Drain the Swamp!

[vy65]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-violations-hatch-act/2021/11/09/b3d4c764-4108-11ec-a88e-2aa4632af69b_story.html

lol from a Trump appointee

[ElNono]

report here:

https://osc.gov/Documents/Hatch%20Act/Reports/Investigation%20of%20Political%20Activities%20by%2 0Senior%20Trump%20Administration%20Officials%20Dur ing%20the%202020%20Presidential%20Election.pdf

[Winehole23]

report here:

https://osc.gov/Documents/Hatch%20Act/Reports/Investigation%20of%20Political%20Activities%20by%2 0Senior%20Trump%20Administration%20Officials%20Dur ing%20the%202020%20Presidential%20Election.pdfit was already sort of a trend in the GOP to make everything subject to the political exigencies of electoral politics but I've seen seen nothing in my lifetime like the naked boosterism of the Trump Administration.

I'm about 55 years old.

[Winehole23]

MAGA is the swamp, tbh


A day earlier, POLITICO reported (https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/19/morse-lobbying-trump-brownstein-00515319?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content) that Trent Morse will leave his post as deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of the Office of Presidential Personnel to launch his own lobbying firm. Morse is also partnering with another high-powered Beltway shop, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.


Also on Tuesday, digital assets giant Tether announced that it had hired former White House cryptocurrency adviser Bo Hines (https://tether.io/news/tether-appoints-former-white-house-crypto-council-executive-director-bo-hines-as-strategic-advisor-for-digital-assets-and-u-s-strategy/) to provide strategic advice on digital assets and U.S. strategy.


Earlier this month, longtime Trump adviser and senior White House strategist May Davis Mailman exited the administration to start her own government affairs firm (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/may-davis-mailman-leaving-white-house/).


The departures — and the White House’s response to them — show how Trump has abandoned any pretense of cleaning up the age-old ways of Washington, and they illustrate the ways in which his administration continues to push the bounds of ethics norms and guardrails designed to prevent government officials from profiting off their time in public service.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/20/trump-staffers-cash-in-on-their-brief-stints-in-the-white-house-00517204

[Winehole23]

Republicans are basically a pro-vice, anti-civics party at this point

[Blake]

MAGA is the swamp, tbh

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/20/trump-staffers-cash-in-on-their-brief-stints-in-the-white-house-00517204

It's pretty insane how many people still think he's the one draining the swamp

[GAustex]

EPA knew Ohio train derailment threat, told public area was safe anyway

[ChumpDumper]

EPA knew Ohio train derailment threat, told public area was safe anywayWho regulates the railroads?

[Winehole23]

Trump is gutting the EPA entirely, what do you think of that?