Day 5: This administration is the worst

So, a bunch of shit from today...

• House passes permanent version of the Hyde amendment (also here). Two days after the biggest protest in American history, centering on women... The gall. Note that restricting access to abortion disproportionately impacts the poor. The rich can always pay, but the poor get shackled with another child, perpetuating the cycle of poverty. I sincerely hope that the democrats can filibuster this in the senate.
• Journalists covering protests slapped with felony charges. The treatment of journalists says a lot about a society. Pay attention to this! The police version of events here is disturbing, particularly when compared to the recollection of those they arrested.
• Trump declares his inauguration day a public holiday. Because he needs his ego to be stroked a little bit more. No, seriously - he even called it a "National Day of Patriotic Devotion".
• Declared war on net neutrality. This is a fundamental principle of access and freedom.
• Top advisor Kellyanne Conway celebrated inauguration by punching somebody in the face repeatedly. Do I need to say anything to this
• Trump declares environmental protection regulations are "out of control". Given the severity of the threat of global warming, I strongly dissent.
• Executive order supporting massive oil pipelines. These were all blocked under Obama after lengthy protests. Note: the claim that Trump makes in saying that jobs will be created is a dirty lie. Sure, jobs will be created to build the pipeline, but they're not permanent jobs. The number of permanent jobs created by these pipelines will likely be under 100, which is really pathetic for the environmental problems that they will create (can't remember where I read that statistic, sorry).
• Trump doubles down on voter fraud allegations. This is a serious campaign of disinformation. The punchline will be coming soon, I promise.
• EPA hit with gag order, grants frozen. This is the first step in dismantling the agency set up to enforce pollution controls. Note that last year, the EPA awarded around $10 billion in grants. Withholding that will make monitoring pollution much, much more difficult. I guess this is part of easing regulations on businesses, right? Ugh. Some more.
• There were apparently five executive orders from today. I don't know what they all contained.
• This stupid bill was introduced to the house: a person's life begins at fertilization. You all know where this is going...
• South Dakota apparently didn't like an ethics law passed by voter referendum. So they declared an emergency to undo it. A government of the people, indeed.
• Minnesota decided that health insurance shouldn't have to cover a very long list of common issues. Somebody really didn't like the fact that Obamacare made coverage of all of these mandatory. This is a terrifying preview of what to expect from the Republican "replacement" of Obamacare.