Regulations

Republican destruction of our government continues, this time a group charged with keeping an eye out for future financial disasters. Funny how the run up to financial collapse always seems to occur as Republican "leadership" destroys the regulations surrounding it.

The Trump administration moved on Wednesday [August 8, 2018] to shrink a government agency tasked with identifying looming financial risks, notifying around 40 staff members they would be laid off....

As we've noted several times in recent weeks, Andrew Wheeler, the new head of our EPA, is picking up right where Scott Pruitt left off.  He works on behalf of private industry without regard for our environment or public health.  Wheeler, unlike Pruitt, will stay out of the headlines while destroying us.

There's quiet things happening that make no headlines. Even Smart Dissent's team which consumes the news nonstop can miss something minor like this.  There will be no rallies for this issue but it's important to realize just how much is being changed by Trump's cronies.

Trump has issued an executive order that gives federal agencies far more latitude over hiring administrative law judges. These judges handle a wide variety of disputes that include everything from Medicare claims to civil service employment issues.

We are rid of Scott Pruitt being employed by our government spending every day enriching himself and destorying our country to benefit his donors.  But so much damage as been done as shown on our Environment page, including something on his LAST day.

Andrew Wheeler, the EPA's acting director following the resignation of Scott Pruitt, is an efficient anti-environment bureaucrat who is getting right to work helping corporations at the expense of public health and our environment.

There was a time not very long ago when Executive Orders were issue by President Obama to improve our society.  They protected our people and our environment from harm.  They were frequently necessitated by the porudly obstructionist Republican Congress who said no to everything.

The Trump administration, led by corporate-owned Ryan Zinke ruining the Department of Interior, is at it again.  Previously in April 2018, they removed Endangered Species Act protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears after more than 42 years on the endangered species list.

Federal banking regulators are proposing to water down financial regulations passed to prevent another 2008 financial crisis, known at the Dodd-Frank Act.  Their efforts aim to weaken the "Volcker Rule" established under the Dodd Frank Act to protect consumers and investors.

Wall Street hates the Vocker Rule.  They want it gone so they can be free to do as they wish with limited oversight.  It's that simple.

Congressional Republicans have fought unrelentingly for years to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, put into place under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.  The purpose of the CFPB is to promote fairness and transparency for mortgages, credit cards, and other consumer financial products and services. The CFPB was created to provide a single point of accountability for enforcing federal consumer financial laws and protecting consumers in the financial marketplace.

The Trump administration, led by corporate-owned Ryan Zinke ruining the Department of Interior, is removing Endangered Species Act protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears, after more than 42 years on the endangered species list.

U.S. officials will not restore federal protections for Yellowstone-area grizzly bears, despite a court ruling that called into question the government's rationale for turning grizzly management over to states that are now planning public hunts for the animals, according to an announcement Friday [April 27, 2018]....