US Bans Trump Inaugural Attendee From Further Entry Over Corruption | Talking Points Memo

The State Department banned a Romanian politician accused of corruption from entering the U.S. Thursday, after he spent years cozying up to influential GOPers for access to Washington.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1246574
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I wonder if Moscow Mitch’s current sugar daddy would be allowed in?

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US Bans Trump Inaugural Attendee From Further Entry Over Corruption

Trump, Roberts, or McConnell?

Oh.

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Pompeo got word Dragnea, Giuliani and Trump were about to do something monumentally stupid, like a round of golf together, or dinner, and had to put a stop to it.

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So one more time Donnie will piously take credit for banning a guy that he used and abused and tossed under the bus. Yeah OK.

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OK so, I’m really really happy TPM now has photo captions. Of course there are going to be some growing pains, so a little feedback. (I’m not able to upload a screenshot for some reason, so just refer to the article.

  1. The image should match the headline where possible. So if the headline is ā€œUS Bans Inaugural Attendeeā€, the lead photo should endeavor to show the attendee banned, not the person who happened to invite them to the event. Actually, thanks to the new captions, this slight issue was obvious rather than confusing. Yay captions!
  2. If the image shows two people and one is cropped out, the stock caption should be edited to remove the name of the person not in the photo, to clear up confusion.

That is all. Still ecstatic to have captions.

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"Pompeo issued an order barring Romanian politico Liviu Dragnea and his immediate family from entering the U.S. over allegations of ā€˜significant corruption’.ā€

So we’ve started banning corrupt politicians and their families from the US now?

Asking for a short-fingered friend.

(And his family.)

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Not sure if it’s the same problem, but when this happened to somebody a while ago it was traced to the size of the file he was trying to upload. Evidence on the latest few reports suggests there might be an additional wrinkle in that space may be constrained at some times, but not others on the server, so it may not be a consistent problem.

If you want to try to circumvent this and earn a little geek cred, try loading it into a photo editor program and then saving in a smaller size/resolution and trying again.

Or, like so many of us, you may just roll your eyes , bitch and move on to the next example of broken software at this site… :weary:

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He booked rooms at the Hay-Adams instead of Trump International. This kind of corruption will not stand!

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So Pompeo out in 3, 2,…

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…and the U.K. Parliament bans Russian agent posing as PM from further Brexit corruption:

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US Bans Trump Inaugural Attendee From Further Entry Over Corruption

Like many of Trump’s partners in crime, Mr. Dragnea one is discovering that he is dishonorable even by crook’s standards and every dollar sent his way is a dollar lost…

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More somewhat good news:

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The former New York mayor was paid last year to send a letter to Bucharest criticizing the Romanian government’s efforts to root out corruption — which the U.S. has supported.

I could only wish I was surprised by this. Rudy exporting Trumpian values throughout the world. I am so ready for all this to end; just tired of living life disgusted by the acts of my country.

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A bad day for vampires.

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Someone should tell trump that Sharpies come in all different colors too, just like his box of crayons.

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The now-banned Romanian politician also benefitted from the legal stylings of Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani.

Can we ban Rudes next?

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I never realized how much seamy, sleazy corruption existed in the world until donald trump. It’s like his gravitational pull brings the cockroaches out of the woodwork.

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