Day 68: Won't someone think of the environment?

I don't think I heard any good news today. A lot of crap because Republicans don't think humans should be alive in 100 years, don't think you have a right to privacy on the internet, and think that you should kill bears in Alaska while they're hibernating.

• Ever loyal to his mining "friends", today Trump undid years of effort geared towards combating climate change by signing another crappy executive order. Here's an overview of Trump's 8-pronged approach to destroying the environment. Perhaps the biggest part is the undoing of the Climate Action Plan, which was setting stringent limits on emissions from US power plants, but there's plenty of other terribleness in there too. If you want to see what this does to the US contribution to the Paris Agreement, take a look at this article's graphs. They're not pretty.
• The administration is trying to gag former Attorney General Sally Yates in order to stop her testifying in the Russia investigation. What do you guys have to hide? Seriously??? You keep on saying you're innocent, but I don't think that word means what you think it means... This revelation only strengthens calls for Nunes to recuse himself. (Even the GOP is starting to call for his recusal!)
• The House of Representatives has rubber-stamped the Senate legislation to strip internet privacy protections from consumers. Do you think Trump is going to sign it?
• In case you thought that ICE wasn't such a bad agency after all, take a read of this. I'm really sorry, Chicago. You deserve better.
• Republicans are casting necromancy on their failed healthcare bill. Observe: the rise of the zombie! Because of course they are...
• Manafort is under continued investigations because of shady business practices linked to money laundering. Wow. Will the news of this guy never end?
• Speaking of Russian things, Trump's business network had repeated dealings with Russians linked to organized crime. But there's nothing to hide in those tax returns...
• The Trump administration continues to delete scientific records. This is the most stupid and short-sighted action you can possibly take :-(