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Official Trump Swamp Thread: Still Corrupt as Fuck

It's obvious that Pruitt believes that his political "service" exists mainly to financially benefit himself. If he's pulling this stuff when the national spotlight is on him, just think of all the shady stuff he likely pulled back in his Oklahoma days. This guy is everything that is wrong with politics times 10.
 
Trump and his family stealing Trump Foundation money targeted to help veterans shows how much The Ooompa Loompa in Chief loves veterans.
 
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It's obvious that most members of this administration see public service not as an honorable calling or a financial sacrifice, but simply as a chance to use their government positions to personally enrich themselves, while doing their best to unravel their respective agencies in every way possible. The last time we had an administration this venal, petty, and openly corrupt was the Harding Administration. Even Nixon's administration didn't use their positions to personally enrich themselves and gut their agencies the way this one has (their sins were in a different area).

I've read numerous political biographies over the years, and politicians like Adlai Stevenson and Thomas E. Dewey used to say that one of the toughest parts of their job as a state governor was to convince high-level people of talent and integrity to accept financial sacrifice by leaving their high-paying posts in the private sector and working in their administration for far less pay. They weren't perfect, of course, but one reason they are considered to be such outstanding governors was their success in getting good, talented people to work for less money for a period of years in their administration before going back to their previous careers. Most of the people around Trump seem to see public service as a chance to grab as much money as they can, from anywhere or anyone that they can, while hurting as many people as they can. Historians fifty years from now are going to view this administration in much same way as they did Harding's or Grant's, only probably much worse, given how malicious it has been compared to theirs.
 
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Wilbur Ross assumed bad news was coming out about a company he was invested in since he was asked for a comment, so he shorted the stock so he could profit off the story!

Lies, China And Putin: Solving The Mystery Of Wilbur Ross' Missing Fortune

Two months later, a collection of international journalists were picking apart the Paradise Papers—a trove of documents showing relationships between some of the wealthiest people in the world and offshore entities they controlled. One of the most stunning findings of their investigation: The U.S. secretary of commerce still held a stake in a shipping firm named Navigator Holdings, which linked Ross to some of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies.

But according to Ross’ filings, he had already divested of funds that held Navigator stock a few days earlier, on October 25. Six days later, he opened a short position against the company. That meant that if shares of Navigator plummeted on the Paradise Papers news, Ross could presumably cash out with a gain. Navigator stock did not plummet immediately after the news hit, but it did trickle down 4% over the ensuing 11 days before Ross exited his short position, seemingly with a profit.
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Exclusive: Zinke linked to real estate deal with Halliburton chairman

Meanwhile, a foundation created by Ryan Zinke is providing crucial assistance. Lola Zinke pledged in writing to allow the Lesar-backed developer to build a parking lot for the project on land that was donated to the foundation to create a Veterans Peace Park for citizens of Whitefish. The 14-acre plot, which has not been significantly developed as a park, is still owned by the foundation. Lola Zinke is its president, a role her husband gave up when he became interior secretary.

The Zinkes stand to benefit from the project in another way: They own land on the other side of the development, and have long sparred with neighbors about their various plans for it. If the new hotel, retail stores and microbrewery go through, real estate agents say, the Zinke-owned land next door would stand to increase substantially in value.
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Senator Jim Inhofe actually called out Scott Pruitt last week. Now he regrets it.

Inhofe ‘a little embarrassed’ to have doubted Pruitt

Sen. Jim Inhofe is back in Scott Pruitt's corner after meeting with the embattled EPA chief Tuesday night — and “a little embarrassed” to have doubted his longtime friend from Oklahoma in the first place.

Less than a week after suggesting Pruitt might have to resign amid the swirl of scandal, Inhofe said he was confident the administrator had done nothing seriously wrong. Any of Pruitt's lapses were minor and excusable given his lack of experience in Washington, Inhofe said at a news conference Wednesday. He said many reports were untrue and fueled by critics of his deregulatory agenda.

“I think there are times where he displayed questionable judgment,” Inhofe said of Pruitt, who faces more than a dozen active federal investigations from bodies including the House Oversight Committee, the Office of Management and Budget and the EPA inspector general's office. “He sure didn’t know anything about Washington when he got here.”
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How could Scott Pruitt, a lawyer and former state attorney general, know the wild ways of Washington?

Scott Pruitt Has Spent a Total of $4.6 Million on Security, New Disclosures Show - Including $1,500 on "Tactical Pants"

Oh, is that frowned upon in Washington DC?

If you keep wondering why Scott Pruitt still has a job, it is because powerful people support him despite the scandals.
 
according to three expense line items for April, spent a total of $2,749.62 on “tactical pants” and “tactical polos.”
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actual photo. the collar has a protected collar:

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Company that runs immigration detention centers is top donor for three Texas congressmen

GEO Group's stock has gone up 20% since Jeff Sessions announced the zero tolerance / family separation policy.

The GEO Group’s PAC and executives have given $32,900 to Houston Republican Rep. John Culberson’s campaign this election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission documents and OpenSecrets.org. GEO is Culberson's largest donor.

In Texas, GEO operates detention centers for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Karnes City, Laredo, Pearsall and Conroe.

Culberson is facing a tough re-election race against Democrat Lizzie Fletcher. The race has been rated a ‘toss up’ by nonpartisan analyst Cook Political Report.

Culberson received the most funding from GEO out of Texas members of Congress, but GEO is also the top donor this cycle for U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, who received $32,400, and Round Rock Republican Rep. John Carter, who received $31,600.
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Private Prison Company GEO Group Gave Generously to Trump and Now Has Lucrative Contract

On August 19, the day after Yates’ announcement, GEO Corrections Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of the GEO Group, donated $100,000 to the pro-Trump PAC Rebuilding America Now. Then, on November 1 —seven days before the presidential election— it gave another $125,000 to the organization.

In addition, GEO Corrections Holding Inc. had donated $200,000 to the Senate Leadership Fund, a Republican PAC, on September 27, 2016, and $100,000 to the Conservative Solutions PAC on April 17, 2015.
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Despite the ongoing complaint, for the moment, the GEO Group has won: The candidate it backed is now in the White House. When Trump began sourcing donations for his inauguration festivities, the GEO Group, and Core Civic (The U.S.’ largest private-prisons contractor, the GEO Group is the second-largest) each gave $250,000.
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Zinke's Halliburton mess deepens

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke met at department headquarters in August with Halliburton Chairman David Lesar and other developers involved in a Montana real estate deal that relied on help from a foundation Zinke established, according to a participant in the meeting and records cited by House Democrats late Thursday.

Zinke, Lesar and the others later discussed the development project over dinner that night, the participant in the meeting confirmed to POLITICO.
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Zinke said he resigned his position from the foundation upon becoming secretary, but he was still listed in its annual report filed with the state of Montana until the foundation filed an amended report Tuesday.
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