*A recent survey showed that a little more than one in five respondents said they had experienced sexual assault since starting college -- 28% of women, 12% of men, and nearly 40% of gender- non-conforming students.
*According to "The Guardian" newspaper, "Since 1968... there have been 1,516,863 gun-related deaths on US territory. Since the founding of the United States, there have been 1,396,733 war deaths."
*According to a recent Gallup/Knight Foundation survey, most Americans believe it is now harder to be well-informed and to determine which news is accurate. They increasingly perceive the media is biased and struggle to identify objective news sources."
*According to Twitter's own data, at least 50,000 automated accounts tied to Russia set out more than two million-related tweets between September 1 and November 15, 2016.
*"With the guidance of Stephen Miller, Steve Bannon, Jeff Sessions, and Kris Kobach, Trump has assembled the nation's most rabid anti-immigrant politicians to translate fear of immigrants into policy and attempt to turn back the tide of demographic shifts that the major rewrite of the immigration code ushered in." (Source: Julianne Hing, "A Racist Ransom Note," The Nation, February 26, 2018).
*Trump February 18 tweet: "Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They're spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign -- there is no collusion.Get back to basics and make us all proud."
*"Already, 30 border cities, counties and tribal governments across America have passed resolutions against building more walls. These localities already know the costs and consequences of further militarizing the border." (Peter Simonson, "Leaders reject wall on border," The Albuquerque Journal, February 17, 2018).
*"Scott Pruitt and staffers billed taxpayers nearly $200,000 for his trips over six months last year, according to travel vouchers obtained by an environmental organization." "Vouchers released for some of the Oklahoma trips cited the reason for travel only as 'meetings in state' or as tours of companies in the Tulsa area." "The costs included $138,969 overall for trips involving commercial airfare from March to August." Another $56,000 went to charter flights. (Source: "EPA boss expenses scrutinized," The Albuquerque Journal, February 17, 2018).
*In a roughly 50 minute call on February 20 between President Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, the border wall occupied much of the conversation. Nieto was so upset by the nature of the call that he scuttled a visit to the White House.
*President Trump gave a "thumbs up" when meeting with hospital personnel after the shooting in the Florida high school shooting.The Twitter picture was later changed to a picture of him standing next to law enforcement officers.
*Trump has said that he wants "people who a natural talent" to carry guns in schools -- such as having a good golf swing. Matthew Miller, a former spokesman for the Obama Justice Department, tweeted that the "more he talks about the issue, the dumber he sounds."
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