The First 100 Days in Trump Land
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Seattle Mayor Murray and Councilmember Juarez release statements on Trump’s pipeline projects
Posted on January 25, 2017
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and Councilmember Debora Juarez released the following statements on the Trump administration’s decision to move forward on the Keystone and Dakota Access oil pipeline projects.
“The City of Seattle passed a resolution in September supporting the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s opposition to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline threatening their land,” said Mayor Murray. “Since then, mayors and leaders from across the country have spoken out against this project. The pipeline threatens the Tribe’s cultural resources and is a significant environmental threat to the communities surrounding it. Opposition to the project has been widespread, as has opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline. These pipelines aim to extend our country’s dependence on oil at a time when American innovators and businesses are building the clean energy economy of the future. We must move our country away from fossil fuels to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, a fact that is underscored by 2016 being the hottest year since modern record-keeping began and the third consecutive year of record high temperatures. I urge President Trump to listen to scientists and reverse his actions on these pipelines. And I remain committed to standing in solidarity with tribal nations in their opposition to these projects and to do all we can in Seattle to build a clean energy future.”
“The Standing Rock Sioux are not protesters holding up a project, they are the people of this land, they are the protectors of this water,” said Councilmember Juarez. “Their voice in this decision is not a matter of political leanings, it is a matter of respecting our 200 years of federal Indian law and jurisprudence, including the 1868 Treaty of Ft. Laramie. The U.S. Constitution has upheld treaties as “the supreme law of the land.” As such, consultation and cooperation by the United States with tribal sovereign nations is required before any federal action is taken that affects treaty lands and resources. It is inappropriate and unlawful for any governmental leader to suggest that this process should be forced through or ignored while making critical decisions that affect treaty rights.”
Posted on January 25, 2017
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and Councilmember Debora Juarez released the following statements on the Trump administration’s decision to move forward on the Keystone and Dakota Access oil pipeline projects.
“The City of Seattle passed a resolution in September supporting the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s opposition to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline threatening their land,” said Mayor Murray. “Since then, mayors and leaders from across the country have spoken out against this project. The pipeline threatens the Tribe’s cultural resources and is a significant environmental threat to the communities surrounding it. Opposition to the project has been widespread, as has opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline. These pipelines aim to extend our country’s dependence on oil at a time when American innovators and businesses are building the clean energy economy of the future. We must move our country away from fossil fuels to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, a fact that is underscored by 2016 being the hottest year since modern record-keeping began and the third consecutive year of record high temperatures. I urge President Trump to listen to scientists and reverse his actions on these pipelines. And I remain committed to standing in solidarity with tribal nations in their opposition to these projects and to do all we can in Seattle to build a clean energy future.”
“The Standing Rock Sioux are not protesters holding up a project, they are the people of this land, they are the protectors of this water,” said Councilmember Juarez. “Their voice in this decision is not a matter of political leanings, it is a matter of respecting our 200 years of federal Indian law and jurisprudence, including the 1868 Treaty of Ft. Laramie. The U.S. Constitution has upheld treaties as “the supreme law of the land.” As such, consultation and cooperation by the United States with tribal sovereign nations is required before any federal action is taken that affects treaty lands and resources. It is inappropriate and unlawful for any governmental leader to suggest that this process should be forced through or ignored while making critical decisions that affect treaty rights.”
George Orwell predicted Donald Trump
How George Orwell Predicted Donald Trump - The Daily Beast
the US was never a true democracy... and now..in ONE WEEK.....it has as authoritarian and getting worse.
Governing by EXECUTIVE order as opposed to true democratic process. trump had this ;method in mind from the onset. this way he gets HIS way.
There is a good reason the world is concerned ......as the basis of his governing is by intimation.
Wonder if he got some tips from Putin today in his hr and half phone call. Talking to Putin his wet dream for sometime.
Welcome to the new US ORDER.... and we aint seen nuthin yet.
How George Orwell Predicted Donald Trump - The Daily Beast
the US was never a true democracy... and now..in ONE WEEK.....it has as authoritarian and getting worse.
Governing by EXECUTIVE order as opposed to true democratic process. trump had this ;method in mind from the onset. this way he gets HIS way.
There is a good reason the world is concerned ......as the basis of his governing is by intimation.
Wonder if he got some tips from Putin today in his hr and half phone call. Talking to Putin his wet dream for sometime.
Welcome to the new US ORDER.... and we aint seen nuthin yet.
Smokey the Bear, eh?
He's a fuctard/libtard/dem-dum/dippy-hippie/fake-news/sh1t-shovelling/hairy-arm/trash-rifling/spark-narc/obamie-commie/snowflake.
It's a damned good thing that Trump saved us from this liberal ecoterrorist!
He's a fuctard/libtard/dem-dum/dippy-hippie/fake-news/sh1t-shovelling/hairy-arm/trash-rifling/spark-narc/obamie-commie/snowflake.
It's a damned good thing that Trump saved us from this liberal ecoterrorist!
Gregg Phillips, Donald Trump
Trumps voter fraud source is a huckster. Well. NO surprise there. One huckster to another.;-)
Trumps voter fraud source is a huckster. Well. NO surprise there. One huckster to another.;-)
He said all along the that the election was rigged and that he knew that it as rigged. He was telling the truth, obviously. He knows all about it because he's behind it.
The freeze is on all government hiring EXCEPT Military or Customs Officers. He's basically preventing the creation of any government job that doesn't come with a gun.
This is where we're headed people. This is the beginning of a police state. Let's not get caught up misunderstanding what's going on.- Julio Martinez III
WW2 was the beginning of the America police state. They won that war, any way you look at it. What will they do next?
Trumps a powerful adversary, the mob is with him.
Exactly. That is the way he can push his agenda through without discussion or debate. there goes the democratic process......or what was the pretense of one.
Sooner or later thete will be real debate. And it will be interesting to see what GOP members to to say.
It has only been a week. I think everything will cool down after a while. People are just still stunned by Trump's win.
Government has been operating in the same way for decades. The changes that Trump is working are what won him the election.
A Congressman nailed it today on CNN. He said people are so astonished that a President is actually doing what he said he would do, they just can't believe it and it scares them.
The world was heading for a big fall with their trade deals, massive debts, globalization robbing them of their national identities, foreign meddling from one country to another, divided societies.. Maybe a period of stepping back is what the world needs.
After time to adjust has passed all the controversies will calm down and America will be just fine.
Government has been operating in the same way for decades. The changes that Trump is working are what won him the election.
A Congressman nailed it today on CNN. He said people are so astonished that a President is actually doing what he said he would do, they just can't believe it and it scares them.
The world was heading for a big fall with their trade deals, massive debts, globalization robbing them of their national identities, foreign meddling from one country to another, divided societies.. Maybe a period of stepping back is what the world needs.
After time to adjust has passed all the controversies will calm down and America will be just fine.
Most, if not all EOs will be challenged in court and I suspect most will be overturned. If you think Trumpites are sniffily now...
Like Trudeau, who was elected because most voters were sick and tired of the dictatorial attitudes of Harpo, Most people who voted for the Dumpster voted against Hillary. People are waking up from the stupor of the election to find that they get royally screwed (which is generally what happens when you vote against someone instead of for someone). I doubt very much that anything will settle down and we can expect massive resistance to this malignant narcissist and his gang of backwards thinking (I use that word cautiously) bone heads.
Even the American CONSERVATIVE has plenty of misgivings about Dump:
Trump’s Inaugural Address | The American Conservative
Trump’s inaugural address contained a lot of populist boilerplate and committed to achieving a lot of overly ambitious or impossible goals. One of the more unrealistic pledges he made concerned combating jihadists:
We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones – and unite the civilized world against Radical Islamic Terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth.
First, that isn’t going to happen. We have seen that the U.S. doesn’t know how to do this, and it is better at destabilizing countries and creating opportunities for jihadist groups to flourish. It’s not even clear why it should be the responsibility of the U.S. to take on such a mission if it were possible. Trump emphasized that “America first” would be the guiding principle of his administration, but at the same time he committed to some version of Flynn’s multi-generational global war that would condemn Americans to fighting foreign wars for decades to come. One can have a foreign policy that prioritizes American interests, or one can have a global mission to eradicate an ineradicable phenomenon, but in order to have the latter the former will have to be cast aside. The endless, global war implied by this statement has nothing to do with benefiting “American workers and American families,” and it dooms the U.S. to deeper entanglement in precisely those parts of the world that we don’t understand and where our involvement earns us nothing but hostility.
Many lines in Trump’s address were unobjectionable by themselves, but it was hard to take Trump seriously when he said them. For instance, he said, “We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world.” That sounds very good, but it’s incompatible with an administration overflowing with hard-liners that seem to be looking for reasons to pick fights with other countries. Likewise, his populist rhetoric doesn’t square with the people he has selected for his Cabinet or the policies they favor. Some of his more grandiose statements of national purpose read almost like a parody of an activist government championed by so-called “national greatness conservatives” at the start of the century:
We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the Earth from the miseries of disease, and to harness the energies, industries and technologies of tomorrow.
In addition to the many unrealistic or exorbitant promises contained in the speech, Trump presented everything in very broad strokes and gave us no sense of what he considers to be his priorities at the start of his presidency. If Trump and his advisers know what they are, they don’t seem to be interested in telling us about them.
indeed. Will be interesting to see if it will be a debate or a "debate"?
. and whether they will be able to stand up to the emperor...or simply comply to his doctrine. IF they do stand up to him....how long will they have their job??
The GOP controls everything now..so unless there is some serous infighting... but your are right.will be interesting.
I think he is railroading al this through for a reason;..... and the reason might not comply with the constitution. Suspect that he is bulldozing his way through all these items so quickly might have something to do with his perceived approval ratings. .emphasis on the "ratings". he is big on ratings and numbers that flattering they are in favor of him..he can then boast about them. If NOT.he will chastise them and call them fake. Sheer lunacy.
(mind you.word is that some in the GOP are quietly questioning his sanity and fitness for the job )
The fitness for the job (mental and physical) should have been evaluated when he decided to run. Having money is the only litmus test for running for running for POTUSUS
The US election was not your traditional Dem nor a Rep win, it was a 'middle class' win from both parties. They're the regular people going to work everyday, passing by old abandoned factories, rusting warehouses, inner cities, crime, gangs, drugs, young people standing at street corners at all hours of the day, money being wasted, even their sense of security was taken away. I'm sure many did not like Trump, but just the fact that he spoke crazy and was the furthest political thing they'd ever seen, made them stop and second guess their vote.
Why is everybody bashing Trump's Executive Orders? You'd think he was the only President ever to do that!
Google the number of Executive Orders signed by Presidents back through the years and you'll find he's no more of a 'signer' than any other President.
All of the attacks on Trump are premature. When Congress gets down to business and some time passes, then will be the time to make judgments. People are so far protesting things that haven't happened yet. That's like convicting a man of guilt before guilt is proven.
Google the number of Executive Orders signed by Presidents back through the years and you'll find he's no more of a 'signer' than any other President.
All of the attacks on Trump are premature. When Congress gets down to business and some time passes, then will be the time to make judgments. People are so far protesting things that haven't happened yet. That's like convicting a man of guilt before guilt is proven.
Did any of them single out specific ethnic groups for exclusion and possibly for arrest? The Third Reich did that but no President in my memory ever did anything remotely like that.