"Lawmakers are taking legislative steps to 'Trump-proof' California’s elections, starting with a bill designed to keep Pres. Donald Trump off of California’s ballot in 2028. The bill would make it illegal for the California Secretary of State to place on the ballot any candidate for president or vice president who does not meet the constitutional requirements of those offices":
https://calmatters.org/newsletter/trump-2028-ballot-california/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
#politics copy: @renewedresistance #MaybeYourStateShouldDoThisToo #trumpproofing
#TrumpProofing
"Shapiro added he would continue to 'defend our democracy' and 'fundamental rights' while ensuring the commonwealth is 'welcoming for all.'
That’s all well and good, but that is not what Donald Trump has planned"
The #Interior Dept said it had awarded or made available nearly $4.9B of its $6.4B in total #InflationReductionAct funding.
The #Treasury Dept said it has completed the rules for using major IRA tax credits for 22 of 24 programs & plans to finish the rest this year.
#Trump would have a hard time repurposing that money thanks to protections in the 1974
Impoundment Control Act….That #law was passed after Nixon impounded funds for federal spending he opposed.
Last month, 18 #House #Republicans sent a letter to #MikeJohnson urging him NOT to target the #law because of the investments that IRA subsidies have drawn to their districts.
#Biden admin agencies w/the most #climate-related IRA funding told Reuters they are moving fast w/their grants.
The Dept of #Energy & the #EPA, for example, said they already had obligated all, or nearly all, of their IRA-related funding.
#TrumpProofing #ClimateCrisis #climate #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
#House Speaker #MikeJohnson, a #Republican, said Tues that if his party wins control of #Congress, they will target the #InflationReductionAct, or IRA, in the first 100 days.
Whether that is likely depends on the makeup of the next Congress after the #election.
#HouseRepublicans have attempted to repeal part or all of the #law 42X, but have failed to get enough votes.
#TrumpProofing #ClimateCrisis #climate #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
#Biden’s #InflationReductionAct is the largest US #ClimateLaw in history, valued at over $400B total. That figure includes grants & other spending to spur #CleanEnergy deployment, along w/ tax incentives & credits.
#Trump, who has called #ClimateChange a “hoax”, said in an economy-focused speech on Sept 5 that he wants to "rescind all unspent funds under the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act" if elected.
#law #TrumpProofing #ClimateCrisis #climate #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
She added that the unspent funds - as well as the billions of dollars worth of tax credits available annually under the #law for things like #ElectricVehicles, #solar plants, & #wind farms - would be tough to freeze if #Trump regained office.
"No president is above the law, & the law is pretty clear here: The executive branch does not have the authority to withhold appropriated funds just because it might disagree with the policies that Congress enacted," Quillian said.
The #Biden admin has awarded $90B in grants to #climate, #CleanEnergy, & other projects so far under the 2022 #InflationReductionAct, which amounts to 70% of the #law's ~$120B in total climate-focused grant money & >80% of what the law made available before 2025.
Another $15B could be awarded in the coming months.
The admin is doling out the funds "as quickly & as equitably as we can," White House Dpy Chief of Staff Natalie Quillian told Reuters.
JIC
#Biden admin spending #climate cash fast, as #Trump threatens to cancel it
Trump has said he would cancel all unspent funds from President Joe Biden's signature #ClimateLaw if he wins the presidential #election on Nov 5.
But the vast majority of grants will be spent by the time a new president takes office in Jan, & targeting what remains would be a massive #legal challenge.
#law #TrumpProofing #ClimateCrisis #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-administration-spending-climate-cash-fast-trump-threatens-cancel-it-2024-09-18/
The lineup of speakers at the #Republican National Convention on Wednesday sketched out a vision for American #ForeignPolicy that leans harder into #Trump’s #populist & #isolationist instincts & further jettisons long-held Republican views.
The rest of the world was watching.
#TrumpProofing #BidenHarris2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/world/europe/trump-foreign-policy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
NATO allies brush off concerns over Biden’s shaky second-term bid https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/nato-allies-brush-off-concerns-over-bidens-shaky-second-term-bid/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden #Nato #Trumpproofing #VolodymyrZelenskyy
“There is a very clear, well-organized plan afoot by the #MAGA #Republicans to use #Comstock as a tool to #ban #MedicationAbortion, & potentially all #abortions,” said Sen #TinaSmith (MN), who on Thurs plans to introduce legislation to repeal the #ComstockAct’s #abortion provisions. “My job is to take that tool away.”
#ReproductiveRights #law #Congress #legislation #WomensHealth #health #extremism #Christian #evangelism #MaleSupremacy #TrumpProofing
#Democrats seek to repeal #Comstock #abortion rule, fearing #Trump crackdown
Democrats are seeking to overhaul an 1873 federal #law that #bans abortion-related materials from being sent through the mail, worried that a future Trump admin could invoke the #ComstockAct to crack down on #AbortionAccess or effectively #ban the procedure altogether.
#MAGA #Republicans #extremism #Christian #evangelism #Congress #legislation #TrumpProofing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/20/comstock-abortion-repeal-tina-smith-senate/
How the Continent Can Prepare for American Abandonment
February 2, 2024
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/trump-proofing-europe
There is a new #international #policy term “ #TrumpProofing ” — it’s going on in multiple #FederalAgencies & #StateGovernments nationally & w/ #UnitedStates allies & adversaries globally.
#Vote #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112604629271817588
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