General Trump Administration F**kery Thread (2017-2021)

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The New Yorker
1 hr ·
“It’s hilarious how easy it is to find hypocrisy,” Jennifer Mendelsohn said. “And I’m a scary-good sleuth.”


Your Grandma Was a Chain Migrant!
Jennifer Mendelsohn turns the tables on Trump’s anti-immigrant mouthpieces by digging through their genealogical records.
NEWYORKER.COM

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Bipartisan Senate group opposes cuts to anti-drug office

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Former EPA employees sat around a campfire to tell scary stories about Trump's EPA

 

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

@FromStLouis @Cat piss martini @MustafaSTL I’ve heard some grimy shyt about east stl.....

This is still the most mind blowing thing I’ve seen in years.....

I remember back in 04-08 when I was in the Air Force and stationed in St. Louis we’d be in and out of them clubs on the east side. Them shyts were live as fukk. We’d go to this strip club called the pink slip religiously

 

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The Hill
2 hrs ·
President Trump's Director of Fish and Wildlife Service - the federal agency dedicated to the conservation of animals and their habitats - was spotted at a convention run by a group that promotes hunters' rights to kill big game animals and import their body parts to the United States as trophies.


Top Trump wildlife official attends trophy hunting convention
Greg Sheehan attended the event, which promotes the import of big game body parts.
THEHILL.COM

 

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ProPublica
2 hrs ·
The kickback scheme to make millions off first border wall was allegedly hashed out over weeknight drinks at a steakhouse in a border county in south Texas:


New Details Alleged in Scheme to Make Millions Off First Border Wall in Texas — ProPublica
The latest lawsuit filing in Hidalgo County talks of kickback deals worked out over drinks and steak dinners.
PROPUBLICA.ORG

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

"let's half-ass everything, including crime, HEY WHY ARE WE GETTING CAUGHT?"

 

[FAH1223]

 

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PBS NewsHour
4 hrs ·
The federal agency was responsible for finding cases where minorities were being charged higher interest rates by both banks and auto lenders.


How will CFPB enforcement changes affect consumers?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is charged with making sure financial institutions treat consumers fairly. But the Trump administration this week stripped the federal agency's enforcement power that allowed it to pursue…
PBS.ORG

voting matters progressives

 

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ProPublica
13 mins ·
William Emanuel, already criticized for allegedly favoring clients of the corporate law firm he used to work for, now faces a probe by the agency’s inspector general.


NLRB Member Is Under Investigation for a Conflict of Interest — ProPublica
William Emanuel, already criticized for allegedly favoring clients of the corporate law firm he used to work for, now faces a probe by the agency’s inspector…
PROPUBLICA.ORG

 

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The Hill
27 mins ·
Ken Isaacs — President Trump's nominee to oversee the coordination of roughly a billion dollars in relief efforts to migrants across the globe — is apologizing after he previously claimed on social media that Islam is inherently a violent religion and that Christian refugees should be made a priority in certain cases when they are relocating from hostile areas.


Trump nominee to migrant agency once claimed Islam was a violent religion, Christian refugees should be priority
“I deeply regret that my comments on social media have caused hurt and have undermined my professional record,” Isaacs said.
THEHILL.COM

 

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ThinkProgress
1 hr ·
One extreme nominee who won't get through.


‘A small victory for sanity in a lunatic world’: ‘Overwhelmingly unqualified’ Trump nominee is out
Kathleen Hartnett White tried to put a positive spin on rising carbon emissions.
THINKPROGRESS.ORG

 

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Washington Post
1 hr ·
President Trump's nominee to coordinate billions of dollars in assistance to migrants around the world has suggested that Islam is a violent religion and that Christians in some cases should receive preferential treatment when resettling from hostile areas.


Trump nominee for U.N. migration post called Muslims violent, Christians top priority
Evangelical relief worker Ken Isaacs has a history of controversial remarks on Twitter.

WASHINGTONPOST.COM

 

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Schumer: Trump administration rigging the system to help 'most egregious corporate actors'

 

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Andy Borowitz
6 mins ·
Trump Considering Firing Dow Jones Industrial Average