GOP Corruption at Every Level

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Anonymous wrote:When a years-long study by the Fish and Wildlife Service concluded that two widely-used pesticides were so toxic that they "jeopardized the continued existence" of hundreds of animals and plants, Trump's Interior Secretary, a former lobbyist, buried it.



https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/us/politics/endangered-species-david-bernhardt.html#click=https://t.co/8ajAl3cbF1

This really pisses me off.

Republicans hate the environment, period.

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Republicans: poisoning your own kids with air pollution, all to help the Koches.

It takes a special kind of fool to be able to hold both those thoughts in ones head at the same time.

[Anonymous]

“An Arizona state lawmaker who resigned this week has been accused of paying two boys under the age of 15 for sex in the 1980s.

David Stringer, 71, was arrested in 1983 on suspicion of paying the boys for sex, the Arizona Republic reported Friday, citing newly released records from an Arizona House ethics investigation.

Stringer was accused in a Baltimore police report of performing oral sex on the two boys, having them perform oral sex on him and paying them $10 each, the newspaper reported.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/436578-former-arizona-state-lawmaker-accused-of-paying-boys-for-sex?amp&__twitter_impression=true

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Perverts need to get the hell out. ALL of them!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Russian bank 80% owned by former Republican Congressman Charles Taylor loses banking license for money laundering.

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2019-04-05/ex-congressman-s-russian-bank-loses-license-for-money-laundering?utm_source=google&utm_medium=bd&cmpId=google&__twitter_impression=true

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“A federal grand jury has indicted multiple people in connection with an ongoing investigation involving donations made to the North Carolina Republican Party.
NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes, who spent a decade in Congress representing a district that stretched from the Charlotte area to Fayetteville, surrendered himself to authorities and made a first appearance at the US Courthouse in Charlotte on Tuesday.”

http://www.wbtv.com/2019/04/02/ncgop-chairman-others-indicted-federal-corruption-probe/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Russian bank 80% owned by former Republican Congressman Charles Taylor loses banking license for money laundering.

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2019-04-05/ex-congressman-s-russian-bank-loses-license-for-money-laundering?utm_source=google&utm_medium=bd&cmpId=google&__twitter_impression=true

P.S. Charles Taylor was a Representative from North Carolina. Between this, the federal corruption indictment mentioned above, and the indictments concerning the election fraud in NC-9, the North Carolina Republicans have had QUITE A YEAR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Russian bank 80% owned by former Republican Congressman Charles Taylor loses banking license for money laundering.

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2019-04-05/ex-congressman-s-russian-bank-loses-license-for-money-laundering?utm_source=google&utm_medium=bd&cmpId=google&__twitter_impression=true

P.S. Charles Taylor was a Representative from North Carolina. Between this, the federal corruption indictment mentioned above, and the indictments concerning the election fraud in NC-9, the North Carolina Republicans have had QUITE A YEAR.

The Republicans in NC have been bought by billionaire donors for quite a while. Art Pope has his main influence in NC.

When you become used to lying to the public to please a few billionaires, and pushing through secretive anti-democratic policies to please the billionaires, is it any surprise some of those actions cross the thin line into illegality?
At the national level the GOP has legalized many forms of corruption, bribery (Cit U), and anti-democratic action (voter suppression).

Is it any wonder the NC GOP has engaged in cheating elections, corruption, and bribery?

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Anonymous wrote:“Ocean County, NJ Republican Chairman George R. Gilmore was indicted Wednesday for tax evasion after a federal grand jury found that Gilmore spent more than $2.5 million on personal expenses - including antiques, artwork, animal tusks and marble flooring - even though he owed more than $1 million in federal taxes, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said.”
https://www.app.com/story/news/politics/ocean-county/2019/01/10/ocean-county-gop-chairman-george-gilmore-indicted-federal-tax-charges/2541006002/

“An indicted New Jersey lawmaker allegedly blew tens of thousands of dollars on bizarre and extravagant goodies — including an $82,000 woolly mammoth tusk — while borrowing money from pals and business associates, according to a report.”
https://nypost.com/2019/04/07/indicted-politician-reportedly-blew-82k-on-a-woolly-mammoth-tusk/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Ocean County, NJ Republican Chairman George R. Gilmore was indicted Wednesday for tax evasion after a federal grand jury found that Gilmore spent more than $2.5 million on personal expenses - including antiques, artwork, animal tusks and marble flooring - even though he owed more than $1 million in federal taxes, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said.”
https://www.app.com/story/news/politics/ocean-county/2019/01/10/ocean-county-gop-chairman-george-gilmore-indicted-federal-tax-charges/2541006002/

“An indicted New Jersey lawmaker allegedly blew tens of thousands of dollars on bizarre and extravagant goodies — including an $82,000 woolly mammoth tusk — while borrowing money from pals and business associates, according to a report.”
https://nypost.com/2019/04/07/indicted-politician-reportedly-blew-82k-on-a-woolly-mammoth-tusk/

Disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just FOUR DAYS AFTER HIS CONFIRMATION, the Interior Dept IG has opened an investigation into the brand new Secretary. That's a new record, right?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/climate/bernhardt-interior-department-ethics-investigation.html

“Eight senators, all Democrats, and four government ethics watchdog groups have requested that the Interior Department’s inspector general open formal investigations into various aspects of Mr. Bernhardt’s conduct. Among the chief complaints have been allegations, revealed by three separate New York Times investigations, that Mr. Bernhardt used his position to advance a policy pushed by his former lobbying client; that he continued working as a lobbyist after filing legal paperwork declaring that he had ceased lobbying; and that he intervened to block the release of a scientific report showing the harmful effects of a chemical pesticide on certain endangered species.

In a letter sent Monday to the senators who filed the ethics complaints, Mary L. Kendall, the deputy inspector general of the Interior Department, wrote that she had received seven complaints from “a wide assortment of complainants alleging various conflicts of interest and other violations” by Mr. Bernhardt, adding that she had “opened an investigation to address them.”

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Kansas Republicans are moving to strip Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly of her power to fill vacant state offices.
https://amp.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article229304834.html#click=https://t.co/pdYj2f0w4R

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Anonymous wrote:Kansas Republicans are moving to strip Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly of her power to fill vacant state offices.
https://amp.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article229304834.html#click=https://t.co/pdYj2f0w4R

Why do Republican legislatures do this nonsense? They are clearly afraid of having to compromise

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kansas Republicans are moving to strip Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly of her power to fill vacant state offices.
https://amp.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article229304834.html#click=https://t.co/pdYj2f0w4R

Why do Republican legislatures do this nonsense? They are clearly afraid of having to compromise

+ 1 Sore loser behavior.

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Wisconsin gerrymandering leads to results that don't reflect the will of the electorate.

Wisconsin conservatives cement outsize power in a state that went blue just last year
Wisconsin Democrats’ winning streak abruptly ended this week with a state Supreme Court election that likely means mean Republicans will have outsize power in the state for many years ahead.

On Wednesday, liberal Lisa Neubauer conceded the race for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat to conservative Brian Hagedorn, cementing Republicans’ control of the state’s top court until at least 2023. The outcome of this race is of major consequence to Democratic leaders in the state, who, after ousting Republican Gov. Scott Walker in November in a major victory, saw the state’s Republican legislature strip powers from elected Democratic Gov. Tony Evers in a lame-duck session.

For the past four months since taking power, Democrats have had to fight in the courts for their right to govern. They’ve had some big wins in the lower courts, but this state Supreme Court race is a major defeat.

In January, a federal judge struck down Wisconsin Republicans’ law restricting early voting, a key component of the bills Walker signed in his last days in office. And in March, a state circuit court judge ruled unconstitutional the laws Republicans passed curbing Evers’s ability to change policies around welfare, health care, and economic development; stripping him of key appointments; and limiting the attorney general’s powers. Republican state leaders promised to appeal the ruling and take it to the state’s Supreme Court, which is now firmly in the hands of conservatives.