Trump-- I will drain the swamp

Yeah I told you so that was total bullshit. And so are Trump supporters who make up excuses for this kind of stuff and want to harp on the phony Democrats did it to when if it was Obama and the Democrats they would have to start multiple threads about it.

Trump’s Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke Spent $139,000 on Office Doors

 

Tilt on General!!
Thank you for keeping us all safe.

 

Yeah I told you so that was total bullshit. And so are Trump supporters who make up excuses for this kind of stuff and want to harp on the phony Democrats did it to when if it was Obama and the Democrats they would have to start multiple threads about it.

 

Trump-- I will drain the swamp

Well I told you so that is total bullshit. Especially when if someone in the Trump administration gets caught ripping the taxpayers off all they have to do is lie like Trump does. And everything is just fine.

So, HUD lied about buying Ben Carson's $31,000 dining room set?

 

Trump-- I will drain the swamp

Yeah I think I will just go ahead and tell you I told you so that is just total bullshit about every day.

Mnuchin’s plane travel cost taxpayers $1 million, documents show

 

That's pretty fucking cheap compared to the $10 trillion added to the US dept with the help of Obama's Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew.....

 

Again it is really good for you I guess to live in our own little world totally detached from reality and I will give you an example right now with a very simple question. How much has aready been added to the budget deficit and the national debt under Trump in only his first year?

And there is a very huge difference between what the government spends to keep the government running and the American people safe as opposed to the millions squandered by Trump, his family, and his appontees to vacation and fly around in private jets.

And by the way how much of that $10 trillion that was needed to pay for the Great Recession went in to the pockets of President Obama? Because millions of those tax dollars are going into Trump's pocket and more this weekend.

 

According to a Judicial Watch press release dated July 21, 2011, we find just how luxuriously then-House Speaker Pelosi, family and friends traveled on tax payers’ dime, until the U.S. Air Force took away her use of their aircraft. The records were obtained via Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Overall, according to documents uncovered by Judicial Watch in January 2011, Pelosi used the Air Force aircraft for a total of 43 trips, covering 90,155 miles, from January 1 through October 1, 2010. Judicial Watch, through FOIA, continues to pursue other records related to Pelosi’s use of Air Force aircraft.Previous documents obtained by Judicial Watch show the former Speaker’s military travel cost the USAF $2,100,744.59 over one two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol. For example, purchases for one Pelosi-led congressional delegation traveling from Washington, DC, through Tel Aviv, Israel to Baghdad, Iraq May 15-20, 2008 included: Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Bailey’s Irish Crème, Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey, Corona beer and several bottles of wine.

Judicial Watch also previously uncovered internal Department of Defense (DOD) documents email correspondence detailing attempts by DOD staff to accommodate Pelosi’s numerous requests for military escorts and military aircraft as well as the speaker’s last minute cancellations and changes. For example, in response to a series of requests for military aircraft, one DOD official wrote, “Any chance of politely querying [Pelosi’s team] if they really intend to do all of these or are they just picking every weekend?…[T]here’s no need to block every weekend ‘just in case’…” The email also notes that Pelosi’s office had, “a history of canceling many of their past requests.”

Judicial Watch also uncovered emails from the DOD that show the Pentagon worked hand-in-hand with congressional offices prior to releasing documents regarding congressional military travel under the FOIA. These “heads up” emails involved FOIA requests filed by Judicial Watch, The Wall Street Journal, Congressional Quarterly and Roll Call, among other organizations, related to the use of military aircraft by a number of congressional members, including Pelosi.

Following numerous press reports documenting Pelosi’s misuse of military air craft, current House Speaker John Boehner announced that he would fly commercial between his home district and Washington, DC. Nevertheless, Judicial Watch has initiated a separate investigation into travel since Republicans took control of the House.“ These documents further detail former Speaker Pelosi’s shameless abuse of military air craft during her tenure as House Speaker. Providing sweetheart travel deals for her adult children are an abuse of her high public office,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “But this scandal is much larger than Speaker Pelosi, as the massive Detroit Auto Show junket shows. Members of the House are able to obtain permission from the Office of the Speaker for the use of military luxury and military-supported travel for congressional delegation trips. These trips, known as CODELs, have exploded in number and cost.

Speaker Boehner needs to reform this abuse of our military’s assets. For all the recent talk about corporate luxury jets here in Washington, the American people might be surprised to learn the Air Force has an entire wing of luxury jets (in addition to President Obama’s Air Force One planes) for the use of congressmen and top administration officials.” [1]

 

Oh you are so full of shit I bet your eyes are brown.... The Democrat party is little more than a den of thieves and conmen...

All you have is your own twisted world of fantasy and lies... Where is all this money Trump is putting in his pocket?

Oh I'm sorry, I forgot you can't do anything besides basic math.

Never mind simpleton...

 

Uh Oh.
That's sure to trigger the General.
Any chance the safe space is open?

 

Um, no. He admitted to being unable to do basic math or basic science. I bet his underwear is on backwards.
Shoes on the wrong feet, and bottom teeth that Stephen Hawkins...awww, never mind.

 

Zinke told a House committee that “we got it down to $75,000” by “manipulating” contract terms for the project, which would upgrade three sets of double doors in Zinke’s corner office overlooking the Washington Monument.

In a statement, the Interior Department’s s Office of Facilities and Administrative Services called the cost “reasonable,” noting that the project includes the installation of two sets of custom-built double doors and door frames, as well as demolition of existing doorways. The contract also covers repairs to another set of double doors that lead from a hallway to the secretary’s office.

“The cost is reasonable when taking into account there are two sets of double doors, the doors must be custom built, they must meet historic building requirements, includes both sets of door frames, demo of the current structure and installation,” the statement said.

Zinke said regulations regarding the 82-year-old, historic building near the National Mall significantly increase the cost of the renovations.

“The rules have good intent, but when you’re bound by a law that doesn’t make sense, this is when working together can be helpful,” he told the House Natural Resources Committee Thursday.

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Ask your representative...

 

Trump-- I will drain the swamp

I will just keep having to tell you so that's total bullshit. And just laugh at the PR hacks and Trump supporters who make up excuses for it by having to go clear back to Nancy Pelosi. What a fucking joke. Everything Trump his family and his administration does is just fine. But by god not Pelosi.


Carson, cabinet colleagues face awkward questions about use of public funds

 

Trump-- I will drain the swamp

Well I will just keep telling you I told you that's total bullshit. Trump has filled the swamp like no other president in history.

Scott Pruitt is paying rent to the wife of an attorney representing the NRA in Russia probe

$50 a night for a room in a condo is a huge gift from these lobbyists.

 

Trump-- I will drain the swamp

I told you so that's total bullshit. Trump has expanded the Washington DC swamp to a global swamp for him, his family, and his rich friends.

EXCLUSIVE: More Cabinet trouble for Trump? EPA chief lived in condo tied to lobbyist 'power couple'

 

Just as I said... The Ass clown and cocksuckers are going to roll us back to the shithole this country was in the 60's as they kill the EPA. That fucker trump is destroying the last 50-years of progress the nation has made. Guess what, the Soviets win.

Every one of you that support him have betrayed your nation and your fellow Americans. Period.

Hush....an alias

Trump’s EPA quietly revamps rules for air pollution

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The Trump administration has quietly reshaped enforcement of air pollution standards in recent months through a series of regulatory memos.

The memos are fulfilling the top wishes of industry, which has long called for changes to how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversees the nation's factories, plants and other facilities. The EPA is now allowing certain facilities to be subject to less-stringent regulations and is letting companies use friendlier math in calculating their expected emissions.

Environmentalists and public health advocates say the memos could greatly increase levels of air pollutants like mercury, benzene and nitrogen oxides. They accuse the EPA of avoiding the transparency and public input requirements that regulatory changes usually go through.

"All of these, individually and taken together, will result in more air pollution and less enforcement of the Clean Air Act," said Paul Billings, senior vice president for advocacy at the American Lung Association.

"These were radical departures of current law when they were proposed a decade ago and they're just as radical today," he said, referring to the Bush-era efforts, some of which were unsuccessful, to make changes to EPA air programs.

But for the EPA and its supporters, the memos simply bring the agency back to what the relevant laws and regulations are meant to be.

"They address specific concerns that people have had for years, and just make it much simpler for people to comply - especially for existing [facilities] - to make sure they can maintain their plants and replace worn-out components and those types of things, without the threat of enforcement litigation," said Jeff Holmstead, a former head of the EPA's air pollution office under the George W. Bush administration who now represents regulated companies at the law and lobbying firm Bracewell.

Bill Wehrum, head of the air office under EPA chief Scott Pruitt, wrote two of the three EPA memos. He recused himself from the third memo, which Pruitt wrote.

The first memo, issued in December, states that the EPA will no longer "second guess" companies' calculations of their expected pollution output after certain big projects under what is known as New Source Review. Under that program, the EPA reviews the changes made to a facility to decide whether they need to go through the same process as if the facility were newly built.

The December memo effectively means the EPA will usually not take action against a company for its calculations if they turn out to be wrong.

The second memo, issued in January, repeals a Clinton-era policy known as "once in, always in." Under the previous policy, facilities could never be considered "minor" sources of hazardous pollution if they were already considered "major" sources, and subject to much stricter rules.

Now, facilities can be regulated as "minor" if their emissions drop enough.

The third memo allows companies to use a procedure known as "project netting" when applying for permits for major projects under the New Source Review program. That means companies can use a more industry-friendly emissions calculation when they argue that a particular project would reduce emissions.

President Trump added to the memos last week, signing one himself that formally asks the EPA to use more industry-friendly practices in enforcing the National Ambient Air Quality Standards program, a key Clean Air Act program for air quality nationwide.

John Walke, director for clean air at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the EPA is working to implement the policies the Bush administration failed to finish.

"I think Mr. Wehrum has decided this is likely a one-term administration and he's going to devote his full resources to rolling back clean air, climate and public health protections in the time available to him," Walke said.

"The most expedient and hasty way to accomplish those rollbacks is through the regular guidance documents that we have seen so far from EPA," he said. "Rulemakings take time, they require public notice and input and hearings, and Mr. Wehrum and Mr. Pruitt plainly have no patience for those tedious fodders."

Walke said that, taken together, the memos could allow polluting facilities to greatly increase their emissions.

The EPA didn't respond to requests for comment.

The focus among the memos for environmental and health advocates is the one repealing the "once in, always in" policy, and letting "major" pollution sources reduce their emissions and be regulated as "minor" ones.

A coalition of environmental groups sued the EPA to stop the policy change, arguing that it should have gone through the full regulatory process, including analysis of its environmental impact and an opportunity for public comment. Democratic states joined in with their own lawsuit.

"Instead of prioritizing the health of hard-working Americans, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt wants to let major polluters off the hook. That is unconscionable, and it is illegal," said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D).

"If the 'Once In, Always In' policy is rescinded, children in California and around the country - particularly those who must live near the polluting plant or factory - may grow up in an environment with tons of additional hazardous pollutants in the air they breathe. California will not allow that to happen," Becerra said.

Two environmental groups opposed to the EPA's move have put out recent analyses of the change, focused on specific areas of the country.

The Environmental Integrity Project looked at 12 industrial plants in the Midwest and concluded they could increase their pollution to 540,000 pounds annually, a fourfold growth.

The Environmental Defense Fund looked at the Houston area, and said that 18 facilities there could increase their emissions to 900,000 pounds a year, two and a half times current levels.

Holmstead said opponents of the Trump administration's policy are unlikely to prevail. The Supreme Court ruled in the 2015 Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association case that federal agencies can repeal policy memos with other policy memos and don't have to go through the full regulatory process to do so.

"I think the environmental groups are going to have a real uphill battle trying to get through court that this is somehow improper," he said. "That really does fly in the face of the Perez decision."

As for the increase in emissions, Holmstead said environmentalists are wrong. In many cases, the new policies will allow facilities to carry out projects that reduce emissions, or simply operate under a lower paperwork burden.

"They have yet to come up with any real-world examples of how that might happen," Holmstead said of the scenarios in which pollution might increase. "These reforms are not going to lead to pollution increases.

"I don't think that there will be a meaningful impact one way or another."

 

@Hush , Even Republicans are starting to face an obvious truth...........

 

Shooter had an epiphany.

Trump said he'd drain the swamp.
He is.
And that offends the tree hugging arrogant elite liberals.
So they froth.

 

Trump--I will drain the swamp

Well I will just have keep telling you I told you so that is total bullshit. No one has perfected pay to play and crony capitalism better than Trump. And it hasn't even been two years yet.

EPA grants biofuels waiver to Trump-backing billionaire Carl Icahn: sources