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| Trump fills the swamp with more lobbyists; He’s surrounding himself with Wall Street and D.C. insiders. | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 11 2016, 05:50 AM (1,162 Views) | |
| Attaburnsinhell | Nov 11 2016, 05:50 AM Post #1 |
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In the final weeks of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, he pledged to “drain the swamp” in Washington, D.C. by, among other things, introducing tough new restrictions on lobbying. “I am proposing a package of ethics reforms to make our government honest once again,” Trump said during the October 17 appearance in Green Bay, Wisconsin where he first used the “drain the swamp” line. It appears Trump is already backtracking on that pledge. Politico reports that “lobbyists are all over” Trump’s transition team. Those lobbyists include Cindy Hayden of tobacco company Altria; Michael Torrey, owner of a lobbying firm representing the American Beverage Association; Steve Hart, chairman of the Williams & Jensen firm; and Michael McKenna, who lobbies on behalf of Dow Chemical. Trump’s reliance on insiders goes beyond lobbyists. His financial advisory team is full of veteran Wall Streeters such as former Goldman Sachs banker Steven Mnuchin, the Wall Street Journal reports. Both Mnuchin and former JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon are reportedly in the mix to be Trump’s Treasury Secretary. https://thinkprogress.org/trump-fills-the-swamp-with-more-lobbyists-32329e155700#.fhmrd3cj8 |
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| CautionaryTales | Nov 11 2016, 05:59 AM Post #2 |
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He could shoot someone dead in Times Square and his supporters would not care |
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Have you paid your internet taxes? | |
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| Attaburnsinhell | Nov 12 2016, 08:25 AM Post #3 |
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How Trump Conned America http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/11/on_the_trail_for_the_final_week_of_the_trump_campaign.html |
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| George Aligator | Nov 12 2016, 09:31 AM Post #4 |
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Supporters and opponents of the new president are all going to have to recalibrate their views of everyday political processes because Trump sees administration as essentially transactional, i.e. the art of the deal. Where high-minded traditionalists see lobbyists as venal agents of corruption, President Trump sees them as potential customers on his deal-making exchange. Every lobbyist has something he wants and something he has to offer; putting these various pieces into the jigsaw puzzle of administration policy is how Trump plans to govern and what he believes he will be very good at. Where Obama wished to raise the White House above sordid haggling to the higher realm of "a more perfect union," Trump sees himself as the cleverest merchant in the souk. This may work better than idealists imagine. |
| Conservatism is a social disease | |
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| Attaburnsinhell | Nov 12 2016, 12:05 PM Post #5 |
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If you voted for Trump because he’s ‘anti-establishment,’ guess what: You got conned By Paul Waldman November 11 at 12:49 PM The greatest trick Donald Trump pulled was convincing voters he’d be “anti-establishment.” Well, maybe not the greatest trick. But in a campaign full of cons, it has to rank close to the top. This was near the heart of Trump’s appeal to the disaffected and disempowered: Send me to Washington, and that “establishment” you’ve been hearing so much about? We’ll blow it up, send it packing, punch it right in the face, and when it’s over the government will finally be working for you again. And the people who voted for Trump bought it. After all, he’s no politician, right? He’s an outsider, a glass-breaker, a guy who can cut out the bull and get things done. Right? But the idea that he would do this was based on a profound misunderstanding of what the establishment actually is, and who Donald Trump is. Here’s a report on Trump’s transition from Eric Lipton of the New York Times: President-elect Donald J. Trump, who campaigned against the corrupt power of special interests, is filling his transition team with some of the very sort of people who he has complained have too much clout in Washington: corporate consultants and lobbyists… Mr. Trump was swept to power in large part by white working-class voters who responded to his vow to restore the voices of forgotten people, ones drowned out by big business and Wall Street. But in his transition to power, some of the most prominent voices will be those of advisers who come from the same industries for which they are being asked to help set the regulatory groundwork. An organizational chart of Trump’s transition team shows it to be crawling with corporate lobbyists, representing such clients as Altria, Visa, Coca-Cola, General Electric, Verizon, HSBC, Pfizer, Dow Chemical, and Duke Energy. And K Street is positively salivating over all the new opportunities they’ll have to deliver goodies to their clients in the Trump era. Who could possibly have predicted such a thing? More.... https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/11/11/if-you-voted-for-trump-because-hes-anti-establishment-guess-what-you-got-conned/#comments Edited by Attaburnsinhell, Nov 12 2016, 12:07 PM.
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| clone | Nov 12 2016, 01:38 PM Post #6 |
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Director @ Center for Advanced Memetic Warfare
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You realize simply regurgitating MSM nonsense is part of what got you here in the first place right? You listened to their bloviating and took it as gospel while we did not.... If you truly want to make your voice heard to Donaldus Maximus you can start here... https://www.greatagain.gov/ |
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence. | |
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| Robert Stout | Nov 12 2016, 01:46 PM Post #7 |
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Trump rejects conservative and liberal ideology....Ain't it awful...American pragmatism is making a comeback.............
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| Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid | |
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| Attaburnsinhell | Nov 12 2016, 06:01 PM Post #8 |
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Oh you mean all these people mentioned above actually dont exist, the msm made the whole thing up? Im in process of writing of the upcoming ''make-believe'' Trump presidency, where we are to make believe he never really sexually assaulted women, called on his supporters to committ violence etc etc. I'll add your thought to my thesis, thanks |
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| estonianman | Nov 12 2016, 06:06 PM Post #9 |
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Atta - what you have to realize is that after 18 months of lying, the left and the leftist media has lost all credibility. Everything you post should automatically go to a quarantine board until it is verified. |
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| Attaburnsinhell | Nov 12 2016, 06:09 PM Post #10 |
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Im going to toss you into the ''make-believe'' pile too, your making believe Trump isnt a corporate statist crony capitalist Edited by Attaburnsinhell, Nov 12 2016, 06:12 PM.
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| estonianman | Nov 12 2016, 06:14 PM Post #11 |
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He might be a crony statist capitalist - no one will know until next year. Hillary had a 100% of being a crony statist capitalist and you supported her to the point where you literally shilled for her. Egg on your face. |
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| Attaburnsinhell | Nov 12 2016, 06:21 PM Post #12 |
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No, merely supported her because my choice was rejected. I couldn't get behind someone who is a racist, xenophobe, serial rapist of women and the enviroment Someone still has to have a moral redline Edited by Attaburnsinhell, Nov 12 2016, 06:21 PM.
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| estonianman | Nov 12 2016, 06:30 PM Post #13 |
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The reason you lost is because everyone you disagree with isn't a racist, misogynist and a rapist. Lying only works as a persuasion tactic if you somehow maintain credibility while doing it.
You have no morals. You think that you are fighting for the common good, therefore the means justify the end. The leftist media instilled that into the democratic party which is why you saw all this violence leading up to and after the election. This is how suicide bombers justify their career path. Edited by estonianman, Nov 12 2016, 06:32 PM.
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| Attaburnsinhell | Nov 12 2016, 06:38 PM Post #14 |
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I didnt say everyone was a racist, xenophobe rapist, just your president If you're willing to disregard his lying and sexual assaults, then you're no one to talk about anyone elses morals |
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| Mr. Tik | Nov 12 2016, 06:39 PM Post #15 |
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Trump's transition team signals return to GOP establishment https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-transition-team-signals-return-gop-establishment-072703965.html |
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You may be a conservative republican..if you are pro life until you get your mistress knocked up | |
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| Attaburnsinhell | Nov 12 2016, 06:40 PM Post #16 |
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Btw, the only one's threatening actual murderous violence were armed Trump supporters |
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| estonianman | Nov 12 2016, 06:42 PM Post #17 |
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But Atta - you were proven wrong here http://unitedstates.com/topic/10036578 So either you ignored the evidence and are now lying about, or you forgot. Which is it? |
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| estonianman | Nov 12 2016, 06:42 PM Post #18 |
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Do you have a source for this breaking news? |
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| Mr. Tik | Nov 12 2016, 06:47 PM Post #19 |
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Trump To Wall Street Journal: Maybe We’ll Keep Obamacare Around http://www.redstate.com/sweetie15/2016/11/11/trump-wall-street-journal-maybe-well-keep-obamacare-around/
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You may be a conservative republican..if you are pro life until you get your mistress knocked up | |
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| Attaburnsinhell | Nov 12 2016, 06:47 PM Post #20 |
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Sounds like the Bill Cosby defense. Not very effective |
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