The Interior secretary shared a video hailing Trump's 'historic feats.' Critics called it 'propagand
Source: Washington Post
The Interior secretary shared a video hailing Trumps historic feats. Critics called it propaganda.
By
Timothy Bella
Oct. 28, 2020 at 3:57 a.m. CDT
Over a bouncy tune, the video flashes stunning images of birds, mountains and plains over text hailing President Trump for "preserving the awesome majesty of Gods great creation. It was shared Tuesday evening on the official Twitter account of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, who suggested it celebrated Trumps historic feats of conservation.
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This is a propaganda video created with your tax dollars meant to bolster the Presidents chances of being re-elected, tweeted Tim Fullerton, who was director of digital strategy for the Interior Department during the Obama administration. This is way outside the lines.
Fullerton was among the critics on Tuesday night who accused Bernhardt and the Interior Department of using agency resources to promote a video supporting Trumps reelection in violation of the Hatch Act, an anti-corruption law Congress passed in 1939.
The Interior Department didnt immediately respond to a message from The Washington Post about the video late on Tuesday. On Twitter, the departments press secretary responded to Fullerton by claiming the agency had increased the number ethics staff by 250% to remove the rotten stench from the blatant failure of the prior administration to invest in the ethics program.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/28/trump-video-interior-department-bernhardt-election/
pfitz59
(10,296 posts)Who's paying for all those trips on AF-1?
Walleye
(30,935 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,283 posts)President Trumps Coronavirus Response Has Saved Over 2 Million Lives and Outperformed Other Nations
HEALTHCARE
Issued on: October 27, 2020
"We will vanquish the virus, we will overcome this pandemic, and we will emerge better, stronger, and more unified than ever before."
President Donald J. Trump
SAVING LIVES AND OUTPERFORMING OTHER NATIONS: The United States has had a lower mortality rate than Europe during the pandemic and one of the lowest fatality rates.
President Trumps decisive action has helped save American lives.
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mahatmakanejeeves
(57,283 posts)This is the worst social media editor is a little tipsy and tired of all the haters tweet Ive ever seen
Link to tweet
Here is a link to the Interior Press Secretary's account:
Link to tweet
Interior Press Secretary Retweeted
The
@realDonaldTrump
Administration has accomplished historic feats for conservation, securing the largest investment in our national parks and public lands, opening 4 million acres to new hunting and fishing opportunities, and recovering a record number of endangered species.
Link to tweet
Firestorm49
(4,028 posts)Assuming that we regain control, we need to go after every single violation like a pit bull. The American public needs to become assured again that breaking the laws have consequences, and I for one, say show no mercy.
moose65
(3,166 posts)Why is everything the Trump administration does labelled as "historic" or "unprecedented"?? Drives me up the wall.
On the other hand, this administration IS unprecedented in its lack of ethics and utter corruption.
Stuart G
(38,403 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,789 posts)Lock them up.
marble falls
(56,987 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)Blocked the Clean Power Plan. The plan implemented under Obama focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. In October, The Post reported that the administration would seek to repeal it entirely.
Suspended a rule limiting methane leaks from drilling on federal land. Methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
Ended a study on the health effects of mountaintop-removal mining. The process involves blasting away the tops of hills and mountains to get at coal seams under the surface.
Rescinded a rule mandating that rising sea levels be considered when building public infrastructure in flood-prone areas.
Reversed an Obama ban on drilling for oil in the Arctic.
Announced a reduction in the scale of several national monuments. In April, Trump signed an executive order ordering a review of monuments added in the past 20 years, opening up the possibility that some areas previously set aside would have that status revoked. Last month, Trump announced plans to reduce the size of two, one after lobbying from a uranium company.
Ignored a deadline to implement a rule regulating smog.
Withdrew a rule regulating fracking on public land.
Announced plans to reconsider controversial protections for the sage grouse in western states. The birds habitat has been reduced as sagebrush has been removed in places that are being developed, often for oil and grass drilling. While not officially endangered, conservation groups worry about the sage grouses fate.
Postponed an EPA rule that would have had chemical plants better evaluate and inform the public about possible safety issues. This decision, made in June, drew new attention after Hurricane Harvey flooding led to an explosion at a facility near Houston.
Rejected a proposed ban on the pesticide chlorpyrifos. The month after this decision, a group of farmworkers were sickened by exposure to the chemical.
Reversed a ban on plastic bottles at national parks.
Repealed a ban on lead bullets. The bullets were banned under Obama because the lead can poison wildlife.
Rescinded a limit on the number of sea animals that can be trapped or killed in fishing nets.
Delayed and potentially rolled back automotive fuel efficiency standards.
Began repeal of a rule that would weaken emissions standards for some truck components.
Repealed the Waters of the United States rule. This rule expanded the definition of water bodies that were protected by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Ended a rule banning dumping waste from mining into streams.
Reversed a rule banning hunting bears and wolves. The ban applied to federal refuges in Alaska and prohibited hunting predators using certain methods.
Repealed a rule that would have overhauled the federal land management process.
Removed more than a dozen academics from the EPAs Scientific Advisory Board.
Removed a bike-sharing station at the White House.
There has been much more in the years since - including today's announcement about opening up the Tongass to logging - but I don't have a handy list in one place, sad to say.
I imagine there are other people/organizations keeping track - I hope!