‘Keep Fighting’ Gov’t, Trump Staffer Told Koch-Funded Former Employer

New emails show just how frequently a Trump official was in touch with his former employer, a right-wing advocacy group, in the early days of the new administration.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1236286

That ghillie suit being used for this purpose is an affront to snipers everywhere.

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" In April, the Interior Department’s Office of the Inspector General [confirmed] that it was conducting an investigation ‘into potential ethics violations committed by multiple Department of the Interior senior executives.’”

Well good for them. The only problem is that the entire Trump Administration is one big ethics violation.

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And push comes to shove it would be very hard to find and IG and/or ethics officer willing to do a damn thing other than finding more excuses to allow findings to just float on the wind.

I say we put 45* and his sons and have mitch mcconnel sit in caves and count all the bone cave harvestman spiders they can in a space of 6 months. When they are done, they can come out.The texella reyesi only eats invertebrates, so maybe only mcconnell might come out.
But all in the cause of environmental stewardship!

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That name triggered a thought: Is Doug Domenech related to Ben? Why yes, yes he is.

And to dig farther into the swamp, Ben is married to Meghan McCain!

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In our current political environment, this is very nearly a non-story.

Talk about a Fire Hose of Crimes and Horribleness! It is almost impossible to imagine making a small percentage of them pay for their crimes!

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Correct. Megan McCain, her husband and her father-in-law are all ugly swamp creatures.

Happens, though, every now and again.

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The photo that accompanies the article – is it of anyone mentioned in the article, or just a random person dressed as, I guess, a tree?

Not a very good one; the leg sections are so freaking obvious, dead giveaway.

Yeah, I was thinking that myself. Slow news day I thought. We haven’t had one of those in like 2 years…

Looks like she pruned her Walmart Xmas tree to wear to court.

Unless she shoots someone.

Maybe she’ll find a grassy knoll.

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