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.
“He came to me and he said
look I have such great confidence in the administrationsuck the little orange
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...nation-report/
Ya I'm sure a lot will change.
Yeah but dem scalps
Ya I'm sure a lot will change.
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 ting 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
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 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_cam paign=Feed%3A%20tpm-news%20%28TPMNews%29
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Pruitt's vomit-inducing, -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/polit...ter/index.html
Neither is gerrymandering. People move, as I have become acutely aware in doing blockwalking and talking to others doing the same in my county.
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/...barreto-747461
welcome chris collins and your entire family.
got the goods on this guy.
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"
Winner of the day
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018...alifornia.htmlRep. Duncan Hunter, wife indicted on corruption charges in California
Rep. Duncan Hunter Indicted for Rampant Misuse of Campaign Funds
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/...ign-funds.html
the overt acts section is lengthy. the Hunters were basically using the campaign as a personal piggy bank.
https://www.scribd.com/do ent/3867...ter-indictment
Is that TSA's representative?Winner of the day
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018...alifornia.html
lol if true
in our system, this isn't illegal. it's probably even survivable, politically speaking.
Cliff's Notes on the Hunter lulz:
Holy . Ima keeping my avatar...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.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...collins/568165
•After the family s ed 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 themselves.”
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.https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/pol...215099780.htmlWhile 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.
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.
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