looking at the list of thieves tRump is proposing for cabinet positions Iâm thinking many of them will not want their means and methods of thievery disclosed. Perhaps more than a few (all?) will rethink their role in the tRump administration.
Currently it looks like the alligators have been put in charge of the newly drained swamp.
âObviously weâll be working with legal counsel and making sure that weâre putting together all the appropriate information that needs to get put out and really comply with everything that we need to in advance of the hearings,â Trump transition spokesman Jason Miller told reporters in a conference call Thursday morning when asked for his response to the plan. âWeâll come back to you on that one.â
Three or four might not make it. However McConnellâs (or Cornynâs) response to the request will be interesting.
Iâll predict shock and outrage.
Demi are assuming these nominees pay taxes. I thought that was just for little people.
It is to laugh. We canât get the PGrabberâs taxes, what makes you think the GOP will lift a finger to take this up? I guess its all âopticsâ.
It could happen (at least from Cornyn),but McConnell is (somewhat) smarter than that.
By smart, i really mean slick
It is (up to a point), but moments like these make for an interestingâ18,
I understand the late Leona Helmsley is in the running to be Trumpâs IRS Commissioner.
Trump: Good luck. I want to make sure that each and every one of my cabinet is a real Billionaire and has paid 0 Income Tax. That makes them Trump Smart.
My bet is that every one of them is âbeing auditedâ
We need a few good GS-13 or 11 types within the federal government to get a full accounting of the Trump empire and potential conflicts. Would someone at the IRS be a fall person akin to a Ellsberg and release the Trump tax records for the good of the republic?
We need some low level whistleblowers in the IRS to drop a few tax returns on the door step of David Fahrenthold over at WaPo.
I expect the response from the incoming administration to be a simple one.
No.
And that will be that. The income tax return thing is dead. You wonât see anyone release them ever again.
Even if you donât pay anything you still have to file.
Well worth your time:
"Please understand that I am not mad at you because Clinton lost. I am totally unconcerned that you and I have different âpolitics.â And I donât think less of you because you voted one way and I another.
"No, I think less of you because you watched an adult mock a disabled person while addressing a crowd and still supported him. I think less of you because you saw a candidate spout clear racism day after day and still backed him. I think less of you because you heard him advocate for war crimes and still thought he should be given the reins of government. I think less of you because you watched him equate a womanâs worth to where she landed on a scale of 1 to 10 and still got on board. I think less of you because you stood by silently while he labeled Mexicans as criminals and Muslims as terrorists.
"It wasnât your politics I found repulsive. No, it was your willingness to support someone who spouts racism, sexism, and cruelty almost every time he opens his mouth. You sided with a bully when it should have mattered most, and that is something I will never be able to forget.
âSo in response to your post-election expression of hope, no, you and I wonât be âcoming together to move forward.â Obviously, the president-elect disgusts me; but it is the fact that he doesnât disgust you that will stick with me long after the election.â
Christ, what poor schmuck really IS going to have to take that job?
Iâm picturing a mass murderer whoâs been one step ahead of the law for decades. Heâs left a trail of bodies in his wake and he regrets nothing. He knows one day thereâll be a knock at the door, and heâs at peace with that; he just hopes he can take a few more down on his way out.
Itâs late at night. Heâs holed up in a cheap motel, dozing in front of the TV. The phone rings. Well, he figures, this is it. He picks up the phone.
âYeah, congratulations, you found me. Took you pigs long enough. So whatâs it gonna be? You bust in here, or I bust out?â
His face screws up in confusion as he listens to the response.
âYouâre calling from where? Look, if this is some kind of cop trickâŚâ He trails off.
Beads of sweat begin to form on his forehead as he listens to the voice on the other end. When he speaks, itâs in a strangled voice, almost childlike.
âPlease, not that. I know I did wrong, but⌠not that.â
Tax returns, along with the completion of a huge questionnaire and demand for other documents that leave appointees feeling like theyâve undergone a weeks long colonoscopy without anesthesia, have been a regular, routine part of the Senate confirmation process for decades as the result of multiple instances where presidents were humiliated by candidates who had some kind of a skeleton in the closet.
And now, I expect to hear the beginning of howls about the unreasonable and unprecedented invasion of personal privacy being demanded by the sore-loser Democrat minority.
This is an illegitimate President. Payback for the birther nonsense should be pushing the meme that he lost the election and was appointed by the EC. He is an illegitimate President. Heâs a liar and a fraud. And we will end up with the christo-fascist Pence.
Let the destruction of our nation begin.
Who is the designated survivor?