Mr. T
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Mr. T is trying to drain the swap, with the swamp dwellers themselves!!!
This is going to be even better than "Planet of the Apes".
In Defense of the Washington Swamp
...Speaking as a resident of the swamp, I can tell you this isn't the first time we've seen this. Before Trump, there was Barack Obama. In 2008 he ran on "hope and change." He tried (and quickly failed) to ban lobbyists from his administration....
...And yet, despite all of this, Trump is now relying on Washington insiders to clean up the mess they created. His transition team is filled with them, from former House speaker Newt Gingrich to fourth-term senator Jeff Sessions. When asked on "60 Minutes" Sunday why he was employing so many lobbyists on his transition team, Trump said, "that's all there is down there."... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-11-14/in-defense-of-the-washington-swamp
This is going to be even better than "Planet of the Apes".
In Defense of the Washington Swamp
...Speaking as a resident of the swamp, I can tell you this isn't the first time we've seen this. Before Trump, there was Barack Obama. In 2008 he ran on "hope and change." He tried (and quickly failed) to ban lobbyists from his administration....
...And yet, despite all of this, Trump is now relying on Washington insiders to clean up the mess they created. His transition team is filled with them, from former House speaker Newt Gingrich to fourth-term senator Jeff Sessions. When asked on "60 Minutes" Sunday why he was employing so many lobbyists on his transition team, Trump said, "that's all there is down there."... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-11-14/in-defense-of-the-washington-swamp
Mr. T wants security clearance for his kids. I perfectly understand that, given that he can't find anyone in the swamp to clear the swamp, that he trusts.
No problem. But he __must__ have a clear and indisputable firewall between his business and running of the government.
Clinton Foundation scandal will be child's play otherwise by comparison, and he will be impeached.
No problem. But he __must__ have a clear and indisputable firewall between his business and running of the government.
Clinton Foundation scandal will be child's play otherwise by comparison, and he will be impeached.
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Funny, if Mr. T hadn't insulted Elizabeth Warren, he would find a powerful completely trustworthy person that would work with him to get things done.
Hey, Trump said he is not accountable to anyone? Want to drain the swamp? Invite and talk to Bernie and EW to consultation meetings, and listen carefully. They will tell you the truth. Oh wait, her truth is the Democratic Truth.
Hey, Trump said he is not accountable to anyone? Want to drain the swamp? Invite and talk to Bernie and EW to consultation meetings, and listen carefully. They will tell you the truth. Oh wait, her truth is the Democratic Truth.
Thousands donate to Planned Parenthood in name of anti-abortion U.S. vice president-elect
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Reuters
By Sebastien Malo 32 mins ago
© REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence attends a campaign rally in Manchester
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thousands of people have made donations to Planned Parenthood in the name of Vice President-elect Mike Pence, an abortion opponent, so that he will receive official acknowledgements from the women's health care provider, the group said on Tuesday.
The idea of making donations in Pence's name arose and spread on social media as a protest after Republican Donald Trump won his bid for the U.S. presidency in a surprise victory last week.
Both Trump and Pence, his running mate, have pledged to curtail women's rights to abortion. Trump said the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Roe v Wade legalizing abortion should be overturned and that he would appoint an anti-abortion justice to the nation's highest court.
Trump also said women who had abortions should be punished but later said it was doctors who perform abortions who should be punished....
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...us-vice-president-elect/ar-AAkkwzA?li=BBnbcA1
10 / 50
Reuters
By Sebastien Malo 32 mins ago
© REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence attends a campaign rally in Manchester
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thousands of people have made donations to Planned Parenthood in the name of Vice President-elect Mike Pence, an abortion opponent, so that he will receive official acknowledgements from the women's health care provider, the group said on Tuesday.
The idea of making donations in Pence's name arose and spread on social media as a protest after Republican Donald Trump won his bid for the U.S. presidency in a surprise victory last week.
Both Trump and Pence, his running mate, have pledged to curtail women's rights to abortion. Trump said the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Roe v Wade legalizing abortion should be overturned and that he would appoint an anti-abortion justice to the nation's highest court.
Trump also said women who had abortions should be punished but later said it was doctors who perform abortions who should be punished....
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...us-vice-president-elect/ar-AAkkwzA?li=BBnbcA1
Well, at least Mr. T is living by the sword. Can you imagine if this guy got chosen SOS after all the attacks on Clinton for having foreign ties? It would be buffoonery - it would never pass the congress.
Giuliani’s foreign ties complicate bid for secretary of state
By Bruce Golding
November 15, 2016 | 6:03pm | Updated
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Photo: Reuters
Rudy Giuliani’s extensive business ties to foreign governments — including some hostile to the United States — complicated his status as a front-runner for secretary of state on Tuesday.
The former New York mayor is no longer assured of nomination as the nation’s top diplomat by President-elect Donald Trump, a source told CNN, citing Giuliani’s overseas entanglements.
Giuliani’s former law firm, Bracewell & Giuliani, was reported in 2007 to be a lobbyist for Citgo, the American arm of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company.
At the time, Venezuela was run by the late socialist strongman Hugo Chavez — who infamously called then-President George W. Bush “the devil” at the United Nations — and last year President Obama declared the country a national security threat.
Another 2007 report, during Giuliani’s failed presidential campaign, revealed that his consulting firm, Giuliani Security & Safety, provided advice to Qatar’s state-owned oil company.
http://nypost.com/2016/11/15/giulianis-foreign-ties-complicate-bid-for-secretary-of-state/
Qatar is officially a US ally, but a leading member of its royal family is suspected of having aided alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and the country harbors the head of the Hamas terror group.
Giuliani founded his own firm, Giuliani Partners, in 2001, and helped businesses on behalf of foreign governments, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
He also advised TransCanada, which sought to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, and helped the maker of the painkiller drug OxyContin settle a dispute with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) called Giuliani’s potential nomination “worrisome,” telling CNN that “whether or not you have divided loyalty, obviously, is very important.”
Craig Holman of the government watchdog group Public Citizen said Giuliani’s client list “immediately draws a potential conflict of interest with serving as secretary of state.”
“This is quite similar to the conflicts of interests that we saw for Hillary Clinton, although it’s different in the sense that the donors to the Clinton Foundation weren’t clients, they were putting money at the feet of the secretary of state,” he added.
A Trump official said John Bolton, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, remained in contention for secretary of state. Bolton has years of foreign policy experience, but has raised eyebrows with some of his hawkish stances, including a 2015 New York Times op-ed in which he advocated bombing Iran to halt the country’s nuclear program.
Additional reporting by Daniel Halper and Marisa Schultz
Giuliani’s foreign ties complicate bid for secretary of state
By Bruce Golding
November 15, 2016 | 6:03pm | Updated
Modal Trigger
Photo: Reuters
Rudy Giuliani’s extensive business ties to foreign governments — including some hostile to the United States — complicated his status as a front-runner for secretary of state on Tuesday.
The former New York mayor is no longer assured of nomination as the nation’s top diplomat by President-elect Donald Trump, a source told CNN, citing Giuliani’s overseas entanglements.
Giuliani’s former law firm, Bracewell & Giuliani, was reported in 2007 to be a lobbyist for Citgo, the American arm of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company.
At the time, Venezuela was run by the late socialist strongman Hugo Chavez — who infamously called then-President George W. Bush “the devil” at the United Nations — and last year President Obama declared the country a national security threat.
Another 2007 report, during Giuliani’s failed presidential campaign, revealed that his consulting firm, Giuliani Security & Safety, provided advice to Qatar’s state-owned oil company.
http://nypost.com/2016/11/15/giulianis-foreign-ties-complicate-bid-for-secretary-of-state/
Qatar is officially a US ally, but a leading member of its royal family is suspected of having aided alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and the country harbors the head of the Hamas terror group.
Giuliani founded his own firm, Giuliani Partners, in 2001, and helped businesses on behalf of foreign governments, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
He also advised TransCanada, which sought to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, and helped the maker of the painkiller drug OxyContin settle a dispute with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) called Giuliani’s potential nomination “worrisome,” telling CNN that “whether or not you have divided loyalty, obviously, is very important.”
Craig Holman of the government watchdog group Public Citizen said Giuliani’s client list “immediately draws a potential conflict of interest with serving as secretary of state.”
“This is quite similar to the conflicts of interests that we saw for Hillary Clinton, although it’s different in the sense that the donors to the Clinton Foundation weren’t clients, they were putting money at the feet of the secretary of state,” he added.
A Trump official said John Bolton, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, remained in contention for secretary of state. Bolton has years of foreign policy experience, but has raised eyebrows with some of his hawkish stances, including a 2015 New York Times op-ed in which he advocated bombing Iran to halt the country’s nuclear program.
Additional reporting by Daniel Halper and Marisa Schultz