Let's Collect dem Scalps

[RandomGuy]

"White House has plan to replace top diplomat with CIA chief: U.S. officials"


Sessions is clinging on by the skin of his teeth, but Tillerson looks to be pushed out.

Tillerson gave up a lot to enter into the post, and will not be happy when he is forced out.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Can you stop being a prima-donna pussy for more than five seconds?

:lol DMC needs a safe space.

[boutons_deux]

TX Joe Barton, BP apologist, out

Conyers out

[Splits]

Omarosa!

[boutons_deux]

white male supremacists, superior American Gen'l Kelly, don't want no knitters in the WH, so some racial cleansing

April Ryan: White House officials texted me ‘Mission accomplished!’ after Omarosa was fired

Manigault did not resign, but was fired (https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/black-twitter-celebrates-as-omarosa-gets-canned-from-white-house-job-congratulations-you-played-yourself/) — at which point,

she flew into a rage and was escorted from the building by White House chief of staff John Kelly and

was “shouting profanities” (https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/364729-april-ryan-omarosa-fired-by-kelly-escorted-out-of-white-house) the entire time.

Ryan said, “She did not have warm feelings with everyone there.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/april-ryan-white-house-officials-texted-me-mission-accomplished-after-omarosa-was-fired/ (https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/april-ryan-white-house-officials-texted-me-mission-accomplished-after-omarosa-was-fired/)

[boutons_deux]

U.S. Republican Representative Farenthold will not seek re-election


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-farenthold/u-s-republican-representative-farenthold-will-not-seek-re-election-reports-idUSKBN1E82BQ

[boutons_deux]

Rep. Dan Johnson kills himself days after being accused of sexual abuse

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2017/12/13/rep-dan-johnson-dead/950666001/

[boutons_deux]

‘I hope you find your people’:

Whoopi bids farewell to Omarosa who’s ‘been so nasty to so many women of color’

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/i-hope-you-find-your-people-whoopi-bids-farewell-to-omarosa-whos-been-so-nasty-to-so-many-woman-of-color/

[boutons_deux]

ABC's Robin Roberts to Omarosa: 'Bye, Felicia'

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/364864-abcs-robin-roberts-to-omarosa-bye-felicia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G05u7ihoYQA

[boutons_deux]

Idaho Republican dead of apparent suicide after resigning amid sexual misconduct allegations

https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Brandon-Hixon.jpg

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/idaho-republican-dead-of-apparent-suicide-after-resigning-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

[Chinook]

Idaho Republican dead of apparent suicide after resigning amid sexual misconduct allegations

https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Brandon-Hixon.jpg

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/idaho-republican-dead-of-apparent-suicide-after-resigning-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

Fuck first August Ames, now ... whatever this guy's name is. The Left is out of control.

[hitmanyr2k]

Two dead Republicans as a result of suicide over sexual allegations in just a few weeks time. More Republicans deciding not to seek re-election. Pizza-gate!!

[RandomGuy]

So now you're region and dialect shaming, because you cannot find enough to hate about the GOP without doing that.

I didn't say it was bad being from the South. You did though. :rollin

[RandomGuy]

Let's deadpool this.

Next high profile person to leave is Tillerson.

[Splits]

Sessions

[RandomGuy]

Sessions

Also a really good one.

[baseline bum]

Sessions

Then Mueller

[RandomGuy]

Then Mueller

Bold move. If that happens, I am taking off work to go to Washington to protest, and I doubt I will be alone.

[baseline bum]

Bold move. If that happens, I am taking off work to go to Washington to protest, and I doubt I will be alone.

You know it's going to happen and McConnell will protect him.

[DMC]

Bold move. If that happens, I am taking off work to go to Washington to protest, and I doubt I will be alone.

But... what about your beer money?

[TSA]

Bold move. If that happens, I am taking off work to go to Washington to protest, and I doubt I will be alone.

Don’t forget your pink pussy hat

[RandomGuy]

Don’t forget your pink pussy hat

Can I borrow yours?

[RandomGuy]

Is Darrell Issa Unresigning From Congress To Spend More Time Losing In Whole New District?


My, what a difference a day makes! Just yesterday, we were sure that when Darrell Issa said he wouldn’t seek reelection to his congressional seat in California’s 49th district (that’s a lot of districts!), he meant he was retiring from Congress to go steal cars and do arson in the private sector, because he’s finally alienated even the fairly conservative people of San Diego. Hillary Clinton won the district in 2016, and Issa barely squeaked out a 1,600 vote win against Democrat and Marine Colonel Doug Applegate. So it seemed reasonable that Issa might be ready to hang up his spurs and his Scripto Aim-n-Flame BBQ lighter.
Read more at https://wonkette.com/628196/is-darrell-issa-unresigning-from-congress-to-spend-more-time-losing-in-whole-new-district#qrAvFkxeemGSLx0l.99

[boutons_deux]

Top US diplomat for refugee issues to leave post


http://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/top-us-diplomat-for-refugee-issues-to-leave-post/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

[boutons_deux]

US ambassador to Panama says he cannot serve Trump


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42671153

[boutons_deux]

Trump appointee quits after CNN unearths anti-Muslim rants


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-appointee/trump-appointee-quits-after-cnn-unearths-anti-muslim-rants-idUSKBN1F818B?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

[boutons_deux]

Most of the National Park Advisory Board abruptly resigned out of frustration and 'profound concern' (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/17/1733512/-Most-of-the-National-Park-Advisory-Board-abruptly-resigned-out-of-frustration-and-profound-concern)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1733512

[boutons_deux]

U.S. Ambassador to Panama Resigns in Disgust with the Trump Administration

John D. Feeley says he can "no longer serve" under the current president.

https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/us-ambassador-panama-resigns-disgust-trump-administration

[boutons_deux]

Superior citizen vet Kelly gonna be fired

Ivanka Trump Reportedly Playing ‘Central Role’ in Search to Replace John Kelly as Chief of Staff

the White House chief of staff, whose relationship with President Donald Trump was “fraught from the beginning, may finally have gone past the point of no return.”

“Two prominent Republicans in frequent contact with the White House” told Sherman that “Trump has discussed choosing Kelly’s successor in recent days, asking a close friend what he thought about David Urban, a veteran Washington lobbyist and political operative who helped engineer Trump’s victory in Pennsylvania.”

Playing a “central role” in that search is Trump’s daughter Ivanka, who has been “quietly field-testing ideas with people.”
“Ivanka is the most worried about it. She’s trying to figure who replaces Kelly,”

https://www.mediaite.com/online/ivanka-trump-reportedly-playing-central-role-in-search-to-replace-john-kelly-as-chief-of-staff/

bimbo airhead ditzy DILF :lol

[hitmanyr2k]

This is like a running theme.

956712551806586885

[boutons_deux]

Another Republican lawmaker will not seek re-election after sex harassment claim


https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/another-republican-lawmaker-will-not-seek-re-election-sex-harassment-claim/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

[boutons_deux]

Trash's head of CDC forced out for investing in tobacco stocks

[boutons_deux]

Did somebody says SCALPS?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHwOMWGAg_o

[boutons_deux]

Wanted: Homicidal Maniac for US Ambassador to Seoul (https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/02/07/wanted-homicidal-maniac-for-us-ambassador-to-seoul/)

For some jobs, only a homicidal maniac will do.

On February 2, it was reported that Korea expert Victor Cha had been removed from consideration for American ambassador to Seoul.

The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/us/politics/white-house-pentagon-north-korea.html) said that Cha believes

he was dropped because he opposes a US attack on North Korea.

Wimp.

The US has had no South Korean ambassador since Donald Trump became president.

Cha, a distinguished expert on Korea who is well-known and liked in South Korea,

had already been approved by Seoul.

Cha possesses two traits not normally found in Trump appointees: intelligence and competence.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/02/07/wanted-homicidal-maniac-for-us-ambassador-to-seoul/

[Splits]

961314909148590080

[Reck]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHwOMWGAg_o

Oh wrong scalp. Never mind. :lmao

[boutons_deux]

I bet Kelly is gone soon, Ivanka wants somebody who will defend Trash better against Mueller

[Reck]

I bet Kelly is gone soon, Ivanka wants somebody who will defend Trash better against Mueller

If he survives his latest and more blatant disgusting behavior, he will stay until Trump himself is gone.

Wife beater defender.

[Reck]

So who's gonna call dibs on Hope Hicks?

968960880825323520

[RandomGuy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHwOMWGAg_o

Oh wrong scalp. Never mind. :lmao

Reck with the gold embed coding.

[clambake]

trump berated her for admitting to telling lies. lol

[Trill Clinton]

Where can I apply for all these job openings in the WH? I don't see anything on usajobs.gov.

[boutons_deux]

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico to Quit Amid Tense Relations Under Trump


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/world/americas/us-ambassador-mexico.html

[RandomGuy]

trump [verb past tense ]her

Lewinski... cough cough...

[Splits]

Lordy!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXK5cVlW0AAOaxD.jpg

[boutons_deux]

After Trump tensions, McMaster likely to exit White House

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-preparing-for-mcmaster-exit-as-early-as-next-month/ar-BBJLdfe

and DILF Ivanka wants Kelly gone, too.

[RandomGuy]

Lordy!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXK5cVlW0AAOaxD.jpg

At this point, we need some oompa loompas to be singing about the perils of greed and ignorance.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/195/621/e02.jpg

[Splits]

971150797135282177

[RandomGuy]

971150797135282177

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/195/621/e02.jpg

Oompa Loompa ooompatee doo, I have another riddle for you.

What do you get when you work for an ignorant shit? A reputation not worth a spit...

[RandomGuy]

The U.S. Forest Service Chief Has Resigned Amid a Sexual Misconduct Investigation, Report Says


After just six months helming the U.S. Forest Service, chief Tony Tooke announced his immediate retirement Wednesday amid an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations, PBS NewsHour reports.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said last week it “engaged an independent investigator” to look into complaints about Tooke following a NewsHour investigation into the agency’s allegedly pervasive culture of sexual harassment and past retaliations against those who tried to report misconduct. The investigation also reported that Tooke had relationships with subordinates before he became chief in September.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/195/621/e02.jpg

Oompa Loompa ooompatee dance, if you are wise you'll zip up your pants.

What do you get when you hire sleazeballs? Creepy dudes showing their balls...

[boutons_deux]

Sexual abuse in US forest service is an old story

[spursistan]

Another one bites the dust...

Rex; it was fun while it lasted :lol

[boutons_deux]

White House Fires Aide Who Contradicted Terms of Tillerson's Firing

— Two U.S. officials say the White House has fired one of Rex Tillerson’s top aides after he contradicted the official account of the secretary of state’s dismissal by President Donald Trump.

The officials said Steve Goldstein, the undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, was informed of the move shortly after he released a statement in his name saying that Tillerson was “unaware of the reason” for his termination.

Goldstein had also told reporters that Tillerson learned of his firing Tuesday morning from Trump’s tweet announcing he was nominating CIA chief Mike Pompeo to lead the State Department.

http://time.com/5197820/white-house-rex-tillerson-goldstein/

[boutons_deux]

Another one bites the dust...

Rex; it was fun while it lasted :lol

He did achieve much of Bannon's "destruction of govt" while at State Dept

Rexxon was always a bad choice, just another BFFO (best friend for oil) with Pootin.

[Splits]

Let's deadpool this.

Next high profile person to leave is Tillerson.

+1

[spurraider21]

WaPo reported back in july or august that trump wanted to can tillerson... looks like trump held out for a while to try to discredit the story. but this was inevitable

[RandomGuy]

"White House has plan to replace top diplomat with CIA chief: U.S. officials"


Sessions is clinging on by the skin of his teeth, but Tillerson looks to be pushed out.

Tillerson gave up a lot to enter into the post, and will not be happy when he is forced out.

... and SCENE!!!

[RandomGuy]

Let's deadpool this.

Next high profile person to leave is Tillerson.

I was wrong. Hope Hicks was next.

Then there was this guy:

Longtime Trump aide fired over financial crime investigation

(CNN)President Donald Trump's longtime personal aide John McEntee was fired because he is currently under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security for serious financial crimes, a source familiar with his firing told CNN.

The charges are not related to the President, the source said.
Minutes after news of his departure broke, the Trump campaign announced McEntee would be joining the reelection effort as a senior adviser for campaign operations.
McEntee was escorted from the White House on Monday, three sources with knowledge of the matter told CNN. Two sources initially said McEntee was pushed out because of issues with his security clearance, but another source familiar with the matter later said he had been granted a permanent security clearance before was abruptly fired.

...

McEntee, who joined the Trump campaign in its first months, is the latest of the President's longest-serving aides to leave or announce plans to leave the White House, following the resignation of White House communications direct Hope Hicks two weeks earlier.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/politics/john-mcentee-white-house-security-clearance/index.html

[RandomGuy]

Don’t forget your pink pussy hat

Tillerson's out

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/195/621/e02.jpg

Oompa Loompa ooompatee flusha, this what you get for when you side with Russia.

What do you get when you elect sleazeballs? Russian spies roaming the halls...

[boutons_deux]

WAPO: Trash has decided to fire McMaster

[boutons_deux]

To deflect from his shithole Presidency and from being shitted on by Mueller, Trash is preparing, with Israel and Saudi Arabia, to attack Iran.

[boutons_deux]

“Part of the reason Keith Kellogg is in contention to be national security adviser is

because, in part,

the president ‘likes his company and thinks he is fun,'”

Maddow said, quoting Parker’s report.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/msnbcs-maddow-left-speechless-learning-trump-plans-replace-mcmaster-someone-fun/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

[TSA]

Splits is okay to throw McCabe in this thread?

[monosylab1k]

Splits is okay to throw McCabe in this thread?

A lifelong Republican getting dicked over? Sure, we’ll take that scalp :tu

[Spurminator]

I have no opinion of McCabe whatsoever, but what a petty and dickish firing.

[TSA]

I have no opinion of McCabe whatsoever, but what a petty and dickish firing.

Should the FBI OPR ignore recommendations from Obama appointed inspector general?

[Spurminator]

TSA approves, no surprise there.

[TSA]

TSA approves, no surprise there.

How do you not approve of his firing?

Did you oppose Obama appointing Horowitz?

Did you oppose the investigation by the OIG that Democrats called for and received?

[Pavlov]

Splits is okay to throw McCabe in this thread?A Republican who got fired for helping Trump?

Sure, why not?

[Spurminator]

How do you not approve of his firing?

Did you oppose Obama appointing Horowitz?

Did you oppose the investigation by the OIG that Democrats called for and received?

I specifically said I have no opinion of him. I have not read this IG report. The fact that Horowitz was hired by Obama or that the Democrats called for the investigation is not relevant. Those are details that are only important to mindless scoreboarders like yourself.

The President you cheerlead for is a petty embarrassment who gloats on social media about people about to be fired and about people who are fired. This should trouble everyone.

[Reck]

I specifically said I have no opinion of him. I have not read this IG report. The fact that Horowitz was hired by Obama or that the Democrats called for the investigation is not relevant. Those are details that are only important to mindless scoreboarders like yourself.

The President you cheerlead for is a petty embarrassment who gloats on social media about people about to be fired and about people who are fired. This should trouble everyone.

TSA getting the boom dropped on his head. :lol

[TSA]

I specifically said I have no opinion of him. I have not read this IG report. The fact that Horowitz was hired by Obama or that the Democrats called for the investigation is not relevant. Those are details that are only important to mindless scoreboarders like yourself.

The President you cheerlead for is a petty embarrassment who gloats on social media about people about to be fired and about people who are fired. This should trouble everyone.

Do McCabe’s actions trouble you as much as Trump’s tweets?

[Pavlov]

Do McCabe’s actions trouble you as much as Trump’s tweets?What was he fired for exactly?

[RandomGuy]

Do McCabe’s actions trouble you as much as Trump’s tweets?

But looking at that in isolation completely misses the big picture. The big picture is a tale of what can happen when law enforcement is politicized, public servants are attacked, and people who are supposed to cherish and protect our institutions become instruments for damaging those institutions and people.
Here is the reality: I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey. The release of this report was accelerated only after my testimony to the House Intelligence Committee revealed that I would corroborate former Director Comey's accounts of his discussions with the President. The OIG's focus on me and this report became a part of an unprecedented effort by the Administration, driven by the President himself, to remove me from my position, destroy my reputation, and possibly strip me of a pension that I worked 21 years to earn. The accelerated release of the report, and the punitive actions taken in response, make sense only when viewed through this lens. Thursday's comments from the White House are just the latest example of this.

Obstruction.
of.
Justice.

Inexorable.

[RandomGuy]

Should the FBI OPR ignore recommendations from Obama appointed inspector general?

Are you comfortable with the level of turnover in this administration?

What does that say to you that so many senior people picked by Trump have been ousted/quit?

[boutons_deux]

He loves Trash, but lawyer Dowd gone, forever stained by his proximity to toxic Trash

[spurraider21]

McMaster

[baseline bum]

Time to scalp that faggot Pruitt now?

[TSA]

But looking at that in isolation completely misses the big picture. The big picture is a tale of what can happen when law enforcement is politicized, public servants are attacked, and people who are supposed to cherish and protect our institutions become instruments for damaging those institutions and people.
Here is the reality: I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey. The release of this report was accelerated only after my testimony to the House Intelligence Committee revealed that I would corroborate former Director Comey's accounts of his discussions with the President. The OIG's focus on me and this report became a part of an unprecedented effort by the Administration, driven by the President himself, to remove me from my position, destroy my reputation, and possibly strip me of a pension that I worked 21 years to earn. The accelerated release of the report, and the punitive actions taken in response, make sense only when viewed through this lens. Thursday's comments from the White House are just the latest example of this.

Obstruction.
of.
Justice.

Inexorable.

Lied to Comey. Lied to FBI OPR. Lied to the IG twice under oath.

:cry I’m being singled out :cry
:cry gofundme pls :cry

[Pavlov]

Lied to Comey. Lied to FBI OPR. Lied to the IG twice under oath.

:cry I’m being singled out :cry
:cry gofundme pls :cryI still don't get the laughing at defense funds.

Do you mock Mike Flynn's defense fund?

Yes or no.

[Reck]

983710809405710336

Who's claming this faggot?

[RandomGuy]

Lied to Comey. Lied to FBI OPR. Lied to the IG twice under oath.

:cry I’m being singled out :cry
:cry gofundme pls :cry

So many smileys... so much butthurt.

Such a shitty president for you to worship.

I really do pity you.

[RandomGuy]

983710809405710336

Who's claming this faggot?

I had Tillerson, but that was a while back.

Tossup between Rosenstein and Pruitt

Rosenstein's firing would be the worse, so I am going to put my money on Pruitt.

If it's Rosenstein... that may be close to the last firing that Trump does, IMO. Rosensteins firing would bolster Mueller's obstruction charge.

[boutons_deux]

If it's Rosenstein... that may be close to the last firing that Trump does, IMO.

Rosensteins firing would bolster Mueller's obstruction charge.

Repugs will not impeach/convict.

Repugs won't even let Mueller's report go public, or redacted so badly as to be useless.

Repugs, in their unlimited bad faith towards America, want Trash to "do anything he wants" without punishment to prove that therefore Repugs can do anything the oligarchy/Repugs want (eg, like denying Obama his SCOTUS judge) without punishment.

[baseline bum]

I had Tillerson, but that was a while back.

Tossup between Rosenstein and Pruitt

Rosenstein's firing would be the worse, so I am going to put my money on Pruitt.

If it's Rosenstein... that may be close to the last firing that Trump does, IMO. Rosensteins firing would bolster Mueller's obstruction charge.

There is no way in hell he's firing Pruitt. Pruitt has been extremely effective gutting the EPA just like our Dear Leader wants.

[TSA]

983710809405710336

Who's claming this faggot?

That's Bolton's scalp, and he'll have more.

[TSA]

So many smileys... so much butthurt.

Such a shitty president for you to worship.

I really do pity you.

Should McCabe have been fired for lying to Comey, the FBI OPR, and the IG yes or no? Unless you don't want to talk about what you quoted.

[spurraider21]

i've only claimed DeVos

[Spurminator]

Should McCabe have been fired for lying to Comey, the FBI OPR, and the IG yes or no? Unless you don't want to talk about what you quoted.

You need to know that your "yes or no" bit betrays a lack of interest in (or ability to discuss) nuance. Is it purposeful or is it just a symptom of how you've been mentally damaged as a result of you immersion in alt-right bullshit?

[boutons_deux]

RNC official resigns amid $1.6 million hush payment to ex-Playboy model

The payment was arranged by President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, who personally made $250,000

Sources told (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/13/trump-lawyer-brokered-1-point-6-million-hush-deal-for-top-gop-fundraiser-wsj.html) CNBC that Cohen made $250,000 for brokering the deal.

https://www.salon.com/2018/04/14/rnc-official-resigns-amid-1-6-million-hush-payment-to-ex-playboy-model/

[spurraider21]

You need to know that your "yes or no" bit betrays a lack of interest in (or ability to discuss) nuance. Is it purposeful or is it just a symptom of how you've been mentally damaged as a result of you immersion in alt-right bullshit?
He picked it up from chump

[boutons_deux]

(scalped at) Bureau Of Indian :lol Affairs Director Resigns After Just 6 Months On The Job

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke appointed Bryan Rice to lead the bureau in October.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bureau-indian-affairs-resignation_us_5ae21934e4b04aa23f21023a?utm_medium =email&utm_campaign=__TheMorningEmail__042718&utm_content=__TheMorningEmail__042718+CID_aa384a20 ed1f19082cd443452271b0ea&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=HuffPost&ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__042718

[boutons_deux]

Two top aides to EPA chief Scott Pruitt resign amid ethics investigations

The top security official for embattled Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt abruptly left office

ahead of his scheduled questioning before a congressional panel,

one of two top aides whose departures were announced Tuesday amid a series of federal ethics investigations of the agency.

In statements, Pruitt gave no immediate reasons why the two men —

security chief Pasquale "Nino" Perrotta and

Albert Kelly, a former Oklahoma banker who ran the EPA's Superfund program

— were leaving.

Perrotta is due to appear Wednesday for a transcribed interview by staffers of the House Oversight Committee.

Committee aides said his resignation was not expected to affect his appearance.

Pruitt's spending on security, and some of EPA's security contracts with Perrotta, are among the topics of more than a dozen federal probes involving the EPA under

Pruitt, a former Oklahoma attorney general. :lol
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/la-na-pol-scott-pruitt-aides-resign-20180501-story.html#nws=mcnewsletter

[RandomGuy]

Should McCabe have been fired for lying to Comey, the FBI OPR, and the IG yes or no? Unless you don't want to talk about what you quoted.

McCabe's lack of candor should have been the reason he was asked to retire at the earliest possible time.

This was one lack of good judgment at the end of a long, otherwise honorable career of public service.

[boutons_deux]

Trump Replaces Ty Cobb With Clinton Impeachment Lawyer

Emmet T. Flood is slated to replace Cobb, who has led the White House’s interactions with special counsel Robert Mueller’s office.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-cobb-flood-mueller_us_5ae9e922e4b022f71a04650d

[RandomGuy]

You need to know that your "yes or no" bit betrays a lack of interest in (or ability to discuss) nuance. Is it purposeful or is it just a symptom of how you've been mentally damaged as a result of you immersion in alt-right bullshit?

He got that from me. He got the shit hammered out of him on multiple occasions because he is a dishonest shit, and that kind of questioning forces one to admit the weak points in an argument. Prosecutors ask questions on that manner of hostile witnesses. Not being really adept at critical thinking, nor really committed to intellectual honesty though hampers him from using it effectively, as here.

Here, he posted a stilted question, with a flawed premise "McCabe lied", when what happened was simply referred to as a "lack of candor", which is not quite the same.

Ironic usage from someone who consistently leaves out important information in his assertions, to criticize anyone else for doing so.

[boutons_deux]

Sudden Departure Of White House Global Health Security Head Has Experts Worried

Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer is among the departures since John Bolton became head of the National Security Council.

“Admiral Ziemer’s departure is deeply alarming, especially when the administration is actively working to cut funds (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/who-ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-of-congo_us_5af1d563e4b0ab5c3d6a9285) that addressed past pandemics like Ebola,” Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.), the vice ranking member of the foreign affairs committee, told HuffPost in a statement. “Expertise like his is critical in avoiding large outbreaks.”

Ziemer’s exit follows the departure (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-homeland-security-adviser-resigns-amid-continued-turnover-in-trump-administration/2018/04/10/15db518a-3ccb-11e8-a7d1-e4efec6389f0_story.html?utm_term=.2f1b8bc146ba) last month of White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert, who was another champion of investment (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-biodefense/white-house-developing-comprehensive-biosecurity-strategy-official-idUSKBN1A52HZ) in global health security. Bossert left the day after Bolton began as national security adviser.

Ron Klain, the former Ebola “czar” under President Barack Obama, told HuffPost the combination of their departures was a blow to global health security.

“Proposing a rescission of Ebola contingency funds (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/who-ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-of-congo_us_5af1d563e4b0ab5c3d6a9285) on the very day that a new Ebola outbreak is announced is badly misguided; forcing out the two top officials in charge of epidemic response at the White House – Tom Bossert and Tim Ziemer – is even worse,”


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tim-ziemer-global-health-security-leaves_us_5af37dfbe4b0859d11d02290?utm_medium=emai l&utm_campaign=__TheMorningEmail__051018&utm_content=__TheMorningEmail__051018+CID_a8166e08 c10db99f79613a8335a7b684&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=HuffPost&ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__051018

Bolton OBVIOUSLY has no use for humanitarian projects, esp not for non-whites.

[Winehole23]

When reached by phone, Jahan Wilcox, an EPA spokesperson, would not comment. He said: “You have a great day, you’re a piece of trash.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/top-aide-to-epa-administrator-scott-pruitt-resigns/561974/

[Winehole23]

ELAINA PLOTT (https://www.theatlantic.com/author/elaina-plott/) is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She was previously a staff writer at Washingtonian, and a Buckley Fellow at National Review.

[Pavlov]

Almost forgot.

1004147256898007046

lol

[boutons_deux]

A major resignation just rocked Trump’s EPA

The embattled EPA chief just recently lost a top aide who was tired of defending him against scandal, reports The Atlantic, (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/top-aide-to-epa-administrator-scott-pruitt-resigns/561974/) his tenure so embroiled in scandal this it has actually started to scare people away.


Millan Hupp’s resignation will take effect as of Friday, the publication reported.

Hupp’s resignation comes just five days after reports surfaced (https://washingtonpress.com/2018/06/01/a-brand-new-scott-pruitt-scandal-just-surged-into-the-national-spotlight/) contradicting Pruitt’s prior claims that “career staffers” within the EPA signed off on his gross expenditures, a practice which would be greatly reduced once he brought fresh blood into the fold.

Hupp was part of that fresh blood, as he was one of two individuals who followed Pruitt from Oklahoma to D.C.

Pruitt subsequently went over government officials heads to sign off on a pay raise for Hupp and Sarah Greenwalt, the other aide.

https://washingtonpress.com/2018/06/06/a-major-resignation-just-rocked-trumps-epa/

[boutons_deux]

Sarah Greenwalt, longtime aide to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, resigns

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-pruitt-aide-sarah-greenwalt-resigns/

[Winehole23]

traitors at National Review calling for Pruitt to resign:


we are now at a point where a good week for Pruitt sees only one report of behavior that is bizarre or venal. He seems to have used government employees to secure a job for his wife and to get a discount on a mattress. His top aides got hefty raises, and Pruitt first told Fox News he did not know about those raises and then told a House committee that he did. He reportedly told aides to find reasons for him to take official trips to countries he wanted to see, and had security aides run errands such as searching for his favorite lotion. And that’s just the start.https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/scott-pruitt-should-resign/

[boutons_deux]

A top Trump official just rocked the White House with resignation announcement

Joe Hagin

— the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and the man who was tasked with salvaging preparations for the Singapore summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un after the first round of planning imploded —

will be leaving the administration next month


https://washingtonpress.com/2018/06/19/a-top-trump-official-just-rocked-the-white-house-with-resignation-announcement/

[Winehole23]

smart man.

he got out before anyone noticed.

[Winehole23]

where's Chris, got something for him.

there's not much more meat on the bone than the one Chris posted about the NXIVM homeless encampment near Tuscon, but here you at least have the counterparties occupying the same physical space, at some point.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5858977/Top-Trump-aide-Joe-Hagin-worked-Libya-key-backers-alleged-sex-cult-NXIVM.html

[Pavlov]

where's Chris, got something for him.

there's not much more meat on the bone than the one Chris posted about the NXIVM homeless encampment near Tuscon, but here you at least have the counterparties occupying the same physical space, at some point.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5858977/Top-Trump-aide-Joe-Hagin-worked-Libya-key-backers-alleged-sex-cult-NXIVM.htmlYep, the Trump administration has strong ties to det sex cult.

No one can refute or deny.

Set in stone for eternity.

Bump the mother of all conspiracies thread.

[Spurminator]

Hmmm

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgJz1HbXUAAF7Hu.jpg

[spurraider21]

1014956573095915520

[boutons_deux]

Andy wheeler will probably be less corrupt than Pruitt, but he will not reverse Pruitt's policies, but continue them and add other retrograde policies, fucking Amerca and Americans.

[spurraider21]

Andy Scott will probably be less corrupt than Pruitt, but he will not reverse Pruitt's policies, but continue them and add other retrograde policies, fucking Amerca and Americans.
:lmao andy scott

[spurraider21]

and no, he won't be any "better" than pruitt. he's a coal shill

[RandomGuy]

smart man.

he got out before anyone noticed.

Trumps spreading taint. It will claim more victims. This adminstraion has been marked by people who were either incompetent, or corrupt. Seems like one or the other is required.

[Pavlov]

Trumps spreading taint.You just described his private meeting with Putin.

[Trill Clinton]

Hopefully he gets prosecuted and sent to prison next.

[ducks]

Andy Scott will probably be less corrupt than Pruitt, but he will not reverse Pruitt's policies, but continue them and add other retrograde policies, fucking Amerca and Americans.

not worse then others before him

[Pavlov]

not worse then others before himYeah, Pruitt was worse. That's why he had to resign.

[RandomGuy]

Seems like we need to give that chick with the toddler a fucking medal.

http://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/EqVl6MN6KW3OiC_wmV3id4od7g0=/1400x0/www.trbimg.com/img-5b3aaea2/turbine/ny-1530572447-bxluegv2dy-snap-image/2000

[DMX7]

This thread was the first thing I thought about when I heard the news lol.

[ducks]

Seems like we need to give that chick with the toddler a fucking medal.

http://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/EqVl6MN6KW3OiC_wmV3id4od7g0=/1400x0/www.trbimg.com/img-5b3aaea2/turbine/ny-1530572447-bxluegv2dy-snap-image/2000

wow calling her a chick is racist you know

[DMX7]

Trump hires only the best.... only the best. :lol

[RandomGuy]

not worse then others before him

No one before him had a $30,000 private phone booth did they?

Maybe you can tell me which one was pressuring industry groups to hire his wife?

[Pavlov]

:lol

1014969626122280960

[RandomGuy]

wow calling her a chick is racist you know

(sigh)

[Chucho]

wow calling her a chick is racist you know


Is Derp giving you vocabulary lessons? The word you are looking for is "sexist", not "racist". Get a refund.

[Monostradamus]

wow calling her a chick is racist you know
:lmao

[spurraider21]

https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/36768715_10156696690156800_7618538007552851968_n.j pg?_nc_cat=1&oh=a2fdd5c6f0ba128548c8dbdfb980646c&oe=5BA43FE7

[boutons_deux]

EPA employees ‘openly celebrated’ in the halls upon hearing news of Scott Pruitt resignation: report

the employees of the agency couldn’t be more happy.

one career staffer revealed, “It was very openly celebratory” in the halls of EPA today.

the EPA still had not formally been told about the resignation as of close of business Thursday. :lol

“He came to me and he said

look I have such great confidence in the administration :lol suck the little orange dick

I don’t want to be a distraction and I think Scott felt that he was a distraction,” Trump said.

“It was very much up to him.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/epa-employees-openly-celebrated-halls-news-scott-pruitt-resignation-report/

[MultiTroll]

:lol replacement is former coal lobbyist.

Ya I'm sure a lot will change.

[SnakeBoy]

:lol replacement is former coal lobbyist.

Ya I'm sure a lot will change.

Yeah but dem scalps

[Winehole23]

yeah, DJT ain't forever

[boutons_deux]

yeah, DJT ain't forever

DJT isn't the biggest problem, nor is Pruitt's Christ-like corruption.

It's the destruction of the Exec branch, regulations, etc by the oligarchy's Repug kakistocracy that will last so much longer, decades after Trash is gone, much like Repugs' War for Iraq Oil is still shitting on the planet.

It's the Repug defunding of govt into dyfunctionality.

the coal guy replacing Pruitt will be as bad for EPA policy, and probably worse the Pruitt

[boutons_deux]

Pruitt Survived By Praising Trump, Who In Turn Fired Pruitt Without Speaking To Him

Pruitt mechanically praised the President, calling him “brilliant” and a “political revolutionary,” in the Post’s words.

The two men bonded over their shared paranoia,

regularly grousing about the “deep state” and former aides

who they thought collaborated to upend their agenda,

according to White House officials familiar with the meetings who spoke to the Post.



Trump reportedly enjoyed Pruitt presence too, and

tried to ignore the constant barrage of news reports on his EPA chief’s scandals, which

ranged from excessive spending on flight to scrubbing his official calendar to hide meetings.

But despite the consistent praise, Trump finally decided by Thursday morning that Pruitt’s behavior was too much of a political burden for him to bear.

He directed his staff to ask for Pruitt’s resignation (https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/epa-administrator-scott-pruitt-resigns) without speaking to him and

tweeted about the ouster after he received the letter.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/pruitt-survived-praise-trump-fired-without-word?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20tpm-news%20%28TPMNews%29 (https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/pruitt-survived-praise-trump-fired-without-word?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20tpm-news%20%28TPMNews%29)

===================

Pruitt's vomit-inducing, dick-sucking, ass-kissing resignation letter:

I believe you are serving as President today because of God's providence.

I believe that same providence brought me into your service.

I pray as I have served you that I have blessed you and enabled you to effectively lead the American people.

Thank you again Mr. President for the honor of serving you and I wish you Godspeed

in all that you put your hand to.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/05/politics/scott-pruitt-resignation-letter/index.html

[RandomGuy]

yeah, DJT ain't forever

Neither is gerrymandering. People move, as I have become acutely aware in doing blockwalking and talking to others doing the same in my county.

[ElNono]

HHS official who spread conspiracy theories forced out

Ximena Barreto — a Donald Trump political appointee who used social media to spread conspiracy theories about a supposed pizza shop sex ring and made other inflammatory remarks — was escorted from Health and Human Services Department headquarters Friday, according to an individual with knowledge of the situation.

Barreto resigned, the individual said. HHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment. An email sent to Barreto’s HHS account Friday night produced a bounce-back message that the message was “undeliverable.”

Before joining HHS as a deputy communications director in December 2017, Barreto spread conspiracy theories on social media and through online videos — among them that Hillary Clinton was engaged in a child-sex ring at a Washington pizza shop, involved in the murder of Democratic National Committee aide Seth Rich and employed pedophiles in her campaign. Barreto also repeatedly insulted Islam as a “cult” and shared a post suggesting that “our forefathers would have hung” Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for treason, CNN and other outlets first reported.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/27/hhs-official-conspiracy-theories-resigns-ximena-barreto-747461

[clambake]

welcome chris collins and your entire family.

[clambake]

got the goods on this guy.

[Spurminator]

Trump draining the swamp by hiring the swamp and putting a bigger target on them. 4D chess baby!

[clambake]

Trump draining the swamp by hiring the swamp and putting a bigger target on them. 4D chess baby!

i think trump is confusing "drain" with "dredge"

[hitmanyr2k]

Winner of the day :lol I bet this guy is thinking THANK GOD Manafort and Cohen stole my thunder today.


Rep. Duncan Hunter, wife indicted on corruption charges in California

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/21/rep-duncan-hunter-wife-indicted-on-corruption-charges-in-california.html

[boutons_deux]

Rep. Duncan Hunter Indicted for Rampant Misuse of Campaign Funds
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/08/rep-duncan-hunter-wife-indicted-for-rampant-misuse-of-campaign-funds.html

[boutons_deux]

Vaping Congressman, Whose Card Bought Steam Games With Campaign Money, Indicted On Fraud Charges (https://kotaku.com/vaping-congressman-whose-card-bought-steam-games-with-1828507851)<vaping video>

https://kotaku.com/vaping-congressman-whose-card-bought-steam-games-with-1828507851?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29

[Winehole23]

the overt acts section is lengthy. the Hunters were basically using the campaign as a personal piggy bank.

https://www.scribd.com/document/386765660/Duncan-Hunter-indictment

[Pavlov]

Winner of the day :lol I bet this guy is thinking THANK GOD Manafort and Cohen stole my thunder today.



http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/21/rep-duncan-hunter-wife-indicted-on-corruption-charges-in-california.htmlIs that TSA's representative?

lol if true

[Winehole23]

in our system, this isn't illegal. it's probably even survivable, politically speaking.

1031978493792247808

[Pavlov]

Cliff's Notes on the Hunter lulz:

1032290892319735808

[RandomGuy]

Cliff's Notes on the Hunter lulz:

1032290892319735808


It was the second indictment of a sitting Republican congressman in the past three weeks and the latest blow in an onslaught of recent damaging developments for the GOP in the run-up to the November midterm elections. It’s not just that both lawmakers were early and enthusiastic supporters of President Trump; Hunter and Representative Chris Collins of New York, who was indicted earlier this month, were the first two House members to publicly endorse the president’s 2016 campaign. But Hunter’s indictment in particular presents an unexpected threat to the House GOP majority, putting what is usually a safe Republican seat in play just two and a half months before the election.

Holy shit. Ima keeping my avatar...
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/duncan-hunter-trump-indictment-chris-collins/568165

[RandomGuy]

Cliff's Notes on the Hunter lulz:

1032290892319735808


•After the family shelled out more than $14,000 on a trip to Italy, Hunter attempted to set up a tour at a U.S. naval facility there to make the excursion look campaign-related. Navy officials couldn’t comply with the particular date he wanted to visit, so Hunter told his chief of staff to “tell the Navy to go fuck themselves.”

[Winehole23]

Nunes’ PAC spent $7,300 on tickets at TD Garden, home of the Celtics, on Feb. 9, 2017, $5,700 on tickets on April 11, 2017 and $1,588 on tickets on May 8, 2017.


The Celtics had home games within a few days of those purchases. The May date was during playoffs against the Washington Wizards. The PAC also spent $3,594 for a four-star hotel in Boston, the Omni Parker House, on May 8, 2017.


Nunes raises little money from Massachusetts. His campaign fund has received about half of one percent of funding this cycle from Massachusetts and New PAC received one $5,000 donation from the state in this election cycle, from the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance PAC.



While trips to Las Vegas were common enough among members of Congress to have its own category in the CLC and Issue One report, Nunes was listed as having spent the most there since 2013.https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article215099780.html

[Winehole23]

Duncan Hunter throws his wife under the bus:


When I went to Iraq in 2003, the first time, I gave her power of attorney and she handled my finances throughout my whole military career and she continued that when I got to Congress. Whatever she did, that will be looked at too, I’m sure. But I didn’t do it. I didn’t spend any money illegally. I didn’t use campaign money, especially for Wounded Warriors, there’s no way.

[Winehole23]

Duncan Hunter resigns from committees:

1033041000829214721

[boutons_deux]

Hunter didn't know about his wife's criminal spending until it was exposed?

not curious about where the money had gone?

[boutons_deux]

Ex-GOP official stole $1 million from taxpayers to go on lavish vacations — blames mental illness for thefts

A Republican former state official in North Carolina pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $1 million (https://www.wral.com/laura-riddick-case-ex-wake-register-of-deeds-pleads-guilty-to-theft-charges/17792068/) Friday — and

claimed a mental illness causing her to compulsively hoard money led to the theft.

Raleigh’s WRAL reported that former Wake County Register of Deeds Laura Riddick received six felony charges of embezzlement by a public officer.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/ex-gop-official-stole-1-million-taxpayers-go-lavish-vacations-blames-mental-illness-thefts/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

[boutons_deux]

Student Loan Watchdog Quits, Says Trump Administration 'Turned Its Back' On Borrowers

The federal official in charge of protecting student borrowers from predatory lending practices has stepped down.
In a scathing resignation letter, Seth Frotman, who until now was the student loan ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, says current leadership "has turned its back on young people and their financial futures."

The letter was addressed to Mick Mulvaney, the bureau's acting director.

In the letter, obtained by NPR (https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=4784891-Frotman-Letter), Frotman accuses Mulvaney and the Trump administration of undermining the CFPB and its ability to protect student borrowers.

"Unfortunately, under your leadership,

the Bureau has abandoned the very consumers it is tasked by Congress with protecting," it read.

"Instead, you have used the Bureau to serve the wishes of the most powerful financial companies in America."

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/27/642199524/student-loan-watchdog-quits-blames-trump-administration

[boutons_deux]

White House Counsel Don McGahn is reportedly stepping down this fall (http://theweek.com/speedreads/793015/white-house-counsel-don-mcgahn-reportedly-stepping-down-fall)

White House Counsel Don McGahn is going to leave the White House in the fall, probably after the midterms or the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh,

http://theweek.com/speedreads/793015/white-house-counsel-don-mcgahn-reportedly-stepping-down-fall

[Winehole23]

DHS official Ian M. Smith resigns after emails reveal alt-right schmoozing.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/emails-link-former-dhs-policy-analyst-to-white-nationalists/568843/

[boutons_deux]

Sen. Chuck Grassley Pleads Trump in Bizarre Tweet: ‘U Can’t Let’ Don McGahn Leave White House

ChuckGrassley
✔@ChuckGrassley

@realDonaldTrump I hope it’s not true McGahn is leaving WhiteHouse Counsel.

U can’t let that happen :lo "Lock him up!"

9:53 AM - Aug 29, 2018

It was reported earlier this month that

McGahn had been cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller,

which may have something to do with his departure from the White House.

Why Grassley would want McGahn to stay – and why he would say so publicly – is unknown.

Politico’s Jake Sherman has a theory:


Jake Sherman
✔@JakeSherman

initial reaction from the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

It seems like the White House leg affairs office — which is building back up at the moment —

has not informed key stakeholders about this massive decision


https://www.mediaite.com/online/chuck-grassley-pleads-trump-in-bizarre-tweet-u-cant-let-don-mcgahn-leave-white-house/

[RandomGuy]

DHS official Ian M. Smith resigns after emails reveal alt-right schmoozing.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/emails-link-former-dhs-policy-analyst-to-white-nationalists/568843/

average is two high level resignations or sackings per month.

I think the only saving grace for this administration is that it is too incompetent to do as much damage as they would like to do.

"a thinly staffed criminal enterprise"

[boutons_deux]

NYT: Trump Asked Porter ‘Several Times’ To Replace McGahn As WH Counsel Last Year

President Donald Trump asked former White House staff secretary and alleged spousal abuser Rob Porter several times if he’d be willing to become White House counsel last year,

Porter told Trump that he didn’t believe he was qualified to be White House counsel.

Trump surprised (https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mcgahn-surprised-trump-announcement) the current White House counsel, Don McGahn, :lol Did Trash have the balls to "surprise" to his face? :lol

when he announced Wednesday that McGahn “will be leaving his position in the fall, shortly after the confirmation (hopefully) of Judge Brett Kavanaugh.”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nyt-trump-asked-porter-several-times-to-replace-mcgahn-as-wh-counsel-last-year?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tpm-news+%28TPMNews%29 (https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nyt-trump-asked-porter-several-times-to-replace-mcgahn-as-wh-counsel-last-year?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tpm-news+%28TPMNews%29)

[Winehole23]

the heat gets turned up on Andrew Cuomo, like DJT surrounded by swamp creature felons:


A prominent law firm that formerly represented Harvey Weinstein (https://pagesix.com/tag/harvey-weinstein/) handed over a $25,000 check to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (https://pagesix.com/tag/andrew-cuomo/)‘s campaign six days before the governor called off a probe into the handling of sexual misconduct allegations against the disgraced movie mogul, public records show.


The hefty contribution from Manhattan firm Boies Schiller & Flexner came on June 20, according to records on the state Board of Elections website.


Less than a week later, Cuomo called for a six-month halt of state Attorney General Barbara Underwood’s investigation into Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance (https://pagesix.com/tag/cy-vance/) for deciding not to prosecute Weinstein for a 2015 groping incident.


The temporary suspension was ordered (https://pagesix.com/2018/08/29/cuomo-suspends-probe-into-cy-vances-handling-of-weinstein-case/) to avoid interfering with Weinstein’s ongoing criminal case.
https://pagesix.com/2018/08/29/cuomo-received-donation-from-weinstein-law-firm-before-halting-probe-into-his-case/

[Winehole23]

Ray Nagin goes down:



A jury convicted Nagin of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes — money, free vacation trips and truckloads of free granite for his family business — from businessmen who wanted work from the city or Nagin's support for various hurricane recovery projects.


Prosecutors asked the court to send Nagin to prison for a long time. They argued that he was found guilty of 20 of 21 counts in the indictment, and that he participated in and orchestrated a years-long conspiracy to enrich himself and his family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/09/ray-nagin-new-orleans-mayor-sentencing/12397415/

[Winehole23]

Smith is the latest in a series of departures from the Trump administration with alleged ties to white nationalism. Last week, Darren Beattie, a speechwriter and policy aide to Donald Trump who in 2016 attended a conference attended by white nationalists, left the White House, CNN reported (https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/19/politics/darren-beattie-mencken-club/index.html). Richard Spencer and Jared Taylor, along with the anti-immigration white nationalist figure Peter Brimelow, (https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/peter-brimelow) also attended the conference.

A day after Beattie was dismissed from his post at the White House, Brimelow attended a gathering at the home of Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow, the Washington Post reported. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-adviser-larry-kudlow-hosted-publisher-of-white-nationalists-at-his-home/2018/08/21/f418a76c-a55e-11e8-8fac-12e98c13528d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d36290e02761) Kudlow said he was unaware of Brimelow’s white supremacist affiliations.
http://fortune.com/2018/08/29/leaked-emails-ian-m-smith/

[hitmanyr2k]

Another one bites the dust. More sexual allegations. Family hasn't been kind to the GOP reps in the last 24 hours.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/minnesota-rep-jim-knoblach-quits-campaign-amid-allegations-220211760.html

[Cuppycake Gumdrop]

Nikki Haley resigns :lol

[CosmicCowboy]

Nikki Haley resigns :lol

Hopefully she runs against Trump in the primary.

[boutons_deux]

Hopefully she runs against Trump in the primary.

she's non-white, non-male, wouldn't have chance.

[CosmicCowboy]

she's non-white, non-male, wouldn't have chance.

Yeah, those rednecks in South Carolina would never vote for her.

[Winehole23]

you think she'd beat Trump in a primary?

[boutons_deux]

Yeah, those rednecks in South Carolina would never vote for her.

SC is a shitty little slave state, a pimple on the national electorate

[CosmicCowboy]

you think she'd beat Trump in a primary?

One can only hope.

[CosmicCowboy]

SC is a shitty little slave state, a pimple on the national electorate

:lol Yeah, they would never vote for a non-white female.

[baseline bum]

you think she'd beat Trump in a primary?

The Spurs have a better shot at winning the title this year.

[Winehole23]

One can only hope.Nikki Haley could be positioning herself for 2020, she could to be getting out in front of this....maybe both.


A federal government watchdog asked the State Department on Monday to investigate whether U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley broke any regulations by accepting seven flights on private jets from three South Carolina executives last year.https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/watchdog-wants-investigation-of-nikki-haley-s-private-jet-flights/article_d32bcbb0-cb2e-11e8-8c2a-076e4f7ad7a1.html

[Winehole23]

The Spurs have a better shot at winning the title this year. it's hard to picture Nikki Haley primarying a sitting president from her own party, much less winning. how could she ever live it down?


CosmicCowboy (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=207), let me know if she visits Iowa.

[SnakeBoy]

Nikki Haley could be positioning herself for 2020, she could to be getting out in front of this....maybe both.


as Trump's VP tbh

[Winehole23]

as Trump's VP tbhhmm...intriguing.

[baseline bum]

as Trump's VP tbh

You think Pence is going to challenge our Dear Leader in the primary? He has been really quiet the last few months unlike his first year.

[hitmanyr2k]

Kasich is waiting/hoping for the downturn in the economy so he can primary a vulnerable Trump in 2020. He's hoping the Republican party will be over its "stupid phase" by then and ready for more mature leadership. Unfortunately for Kasich the GOP has gone from George W. Bush, to getting excited over a vegetable like Sarah Palin, to electing the male Sarah Palin in Trump so I think it's wishful thinking that the party is going to turn around and suddenly want maturity, good temperament and intelligence :lol

[hater]

One can only hope.

You like your warmongers huh?

[Winehole23]

Kasich is waiting/hoping for the downturn in the economy so he can primary a vulnerable Trump in 2020. He's hoping the Republican party will be over its "stupid phase" by then and ready for more mature leadership. Unfortunately for Kasich the GOP has gone from George W. Bush, to getting excited over a vegetable like Sarah Palin, to electing the male Sarah Palin in Trump so I think it's wishful thinking that the party is going to turn around and suddenly want maturity, good temperament and intelligence :lolsolid take.

the result has been long in the making, by now GOP has been thoroughly Trumpified.

[Reck]

You like your warmongers huh?

Hater, how are you handling this? She was your favorite.

[hater]

Hater, how are you handling this? She was your favorite.

Pretty happy about it until Trump names Condolezza Wars or Donald Killsfeld as nikkis replacement

[DMX7]

Something is going on with Nikki Haley. Nobody knew this was coming and he does it before the election?

[SnakeBoy]

You think Pence is going to challenge our Dear Leader in the primary? He has been really quiet the last few months unlike his first year.

Democrats are telegraphing that 2020 will be year of the woman (again). Nikki Haley blows that narrative up.

Nobody is going to challenge Trump in the primary. Well maybe some obscure never Trumper. Pence is a team player and he'll just have to take one for the team. Just to make sure he understands that...


"I think that it's just very important for government officials to understand when it's time to step aside," Haley said

Oh and we should get photo op in the oval office to show that Nikki belongs by Trumps side in the White House

http://joy105.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/nikkihaleyresign-1920x1080.jpg

[hater]

Pence has been tasked with re enslaving South America

Very busy
Opening up bases in Colombia and Ecuador
Workimg on regime change in Venezuela
Working on Brasil to elect Fascism in Bolsanaro

Hes being a good dog and S America is prime for the raping

[hater]

Lets see who takes Iran/Syria now that Nikkiller is gone

My guess is Bolton until the next warmonger is chosen. :lol they even mentioned warmomgr Graham for the job :lol

As you see Trump has divided up the world:
Pence takes S America
Trump US and Europe
Jared Middle East
Bolton and Pompeo Asia, china, korea and russia
Nikkiler was syria and iran

Notice Africa has no handler as its the US military next hot spot. They are priming it hy opening up huge drone bases

[boutons_deux]

Something is going on with Nikki Haley. Nobody knew this was coming and he does it before the election?

the propaganda is she told him months ago that she wanted out by the end of the year.

most probably a lie

[in2deep]

Its beyond me how some ppl think Haley is presdidential material

she was a terible UN ambassador and mostly parroted Trump disastrous foreign policy rhetoric when she was not making up her own

she is basically Hillary Clinton with a tan

please wake up ppl

[Chucho]

Its beyond me how some ppl think Haley is presdidential material

she was a terible UN ambassador and mostly parroted Trump disastrous foreign policy rhetoric when she was not making up her own

she is basically Hillary Clinton with a tan

please wake up ppl


She's hotter than Hillary ever was.

[in2deep]

She's hotter than Hillary ever was.

Thats not saying much at all

https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/7wR4LlF0fr8U.yngW0JygA--/Zmk9c3RyaW07aD0xOTM7cHlvZmY9MDtxPTgwO3c9MjIwO3NtPT E7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/ibtimes_176/afc66d0b7bf888b8aab2506d60abdf62

[ducks]

SC is a shitty little slave state, a pimple on the national electorate

Do you like any state in USA?

[DMC]

Do you like any state in USA?

State Penitentiary

[in2deep]

Do you like any state in USA?

Hawaii

[boutons_deux]

‘What in God’s name is he talking about?’ MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle whacks Trump for praising Haley as ‘glamorous’

“What in God’s name is he talking about,” Ruhle said, turning to the camera, her jaw dropping.

“And what kind of insult is that to a smart, intelligent, capable woman as Nikki Haley

saying she’s made the position more glamorous?”

“It’s the kind of insult you would expect from a misogynist like Donald Trump,” said panelist Mark Thompson.

“Nikki Haley didn’t bring glamour to the job,

she brought brains and hard work,

a fantastic work ethic,

and I think that’s going to be her legacy,” added Bret Stephens.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/what-in-gods-name-is-he-talking-about-msnbcs-stephanie-ruhle-whacks-trump-for-praising-haley-as-glamorous/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

misogynist sexist pig Trash makes pigs covered in shit look glamorous

[boutons_deux]

I read speculation:

Trash fires JeBo

SC Graham becomes AG

Trash appoints former SC governor Haley as SC Senator

[boutons_deux]

McGahn gone, K was his guy

[spurraider21]

Do you like any state in USA?
kenya

[Winehole23]

Ryan Zinke fires DOI inspector general. Zinke is the subject of 14 investigations.

https://www.outsideonline.com/2355936/zinke-fires-inspector-general

[ElNono]

Ryan Zinke fires DOI inspector general. Zinke is the subject of 14 investigations.

https://www.outsideonline.com/2355936/zinke-fires-inspector-general

det swamp

[Winehole23]

just because it's not illegal doesn't mean there isn't a problem.



A Florida state agency invested $200 million with a massive Wall Street private equity firm one week after the firm’s CEO donated to a super PAC run by Florida Gov. Rick Scott, TYT has learned.

The transactions came in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election. Scott, a Republican, ran the pro-Trump super PAC at the same time he served as a trustee of the Florida agency, the State Board of Administration (SBA). The SBA manages the state’s investments, about 80% (https://www.sbafla.com/fsb/Portals/FSB/2016-17%20AIR.PDF?ver=2017-12-27-142727-093) of which are for the state pension fund’s one million members and retirees (https://www.rol.frs.state.fl.us/forms/2016-17_CAFR.pdf).

On September 26 of that year, Stephen Feinberg, the CEO of the sprawling private-equity firm Cerberus, donated (https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=stephen+feinberg&order=desc&sort=A) $500,000 to Rebuilding America Now, Scott’s pro-Trump super PAC. On October 3, one week later, the SBA made a $200 million commitment to a high-fee, high-risk Cerberus fund, Cerberus FSBA Levered Loan Opportunities Fund, LP. (https://www.sbafla.com/fsb/Portals/FSB/Content/Performance/SBA%20Q1%202018%20Combined%20Performance%209.24.18 .pdf?ver=2018-09-25-155433-120), according to a statement from the SBA.

Feinberg made another $975,000 contribution (https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=stephen+feinberg&order=desc&sort=A) to Scott’s super PAC one month later, on November 3, making Feinberg its fifth-largest donor.

Scott is one of three trustees of the SBA, but neither the SBA investments nor the Cerberus donations appear to violate any state or federal rules.
https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/17W1pvRMT4WEckkuSaQaeC

[Winehole23]

Wilbur Ross, still ethically challenged:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2018/10/25/wilbur-ross-scheduled-meetings-with-chevron-boeing-despite-conflicts-of-interest/#48db794f4d0e

[boutons_deux]

Wilbur Ross, still ethically challenged:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2018/10/25/wilbur-ross-scheduled-meetings-with-chevron-boeing-despite-conflicts-of-interest/#48db794f4d0e

yawn, of course, Russia-connected Ross is totally corrupt.

For billionaires, ethics, morality, justice, fair play are silly bullshit.

All they care about is amassing more Capital, at any and all costs to anything and to everybody.

=============

World's billionaires became 20% richer in 2017, report reveals

UBS report shows billionaires increased fortunes by $1.4tn, more than the GDP of Spain

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/oct/26/worlds-billionaires-became-20-richer-in-2017-report-reveals

[Winehole23]

Commerce spokesman lied on behalf of Wilbur Ross:


Federal law prohibits officials from taking certain actions that affect their personal holdings. But when asked about the meeting last July, a spokesperson for the commerce department suggested Ross and Teramoto had nothing to worry about. “There was a purely social lunch with Mr. Furman at which Secretary Ross paid the bill,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “No items specific to Greenbrier have been before the secretary during his tenure at commerce.”


Recently released documents, however, tell another story.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2018/11/05/asked-about-conflict-prone-meeting-wilbur-ross-spokesperson-issued-misleading-statement/#142eb845634c

[Winehole23]

1059542254069710848

[Spurminator]

Sessions steps down

[spurraider21]

:lol what a failure

forced to recuse himself from biggest legal issue facing the federal government, has to give up his senate seat which is lost to a democrat in the special election, and then resigns

[Chinook]

:lol what a failure

forced to recuse himself from biggest legal issue facing the federal government, has to give up his senate seat which is lost to a democrat in the special election, and then resigns

Couldn't have happened to a better guy.

[boutons_deux]

Sessions steps down

fired

Graham, yet another life-long racist, to be AG, who will fire Rosenstein and Mueller, as quid pro quo with Trash,

[Spurminator]

:lol what a failure

forced to recuse himself from biggest legal issue facing the federal government, has to give up his senate seat which is lost to a democrat in the special election, and then resigns

Could be worse, he could have just died.

[baseline bum]

Sessions steps down

That fucking faggot.

[baseline bum]

Could be worse, he could have just died.

What would have been worse about that?

[Spurminator]

What would have been worse about that?

For him, I mean.

Maybe. Jury's out.

[Winehole23]

Sessions steps down

Jeff Sessions is the only Confederate monument Trump is willing to take down.

[RandomGuy]

Jeff Sessions is the only Confederate monument Trump is willing to take down.

Heh, saw that.

I do think this is the first step in firing Mueller before he issues his report.

[RandomGuy]

Couldn't have happened to a better guy.

+1

[koriwhat]

Jeff Sessions is the only Confederate monument Trump is willing to take down.

so witty... you get all your greatest lines from tweets.

[RandomGuy]

Ryan Zinke fires DOI inspector general. Zinke is the subject of 14 investigations.

https://www.outsideonline.com/2355936/zinke-fires-inspector-general

Hearings are going to be fun for that.

This corrupt cabinet has had practically no oversight at all for two years.

My gut:
I think it is just beginning to dawn on Trump how much of a world of shit he is going to be in, when his corrupt and inept cabinet/agency picks are going to be dragged up to Capital hill for the daily drubbing.

That will suck oxygen out of the Trump dumpster fire, as the media covers that instead of Trump tweets. They will relish every second, and will be able to drive the narrative in a way that Trump is neither used to, nor ready for.

[spurraider21]

Damn Sessions' scalp would be the second best one in this administration for Splits (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=24583) to take.


Actually, no Bannon would be the second best scalp. But Sessions would be solidly #3.

[boutons_deux]

Trash has made a lot of enemies, and very few friends before coming to DC and since.

I'm pretty sure the House Dems will fuck it up.

btw, Kemp in GA epitomizes, exemplifies that total corruption is not punished, but is rewarded, and the Repug mob is just fine with it all.

[Winehole23]

so witty... you get all your greatest lines from tweets.that one I sure did

[boutons_deux]

Trump Reportedly Plans To Fire DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen In Coming Weeks

The president has grown frustrated with Nielsen’s action on immigration (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/immigration) since she assumed her post last December,

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-kirstjen-nielsen-homeland-security-possible-firing_us_5bea4a66e4b044bbb1a7bcaf?utm_medium=emai l&utm_campaign=__TheMorningEmail__111318&utm_content=__TheMorningEmail__111318+CID_4889d6ce 0e117bf67b4bd5130822b158&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=HuffPost&ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__111318

[Winehole23]

1062395013982765056

[baseline bum]

This motherfucker is really going to fire Kelly and blame Melania for it? :lmao

Kelly literally saved Benedict Donald's presidency. So much of congress looked ready to ditch Trump during the disastrous Priebus era but Kelly came in and shut down the leaks and was able to get party unity within the GOP. What the fuck is Trump thinking?

[RedStripe]

fake news mon

[Winehole23]

This motherfucker is really going to fire Kelly and blame Melania for it? :lmao

Kelly literally saved Benedict Donald's presidency. So much of congress looked ready to ditch Trump during the disastrous Priebus era but Kelly came in and shut down the leaks and was able to get party unity within the GOP. What the fuck is Trump thinking?you're right, looks like the inmates are running the asylum

[Winehole23]

fake news monno mon, is real.

[Winehole23]

Hm, WH denies.

East vs West Wing intrigue.

[Winehole23]

Acting AG Whitaker supervised a taxpayer-subsidized boondoggle in IA, then walked away from it


]While in private business, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker walked away from a taxpayer-subsidized apartment-rehabilitation project in Iowa after years of cost overruns, delays and other problems, public records show.


The city of Des Moines ultimately yanked an affordable housing loan that Whitaker’s company had been awarded, and another lender began foreclosure proceedings after Whitaker defaulted on a separate loan for nearly $700,000. Several contractors complained they were not paid, and a process server for one could not even find Whitaker or his company to serve him with a lawsuit.
https://www.apnews.com/885a44ac27944976ab1b6738e0c5ba38

[boutons_deux]

A Christmas Present From Hucky Boo Boo Sanders, She's Leaving WH The End Of The Year (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/11/13/1812689/-A-Christmas-Present-From-Hucky-Boo-Boo-Sanders-She-s-Leaving-WH-The-End-Of-The-Year)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/11/13/1812689/-A-Christmas-Present-From-Hucky-Boo-Boo-Sanders-She-s-Leaving-WH-The-End-Of-The-Year?detail=emaildkre

[Splits]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dt6qGJUXQAAhN0w.jpg:large

[DarrinS]

Lol @ Yates and Comey on that list

[Winehole23]

lol DarrinS grasping at crumbs

[Winehole23]

Deutche Bank to hand over info related to Jared Kushner to Mueller.


“Achleitner’s internal detectives were embarrassed to deliver their interim report regarding real estate tycoon Kushner to the financial regulator BaFin,” states the Manager Magazin story translated from German to English. “Their finding: There are indications that Donald Trump’s son-in-law or persons or companies close to him could have channeled suspicious monies through Deutsche Bank as part of their business dealings.”https://www.newsweek.com/deutsche-bank-willing-report-jared-kushners-suspicious-transactions-robert-786011

[Winehole23]

“What BaFin will do about [the bank’s findings] is not the bank’s greatest concern,” the German magazine reported. “Rather, it’s the noise that U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller … will make in his pursuit of Trump. For he will likely obtain this information—a giant risk to [the bank’s] reputation.”

[spurraider21]

Lol @ Yates and Comey on that list
why wouldn't comey be on that list?

[Pavlov]

Yeah, Yates' inclusion was silly because she was a short-timer, but Comey had over six years left on his term.

[Splits]

https://twitter.com/juice_cactus/status/1071996184699568128

[Winehole23]

Kushner pushed a tax cut for real estate developers that directly benefits his business. Ivanka gave it a push too.



At an Oval Office gathering earlier this year, President Donald Trump began touting his administration’s new real estate investment program, which offers massive tax breaks to developers who invest in downtrodden American communities. He then turned to one of the plan’s strongest supporters.


“Ivanka, would you like to say something?” Trump asked his daughter. “You’ve been pushing this very hard.”


The Opportunity Zone program promoted by Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner — both senior White House advisers — could also benefit them financially, an Associated Press investigation found.
https://apnews.com/41847c1548e34d0ba8c339836b86ed93

[Winehole23]

Is there anyone who thinks this isn't openly corrupt?

[baseline bum]

Is there anyone who thinks this isn't openly corrupt?

The 35%

[Winehole23]

The 35%that's not quite right. I think they know it's corrupt but do not care.

[ElNono]

that's not quite right. I think they know it's corrupt but do not care.

WHAT ABOUT THE CLINTON FOUNDATION!

[Spurs Homer]

you-raneeeeyum one i tell ya!!!!!!

[Winehole23]

WHAT ABOUT THE CLINTON FOUNDATION!I don't know what the Trump DOJ is waiting for, tbh.

[boutons_deux]

I don't know what the Trump DOJ is waiting for, tbh.

and why hasn't the Repug Congress held hearings?

[boutons_deux]

stinky Zinke is out, for corruption

[Winehole23]

good riddance to smelly garbage

[boutons_deux]

good riddance to smelly garbage

the damage he's done will not be undone by the replacement Zinke, his replacement may be even worse,

eg, as we saw with coal-lobbyist Wheeler now at EPA.

[Winehole23]

who said it would?

[boutons_deux]

Mattis out soon

I bet Mattis didn't know about the Syria troop cut, WH aides didn't know