Originally published at: One Dem Tries To Remind Trump Transition That Ethics Still Exist - TPM – Talking Points Memo
While it is likely to fall on deaf ears, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) reached out to the Donald Trump transition team this week to request that they do something, anything to prevent Elon Musk from using his role in the transition and the administration to further enrich himself. “Putting Mr. Musk in a position to…
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Do they, though? 
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Pissing into the sea, spitting into the wind, but thank you Senator Warren for not shutting up and sitting down. Keep talking. Keep talking. Keep talking.
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Vox clamantis in deserto.
Thank you, Senator Warren. Keep fighting.
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Karoline Leavitt
Not nice. Not very good in her job.
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I give Senator-Professor Warren high marks for persistence.
Her efforts won’t register with the incoming asylum-inmates, but maybe she can inspire her fellow Democrats (or even Republicans) to stiffen their spines and try to save the nation.
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If “good in her job” means “doing exactly what her boss wants her to do” then she’s probably doing just fine, thank you very much.
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The intended slur of calling Warren “Pocahontas” answers the primary question as to whether anything she said will get meaningful consideration from the Trumpites. The response takes its tone directly from the arrogant, abusive Trump playbook.
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Trump Transition spokesperson on Jan 20:
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Ethics???
(((snicker))) this is the trump era. Ethics are for losers
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“A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.” – Albert Camus
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“[T]he spokeswoman for the transition, Karoline Leavitt, responded to the Post’s inquiry about the letter by calling Warren ‘Pocahontas.’”
Dipshit middle-school bullies.
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An unelected South African billionaire drug abuser sexual assaulter just stopped the funding of the U.S. government. Let that sink in.
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Shutting down the Government before Christmas seems like a brilliant plan. Phased shutdown of TSA, anyone?
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Let them fuck around and find out.
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The fact that they think an AI/AN name is an insult tells you all you need to know. I wish I had some AI/AN blood in me.
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All of his idiot voters will just blame Biden. Trump said ‘shut it all down’.
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Deaf ears? Please? Those rightist mofos will be laughing at her like those Bush-bro, Enron pricks laughing about Grandma can’t afford cat food because of her electric bill.
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The world’s richest man hired to cut government spending just some how defies logic. And it just doesn’t feel right at all.
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“Putting Mr. Musk in a position to influence billions of dollars of government contracts and regulatory enforcement without a stringent conflict of interest agreement in place is an invitation for corruption on a scale not seen in our lifetimes,”
This is precisely what the fat flatulent felon had in mind.
Follow the money.
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