+1 Money in politics is only an issue when Dems do it, I guess. NRA, Koch, Mercer and Russian money is TOTALLY cool. GTFOH with this defense |
“The Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general is investigating whether chief of staff Ryan Jackson was involved in destroying internal documents that should have been retained.”
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2019/11/07/epa-ryan-jackson-documents-investigation-067566?__twitter_impression=true |
How many of us will celebrate when trump dies in prison? I know I will. |
+2 I give you every single Trump judicial appointee, including Mr Bought and Paid For Brett. |
Unsurprising since Verma worked for the state of Indiana and one of its biggest contractors at the same time. |
Don't forget Steve Wynn. GOP leadership went crazy about Dems returning Weinstein money but did jackshit nothing about Wynn money to RNC. |
this is revolting, absolutely revolting. good friend was agency head - more senior than Verma - and would have never done this, both the billing and the burnishing. House committee - commerce? - needs to go after this stat. |
President Donald Trump’s political appointees inappropriately retaliated against a career civil servant at the State Department in part because of her ethnic background, her perceived political views, and the fact that she was in government during prior administrations, a federal watchdog says.
In a report to be released publicly later this week, State Department Inspector General Steve Linick recommends that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo consider disciplining officials found to have violated policies that require they use merit-based factors in determining where to place career staffers. The report has been in the works for more than a year. It covers five cases, and overall its findings are mixed, in part because the inspector general says he was "unable to obtain essential information from key decision-makers." https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/13/trump-aides-state-department-staffers-070419 |
“Georgia election officials have opened an investigation into two prominent critics of the state’s new touchscreen voting machines, secretary of state Brad Raffensperger’s office confirmed Wednesday.”
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/11/13/us/ap-us-georgia-election-investigation.html |
ugh. Can't wait for the republican sleazebags to get kicked out of office in Georgia. |
+2 Money, Voting and Bearing Arms. How do you think the GOP and NRA would respond if suddenly all eligible democrats legally registered for and obtained weapons? It’s their constitutional right. Why not? Would The republican narrative change more people exercised that right? What motivates swing voters to come out in droves to vote? Wanting a change. No one can throw stones, everyone who should needs to just repent, turn away from the bs, and move forward with wisdom and sanity. |
“A long-awaited State Department watchdog report will find that the Trump administration’s point man on Iran, among other officials, retaliated against an agency employee in part because of her Iranian-American background, two knowledgeable sources told The Daily Beast.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/state-dept-inspector-general-finds-brian-hook-others-retaliated-against-staffer-over-her-iranian-heritage |
“Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill defended his law license at a nearly week-long disciplinary hearing. It featured 26 witnesses, hours of testimony and dozens of pieces of evidence.
It stemmed from allegations he groped four women last year. Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon (D-Munster) and three legislative staffers – Samantha Lozano, Niki DaSilva and Gabrielle Brock – say Curtis Hill groped them at a party in March 2018.” https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/after-four-days-of-testimony-what-happens-next-with-curtis-hills-disciplinary-case |
Freshman GOP Rep. Ross Spano is under DOJ investigation for violating campaign finance laws. House Ethics cited the federal investigation in a release today announcing deferral of his ethics inquiry. https://ethics.house.gov/press-release/statement-chairman-and-ranking-member-committee-ethics-regarding-representative-ross-0 |