When I Have Fears Part 2
The progress that has been made through careful and insightful legal action to improve the conditions under which people live, work, and survive in America are systematically being destroyed by a man who, by cheating, lying, and stealing, has managed to survive and flourish.
The following weeks will be dedicated to listing Trump’s incredible moves against the United States of America and the Democracy for which we stand.
| Action | Policy Area | Specific Policy Area | Date |
| 196. Removed all Spanish content from the White House website. Allegedly this was because the site was doing maintenance and Spanish language content was given a low priority, begetting the question of why it was given low priority. As of July 2017, the White House still does not have a Spanish language website | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 23-Jan-2017 |
| 197. Called for major investigation into unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud, which can only be only be described as frivolous (pending) | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 25-Jan-2017 |
| 198. Prevented foreign NGOs which receive US funding from providing abortion counseling | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 23-Jan-2017 |
| 199. Wiped pages on Civil Rights, Climate Change, and LGBT Rights from the White House website after taking office | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 20-Jan-2017 |
| 200. Had the Department of Justice halt a case on Texas’s voter ID law | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 20-Jan-2017 |
| 201. Withdrew a challenge to an injunction blocking guidelines that would prevent discrimination against transgender people in restrooms, then later withdrew the guidelines altogether | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 11-Feb-2017 |
| 202. Decided to treat transgender rights as a “states rights issue”, presumably knowing full well what “states rights” tends to mean for civil rights issues | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 21-Feb-2017 |
| 203. Dropped support for allowing Transgender students to use locker rooms of their choice | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 23-Feb-2017 |
| 204. Had the DOJ officially drop the case against Texas’s discriminatory voter ID law | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 27-Feb-2017 |
| 205. Omitted sexual orientation and gender identification from the 2020 census, making it more difficult to collect information that may be used to improve research and policy on LGBTQ issues | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 29-Mar-2017 |
| 206. Provided the tie breaking vote to defund family planning clinics | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 30-Mar-2017 |
| 207. Mike Pence won’t eat alone with women other than his wife in a move that’s not just bizarre, but does tangibly harm progress on women’s rights | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 30-Mar-2017 |
| 208. Defunded a global maternal health organization which helps save tens of thousands of lives per year | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 3-Apr-2017 |
| 209. Attempted to strong arm twitter into disclosing the identities of numerous private user accounts | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 7-Apr-2017 |
| 210. Ended Obama era rule that prohibited states from defunding healthcare providers which provide abortions | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 14-Apr-2017 |
| 211. Discontinued the “Let Girls Learn” program | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 1-May-2017 |
| 212. Halted litigation against healthcare settings that discriminate against transgender people | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 3-May-2017 |
| 213. Cited a segregation era ruling to justify travel ban | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 8-May-2017 |
| 214. Launched investigation into frivolous voter fraud charges | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 11-May-2017 |
| 215. Broadened the Mexico City policy | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 16-May-2017 |
| 216. Proposed dismantling the Labor Department agency which polices Civil Rights issues among contractors | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 29-May-2017 |
| 217. Moved to roll back birth control coverage | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 30-May-2017 |
| 218. Broke with the new tradition of issuing a proclamation for LGBT pride month, while also reportedly looking into ways to roll back the Obama administration’s efforts to integrate transgender troops into the military. | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 2-Jun-2017 |
| 219. Rejected the UN Human Rights Council’s call for access to safe abortions | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 23-Jun-2017 |
| 220. The “Election Integrity Commission”, the commission initiated by Trump in item #214 to investigate “voter fraud” on the basis of spurious claims, pushedfor data from the states that breached voter privacy laws | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 3-Jul-2017 |
| 221. The education department’s civil rights head trivialized 90% of rape cases | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 12-Jul-2017 |
| 222. Banned transgendered people from serving in the military | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 26-Jul-2017 |
| 223. Said that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will no longer protect people based on sexual orientation, allowing a return of employment discrimination against gay and lesbian employees | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 27-Jul-2017 |
| 224. Moved to divert resources in the Civil Rights division of towards undermining affirmative action | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 1-Aug-2017 |
| 225. Cut dozens of Native American tribes out of a land buy-back program | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 4-Aug-2017 |
| 226. Allowed Winchester to circumvent a federal order to end its discriminatory zoning practices | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 8-Aug-2017 |
| 227. Reversed the DoJ’s position in a supreme court case, backing Ohio’s voter purge | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 8-Aug-2017 |
| 228. Following up from #222, issued an executive order banning transgender people from the military | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 25-Aug-2017 |
| 229. Removed a report on sexual violence from the White House website | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 30-Aug-2017 |
| 230. Ended an Obama era policy to reduce pay discrimination | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 29-Aug-2017 |
| 231. Moved to overhaul how colleges investigate sexual assault | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 7-Sep-2017 |
| 232. Filed papers with the Supreme Court backing a baker who broke Colorado’s anti- discrimination laws by discriminating against gay couples | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 7-Sep-2017 |
| 233. Appointed one woman for US attorney out of a total of 42, a horribly lopsided figure generally suggesting discrimination | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 12-Sep-2017 |
| 234. Argued, in court, that employers can fire people for being gay | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 28-Sep-2017 |
| 235. Backed a 20 week abortion ban | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 3-Oct-2017 |
| 236. Removed Title VII protections for transgendered employees | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 5-Oct-2017 |
| 237. Rushed to pack courts with anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ judges | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 7-Oct-2017 |
| 238. Rolled back a mandate for health insurance to cover birth control | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 6-Oct-2017 |
| 239. Betsy Devos and the Department of Education rescinded 72 policy documents that outline the rights of students with disabilities | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 22-Oct-2017 |
| 240. Requested an emergency stay on a court decision requiring the department of defense to begin accepting transgender recruits by Jan 1, 2018 | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 11-Dec-2017 |
| 241. Took down the White House’s site for petitions | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 18-Dec-2017 |
| 242. Ended a rule to crack down on discriminatory practices in the housing market wherein the CFPB collects demographic data on borrowers in order to determine whether or not lenders are discriminating | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 21-Dec-2017 |
| 243. Refused to help transgendered teenagers in their discrimination suit | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 16-Jan-2017 |
| 244. Introduced a rule to shield healthcare workers who refuse to provide patients with healthcare services due to “moral objections” | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 16-Jan-2017 |
| 245. Rescinded guidance from the Obama Administration which prevented states from de- funding planned parenthood | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 19-Jan-2017 |
| 246. Moved to make it harder for immigrants using public health benefits to gain citizenship | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 8-Feb-2018 |
| 247. Removed anti-discriminatory language from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s mission statement | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 6-Mar-2018 |
| 248. Reversed a series of moves to reduce discrimination in schools, de-emphasizing diversity as a consideration in funding, delaying a rule aimed at stopping discriminatory standards in special education, and eliminating “systemic” investigations into discrimination | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 2-Mar-2018 |
| 249. Used the Parkland shooting as a pretext to re-introduce discriminatory school disciplinary actions | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 14-Mar-2018 |
| 250. Issued a new memorandum banning transgendered people from the military | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 24-Mar-2018 |
| 260. Moved to roll back an Obama era rule preventing doctors and hospitals from discriminating against transgender people | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 21-Apr-2018 |
| 261. Following up from #260, House Republicans voted to kill auto lending guidelines preventing discrimination | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 8-May-2018 |
| 262. Move to rollback various legal protections against housing discrimination | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 10-May-2018 |
| 263. Rolled back protections for transgender inmates | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 12-May-2018 |
| 264. With Niel Gorsuch providing the deciding vote, green lighted aggressive purging of voter rolls | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 11-Jun-2018 |
| 265. The Supreme Court enabled “crisis pregnancy centers” that mislead and outright lie to pregnant women by overturning a basic consumer protection that requires clinics to notify patients if they’re medically licensed and let them know their healthcare options | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 26-Jun-2018 |
| 266. Reversed Obama era guidelines aimed at improving racial diversity in college admissions | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 3-Jul-2018 |
| 267. Ordered the creation of a “religious liberty task force” to push conservative social policy | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 30-Jul-2018 |
| 268. Claimed people need IDs to buy groceries in order to justify harsh voter ID laws | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 1-Aug-2018 |
| 269. Underreported instances of racial discrimination in schools | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 22-Aug-2018 |
| 270. Backed students suing Harvard over it’s admissions policy aimed at promoting diversity | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 29-Aug-2018 |
| 271. Moved to issue new rules limiting the liability of Universities for sexual assault | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 29-Aug-2018 |
| 272. After it was revealed that his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, had sexually harassed a classmate and lied under oath, continued to rush his nomination forward and sought to discredit his accuser | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 14-Sep-2018 |
| 273. Killed fetal tissue research that could save lives and instead decided to audit it | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 25-Sep-2018 |
| 274. According to a leaked memo, considered removing transgendered from the definition of sexual discrimination under Title IX | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 15-Oct-2018 |
| 275. Moved to expand the religious exemption for birth control coverage | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 19-Oct-2018 |
| 276. Vowed to end birthright citizenship, which would reduce countless immigrants to a perpetual second class status and violate the Constitution | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 30-Oct-2018 |
| 277. Moved to allow employers greater flexibility to deny health insurance covering birth control to their employees | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 31-Oct-2018 |
| 278. Published new rules denying birth control coverage mandated under Obamacare and billing Medicare and Medicaid users separately for abortion services | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 8-Nov-2018 |
| 279. Issued new rules protecting those accused of sexual harassment | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 16-Nov-2018 |
| 280. Pressured 4-H to drop its LGBT friendly policy | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 19-Nov-2018 |
| 281. Urged the supreme court to immediately take up the transgender ban in the military | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 23-Nov-2018 |
| 282. Following up from item #273, killed NIH contracts to fund fetal tissue research aimed at finding treatments for Parkinson’s disease and other illnesses | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 4-Dec-2018 |
| 283. Continued to press having the military restrict transgender troops | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 9-Dec-2018 |
| 284. Moved to roll back roll back of anti- discrimination rules aimed at curbing actions that have a disparate impact on different groups of people based on ethnicity, gender and other characteristics | Civil Rights | Enfranchisement and Access | 2-Jan-2018 |
| 285. A Federal Court blocked the administration’s expansion of religious exemptions to providing birth control in #275, citing dire public health and financial consequences | Civil Rights | Gender Issues and Reproductive Rights | 13-Jan-2018 |
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See a full list of Trump’s actions against the United States of America here
List last updated 6:40am EST, 3/19/2019