Discussion: Top Pruitt Aide, EPA Lawyer Announced Resignation Last Week

Pruitt did exactly what Trump put him there to do. He rolled back regulation, and introduced chaos and fear into the EPA, making it much less effective at regulation. Trump will fire him due to external pressure only. In his mind, Pruitt is excelling at his job.

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Well, it was probably time to move back to the trough following a brief yet productive stint in “public service.” After all, they did all the (profound, lasting) damage to the environment their benefactors had dictated.

Shiny happy people, indeed, with machetes.

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You know what they’re saying about Rachel’s chart.

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Hogan Gidley, said Thursday that he “can’t speak to the future of Scott Pruitt.”

And neither can Scott Pruitt.

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Exactamente. PP loves his job performance, hates the performer.

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We’re gonna need a bigger chart?

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Given GOP politicians penchant for sexual misconduct, wearing a pearl necklace takes on added connotation…

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Maybe voters among their many priorities rank other issues ahead of climate change. Banning assault weapons, pay inequality, sexual assaulters in and out of government, fair housing, childcare, reproductive rights.

Hey Donnie, how is that “swamp draining” campaign working for ya?

Trump has managed to replace his alleged swamp with a fetid cesspool laden with self- serving billionaires, war mongers, corporate shills, and conspiracy theorists.

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Not to mention health care, which seems to have actually helped flip a few elections recently.

You’re right. I think even those voters who’ve experienced flooding, tornadoes, drought, loss of farms, cattle dying, etc., etc., will not put climate change ahead of any other issue which is related more closely to the economy and personal safety and access to affordable healthcare.

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Maybe they finished up all the things on on their agendas and are heading off to collect their real payoff in the private sector.

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“My work is done. On to greener pastures.”

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I think Matt missed a few details

The very next day, Samantha Dravis, the senior counsel and associate administrator in EPA’s Office of Policy, resigned.

The source described the relationship between Pruitt and Dravis as a close friendship, saying the aide was Pruitt’s “best friend” and someone he had dinner with “several times every week.”

Also, come to find out, she is the former girlfriend of Rob Porter and she was the one who made the call to Don McGahn about the abuse complaints by Porter’s two ex-wives.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/climate-change-highlighted-in-convention-video/2016/07/27/bdd0812c-5455-11e6-b652-315ae5d4d4dd_video.html?utm_term=.f2847221259f

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Stepford children.

It isn’t just Pruitt or Spanky. The rot has metastasized throughout gop.

It will soon rival the Vietnam Memorial Wall…

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