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   From: katt@gmail.com   
      
   I'll ask again... WHEN did Trump say that states should have absolute "power"   
   to make regulation and law, all on their own?   
      
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   On Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:57:39 +0000,  Lee says...   
      
   > Trump administration moves to overrule   
   > state laws protecting credit reports   
   > from medical debt   
      
   Another ONE example. Can you come up with this many?   
      
   During Trump's first administration (2017-2021), several laws and regulations   
   were left up to states to decide for themselves. Here are some examples:   
   (some may be repeated)   
      
   1. Education (K-12)Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) implementation   
   2. Environmental Regulations (Clean Power Plan and Waters of the United   
   3. Transgender Bathroom/Title IX Policies Withdrew Obama-era Title IX guidance   
   4. Abortion and Reproductive Health (Title X Family Planning)2019 Title X   
   5. Medicaid Waivers and Block-Grant Experiments   
   6. Occupational Licensing   
   7. Criminal Justice and Policing (Consent Decrees)   
   8. Cannabis Enforcement   
   9. Greenhouse Gas Standards for Vehicles   
      
   [1] Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) implementation.   
   The Trump Department of Education dramatically scaled back federal oversight   
   of state education plans. States gained far more flexibility in how they   
   designed accountability systems, testing, and school improvement strategies.   
      
   [2] Clean Power Plan (2015) ? Affordable Clean Energy Rule (2019)   
   Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule   
   These returned primary regulatory authority over those waters to the states.   
      
   Withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, which gave states more freedom   
   to set their own climate policies.   
      
   Repealing the Clean Power Plan, allowing states to create their own plans to   
   reduce greenhouse gas emissions.   
      
   Ending the Obama-era guidelines for transgender students, giving states the   
   authority to decide on bathroom access for transgender students.   
      
   Marijuana regulation: The federal government continued to classify marijuana   
   as a Schedule I controlled substance, but Trump's administration largely   
   allowed states to set their own policies regarding marijuana legalization and   
   regulation. By 2021,36 states and the District of Columbia had legalized   
   medical marijuana, and 15 states had legalized recreational marijuana.   
      
   Gun control: The federal government did not pass comprehensive gun control   
   legislation, leaving it up to states to enact their own laws and regulations.   
   Some states, such as California and New York, implemented stricter gun control   
   measures, while others, like Arizona and Texas, loosened their gun laws.   
      
   Abortion regulations: Trump's administration did not pass federal legislation   
   to restrict or ban abortion, allowing states to set their own policies. Some   
   states, like Alabama and Georgia, passed restrictive abortion laws, while   
   others, like California and New York, protected access to abortion.   
      
   Climate change and energy regulations: The Trump administration withdrew from   
   the Paris Climate Agreement and rolled back several environmental regulations,   
   allowing states to set their own standards. Some states, like California and   
   Hawaii, set ambitious renewable energy targets, while others, like Oklahoma   
   and Texas, resisted stricter environmental regulations.   
      
   Immigration policies: Trump's administration faced criticism for its handling   
   of immigration, with some states, like California and New York, implementing   
   their own sanctuary city policies and resisting federal efforts to enforce   
   immigration laws.   
      
   Voter ID laws and election regulations: States were left to set their own   
   voter ID laws and election regulations, resulting in varying requirements   
   across the country.   
      
   Minimum wage laws: States were allowed to set their own minimum wage laws,   
   with some, like California and New York, implementing higher minimum wages,   
   while others, like Wyoming and Kentucky, kept their minimum wages at the   
   federal level.   
      
   LGBTQ+ rights: The Trump administration did not pass federal legislation to   
   protect LGBTQ+ individuals from discrimination, leaving it up to states to   
   enact their own protections. Some states, like California and Massachusetts,   
   implemented robust anti-discrimination laws, while others, like North Carolina   
   and Texas, faced criticism for their handling of LGBTQ+ issues.   
      
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   "Trump Derangement Syndrome" Is a Real Mental Condition   
      
   All you need to know about "Trump Derangement Syndrome," or TDS.   
      
   "Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a mental condition in which a person has   
   been driven effectively insane due to their dislike of Donald Trump, to the   
   point at which they will abandon all logic and reason."   
      
   Justin Raimondo, the editorial director of Antiwar.com, wrote a piece in the   
   Los Angeles Times in 2016 that broke TDS down into three distinct phases or   
   stages:   
      
   "In the first stage of the disease, victims lose all sense of proportion. The   
   president-elect's every tweet provokes a firestorm, as if 140 characters were   
   all it took to change the world."   
      
   "The mid-level stages of TDS have a profound effect on the victim's   
   vocabulary: Sufferers speak a distinctive language consisting solely of   
   hyperbole."   
      
   "As TDS progresses, the afflicted lose the ability to distinguish fantasy from   
   reality."   
      
   The Point here is simple: TDS is, in the eyes of its adherents, the knee-jerk   
   opposition from liberals to anything and everything Trump does. If Trump   
   announced he was donating every dollar he's ever made, TDS sufferers would   
   suggest he was up to something nefarious, according to the logic of TDS.   
   There's nothing - not. one. thing. - that Trump could do or say that would be   
   received positively by TDSers.   
      
   The history of Trump Derangement Syndrome actually goes back to the early   
   2000s - a time when the idea of Trump as president was a punch line for late-   
   night comics and nothing more.   
      
   Wikipedia traces its roots to "Bush Derangement Syndrome" - a term first   
   coined by the late conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer back in 2003.   
   The condition, as Krauthammer defined it, was "the acute onset of paranoia in   
   otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency - nay -   
   the very existence of George W. Bush."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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