Day 48: Day without a woman

Today marked International Women's Day, for which a partial strike was called. Rallies were held across the country, although they were much smaller than the Women's March held after the election (what did you expect for a weekday?).

In the news today:

• Despite earlier denials, Trump met with the Russian ambassador early in his campaign. Are you surprised? I'm not.
• The GOP Healthcare Plan is really struggling on all fronts. As it should. Now, go and redo your homework, and come back to us once you have a better plan.
• Can you believe that they actually titled the thing "World's Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017"???!
• Ethics groups are trying to turn up the heat on Trump regarding his conflicts of interest. This, on top of further stories involving Chinese trademarks...
• The head of the EPA is stacking its administration with people committed to undermining it. So much for the environment. I sincerely hope that other countries can make up for the USA's shortsightedness, but as the second-largest polluter in the world, I doubt it.

In addition to the above actions by the administration, Wikileaks recently dumped the entire electronic arsenal of the CIA for all to view. They sound suuuuper unhappy right now.

Finally, following up on Chaffetz's comments yesterday, here is a well-written takedown of the philosophy that leads to such comments.