President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

But Uranium One!

 

I hope not. The less they do, the better.

 

This nation still has a soul?

 

we sure do like to pretend it does, don't we?

 

Sure, but you could fund both.

I mean, I'd rather fund clean water over lots of things. The juxtaposition to the border wall just plays better. An adult managing the Twitter account of a 11-year-old kid plays even better. Because now even a child sees what conservatives cannot.

 

Yes, we finally agree on something.

 

Of course. But for some reason we choose not to.

How do you suggest we persuade people to do both?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/08/14/63-million-americans-exposed-unsafe-drinking-water/

Trump rolls back clean water protections

 

I find it hard to believe all of the medical procedures were completed, too. I'm sure there's some level of negligence involved, and it may turn out to be even more than negligence. We'll just have to see.

The refugee crisis worldwide - not just in the Americas - is tragic and awful. Unless you think open borders - worldwide - is a workable policy solution, then the complexities of the matter are almost overwhelming. At least some of the problem in the Americas is the drug trade, for which the American government, starting in the 1980s, bears tremendous responsibility. US intervention and proxy battles have left a brutal legacy that trickles down into the broken economies all over Central America.

 

I'm happy to have a discussion about the protection rollbacks mentioned in the BBC story. I think it's a good thing. For several years - since 2015 - farmers had to worry about whether a roadside ditch or a stream of water after rainfall was somehow protected by the EPA. The EPA didn't like it. Farmers didn't like it. It was government overreach.

EPA Seeks Clarity on Clean Water Act for Farmers, Landowners, and States

Under the 2015 definition, farmers, landowners, municipalities, and businesses are spending too much time and money trying to determine whether waters on their land are “waters of the United States” and subject to federal regulation under the Clean Water Act. In some cases, they pay consultants or lawyers tens of thousands of dollars only to discover that they need federal permits that cover isolated ponds, channels that only flow after it rains, and wetlands far removed from the navigable waters the Clean Water Act was specifically designed to regulate.

 

Same paper:

Kansans drank contaminated water for years. The state didn’t tell them.

There's a balance to be found in every one of these issues.

We need to learn how to find it.