Meanwhile:
JUST IN: In one of first Trump admin. orders, Dept of Housing & Urban Dev. suspends reduction of FHA annual mortgage insurance premium rates
— CNBC (@CNBC) January 20, 2017
One of POTUS's 1st acts was eliminating a reduction to help poor homeowners cope w/ rising interest rates. Those ppl effectively ~$1K poorer https://t.co/Sm2n525YVx
— James Dennin (@JamesFDennin) January 20, 2017
Then there is this:
BREAKING: President Donald Trump signs legislation allowing retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as defense secretary.
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) January 20, 2017
That was necessary, you see, because of a federal law mandating a 7-year gap between active military service and serving in a role such as Defense Secretary, to ensure defense leadership positions are held by civilians, because military governance is not good for democracy.
And in other news [H/T to Aphra Behn]: Trump's WhiteHouse.Gov Disappears Civil Rights, Climate Change, LGBT Rights. The subhead on that story is: "The minute Donald Trump was sworn into office, the White House's web site changed—dramatically."
Indeed. Searching for "women" gives you a pretty cool result, too.
He's been president for two hours.
#RESIST
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