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CELEBRATING FOUR DECADES Est. 1978 March 26–April 8, 2026 http://sfbaytimes.com
👑❌ Launched a war against
Iran without congressional authorization and that is costing the U.S. an estimated one to two billion dollars per day and that has led to multiple casualties.
👑❌ Withdrew from the Iran Nuclear
Deal, a cornerstone of prior democratic administrations.
👑❌ Abducted President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela following the bombing of Caracas that was not authorized by Congress.
👑❌ Withdrew the U.S. from the
Paris Climate Accord, a move that abdicates global leadership on climate change and sets back years of work and progress.
👑❌ Withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization,
decreased U.S. participation in the United Nations, and alienated key NATO allies.
👑❌ Mandated the termination of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs across the federal government, which resulted in the dismantling of LGBTQ+ cultural competency training and support frameworks within federal agencies.
or gender-affirming surgeries for minors. The administration also directed the Department of Justice to explore legal avenues against medical professionals providing such care.
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Signed an executive order and directed the Department of Defense to ban transgender individuals from joining or continuing to serve openly in the U.S. Armed Forces.
👑❌ Directed the Bureau of Prisons
to house incarcerated individuals according to their sex assigned at birth⎯overriding previous guidelines under the Prison Rape Elimination Act⎯and barred federal funds from being used for gender-affirming medical treatments for inmates.
👑❌ The Department of Housing and Urban Development
advanced rules allowing federally funded, single-sex homeless shelters to turn away transgender individuals or force them to be housed according to their biological sex rather than their gender identity.
👑❌ Banned federal funds from being used to “promote gender
ideology.” This has reportedly resulted in the withdrawal or denial of federal grants (such as Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funds) for health centers and community organizations that provide inclusive services to transgender individuals.
👑❌ Undercut civil rights enforcement across multiple federal agencies. 👑❌ Declared an “invasion” at the southern border and barred
👑❌ Directed federal agencies to remove Sexual Orientation and
👑❌ Escalated U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
👑❌ The Departments of Justice and Education officially
asylum claims on U.S. territory, effectively suspending the right to seek asylum. operations, which have led to the deaths of U.S. citizens, the injury and harassment without accountability of innocent individuals, fear and untold damage to communities of color, and other harms.
👑❌ President Trump was found guilty by a New York jury of 34 felony counts of falsifying business documents. 👑❌ President Trump has been recorded bragging about sexually
Gender Identity demographic questions from hundreds of federal surveys, forms, and publicly-funded research projects. rescinded federal guidance that protected the rights of transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms corresponding to their gender identity in public schools.
👑❌ Terminated a substantial number of federal workers,
including staff at the HHS, FDA, CDC, and NIH, putting human health and scientific research at direct risk.
👑❌ Canceled significant amounts of foreign aid and grants, leading to increased deaths. 👑❌ Imposed tariffs on numerous imported goods, dramatically 👑❌ At a “Stop the Steal” rally on January 6, 2021, Trump urged increasing costs for consumers. others to “fight like hell” against what he falsely claimed was a 👑❌ Weakened the Clean Water Act, dismantled environmental stolen election, which was followed by an attack on the U.S. Capitol harming women (“grab ‘em by the p---y”) and regularly socialized with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, such that Epstein hired young female employees of Trump-owned businesses.
by a mob that assaulted at least 174 police officers and led to five deaths.
justice programs, rolled back vehicle efficiency standards, gutted endangered species protections, and other acts that put human lives at risk and devastate ecosystems.
established federal non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and dissolved the White House Gender Policy Council.
dollars⎯to healthcare funding that previously helped millions of Americans.
👑❌ Revoked several previous executive orders that had
👑❌ Implemented significant cuts⎯estimated at over a trillion
Weakened democratic norms and institutions, moving 👑❌ Issued executive orders prohibiting government-funded 👑❌ the U.S. toward authoritarianism and autocracy resulting health programs (such as Medicaid, CHIP, and TRICARE) from covering puberty blockers, hormone therapy,
in corruption, income inequality, and stagnation across many sectors.