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/investigations/2018/11/18/4-h-transgender-lgbt-iowa-john-paul-chaisson-cardenas-iowa-state-university-civil-rights/1572199002/ EXCLUSIVE: How Trump administration pressure to dump 4-H's LGBT policy led to Iowa leader's firing]. ''The Des Moines Register''. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
*[https://www.apnews.com/3c783ae02f004927af5b97fbd1785e65 Iowa 4-H head fired after push to drop discrimination rule]. ''Associated Press''. November 18, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2018.</ref>
*April 20, 2018—The HHS announced it would shift its funds in the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program to programs promoting abstinence.<ref>Multiple references:
*Hellmann, Jessie (April 20, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/384208-trump-admin-announces-abstinence-focused-overhaul-of-teen-pregnancy Trump admin announces abstinence-focused overhaul of teen pregnancy program]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
*Haynes, Terry (April 20, 2018). [https://dailycaller.com/2018/04/20/trump-teen-pregnancy-abstinence/ Trump Administration Revamps Teen Pregnancy Program To Focus On Abstinence]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved April 22, 2018.</ref>
*May 11, 2018—The Bureau of Prisons reversed several Obama Administration guidelines catering to [[transgender]] inmates and making one's biological gender the main factor in deciding which facilities and bathrooms to assign inmates.<ref>Multiple references:
*Anapol, Avery (May 12, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/387389-trump-administration-rolls-back-rules-protecting-transgender-inmates Trump administration rolls back rules protecting transgender inmates in federal prisons]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lgbt-prisons/u-s-rolls-back-protections-for-transgender-prison-inmates-idUSKCN1ID0O3 U.S. rolls back protections for transgender prison inmates]. ''Reuters''. May 12, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Munro, Neil (May 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/05/13/transgender-ag-sessions-ends-obama-mixed-sex-prison-policy/ Transgender: AG Sessions Ends Obama’s Mixed-Sex Prison Policy]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
*Chretien, Claire (May 14, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-admin-makes-it-harder-for-transgender-men-to-be-allowed-in-womens-pri Trump admin makes it harder for ‘transgender’ males to be allowed into female prisons]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
*Brest, Mike (May 12, 2018). [https://dailycaller.com/2018/05/12/trump-rolls-back-protections-transgender-inmates/ Trump Changes Guidelines For Transgender Inmates]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Brokaw, Sommer (May 12, 2018). [https://www.upi.com/Justice-Department-rolls-back-transgender-prison-protections/7361526137858/ Justice Department rolls back transgender prison protections]. ''UPI''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Zeal, Cillian (May 12, 2018). [https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/trump-admin-eliminates-obama-prison-rules-that-catered-to-transgender-inmates/ Trump Admin Eliminates Obama Prison Rules that Catered to Transgender Inmates]. ''The Western Journal''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Hayes, Christal (May 11, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/05/11/trump-obama-rules-protecting-transgender-inmates/603904002/ Trump rolls back Obama rules that helped transgender prisoners]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
*Benner, Katie (May 11, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/us/politics/justice-department-transgender-inmates-crime-victims.html Federal Prisons Roll Back Rules Protecting Transgender People]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved May 13, 2018.</ref>
*June 2018—The Department of Defense did not issue a memo commemorating LGBT Pride Month, a change from previous years.<ref>Multiple references:
*Mainwaring, Doug (June 13, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pentagon-brass-influenced-by-trump-admin-refuse-to-honor-lgbt-pride-month Pentagon brass influenced by Trump admin refuse to honor LGBT ‘pride month’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
*Manchester, Julia (June 11, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/defense/391722-pentagon-declines-to-acknowledge-lgbt-pride-month-for-first-time-since-dont Pentagon declines to acknowledge LGBT Pride Month for first time since 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
*Sonne, Paul (June 11, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/as-transgender-ban-looms-pentagon-leaders-distance-themselves-from-lgbt-pride-events/2018/06/11/1551bc1c-6d82-11e8-9ab5-d31a80fd1a05_story.html As transgender ban looms, Pentagon leaders distance themselves from LGBT pride events]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved June 13, 2018.</ref> This came shortly after the White House also refused to commemorate the month.<ref>Multiple references:
*Mainwaring, Doug (June 4, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/in-contrast-with-obama-trump-white-house-refuses-to-recognize-lgbt-pride-mo In contrast with Obama, Trump White House refuses to recognize LGBT ‘Pride Month’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
*Fitzsimons, Tim (June 1, 2018). [https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/president-trump-misses-lgbtq-pride-month-again-n879306 President Trump misses LGBTQ Pride Month — again]. ''NBC News''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
See also:
*Cross, Isaac (June 7, 2018). [https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/isaac-cross/2018/06/07/daily-beast-writer-bashes-trump-christians-gay-pride-month Daily Beast Writer Bashes Trump, Christians on ‘Gay Pride Month’]. ''NewsBusters''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.</ref> Despite this, other federal government agencies, including the National Park Service and Veterans Administration, did celebrate the month.<ref>Starr, Penny (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/01/federal-government-resources-used-promote-lgbt-pride/ Federal Government Resources Used to Promote LGBT Pride]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 1, 2018.</ref>
*October 1, 2018—The Trump Administration implemented a rule denying visas to same-sex domestic partners of foreign diplomats, effectively reversing a 2009 Obama Administration decision.<ref name="SameSexDiplomats"/> While the Trump Administration based its decision on the faulty 2015 ''[[Obergefell v. Hodges]]'' Supreme Court decision, its action ended the special benefits provided to homosexual individuals in this area.<ref name="SameSexDiplomats">Multiple references:
*Chakraborty, Barnini (October 2, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-restricts-same-sex-visas-for-diplomat-partners-sets-january-deadline-to-get-married-or-get-out US restricts same-sex visas for diplomat partners, sets January deadline to get married or get out]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
*Freiburger, Calvin (October 3, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-denies-visas-to-same-sex-partners-of-diplomats-who-arent-married-lgbt Trump denies visas to same-sex partners of diplomats who aren’t ‘married’, LGBT lobby outraged]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
*Donati, Jessica (October 2, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-halts-some-same-sex-visas-for-foreign-officials-in-u-s-1538525050 Trump Administration Halts Some Same-Sex Visas for Foreign Officials in U.S.] ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
*Gstalter, Morgan (October 1, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/409386-trump-administration-begins-denying-visas-to-unmarried-same-sex Trump administration begins denying visas to some same-sex partners of foreign diplomats: report]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-diplomacy-visas/u-s-will-not-grant-diplomatic-visas-to-same-sex-partners-officials-idUSKCN1MC2VB U.S. will not grant diplomatic visas to same-sex partners: officials]. ''Reuters''. October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
*Hjelmgaard, Kim (October 2, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/10/02/trump-halts-visas-same-sex-partners-diplomats-un-employees/1495218002/ Trump administration halts visas for same-sex partners of diplomats, UN employees]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved October 11, 2018.</ref>

The Trump Administration too actions on other social issues:
*May 19, 2018—Among its steps to reverse Obama Administration "fair housing" policies, the [[Department of Housing and Urban Development]] withdrew a computer tool it used to identify instances of segregation due to it being unhelpful.<ref>Multiple references:
*Kusisto, Laura (May 18, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/hud-drops-obama-era-tool-aimed-at-enforcing-fair-housing-law-1526691328 HUD Drops Obama-Era Tool Aimed at Enforcing Fair Housing Law]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
*Thomsen, Jacqueline (May 19, 2018). [https://thehill.com/regulation/pending-regs/388462-hud-pulls-tool-used-to-identify-segregation-in-communities HUD pulls tool used to identify segregation in communities]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
*Lawler, Joseph (May 19, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/ben-carson-strikes-critical-blow-to-obama-fair-housing-rule Ben Carson strikes critical blow to Obama fair-housing rule]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
*Jan, Tracy (May 19, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/19/hud-secretary-ben-carson-doubles-down-on-dismantling-obama-era-fair-housing-policies/ HUD Secretary Ben Carson doubles down on dismantling Obama-era fair-housing policies]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
See also:
*Thrush, Glenn (March 28, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/us/ben-carson-hud-fair-housing-discrimination.html Under Ben Carson, HUD Scales Back Fair Housing Enforcement]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
*Moran, Sean; House, Amanda (May 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/03/exclusive-carson-lefts-propaganda-on-housing-reforms-is-garbage-people-wont-be-thrown-out/ Exclusive — Carson: Left’s ‘Propaganda’ on Housing Reforms Is ‘Garbage,’ People Won’t Be ‘Thrown Out’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 22, 2018.</ref>
*July 3, 2018—The DOJ rescinded seven Obama Administration guidance documents that promoted [[affirmative action]] in colleges and universities.<ref>Multiple references:
*O'Reilly, Andrew (July 3, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/03/trump-administration-is-breaking-from-obama-era-affirmative-action-policies.html Trump administration is breaking from Obama-era affirmative action policies]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
*Miller, S.A. (July 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/3/trump-administration-pushes-colleges-drop-race-adm/ Trump administration pushes colleges to drop race from admissions process]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
*Berry, Susan (July 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/03/july-4-trump-moves-to-end-racial-discrimination-by-colleges/ July 4: Trump Moves to End Racial Discrimination by Colleges]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
*Caplan, Joshua (July 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/03/trump-killing-obama-era-guidelines-on-race-in-college-applications/ Trump Killing Obama-Era Guidelines on Race in College Applications]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
*Hackman, Michelle (July 3, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-to-rescind-obama-era-guidelines-on-race-in-college-admissions-1530619273 Trump Administration to Rescind Obama Guidelines on Race in College Admissions]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
*Anapol, Avery; Greenwood, Max (July 4, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/395496-sessions-announces-reversal-of-obama-era-guidelines-promoting Sessions announces reversal of Obama-era guidelines promoting diversity in college admissions]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-education-race/trump-administration-rolls-back-racial-diversity-guidelines-for-colleges-idUSKBN1JT1HO Trump administration rolls back racial diversity guidelines for colleges]. ''Reuters''. July 3, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
*Johnson, Kevin (July 3, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/03/justice-rescinds-obama-policy-race-consideration-college-entry/756507002/ Trump admin rolls back Obama policy on race consideration for college admissions]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
*Green, Erica L.; Apuzzo, Matt; Benner, Katie (July 3, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/us/politics/trump-affirmative-action-race-schools.html Trump Officials Reverse Obama’s Policy on Affirmative Action in Schools]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
*Uria, Daniel (July 3, 2018). [https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/07/03/Justice-Department-reverses-Obama-guidelines-on-race-in-school-admissions/5951530655683/ Justice Department reverses Obama guidelines on race in school admissions]. ''UPI''. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
See also:
*Starr, Penny (July 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/06/black-activists-applaud-end-to-race-based-college-admissions-ahead-of-scotus-nomination/ Black Activists Applaud End to Race-Based College Admissions Ahead of SCOTUS Nomination]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
*Hackman, Michelle (July 14, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-rollback-of-affirmative-action-guidelines-could-reshape-k-12-school-districts-1531569601 Rollback of Affirmative Action Guidelines Could Reshape K-12 School Districts]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.</ref>
*August 13, 2018—HUD began the process of revising the Obama Administration's 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing regulation in order to increase local control and efficiency, among other goals.<ref>Multiple references:
*Kusisto, Laura (August 13, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/hud-moves-to-shake-up-fair-housing-enforcement-1534161601 HUD Moves to Shake Up Fair-Housing Enforcement]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
*Starr, Penny (August 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/14/trump-administration-shredding-obama-era-housing-regulations-in-bid-to-give-americans-better-choices/ Trump Administration Shredding Obama Era Housing Regulations in Bid to Give Americans Better Choices]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
*Burke, Michael (August 13, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/news/401566-ben-carson-takes-steps-to-revamp-fair-housing-rule-promoted-by-obama Ben Carson takes steps to revamp Obama fair housing rule]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
*Lawler, Joseph (August 13, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/ben-carson-moves-to-overhaul-obama-fair-housing-rule-wants-more-construction Ben Carson moves to overhaul Obama fair housing rule, wants more construction]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
*Booker, Brakkton (August 13, 2018). [https://www.npr.org/2018/08/13/638285344/ben-carson-moves-forward-with-push-to-change-fair-housing-rule Ben Carson Moves Forward With Push To Change Fair Housing Rule]. ''NPR''. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
*Glassman, Amy M. (August 14, 2018). [https://www.natlawreview.com/article/hud-to-revise-affirmatively-furthering-fair-housing-rule HUD to Revise Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule]. ''The National Law Review''. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
*Haynes, Danielle (August 13, 2018). [https://www.upi.com/HUD-seeks-to-change-Obama-era-fair-housing-rule/3881534204742/ HUD seeks to change Obama-era fair housing rule]. ''UPI''. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
See also:
*Lawler, Joseph (August 15, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/ben-carson-bets-that-uncle-sam-can-lean-on-cities-and-towns-to-allow-more-housing Ben Carson bets that Uncle Sam can lean on cities and towns to allow more housing]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 15, 2018.</ref>
*August 30, 2018—The DOJ filed a "Statement of Interest" supporting ethnically-Asian students in their lawsuit against [[Harvard University]] that alleged that the school discriminated against them in the admissions process because of their ethnicity.<ref>Multiple references:
*Mason, Ian (August 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/31/jeff-sessions-backs-asian-students-in-landmark-harvard-racial-discrimination-lawsuit/ Jeff Sessions Backs Asian Students in Landmark Harvard Racial Discrimination Lawsuit]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
*Gibson, Jake (August 30, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/30/doj-sides-with-asian-american-students-alleging-discrimination-at-harvard.html DOJ sides with Asian-American students alleging discrimination at Harvard]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
*Mordock, Jeff (August 30, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/30/justice-department-says-harvard-illegally-discrimi/ Justice Department says Harvard illegally discriminated against Asian-Americans]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
*Wheeler, Lydia (August 30, 2018). [https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/404341-doj-says-harvard-hurts-asian-americans-with-race-based-admissions DOJ backs lawsuit alleging bias against Asian-Americans in Harvard admissions]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
*Korn, Melissa; Hong, Nicole (August 30, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-says-harvard-hurts-asian-americans-admissions-prospects-with-personal-rating-1535637680 Justice Department Says Harvard Hurts Asian Americans’ Admissions Prospects With ‘Personal Rating’]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
See also:
*Ma, Ying (August 31, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/never-trumpers-eat-crow-as-trumps-doj-opposes-harvards-racist-admission-policies 'Never Trumpers' eat crow as Trump's Justice Department opposes Harvard's racist admission policies]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 1, 2018.</ref> It was revealed in September 2018 that the DOJ had also begun investigation racial discrimination at [[Yale University]].<ref>Multiple references:
*Hong, Nicole; Korn, Melissa (September 26, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-opens-probe-into-whether-yale-university-discriminates-against-asian-americans-1537980075 Yale University Under Federal Investigation for Use of Race in Admissions Practices]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
*Samuels, Brett (September 26, 2018). [https://thehill.com/regulation/408540-doj-education-dept-launch-investigation-into-yale-over-alleged-admissions DOJ, Education Dept launch investigation into Yale over alleged admissions discrimination]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
*Fernandes, Deirdre (September 26, 2018). [https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/09/26/yale-joins-harvard-target-doj-discrimination-investigation/pw5w1oi7nZhBjoF8RIA81J/story.html Yale joins Harvard as target of DOJ discrimination investigation]. ''The Boston Globe''. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
*Hurtado, Patricia; Lorin, Janet (September 26, 2018). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-26/yale-says-it-too-is-under-doj-scrutiny-for-asian-american-bias Yale Says It Too Is Under DOJ Scrutiny for Asian-American Bias]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
*Biery, Maria (September 26, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/doj-opens-investigation-into-yale-for-discrimination-against-asian-americans Justice Department opens investigation into Yale for discrimination against Asian-Americans]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
See also:
*Parke, Caleb (May 18, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/yale-being-probed-by-doe-accused-of-toxic-environment-against-men Yale being probed by DOE, accused of 'toxic environment against men']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 31, 2019.</ref>

===Appointments, 2018===
*On January 24, 2018, the U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed – with Vice President [[Mike Pence]] casting a tie-breaking vote – social conservative [[Sam Brownback]] to be the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pergram, Chad; Pappas, Alex (January 24, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/24/pence-casts-tie-breaking-vote-to-confirm-brownback-as-ambassador.html Pence casts tie-breaking vote to confirm Brownback as ambassador]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
*Robertson, Abigail (January 24, 2018). [https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2018/january/pence-called-to-senate-floor-to-save-brownback-rsquo-s-nomination-to-religious-freedom-post Brownback Confirmed to Religious Freedom Post After Dramatic Senate Showdown]. ''CBN News''. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
*Shellnutt, Kate (January 24, 2018). [https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2018/january/sam-brownback-is-ambassador-international-religious-freedom.html Sam Brownback Finally Confirmed as America’s Religious Freedom Ambassador]. ''Christianity Today''. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
*Goodenough, Patrick (January 25, 2018). [https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/amid-deep-partisan-divide-pence-breaks-tie-confirm-religious-freedom Amid Deep Partisan Divide, Pence Breaks Tie to Confirm Religious Freedom Nominee]. ''CNS News''. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
*Carney, Jordain (January 24, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/370608-pence-breaks-tie-to-confirm-trumps-pick-for-religious-ambassador Pence breaks tie to confirm Trump's pick for religious ambassador]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
Brownback was sworn in on February 1, 2018:
*Wise, Lindsay; Kumar, Anita (February 1, 2018). [http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article197934314.html Pence jokes about his two tie-breaking votes as Brownback is sworn in as ambassador]. ''The Kansas City Star''. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
*Rosales, Erik (February 1, 2018). [https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/february/brownback-sworn-in-as-ambassador-at-large-for-international-religious-freedom Brownback Sworn in as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom]. ''CBN News''. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
See also:
*Starr, Penny (July 31, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/07/31/white-house-nominates-sam-brownback-as-religious-freedom-envoy-religious-freedom-is-the-first-freedom/ White House Nominates Sam Brownback as Religious Freedom Envoy: ‘Religious Freedom Is the First Freedom’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 12, 2018.</ref>

===Proclamations, 2018===
*January 16, 2018—President Trump declared this day Religious Freedom Day, 2018, proclaiming that "our forefathers, seeking refuge from religious persecution, believed in the eternal truth that freedom is not a gift from the government, but a sacred right from Almighty God."<ref name="RFday2018"/> Trump stood up for Christians when by stating that "no American—whether a nun, nurse, baker, or business owner—should be forced to choose between the tenets of faith or adherence to the law."<ref name="RFday2018">Multiple references:
*[https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-01-22/pdf/2018-01234.pdf Proclamation 9690 of January 16, 2018 -- Religious Freedom Day, 2018]. ''Federal Register''. January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
*Chapman, Michael W. (January 16, 2018). [https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/trump-freedom-doesnt-come-govt-its-sacred-right-almighty-god Trump: Freedom Doesn't Come From Govt, It's a 'Sacred Right From Almighty God']. ''CNS News''. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
*Boyer, Dave (January 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/16/trump-proclaims-day-religious-freedom-all/ Trump proclaims day of religious freedom for all — including nuns and bakers]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
*[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-president-trump-proclaims-january-16-religious-freedom-day President Trump proclaims January 16 ‘Religious Freedom Day’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
*Williams, Thomas D. (January 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/17/president-trump-proclaims-religious-freedom-day-defending-nuns-bakers/ President Trump Proclaims ‘Religious Freedom Day’, Defending Nuns and Bakers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
See also:
*Williams, Thomas D. (January 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/18/white-house-homepage-features-first-couple-in-sistine-chapel-for-religious-freedom-day/ White House Homepage Features First Couple in Sistine Chapel for Religious Freedom Day]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 24, 2018.</ref>

===Other achievements, 2018===
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:

*The number of Americans on food stamps fell by 1.3 million between December 2017 and February 2018.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (May 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/09/food-stamp-enrollment-drops-1-3-million-two-months/ Food Stamp Enrollment Drops by 1.3 Million in Two Months]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 9, 2018. See also:
*Rodriguez, Katherine (September 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/12/food-stamp-usage-declines-eight-straight-months/ Food Stamp Usage Declines for Eight Straight Months]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
*Haverluck, Michael F. (September 13, 2018). [https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2018/09/13/trump-vs-poverty-food-stamps-usage-drops-8-mos-in-a-row Trump vs. poverty: Food stamps usage drops 8 mos. in a row]. ''OneNewsNow''. Retrieved October 8, 2018.</ref> In February 2018, the number of households using food stamps dropped below 20 million for the first time since 2010,<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (June 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/11/food-stamp-households-drop-below-20-million-first-time-since-2010/ Food Stamp Households Drop Below 20 Million for First Time Since 2010]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 11, 2018.</ref> and in March 2018, overall enrollment fell to the lowest level in eight years,<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (June 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/12/food-stamp-enrollment-dips-lowest-level-8-years/ Food Stamp Enrollment Dips to Lowest Level in 8 Years]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 12, 2018.</ref> something attributed to economic growth and the Trump Administration's efforts to crack down on fraud.<ref>O'Reilly, Andrew (June 18, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/18/food-stamp-enrollment-falls-to-8-year-low-as-trump-clamps-down-on-fraud-economy-improves.html Food stamp enrollment falls to 8-year low as Trump clamps down on fraud, economy improves]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 18, 2018.</ref> In March 2018, participation in the WIC welfare program fell to its lowest level in 24 years.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (June 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/19/wic-welfare-participation-lowest-level-24-years/ WIC Welfare Participation at Lowest Level in 24 Years]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 19, 2018.</ref> In April 2018, food stamp enrollment fell below 40 million for the first time since February 2010.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (July 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/11/food-stamp-usage-drops-below-40-million-first-time-8-years/ Food Stamp Usage Drops Below 40 Million for First Time in 8 Years]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 11, 2018. See also:
*Kirkwood, R. Kort (July 19, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/item/29579-food-stamp-use-way-down Food Stamp Use Way Down]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
*Pickert, Reade; Bjerga, Alan (July 19, 2018). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-19/food-stamp-use-still-above-recession-era-despite-u-s-job-gains Food-Stamp Use Is Still at Recession-Era Levels Despite Job Gains]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved July 19, 2018.</ref> By May 2018, 2.8 million Americans had stopped using food stamps since the beginning of Trump's presidency.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (August 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/05/2-8-million-people-drop-food-stamps-trump/ 2.8 Million People Drop Off Food Stamps Under Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 5, 2018.</ref> By July 2018, the number of people on food stamps fell to the lowest level since November 2009,<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (October 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/08/food-stamp-enrollment-dips-lowest-level-november-2009/ Food Stamp Enrollment Dips to Lowest Level Since November 2009]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 8, 2018.</ref> and participation continued to fall.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (November 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/11/food-stamp-participation-reaches-lowest-level-nearly-decade/ Food Stamp Participation Reaches Lowest Level in Nearly a Decade]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 11, 2018.</ref> Between February 2017 and September 2018, the number of people on food stamps fell by 3.5 million.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (December 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/10/3-5-million-people-drop-off-food-stamps-under-trump/ 3.5 Million People Drop Off Food Stamps Under Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 10, 2018. By December 2018:
*Moran, Sean (February 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/05/fact-check-yes-5-million-americans-dropped-off-food-stamps-under-trump/ Fact Check: Yes, 5 Million Americans Dropped Off Food Stamps Under Trump]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 6, 2019.</ref> Between September 2017 and September 2018, food stamp enrollment fell in 47 of the 50 states.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (December 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/16/food-stamp-enrollment-drops-in-47-states/ Food Stamp Enrollment Drops in 47 States]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 17, 2018.</ref>
*It was reported in May 2018 that drug prices had dropped since the beginning of the Trump Administration, something attributed to the administration.<ref>Bedard, Paul (May 7, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/drug-prices-drop-trump-crackdown-credited Drug prices drop, Trump crackdown credited]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 9, 2018.</ref> Overall in 2018, drug prices declined by the largest percentage in forty-six years.<ref name="Largest46Years"/>
*May 11, 2018—President Trump announced his plan to lower drug prices, which he did while criticizing the drug industry and foreign governments for its practices that hurt American citizens.<ref>Multiple references:
*Spiering, Charlie (May 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/11/donald-trump-vows-to-tackle-drug-lobby-to-reduce-prescription-drug-costs/ Donald Trump Vows to Tackle Drug Lobby to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
*Pappas, Alex (May 11, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/11/trump-vows-to-lower-us-drug-prices-by-ending-global-freeloading-taking-on-industry.html Trump vows to lower US drug prices by ending ‘global freeloading,’ taking on industry]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
*Howell, Tom (May 11, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/11/trump-vows-end-rip-offs-pharmacy-counter/ Trump vows to end ‘rip-offs’ at the pharmacy counter]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
*Sullivan, Peter (May 11, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/387310-trump-unveils-plan-to-lower-drug-prices Trump unveils plan to lower drug prices]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
*Abutaleb, Yasmeen (May 11, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-drugpricing/trump-blasts-drugmakers-middlemen-for-high-u-s-drug-prices-idUSKBN1IC2C0 Trump assails high drug prices, avoids direct hit on industry]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
See also:
*Howell, Tom (May 14, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/14/alex-azar-hhs-secretary-trump-drug-price-plans-bol/ HHS Secretary Alex Azar: Trump drug-price plan is boldest ‘in history’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
*King, Robert (August 20, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trump-administration-says-its-drug-blueprint-has-already-lowered-prices Trump administration says its drug blueprint has already lowered prices]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.</ref> On October 25, 2018, President Trump announced a plan to lower U.S. drug prices to that of other countries.<ref>Multiple references:
*Howell, Tom (October 25, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/25/donald-trump-us-will-pay-same-other-nations-select/ Trump: U.S. will pay same as other nations for select drugs]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
*Armour, Stephanie; Walker, Joseph (October 25, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-unveils-test-plan-to-lower-medicare-drug-costs-1540495120 Trump Offers Test Plan to Lower Medicare Drug Costs]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
*Kellum, Holly (October 25, 2018). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-vows-to-bring-us-drug-prices-in-line-with-other-countries-end-global-freeloading_2699669.html Trump Vows to Bring US Drug Prices in Line With Other Countries, End ‘Global Freeloading’]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
*Sullivan, Peter (October 25, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/413168-trump-unveils-most-aggressive-action-yet-to-target-drug-prices Trump unveils most aggressive action to target drug prices]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
*King, Robert (October 25, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trump-outlines-plan-to-lower-medicare-drug-prices-to-match-prices-overseas Trump outlines plan to lower Medicare drug prices to match prices overseas]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
See also:
*Howell, Tom (October 26, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/26/alex-azar-hhs-secretary-donald-trumps-moves-are-ul/ HHS Secretary Alex Azar: Trump's moves are 'ultimate nightmare' for Big Pharma]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
*Ellis, Ryan (October 30, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trump-surrenders-to-the-socialists-on-drug-price-controls Trump surrenders to the socialists on drug price controls]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 13, 2018.</ref>

===Failures, 2018===
Many of these failures and setbacks to the MAGA agenda, if not all of them, were caused by Congress or officials in the Trump Administration, rather than President Trump himself:

*April 20, 2018—Despite featuring several positive changes, such as taking a pro-Israel stance and not considering abortion a "human right,"<ref>Multiple references:
*Morello, Carol (April 20, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/state-department-strikes-reproductive-rights-occupied-territories-from-annual-report/2018/04/20/46ef0874-44a6-11e8-ad8f-27a8c409298b_story.html State Department strikes reproductive rights, ‘Occupied Territories’ from human rights report]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
*Freiburger, Calvin (April 24, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-administration-declares-abortion-is-not-a-human-right Trump administration declares abortion is ‘not a human right’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
*Berry, Susan (May 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/02/state-department-drops-reproductive-rights-list-human-rights/ State Department Drops ‘Reproductive Rights’ from List of Human Rights]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
*Barrow, Tzippe (April 23, 2018). [http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2018/april/us-state-dept-report-drops-occupied-from-references-to-judea-and-samaria US State Dept Report Drops 'Occupied' from References to Judea and Samaria]. ''CBN News''. Retrieved April 28, 2018.</ref> the State Department's annual human rights report still had a pro-[[homosexual agenda]] bias.<ref>Ruse, Austin (April 30, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/killing-unborn-children-not-a-human-right-says-state-department Killing unborn children not a human right, says State Department]. ''LifeSiteNews'' (from ''C-Fam''). Retrieved May 2, 2018.</ref> The State Department and the Trump Administration's foreign policy also promoted the [[homosexual agenda]] in other ways.<ref>Multiple references:
*Newman, Alex (October 5, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/30247-secretary-of-state-pompeo-continues-obama-s-lgbt-imperialism Secretary of State Pompeo Continues Obama’s LGBT “Imperialism”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
*Gennarini, Stefano (September 27, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/is-the-trump-administration-serious-about-refusing-to-promote-the-lgbt-agen Is the Trump administration serious about refusing to promote the LGBT agenda?] ''LifeSiteNews'' (from ''C-Fam''). Retrieved September 28, 2018.
*Contrada, Amy (October 8, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/is-the-trump-state-department-smearing-normal-americans-as-bigots Is the Trump State Department smearing normal Americans as bigots?] ''LifeSiteNews'' (from ''MassResistance''). Retrieved October 9, 2018.</ref>
*May 7, 2018—Seema Verma, administrator for the [[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]], announced she would reject an application from the State of [[Kansas]] to institute a three-year lifetime limit on [[Medicaid]] benefits for certain enrollees.<ref>Multiple references:
*Howell, Tom (May 7, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/7/trump-admin-rejects-kansas-lifetime-limit-medicaid/ Trump admin. rejects Kansas’ bid for lifetime limit on Medicaid]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
*Sullivan, Peter (May 7, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/386497-trump-officials-reject-medicaid-lifetime-limits-in-kansas Trump officials reject Medicaid lifetime limits in Kansas]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
*Leonard, Kimberly (May 7, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trump-administration-rejects-kansas-plan-to-impose-3-year-limit-on-medicaid Trump administration rejects Kansas plan to impose 3-year limit on Medicaid]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
*Marso, Andu (May 7, 2018). [http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article210626629.html Trump official rejects lifetime limit on Kansas Medicaid as dangerous to ‘safety net’]. ''The Kansas City Star''. Retrieved May 7, 2018.</ref>

==2019==

===Executive actions, 2019===
*January 23, 2019—The Trump Administration announced it would grant a waiver to South Carolina allowing faith-based foster care organizations to still receive funding despite adhering to Christian values on marriage.<ref>Multiple references:
*Moran, Sean (January 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/23/trump-grants-religious-exemption-protecting-christian-foster-care-programs/ Trump Grants Religious Exemption Protecting Christian Foster Care Programs]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
*Richardson, Valerie (January 23, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/23/south-carolina-faith-based-foster-care-providers-p/ HHS grants waiver protecting faith-based foster-care providers in South Carolina]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
*Freiburger, Calvin (January 24, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-admin-backs-religious-foster-agencys-right-to-reject-same-sex-househo Trump admin backs religious foster agency’s right to reject same-sex households]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
*Armour, Stephanie (January 23, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-exempts-christian-social-services-group-from-non-discrimination-rule-11548282932 Trump Exempts Christian Social-Services Group From Non-Discrimination Rule]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
*Hellmann, Jesse (January 23, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/426681-trump-admin-allows-foster-care-group-that-only-works-with-christians-to Trump admin grants religious exemption to federally-funded foster care program]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
*Dallas, Kelsey (January 23, 2019). [https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900052057/president-donald-trump-administration-moves-to-protect-faith-based-foster-care-agencies-hhs-that-dont-serve-lgbt-couples.html Trump administration moves to protect faith-based foster care agencies that don't serve LGBT couples]. ''Deseret News''. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
*Meckler, Laura (January 23, 2019). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trump-administration-grants-waiver-to-agency-that-works-only-with-christian-families/2019/01/23/5beafed0-1f30-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html Trump administration grants waiver to agency that works only with Christian families]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
Conservative criticism on how the Trump Administration enacted this change:
*Anderson, Katie (January 25, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trump-on-christian-foster-homes-doing-the-right-thing-the-wrong-way Trump on Christian foster homes: Doing the right thing the wrong way]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
See also:
*Richardson, Valerie (January 28, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/28/miracle-hill-ministries-foster-care-targeted-relig/ Faith-based foster-care providers targeted in religious-freedom battle]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.</ref>
*January 2019—The Education Department began investigating claims of anti-male discrimination at the University of Michigan.<ref>Ciccotta, Tom (January 29, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/29/department-of-edcation-to-investigate-anti-male-discrimination-at-university-of-michigan/ Department of Education to Investigate Anti-Male Discrimination at University of Michigan]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 31, 2019.</ref>
*January 31, 2019—The HHS proposed banning rebates in Medicare and Medicaid for pharmacy benefit managers, a significant action and one the HHS took to reduce drug prices.<ref>Multiple references:
*Armour, Stephanie; Walker, Joseph (January 31, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-proposes-curbing-drug-rebates-in-some-medicare-medicaid-plans-11548971322 Trump Administration Moves to Curb Drug Rebates in Medicare, Medicaid]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
*Howell, Tom (January 31, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/31/alex-azar-says-prescription-drug-rebate-plan-gives/ Health secretary touts proposal as 'most significant change in how Americans' drugs are priced']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
*Baker, Sam (February 1, 2019). [https://www.axios.com/trump-pharmacy-drug-prices-alex-azar-264243eb-04f5-44a6-aaa3-c5cd93f05f08.html The Trump administration's major shakeup in the way we pay for drugs]. ''Axios''. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
*Coombs, Bertha (January 31, 2019). [https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/31/cvs-cigna-fall-after-trump-administration-proposes-rule-to-lower-drug-prices.html Trump administration proposes rules for Medicare plans as it seeks to lower drug prices]. ''CNBC''. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
*Edney, Anna; Langreth, Robert (January 31, 2019). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-31/trump-to-curb-protections-for-drug-rebates-blamed-for-high-costs Trump Targets Drug Middlemen With ‘Devastating’ Rebate Plan]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
*Humer, Caroline; Abutaleb, Yasmeen (January 31, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-rebates/us-government-proposes-rule-overhauling-drug-industry-rebate-system-idUSKCN1PP30W U.S. government proposes rule overhauling drug industry rebate system]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
*Weixel, Nathaniel (January 31, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/427932-trump-administration-make-new-moves-towards-drug-pricing-transparency Trump officials make new moves to lower drug prices]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
*Berson, Susan W.; Carnegie, Theresa C.; Swenson Dwyer, Tara E.; Mora, Matthew S. (February 1, 2019). [https://www.natlawreview.com/article/hhs-proposes-to-remove-drug-rebate-protections HHS Proposes to Remove Drug Rebate Protections]. ''The National Law Review''. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
*Pear, Robert (January 31, 2019). [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/politics/trump-drug-prices.html Trump Officials Move to Lower Drug Prices by Passing On Rebates to Patients]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
*Goldstein, Amy; Rowland, Christopher (January 31, 2019). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-administration-proposes-big-changes-in-how-prescription-drugs-are-priced/2019/01/31/8254aabc-2598-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html Trump administration proposes big changes in how prescription drugs are priced]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
See also:
*Howell, Tom (February 1, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/1/hhs-takes-bold-drug-rebate-plan-road/ HHS takes bold drug-rebate plan on the road]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 1, 2019.</ref>
*February 11, 2019—The [[Food and Drug Administration]] took steps to increase its oversight over dietary supplements.<ref>Leonard, Kimberly (February 11, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trump-fda-plans-tougher-oversight-of-supplement-industry Trump FDA plans tougher oversight of supplement industry]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 11, 2019.</ref>

===Other achievements, 2019===
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:

*January 28, 2019—President Trump endorsed Bible literacy classes in public schools.<ref>Multiple references:
*Samuels, Brett (January 29, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/427217-trump-touts-proposed-bible-literacy-classes-in-state-schools Trump touts proposed Bible literacy classes in state schools]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
*Prestigiacomo, Amanda (January 28, 2019). [https://www.dailywire.com/news/42735/biblical-literacy-classes-public-schools-trump-amanda-prestigiacomo 'Biblical Literacy' Classes In Public Schools Get Boost From Trump: 'Great!']. ''The Daily Wire''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
*Woodall, Crystal (January 28, 2019). [https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/2019/january/starting-to-make-a-turn-back-great-trump-praises-efforts-to-put-god-back-in-schools Trump Celebrates Efforts to Put God and Bible Back in Schools]. ''CBN News''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
*Fordham, Evie (January 28, 2019). [https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/28/donald-trump-bible-verse-class/ Trump Turns His Attention to States' 'Great' Bible Literacy Class Bills]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
*O'Neil, Tyler (January 28, 2019). [https://pjmedia.com/faith/trump-praises-bible-literacy-classes-proposed-in-six-states/ Trump Praises Bible Literacy Classes Proposed in Six States]. ''PJ Media''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
*Trimble, Megan (January 28, 2019). [https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-01-28/president-donald-trump-appears-to-support-school-bible-literacy-bills-in-tweet Trump Appears to Support Bible Literacy Bills]. ''U.S. News & World Report''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
*Wagner, John (January 28, 2019). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-gives-his-blessing-to-allowing-states-to-teach-bible-literacy-in-public-schools/2019/01/28/50c1593c-22eb-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html Trump offers encouragement for state efforts to teach Bible literacy in public schools]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
See also:
*Freiburger, Calvin (January 29, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/liberals-outraged-as-trump-endorses-bible-literacy-classes-in-public-school Liberals outraged as Trump endorses Bible literacy classes in public schools]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
*Walsh, Matt (January 28, 2019). [https://www.dailywire.com/news/42729/walsh-trump-says-bible-literacy-classes-school-are-matt-walsh WALSH: Trump Says Bible Literacy Classes In School Are A 'Great' Idea. He's Absolutely Right. Here's Why.] ''The Daily Wire''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
*Sasser, Hiram (February 6, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/its-not-controversial-bible-literacy-classes-are-legal It's not controversial: Bible literacy classes are legal]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 6, 2019.</ref>
*February 7, 2019—Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Trump spoke in favor of faith-based adoption organizations and vowed to protect them, among other statements.<ref>Multiple references:
*Boyer, Dave (February 7, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/7/donald-trump-promotes-faith-based-adoptions-wake-l/ Trump promotes faith-based adoptions in wake of legal furor]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
*Hellmann, Jessie (February 7, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/428931-trump-speaks-about-abortion-faith-based-adoption-at-national-prayer Trump speaks about abortion, faith-based adoption at National Prayer Breakfast]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
*Murphy, James (February 8, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/31441-trump-at-national-prayer-breakfast-i-will-never-let-you-down Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: “I Will Never Let You Down”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
President Trump's address:
*[https://www.c-span.org/video/?457667-1/president-trump-delivers-remarks-national-prayer-breakfast President Trump Speaks at National Prayer Breakfast]. ''C-SPAN''. February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2019.</ref>

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Marco Rubio

2019-02-11T16:34:35Z

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'''Marco Antonio Rubio''' (born May 28, 1971, [[Miami]], [[Florida]]) is the junior [[United States Senator]] from Florida. Rubio is previously served as Speaker of the [[Florida]] House of Representatives from 2007 through 2009. He won the Florida [[U.S. Senate]] seat in the [[2010 midterm elections]], defeating [[RINO]] [[Charlie Crist]] in the Republican primary. Rubio is of Cuban descent.

[[Conservatives]] helped Rubio win his upset victory for [[U.S. Senate]], but soon after his election Rubio quickly catered to the [[Establishment]] instead. He became part of the "Gang of Eight" that promoted phony "immigration reform," at the urging of [[liberal]] [[Democrat]]s. He also quickly became a [[neocon]]. He declared that he would not run for reelection, but would run for president instead.

During his tenure in the state legislature (2001-2009), he advocated an overhaul of the Florida [[tax]] system that would have eliminated all property taxes in favor of a flat consumption tax. Americans for Tax Reform called him "the most pro-taxpayer legislative leader in the country."<ref>http://www.sptimes.com/2007/06/10/State/On_special_session_st.shtml</ref> Additionally, he is a strong advocate of limited government and private property rights.

On April 13, 2015, Rubio announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the [[2016 presidential election]].<ref>http://www.c-span.org/video/?325251-1/senator-marco-rubio-rfl-presidential-campaign-announcement</ref> Originally supported by the [[Establishment]], Rubio later obtained independent financial backing and stayed in the race longer than the Establishment wanted, which then used [[Chris Christie]] to destroy Rubio at the key debate before the [[New Hampshire primary]].

Rubio is awesome.

== Background ==
Rubio's parents came to the United States in 1956, two and a half years before the [[communist]] takeover of Cuba by [[Fidel Castro]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marco-rubios-compelling-family-story-embellishes-facts-documents-show/2011/10/20/gIQAaVHD1L_story.html]</ref> In Florida, his father worked as a bartender, and his mother worked as a waitress. They relocated to [[Las Vegas]] in 1979 when Marco was 8 years old, where his father worked as a bartender at Sam's Town, and his mother worked as a housekeeper at the Imperial Palace. Six years later, the Rubio family returned to Miami where Marco's father found work at the Mayfair Hotel.<ref>http://www.lvrj.com/news/gop-s-young-gun-rubio-lived-in-lv-106674913.html</ref>

Rubio earned a bachelor of science degree from the [[University of Florida]] and a juris doctor from the [[University of Miami]]. He is married to Jeanette Dousdebes, and they have 4 children: Amanda Loren, Daniella, Anthony, and Dominick.

== Endorsement ==
The ''Miami Herald'' wholeheartedly endorsed Rubio during the 2010 Senate race:

<blockquote>
"At this critical juncture in the nation’s economy, Mr. Rubio offers a welcome dose of fiscal restraint. He has exhibited common sense on Social Security, where he proposes raising the retirement age as a way of keeping the program solvent. Neither Mr. Crist nor Mr. Meek has dared to make take such a clear stand. ''Mr. Rubio has the potential to be the kind of statesman Floridians can be proud to call a native son -- much like another [[conservative]], former Senator Connie Mack."'' <ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/24/1887397/for-us-senate-the-miami-herald.html#ixzz13GnxeIES For U.S. Senate, The Miami Herald recommends Marco Rubio.]</ref>
</blockquote>

==Political Views==
[[File:Marco Rubio (24556513751).jpg|thumb|250px|Rubio speaking in an event in Iowa in January 2016.]]
Rubio supports the [[Tea Party Movement]]. He does not believe in [[Global warming]], opposes [[Gun control]] and is [[Pro-life]].<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Marco_Rubio.htm</ref> He withdrew his support from the [[liberal]] [[PIPA]] entertainment bill after hearing from citizens opposed to it.<ref>http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2012/0119/SOPA-and-PIPA-protest-power-why-Marco-Rubio-backed-off-piracy-bill Marco Rubio Drops Support for PIPA</ref>

=== Creationism ===
Rubio supports the teaching of the [[Young Earth Creationism|young earth theory]] rather than allowing [[atheist]]s and [[liberals]] to impose [[censorship]] in [[public school]].<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/268679-rubio-ok-to-teach-qmultiple-theoriesq-on-earths-age</ref>

=== Foreign Policy ===
Rubio wants to give more support to [[Israel]] to fight [[Hamas]].

=== Immigration ===
Rubio wants to give undocumented immigrants brought as minors a form of temporary legal status, but he stressed then it would not be a pathway to citizenship.<ref>http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/slideshow/2013/01/29/key-players-in-quest-for-immigration-reform/#slide=4</ref>

=== Homosexuality ===

Rubio believes homosexuality is inborn, but wants that the states themselves can decide matters on homosexual "rights" including "marriage" and adoption.

=== Muslims and Islam ===
Marco Rubio has downplayed the threat to America posed by migrating Muslims and [[Islamic]] ideology, and has proposed a new plan for helping [[Barack Obama]] resettle Syrian refugees in the United States.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/22/marco-rubio-syrian-refugees-bring-young-old/ Marco Rubio on Syrian Refugees: Bring in the Very Young and the Very Old]</ref> During a presidential forum with [[Fox News]] host [[Megyn Kelly]], Rubio also condemned a recreational gun range that banned Muslims from their facility, and claimed, "The bottom line is there are millions of patriotic Muslim Americans."<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/25/marco-rubio-it-is-wrong-and-immoral-to-ban-muslim-americans-from-gun-ranges/ Marco Rubio: It Is ‘Wrong’ And ‘Immoral’ To Ban Muslim-Americans From Gun Ranges]</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/ Senate Website]
*[https://www.facebook.com/MarcoRubio Facebook page]
*[https://twitter.com/marcorubio Twitter page]
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/MarcoRubio YouTube channel]
*[https://marcorubio.com Marco Rubio 2016 campaign website]

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Hillary Rodham Clinton

2019-02-11T16:33:08Z

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'''Hillary Rodham Clinton''' (born '''Hillary Diane Rodham''' on October 26, 1947) is a former First Lady, Secretary of State, and Democratic Presidential candidate. Clinton won the Democratic Presidential nomination while under [[criminal]] investigation.<ref>[https://youtu.be/mzs3K-oEjOA?t=1854 ''White House Admits Hillary Clinton Is Under Criminal Investigation'']</ref><ref>[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/06/10/press-briefing-press-secretary-josh-earnest-692016 ''Press Briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest, 6/9/2016'']</ref> Multiple subsequent inquiries determined the [[Obama administration]] seriously mishandled the Clinton investigations with numerous improprieties. Clinton lost the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 Presidential election]] to [[Donald Trump]] and blamed [[FBI]] Director [[James Comey]], white men, and self-hating women controlled by their husbands. Clinton has expressed interest in leading the Democratic party again in 2020.

Most people who voted for Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primaries were unaware Clinton was under criminal investigation at the time, as the [[mainstream media]] failed to report it. Subsequent [[leak]]s of [[Democratic National Committee]] emails revealed primary election tampering, vote rigging, and voter suppression. The Obama administration and Clinton campaign [[collude]]d with [[Russia]]n operatives to produce an "insurance policy" of [[fake news]] against Trump's election alleging a [[Trump-Russia]] connection.<ref>http://circa.com/politics/alf-bank-in-russia-said-donald-trump-computer-connections-may-have-been-hacker-hoax</ref>

Clinton is known for her [[racist]] remarks.

Clinton is the WOAT.

==Background and positions==
She is a former First Lady, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State. According to financial disclosure statements, she has served uninterruptedly as Secretary/Treasurer of the Clinton Family Foundation since 2001.<ref>[https://guccifer2.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/clintons-pfd-2015.pdf Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report], OGE Form 278, Hillary Rodham Clinton, 05/15/15, p.19</ref> She is the wife of former President [[Bill Clinton]] who was [[impeach]]ed for providing false testimony and covering up sexual misconduct.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/articles122098.htm|title=Approved Articles of Impeachment|date=December 20, 1998|accessdate=November 2, 2016}}</ref> Mr. Clinton has been accused of violent [[sexual assault]] by numerous surviving victims over many years,<ref>[https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/643475466490388480 Hillary Clinton on Twitter 10:24 AM - 14 Sep 2015].</ref> nonetheless Hillary has stood by him and attacked his accusers.<ref>[http://www.prorev.com/whtwtrr.htm Clinton Scandal Clips from The Progressive Review] June 2000 - Aug 2000</ref>

She is an [[elitist]], [[liberal]], [[pro-abortion]] advocate, supports the death penalty, federal funding for embryotic stem-cell research, [[same-sex marriage]] (which she originally opposed but flip-flopped once popular opinion shifted in favor of it, as did many other Democrat politicians during the 1990s and 2000s), and civil unions.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dY77j6uBHI Hillary Clinton lying for 13 minutes straight - video]</ref> Her manipulation of racial politics and victims of sex crimes in the 1992, 1996, 2008, and 2016 presidential elections has left her with an abysmal record in the fight for [[civil rights]], fairness, equal treatment of women and minorities and victims of sex crimes.

==Early history==
:''Main article [[Hillary Clinton early life and career]]''
Hillary Clinton was born in the rich white suburbs of Chicago. She attended Maine East High School, where she wrote for the school newspaper, participated in student council, was chairperson of the Young Republicans, and was selected for National Honor Society.<ref name="Whitehouse.gov">{{cite web |title=Hillary Rodham Clinton |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/first-ladies/hillaryclinton |publisher=The White House |accessdate=June 28, 2016}}</ref>

[[Carl Bernstein]] has chronicled the history of mental illness and depression which runs in the Rodham family. Her uncle attempted to hang himself but eventually died as an alcoholic in a fire while smoking in bed. Her other uncle died of coronary thrombosis or blood clotting in the heart. Her brothers lived "in a fog of melancholia."

Her father was emotionally abusive to her mother and the whole household; neighbors could not understand why her mother wouldn't leave him, despite her constantly expressing a desire to do so. Or his willingness to see her leave. This was before Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, so it wasn't that easy to break up a family.

Bernstein describes her father as, "a sour, unfulfilled man whose children suffered his relentless, demeaning sarcasm and misanthropic inclination, endured his embarrassing parsimony, and silently accepted his humiliation and verbal abuse of their mother....he had almost no recognizable enthusiasms or pretense to lightness as he descended into continuous bullying, ill-humor, complaint, and dejection." Her notorious temper and abusive attitude toward underlings was inherited from her father.<ref>http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clintons-strengths-and-anger-white-house-revealed</ref> Her father was a Republican and her mother a Democrat, they used to joke how they cancelled each other's vote out.

She attended Wellesley College, which at the time was segregated by sex, and graduated in 1969 during the height of radical opposition to the Vietnam War. She graduated with honors based on her 92-page senior thesis entitled ''"There Is Only the Fight . . . ": An Analysis of the Alinsky Model.'' The subject was famed [[community organizer]] [[Saul Alinsky]]. When Clinton became First Lady, researchers sought access to the document, but the White House asked Wellesley to hide the embarrassment. Wellesley complied and refused access to researchers.

From 1969 to 1973, she attended Yale Law School where she worked on the editorial board of the ''Yale Review of Law and Social Action''.<ref name="arkhc">{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2744 |title=Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (1947–) |work=The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture |accessdate=June 28, 2016}}</ref> During her second year, she worked at the Yale Child Study Center which involved research on early childhood brain development. In the late spring of 1971 she, among others, got involved with [[Bill Clinton]]. [[Yoko Ono]], widow of [[Beatle]] songwriter [[John Lennon]], claims to have had a brief romantic fling with Hillary at this time. Ono told reporters in 2016 her election "would be a great advancement for [[LGBT]] and Women rights in America”.<ref>http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/yoko-ono-i-had-an-affair-with-hillary-clinton-in-the-70s/</ref>

Ever the ambitious opportunist, she accepted an appointment to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Impeachment during the [[Watergate scandal]].<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/features/2015-11-05/how-richard-nixon-created-hillary-clinton How Richard Nixon Created Hillary Clinton], Sam Tanenhaus, Nov 5, 2015. bloomberg.com</ref> Liberal sycophantic [[sexist]]s loyal to Bill Clinton deny she received this appointment on her own merit. They claim the position was offered to Bill first, and when he refused he suggested Rodham for it, which is highly unlikely. The appointment was made by John Doar, a Republican counsel on the committee. Given her Republican credentials as chairperson of the Wellesley Young Republicans, and her previous employment on Capitol Hill in 1968 in the office of the Ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Melvin Laird who became Nixon's Defense Secretary, and the fact she had better grades than Bill at Yale Law School, this appears to be just another leftover highly facitious claim in building the Bill Clinton myth and mystique.

After Nixon resigned she headed to Arkansas where Bill was carrying on with several other women including a childhood sweetheart who reports Hillary smelled so bad from not showering it made her gag.<ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2059308/bill-clinton-nicknamed-bad-smelling-hillary-the-warden-but-wanted-a-baby-to-quash-rumours-she-was-a-lesbian-his-long-term-lover-claims/</ref> Bill and Hillary had mapped out personal and political career ambitions together and a [[States Rights]] agenda to accomplish it. Bill unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1974. The two married on October 11, 1975. He was elected Governor in 1978, defeated in 1980, resumed it uninterruptedly til he became president. Bill said she only wanted a child so people wouldn't think she's a lesbian, and daughter Chelsea was born in 1980. When a [[Federal court]] ruled the Clinton's violated the [[Voting Rights Act]] with their legislative reapportionment plan,<ref>42 U.S.C. 1973</ref> their grip on Arkansas was slipping and they began making plans for a play on Wasington.

As a lawyer Hillary is an expert in medical confidentiality laws. Sam Smith of the leftist ''Progressive Review'' reported in 1998 an incident which occurred after Bill Clinton's electoral defeat in 1980. Bill Clinton arrived in a Little Rock emergency room with a drug overdose. Smith wrote,
{{Quotebox|Hillary Clinton had been notified by phone and had instructed the hospital staff that Clinton's personal physician would be arriving soon. When Mrs. Clinton arrived, she told both of the resident physicians on duty that night that they would never practice medicine in the United States if word leaked out about Clinton's drug problem. Reportedly, she pinned one of the doctors up against the wall, both hands pressed against his shoulders, as she gave her dire warning.<ref>http://prorev.com/connex.htm</ref>}}

===Inslaw and the PROMIS technology===
'''[[Inslaw Inc]]''' developed the famous PROMIS software, an NCIC-type tracking technology incorporating numerous databases such as court records, financial institutions, utility companies, etc. Inslaw was forced into bankruptcy in 1985 because the US Justice Dept., which contracted to purchase it, reneged on its obligations. Pirated versions of the software were sold by US intelligence worldwide to 88 foreign intelligence agencies, and other organizations such as banks, which included a "backdoor" for US intelligence to hack into. Hillary Clinton was the intellectual property lawyer for a company that obtained and marketed to banks copies of the stolen PROMIS software.<ref>https://youtu.be/m1GEnF1pdZ0</ref>

The PROMIS software explains why Bill Clinton never uses email. [[Dick Morris]]'s explanation - that the genuis with a 174 IQ who can work a complete ''New York Times'' crossword puzzle in 15 minutes while sitting on the toilet - does not know how to type maybe true. But Clinton most definitely knows through Hillary, who was close!y involved in these matters since the mid 1980s, there is no way ever to keep emails secret. Bill Clinton is in the habit of issueing oral instructions to close aides and the use of surrogates for communication, deniability, and no paper trail.

Several mysterious deaths are associated with the lawsuits the owners of Inslaw brought against the government for the theft of Inslaw's intellectual property that Hillary Clinton represented as the property of Systematics. In one case an entire fami!y was murdered.
*'''Larry Guerrin''' - February 1987. Investigator. Killed investigating the INSLAW case.
*'''Alan Standorf''' - January 31, 1991. Employee of [[National Security Agency]] in electronic intelligence. Standorf was a source of information for [[Danny Casolaro]] who was investigating INSLAW, [[BCCI]], etc. Standorf's dead body was found in the backseat of a car at Washington National Airport.
*'''Dennis Eisman''' - April 5, 1991. Attorney with information on INSLAW. Eisman was found shot to death.
*'''Ian Spiro''' - November 1992. Informant. Spiro had supporting documentation for grand jury proceedings on the INSLAW case. '''His wife and three children''' were found murdered on November 1, 1992 in their home. They all died of gunshot wounds to the head. Ian's body was found several days later in a parked car in the Borego Desert. Cyanide poisoning.
*'''John Crawford''' - April 1993. Attorney with information on INSLAW. Reportedly died from a heart attack in Tacoma.

===Iran-Contra===
:''Main article:'' [[Iran-Contra]]
The [[Mena Airport]] in Arkansas became the logistical point for implementation of the Iran-Contra ordeal.<ref>https://youtu.be/g_epmurfIk8 ; see also Bill Plante & Michael Singer, ''Still a Strong Scent on the Mena Trail'', Letter to the Editor, [[Wall Street Journal]], 5/3/94.</ref> Gross value of the illegally imported [[narcotic]]s at Mena is said to have reached $100 million per month at its height, nearly ten times its cost of delivery in trade and arms.

Mena airport was documented to be the biggest drug-smuggling operation in the [[United States]] importing $100 million per month in cocaine.<ref>https://youtu.be/vKdPaQnZ1DA</ref> It is alleged that much of that money had been laundered through the [[Arkansas Development Finance Authority]] (ADFA), a bonding agency that Bill Clinton created to help small businesses get started. The video and Mara Leveritt's 1999 book, ''The Boys on the Tracks'' discussed that Bill Clinton's half-brother, Roger Clinton, and his bond dealer friend [[Dan Lasater]] had gone to prison for [[cocaine]]. Richard Garrett had stated on ''Unsolved Mysteries'', a television program which taped informational segments regarding the boys' on the tracks beginning in 1988,<ref>http://unsolved.com/archives/don-henry-kevin-ives</ref> that Saline County and Central Arkansas were overrun with drug-trafficking at a high level that extended to other counties and other states.

Even when Mena's gun-running operation was shut down after 1986, Mena continued to be used for illegal narcotics smuggling into the United States and the profits were pocketed by locals under then Governor [[Bill Clinton]].<ref>http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2016/08/26/the-boys-on-the-tracks-are-back</ref> In 1989 Clinton received petitions from Arkansas citizens demanding he convene a state grand jury and investigate Mena.<ref>[http://bondiviewertest.azurewebsites.net/DataView/Article/HT?issueKey=19920501&articleKey=19920501021 Clinton Turned Blind Eye to Arkansas Contra Connections], ''High Times'', May 1992, p. 21</ref> Winston Bryant made Mena an issue in his successful bid for Arkansas [[Attorney General]] in 1990. A year later Bryant turned over state files involving Mena to Iran-Contra special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh, but Walsh did nothing with the reams of evidence.

===Mena airport===
:''Main article:'' [[Mena airport]]
[[File:320px-Contra commandas 1987.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The Contras. Bill, Hillary, Vince Foster, and others ran the US end of the guns-for-dope operation. Webb Hubbell and other Clinton associates ran the money laundering schemes. By 1992, [[George H.W. Bush|Bush Senior]] owed enough of a debt for their cooperation and silence, and the Clintons had enough to blackmail the Bush's with to mount a direct challenge for the presidency. The Contra operation also gave the Clintons' opportunity to expand their contacts within the US Intelligence Community. By the time it was supposedly investigated in 1987, no one asked the obvious question: ''How were the Contras funded for 4 years before any weapons were sold to Iran?'' Within the name itself, 'Iran-Contra', implies the cover-up. Mena-Contra is more aptly fitting. Just as in the 'Benghazi investigation,' which masked Obama and Hillary supply efforts to ISIS - a bipartisan effort of which Republican [[Sen. John McCain]] was [[Obama war crimes#February 2012|also involved]].<ref>http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2015/09/11/exclusive-new-emails-in-benghazi-weapons-mystery.html</ref>]]
[[Hillary Clinton]] asked [[Vince Foster]] to help her spy on her husband in 1990. She wanted to know how vulnerable he would be in a presidential race. Foster hired Jerry Parks, an Arkansas investigator who later worked as the head of security for the Clinton/Gore campaign headquarters in [[Little Rock]]. According to Parks's widow, “Jerry asked Vince why he needed this stuff on Clinton. He said he needed it for Hillary.”<ref>http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/new-documents-prove-hillary-clinton-murder-cover/#ixzz4Nvn7BWqq</ref>

Parks did other work for Foster. According to his wife, Parks delivered large sums of money from Mena airport to Vince Foster at a K-Mart parking lot. Mrs. Parks discovered this when she opens her car trunk one day and finds so much cash that she had to sit on the trunk to close it again. She asked her husband whether he was dealing [[drugs]], and Foster explained that he paid Parks $1,000 for each trip he took to Mena.<ref>http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/clinton/arkansas.htm</ref>

"I'M A DEAD MAN," whispered Parks, as he looked up at the television screen. It was a news bulletin on the local station in Little Rock. Vincent Foster, a childhood friend of the President, had been found dead by the US Park Service outside Washington. Apparent suicide. He muttered darkly that Bill Clinton's people were "cleaning house," and he was "next on the list."

After Foster's death on July 20, 1993 Parks' home on Barrett Road was burglarized in a sophisticated operation that involved cutting the telephone lines and disarming the electronic alarm system. The dossier Parks had assembled at Hillary and Foster's request was stolen.

Two months later, in September 23, 1993, on the way back from El Chico Mexican Restaurant, at about 6:30 PM, a white Chevrolet Caprice pulled up beside him on the Chenal Parkway. An assassin let off a volley of semi-automatic fire. Parks skidded to a halt in the intersection of Highway 10. The killer jumped out and finished him off with a 9 mm handgun—two more shots into the chest at point blank range. Several witnesses watched as the gunman joined his accomplice in the waiting car and sped away.

The [[mainstream media|national media]] ignored the story of the gangland killing of the head of security of the Clinton/Gore campaign headquarters.

The Little Rock Police told asked Mrs. Parks not to talk to the press until the case was solved, and she had agreed. By the spring of 1994 she was losing faith. The original detective, Tom James, had been pulled off the case. It was becoming apparent that the eyewitness accounts of the death were being ignored by the police. Witnesses had described two assassins: hefty men, with beer bellies and broad shoulders, greyish hair, in their late forties or early fifties. Yet the police kept saying that there was only one killer in the car.

Jane Parks went to visit a top official from the State Police whom she knew well from church. He told her outright that the [[murder]] was a conspiracy hatched in Hot Springs by five men who moved in the social circle of Buddy Young, the former chief of Governor Clinton's security detail and now the regional director of the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA) for the south-central [[United States]]. She was given the names of the five men, and was told that they flipped coins to decide which two would carry out the execution. And finally, she was told that nothing was ever going to be done about it.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040402111006/http://terpsboy.com/Articles/JerryParks.html The Secret Life Of Bill Clinton], Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, 1997</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/ACyGsAAjfCI</ref><ref>https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Life-Bill-Clinton-Unreported/dp/0895264080</ref>

===The Ives/Henry case===
The Clinton political machine and local economy had a vested interest for enrichment of themselves by continuing illegal drug smuggling after the CIA shut down the Contra supply operation and left Arkansas. On April 23, 1987, two 16-year-old boys, Kevin Ives and Don Henry, stumbled upon and witnessed an aerial drop in the area of Bauxite and Alexander, Arkansas.<ref>http://www.idfiles.com</ref> Initial cause of death was claimed to be the result of passing out on a railroad track in Arkansas after smoking [[marijuana]].<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-14/news/mn-623_1_preliminary-report</ref> The ruling was made by Arkansas' State medical examiner Dr. Fahmy Malak.<ref>https://youtu.be/v4yO7sdYiCI</ref>

In April 1988, Kevin's body was exhumed, and another autopsy was performed, this one by Atlanta medical examiner Dr. Joseph Burton who discovered that Kevin died from a crushed skull prior to being placed on the tracks. Don Henry's body was exhumed and discovered to have been stabbed in the back prior to being placed on the tracks. The deaths were indeed homocides.

Arkansas State Police (ASP) files of the investigation report the area where the two boys' bodies were found was a drop zone for drugs. Another report was that on the night the boys were killed, two witnesses saw two [[police]] officers beat up two boys and throw them in the back of a police car a short distance from where the bodies were found.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050221103949/www.geocities.com/theoctopus22/thetraindeaths.html</ref>

John Brown, an investigator for the Saline County Sheriffs office, reported that Sheriff Pridgen and ex-prosecutor Jean Duffey talked to a pilot in [[Texas]] who admitted being a drug pilot and remembered that he had flown drugs to points near the Saline-Pulaski county lines, precisely where the boys' bodies were found. Prosecutor Duffey concluded the cover-up was because the drugs were Mena drugs.

A federal investigation was begun, but the Assistant United States Attorney, Bob Govar, reported that the FBI and DEA did not seem interested and did not furnish much help. Other reports in the state police file revealed that residents had complained about frequent low-flying planes in the area around the tracks.
[[File:14324699 1473274228.6179 funddescription.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Kevin Ives (right) and Don Henry (left) were the best of friends. The two were murdered when they stumbled across the Clinton network's dope and gun running operation in [[Mena Arkansas]].<ref>https://www.gofundme.com/donhenry-kevinives</ref> The [[Clinton body count]] originated with the Ives/Henry case and the mysterious deaths of seven witnesses, including a case the State Coroner ruled as suicide with the deceased's head found in a dumpster several blocks away.]]
During the Clinton administration in September 1995, agent William Temple of Clinton's FBI office in [[Little Rock]] told Linda Ives and her husband that it might be time for her to consider that a crime was not committed although the FBI had been working for two years on the case through its agent, Phyllis Coman.

In March 1996, the documentary, ''Obstruction of Justice'',<ref>https://youtu.be/965M_9BCYsw</ref> was released about the investigation into the murders and Dan Harmon's activities. John Brown, a former Saline county detective on the video, made the link between drug corruption in Saline County and drug corruption at Mena which began when Russell Welch, the Arkansas State police investigator in Mena, gave him a statement made by a confidential informant in federal prison which said the boys were killed because of the drug activity they had discovered and it was connected to the drug enterprise headquartered at Mena. The video explained what was known about Barry Seal and his use of airplanes to distribute cocaine. Brown told of reports he had found in the Saline County Sheriffs office dating back to 1987 and 1988 of residents living there where the boys' bodies were found complaining of planes flying over the tracks at 100 feet above ground level with their lights out.

In November 1996, Linda Ives, Kevin Ives mother, got a call from Philip Weiss who told her
he had been asked to prepare an article in the ''New York Times Magazine'' about people who hated Clinton. Weiss explained that Mark Fabiani, a White House lawyer, provided him with a set of news clippings about people who oppose the president and among those was a story about the "boys on the tracks." Linda Ives called Micah Morrison, an editorial page writer for the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', who had written an article about her earlier in the year,<ref>http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/MoneyInvesting/edit/o-ed4181.html</ref> inquiring about Phillip Weiss, and telling Morrison that Weiss talked about a packet of press clippings Weiss got from Fabiani including the article Morrison had written. Morrison then made wrote an article in the ''Wall Street Journal'', January 6, 1997, in which he broke the news that the White House was distributing to reporters packets of news clips to attack victims claiming it to be "conspiracy theories and innuendo."<ref>http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1115427-clinton-the-communication-stream-of-conspiracy.html</ref>

===Other deaths in the Ives/Henry case===
*'''James "Dewey" Milam''' – May 30, 1987. Found decapitated. Dr. Fahmy Malak, the Coroner initially ruled death due to "natural causes" and an ulcer, claiming that the victim's small dog had eaten his head. Milam's head later was recovered fully intact from a trash bin several blocks away.
*'''Keith Coney''' – July 1988. Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck.
*'''Keith McMaskle''' – November 1988. Owner of a local bar. Stabbed 113 times to death.
*'''Gregory Collins''' – January 1989. Died from a gunshot wound.
*'''Jeff Rhodes''' – April 1989. He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump.
*'''Richard Winters''' – July 1989. A suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths. He was killed in a set-up robbery.
*'''Jordan Kettleson''' – June 1990. Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck.

===Eleanor Roosevelt and Huma Abedin===
After the death of [[Vince Foster]], whom Hillary was very close to, she is said to have fallen into a deep depression and reached out to author William Stayron who wrote about his own struggles with depression.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/books/chapters/0715-1st-bernstein.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0</ref> In 1996 [[Bob Woodward]] of the ''[[Washington Post]]'' reported Hillary Clinton consulted psychic mediums to contact the spirit of the deceased former First Lady [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] for advice.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/US/9606/22/hillary.book/</ref> This was not unprecedented, [[Mary Todd Lincoln]] held seances in the White House attempting to contact her loved ones. Hillary in many ways identified with Eleanor Roosevelt.<ref>http://www.newsweek.com/hillarys-other-side-178552</ref>

Eleanor Roosevelt had been caught on surveillance "quite clearly having sexual intercoarse" with a younger man, [[Joe Lash]].<ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Eroose2.jpg</ref> The story was leaked to the press.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cVzNFWV_rvEC&pg=PA304&lpg=PA304&dq=westbrook+pegler+joe+lash&source=bl&ots=IMvenoPmub&sig=ZR7pa9GcKAsAY08BolOOHWgviPk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLuJzRsJDQAhXprVQKHfV2D6kQ6AEIezAT#v=onepage&q=westbrook%20pegler%20joe%20lash&f=false]. Columnist Westbrook Pegler wrote a series of articles on Mrs. Roosevelt's relations with Joe Lash.</ref> Eleanor arranged a sham marriage between Lash and a friend of hers', [[Gertrude Pratt]], to deflect criticism and attention. Eleanor Roosevelt's [[bisexual]]ity has become the focus of biographers and scholars.<ref>http://www.uis.edu/lgbtqa/eleanorroosevelt/</ref>
[[File:120726-huma-clinton.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Since 1996 the two have been together, with Abedin traveling the country as Clinton's "body woman."<ref>https://www.politico.com/gallery/2013/07/how-close-are-huma-abedin-and-hillary-clinton-169489?slide=0</ref>]]
Bill Clinton outed Hillary as a bisexual.<ref>http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/09/19/hillary-clinton-bisexual-bill-clinton-gennifer-flowers-interview/</ref> When stories of Hillary's [[lesbian]]ism abounded, Hillary held a press conference to deny the rumors.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/hillary-clinton-not-lesbian-article-1.246111</ref> Not long after, Bill Clinton presided over an informal wedding ceremony between Hillary's longtime close associate and confidant, [[Huma Abedin]], who had been working at Hillary's side since 1994, and Rep. [[Anthony Weiner]].<ref>http://www.villagevoice.com/news/dyke-hillary-dyke-hillary-6403108</ref> It was an odd relationship between the two; Weiner lived in New York and commuted to Washington when Congress was in session; Huma, like Hillary. spent the vast majority of time away from their spouse while Hillary and Huma travelled the globe in Hillary's role as Secretary of State.<ref>http://pamelageller.com/2015/04/hillary-lesbian-2.html/</ref><ref>http://www.theamericanmirror.com/hillary-huma-make-surprise-visit-nyc-pride-parade/comment-page-4/</ref>

Weiner was driven from Congress in a sexting scandal. Later it was revealed Weiner's personal computer contained more than a half million emails related to the Clinton Foundation and Hillary's email scandal. When the news broke, Hillary didn't separate herself from Huma by firing her, which Huma alone would be responsible for unauthorized State Department information being found on Anthony Weiner's personal computer. Like Nixon, she chose the path of loyalty to subordinates over making a clean break with people accused of lawbreaking, as Reagan had done when he fired [[Oliver North]] or John Kennedy when he fired [[Bay of Pigs|Allen Dulles]]. If elected, the nation faced a [[constitutional crisis]] over her actions, failures, and negligence.

==Scandals 1975–2001, partial list==
:''For a more complete list, see [[Hillary Clinton First Lady]]'' and ''[[Iran-Contra]]''
<center>{{Cquote|<big>If [[Reaganomics]] works at all, Whitewater could become the Western hemisphere's Mecca.</big>|20px|20px|Hillary Clinton in 1981 as reported by [[David Brock]] in ''The Seduction of Hillary Rodham'', p. 196.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mhOoB-ejGIMC&pg=PA196&lpg=PA196&dq=If+reaganomics+eorks+whitewater+will+be+good&source=bl&ots=oNZfZNH1fw&sig=6oaim2Msj5o_HLBpme7LbdZ8v1c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpy_Ok3bfPAhWr1IMKHQFzAqMQ6AEIJDAC#v=onepage&q=If%20reaganomics%20eorks%20whitewater%20will%20be%20good&f=false ''The Seduction of Hillary Rodham''], David Brock, Simon and Schuster, Feb 2, 1998, p. 196</ref>}}</center>
Only when she met Bill in 1971 did her political views flower and she became a [[Democrat]]. The Clinton marriage is fashioned upon precepts of ''The Art of the Deal''. She allowed him to chase any woman he saw fit, and he allowed her to run the [[Arkansas]] Governor's Mansion and [[White House]] as she saw fit.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-507762/Why-Hillary-Clinton-let-husband-Bill-seduce-woman-sight.html Why Hillary Clinton let husband Bill seduce any woman in sight], By SALLY BEDELL SMITH, 15 January 2008. www.dailymail.co.uk</ref> This was the deal Bill Clinton offered America, two for the price of one.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/18/us/1992-campaign-candidate-s-wife-hillary-clinton-aspiring-first-lady-role-model.html?pagewanted=all THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Candidate's Wife; Hillary Clinton as Aspiring First Lady: Role Model, or a 'Hall Monitor' Type?], By MAUREEN DOWD, ''New York Times'', May 18, 1992.</ref>
[[File:Arkansas State Flag.gif|right|thumb|The Arkansas State Flag. The top star above Arkansas represents the slave holding Confederacy, an Act signed into law by Clinton.]]
Of the two, Hillary is the actual brains of the operation. As First Lady of Arkansas, Hillary and her law partners worked with clients looting depositor's money from Arkansas Savings and Loans which her husband regulated.<ref>[http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-releases-office-of-independent-counsel-oic-memoranda-laying-out-criminal-case-against-hillary-clinton-in-whitewatercastle-grande-land-scandal/ Independent Counsel Memo Laying Out Criminal Case against Hillary Clinton in Whitewater Land Scandal], JANUARY 28, 2016. www.judicialwatch.org</ref> She also pocketed large amounts of cash from complicated commodity future trading straddles.<ref>[http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/clintons-and-wall-street-24-years-enriching-each-other The Clintons and Wall Street: 24 Years of Enriching Each Other], By Richard W. Behan / CounterPunch, February 26, 2016.</ref> As the family breadwinner, Hillary mocked and ridiculed stay-at-home moms.<ref>[http://time.com/4054623/clinton-dunham-tea-cookies/ This Was the Hillary Clinton Comment That Sparked Lena Dunham’s Political Awareness], Denver Nicks, ''Time'', Sept. 29, 2015.</ref>
===Arkansas and US First Lady===
As First Lady she holds the distinction of being the only First Lady in [[United States]] history to come under [[criminal]] investigation both as Arkansas First Lady and in the White House. Having escaped indictment for Whitewater crimes and lying to Congress, she was the first First Lady to run and be elected to Congress while her husband was serving as President.

===Travelgate (''a primer for millenials'')===
As the 2016 election day approached, the elite [[mainstream media]] remained dumbfounded as to why the American people still deemed Hillary Clinton untrustworthy. The ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' revisited one of the first scandals to hit the Clinton White House:
{{Quotebox|Under criticism the White House changed its story. They said that they were just trying to cut unneeded staff and save money. Then they said they were trying to impose a competitive bidding process. They tried a new explanation—the travel office shake-up was connected to Vice President Al Gore’s National Performance Review. (Almost immediately Mr. Gore said that was not true.) The White House then said it was connected to a campaign pledge to cut the White House staff by 25%. Finally they claimed the workers hadn’t been fired at all but placed on indefinite “administrative leave."}}
''"Sound familiar? It's just a cough...no, it's just allergies...no, it's heat and dehydration...no, it's pneumonia..."''<ref>http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-17/why-dont-they-trust-her-look-one-hillary-clintons-first-ever-scandals</ref>
{{Quotebox|It emerged in contemporaneous notes of a high White House staffer that the travel-office workers were removed because Mrs. Clinton wanted to give their jobs—their “slots,” as she put it, according to the notes of director of administration David Watkins—to political operatives who’d worked for Mr. Clinton’s campaign. And she wanted to give the travel office business itself to loyalists. There was a travel company based in Arkansas with long ties to the Clintons. There was a charter travel company founded by Harry Thomason, a longtime friend and fundraiser, which had provided services in the 1992 campaign. If the travel office were privatized and put to bid, he could get the business.}}
''Deja vu'' all over again...
{{quotebox|'''Clinton Scandal Ritual:''' lie, deny, revise, claim not to remember specifics, stall for time. When it passes, call the story “old news” full of questions that have already been answered. 'As I’ve repeatedly said . . .'"}}
For a quarter of a century the Clinton name has been synonymous with scandal.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB887244288642713000</ref>

===Death of Vince Foster===
Vince Foster was the highest ranking [[Executive Branch]] official killed in office since [[John F. Kennedy]]. At the time of Kennedy's murder, the killing should have bern handled by the [[Dallas]] police [[homicide]] division. However federal officials and the [[Secret Service]] removed the body and flew it back to [[Washington DC]], interfering with an ongoing investigation. After that botched affair, federal laws were passed making various assaults on or killing of federal officials a federal crime. The new law made the [[FBI]] the lead agency in Foster's death investigation. Various circumstances however left the job in the hands of US Park rangers, and not even the more experienced DC homicide police were involved. Most profoundly, Bill Clinton's firing of the FBI Director the day before Foster's body was discovered in a federal park, left the Bureau stunned, leaderless, and in chaos.
====FBI files relating to Hillary missing from the National Archives====
[[File:Vince-foster-murder-clinton-696x445.png|right|300px|thumb|The Vince Foster gun. The weapon used to kill Foster and the gun found at the scene, among other pertinent facts, raise inexplicable questions.]]
FBI files relating to Hillary's role in the [[Vince Foster]]'s death investigation are now missing from the National Archives.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3753013/Missing-FBI-files-linking-Hillary-Clinton-suicide-White-House-counsel-Vince-Foster-vanished-National-Archives.html</ref>

During the 2016 presidential campaign, in August 2016 [[Vince Foster]] was back in the news. A [[fake news]] story was planted in the [[London]] ''Daily Mail'' alleging Foster killed himself because he had been humiliated by Hillary Clinton in a staff meeting one week before killing himself. This story sounds more plausible then the official explanation the ''Washington Post'' has cited for more than two decades - Beth Foster was depressed because he had done Hillary's tax returns,<ref>See for example ''Washington Post'', "The 1993 suicide of White House counsel Vincent Foster, hard on the heels of the travel-office imbroglio and his filing of delinquent Whitewater Corp. tax returns." [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/whitewater.htm Untangling Whitewater], By Dan Froomkin, Washingtonpost.com Staff.</ref> there are problems with it. Mainly, that according to the First Lady's schedule now at the Clinton Library in Arkansas, Hillary Clinton was in [[Japan]] and the Far East more than two weeks before Foster's body was discovered. She returned to the United States on July 18, spent two days in Arkansas, and wasn't scheduled to return to Washington till after Foster's body was found. Numerous other sources corroborate her schedule.

===Illegal fundraising, 1996===
{{Main|Chinagate fundraising scandal}}
The Chinagate was a campaign finance controversy in which the Clinton's illegally took money from foreign governments and military establishments. Like the Nixon administration, however, it was impossible to get the government to investigate itself, at least to any acceptable or just conclusion before the Clinton's term of office was up.

Agents of China sought to give contributions to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) before the [[United States presidential election, 1996|1996 presidential campaign]] in violation of US law barring non-American citizens from donating money to American politicians and political parties.<ref>Woodward, Bob and Duffy, Brian, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/china1.htm "Chinese Embassy Role In Contributions Probed"], ''Washington Post'', February 13, 1997.</ref>

An unclassified [[United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs|U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs]] report issued in 1998 stated that both James Riady and his father Mochtar "had a long-term relationship with a Chinese intelligence agency." According to journalist [[Bob Woodward]], details of the relationship came from highly classified intelligence information supplied to the committee by both the CIA and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]].<ref>Woodward, Bob, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/cf021098.htm "Findings Link Clinton Allies to Chinese Intelligence"], ''Washington Post'', Feb. 10, 1998.</ref>
[[File:MOCTAR.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Hillary Clinton with Mochtar Riady at a fundraiser during the [[Chinagate]] scandal. Mochtar Riady, along with Bill Clinton's financial godfather Jackson Stephens, brought the [[BCCI]] to America, a front for international dope dealers and arms traffickers.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=hk7XCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT61&lpg=PT61&dq=mochtar+riady+bcci&source=bl&ots=58F2SxmNWF&sig=ZV6dddrtUdo7dmmCfjVhgQZOuLE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpwvS7mvDTAhVH9mMKHc_MC5QQ6AEINzAG#v=onepage&q=mochtar%20riady%20bcci&f=false]</ref>]]
The relationship between John Huang, the Riady Family, and the Clintons, goes back to the late 1970s in Little Rock, Arkansas. The patriarch of the family, Mochtar Riady, is an [[Indonesia]]n of [[Chinese]] descent who built up the Lippo Group empire. In the mid-1970s, Mochtar Riady planned to expand his business into the United States and began looking for partners. He met the Stephens family of Arkansas and entered into various joint ventures with Stephens Inc.

The Stephens famiy were in fact the original owners of the American branch of the notorious [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International]] (BCCI) in a joint venture with the Riady's in the late 1970s and 1980s.<ref>mlhttp://fas.org/irp/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/06early.htm</ref> It was shut down in the early 1990s in an enormous worldwide criminal money laundering scandal.

In Little Rock the Riadys met then-Governor Bill Clinton and financially supported Clinton's gubernatorial campaigns throughout the 1980s.

After Riady pledged $1 million in support of then-Governor Clinton's campaign for the presidency 1992, contributions made by Huang had been reimbursed with funds wired from a foreign Lippo Group entity into an account Riady maintained at Lippo Bank and then distributed to Huang in cash. Also, contributions made by Lippo Group entities operating in the United States were reimbursed with wire transfers from foreign Lippo Group entities.<ref>[http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2001/January/017crm.htm "James Riady Pleads Guilty"], Department of Justice, press release, January 11, 2001.</ref><ref>[https://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/08/12/huang.sentence/ "Former Democratic fund-raiser John Huang pleads guilty"], ''CNN.com'', Aug. 12, 1999.</ref>

Huang visited the White House 78 times while working as a DNC fund-raiser.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/gen/resources/infocus/fundraising.flap/time9610.html "The Democratic Fund-Raising Flap: Timeline"], ''CNN.com'', July 1, 1997.</ref> James Riady visited the White House 20 times including 6 personal visits with President Clinton.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/gen/resources/infocus/fundraising.flap/characters.html "The Democratic Fund-Raising Flap: Cast of Characters"], ''CNN.com'', July 1, 1997.</ref> As a key fund-raiser he raised $3.4 million for the party.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/players/huang.htm "Campaign Finance Key Player: John Huang"], ''Washington Post'', July 27, 1997.</ref>

Immediately prior to joining the DNC, Huang worked in the Clinton's [[Commerce Department]] as deputy assistant secretary for international economic affairs giving him access to classified intelligence on China.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/US/9905/25/cox.report.highlights/ "Highlights of U.S. report on alleged China spying"], ''CNN.com'', May 25, 1999.</ref>

Under questioning by Sen. Don Nickles during congressional investigations Clinton private investigator Terry Lenzner identified [[Cody Shearer]] as a liaison between Lenzner's firm, Investigative Group International, and the Cheyenne-Arapaho tribe. The tribe had donated more than $100,000 to the [[Democratic Party]] hoping that the Clinton administration would intervene on the tribes behalf in a dispute over drilling rights on tribal land. Lenzner's firm had been hired by the Clinton's to discredit Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, Monica Lewinsky and others, and had been retained to uncover compromising links between Sen. Don Nickles-opposed the tribe's claims—and local oil interests.

===Whitewater crimes===

An April 10, 1998 memo in the Whitewater Office of Independent Counsel (OIC) summarized Hillary Clinton's “crimes under consideration” for [[prosecution]].
{{Quotebox|Between January 1994 and February 1996 both Hillary Clinton and [Webster] Hubbell made numerous sworn statements to the [Resolution Trust Corporstion], the FDIC, the Senate and the House of Representatives, and to the OIC. Each of these reflected and embodied materially inaccurate stories relating to: how RLF [Rose Law Firm] came to be retained by MGSL [Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan]; Hillary Clinton’s role in the IDC/Castle Grande venture; Hillary Clinton’s role in representing MGSL; Hillary Clinton’s role in representing MGSL before state agencies’; Hubbell’s representations to the RTC [Resolution Trust Corporation] and FDIC regarding Hillary Clinton’s role in the IDC/Castle Grande venture; and the removal of records from the [Rose Law Firm].}}
[[File:Chelsea Hubbell.jpg|right|375px|thumb|Webster Hubbell and Chelsea Clinton. Chelsea Clinton has become the poster child of [[white privilege]] for a generation. Webster Hubbell, an old "family friend," gave up a lifetime appointment on the Arkansas Supreme Court to move to Washington with the Clinton's and serve four years in federal prison on a fraud conviction.]]
According to prosecutors, Hillary drafted an option agreement that concealed from federal bank examiners a fraudulent $300,000 cross-loan in the Castle Grande transaction. Her concealment of her role in this fraudulent transaction, including the hiding of her Rose Law Firm billing records concerning her legal work for Madison, were the subject of an OIC obstruction of justice probe.

The memo included substantial evidence depicting Hillary, Hubbell, and Vincent Foster, as complicit in activities that “facilitated crimes.” Hubbell was convicted of fraudulent billing practices and sentenced to twenty-one months in prison and fined $135,000.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/05/AR2007060500908.html</ref> The memo noted that Hillary “destroyed” her personal records of her work for Madison Guaranty. The evidence covers:

{{Quotebox|'''Castle Grande.''' “The Castle Grande transactions were crimes.” The statement is followed by an explicit six-paragraph dissection of the land-flipping scheme.

'''[[Madison Guaranty S&L]].''' Hillary minimized the role she played in seeking state regulatory assistance for the corrupt savings and loan, headed by key Clinton financial and political supporter [[James McDougal]]. At the time, Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas.

'''Vincent Foster and the Missing Rose Law Firm Billing Records.''' The Rose billing records were a key piece of evidence in the probe. They were missing for years. After Foster’s death, the OIC memo notes "evidence supports the inference that personal documents which Hillary Clinton did not want disclosed were located in Foster’s office at the time of his death and then removed.”

'''Removal of Records from Vincent Foster’s Office.''' “ [O]n the afternoon of July 21st Bernard Nussbaum, then White House Counsel, initially agreed to allow two career DOJ employees to review the documents in Foster’s office for evidence that might shed light on the cause of his death. That evening and the next morning Nussbaum, Hillary Clinton, Susan Thomases, and Maggie Williams (Hillary Clinton’s chief of staff) exchanged 10 separate phones calls … That morning, according to the DOJ employees, Nussbaum changed his mind and refused to allow the DOJ prosecutors to review the documents; instead, he reviewed them himself and segregated several as ‘personal’ to the Clintons.”

'''Hiding the Billing Records.''' “On the evening of July 22nd, Thomas Castleton … assisted Williams [Maggie Williams, Hillary Clinton chief of staff] in carrying a box of personal documents up to … a closet in Hillary Clinton’s office. The closet is approximately 30 feet from the table in the Book Room, where the billing records were found 2 years later…."

'''Bying the Silence of a Co-Conspirator.''' Hubbell received several “jobs” from Clinton supporters for which he apparently did little or no work. During a taped conversation in prison, Hubbell appears to acknowledge that he withheld information from the OIC. Several of Hubbell’s job-providers fell most strongly within the hush money allegation.}}

The National Archives is withholding additional documents critical to understanding Clinton's full role in the Whitewater scandal.<ref>http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-releases-office-of-independent-counsel-oic-memoranda-laying-out-criminal-case-against-hillary-clinton-in-whitewatercastle-grande-land-scandal/</ref>

===Evidence tampering and obstruction===
After the death of White House staffer Vince Foster, 20 year Secret Service veteran Henry O' Neill testified before Congress he observed as Hillary Clinton's chief of staff, Margaret Williams, carry boxes of papers out of Foster's office and up to the White House residence quarters on First Lady Hillary Clinton's instructions.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/etc/01301996.html Whitewater Lost and Found Records], Nightline Transcripts, January 30, 1996. npr.org</ref> The documents related to work performed by Jerry Parks, the head of security for the Clinton-Gore 1992 campaign.<ref>[http://contrariansview.org/onashisite/WebVAX/Foster/AEPonQuinn10Oct96.html Ambrose Evans-Pritchard interview], Quinn in the Morning Show, WRRK 97 FM Pittsburgh, October 10, 1996</ref> Under [[oath]], Hillary Clinton denied issuing the instructions or receiving the documents. The documents evidence in the investigation of the death of Vince Foster. Parks was gunned down in a gangland-style shooting in Arkansas two months after Foster's death.<ref>[http://prorev.com/2006/08/strange-death-of-jerry-parks-and-even.htm THE STRANGE DEATH OF JERRY PARKS AND EVEN STRANGER DEATH OF DR DAVID MILLSTEIN], ''Progressive Review'', Sam Smith, Editor, August 23, 2006</ref>

Two years later in 1995 some of the evidence was retrieved from the private White House living quarters. FBI investigators determined Hillary Clinton's fingerprints were on the documents.<ref>Multiple references:
*[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1996-04-30/pdf/CREC-1996-04-30-pt1-PgH4166-3.pdf#page=2 "Remarks by Congressman (Dan) Burton of Indiana: First Lady's fingerprints on billing records"] (April 30, 1996). ''Congressional Record'' (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office), House of Representatives, 104th Congress, pp. H4167-8.
*[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1996-05-10/pdf/CREC-1996-05-10-pt1-PgH4880-3.pdf#page=1 "Remarks by Congressman (Dan) Burton of Indiana: Mrs. Clinton's fingerprints on billing records II"] (May 10, 1996). ''Congressional Record'' (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office), House of Representatives, 104th Congress, pp. H4880-1.</ref>
===Pay-to-play pardons===
[[Marc Rich]] is the biggest tax cheat in American history. Rich fled the country. He was a big donor to the Clintons and the Democratic party, so [[Bill Clinton]] wanted to pardon him. [[Eric Holder]], who later served as Barack Obama's Attorney General, arranged the pardons.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/holder.confirmation/ Former FBI director: Holder was 'used' in Rich pardon], [[CNN]]</ref> Former President [[Jimmy Carter]] publicly called it "disgraceful".<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carter-rich-pardon-disgraceful/ Carter: Rich Pardon 'Disgraceful'], CBSNews.com staff AP February 21, 2001</ref> Rich's wife then donated at least $450,000 to the [[Clinton Foundation]].

==Attacking victims of sexual assault==
Clinton communications director George Stephanopoulos writes in his memoirs of the Clinton 'War Room' about assignments to belittle and kill victim's allegations of sexual abuse. "We have to destroy her story," Mrs. Clinton instructed of Connie Hamzy, one of the first women to come forward during her husband's first presidential campaign in 1991.

In January 2016, Esquire magazine reported on a gathering in the fashionable Upper East Side apartment of the chief executive of HBO. Several conflicted past and present Clinton surrogates discussed how the Clintons and their allies discredited women who said they had sexual encounters with, or been [[sexual assault|sexually assaulted]] by former President Bill Clinton.

{{Quotebox|The conversation, relayed by several people with knowledge of the discussion who would speak about it only anonymously, captures the deeper debate unfolding among [[liberal]]-leaning women about how to reconcile Mrs. Clinton's leadership on women's issues with her past involvement in her husband's efforts to fend off accusations of sexual misconduct.<ref>[http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a41327/new-york-times-clinton-rumors/ The New York Times Is Obsessed with 2 Things. You Already Know What They Are.], By Charles P. Pierce, ''Esquire'', Jan 20, 2016.</ref>}}
The conundrum these conflicted Clinton surrogates face is how to explain their own past participation in sliming and vilifying women who came forward with accusations against the President of the United States with a history of untoward, and even violent, sexual misconduct to a generation of Millennials unfamiliar with the brazen history of the pair:
{{Quotebox|Even some [[Democrat]]s who participated in the effort to discredit the women acknowledge privately that today, when Mrs. Clinton and other women have pleaded with the authorities on college campuses and in workplaces to take any allegation of sexual assault and sexual harassment seriously, such a campaign to attack the women's [[character]] would be unacceptable.}}
But such a public campaign of abuse and ridicule of the victim ''was'' acceptable under the Clintons, by Clinton media and [[Hollywood]] surrogates. And virtually all historical and inside eyewitness accounts, dating back to Arkansas and the White House years, point to Hillary Clinton as the source who made it a mission.

===Intimidation and blackmail===
{{Cquote|When Hillary hired this fleet of detectives to go around examining all of the woman who had been identified with Clinton. Not for the purpose of divorcing Clinton. Not for the purpose of getting him to stop, but for the purpose of developing blackmail material on these women to cow them into silence that had a [[Nixon]]ian quality that I hold against her and I continue to.|20px|20px|[[Dick Morris]]<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/video/2014/10/31/dick-morris-i-left-when-hillary-hired-secret-police-to-go-after-woman-victimized-by-bill/ Dick Morris: I Left When Hillary Hired Secret Police to Go After Woman Victimized by Bill], by [[Breitbart.com]], 31 Oct 2014.</ref>}}
One of the more abhorrent aspects of Hillary Clinton's personality is a well documented pattern by multiple Clinton confidants and advisors of intimidation and blackmail toward female victims of Mr. Bill Clinton's sexual misconduct. Mrs. Clinton is accredited with introducing the [[sexist]] [[pejorative]], 'bimbo', into the American political [[lexicon]] to disparage victims of sexual assault by the rich and powerful.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WiQRBN8igE Hillary Clinton calls Bill Clinton's sexual assault victims "Bimbo Eruptions"] youtube.com</ref> The politicalinsider.com identified the problem,
{{Quotebox|One of the most incredible things about Hillary Clinton running for President is that there is an extraordinary long list of scandals that younger voters have never heard of. Just trying to keep up with the multiple decades of corruption and criminal activity of Bill and Hillary Clinton which happened long before the recent email scandal is overwhelming.<ref>[http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/a-woman-who-was-sexually-assaulted-by-bill-clinton-drops-a-bomb-on-hillary-whoa/ A Woman Who Was Sexually Assaulted by Bill Clinton Drops a BOMB on Hillary], thepoliticalinsider.com</ref>}}
The ''New York Times'' noted before the 2016 [[primary election]] season began that the ''’90s Scandals Threaten to Erode Hillary Clinton’s Strength With Women'', and Hillary Clinton certainly was not, by any account, a victim, or a victim of her husband's faithlessness.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/us/politics/90s-scandals-threaten-to-erode-hillary-clintons-strength-with-women.html ’90s Scandals Threaten to Erode Hillary Clinton’s Strength With Women], By AMY CHOZICK, ''New York Times'', JAN. 20, 2016.</ref>
In the recent book, ''The Clinton's War on Women'', the authors cite a [[Sociology|sociological]] phenomena known as [[elite deviance]] in a society where the elites no longer believe the rules apply to them and their behavior is justified and facilitated by a cadre of [[sycophant]]s, [[apologist]]s, supporters, and surrogates collectively known as the Clinton smear machine.<ref>http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/the-hillary-clinton-smear-machine/</ref><ref>''[http://greatbookcorner.com/data/thepopularbook.site/T/the-clintons-war-on-women-roger-stone--93pfuGF9wiHCc6-8BX16-8ZvB6-8AVI6d.pdf The Clinton's War on Women]'', pp. 16-17 pdf.</ref>

To locate, stalk, harass, and intimidate the women, Betsy Wright was put in charge of the operation. According to [[Carl Bernstein]], "Betsy's operation became known as 'The Defense Department', and Wright was sometimes known as the 'secretary of defense'"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=KG8oDvWH3ZYC&pg=PT612&dq=Carl+Bernstein+betsey+wright+defense+department+clinton&hl=en&sa=X&ei=x4RWU4edAcLjsATguYHYAQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Carl%20Bernstein%20betsey%20wright%20defense%20department%20clinton&f=false A Woman in Charge], Carl Bernstein, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Jun 5, 2007</ref> For this Jack Palladino, Terry Lenzner, Ivan Duda, Jerry Parks,<ref>http://bonedjello.com/Articles/The%20Murder%20of%20Jerry%20Parks.html</ref> Anthony Pellicano, and others were employed.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2005/07/31278/ The real story behind the Clinton body count], ''[[WorldNetDaily]]'', 07/13/2005. Review of Richard Poe’s, ''Hillary’s Secret War.'' wnd.com</ref><ref>[http://alamo-girl.com/02742.htm PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCES], SECTION: SECRET POLICE, Revised 8/10/00. http://alamo-girl.com</ref><ref>[http://www.mega.nu/ampp/foster.html Reports Tie Clinton Sexcapades to Foster's Death]. mega.nu</ref>

To silence the women, all sorts of threats and intimidation were common, such as murdering the family pet on the doorstep or blatant threats against the lives of their children.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1v5e4lZiS08C&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq=pellicano%2Bhillary&source=bl&ots=2QSRhFU8QY&sig=zFCzv6MqE1JDMGwraPnD1XL3TB8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiyuqCkgYDNAhVLz2MKHdJwA9AQ6AEI3AEwIg#v=onepage&q=pellicano%2Bhillary&f=false Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton], Kathleen Willey, WND Books, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2007/11/44416/ PI 'admits' Hillary paid him to harass Willey], WND, 11/07/2007.</ref> [[Pornographer]] impresario [[Larry Flynt]] was called to boot a $1,000,000 reward to anybody to come forward with sexual innuendo, whether true or not, to attack Clinton's enemies with.<ref>[http://observer.com/2000/08/its-poker-night-with-larry-flynt-porn-king-discourses-on-sex-gore/ It’s Poker Night With Larry Flynt! Porn King Discourses on Sex, Gore], By Andrew Goldman, ''New York Observer'', 08/28/00</ref>
====Sexual blackmail of political opponents====
Hillary's obsession with sexual blackmail isn't limited to compromising and silencing disgruntled mistresses or women Bill Clinton assaulted, it became a ready tool against political opponents as well. Hillary Rodham Clinton has an obsession with opposition research and digging up dirt on opponents.<ref>https://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/hillary-clinton-already-knows-the-bad-thing-you-said?utm_term=.ry2yGw3Go#.of4rD4yDJ</ref> As Hillary's emails reveal, she often spent more time studying domestic critics views of her activities than the actual job of secretary of state. A new generation of millennials is becoming familiar with the term, "oppo", which is the first step in blackmailing and silencing media critics or candidates for public office. The Clintons have raised it from muckraking and [[dirty tricks]] to a high art form.

To political opponents and the women, Clinton surrogates routinely use the material, truth not being a factor, dug up by Hillary's investigator's to slime anyone publicly who wouldn't fall into line. A recent lawsuit filed just days after it became evident Trump was considering using the case of Joe Epstein in the election is intended to neutralize criticism.<ref>https://youtu.be/EPlDvVwER7A</ref> And the surrogates relish their jobs. Indeed, many Clinton supporters believe this is the essence of [[politics]] — slander, defamation, and demonization of living human beings — not formulation or discussion of public policy.

In what perhaps may or may not be a [[Freud]]ian slip Hillary Clinton titled her last book, ''Hard Choices''.

===Rape allegations===
====as Arkansas Attorney General====
The general pattern of the Clinton's being above the law is illustrated the Juanita Broadderick case from 1978.

Rumors circulated about Broaddrick's allegations for many years, but she refused to speak to the media. In an interview with ''Dateline NBC,'' that aired after the impeachment trial, Broaddrick claimed she had indeed been [[rape]]d by then Arkansas [[Attorney General]] Bill Clinton.<ref name="NBCinterview">''Dateline NBC'': February 24, 1999. ''The Washington Post'' [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/broaddrick022599.htm published a story about the interview] on February 25, 1999.</ref> The abuse put Broadderick in a quandry: who could she turn for help in a case against the state's highest ranking [[law enforcement]] official?

Broaddrick first met Clinton when he made a visit to her nursing home during his first gubernatorial bid. Broaddrick offered to volunteer for the campaign, and Clinton invited her to stop by the campaign office in Little Rock.<ref name=NYT>''New York Times'': [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/24/us/on-tortuous-route-sexual-assault-accusation-against-clinton-resurfaces.html On Tortuous Route, Sexual Assault Accusation Against Clinton Resurfaces]. February 24, 1999.</ref> She contacted the office a few weeks later when she was in Little Rock for a nursing home conference. Clinton said he would not be in the office that day and suggested they meet at her hotel's coffee shop instead. Upon his arrival, however, he allegedly requested that they instead have coffee in her room to avoid a crowd of reporters in the lobby. Broaddrick agreed.<ref name="NBCinterview" />

Broaddrick says the two spoke briefly in her room, then Clinton suddenly kissed her.<ref name="NBCinterview" /> Broaddrick pushed Clinton away and told him she was married and not interested, but he persisted. As recounted in the NBC interview:<ref name="NBCinterview" />
{{quotebox|"Then he tries to kiss me again. And the second time he tries to kiss me he starts biting my lip … He starts to bite on my top lip and I tried to pull away from him. And then he forces me down on the bed. And I just was very frightened, and I tried to get away from him and I told him ‘No,’ that I didn’t want this to happen but he wouldn’t listen to me. … It was a real panicky, panicky situation. I was even to the point where I was getting very noisy, you know, yelling to ‘Please stop.’ And that’s when he pressed down on my right shoulder and he would bite my lip. … When everything was over with, he got up and straightened himself, and I was crying at the moment and he walks to the door, and calmly puts on his sunglasses. And before he goes out the door he says ‘You better get some ice on that.’ And he turned and went out the door.” }}
When asked if there was any way Clinton could have thought it was consensual, Broaddrick said “No, not with what I told him and with how I tried to push him away. It was not consensual.”<ref name="NBCinterview" />

Broaddrick shared the hotel room with her friend and employee Norma Rodgers. Rodgers attended a conference seminar that morning, and says she returned to their room to find Broaddrick on the bed “in a state of shock,” her pantyhose torn in the crotch and her lip swollen as though she had been hit.<ref name="NYT" /> Rogers says Broaddrick told her Clinton had "forced himself on her."<ref name="NYT" /> Rogers helped Broaddrick ice her lip, and then the women left Little Rock. Rogers said that Broaddrick was very upset on the way home and blamed herself for letting Clinton in the room.<ref name="NBCinterview" />

Broaddrick says she did not tell her then-husband about the incident.<ref name="NBCinterview" /><ref name=Slate>[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/1999/03/is_juanita_broaddrick_telling_the_truth.html "Is Juanita Broaddrick Telling the Truth?"]. ''Slate'' (magazine)''. March 3, 1999.</ref>

At the time, she was having an affair with her eventual second husband, David Broaddrick. He remembers her injured lip, and she told him that Clinton had raped her.<ref name="NBCinterview" /> Three other friends confirmed that Broaddrick had told them about the incident at the time: Susan Lewis, Louis Ma, and Jean Darden, Norma Rogers’ sister.<ref name="NBCinterview" />

Broaddrick recalled incident occurred in the spring of 1978 and that she had stayed in the Camelot Hotel. Records show Broaddrick attended a nursing home meeting at the Camelot Hotel in Little Rock on April 25, 1978.<ref name="NBCinterview" /><ref name="Slate" /> The Clinton White House would not respond to requests for Clinton's official schedule for the date,<ref name=WashingtonPost-Feb25-1999 /> but news reports suggest that he was in Little Rock that day, with no official commitments in the morning.<ref name="NBCinterview" />

Three weeks later Broaddrick attended an event where the Clintons would be in attendance at the home of a local dentist.<ref name="NBCinterview" /> Broaddrick said she was “in denial,” and felt guilty, thinking that she had given Clinton the wrong idea by letting him into her room.<ref name="NBCinterview" /> When she arrived she says, her friend who had picked the Clintons up from the airport told her that Hillary Clinton had asked if she would be at the event.<ref name=FOXinterview>''FOX News'': Interview with Sean Hannity. June 10, 2003. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KZ8ICvutc0 Excerpt] available via YouTube.</ref> Broaddrick says Clinton did not speak to her at the event, but his wife Hillary approached her, took her hand, and said 'I just want you to know how much Bill and I appreciate what you do for him.”<ref name="FOXinterview" /> When Broaddrick moved her hand away, she says, Mrs. Clinton held on to her and said, "Do you understand? Everything that you do."<ref name="FOXinterview" /> Broaddrick says she felt [[nausea]]ted and left the gathering. Broaddrick says she interpreted the incident as Mrs. Clinton thanking her for keeping quiet.<ref name="FOXinterview" />

In 1984, Broaddrick's nursing facility was adjudged the best in the state, which brought a congratulatory official letter from the governor. On the bottom was a handwritten note from Clinton, saying, "I admire you very much."<ref name=WSJ>''Wall Street Journal'': [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB919379691540145000.html Juanita Broaddrick Meets the Press]. February 19, 1999.</ref> Broaddrick said that in 1991, Clinton called her out of a state nursing standards meeting to try to apologize. In response to his apologies, as she told ''[[The Washington Post]]'', "I told him to go to hell, and I walked off".<ref name=WashingtonPost-Feb25-1999>Kurtz, Howard (February 25, 1999). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/broaddrick022599.htm "Clinton Accuser's Story Aired"]. ''[[Washington Post]]''. p. A15.</ref> Darden also attended the meeting, and said she saw Broaddrick talking to Clinton in the hallway.<ref name="NBCinterview" />

Lisa Myers if NBC, who conducted the ''Dateline'' interview, added she had no reason to doubt the veracity of Broadderick's accusations.

====as Rhodes Scholar====
An instance of media coverup, or failing to ask the right questions while promoting the Clintons and their careers is illustrated in Clinton's time at Oxford University.

The earliest known incident of a reported rape is from 1969 while at Oxford in England on the
[[Rhodes Scholar]]ship program. As is common knowledge, women's rights, [[prosecution]] of offenders, and protection for rape victims in 1969 were not what they are today.

The prestigious Rhodes Scholarship is an elite program intended to cement Anglo-American relations and train tomorrows world leaders. Clinton was recommended for the program in 1968 by his Georgetown Professor Carol Quigley and his political mentor, the notorious [[segregation]]ist Senator J. William Fulbright. It's a two-year program. Clinton received a draft deferment from conscription into the US Army during the Vietnam war for his enrollment in the program. It has been stated that 99% of all Rhodes Scholars graduate, the only cause of failing to graduate being death. Dropping out, or being thrown out, is/was virtuslly unheard of.

Eileen Wellstone is an English woman who came forward saying Clinton raped her in 1969 after she had met him at a pub near the University. A retired State Department employee confirmed that he spoke with the family. The employee said he believed the story of Miss Wellstone.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070516192906/http:/chblue.com/Feb1999/022599/clintonwomen022599.htm]</ref>

"There was no doubt in my mind that this young woman had suffered severe emotional trauma, But we were under tremendous pressure to avoid the embarrassment of having a Rhodes Scholar charged with rape." The State Department official who investigated the incident said Clinton's interests appeared to be drinking, drugs and sex, not studies. "I came away from the incident with the clear impression that this was a young man who was there to party, not study."<ref>http://albertpeia.com/oxfordassault.htm</ref>

The victim's family declined to pursue the case; Wellstone re-confirmed the incident in 1999, but asked to be left alone.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/jun/24/20040624-121742-7463r/?page=all |title=The missing Clinton women|author=The Washington Times | publisher= Washington Times |date= June 24, 2004}}</ref>

In his book, ''Unlimited Access'', former FBI agent [[Gary Aldrich]] reported that Clinton left Oxford University for a "European Tour" in 1969 and was told by University officials that he was no longer welcome there. Aldrich said Clinton's academic record at Oxford was lackluster.

Having been thrown out of Oxford, Clinton lost his draft deferment. Clinton entered Oxford in October 1968, according to David Maraniss, and received a draft induction in late July 1969. Yet the focus of news reporting in the [[United States presidential election, 1992|1992 presidential election]] was on championing Clinton as a 'Rhodes Scholar' while never asking how it was possible for a Rhodes Scholar with a draft deferment to receive a draft notice. The issue focused on his failure to report for induction rather than the fact that he ''was not'' a Rhodes Scholar, that he had been thrown out of Oxford, or the reason for being thrown out.

====Other assaults====
Most cited by name in this section of assault victims are of women who have spoken about the crimes they've suffered, although some have been intimidated into silence after going public. Others remain fearful to come forward.

In 1972, a twenty-two-year-old woman told Yale University's campus police that she was sexually assaulted by Bill Clinton, and although no charges were filed, a retired policeman confirmed the incident to ''Capitol Hill Blue''. The woman herself was also tracked down and confirmed it, though she elected to stay anonymous.

In 1974 a female student at the University of Arkansas complained that then law school instructor Bill Clinton tried to prevent her from leaving his office during a conference, groping her and forcing his hand inside her blouse. Although she complained to her faculty advisor, who confronted Clinton, the complaint again failed to go anywhere. The student left the school shortly after the incident, and more recently confirmed the incident. Several former students also confirmed the incident in confidential interviews and also said there were other reports of Clinton attempting to force himself on female students.

Arkansas state troopers assigned to protect Clinton have knowledge of at least seven other complaints from women who said Clinton forced himself on them sexually or attempted to do so.<ref>[http://www.shwiggie.com/articles/clintons.html Living with the Clintons, Bill's Arkansas bodyguards tell the story the press missed], By David Brock, 1993</ref>

A Little Rock legal secretary named Carolyn Moffet claimed that in 1979, she met the governor at a political fundraiser and shortly afterward received an invitation to meet him in a hotel room. She was escorted there by a state trooper. When she arrived he was sitting on a couch wearing an undershirt and nothing else, and angrily assaulted her. She was able to escape before being raped. Moffet received threatening phone calls. “He said that people who crossed the governor usually regretted it and that if I knew what was good for me I’d forget that it ever happened...I haven’t forgotten it. You don’t forget crude men like that.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2014/12/15/why-hillary-is-not-inevitable-bills-sordid-past/</ref>

Elizabeth Ward Gracen, a former Miss Arkansas who won the Miss America crown in 1982 told friends she was forced by Clinton to have sex with him shortly after she won her state crown.<ref>http://www.villagevoice.com/news/the-trashing-of-clintons-women-6422690</ref> Clinton media surrogates publicly hype and boast of Clinton's manliness and ''machismo'' for his sexual conquest if Miss America.

An Arkansas state employee named Paula Corbin filed a sexual harassment case against Clinton after she said the governor exposed himself and demanded sex in a Little Rock hotel room. President Clinton finally settled the case with Paula Corbin in 1998 with an $850,000 cash payment.<ref>
https://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/11/18/jones/</ref>

Sandra Allen James, a former Washington, DC, political fundraiser said Clinton invited her to his hotel room when he was in Washington in 1991, pinned her against the wall and stuck his hand up her dress. She says she screamed loud enough for the Arkansas state trooper stationed outside the hotel suite to bang on the door and ask if everything was alright. Then, she said, Clinton released her and she fled the room. When she reported the incident to her boss, he advised her to keep her mouth shut if she wanted to keep working. ‘’My husband and children deserve better than that..I wasn’t raped, but I was trapped in a hotel room for a brief moment by a boorish man...I got away. He tried calling me several times after that, but I didn’t take his phone calls. Then he stopped. I guess he moved on.” She said she learned other women had similar stories during Clinton's 1992 presidential run. She has since married and left Washington and retreated from public view.<ref>http://m.digitaljournal.com/article/255828</ref>

Christy Zercher, a flight attendant on Clinton's campaign plane in 1992, reported that he exposed himself to her, groped her, and made explicit sexual remarks. A video filmed on board the plane by [[ABC News]] showed an obviously drunken Clinton with his hand on intimate parts of another young flight attendant. Zercher said later in an interview that White House attorney Bruce Lindsey tried to pressure her into not going public about the assault.<ref>http://redalertpolitics.com/2015/12/29/millennials-guide-bill-clintons-20-sex-scandals/</ref>

Kathleen Willey was a volunteer at the White House when Clinton grabbed her, fondled her, and pressed her hand against himself during an Oval Office meeting in November, 1993. Willey, who told her story in a [[60 Minutes]] interview, became a target of a White House–directed smear campaign after she went public.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Target-Caught-Crosshairs-Hillary-Clinton/dp/0974670162 Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton], Kathleen Willey, World Ahead Publishing, Nov 6, 2007 ISBN 978-0974670164 ISBN 0974670162</ref> In 1998, just before Willey was to testify in the Paula Jones trial, Willey had a disturbing encounter where she was approached by a jogger near her home. The complete stranger asked her menacing questions about her children, naming them by name. According to Willey, "I'll never forget that look in his eyes . . . He just looked at me and he said, 'You're just not getting the message, are you?'" On Hardball in 1999, [[MSNBC]] host [[Chris Matthews]] identified the mysterious jogger as [[Cody Shearer]].<ref>http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-other-secret-dossier/article/2011477</ref>

The other encounters were confirmed with more than 30 interviews with retired Arkansas state employees, former state troopers and former Yale and University of Arkansas students. Like others, they refused to go public because of fears of retaliation from the Clinton White House and smesr machine.

Peter Baker in ''The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton'', which the ''Washington Post'' describes as the definitive account of the impeachment saga, reported that in the files of the independent prosecutor lawyers had collected the names of 21 different women. Baker noted
{{Quotebox|“One woman was alleged to have been asked by Clinton to give him oral sex in a car while he was the state attorney general (a claim she denied). A former Arkansas state employee said that during a presentation, then-Governor Clinton walked behind her and rubbed his pelvis up against her repeatedly. A woman identified as a third cousin of Clinton’s supposedly told her drug counselor during treatment in Arkansas that she was abused by Clinton when she was baby-sitting at the Governor’s Mansion in Little Rock.”<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/The-Breach-Inside-Impeachment-William/dp/1476730075 The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton], Peter Backer, December 4, 2012, p. 138</ref>}}

On November 21, 2014, columnist Joan Vennochi of the ''a [[Boston Globe]]'' wrote, “Rape allegations hurt Bill Cosby but sail past Bill Clinton.”

“Power—who has it, who doesn’t, and how it can for years insulate the holder of it—is the common thread between Cosby, Clinton, and their accusers,” Vennochi wrote. Clinton apologists, surrogates, sycophants, and spin-meisters srgur their public policies are more important than his private failings.

“Meanwhile, the Clinton spin machine did its best to portray his accusers as ‘nuts or sluts,’ ...against women who dare to hold men accountable for their actions,” Vennochi wrote.<ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/11/21/rape-allegations-hurt-bill-cosby-but-sail-past-bill-clinton/YTIsUoXS2uxrW1mW2JSuRM/story.html</ref>

===Defends a pedophile===
The next job after the Children's Defense Fund the self described 'defender of children' handled was the case of a 41-year-old man who raped a 12-year-old girl. The rapist, facing 30 years to life in prison, Hillary plea bargained down to time served - two months in county jail - by attacking the victim who was to young to testify in a court of law to defend herself.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/politics/audio-hillary-clinton-speaks-of-defense-of-child-rapist-in-newly-unearthed-tapes/ AUDIO: Hillary Clinton Speaks of Defense of Child Rapist in Newly Unearthed Tapes], Washington Free Beacon Staff, June 15, 2014. freebeacon.com</ref>

In court documents Hillary wrote to the judge about the young victim as:
{{Cquote|emotionally unstable with a tendency to seek out older men and engage in fantasizing...children in early adolescence tend to exaggerate or romanticize sexual experiences and that adolescents in disorganized families, such as the complainant’s, are even more prone to exaggerate behavior.<ref>[https://www.intellihub.com/video-hillary-clinton-brags-getting-pedophile-off-hook/ Video: Hillary Clinton brags about getting a pedophile off the hook], By Brandon Turbeville, January 25, 2016. www.intellihub.com</ref>}}
In 2006 the victim, now an adult heard for the first time Hillary Clinton laughing about her victory in the case. The victim spoke out,
{{Cquote|Hillary Clinton took me through hell. ...You took a case of mine in ’75, you lied on me… I realize the truth now, the heart of what you’ve done to me. And you are supposed to be for women? You call that for women, what you done to me? And I hear you on tape laughing. ... she lied like a dog on me. I think she was trying to do whatever she could do to make herself look good...<ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/20/exclusive-hillary-clinton-took-me-through-hell-rape-victim-says.html She Lied: 'Hillary Clinton Took Me Through Hell,' Rape Victim Says], Josh Rogan, ''The Daily Beast'', 06.20.14.</ref> }}

Mrs. Clinton knew the child rapist to be guilty, and joked about it. Clinton mainstream surrogates, apologists, and sycophants [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spin%20control spin] the episode to prove how 'tough minded', 'dedicated, and 'fair' she is.

In 2014 Hillary Clinton again lied about the case claiming she asked to be relieved.<ref>[http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2014/jul/17/did-hillary-clinton-ask-be-relieved-rapist/ Politifact: Did Hillary Clinton ask to be 'relieved' from representing an accused rapist in 1970s?], By Steve Contorno, July 17th, 2014. politifact.com</ref>

===Joe Epstein===
When the Clinton's left the White House in 2001, Bill became a friend and business associate with a character known in the media as 'the billionaire pervert'. His new friend is involved in a child sex trafficking ring. He is a registered sex offender for sex crimes involving children.<ref>http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2011/02/28/jeffrey-epstein-sex-offender-yes-billionaire-no/#669f83922136</ref>

Clinton's [[pedophile]] friend and associate, Jeffrey 'Joe' Epstein, is a donor to the [[Clinton Foundation]].<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/06/billionaire-sex-offender-epstein-once-claimed-co-founded-clinton-foundation.html</ref> He began making donations shortly after his arrest on child sex charges. Epstein received a relatively light sentence in view of the charges against him. Epstein has settled lawsuits with 33 of his child victims. Other suits are still pending.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2584309/Bill-Clinton-identified-lawsuit-against-former-friend-pedophile-Jeffrey-Epstein-regular-orgies-Caribbean-compound-former-president-visited-multiple-times.html#ixzz3NysnRS27</ref> Epstein is said to have provided minor girls for Prince Andrew. When the Palm Beach Florida police seized Epstein's contact book,<ref>http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/bill-clinton/bill-clinton-and-jeffrey-epstein-9086711</ref> 21 different phone numbers and email addresses for Clinton machine operatives were discovered, including the personal cell number for Bill Clinton, and numbers for Bill's flunky Doug Band and Hillary's flunky Cheryl Mills.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2015/03/27/cheryl-mills-the-woman-who-knew-too-much/</ref>

Epstein owns property in Manhattan, Palm Beach and the Virgin Islands where the child molestation acts are said to have taken place.<ref>http://nypost.com/2011/02/25/billionaire-jeffrey-epstein-im-a-sex-offender-not-a-predator/</ref> Seized flight logs in the investigation reveal Clinton flew on Epstein's private plane 18 times.<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/05/18/morning_joe_panel_clintons_connection_to_billionaire_pedophile_jeffrey_epstein_will_blow_up_campaign.html]</ref> It has been established some of these flights were to Epstein's Virgin Islsnds retreat.<ref>https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2015/07/judge-unseals-more-details-in-jeffrey-epstein-underage-sex-lawsuit-210065</ref> A woman who victims name as procurring underage girls is s donor to the Hiilary Clinton Presidential campaign and attended Chelsea Clinton's wedding in 2010.<ref>http://snn.bz/clinton-4ss/</ref>

In 2007 former Whitewater prosecutor [[Ken Starr]], whom critics accuse of whitewashing the Vince Foster investigation,<ref>http://www.prorev.com/knowl2a.htm</ref> defended Epstein from a second conviction of having sex with a 14 year old minor.<ref>http://www.justice-integrity.org/faq/791-ken-starr-explains-his-help-for-billionaire-pervert-jeffrey-epstein</ref> Starr was forced out of his position as president of Baylor University in May 2016 for mishandling another sex scandal.

==Racism==
:''See also [[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign]]'' and ''[[Bill and Hillary Clinton and racism]]''
Bill and Hillary Clinton are known for there cynical manipulation of Black voters and pandering to "white working class, hard-working white" nativist sentiment.<ref>https://youtu.be/vjoMcqMTMfw</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/ijhL3-5sr18</ref> Reminiscent of her famous "bring them to heel" speech, while discussing police shootings [[Hillary Clinton]] said, "We have got to rein in what is absolutely inexplicable" without bothering to explain what is inexplicable.

Hillary's racism runs deep. The night [[Bill Clinton]] lost his bid for a Congressional seat in 1974 and disappointing their immediate personel ambitions, Hillary blamed the loss on campaign manager Paul Fray. "She called me everything but a white man," Fray explained to the [[BBC]].<ref>https://youtu.be/_VonG4TyTWw</ref> Tensions escalated. Then she called him a "F***ing [[Jew]] bastard." The Cinton's of course deny it but five separate surving witnesses corroborate each other in detail.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2016/07/05/three-eyewitnesses-allege-hillary-called-aide-a-fking-jew-bastard/</ref><ref name="Did Hillary commit a hate crime">[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200007/ai_n8910772 Did Hillary commit a hate crime?], Human Events, July 28, 2000.</ref> The incident was first reported in a book published by Harper Collins in 2000 entitled, ''State of a Union: Inside the Complex Marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton''.<ref name="Did Hillary commit a hate crime"/><ref>http://www.amazon.com/State-Union-Complex-Marriage-Hillary/dp/0060193921</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/US_election_race/Story/0,,344475,00.html Hillary faces voters' wrath for alleged ethnic slur], Michael Ellison, London Guardian, July 18, 2000.</ref><ref>[http://www.sobran.com/columns/1999-2001/000718.shtml Hillary’s Manners], Joseph Sobran, July 18, 2000.</ref><ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15015 I agree with Clinton!], Joseph Farah, WorldNetDaily, July 20, 2000.</ref>

===The New Jim Crow===
:{{See also|The New Jim Crow}}
Under the Clintons, more the 250,000 [[African American]]s were imprisoned in the [[United States]] than under President Reagan,<ref>http://www.blackelectorate.com/articles.asp?ID=320</ref> a fact for which she takes credit for.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/</ref> Cumulatively since the Clinton's passed their crime bill, 2.5 million adult black males—more than 10% of the population—have been incarcerated leaving untold damage on black families.<ref>http://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/incarceration_rates_growth_causes/</ref>

Hillary's divisiveness and hate is targeted at a diverse group of people.<ref>https://youtu.be/yu9OH_KfPXA</ref> Hillary has publicly advocated treating minority youth like dogs,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsSDqbot-EI Hillary Clinton on "Superpredators"], Mrs. Clinton Campaign Speech Keene State University, January 25, 1996. youtube.com</ref> has made mocking and offensive comments about [[Jews]] and retarded children, and has called common American [[citizen]]s deplorables.<ref>http://nation.foxnews.com/2016/09/12/clinton-and-doeplorables-her-comments-about-trump-voters-her-fellow-americans-show-why-she</ref> These sentiments have been confirmed by Hillary's campaign chair, Mr. John Podesta, and her campaign manager, [[Robby Mook]]. According to all major, reputable sources, [[Hillary Clinton]] and/or her organization and its surrogates started the [[birther movement]] to discredit Obama.<ref>https://youtu.be/bifsEkjTAc8</ref> Her declining health and criminal investigation became an issue in her 2016 presidential campaign.<ref>[https://youtu.be/Zr1IDQ2V1eM Hillary Clinton's Illness Revealed], Dr. Ted Noel, VidZette.com, Aug. 29, 2016. youtube.com</ref>

===Jesse Jackson===
The Clintons call [[Jesse Jackson]] that "Goddamn n****r" behind his back.<ref>http://polidics.com/news/hillary-clintons-jew-bastard.html</ref><ref>http://rapmusic.com/threads/hillary-clinton-hates-blacks-and-jews-caught-by-the-secret-service-and-endorsers.1074368/</ref><ref name="emptysuit.wordpress.com">https://emptysuit.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/the-clintons-jews-and-niggers-warning-graphic-language/</ref><ref>http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/racial-slurs-are-unsettling-if-used-by-celebrity-chefs-or-top-democrats/</ref> Jackson refused to release his delegates in 1984 to [[Gary Hart]], Clinton's old boss from the [[McGovern]] campaign of 1972. Jackson, the first African-American to win states in a major party primary, questioned the disparity between his vote total and delegate count, but even Hart sided with the DNC's rigging the primary rules.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/20/us/disparity-between-jackson-s-vote-and-delegate-count-vexes-party.html?pagewanted=all DISPARITY BETWEEN JACKSON'S VOTE AND DELEGATE COUNT VEXES PARTY], By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, ''New York Times'', May 20, 1984.</ref> In 1988 Jackson selected Ron Brown as his chief negotiator at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.<ref>https://socialistworker.org/2016/07/25/how-democrats-got-over-the-rainbow</ref> Brown went on to serve as DNC Chairman and Commerce Secretary until he died in a plane crash.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Ron-Browns-Body-Presidency-Hillarys/dp/0785262377</ref>

===Democratic Leadership Council===
:{{See also|Democratic Leadership Council}}
The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) was a racist organization formed by remnants of the McGovern and Hart campaigns - less the [[Rainbow Coalition]].<ref>http://www.blackcommentator.com/46/46_cover.html</ref><ref>https://ofamerica.wordpress.com/tag/democratic-leadership-council/</ref> By 1992 it had taken over the DNC. Democratic strategists sought to distance themselves from the civil rights movement and begin pushing the "centrist" candidacy of Bill Clinton.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2016/01/31/the_clintons_sordid_race_game_no_one_will_say_it_but_the_clintons_rise_was_premised_on_repudiating_black_voters/ The Clintons’ sordid race game: No one will say it, but the Clintons’ rise was premised on repudiating black voters], Corey Robin, ''Salon'', Jan 31, 2016</ref>

That fact that 30 year old allegations of sexual assault and improprieties are hurled at [[Bill Cosby]] with a devastating effect on his life and career while Bill Clinton is held up as a paragon of manhood and public service by the media and judicial system is a testament of the bigotry and racism of the mainstream media and their supporters. Rumors persist that the Clinton's have effectively blackmailed Barack Obama to drop the email investigation and for his active support in the 2016 presidential campaign.<ref>http://wallstreetonparade.com/2016/07/media-gets-facts-wrong-on-loretta-lynchbill-clinton-tarmac-meeting/</ref>

===Voting rights violations===
In Arkansas, the Clinton administration was sued several times by blacks and [[Hispanic]]s for violations of the 1965 [[Voting Rights Act]] and lost every case. 10 years into their grip on Arkansas the [[United States Supreme Court]] ruled
{{Quotebox|violations of the [[Fourteenth amendment|fourteenth]] or [[fifteenth amendment]] justifying equitable relief have occurred in Arkansas.

In May 1990, the district court turned to those claims, holding that "the State of Arkansas has committed a number of constitutional violations of the voting rights of black citizens." In particular, the court determined that the "State has systematically and deliberately enacted new majority-vote requirements for municipal offices, in an effort to frustrate black political success in elections traditionally requiring only a plurality to win." In 1990...Devotion to majority rule for local offices lay dormant as long as the [[plurality]] system produced white office-holders. But whenever black candidates used this system successfully -- and victory by a plurality has been virtually their only chance of success in at-large elections in majority-white cities – the response was swift and certain. Laws were passed in an attempt to close off this avenue of black political victory...

This series of laws represents a systematic and deliberate attempt to reduce black political opportunity. Such an attempt is plainly unconstitutional. It replaces a system in which blacks could and did succeed, with one in which they almost certainly cannot. The inference of [[bigotry|racial motivation]] is inescapable.<ref>Findings of the Supreme Court of the United States in [http://www.usdoj.gov/osg/briefs/1990/sg900402.txt Clinton vs Jeffers] No. 90-394 (1990) on appeal 730 F. Supp. 196, 198-201 (ED Ark. 1989) (three-judge court), aff'd, No. 89-2008 (Jan. 7, 1991).</ref><ref>http://commonsensewonder.blogspot.com/2016/09/bill-clintons-comment-about-trumps-make.html</ref>}}

In more than one thousand legislative elections, the Arkansas delta region sent not one black to the legislature. In 1988 the federal district court forced a change to the system in Crittenden County that watered down the presence of a large number of black voters.

The case began when blacks in Crittenden County filed a voting rights lawsuit attacking the county's ''at-large'' system for electing two members to the Arkansas House. The suit contended that the system deprived black voters of a chance to elect a black to the state assembly.

The evidence at trial was indeed overwhelming that the Voting Rights Act had been violated. Plaintiffs offered plenty of proof of monolithic voting along racial lines, intimidation of black voters and candidates, other official acts that made voting harder for blacks. A panel of 3 judges ordered Clinton, the Attorney General, and Secretary of State to redraw the boundaries to give maximum strength to black voters.

Local press reports in Arkansas from the late 1980s paint an ugly picture of the [[Clinton administration]]'s attempts to intimidate black voters.<ref>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readreplies.aspx?subjectid=28880&msgid=18476315</ref> In her 1998 memoir ''Lift Every Voice'', former [[U.S Justice Department]] Civil Rights Division nominee Lani Guinier revealed that Clinton's record on [[race]] in Arkansas was so bad she was forced to take legal action. "As a staff lawyer for the [[NAACP]] Legal Defense and Education Fund [LDF], I had sued Gov. Clinton over Arkansas's deputy voter registration statute." A deputy voter registrar is someone authorized to register voters.

Guinier wrote, "In the late 1980s, in a particularly tense meeting in southeastern Arkansas - a section of the Mississippi Delta region where antebellum social relations are still in many respects the order of the day," Dayna Cunningham, a civil rights lawyer, "were one of a handful of black people there to discuss remedies for a highly contentious LDF voting rights suit. The meeting turned sour when one of the local whites demanded to know why, in his view, the whites were always made to pay for others' problems. Other whites in the group began to echo his charge...Bill Clinton, the lead defendant in the case, took to the podium to respond. In a tone of resignation, Clinton said, 'We have to pay because we lost,'" the inference being the loss of the [[Civil War]] as well as the Clintons loss in the Supreme Court.

"Clinton had irresponsibly pandered to the backwards feeling of the white constituency," said Cunningham.

No good deed goes unpunished of course, so Guinier was not without her own problems for having unfortunately crossed paths with the Clintons, beginning at Yale. Three years after the ruckus in Arkansas President Clinton nominated her as Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights. But the Clinton surrogates were lying in wait for her. A media smear campaign not only distorted her views, but in many cases presented them as the exact opposite. The ''New York Times'', which ordinarily presents the Clintons as the wonders of an age, ran an op-ed highly critical of Clinton's appointment, alleging Guinier was in favor of “[[segregation|segregating]] black voters in black-majority districts.” The ''Washington Post'', again no friend of conservatives, twisted Guiniers advocacy of proportional representation into a vision of “a society in which a minority can impose its will on the majority.”

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting says of the ambush and firestorm that surrounded Guinier's nomination:
{{Quotebox|there was also an ideological agenda at work: promoting Clinton’s media-celebrated shift “back to the center.” ... To make her a proper sacrificial offering, however, the establishment media had to reinvent Guinier — transforming a sophisticated advocate of racial reconciliation and participatory democracy into a sinister, [[race baiting|race-baiting]] enemy of the American Way.<ref>http://fair.org/extra/lani-guinier/</ref>}}

The Democrats held both Houses of Congress and the presidency. Guinier's nomination, if the Clintons were serious about it should have been easy. She had been Hillary snd Bill's classmate at Yale. It was classic ''Clintonism'': destroying the life of a friend and who was an advocate of racial reconciliation, painting the American people as racist, and promoting themselves. [[George Will]], it has been said, was too stupid and too lazy to actually read her writtings. As [[Mike Klonsky]] noted, when the liberal lions of the Democratically controlled Senate, such as [[Ted Kennedy]] and even [[Carole Moseley Braun]] stepped away, now the Clintons could turn a message of reconciliation into repudiation in front of the whole nation.

What's a little misunderstanding among friends? Guinier said she felt betrayed by Clinton, whom she considered a friend since their days together at Yale Law School, and was angered when he called her "anti-democratic," - the person who protected voting rights of African-Americans despite Clinton's fight against it - in a nationally televised address announcing he was scuttling her nomination.<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?42098-1/assistant-attorney-general-nomination</ref>

===Rep. Ben McGee===
In 1988 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Clinton wrongfully tried to overturn the election of a black state representative, Mr. Ben McGee, and replace him with a white Democrat Clinton handpicked. The case grew out of the suit against Clinton to win voting rights for the people of Crittenden County.

===Robert 'Say' MacIntosh===
Robert 'Say' MacIntosh is a civil rights activist who the ''Arkansas Democrat'' newspaper named Arkansan of the Year in the late 1970s for his charitable work with children in Little Rock's housing projects.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080926012344/http://www.cals.lib.ar.us/butlercenter/manuscripts/collection/mss97-43.html]</ref> MacIntosh unsuccessfully ran for public office under Arkansas's racial gerrymanderring and minority voter suppression laws of the Clinton era, including as Lieutant Governor in 1980. He considered challenging Bill Clinton in the 1986 Democratic gubernatorial primary, but backed out when another African-American candidate, former anti-poverty agency head W. Dean Goldsby, filed on the last day.

A tree was ceremoniously planted on the Arkansas capitol grounds in the Clinton years on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to honor Dr. King. McIntosh showed up the next day and chopped it down in front of the press, and commented, "No black man was invited to be present for the tree planting. I'm cutting it down till blacks are invited to be part of the political process in Little Rock." Wikipedia says "few debate that he has been a major part of local color in Arkansas."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_"Say"_McIntosh</ref>

MacIntosh publicized allegations Bill Clinton fathered an out of wedlock child named Danney Williams.<ref>https://twitter.com/danney_williams?s=09</ref> When Bill Clinton was in Little Rock, McIntosh would distribute leaflets within a five block area to raise money for the child's upbringing. He had frequent face-to-face confrontations with Gov. Clinton over child support. Clinton privately referred to MacIntosh with aides using the "n" word.<ref name="emptysuit.wordpress.com"/>

The story resurfaced during the 2008 primaries, only this time the denials weren't so strong and adopted a more forgiving attitude.<ref>http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2008/01/17/sex-lies-and-major-headlines</ref><ref>http://epubbookonline.com/b/3035/roger-stone/the-clintons-war-on-women/27</ref> Many blacks and Obama supporters were put off by the mainstresm media spin and questioned the untimely death of Ron Brown.<ref>http://wc.blackplanet.com/news/article_comments.html?news_item_id=46467</ref><ref>http://aapoliticalpundit.blogspot.com/2007/12/blacks-clintons-presidency-and-ron.html</ref> Even the ''Washington Post'' noticed the racial undercurrent in Hillary Clinton's campaign.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/22/AR2007122201762.html</ref>

===Ron Brown===
The death of Ron Brown remains a contoversial subject among African-Americans.<ref>https://youtu.be/BMXnPYGDgVc</ref> Ron Brown was the first black [[Secretary of Commerce]] who died in the crash of Air Force Two. The crash occurred one week before Brown was slated to give testimony in the Clinton campaign finance scandal, among other scandals.<ref>https://youtu.be/HR-WkSEzaho</ref>

===Confederate Flag Day===
The Arkansas Legislature's Act 116 of 1987 designated the star above the word "Arkansas" on the state flag as a commemoration of the Confederacy, signed into law by Gov. Clinton, as well as annual proclamations for Confederate Flag Day.

In April 1985 Clinton signed Act 985 into law, making the birthdates of Martin Luther King Jr. and [[Robert E. Lee]], General of the Confederate army, state holidays on the same day. The coded message sent to white constituents could not have be clearer.

===Black lives don't matter===
On the eve of the [[New Hampshire]] primary in 1992, Bill Clinton took off from the campaign trail to sign the death warrant and oversee the execution of a retarded black man, Ricky Ray Rector. Recktor, who had been lobotomized, was mentally incompetent and unable to understand the charges against him.
<ref>[https://skepticalbrotha.wordpress.com/tag/christopher-hitchens/ Christopher Hitchens], Skeptical Brotha. Retrieved 23 June 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/elections/bill-clinton-hopped-up-on-whack-ricky-ray-rector-part-2.html Bill Clinton "Hopped Up On Whack" -- Ricky Ray Rector Part 2], Colin Benjamin, Black Star News, April 13, 2016</ref> "It was like executing a child," the prison chaplain said. Hillary, the master strategist of the Clinton's rise, fearing the Willie Horton syndrome which torpedoed [[Michael Dukakis]] in 1988 and the 'monkey business' which destroyed [[Gary Hart]] as well, still defended the execution in 2016.<ref>[https://theintercept.com/2016/03/17/hillary-clintons-indefensible-stance-on-the-death-penalty/ Hillary Clinton’s Indefensible Stance on the Death Penalty], Liliana Segura, ''The Intercept'', Mar. 17 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.salon.com/2016/01/31/the_clintons_sordid_race_game_no_one_will_say_it_but_the_clintons_rise_was_premised_on_repudiating_black_voters/ Jan 31, 2016 04:00 AM MDT The Clintons’ sordid race game: No one will say it, but the Clintons’ rise was premised on repudiating black voters], Corey Robin, ''Salon'', Jan. 31, 2016</ref>

Hillary was at his side when Bill Clinton raised mandatory sentencing guidelines which disproportionately sent Blacks to prison, giving the United States the highest mass incarceration rate in the world.<ref>[https://newrepublic.com/article/129433/clintons-war-drugs-black-lives-didnt-matter The Clintons’ War on Drugs: When Black Lives Didn’t Matter], By Donna Murch, ''The New Republic'', February 9, 2016</ref> The Clinton's championed the “three strikes you're out” law, passed a crime bill that created dozens of new federal capital crimes, mandated life sentences for some three-time offenders, and authorized more than $16 billion for more state prisons. By the time the Clinton's left office in 2001, the United States had the highest rate of incarceration in the world. [[Human Rights Watch]] reported that in seven states, African Americans constituted 80 to 90 percent of all drug offenders even though they were no more likely than whites to use or sell illegal drugs. Prison admissions for drug offenses reached a level in 2000 for African Americans more than 26 times the level they had been under [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>[https://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/ Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote], Michelle Alexander, ''The Nation'', February 10, 2016</ref>

In late 2015, while several American cities smoldered in riots over police shootings, Hillary Clinton had several prison industry lobbyists working as fundraisers on her campaign. The fundraiser-lobbyists worked for the Corrections Corporation of America and Geo Group, which also run most of the [[immigrant]] detention centers.<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/while-missouri-students-battle-racism-prison-lobbyists-funded-hillary-clintons-campaign_b_8553370.html While Missouri Students Battle Racism, Prison Lobbyists Funded Hillary Clinton’s Campaign], H.A. Goodman, ''Huffington Post'', Nov 13, 2015</ref>

===Racial profiling Hispanics===
The Clintons instituted [[racial profiling]] of [[Latino]]s as drug dealers in 1988. Specifically, the troopers were authorized to stop and search cars driven by Hispanics, especially those with Texas license plates. Again, the Clinton's Criminal Apprehension Program was challenged in federal court and ruled unconstitutional. But the program went on anyway with further destruction of civil liberties when the Clinton's authorized state troopers to stop and search any car regardless of race.<ref>https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56765970.html</ref>

Roberto Garcia de Posada, executive director of the Hispanic Business Roundtable, cited the fact that Clinton was "a strong supporter of racial profiling against Hispanics," and thst they do not have "the moral authority to lead a national campaign on this issue." The Clintons need to "apologize to all those Hispanics who suffered this 'morally indefensible' practice".

===Naked racism===
A Black Lives Matter activist confront Hillary Clinton in 2016 about the Clinton's history of [[racism]].<ref>[http://fair.org/home/why-did-it-take-an-activist-to-bring-superpredators-into-the-campaign/ Why Did It Take an Activist to Bring ‘Superpredators’ Into the Campaign?], By Jim Naureckas, FAIR, 27 Feb 2016</ref> In January 2016 ''[[Salon]]'' published an article on the dirty little secret among the liberal intelligentsia no one wants to talk about: the Clinton's rise and success has been based on stoking racial fears. Stan Greenberg conducted the focus groups that dictated the Clinton's daily buzzwords and talking points to provide the fodder and fuel the Clinton's lived and died on. Greenberg's work produced results claiming the Democratic party was too identified with [[Jesse Jackson]] and minorities to speak for 'average Americans' and it needed to appeal to white working class swing voters.<ref>[http://prospect.org/article/crisis-working-majority-0 From Crisis to Working Majority], Stan Greenberg, ''The American Prospect'' 2, no. 7 (September 1991). Republished 24 May 2005</ref>

Perhaps nothing reveals the cold, cruel, calculated and hateful divisiveness in the heart of the woman than her comment to Sam Donaldson on ABC's ''Prime Time Live'' that Gennifer Flowers was the daughter of Willie Horton. Intended as a throwaway line, with all the facts in now - that it was a lie and she knew it was a lie - we see the cynical manipulation of people, particularly those in the civil rights and women's movements, and her incipient predations.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1j6Xy5FnBzkC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=gennifer+flowers+is+the+daughter+of+willie+horton&source=bl&ots=LIylbGcmHA&sig=35GnRjdcZx32qV_stExpcJV0PFw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPgdST5s3NAhUIKGMKHfDfCOgQ6AEIODAE#v=onepage&q=gennifer%20flowers%20is%20the%20daughter%20of%20willie%20horton&f=false The Rhetoric of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton: Crisis Management Discourse], Colleen E. Kelley, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001, pp. 268-269</ref>

In 1992 for the first time in nearly half a century the party platform made no mention of redressing racial injustice. Through triangulation and a policy of 'get tuff on crime', the Clinton's sought to repudiate and distance themselves from the Democratic party's commitment to the struggles of [[African-American]]s. The Clinton's formulated a crime bill purportedly to 'put 100,000 new cops on the street'. Hillary became one of the chief spokespersons referring to black teens as dogs.
{{Cquote|They are not just gangs of kids anymore. They are often the kinds of kids that are called ‘super-predators.’ No conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they ended up that way but first we have to bring them to heel.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-slams-clintons-racist-1996-super-predators-comment/ Bernie Sanders slams Clinton's "racist" 1996 super predators comment], By Reena Flores, CBS News, April 14, 2016</ref><ref>[http://fair.org/extra/superscapegoating/ Superscapegoating], Teen 'superpredators' hype set stage for draconian legislation, By Robin Templeton, FAIR, 1 Jan 1998</ref>}}
In the 2008 presidential primaries, the Clinton's were back at it: fostering racial fear and paranoia,<ref>[http://www.alternet.org/story/80258/america's_new_racial_reality%3A_white_minority_status America's New Racial Reality: White Minority Status], While Obama raises the bar for racial understanding, the Democratic Leadership Council leverages white voter fear. By Roberto Lovato / New America Media, March 21, 2008</ref> which by now seemed to be the regular program of the Democratic Leadership Council.<ref>[http://www.blackcommentator.com/46/46_cover.html Muzzling The African-American Agenda With Black Help], Bruce A. Dixon, ''The Black Commentator''. www.blackcommentator.com</ref> They tried to marginalize Obama as the black candidate with comparisons to Jesse Jackson<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/26/bill-clinton-obama-is-jus_n_83406.html Bill Clinton: Obama Is Just Like Jesse Jackson], ''Huffington Post'', 03/28/2008</ref> emphasizing Hillary's 'wide appeal': "Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again", Hillary told ''USA Today''.<ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-07-clintoninterview_N.htm Clinton makes case for wide appeal], By Kathy Kiely and Jill Lawrence, USA TODAY, 5/8/2008</ref> She mocked and ridiculed Obama's fitness to lead on his no first strike nuclear pledge saying, "I don't believe that any president should make any blanket statements with respect to the use or nonuse of nuclear weapons," whereas two months earlier she promised to nuke Iran. She stayed in the race even after it became apparent she lost, according to her, only because Obama might be assassinated.

As heir to the [[New Deal]] tradition and key to the New England donor base, Sen. [[Ted Kennedy]]'s blessing on the candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination was vital. The Clinton's also were seeking bona fides among liberals and the [[civil rights]] movement. Clinton said of Obama, "that boy would have been carrying our bags and getting us coffee a few years ago".<ref>[http://urbanintellectuals.com/2015/07/17/did-you-know-bill-clinton-made-racist-comments-about-barack-obama-when-he-first-ran-for-president/ Did You Know Bill Clinton Made Racist Comments About Barack Obama When He First Ran For President], F. Taylor, Urban Intellectuals, July 17, 2015.</ref> Kennedy was offended by Clinton's racism and refused to give Hillary the endorsement.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/28/hillaryclinton.usa Hillary has cynically turned to the one argument she has left: race], Gary Younge, ''Guardian'' UK, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.alternet.org/story/80258/america's_new_racial_reality%3A_white_minority_status America's New Racial Reality: White Minority Status], While Obama raises the bar for racial understanding, the Democratic Leadership Council leverages white voter fear. By Roberto Lovato / New America Media, March 21, 2008.</ref>

===Haitian abductions===
:''See: [[Pizzagate]]''
In 2010, Bill Clinton, through the Clinton Foundation, worked for the release of 10 adults who had been arrested transporting 33 [[Haiti]]an children abducted from their families across the border to the [[Dominican Republic]].<ref>https://youtu.be/vzVAcn1YkcY</ref>

===African sex slaves===
Again, this advocate of women and children's rights was asked repeatedly in 2011 to designate [[Boko Haram]] as a terrorist organization after the group bombed the [[United Nations]] headquarters in Abuja. Secretary Clinton's State Department refused, despite requests coming from the U.S. Justice Department, the FBI, the [[CIA]], and numerous Senators and Congressmen.<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/news/hillary-dropped-ball-boko-haram-020300046--politics.html?ref=gs Hillary Dropped the Ball on Boko Haram], Josh Rogin, [The Daily Beast], May 7, 2014. www.yahoo.com</ref> In May 2012, Justice Department official Lisa Monaco wrote to the State Department to urge Clinton to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization. The following month, Gen. Carter Ham, the chief of U.S. Africa Command, said that Boko Haram provided a ‘safe haven’ for al Qaeda in the Maghreb (al Qaeda in North Africa) and was likely sharing explosives and funds with the group.<ref>Morrissey, Ed (May 8, 2014). [https://hotair.com/archives/2014/05/08/did-hillary-refuse-to-designate-boko-haram-as-a-terrorist-organization/ Did Hillary refuse to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization?] Hot Air website.</ref>

The American counterterrorism agencies were asking for the legal authority to begin countering Boko Haram. Boko Haram is now an Islamic State province but at the time it held allegiance to al Qaeda. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at the behest of French and British [[corporate]] interests was in negotiation with several al Qaeda affiliates - [[al Qaeda in the Maghreb]], the [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group]], and Ansar al Shariah - to destabilize Muammar Gaddafi in Libya at the time and didn't want to antagonize or alienate her allies.

In early 2014 Boko Haram kidnapped 276 teenage schoolgirls, most of whom were Black, and announced its intention to sell them as [[marital]] [[sex]] [[slave]]s.<ref>http://www.theledger.com/opinion/20160927/letter-for-hillary-money-matters-more</ref>

===Birth of the birther movement===
:''See [[Obama birth certificate lawsuits]]''
Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign team began spreading [[Islamophobic]] rumors that Obama was a Muslim schooled in a ''madrassa'' as a child in Indonesia.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/05/bill-clinton-barack-obama-bromance-long-slow-making Bill Clinton and Barack Obama: an alliance long and slow in the making], Gary Younge, ''Guardian'' UK.</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080506093354/http://www.stop-obama.org/?page_id=23 Who is BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA?] Mission Statement, stop-obama.org</ref> Clinton advisor Sidney Blumenthal, working through his son, Max Blumenthal, was the origin of the rumors that Barack Hussein Obama was a Muslim in order to stir up fear among the electorate which was intended to discredit Obama and work to Hillary's benefit.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-great-islamophobic-crusade/ The Great Islamophobic Crusade], CBSNEWS, December 19, 2010. cbsnews.com</ref>

It began with People United Means Action (PUMA), a group of Hillary Clinton supporters who not only opposed Barack Obama's nomination, but then went on to oppose his Presidency.<ref>https://youtu.be/bifsEkjTAc8</ref> PUMA members pointed to charges that the media directed sexism and misogyny at Clinton during the primary campaign and expressed anger at Democratic Party leaders' failure to speak out against that or otherwise respond appropriately.

===Political Correctness summit gaffe===
During a political correctness summit, where she acted as a keynote speaker, she let her views on blacks out publicly where she stated that "all [blacks] look alike [to her]."<ref>https://www.teaparty.org/hillary-clinton-says-blacks-look-alike-political-correctness-summit-330890/</ref>

== U.S. Senate ==
:''Main article [[Hillary Clinton Senate career]]''
===FALN===
In preparation for her Senate bid, Bill Clinton offered clemency to members of the [[Armed Forces of National Liberation]] (FALN) [[terrorist]] group <ref>Multiple references:
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080501015940/http://rpc.senate.gov/_files/92199CoddlingTerrorists.pdf "Coddling terrorists?"] (September 21, 1999). Senate Republican Policy Committee. Retrieved from May 1, 2008 archive at Internet Archive.
*U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (September 15, 1999). [http://web.archive.org/web/20000416225221/https://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/wl91599.htm "Witness list (and transcribed statements): Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 'Clemency for FALN Members'"]. U.S. Senate website/Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved from April 16, 2000 archive at Internet Archive.
*U.S. Senate, 106th Congress (September 14, 1999). [http://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/33 "S.J. Res. 106-33: A joint resolution deploring the actions of President Clinton regarding granting clemency to FALN terrorists."] U.S. Congress website/Legislation/106th Congress/Senate joint resolutions. Passed 95-2.</ref> to curry favor with [[radical]] [[Puerto Rican]] voters among the New York electorate.<ref>[http://www.jonathanpollard.org/senate.htm "FALN clemency and NY Senate race"] (1999-2009). Justice for Jonathan Pollard website.</ref> The FALN bombed the historic Fraunces Tavern in [[Manhattan]], killing four people in 1975. Over a six-year period, the group claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings that took six lives and injured some 130 people.<ref>[http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/puertorico/sep4.htm "Clinton pardons terror"] (August 13, 1999). ''New York Post''. Reprinted at Latin American Studies website.</ref>

===Illegal fundraising, 2000===
In January 2006 Hillary Clinton's New York Senate 2000 campaign was fined by the FEC for failing to accurately report $721,895 in contributions.<ref>[http://www.fec.gov/press/press2006/20060126mur.html "Press release, Matter under review 5225"] (January 26, 2006). Federal Election Commission website.</ref>
===Illegal fundraising, 2007===
Norman Hsu was a 'HillRaiser', someone who brought in more than $860,000 for her 2008 presidential campaign, and co-hosted a $1 million fundraiser in Beverly Hills. Hsu had been convicted of defrauding investors of over $1 million in 1992 and had a fugitive warrant out for over 15 years at the time. Hillary had been warned about the source of the contributions earlier, but only returned the money after the scandal became public.

==Secretary of State==
:''Main article [[Hillary Clinton Secretary of State]]
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was empowered to approve or reject commercial arms sales to foreign governments based upon a broad range of reasons, from [[national security]] considerations to [[human rights]] concerns. This often brought her into a [[legal]] and [[ethical]] [[conflict of interest]] with donors to the [[Clinton Foundation]].

Sen. [[Elizabeth Warren]] has also criticized the foreign corporations that donate cash to the Clinton Foundation, citing "a French company", the Veolia Group, "that sued Egypt after Egypt raised its minimum wage.” Veolia contributed between $50,000 and $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation. Warren criticized Philip Morris, part of the Altria group, another Clinton Foundation donor. And “a Swedish company", Vattenfall, a state-owned Swedish utility; the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency has contributed between $1 million and $10 million.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/politics/elizabeth-warren-targets-clinton-foundation-donors/ Elizabeth Warren Targets Clinton Foundation Donors], Brent Scher, May 8, 2015. freebeacon.com</ref>

She was a staunch advocate of American boots on the ground in [[Syria]] and [[Libya]].<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2016/06/17/the-war-risk-of-hillary-clinton/</ref> She has promised, if elected President, greater intervention,<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/time-delay-over-hillary-clinton-outlines-plan-combat-isis-n466346</ref> and the use of nuclear weapons against [[Iran]] if Iran were to launch a nuclear attack against [[Israel]].<ref>https://youtu.be/857guwaNbRc</ref>

Clinton later admitted to having emailed over 100 government officials, including President Obama, through her personal email account.<ref>Klein, Aaron (September 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/13/hillary-clinton-admits-emailed-100-government-employees-private-server/ Hillary Clinton Admits She Emailed Over 100 Government Employees from Private Server]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 14, 2017.</ref>

===The Hillary Clinton Doctrine of smart power===
:''High tech surveillance, blackmail, and violations of international law.''
After being rejected for the top leadership of her party in 2008, the 62-year-old Clinton tenaciously held onto a quest for power, releasing her convention delegates and being granted the position of Secretary of State. Neither Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, or George W. Bush were particularly qualified in the area of foreign affairs, but in the Democratic party a resume that includes reforming Arkansas public schools, receiving an appointment based on [[nepotism]] to squander tens of millions of dollars for a federal healthcare study program that never took shape, or serving as a non-distinct Senator with no tangible accomplishments qualifies a person to hold a high level position in a time of international crisis that neither they, nor their boss, understand anything about.

'Don't do stupid stuff' was President Obama's instructions to Hillary, the mantra being that George W. Bush was 'stupid', and therefore anything that departed from the policies of G.W. Bush was 'smart'. From this evolved Hillary's doctrine of 'smart power', overthrowing regimes with weapons supplied by donors to the Clinton Foundation without putting U.S. boots on the ground and unleashing millions of refugees worldwide.

All this 'smart power' needed a formal name; in recent decades several President's had 'doctrines' named after themselves - the Nixon Doctrine, the Carter Doctrine, the Bush Doctrine; Bill Clinton was cheated, he never had any interest in foreign policy and little impact, so now it was time for a 'Clinton Doctrine', that is, the 'Hillary Clinton Doctrine' formulated by a Secretary of State that she could ride into the White House with. Thus began the quest to overthrow a U.S. ally as a favor to foreign donors to the Clintons. President Obama woke up too late to see how he had been used and manipulated to bring about a massive humanitarian crisis, and the damage Hillary Clinton's machinations have done to his presidency and legacy.

All in all, the team of President Obama and Secretary Clinton has been a disaster for the world. Teaming up support for the 2016 Presidential election as loyal Democrats is a farce; they already are blaming each other for the hundreds of thousands dead, and the 2,000,000 refugees who have flooded across Europe just since 2014. And they most assuredly will continue to blame each other in their memoirs. A [[skeptic]] may say it doesn't matter, Middle Easterners don't vote in U.S. elections; but a skeptic might also have no problem voting for a leader with no [[conscience]]. The world is now in the midst of a serious displaced persons refugee crisis, the most serious since the end of [[World War II]] in 1945.

====Catastrophic aftermath====
[[File:Mass beheading of Christians in Libya.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Hillary's War culminated in the creation of the [[Islamic State]] and mass beheading of [[Christian]]s.]]
Nuclear armed dictators such as [[Kim Jong-un]] witnessed how Gaddafi had been lied to and double-crossed by Secretary Clinton and her consortium.<ref>theatlantic.com"</ref> Decades of negotiation were lost with him, his father, and his grandfather, to persuade [[North Korea]] to give up its WMD, nukes and [[ballistic missile]] programs, return to the community of 'civilized nations', and to live in peace and harmony by accepting the word of the United States chief negotiator, the Secretary of State. When North Korea illegally tested an above-ground nuclear device in January 2016 it specifically cited the fate of Gaddafi as to why it needs a nuclear deterrent.<ref>telegraph.co.uk"</ref>

The brave new world Hillary built in Libya soon descended into chaos. The irascible [[jihad]]i elements Hillary and Obama supported turned their U.S. supplied weapons on American territory, the Embassy at Benghazi. Hillary's 'moderate rebels' -- [[al-Qaeda in the Maghreb]] and the [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group]]<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/21/benghazi-raid-libyan-revolution Benghazi raid leaves cradle of Libyan revolution fearing for its future] ''[[The Guardian]]'' September 21, 2012. "There was no demonstration. They came with machine guns, with rockets."</ref>—killed the American Ambassador reportedly in the same fashion Gaddafi had been murdered.<ref>[http://www.aina.org/news/20120913165253.htm Ambassador Stevens Was Raped Before His Murder, Reports Claim], 2012-09-13. www.aina.org</ref> All this was occurring on American soil only 56 days prior to the [[Presidential Election 2012|2012 Presidential election]] where the slogan was "[[Osama Bin Laden#Abbottabad raid|Bin Laden is dead]], [[Crony capitalism|GM is alive]], and al Qaeda is on the run." The deceptive narrative denying America had been attacked was issued by Hillary Clinton at nearly the precise time Ambassador [[Christopher Stevens]] was viciously murdered.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUObFqU5cgE Here's the KEY MOMENT in Benghazi hearings - Rep. Jordan nails Hillary on LIES], posted by [[Pamela Geller]], Oct 22, 2015. youtube.com</ref>

The Libyan fiasco stiffened the resolve of [[Vladimir Putin]]. Putin did not veto the U.N. Security Council which passed a 'fig leaf' resolution to give its proponents, Hillary Clinton, [[Nicolas Sarkozy#Libyan affair|Nicolas Sarkozy]], [[David Cameron]] and Barack Obama an air of legitimacy.<ref>[http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/02/forgotten-war-understanding-incredible-debacle-left-behind-nato-libya.html Understanding The Incredible Debacle Left Behind By NATO In Libya], Posted on February 28, 2015 by WashingtonsBlog.</ref><ref>[http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/03/10/hillary-clinton-the-queen-of-chaos-and-the-threat-of-world-war-iii/ Hillary Clinton: the Queen of Chaos and the Threat of World War III], by Maidhc Ó Cathail – Diana Johnstone, March 10, 2016. www.counterpunch.org</ref> Amidst the ensuing chaos they began blaming each other. Once the duplicity and betrayal of the U.S. State Department under Hillary Clinton became obvious, Putin moved to shore up defense of his own allies - Russians residing in the [[Ukraine]] and [[Crimea]], and [[Syria]]n President [[Bashar al-Assad]].<ref>[http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/20603 Address by President of the Russian Federation], March 18, 2014. en.kremlin.ru</ref> Putin felt betrayed, the U.N. Security Council resolution was only to provide a no-fly zone aircover for the rebels, not an authorization for direct attacks and intervention against Gaddafi's forces as Putin had been assured beforehand.

===Iranian nuke deal===
The ''EU Times'' reported on 30 December 2012 Hillary Clinton had been injured in the crash landing of a C-12 Huron military aircraft 3 weeks prior in the city of Ahvaz,<ref>http://www.eutimes.net/2012/12/clinton-injured-us-navy-seal-killed-in-secret-us-mission-to-iran/</ref> Iran while on a secret mission in preparation of the Iranian nuclear deal and lifting sanctions.<ref>http://www.americannewsservice.org/search/label/Commander%20Job%20W.%20Price</ref> The report was ciculated among Hillary's staffers who joking referred to it as a conspiracy theory until Les Horn responded to Anthony Milavic on 3 January 2013,
{{Quotebox|Anthony -- FYI. The report appears to be credible. Les<ref>https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/9457</ref>}}
Reports say upon landing the plane encountered "extreme turbulence" causing it to leave the runway where its main landing gear then collapsed. Within seconds Iranian emergency and security personal responded freeing the victims, including Secretary Clinton who was reportedly unconscious and "bleeding profusely."

The ''EU Times'' noted, "US media reports state that Secretary Clinton will return to work next week after her having suffered what they describe as a "nasty bout with stomach flu" and a "concussion" which have kept her missing from public view the past three weeks. The ''Debkafile'' confirmed these reports.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20130101003102/http://debka.com/article/22645/Hillary-Clinton-in-hospital-amid-speculation-of-plane-accident-in-Iran</ref>

===Boko Haram===
[[File:Nigerian girls.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Hillary Clinton did nothing to protect the lives and safety of 276 Christian girls kidnapped by [[Boko Haram]] and sold as sex slaves, despite multiple agency requests. The Obama administration furnished the same organization SAM-7 missiles capable of shooting down commercial and military aircraft.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/libyan-missiles-on-the-loose/2012/05/08/gIQA1FCUBU_story.html?utm_term=.a091217ed1fd Libyan missiles on the loose], By [[David Ignatius]], Washington Post Opinion writer, May 8, 2012</ref>]]
Hillary Clinton refused to place [[Boko Haram]] on the State Department's list of foreign terrorist organizations in 2011, after the group bombed the UN headquarters in Abuja. The refusal came despite the urging of the Justice Department, the FBI, the CIA, and over a dozen Senators and Congressmen.<ref>Morrissey, Ed (May 8, 2014). [https://hotair.com/archives/2014/05/08/did-hillary-refuse-to-designate-boko-haram-as-a-terrorist-organization/ "Did Hillary refuse to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization?"] Hot Air website.</ref> Placing Boko Haram on the State Department's terrorist list would then give legal authority to the CIA or FBI to act. At the time, Hillary was deeply involved in negotiations with and efforts to arm various Al Qaeda entities to overthrow Gaddafi and Assad.

Boko Haram, a terrorist group numbering 15,000 in three countries of West Africa, has murdered at least 20,000 people and displaced another 2.6 million. Boko Haram in 2011 was affiliated with [[Al Qaeda in the Maghreb]]; by 2017 it had the Islamic States' largest number of members.

In 2014 Boko Haram kidnapped 276 Black African Christian girls and has sold them into slavery, reports indicate.

===Saudi Arabia and the Clinton Foundation===
Once Saddam Hussein fell in April 2003, the [[Bush administration]] hastily closed Prince Sultan Airbase ending a long term commitment to the defense of Saudi Arabia.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/prince-sultan.htm Prince Sultan Air Base, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia]. globalsecurity.org</ref>

By the end of the decade the Clinton Foundation received millions from an organization known as the Friends of Saudi Arabia.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/18/clinton.donations Clinton's foundation got millions from Saudis, Gates], CNN, December 18, 2008. Univision TV owner also gave millions.</ref> With the theft of government records, and the admission Hillary scrubbed the server, the exact extent of a conflict of interest and other violations of law at present is unclear.<ref>[http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/03/30/gowdy-hillary-clinton-wiped-her-server-between-october-and-december-2014 Gowdy: Hillary Clinton Wiped Server Between October & December 2014], On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, ''[[FOX News]]'', 30 March 2015.</ref>
<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-clinton-email-scandal-20160327-story.html How Hillary Clinton's email scandal took root], Robert O'Harrow Jr., ''Washington Post'', 27 March 2016.</ref>

====Rape victims====
As Secretary of State, the Clinton Foundation accepted donations from the Kingdom of [[Saudi Arabia]], where rape victims are regularly flogged.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/09/us/politics/hillary-clinton-faces-test-of-record-aiding-women.html?_r=1 Hillary Clinton Faces Test of Record as Women’s Advocate], By AMY CHOZICK, ''New York Times'', MARCH 8, 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.mrctv.org/blog/rand-paul-stone-age-barbaric-saudi-arabia-buying-influence-donating-hillary-clinton Rand Paul: 'Hillary Clinton Shouldn't Have Taken That Money' from Saudi Arabia], Barbara Boland | March 25, 2015. www.mrctv.org</ref><ref>[https://www.gop.com/clinton-foundation-takes-from-countries-that-mistreat-women/ Clinton Foundation Takes $$ From Countries That Mistreat Women], October 11, 2015. www.gop.com</ref><ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/clintons-outrage-at-saudi-rape-sentence/2007/11/22/1195321896405.html Clinton's 'outrage' at Saudi rape sentence], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', November 22, 2007.</ref><ref>Conservative group claims Hillary Clinton's foundation took millions from foreign governments, [http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/feb/26/american-crossroads/conservative-group-claims-hillary-clintons-foundat/ Politifact: Statement:'''TRUE'''], By Steve Contorno, February 26th, 2015. politifact.com</ref> In 2015, a 19-year-old woman who was the victim of a violent gang rape was sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in jail after found guilty of being “indecent” at the time of the attack. Saudi law dictates a woman must have a male escort in public. She originally was sentenced to 90 lashes; on appeal the sentence was more than doubled to 200 lashes and six months in jail after found guilty of indecency and exposing the case in the media.

====Gay rights====
While [[homosexuality]] is punishable by [[death]] under certain circumstances, this particular active Clinton donor at the present time is seeking to increase the frequency at which [[execution]]s of [[gay]]s is carried out. The Saudi judicial system blames [[Social media]] for causing an increase in 'deliberate' acts of homosexuality. As of the first half of 2016, there were 35 people on death row in Saudi Arabia for sodomy.<ref>[http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/saudi-arabia-pushes-homosexuals-executed-7672283 Saudi Arabia 'pushes for homosexuals to be executed' amid fears social media is 'turning people gay'], By Rhian Lubin, ''Mirror'', 1 April 2016. www.mirror.co.uk</ref>

====Arms sales====
As Sec. Clinton approved weapons transfers, both Saudi Arabia [[Boeing]] aircraft made donations to the Clinton Foundation. The ''[[Washington Post]]'' revealed that a Boeing [[lobbyist]] was also working as a fundraiser in the early stages of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-hillary-clinton-and-boeing-a-beneficial-relationship/2014/04/13/21fe84ec-bc09-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.html For Hillary Clinton and Boeing, a beneficial relationship], By Rosalind S. Helderman, ''Washington Post'', April 13, 2014.</ref>

'''Boeing F15 fighters''' 
Early in her tenure the $29.4 Billion sale and upgrades of Boeing F15 fighter aircraft was a 'top priority'. The Saudi air campaign in [[Yemen]] has been led by American-made F-15 fighter jets. According to the United Nations at least 2,800 civilians have been killed in airstrikes so far.<ref>[https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=52938#.V2iKGKLT9aU Yemen: civilian casualties top 8,100 as airstrikes and shelling continue, UN reports], 5 January 2016. un.org</ref> Three facilities supported by Doctors Without Borders have been bombed.

'''Cluster bombs''' 
The U.N. Secretary General has decried “intense airstrikes in residential areas and on civilian buildings in Sanaa, including the chamber of commerce, a wedding hall, and a center for the blind,” and has warned that reports of cluster bombs being used in populated areas “may amount to a [[war crime]] due to their indiscriminate nature.”<ref>[https://theintercept.com/2016/02/22/saudi-christmas-present/ Emails Show Hillary Clinton Aides Celebrating F-15 Sales to Saudi Arabia: “Good News”], Lee Fang, ''The Intercept'', Feb. 22 2016</ref><ref>[[Human Rights Watch]] released a report providing new indications that Saudi Arabia has fired American-made cluster munitions, banned by international treaty, in civilian areas of Yemen. [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/15/world/middleeast/new-report-of-us-made-cluster-bomb-use-by-saudis-in-yemen.html?_r=0 New Report of U.S.-Made Cluster Bomb Use by Saudis in Yemen], By RICK GLADSTONEFEB, ''New York Times'', February 14, 2016</ref>

===European migrant crisis===
[[File:IMG 20170511 212807.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The European refugee crisis, the result of what the Washington Post calls ''Hillary's War's''<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/hillarys-war-how-conviction-replaced-skepticism-in-libya-intervention/2011/10/28/gIQAhGS7WM_story.html</ref> - has permanently transformed European society.]]
:''Main article:'' [[European migrant crisis]]
The [[Libyan uprising|Libyan Civil War]] and [[Syrian War]], the legacies of President [[Barack Hussein Obama]] and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's failed "[[Arab Spring]]" [[foreign policy]]<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/10/middle-east-egypt-us-policy/409537/ Islamism, the Arab Spring, and the Failure of America’s Do-Nothing Policy in the Middle East], SHADI HAMID, ''The Atlantic'', OCT 9, 2015</ref> — which according to their own public pronouncements was supposed to overthrow corrupt [[secular]] dictators and establish [[democracies]] by arming and assisting anti-democratic [[Islamist]]s<ref>[https://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20110523-obama-and-arab-kspring Obama and the Arab Spring], George Friedman, ''Stratfor'', MAY 24, 2011</ref> — resulted in attacks on gays and women, mass beheadings, wholesale slaughter,<ref>[http://www.jihadwatcheurope.org/daesh-slaughters-200-syrian-children-in-a-savage-mass-execution/ Daesh mass execution of 200 Syrian children, 2014]</ref> and a tsunami in excess of 6 million homeless migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and jihadis invading Europe.<ref>[http://www.unrefugees.org/2015/06/a-world-at-war/ Global Trends Forced Displacement in 2015], UNHCR, June 18, 2015</ref>

One major factor in [[Brexit]] is the [[European refugee crisis]], causing [[Britain]] to tighten its borders. Over 2 million Muslims settled in Germany - 4 times larger than Germany's standing military, in 2015 as a result of Hillary's call for "Assad must go." Nearly one million natural born citizens of their homeland left Germany at the same time.<ref>https://muslimstatistics.wordpress.com/2016/07/16/over-2-million-muslims-migrated-to-germany-in-2015/</ref>

==2016 Presidential election campaign==
[[File:Hillary on the campaign trail.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Black faces were conspicuously absent from Clinton rallies; among other shocking revelations, the Pedosta emails flatly stated the Clinton machine "conspires to produce an unaware and compliant citizenry."<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/2016/10/13/podesta-pal-we-conspire-to-produce-an-unaware-and-compliant-citizenry/</ref>]]
:''Main article: [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign]]''
{{See also|Presidential Election 2016|Clinton donors in the Panama Papers|Hillary Clinton email scandal|Spygate|Bill and Hillary Clinton and racism}}, ''[[United States presidential election, 2016#Clinton attacks on women|Clinton attacks on women]]''
Clinton has held several public offices, and also ran for president in 2008 and 2016. In 2008 she lost to [[Barack Obama]], but she won the democratic nomination in a controversial and contested primary fight over [[populist]] [[Bernie Sanders]] during the [[2016 Presidential Election]]. Although Clinton won the popular vote 65,853,516 (46.1%) to 62,984,825 (48.2%), Trump won the [[electoral college]] vote, 306 to 232, with the incomplete vote count reported.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/election/results|title=Election Results|accessdate=Nov. 12, 2016}}</ref>
===Rigged nomination===
The Democrat Iowa Caucus was very chaotic, poorly run, and whose results were very questionable.<ref>Samuelson, Darren (February 8, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/how-iowa-democrats-couldnt-handle-a-two-candidate-race-218934 Inside the Iowa caucus chaos]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Tuttle, Ian (February 5, 2016). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/430878/hillary-clintons-iowa-victory-transparent-irregularities Iowa’s Transparently Dishonest Democratic Caucus]. ''National Review''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Jacobs, Jennifer (February 3, 2016). [http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/02/iowas-nightmare-revisited-correct-winner-called-caucus-night/79702010/ Iowa's nightmare revisited: Was correct winner called?] ''The Des Moines Register''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref> It was reported that the results of 90 precincts, about 5 percent of the vote, went missing.<ref>[http://conservativetribune.com/iowa-caucus-democrat-party/ Iowa Democrat Party Issues Stunning Announcement About Caucus Results]. ''Conservative Tribune''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref>

The Democrat primary was rigged against Bernie Sanders and in favor of Hillary Clinton, and the party was shown to be helping Clinton behind the scenes.<ref>Griffin, Andrew (November 9, 2016). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/bernie-sanders-us-election-president-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-democrats-primary-results-a7408451.html Donald Trump won election because Democrats rigged system to have Clinton beat Bernie Sanders, says WikiLeaks]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Hoft, Jim (October 18, 2016). [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/10/obama-lectures-media-integrity-elections-forgets-democrats-just-rigged-primary-bernie/ Obama Lectures Trump on "Rigged" Elections — Forgets That Democrats Just Rigged Primary Against Bernie]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref> In addition, the Democrat primary has "superdelegates", who are made up of party leaders and can vote for whomever they want regardless of what the primary voters want.<ref>Resnikoff, Ned (May 16, 2016). [http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/why-will-superdelegates-decide-2016-democratic-primary-unearthed-documents-hold Why Will Superdelegates Decide The 2016 Democratic Primary? Unearthed Documents Hold The Key]. ''International Business Times''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref> Even the leftist website [[Salon Media Group]] believed the primary was rigged.<ref>Demoro, Roseann (March 30, 2016). [http://www.salon.com/2016/03/30/10_ways_the_democratic_primary_has_been_rigged_from_the_start_partner/ 10 ways the Democratic primary has been rigged from the start]. ''Salon''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref>

Donna Brazile, the interim DNC Chair, shared Democrat primary town hall questions to the Clinton campaign in order to help her win the primary.<ref>Shaw, Adam (March 17, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/17/brazile-admits-forwarded-debate-questions-to-clinton-camp.html Brazile admits she forwarded town hall questions to Clinton camp]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 17, 2017.</ref><ref>Ernst, Douglas (March 17, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/17/donna-brazile-admits-leaking-debate-questions-to-c/ Donna Brazile admits leaking debate questions to Clinton camp: ‘A mistake I will forever regret’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 17, 2017.</ref> She continued to deny this fact through February 2017<ref>Scarry, Eddie (March 17, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/donna-brazile-finally-admits-she-shared-debate-questions-with-clinton-campaign/article/2617742 Donna Brazile finally admits she shared debate questions with Clinton campaign]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved March 17, 2017.</ref> and blamed [[Russia]] for the ordeal.<ref>Hudson, Jerome (March 18, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/18/donna-brazile-admits-to-sharing-debate-questions-with-clinton-camp-blames-russia/ Donna Brazile Admits to Sharing Debate Questions With Clinton Camp, Blames Russia]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 18, 2017.</ref>

===Wikileaks===
:''Main articles:'' '''[[Murder of Seth Rich]]''' ''and'' '''[[Clinton body count]]'''
Clinton talking points emphasized the idea that US intelligence, the same people who brought you the [[WMD]] debacle, claim Russia and Putin are responsible for the hack of [[DNC]] servers which resulted in the firing of Democratic National Committee Chair [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]]. This presumably would exonerate anyone connected with the DNC or Clinton campaign from complity in the Murder of Seth Rich.
[[File:Sethrich-e1494948876256.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Seth Rich (1989-2016) was a Sanders' supporter who leaked DNC emails to WikiLeaks. His bullet ridden body was found on a dark Washington DC street two weeks before Hillary's nominating convention.]]
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails provided by [[Wikileaks]] showed clear [[collusion]] between Clinton, [[mainstream media]] outlets, and the DNC to smear [[Bernie Sanders]]. Thousands of hopeful millennials felt betrayed by the Democratic party. DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz was forced out on the eve of the convention, less than 24 hours after dozens of emails were published by Wikileaks showing her and her staff rigging the primary elections for Hillary Clinton.

Wikileaks founder [[Julian Assange]] has offered $20,000 cash reward for the arrest and conviction of Seth Rich's killers or killer, the alleged [[Whistleblower Statutes|whistleblower]] who provided the DNC emails to Wikileaks and was murdered execution style in early July 2016. Hillary says of Assange in an email, "Can't we just drone this guy?"<ref>http://truepundit.com/under-intense-pressure-to-silence-wikileaks-secretary-of-state-hillary-clinton-proposed-drone-strike-on-julian-assange/</ref> To silence Assange, Wikileaks internet access was cut by the government of Ecuador after the release of Hillary's private paid speech to [[Goldman Sachs]]. Wikileaks Director, Prof. Gavin Macfayden, was found dead the following week. Macfayden's death was the third of a close associate of Assange in 6 months.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/wikileaks/status/790004642038050816/photo/1</ref>

===Donna Brazile===
After a live televised Commander-in-Chief discussion with [[NBC]]'s [[Matt Lauer]] where the questions were said to be agreed upon before hand, Lauer proceed to use the bulk of the time to press Hillary on questions of her controversial email server.<ref>https://youtu.be/kfGeXth-Do4</ref> When the broadcast was over, Hillary was reported to have f!own into a rage demanding Lauer to be fired. Addressing interim DNC Chair [[Donna Brazile]], Hillary proclaimed,
{{cquote|You stare at the wall like a brain dead buffalo, while letting ******* Lauer get away with this betrayal? Get the **** to work janitoring this mess- do I make myself clear?}}<ref>http://victuruslibertas.com/2016/09/temper-temper-killary-goes-on-rampage-for-over-an-hour-throwing-glass-at-staffers-head/</ref>

===Divisive and dismissive comments===
Hillary branded half of Trump's supporters as "deplorables" and called them "irredeemable". Her spokeswoman called Roman Catholics "severely backwards" and charging that they don't know "what the hell they’re talking about."<ref>Wolfgang, Ben (October 12, 2016). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/12/catholic-group-calls-clinton-spokeswomans-resignat/ Catholic group calls for Clinton spokeswoman’s resignation after anti-Catholic comments in emails]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved September 12, 2017.</ref>

===Health matters===
In late 2012 Hillary was reported to have suffered a concussion. Initial reports suggested it occurred after a "fainting" spell; other reports stated she suffered the concussion on board a C-12 Huron military aircraft which skidded off the runaway while in Iran to jumpstart negotiations on sanctions and the nuke deal.<ref>https://youtu.be/xTMw_w4IhBw</ref> The crash occurred on or about 8 December 2012; Hillary had a public "fainting" spell on 15 December 2012<ref>https://youtu.be/2f-_vtw0jWg</ref> which then led to reports she suffered a concussion. Reports say she was not hospitalized at that time. In a 24 December email she refers to having a "cracked head."<ref>https://70news.wordpress.com/2016/08/23/wikileaks-hillarys-crackhead-and-dementia-bombshell-hillary-clinton-used-drugs-for-dementia-and-parkinsons-disease-asked-nfl-chief-to-help-her-deal-with/</ref>

===Illegal fundraising 2016===
Per election, an individual donor can contribute $2,700 to any candidate, $10,000 to any state party committee, and (during the 2016 cycle) $33,400 to a national party's main account. These groups can all get together and take a single check from a donor for the sum of those contribution limits — it's legal because the donor cannot exceed the base limit for any one recipient.

State parties however can make unlimited transfers to the national party.

In 2014 the [[Supreme Court]] made clear in ''McCutcheon v. FEC'', the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) may not solicit or accept contributions to circumvent base limits, through "earmarks" and "straw men" that are ultimately excessive — there are five separate prohibitions.

Six-figure donations to the Clinton machine either never actually passed through state party accounts or were never actually under state party control, which adds false FEC reporting violations by he Hillary Victory Fund (HVF), state parties, and the DNC to other violations.

Donna Brazile and others admitted that the DNC placed the funds under the Clinton campaign's direct control, a massive breach of campaign finance law.

Democratic donors, knowing the funds would end up with Clinton's campaign, wrote six-figure checks to influence the election — 100 times larger than allowed.

HVF bundled these megagifts and, on a single day, reported transferring money to all participating state parties, some of which would then show up on FEC reports filed by the DNC as transferring the exact same dollar amount on the exact same day to the DNC. Yet not all the state parties reported either receiving or transferring those sums.<ref>https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/the-anatomy-of-hillary-clintons-84-million-money-laundering-scheme/ </ref>

===Results===
It was widely expected that Clinton would win the election, and the elite pollsters and "political insiders" all predicted a massive Clinton victory.<ref>Vogel, Kenneth P. & Isenstadt, Alex (November 9, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/how-did-everyone-get-2016-wrong-presidential-election-231036 How did everyone get it so wrong?]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref><ref>Catanese, David (October 24, 2016). [http://www.usnews.com/news/the-run-2016/articles/2016-10-24/republicans-last-hope-the-polls-are-wrong Republicans’ Last Hope: The Polls Are Wrong]. ''U.S. News & World Report''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref> At least once, when a poll was released that actually showed Trump leading, Clinton's campaign dismissed it as "bad polling".<ref>Nelson, Louis (November 1, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/clinton-campaign-bad-poll-abc-washington-post-230591 Clinton camp on new survey showing Trump ahead: It’s ‘bad polling’]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref> Instead, Trump won the election in a massive, historical upset, winning even states such as [[Pennsylvania]], [[Michigan]], and [[Wisconsin]], which a Republican had not won for 20–30 years.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/08/first-polls-close-in-2016-race-trump-projected-to-win-ind-ky-clinton-wins-vt.html Trump wins presidency, defeats Clinton in historic election upset]. ''Fox News''. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref><ref>Blake, Aaron (November 9, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/08/donald-trumps-path-to-victory-is-suddenly-looking-much-much-wider/ Donald Trump just blew up the electoral map]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref> The polling and predictions were off dramatically.<ref>Flint, Joe & Alpert, Lukas I. (November 9, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/bad-polling-in-hand-media-misses-mark-badly-with-election-predictions-1478710860 How the Media’s Election Predictions Badly Missed the Mark]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref>

A version of ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine was printed that reported a Clinton victory, saying "Madam President: Hillary Clinton’s historic journey to the White House", was published and distributed before the election results even came in.<ref>Greenslade, Roy (November 10, 2016). [https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/nov/10/if-only-donald-trump-had-come-second-eh-hillary Madam President: how Newsweek reported a Clinton victory]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref> It appears that it is procedural and normal to make a copy for both candidates, but Clinton signed a copy of it prior to the election.<ref>Taylor, Kristinn (November 9, 2016). [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/hubris-hillary-clinton-signed-newsweek-madam-president-cover-election-eve/ Hubris: Hillary Clinton Signed Newsweek ‘Madam President’ Cover On Election Eve]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref> She later admitted that she did not draft a concession speech.<ref>Shepherd, Todd (September 10, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hillary-clinton-concedes-i-had-not-drafted-a-concession-speech/article/2633949 Hillary Clinton concedes: 'I had not drafted a concession speech']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 11, 2017.</ref>

After the election, ''The American Spectator'' reported that on the night of the election, Clinton threw a massive extreme temper tantrum after she had realized she lost the election.<ref name="HRCMeltdown">Multiple references:
*R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. (November 14, 2016). [https://spectator.org/where-was-hillary/ Where Was Hillary?]. ''The American Spectator.'' Retrieved August 20, 2017.
*Flynn, Daniel J. (November 15, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/11/15/hillary-clinton-screaming-obscenities-and-throwing-objects-in-election-night-meltdown/ Hillary Clinton Screaming Obscenities and Throwing Objects in Election Night Meltdown]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved November 18, 2016.</ref> According to a Secret Service agent, it was reported that "she began yelling, screaming obscenities, and pounding furniture. She picked up objects and threw them at attendants and staff. She was in an uncontrollable rage."<ref name="HRCMeltdown"/> Additionally, it was further reported that she became physical towards John Podesta and Robby Mook, needing to be restrained.<ref>Rusty (November 15, 2016). [http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/hillary-drunk-violent-meltdown-election-night/ Reports: Clinton Had a Violent Meltdown on Election Night]. ''The Political Insider''. Retrieved November 18, 2016.</ref> This explains why she did not make a concession speech on election night, and why she delayed it the next morning multiple times.<ref>[http://www.wrdw.com/content/news/Clinton-calls-Trump-to-congratulate-him-on-victory--400515131.html UPDATE | Clinton campaign pushes back address one hour]. ''WRDW'' (with ''AP''). November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.</ref><ref>Strause, Jackie (November 9, 2016). [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hillary-clinton-concession-speech-emotional-sorry-watch-945702 Hillary Clinton Delivers Emotional, Inspiring Concession Speech: "I'm Sorry"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter''. Retrieved November 20, 2016.</ref> Although Clinton had repeatedly claimed that Trump was too "temperamentally unfit"<ref>Balakrishana, Anita (September 8, 2016). [http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/08/hillary-clinton-press-conference.html Clinton: Trump is totally unqualified to be commander in chief]. ''CNBC''. Retrieved November 18, 2016.</ref> or "irresponsible" to be president, this evidence, and others, shows otherwise.<ref name="RiddellHRCtemper">Riddell, Kelly (May 23, 2016). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/23/hillary-clinton-hits-trump-temper-shes-no-picnic/ Hillary Clinton hits Trump on temper, but she’s no picnic, either]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 18, 2016.</ref><ref name="UnruhHRCviolent">Unruh, Bob (November 15, 2016). [http://www.wnd.com/2016/11/report-hillary-physically-violent-after-losing/ Report: Hillary 'physically violent' after losing]. ''WND''. Retrieved November 18, 2016.</ref>

After condemning Trump's pre-election refusal to accept election results regardless of outcome as a threat to democracy, Clinton donors funded a recount effort only in states Trump won which backfired and netted Trump a gain in popular vote totals. Wealthy donors who contributed over $1 billion to her campaign demanded an accounting for her loss, insisting without an independent, dispassionate review they could not be expected to continue contributing to the Democratic party in the future.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/hillary-clinton-campaign-donors-post-mortem-232715</ref> The Clinton machine and Obama administrations responded by blaming [[Vladimir Putin]] and FBI Director James Comey for the loss rather than mismanagement and poor strategic planning.

===Anti-Trump violence and hate crimes===
After the election, childish [[leftists]] and [[anarchists]], who could not accept the results of the election, strongly protested Trump's victory and committed outrageous and extreme acts of vandalism and violence.<ref name="Protests">Chiaramonte, Perry (November 10, 2016). [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/10/trump-protests-intensify-as-doubts-swirl-about-spontaneity.html Trump protests intensify, as doubts swirl about spontaneity]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref> Trump supporters were the victims of numerous targeted attacks, brutal violence, and [[hate crime]]s.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/10/video-emerges-group-beating-chicago-man-while-yelling-dont-vote-trump.html Video emerges of mob beating Chicago man while yelling 'don't vote Trump']. ''Fox News''. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>http://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2016/11/trump-supporter-15-beaten-during-rockville-protest/slide/1/</ref> A tech company corporate CEO threatened to murder Donald Trump.<ref>http://bgr.com/2016/11/15/man-threatens-to-kill-trump-ceo-sniper/</ref> The brutal and disturbing anti-Trump hate crimes (or hate crimes closely related to Trump's election) continued to occur into the next year.<ref name="LatestAntiTrump">[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/facebook-live-attack-latest-in-string-anti-trump-assaults.html Facebook Live attack the latest in string of anti-Trump assaults]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref> Democrat leaders, Obama and the Clinton machine refused to condemn the hate and violence. Ads for paid protesters appeared on Craigslist. Many of these protests were likely organized and coordinated, as many protestors were bused in by Coach buses.<ref name="Protests"/>
[[Image:Scream.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Many Clinton supporters likened Hillary's loss, and Donald Trump's victory, to Edward Munch's ''The Scream''.]]
Despite these attacks, liberals and leftists only focused on alleged attacks by Trump supporters against minorities and others (the false leftist narrative, although being blatantly false and one-sided, fits their manufactured narrative that Trump supporters are "racist" and "evil" and that leftists are "tolerant" and "forgiving", despite the opposite being true). It was found that despite the number of real anti-Trump attacks, several of the "pro-Trump" attacks were found to be hoaxes.<ref name="LatestAntiTrump"/>

===The ''shattered'' Clinton campaign===
Clinton continued to blame "misogyny" (even from women) for her loss of the election, as well as supposed Russian meddling in the election, James Comey, and WikiLeaks.<ref>Breitman, Kendall (April 7, 2017). [http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-explains-why-she-really-lost-trump-n743581 Hillary Clinton Explains Why She Really Lost to Trump]. ''NBC News''. Retrieved April 8, 2017.</ref><ref>Kew, Ben (April 6, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2017/04/06/hillary-clinton-again-blames-misogyny-for-election-defeat/ Hillary Clinton Again Blames ‘Misogyny’ for Election Defeat]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 8, 2017.</ref>

In April 2017, journalists Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes released the book ''Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign'' revealed that the Clinton campaign was a dysfunctional disaster and that numerous mistakes during the campaign contributed to her defeat.<ref>Adams, Becket; Weaver, Al (April 18, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/im-sorry-clinton-campaign-disaster-laid-bare-in-new-book/article/2620518 'I'm sorry': Clinton campaign disaster laid bare in new book]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Geraghty, Jim (April 19, 2017). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/446885/shattered-jonathan-allen-amie-parnes-clinton-campaign-dysfunction-revealed Shattered Illusions]. ''National Review''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Kakutani, Michiko (April 17, 2017). [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/books/shattered-charts-hillary-clintons-course-into-the-iceberg.html?_r=0 'Shattered' Charts Hillary Clinton's Course Into the Iceberg]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.</ref> The book reveals that Clinton did not plan on conceding the election until Obama told her to do so.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/4-excerpts-from-shattered-and-what-they-tell-us-about-clintons-loss/ Takeaways from the Clinton campaign autopsy "Shattered"]. ''CBS News''. April 18, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2017.</ref> The book also revealed that within 24 hours after her loss, the Clinton campaign, particularly [[John Podesta]] and [[Robby Mook]], developed the claim of alleged collusion between Trump and Russia to give to the public as the center reason for the loss.<ref>Hudson, Jerome (April 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/21/shattered-revelation-clinton-campaign-hatched-russian-hacking-narrative-24-hours-after-hillarys-loss/ ‘Shattered’ Revelation: Clinton Campaign Hatched Russian Hacking Narrative 24 Hours After Hillary’s Loss]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.</ref>

*Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes (2017). ''[https://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Inside-Hillary-Clintons-Campaign/dp/0553447084 Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign]''. New York: Crown. ISBN: 978-0553447088.

In May 2017, former Democrat Vice President [[Joe Biden]] admitted: "I never thought [Clinton] was a great candidate."<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/19/biden-knocks-clinton-not-great-candidate.html Biden knocks Clinton: Not a 'great' candidate]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 19, 2017.</ref>

Clinton blamed nearly everything except herself for her election loss.<ref>Multiple references:
*[http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/06/01/list-everyone-everything-hillary-clinton-has-blamed-loss-trump Here's a List of Everyone & Everything Hillary Has Blamed for Her Loss]. ''Fox News Insider''. June 1, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
*Concha, Joe (September 13, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/350404-foxs-guilfoyle-clinton-mad-at-everybody Fox's Guilfoyle: Clinton 'mad at everybody']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
See also:
*Giaritelli, Anna (September 13, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hillary-clinton-my-own-mistakes-werent-enough-to-lose-the-election/article/2634237 Hillary Clinton: My own mistakes weren't enough to lose the election]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.</ref> She blamed figures both on the Right and Left,<ref>Nelson, Louis (September 12, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/hillary-clinton-book-memoir-12-times-dishes-out-payback-in-her-tell-all-book/ 12 times Clinton dishes out payback in her tell-all book]. ''Politico''. Retrieved September 12, 2017.</ref> as well as Chief Justice [[John Roberts]]<ref>Lovelace, Ryan (September 11, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hillary-clinton-blames-chief-justice-john-roberts-for-contributing-to-her-election-loss-in-new-book/article/2634059 Hillary Clinton blames Chief Justice John Roberts for contributing to her election loss in new book]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 12, 2017.</ref> blue collar workers,<ref>Wegmann, Philip (September 12, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hillary-clinton-writes-that-jd-vance-was-right-hillbillies-lost-me-my-election/article/2634117 Hillary Clinton writes that J.D. Vance was right. Hillbillies lost me my election]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 12, 2017.</ref> and misogynist white women. In her 2017 book ''What Happened'', in which she blamed many of those people, Clinton effectively stated that authoritarianism can be started through the questioning of leaders,<ref>Adams, Becket (September 12, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hillary-clintons-funny-idea-of-authoritarianism/article/2634180 Hillary Clinton's funny idea of authoritarianism]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 12, 2017.</ref> and she stated that all Democrats should vote in favor of abortion every time even if they are pro-life.<ref>Berry, Susan (September 12, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/12/hillary-clinton-democrats-who-are-pro-life-must-vote-to-promote-abortion/ Hillary Clinton: Democrats Who Are Pro-Life Must Vote to Promote Abortion]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 12, 2017.</ref><ref>Jashinsky, Emily (September 11, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hillary-clinton-urges-democratic-party-to-adopt-litmus-test-on-abortion-in-new-book/article/2634060 Hillary Clinton urges Democratic Party to adopt litmus test on abortion in new book]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 12, 2017.</ref> She blamed at least 27 different people or entities for her loss.<ref>Starr, Penny (November 8, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/08/27-excuses-hillary-clinton-has-made-for-her-2016-election-loss/ 27 Excuses Hillary Clinton Has Made for Her 2016 Election Loss]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 8, 2017.</ref>

==Later life==
Since Dir. Comey's firing by President Trump, and the ascendancy the [[Attorney General]] [[Jeff Sessions]], Clinton may face more [[legal]] problems in relation to pay-to-play schemes as [[Secretary of State]] and donations to the [[Clinton Foundation]].

FBI director [[James Comey]] reopened an investigation into Clinton due to substantiated suspicions that former Attorney General [[Loretta Lynch]] was covering for her.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (April 23, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/23/russians-hacked-democrats-plans-cheat-general-election/ The Russians Hacked Democrats’ Plans to Cheat in the General Election, Too]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 23, 2017.</ref> Comey revealed that Clinton had sent classified information to [[Anthony Weiner]].<ref>Wong, Kristina (May 3, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/03/comey-defends-himself-says-makes-him-mildly-nauseous-to-think-he-affected-election/ Comey: Anthony Weiner Received Classified Clinton Emails]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 3, 2017.</ref>

As of May 2016, Clinton planned on forming per own PAC and becoming a paid speaker.<ref>Berger, Judson (May 3, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/03/clinton-obama-return-to-public-eye-with-new-ventures.html Clinton, Obama return to public eye with new ventures]. ''Fox News''. May 3, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2017.</ref> She created a PAC, called "Onward Together", which intended to promote left-wing and [[Opposition to Donald Trump|anti-Trump]] causes.<ref>Weber, Joseph (May 18, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/18/clinton-pac-aims-to-boost-left-wing-anti-trump-groups-will-still-have-clout.html Clinton PAC aims to boost left-wing, anti-Trump groups – will she still have clout?] ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>

Despite criticizing Trump during the campaign for refusing to accept the election results as legitimate, Clinton did not rule out doing the same thing after the election.<ref>Yilek, Caitlin (September 18, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hillary-clinton-wont-rule-out-questioning-legitimacy-of-presidential-election/article/2634777 Hillary Clinton won't rule out questioning legitimacy of presidential election]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 18, 2017.</ref>

In September 2018, the Texas Board of Education voted to pull Clinton from the state's social studies curriculum.<ref>Farber, Madeline (September 14, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/14/texas-board-ed-votes-to-pull-hillary-clinton-and-helen-keller-from-social-studies-curriculum.html Texas Board of Ed votes to pull Hillary Clinton and Helen Keller from social studies curriculum]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 15, 2018.</ref>

==Quotes==
*"You know, I'm going to start thanking the woman who cleans the restroom in the building I work in. I'm going to start thinking of her as a human being."<ref>''The Case Against Hillary Clinton ', [[Peggy Noonan]], p. 55</ref>

==See also==
*[[Clinton Cash]]
*[[Freedom of Choice Act]]
*[[Obamagate timeline 2009-2015]]
*[[Obamagate timeline|Obamagate timeline 2016 election year]]
*[[Russiagate timeline 2017]]
*[[Russiagate timeline|Russiagate timeline 2018]]
*[[Uranium One bribery scandal]]
*[[Benghazigate timeline]]
*[[Hillary Rodham Clinton facts]]
*[[Hillary Rodham Clinton's net worth]]
*[[Hillary Rodham Clinton and Watergate]]
*[[Clinton scandal]]s
*[[Awan investigation]]
*[[Sandy Berger]]
*[[Charles Schumer]]
*[[Honorarium]]
*[[FusionGPS]]
*[[Marc Elias]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.hillaryclinton.com Hillary Rodham Clinton 2016 campaign website]
*[https://foia.state.gov/Search/results.aspx?searchText=Clinton+Email&beginDate=&endDate=&publishedBeginDate=&publishedEndDate=&caseNumber= 12,173 declassified stolen Clinton emails recovered by State Department]
*[https://foia.state.gov/Search/Results.aspx?collection=Clinton_Email 30,322 stolen Clinton emails recovered by State Department under the FOIA]
*[https://www.rt.com/usa/complete-emails-guccifer-clinton-554/ Stolen Clinton emails recovered by Russian Television]
*[https://vault.fbi.gov/hillary-r.-clinton Declassified FBI criminal investigation documents]
*[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/NARA-Whitewater-OIC-report-pg-17-38.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwiCmYSQuPLOAhUUT2MKHXvlDfIQFggeMAE&usg=AFQjCNFsX5z4OidXZMAJTkf5XsXn-B58QQ&sig2=2Uuf3pYqTlZPGjM2k11X6Q Summary of Evidence for Draft Indictment], Office of the Independent Counsel, 4/10/98
*[https://www.scribd.com/doc/229667084/State-of-Arkansas-V-Thomas-Alfred-Taylor State of Arkansas v Thomas Alfred Taylor]. Official record of Hillary Rodham Clinton's 1975 defense of a child rapist.

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Andrew Cuomo

2019-02-11T16:32:24Z

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'''Andrew Mark Cuomo''' (born December 6, 1957, in [[Queens]], [[New York]]) has been the Governor of New York since January 1, 2011. He was previously the Attorney General of New York, having been elected in 2006 with 58% of the vote, and before that he served as [[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] in the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]]. His Lieutenant Governor is former Rochester mayor [[Robert Duffy]]. He is the son of former New York Governor [[Mario Cuomo]].

Cuomo was elected as Governor of New York in 2010 with 62% of the vote. Like his father, Cuomo is [[pro-abortion]] and pro-gay rights. He signed legislation legalizing [[same-sex marriage]] in 2011.

In January 2014, during the radio interview he commented that the "extreme conservatives" that are politicians who are "[[Anti-abortion|right-to-life]], [[Second Amendment|pro-assault-weapon]], [[homosexual agenda|anti-gay]]" had no place in the State of New York.

In August 2018, Cuomo claimed that the United States "was never that great."<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (August 16, 2018).[https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/29802-cuomo-america-not-great-trump-run-against-me-in-2020 Cuomo: America Not Great; Trump: Run Against Me in 2020]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 16, 2018.</ref><ref>Key, Pam (August 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/08/15/new-york-gov-andrew-cuomo-america-was-never-that-great/ New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo: America ‘Was Never That Great’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 16, 2018.</ref><ref>McManus, John F. (August 23, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/29861-another-outrage-from-the-cuomo-family Another Outrage From the Cuomo Family]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref>

In January 2019, Cuomo signed an extreme [[pro-abortion]] bill into law allowing abortion until the moment of birth.<ref>Multiple references:
*Starr, Penny (January 24, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/24/8-shocking-facts-about-new-yorks-radical-abortion-law/ 8 Shocking Facts About New York’s Radical Abortion Law]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
*Bohon, Dave (January 24, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/31287-nation-s-pro-life-majority-mourns-passage-of-extreme-new-york-abortion-law Nation’s Pro-life Majority Mourns Passage of Extreme New York Abortion Law]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
See also:
*Barillas, Martin M. (January 23, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-york-celebrates-legalizing-abortion-until-birth-by-lighting-one-world-t New York celebrates legalizing abortion until birth by lighting One World Trade Center pink]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
*Mainwaring, Doug (January 28, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/one-world-trade-center-lit-up-to-celebrate-abortion-includes-a-memorial-to One World Trade Center, lit up to celebrate abortion, includes a memorial to unborn babies]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.</ref>

Cuomo is the GOAT.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

2019-02-11T16:31:54Z

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'''Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger''' (b. [[Graz]], [[Austria]] 1947) is an [[Austria]]n-[[United States of America|American]] actor, politician, [[steroid]]-enhanced [[bodybuilding|bodybuilder]], and businessman, who served as the 38th [[Governor]] of [[California]] from 2003 to 2011. [[Anti-Trump]], Schwarzenegger unsuccessfully replaced [[Donald Trump]] on ''The Apprentice'', resulting in a ratings collapse of that show. More recently Schwarzenegger has devoted himself to nonpartisan [[redistricting]].<ref>http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/bill-whalen/article138898898.html</ref> Get to the choppers boys

==Acting career==
Schwarzenegger rose to fame with action movies including Commando, Conan the Barbarian and the Terminator franchise. His on-screen presence was characterized by his large stature, as well as his thick Austrian accent. Once one of the highest paid actors in [[Hollywood]], Schwarzenegger has recently returned to acting, following the end of his term as Governor.
==Recall Election==
After sitting Governor [[Gray Davis]] mismanaged electric power deregulation and instituted a new registration tax by [[executive order]], infuriated citizens initiated a petition to place a measure on the ballot to remove him from office. Despite [[Democratic]] predictions that the petition would fail, it was delivered to then Secretary of State Kevin Shelley with more than the required number of signatures. In accordance with the law, Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante became Acting Governor and called a special election for October 7, 2003.

The election was only the second of its kind in United States history. Approximately 180 citizens, from all walks of life, declared candidacy. Schwarzenegger was rumored to be considering a run for office, which was confirmed on an appearance on the NBC TV [[Tonight Show]]. Schwarzenegger easily defeated Cruz Bustamante in the election.

After the election was over, Schwarzenegger was sworn in on November 17, 2003, to serve the remainder of Davis' term. Despite a period of sagging poll numbers, Schwarzenegger was reelected by a landslide on November 7, 2006. He defeated Democrat Phil Angelides, the then-State Treasurer of California.

==Political views==
Despite being a [[Republican]], he holds some [[liberal]] views. He is a supporter of [[gun control]] and [[environmentalism]]. He is a staunch supporter of a law that mandates the use of Californian taxpayer money to fund [[stem cell research]] - which is the cloning and killing of human embryos for experimentation; he is also [[pro-abortion]]. Arnold officially approved an [[assisted suicide]] measure allowing nurses to sedate, dehydrate and [[starve]] depressed or confused individuals they consider to be "[[terminally ill]]."<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=76713 California approves nurse-assisted suicide] Worldnetdaily, October 02, 2008</ref> (Compare [[euthanasia]].) Governor Schwarzenegger also campaigned against the famous California [[Proposition 8]]. He married [[Maria Shriver]], a famous journalist who is a member of the historically liberal [[Kennedy Family]]. Because of these and other policies he is often referred to as a "[[RINO]]," a "Republican in Name Only" by many [[conservative]] [[Republicans]]. Other sources have labeled him a "California Republican," meaning that his political policies are conservative but his views on civil liberties lean to the liberal side, reflecting the general attitude of most Californians. During his time as governor, the debt of California continued to balloon, forcing the state to pay IOU's for a period in 2009. Due to the budget crisis's under his tenure, Republicans lost the state to [[Jerry Brown]] in the 2010 Gubernatorial election.

==See also==
* [[List of Conservative or pro-Conservative Hollywood stars]]
* [[Conservative media#Hollywood Conservatives|Hollywood conservatives]]
* [[Essay:List of celebrities who support the Second Amendment]]
* [[List of celebrities against Second Amendment]]

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* [http://gov.ca.gov/ Governor of California Official Site]
* [http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org&q=Arnold+Schwarzenegger&submit=Search OCLC WorldCat keyword search for Arnold Schwarzenegger]

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Greg Abbott

2019-02-11T16:30:56Z

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'''Gregory Wayne "Greg" Abbott''' (born November 13, 1957<ref name="Directory"/>) is the [[conservative]], [[pro-life]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[governor]] of [[Texas]], a position which he has held since January 2015. Previously, he was an associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court from 1995 to 2001 and the [[attorney general]] of his state from 2002 to 2015. He's from Austin

==Early life==
Abbott was born in [[Wichita Falls]], Texas, on November 13, 1957, and was reared in Longview, Texas.<ref name="Directory"/> He earned an undergraduate degree in finance from UT-Austin and a law degree at [[Vanderbilt University]].<ref name="Directory"/>

==Early career==
Abbott served from 1993 to 1995 as a trial judge on the 129th District Court.<ref name="Directory"/> In 1995, Texas governor [[George W. Bush]] appointed him to the Texas Supreme Court, and Abbott would remain a member of the court until he resigned in 2001.<ref name="Directory"/>

==Attorney General==
Abbott was first elected Texas AG in 2002.<ref name="Directory"/> He had a mostly conservative record and is known for successfully arguing before the [[Supreme Court]] in ''[[Van Orden v. Perry]]''.<ref name="Directory"/> Abbott sued the federal government 27 times during his tenure as Attorney General, and he served in that position until he began his term as Texas governor in 2015.<ref name="Directory"/>

==Texas governor==
===2014 election===
[[File:Texas Governor Election Results by County, 2014.svg.png|thumb|200px|left|Abbott won the 2014 election in a landslide, along with numerous other conservative Republicans.]]
Abbott won the 2014 general election with over 59 percent of the vote,<ref name="Directory">[https://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/ Governor Greg Abbott]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref><ref>Root, Jay (November 4, 2014). [https://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/04/abbott-crushes-wendy-davis-gop-sweep/ Abbott Crushes Davis in GOP Sweep]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref><ref>Hoppe, Christy (November 5, 2014). [https://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-politics/2014/11/05/greg-abbott-tops-wendy-davis-in-texas-governor-s-race Greg Abbott tops Wendy Davis in Texas governor's race]. ''The Dallas Morning News''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref> in an election that was a disaster for [[Democratic Party (USA)|Democrats]].<ref>Thorburn, Wayne (November 17, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/11/how-the-democrats-lost-texas-112956 How the Democrats Lost Texas]. ''Politico Magazine''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref><ref>Hamilton, Reeve (November 5, 2014). [https://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/05/little-show-battleground-texas-fights/ What Went Wrong With Battleground Texas?] ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref> In the same election, the [[Tea Party Movement|Tea Party]] made large gains in the state.<ref name="Grissom">Grissom, Brandi (May 28, 2014). [https://www.texastribune.org/2014/05/28/tea-party-conservatives-win-top-gop-runoff-contest/ Tea Party Conservatives Win Top GOP Runoff Contests]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved October 1, 2015.</ref> Abbott's campaign was praised for its effectiveness.<ref>Carney, Dave (February 6, 2015). [https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/02/greg-abbott-texas-114972 How We Won Texas]. ''Politico Magazine''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref>

===2018 election===

In the Republican primary held on March 6, 2018, Abbott polled 1,392,294 votes (90.4 percent) over two minor intra-party rivals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/mar06_325_state.htm?x=0&y=1394&id=142|title=Election Returns|date=March 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=March 7, 2018}}</ref>

In the November 6 general election, Abbott will face one of two Democrats, the [[liberal]] [[Lupe Valdez]], the former sheriff of Dallas County and an open lesbian, and Andrew White, son of the late former Governor [[Mark White]]. Valdez led White in the primary, 43 to 27. Abbott outpolled Valdez by nearly 956,000 votes in their respective party primaries.

===Tenure===
Abbott took office on January 20, 2015.<ref name="Echoes">Fernandez, Manny (January 20, 2015). [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/21/us/politics/new-texas-governor-greg-abbott-expected-to-continue-on-perrys-path.html Texas’ New Governor Echoes the Plans of Perry]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref> Abbott called a special session in 2017, ordering the legislature to focus on conservative priorities.<ref>Price, Bob (June 6, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/06/texas-governor-calls-legislative-special-session-bathroom-bill-others/ Texas Governor Calls for Legislative Special Session for ‘Bathroom Bill’, Others]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref> Despite Abbott's conservative views, some conservative commentators voiced their concerns that Texas bureaucrats were increasing Texas regulations and making it more like California.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/28/lennon-texas-bureaucrats-becoming-regulation-friendly-obama/ LENNON: Texas Bureaucrats Are Becoming More Regulation-friendly Than Obama]. ''Breitbart News''. June 28, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017.</ref> However, the Trump Administration nominated several conservative judges who once were employees of Abbott.<ref>Platoff, Emma (April 3, 2018). [https://www.texastribune.org/2018/04/03/greg-abbott-andrew-oldham-fifth-circuit-judicial-appointees/ "A friendly vote on the court": How Greg Abbott's former employees could help Texas from the federal bench]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved May 17, 2018.</ref>

====Abortion====
In late November 2016, Texas, under Abbott, approved new rules that would require aborted babies to receive a burial or cremation, proper for a real human being, rather than be disposed of in a sanitary landfill.<ref>Stack, Liam (November 30, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/us/texas-burial-aborted-fetuses.html Texas Will Require Burial of Aborted Fetuses]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 1, 2016.</ref><ref>Perchick, Michael (December 1, 2016). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/01/new-texas-provisions-require-burial-cremation-aborted-fetuses/94721914/ New Texas provisions require burial or cremation of aborted fetuses]. ''USA Today'' (from ''KVUE-TV''). Retrieved December 1, 2016.</ref> Despite the common sense on protecting human life, a federal judge ruled against the law in late January 2017.<ref>Evans, Marissa (January 27, 2017). [https://www.texastribune.org/2017/01/27/fetal-remains-ruling/ Federal court blocks Texas fetal remains burial rule]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>

In June 2017, Abbott signed a major [[pro-life]] bill into law banning dismemberment abortions, banning the sale of the body parts of aborted babies, and requiring the remains of the babies be either buried or cremated rather than disposed of in an inhumane way.<ref>Price, Bob (June 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/07/texas-governor-inks-dismemberment-abortion-sale-body-parts-ban/ Texas Governor Inks Dismemberment Abortion, Sale of Body Parts Ban]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Mekelburg, Madlin (May 26, 2017). [https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2017/05/26/sweeping-anti-abortion-bill-heads-gov-greg-abbotts-desk Sweeping anti-abortion bill heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk]. ''Dallas News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Gryboski, Michael (June 7, 2017). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/texas-governor-signs-abortion-dismemberment-ban-law-186867/ Texas Governor Signs Abortion Dismemberment Ban Into Law]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Chretien, Claire (June 7, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-texas-governor-signs-law-banning-dismemberment-abortion Texas bans mutilating babies in abortion, selling their body parts]. ''LifeSite News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Russell, Nicole (July 6, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/texas-law-recognizes-human-life-critics-rage/article/2627828 Texas law recognizes human life, critics rage]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 6, 2017.</ref>

====Religious liberty====
On June 11, 2015, Abbott signed an act into law that gives pastors that right to refuse to "marry" homosexual couples if it violates their conscience.<ref>Crampton, Liz (June 11, 2015). [https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/11/gov-abbott-signs-pastor-protection-act/ Abbott Signs "Pastor Protection Act" Into Law]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref>

On May 21, 2017, Abbott signed Senate Bill 24 into law, preventing state or local governments from subpoenaing pastors' sermons.<ref name="SvitekSubpoenas">{{cite web | last1=Svitek | first1=Patrick | title=Abbott Signs Bill Protecting Sermons from Subpoenas | url=https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/21/abbott-signs-bill-protecting-sermons-subpoenas/ | date=May 21, 2017 | publisher=''The Texas Tribune'' | accessdate=May 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Abbott Signs Bill Preventing Government From Subpoenaing Sermons | url=http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/05/21/abbott-signs-bill-preventing-government-subpoenaing-sermons/ | date=May 21, 2017 | publisher=CBS DFW | accessdate=May 22, 2017}}</ref> This bill was inspired by an [[Homosexual Agenda|pro-homosexual]] "anti-discrimination" ordinance in [[Houston]], where five sermons were subpoenaed.<ref name="SvitekSubpoenas"/>

On June 15, 2017, Abbott signed H.B. 3859 into law, which gave adoption agencies to refuse to let homosexual couples adopt the children under their care due to religious reasons.<ref>Gryboski, Michael (June 16, 2017). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/texas-governor-greg-abbott-bill-protecting-faith-based-adoption-188222/ Texas Gov. Signs Bill Protecting Religious Freedom of Faith-Based Adoption Groups]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.</ref><ref>Evans, Marissa (June 15, 2017). [https://www.texastribune.org/2017/06/15/abbott-signs-religious-protections-child-welfare-agencies/ Abbott OKs religious refusal of adoptions in Texas]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.</ref><ref>Gill, Joshua (June 16, 2017). [https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/religious-adoption-agencies-can-reject-lgbt-parents-in-texas/ Religious Adoption Agencies Can Reject LGBT Parents In Texas]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.</ref><ref>LaBarbera, Peter (June 16, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-law-christian-adoption-agencies-wont-be-forced-to-give-kids-to-gay-coup New law: Christian adoption agencies won’t be forced to give kids to gay couples in Texas]. ''LifeSite News''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.</ref> This law caused [[California]], a left-wing Democrat state, to add Texas to its governmental travel ban list.<ref>Watkins, Matthew (June 22, 2017). [https://www.texastribune.org/2017/06/22/citing-religious-refusal-adoption-rule-california-bans-state-travel-te/ Citing religious refusal of adoption rule, California bans state travel to Texas]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.</ref><ref>Price, Bob (June 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/22/california-attacks-texas-travel-ban-alleged-lgbt-discrimination/ California Attacks Texas with Travel Ban over Alleged LGBT Discrimination]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 26, 2017.</ref>

====Gun rights====
On June 13, 2015, Abbott signed the [[campus carry]] (SB 11) and the [[open carry]] (HB 910) bills into law.<ref name="OpenAndCampus">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.kvue.com/story/news/state/2015/06/12/gov-abbott-open-carry-campus-carry/71160338/ |title=Gov. Abbott signs open carry, campus carry into law |website=Kvue.com |date=2015-06-13 |accessdate=2016-01-02}}</ref> The campus carry law went into effect on August 1, 2015 and allows the licensed carrying of a concealed handgun on public college campuses, with private colleges being able to opt out.<ref name="OpenAndCampus"/><ref name="Open">{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/13/abbott-signs-open-carry-bill/ |title=At Shooting Range, Abbott Signs "Open Carry" Bill |publisher=The Texas Tribune |date=2015-06-13 |accessdate=2016-01-02}}</ref> The open carry bill went into effect on January 1, 2016 and allows the licensed carrying of handguns openly in all locations that allow concealed carry.<ref name="OpenAndCampus"/><ref name="Open"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/us/-2016-01-01-texas-open-carry-gun-law.html?_r=0|title=Texas Open Carry Gun Law|newspaper=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=January 2, 2016}}</ref> Texas is the 45th state to have open carry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc13.com/news/texas-becomes-45th-state-to-pass-open-carry-law/1143146/ |title=Texas becomes 45th state to pass open carry law |website=Abc13.com |date=2015-06-08 |accessdate=2016-01-02}}</ref> Later, in May 2017, Abbott signed a bill into law massively reducing handgun carry licence fees.<ref>Price, Bob (May 28, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/28/texas-governor-signs-law-reducing-handgun-carry-license-fees/ Texas Governor Signs Law Reducing Handgun Carry License Fees]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 28, 2017.</ref><ref>Samuels, Alex (May 26, 2017). [https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/26/texas-gov-greg-abbott-signs-measure-reduce-handgun-license-fee/ Texas governor jokes about shooting reporters after signing gun bill]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved May 28, 2017.</ref>

In 2018, Abbott caved to the gun control lobby by canceling shotgun giveaway for a contest after left-wing gun control activists criticized him for it.<ref>Folley, Aris (May 21, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/388646-texas-governor-cancels-plans-of-shotgun-giveaway-days-after-school Texas governor cancels shotgun giveaway days after school shooting]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 21, 2018.</ref>

====Illegal immigration and refugees====
Abbott signed the 2015 Texas state budget into law, which provided for a record amount of spending for border security and enforcement.<ref>Shadwick, Lana (June 10, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/06/10/texas-gov-signs-toughest-border-security-plan-of-any-state-and-seeks-fed-reimbursement/ Texas Gov. Signs Toughest Border Security Plan of Any State, and Seeks Fed Reimbursement]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref> Abbott vetoed almost $300 million in discretionary spending from the budget despite that.<ref>[http://gov.texas.gov/news/press-release/21105 Governor Abbott Signs State Budget Into Law]. ''Office of the Governor''. June 20, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2015/06/20/gov-abbott-cuts-300m-vetoes-bills-on-spousal-loopholes-prostitution/ Gov. Abbott Cuts $300M, Vetoes Bills On Spousal Loopholes, Prostitution]. ''CBS DFW''. June 20, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref> The Texas legislature did not pass a bill to end "[[Sanctuary City (Immigration)|sanctuary cities]]", so Abbott took matters into his own hands and established a plan to "strip state grant funding from county sheriff's" who do not enforce the law.<ref>Price, Bob (January 1, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/01/2015-texas-new-governor-attacks-sanctuary-cities-expands-border-security/ 2015: Texas’ New Governor Attacks Sanctuary Cities, Expands Border Security]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref>

In September 2016, Abbott withdrew Texas from a federal refugee resettlement program after the [[Barack Hussein Obama|Obama Administration]] rejected "specific security conditions" from the state.<ref>Price, Bob (September 30, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/09/30/texas-withdraws-federal-refugee-resettlement-program/ Texas Withdraws from Federal Refugee Resettlement Program]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref>

On February 1, 2017, Abbott blocked funding to Travis County after its left-wing sheriff introduced illegal [[Sanctuary City (Immigration)|"sanctuary city"]] policies to the county.<ref>Svitek, Patrick (February 1, 2017). [https://www.texastribune.org/2017/02/01/sanctuary-fight-abbott-cuts-funding-travis-county/ In "sanctuary" fight, Abbott cuts off funding to Travis County]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref><ref>Price, Bob (February 1, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/02/01/texas-governor-suspends-funding-sanctuary-county/ Texas Governor Cuts Cash for Sanctuary County]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref> On May 7, 2017, Abbott signed a bill into law which would criminally charge city or county officials who refuse to cooperate with federal officials in enforcing immigration laws and which gives the police the right to choose to check the immigration status of individuals if they choose, effectively banning "sanctuary" cities.<ref>Carter, Brandon (May 7, 2017). [https://thehill.com/latino/332317-texas-governor-signs-law-banning-sanctuary-cities Texas governor signs law banning sanctuary cities]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Price, Bob (May 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/07/live-video-texas-governor-signs-toughest-sanctuary-city-law-usa/ Texas Governor Signs Toughest Sanctuary City Law in U.S.A.]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 7, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/07/texas-governor-signs-bill-targeting-sanctuary-cities.html Texas governor signs bill targeting sanctuary cities]. ''Fox News''. May 7, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.</ref> While a federal judge blocked portions of the law, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the ruling.<ref>Price, Bob (September 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/09/25/texas-anti-sanctuary-city-law-can-enforced-appeals-court-rules/ Texas’ Anti-Sanctuary City Law Can Be Enforced, Appeals Court Rules]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 25, 2017.</ref> In March 2018, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals again ruled in favor of the law.<ref>Multiple references:
*Dedaj, Paulina (March 13, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/13/us-appeals-court-upholds-texas-law-targeting-sanctuary-cities.html US appeals court upholds Texas law targeting sanctuary cities]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
*Price, Bob (March 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/03/13/texas-sanctuary-city-law-survives-fifth-circuit-appeal/ Texas Sanctuary City Law Survives Fifth Circuit Appeal]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
*Aguilar, Julián (March 13, 2018). [https://www.texastribune.org/2018/03/13/texas-immigration-sanctuary-cities-law-court/ Federal appeals court's ruling upholds most of Texas' "sanctuary cities" law]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved March 14, 2018.</ref>

In April 2018, Abbott pledged to send 250 [[National Guard]] troops to the U.S.–Mexico border in accordance with President [[Donald Trump]]'s order to send troops there,<ref>Multiple references:
*Zwirz, Elizabeth (April 6, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/06/arizona-governor-announces-plans-to-send-150-national-guard-members-to-border.html Arizona, Texas announce plans to send National Guard members to border]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
*[https://www.voanews.com/a/arizona-texas-prepare-send-guard-troops-united-states-mexico-border/4336285.html Arizona, Texas Sending National Guard to US-Mexico Border]. ''Voice of America''. April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
*Price, Bob (April 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/04/07/250-texas-national-guard-members-heading-border/ 250 Texas National Guard Members Heading to Border]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.</ref> and he defended the actions.<ref>Key, Pam (April 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/04/09/tx-gov-abbott-mathematical-need-national-guard-secure-u-s-mexico-border/ TX Gov Abbott: ‘Mathematical Need’ for National Guard to Secure U.S.-Mexico Border]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.</ref> A few days later, Abbott increased the number of pledged troops to at least 1,000.<ref>Multiple references:
*Chamberlain, Samuel (April 9, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/09/texas-arizona-new-mexico-pledge-hundreds-national-guard-troops-for-us-mexico-border.html Texas, Arizona, New Mexico pledge hundreds of National Guard troops for US-Mexico border]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*Sanchez, Luis (April 9, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/382370-arizona-hikes-number-of-national-guard-troops-its-sending-to-the-border Texas, Arizona hike number of troops heading to border]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/news/texas-to-send-up-to-1400-troops-to-u-s-mexico-border/ Texas to send up to 1,400 troops to U.S.-Mexico border]. ''Breitbart News'' (from ''UPI''). April 10, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
See also:
*Price, Bob (April 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/04/10/texas-national-guard-troops-will-armed-says-governor/ Texas National Guard Troops Will Be Armed, Says Governor]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.</ref>

====Israel====
Abbott signed three bills in 2017, one of which condemns the anti-[[Israel]] [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] movement and requires that every business that contracts for any Texas governmental unit not to boycott Israel,<ref>Hope, Merrill (May 2, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/02/texas-governor-signs-anti-bds-bill-law/ Texas Governor Signs Anti-BDS Bill into Law]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 9, 2017.</ref> and the other two ban government contractors from doing business with [[Iran]], [[Sudan]], or "designated foreign terrorist organizations"; and expand anti-Iran restrictions.<ref>Hope, Merrill (June 9, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/09/texas-governor-israeli-pm-reaffirm-strong-ties-call/ Texas Governor, Israeli PM Reaffirm Strong Ties During Call]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 9, 2017.</ref>

====State and national sovereignty====
On June 14, 2017, Abbott signed a bill into law prohibiting the use of any foreign law, including [[Sharia Law]], in Texas courts.<ref>Hope, Merrill (June 16, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/16/texas-enacts-anti-sharia-law/ Texas Enacts ‘Anti-Sharia’ Law]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 16, 2017.</ref>

====Voter fraud====
On June 2, 2017, Abbott signed a bill into law reinstating and modifying Texas's voter ID law.<ref>Wilson, Reid (June 2, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/336093-texas-gov-signs-new-voter-id-plan Texas gov signs new voter ID plan]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 2, 2017. See also:
*Hope, Merrill (September 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/09/18/texas-declares-final-victory-in-voter-id-lawsuit/ Texas Declares ‘Final Victory’ in Voter ID Lawsuit]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 18, 2018.</ref> Also in June 2017, Abbott vetoed a bill that would have allowed mail-in-ballot-only elections in some elections in rural counties because he thought the risk of [[voter fraud]] was too high for such a bill.<ref>Svitek, Patrick (June 15, 2017). [https://www.texastribune.org/2017/06/15/gov-greg-abbott-vetoes-50-bills-passed-texas-legislature/ Abbott vetoes 50 bills passed by Legislature]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.</ref> On August 11, 2017, Abbott signed a bill into law increasing the penalty for mail-in ballot fraud.<ref>Hope, Merrill (August 14, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/08/14/texas-inks-stiffer-penalties-mail-ballot-voter-fraud/ Texas Inks Stiffer Penalties for Mail Ballot Voter Fraud]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 27, 2018.</ref>

====Other issues====
A few days later, he signed a bill into law cracking down on sexual teacher-student relationships.<ref>Hope, Merrill (May 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/25/texas-governor-signs-law-crackdown-teacher-sex-misconduct/ Texas Governor Signs Law to Crackdown on Teacher Sex Misconduct]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 25, 2017.</ref> He also signed a bill into law expanding Texas's [[hate crime]] law to include crimes against police officers and judges.<ref>Price, Bob (June 17, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/17/texas-makes-killing-cops-hate-crime/ Texas Makes Attacking Cops a Hate Crime]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 17, 2017.</ref><ref>Blake, Andrew (May 25, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/25/texas-legislature-broadens-hate-crime-law-protect-/ Texas legislature broadens hate crime law to protect police officers, judges]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 25, 2017.</ref> On June 6, 2017, Abbott signed a bill into law banning texting while driving in Texas.<ref>Platoff, Emma (June 6, 2017). [https://www.texastribune.org/2017/06/06/abbott-signs-texting-while-driving-ban/ Gov. Abbott signs statewide ban on texting while driving]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Hope, Merrill (June 8, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/08/texting-driving-ban-coming-texas/ Texting While Driving Ban Coming to Texas]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 8, 2017.</ref>

On June 9, 2017, Abbott signed a bill into law expanding Texas's ban on [[female genital mutilation]].<ref>Hope, Merrill (June 14, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/14/texas-expands-ban-female-genital-mutilation/ Texas Expands Ban on Female Genital Mutilation]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 15, 2017.</ref>

Polls in April 2018 showed Abbott "highly vulnerable" to the challenge of either of his two Democratic opponents, Lupe Valdez (the lesbian Dallas County Sheriff, who failed to pay her property taxes until late June 2018) or Andrew White (son of former Governor Mark White). Valdez and White competed in the May 22 runoff election for their party's nomination to contest Abbott's re-election bid; Valdez won.

==Personal life==
Abbott is married to Cecilia Phalen Abbott, who is the first Latina first lady of Texas.<ref name="Echoes"/> He is the first Texas governor to use a wheelchair, having used it since being injured when an oak tree fell on him in 1984.<ref name="Echoes"/> The Abbotts have an adopted daughter.<ref name="Directory"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://ballotpedia.org/Greg_Abbott Profile] on Ballotpedia

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