Drain the swamp

[Industrialsize]

The NEXT swamp creature that needs to go:
Interior watchdog opens investigation into Zinke's travel

By BEN LEFEBVRE

10/02/2017 02:13 PM EDT
The Interior Department’s inspector general's office has opened an investigation into Secretary Ryan Zinke’s use of taxpayer-funded charter planes, a spokeswoman said Monday.

The watchdog has "received numerous complaints" and launched its investigation late last week, said Nancy K. DiPaolo, spokeswoman for Interior’s Office of the Inspector General.
Zinke is one of several members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet to face questions over his expensive travel, along with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and former HHS Secretary Tom Price, who resigned Friday.
The secretary has flown on government-owned or -chartered aircraft several times this year, including one $12,000 trip from Las Vegas to an airport near his hometown in Montana and another trip in the Caribbean, as POLITICO reported last week.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/02/ryan-zinke-travel-interior-inspector-general-243370

 

[rbkwp]

thread always reminds me of, the day ha
long lve the natural beauty, bugger the strving for excessive wealth equals boredom and human killing power

 

[Industrialsize]

Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud
New York prosecutors were preparing a case. Then the D.A. overruled his staff after a visit from a top donor: Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz.
by Jesse Eisinger and Justin Elliott, ProPublica, and Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz, WNYC

Oct. 4, 4 a.m. EDT

n the spring of 2012, Donald Trump’s two eldest children, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr., found themselves in a precarious legal position. For two years, prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office had been building a criminal case against them for misleading prospective buyers of units in the Trump SoHo, a hotel and condo development that was failing to sell. Despite the best efforts of the siblings’ defense team, the case had not gone away. An indictment seemed like a real possibility. The evidence included emails from the Trumps making clear that they were aware they were using inflated figures about how well the condos were selling to lure buyers.

https://www.propublica.org/article/ivanka-donald-trump-jr-close-to-being-charged-felony-fraud

 

[Industrialsize]

Headline is all you need to read:
Sam Clovis, Trump’s nominee for USDA’s top scientist, confirms he has no hard science credentials

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief scientist nominee, Sam Clovis, who now serves as the agency’s senior White House adviser, confirmed in an Oct. 17 letter obtained by The Washington Post that he has no academic credentials in either science or agriculture.

But the former Iowa talk radio host and political science professor contended in the letter to the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee’s top Democrat, Debbie Stabenow (Mich.), that his time teaching and running for political office in the Hawkeye State steeped him in the field of agriculture
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...d-science-credentials/?utm_term=.dd52a5b156af

 

[deleted37010]

Education officials expect ‘ineffective’ Betsy DeVos to step down as her agenda collapses: report
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/ed...-to-step-down-as-her-agenda-collapses-report/

 

[Novaboy]

Education officials expect ‘ineffective’ Betsy DeVos to step down as her agenda collapses: report
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/ed...-to-step-down-as-her-agenda-collapses-report/

I'm shocked.....I mean she soooo qualified for the job!

 

[deleted15807]

Education officials expect ‘ineffective’ Betsy DeVos to step down as her agenda collapses: report
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/ed...-to-step-down-as-her-agenda-collapses-report/

"Ineffective" = success for conservatives. If you hate government and want it destroyed it necessitates having an ineffective idiot running it like Trump. Pruitt is single-handedly destroying the EPA while over at the FCC Trump's pick is making industry friendly decisions that will cost consumers billions. Ineffective = effective with the not so hidden agenda to destroy the very organization you are tasked to "lead".

 

[chicagosam]

Education officials expect ‘ineffective’ Betsy DeVos to step down as her agenda collapses: report
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/ed...-to-step-down-as-her-agenda-collapses-report/

Good news. The woman is grossly unqualified and is there to promote her religious agenda.

​

 

[b.c.]

"Ineffective" = success for conservatives. If you hate government and want it destroyed it necessitates having an ineffective idiot running it like Trump. Pruitt is single-handedly destroying the EPA while over at the FCC Trump's pick is making industry friendly decisions that will cost consumers billions. Ineffective = effective with the not so hidden agenda to destroy the very organization you are tasked to "lead".

And from the mouth of another idiot:

Energy Secretary Rick Perry Says Fossil Fuels Can Prevent Sexual Assault - NBC News

If deliberately sabotaging agencies of government by appointing incompetent, unqualified, and inexperienced heads of those agencies ISN"T treason, it sure as hell should be.

 

[Heat]

Remember, the GOP "plans" are easy to understand --
1. The basic GOP plan re Education is to kill the labor unions.
2. The basic GOP plan re "energy" and "environment" is to de-regulate both -- AND EFFECTIVELY PUT YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN AT RISK FOR CONTAMINATED WATER, AIR --
3. While simultaneously eliminating YOUR RIGHT to sue companies for contaminating your water, air etc. -- even if what they do causes birth defects.

 

[Heat]

I always laugh when I think about Trump supporters saying, "He's going to drain the swamp... Hillary gave speeches at Goldman Saks..." and all that stupidity.
When the GOP leaders tell you that Trump is a loser, coward and is trying to take away your civil rights, BELIEVE THEM.
People need to start voting THEIR pocketbooks, just like the GOP leaders do, and stop falling for the GOP flag waving, nationalism and racism.

 

[chrisrobin]

And from the mouth of another idiot:

Energy Secretary Rick Perry Says Fossil Fuels Can Prevent Sexual Assault - NBC News

If deliberately sabotaging agencies of government by appointing incompetent, unqualified, and inexperienced heads of those agencies ISN"T treason, it sure as hell should be.

GOSH
So Perry, from the loony side of the Democrats, now claims that by opening up the coal faces, burning oil will stop Americans committing rape - the man is an ass. So with fossil generated light all this is a good thing, the man straining his eyes reading by firelight is more inclined to go out and rape.
How much did he donate to the Trump War Chest?
And the republicans want to be taken seriously!
Mind you the Republicans do support Donald John Trump, and Trump claims to be a Republican President!

 

[185248]

What's a bunch of Republican congress members at the bottom of a swamp?

A good start.

Republican far righters are much the same as mosquito larvae, they cant wait to transform to suck the life from you.

 

[Industrialsize]

Louise Linton holds the great love of her life. Also pictured, her husband Steven Mnuchin.

 

[TurkeyWithaSunburn]

Louise Linton holds the great love of her life. Also pictured, her husband Steven Mnuchin.

View attachment 878861

Is the money dirty or something? What's with the leather gloves she's wearing? Or does she only like credit cards and digital forms of money?

 

[N68]

All under 48 hours.

( In the back drop Roy Moore supporters, including Alabama Gov. who said they had to vote for him because he was republican)

I realize to some it may appear we're pilling. But come on..

Man. after starting this thread nearly a year later, is trump not even going to pretend he's not giving a blow job to cooperations?

GOP tax bill: Noon deadline for changes. Did Rubio get what he ...
CNN-2 hours ago
Rubio and Lee clearly got more money toward refundability of the child tax credit. The expansion of the refundability piece, which is part of the $2,000 child tax credit in the tax bill, was made explicitly to secure Rubio's support. One GOP aide said leadership was of the mind that the change would be ...
Calculator: How the GOP tax bill will impact you
fox8.com-7 hours ago


VIRAL VIDEO: Trump Federal Judiciary Nominee Flames Out, Can’t Answer Basic Questions About The Law

The Washington Post reports: Nomination hearings for U.S. district judges tend to be dry affairs that offer little in the way of mass entertainment — in other words, they’re not typically the stuff of viral videos. But a clip of one of President Trump’s federal judicial nominees struggling to answer rudimentary questions about the law garnered well more than 1 ...

Read More »


FCC Repeals Net Neutrality In 3-2 Vote [VIDEO]
December 14, 2017

The New York Times reports: The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to dismantle landmark rules regulating the businesses that connect consumers to the internet, granting broadband companies power to potentially reshape Americans’ online experiences. The agency scrapped so-called net neutrality regulations that prohibited broadband providers from blocking websites or charging for higher-quality service or certain content. The federal government ...

Read More »

 

[N68]

 

[Brodie888]

I never understood how people believed Trump would drain the swamp when he's one of the biggest toads living in said swamp.

 

[deleted15807]

I never understood how people believed Trump would drain the swamp when he's one of the biggest toads living in said swamp.

All Trump’s America wants is their rage billowed. And on the campaign trail he did that and given the opportunity he still does. I’m not sure they even care what he does and he knows it. He said it. He could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose voters. And he was right. Trump’s America always lurked just beneath a thin veneer of civility and he has ripped away that veneer exposing to the world the fetid underbelly that exists in so many fellow America. He can virtually call a female senator a whore and still maintain his base.

For the rest of us no more can we pretend that we are exceptional or good or progressive or united. We are none of those things.

 

[N68]

I never understood how people believed Trump would drain the swamp when he's one of the biggest toads living in said swamp.

I just have to say, AMEN!!! At nearly a year, think about how he started out and the "trend" he and his ilk have kept up. You can have on all the fiscally minded/never trump conservatives speak how in unconscionable their egregious conflicts of interest's are.


It's as if Trump/ his family/ and his cabinet members get an attitude with you when you bring up the fact, you can't do what you did before you left office.

And when he and his family did this public "gentleman's agreement"= The boys handle the business and he and Ivanka are going to focus on running the white house.

No more business ventures......

Ivanka Trump opens her first store in Trump Tower
The Hill (blog)-15 hours ago
Ivanka Trump's fashion brand has opened its first retail outlet located in Trump Tower in New York City, Bloomberg reported Friday. The shop in Trump Tower's lobby sells handbags, shoes, jewelry and other gifts including an exclusive in-store only Christmas ornament priced at $25. In a statement to ...
Ivanka Trump opens a store in Trump Tower
Retail Dive-15 hours ago

Ivanka Trump, her brand dropped by some retailers, opens her own ...
Chicago Tribune-15 hours ago



It's like complete defiance. As if to say, yeah, and what about it?!?!!

I dare you say anything about it!!

They (Trump and his family) have no intention on stopping the conflicts of interests.

And now that the GOP have their rubber stamp for their tax bill, they could care less.

Because trump has convinced his supporters that the media and anyone who doesn't support him is lying. Breathtaking shit!!!!


The biggest con-artist gets away with lying daily..

They don't make balls any bigger..







White House confirms: Trump talked to Murdoch about Disney deal
CNNMoney-Dec 14, 2017
But Trump's assessment of it might not be right. In announcing the deal, the companies said they would save at least $2 billion by making their businesses more efficient. They didn't specify how they plan on saving money, but mergers between competitors often involve job cuts because of overlap in job ...
Trump applauds Murdoch over Disney-Fox deal amid row over Time ...


ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING!!!!!

New Online Store Is One More Way For Trump To Profit From ...
NPR-Nov 20, 2017
It's not to be confused with Trump's other website, DonaldJTrump.com. That site sells a lot of the same kind of merchandise, but its profits flow to Trump's presidential campaign. By contrast, the profits from TrumpStore.com go to the Trump Organization, which is managed by Trump's two older sons, Eric and ...

Donald Trump is directly profiting from being commander in chief ...
AOL-13 hours ago
President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers have spent more than $1 million at Trump-branded properties for political and fundraising events during Trump's first year in office, according to a report from the Center for Responsive Politics, which shows that Trump is directly profiting from being ...

Trump Is Using DOJ Lawyers to Defend His Right to Profit From the ...
New York Magazine-Nov 16, 2017
Donald Trump entered office with a globe-spanning business empire, a well-earned (and self-promoted) reputation for ruthless greed, and no substantive plan for insulating himself against conflicts of interest. There are a lot of problems with this arrangement. One is that the U.S. Constitution bars presidents ...

In Latest Ethics Offense, NRCC Offers Supporter a Stay in Trump's ...
Common Dreams-Nov 20, 2017
Trump has been accused of profiting off of his presidency, notably by CREW, which has sued (pdf) him for illegally receiving payments from foreign governments. Foreign dignitaries have stayed in the Trump International Hotel since he was elected president, which the group says amounts to a violation of ...
Trump's Latest Conflict of Interest? A Weekend at His DC Hotel ...
Highly Cited-Newsweek-Nov 20, 2017

Profiting Off The Presidency: Trump Selling Christmas MAGA Hats ...
The Ring of Fire Network-Nov 26, 2017
Donald Trump has found yet another way to profit off of the presidency, and his organization is now selling Christmas-themed MAGA hats. But for the yuletide version, hardcore Trump fans are going to have to shell out TWICE as much as they paid for the regular, non-holiday themed MAGA hats. Donald ...

Trump Administration Is the Most Corrupt Government Institution in ...
Newsweek-Dec 12, 2017
In the year since Donald Trump was elected president on a promise to “drain the swamp” of Washington's corruption, Americans have become more, not less, convinced that ... “I know that the effect is that there's an appearance that the businesses are profiting from his occupying the presidency.