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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77759789 United States 09/18/2019 02:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FILL THE SWAMP: Trump has named more ex-lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than recent presidents did in eight. The London-based data firm Cambridge Analytica was testing out slogans like " Drain the Swamp" and "Build the Wall" as early as 2014. We were testing all kinds of messages and all kinds of imagery, which included images of walls, people scaling walls," Christopher Wylie, a former employee at Cambridge Analytica said. "We tested 'drain the swamp' ... ideas of the deep state and the NSA watching you and the government is conspiring against you." [link to www.businessinsider.com (secure)] “Drain the swamp” was developed and deployed by Cambridge Analytica. The facts speak for themselves that it’s just a slogan but bullshit in reality. It’s amazing that Donald Trumps cult of personality flock keeps chanting it, as is it was true. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77759789 United States 09/18/2019 02:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FILL THE SWAMP: Trump has named more ex-lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than recent presidents did in eight. In less than three years, President Donald Trump has named more former lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than his most recent predecessors did in eight, putting a substantial amount of oversight in the hands of people with ties to the industries they’re regulating. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77771414 The Cabinet choices are another sign that Trump’s populist pledge to “drain the swamp” is a catchy campaign slogan but not a serious attempt to change the way Washington works. Instead of staring down “the unholy alliance of lobbyists and donors and special interests” as Trump recently declared, the influence industry has flourished during his administration. The amount spent in 2019 on lobbying the U.S. government is on pace to match or exceed last year’s total of $3.4 billion, the most since 2010, according to the political money website Open Secrets. Trump also has pulled in hefty contributions from industries with business before his administration, and his hotel near the White House has been a magnet for lobbyists and foreign interests since he was elected. “An administration staffed by former industry lobbyists will almost certainly favor industry over the general public, because that’s the outlook they’re bringing to the job,” said Lee Drutman, a senior fellow in the political reform program at the think tank New America and author of the book “The Business of America is Lobbying.” Former lobbyists run the Defense and Interior departments, Environmental Protection Agency and office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The acting Labor secretary, Pat Pizzella, is a former lobbyist and Trump’s pick to run the department, Eugene Scalia, also is an ex-lobbyist. Scalia’s confirmation hearing before a GOP-controlled Senate committee is scheduled for Thursday and Democrats are expected to grill him on his long record of opposing federal regulations . A seventh ex-lobbyist, Dan Coats, resigned as Trump’s intelligence chief in August. President Barack Obama had five former lobbyists in his Cabinet during two terms in office and President George W. Bush had three, also during eight years in the White House. Shortly after taking office, Trump signed an executive order that revoked an Obama directive prohibiting lobbyists from being appointed to a post at a federal agency they’d lobbied within the last two years. [link to apnews.com (secure)] Wait...you can add another swamp monster to Trump’s festering stew of corruption: Thread: Breaking: Trump Picks Robert O’Brien as New National Security Adviser |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77858752 Sweden 09/18/2019 03:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FILL THE SWAMP: Trump has named more ex-lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than recent presidents did in eight. In less than three years, President Donald Trump has named more former lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than his most recent predecessors did in eight, putting a substantial amount of oversight in the hands of people with ties to the industries they’re regulating. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77771414 The Cabinet choices are another sign that Trump’s populist pledge to “drain the swamp” is a catchy campaign slogan but not a serious attempt to change the way Washington works. Instead of staring down “the unholy alliance of lobbyists and donors and special interests” as Trump recently declared, the influence industry has flourished during his administration. The amount spent in 2019 on lobbying the U.S. government is on pace to match or exceed last year’s total of $3.4 billion, the most since 2010, according to the political money website Open Secrets. Trump also has pulled in hefty contributions from industries with business before his administration, and his hotel near the White House has been a magnet for lobbyists and foreign interests since he was elected. “An administration staffed by former industry lobbyists will almost certainly favor industry over the general public, because that’s the outlook they’re bringing to the job,” said Lee Drutman, a senior fellow in the political reform program at the think tank New America and author of the book “The Business of America is Lobbying.” Former lobbyists run the Defense and Interior departments, Environmental Protection Agency and office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The acting Labor secretary, Pat Pizzella, is a former lobbyist and Trump’s pick to run the department, Eugene Scalia, also is an ex-lobbyist. Scalia’s confirmation hearing before a GOP-controlled Senate committee is scheduled for Thursday and Democrats are expected to grill him on his long record of opposing federal regulations . A seventh ex-lobbyist, Dan Coats, resigned as Trump’s intelligence chief in August. President Barack Obama had five former lobbyists in his Cabinet during two terms in office and President George W. Bush had three, also during eight years in the White House. Shortly after taking office, Trump signed an executive order that revoked an Obama directive prohibiting lobbyists from being appointed to a post at a federal agency they’d lobbied within the last two years. [link to apnews.com (secure)] This calls for a pin! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77720471 United States 09/18/2019 05:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FILL THE SWAMP: Trump has named more ex-lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than recent presidents did in eight. Look dude, we could spend 20 yrs looking thru DC for an honest man. It's not his fault that everyone is crooked. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74661623 And that’s an excuse for someone who ran on the “drain the swamp” slogan and then after he got elected, filled his cabinets with more ex-bankers and lobbyists than any previous president? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 24339683 United States 09/18/2019 07:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FILL THE SWAMP: Trump has named more ex-lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than recent presidents did in eight. Look dude, we could spend 20 yrs looking thru DC for an honest man. It's not his fault that everyone is crooked. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74661623 And that’s an excuse for someone who ran on the “drain the swamp” slogan and then after he got elected, filled his cabinets with more ex-bankers and lobbyists than any previous president? Trump said he would drain the swamp, but he didn't realize he was asking swamp dwellers for referrals on people to fill positions. So who are they going to suggest, but other swamp people? Trump isn't going to know who they are until they show who they are. That is, until they try to stab him in the back. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78015269 United States 09/18/2019 07:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FILL THE SWAMP: Trump has named more ex-lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than recent presidents did in eight. Look dude, we could spend 20 yrs looking thru DC for an honest man. It's not his fault that everyone is crooked. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74661623 And that’s an excuse for someone who ran on the “drain the swamp” slogan and then after he got elected, filled his cabinets with more ex-bankers and lobbyists than any previous president? Trump said he would drain the swamp, but he didn't realize he was asking swamp dwellers for referrals on people to fill positions. So who are they going to suggest, but other swamp people? Trump isn't going to know who they are until they show who they are. That is, until they try to stab him in the back. What kind of pathetic excuse is that? All Trump had to do was look at their resumes and see that they were professional lobbyists and then reject them. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 76448548 United States 09/18/2019 07:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FILL THE SWAMP: Trump has named more ex-lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than recent presidents did in eight. In less than three years, President Donald Trump has named more former lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than his most recent predecessors did in eight, putting a substantial amount of oversight in the hands of people with ties to the industries they’re regulating. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77771414 The Cabinet choices are another sign that Trump’s populist pledge to “drain the swamp” is a catchy campaign slogan but not a serious attempt to change the way Washington works. Instead of staring down “the unholy alliance of lobbyists and donors and special interests” as Trump recently declared, the influence industry has flourished during his administration. The amount spent in 2019 on lobbying the U.S. government is on pace to match or exceed last year’s total of $3.4 billion, the most since 2010, according to the political money website Open Secrets. Trump also has pulled in hefty contributions from industries with business before his administration, and his hotel near the White House has been a magnet for lobbyists and foreign interests since he was elected. “An administration staffed by former industry lobbyists will almost certainly favor industry over the general public, because that’s the outlook they’re bringing to the job,” said Lee Drutman, a senior fellow in the political reform program at the think tank New America and author of the book “The Business of America is Lobbying.” Former lobbyists run the Defense and Interior departments, Environmental Protection Agency and office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The acting Labor secretary, Pat Pizzella, is a former lobbyist and Trump’s pick to run the department, Eugene Scalia, also is an ex-lobbyist. Scalia’s confirmation hearing before a GOP-controlled Senate committee is scheduled for Thursday and Democrats are expected to grill him on his long record of opposing federal regulations . A seventh ex-lobbyist, Dan Coats, resigned as Trump’s intelligence chief in August. President Barack Obama had five former lobbyists in his Cabinet during two terms in office and President George W. Bush had three, also during eight years in the White House. Shortly after taking office, Trump signed an executive order that revoked an Obama directive prohibiting lobbyists from being appointed to a post at a federal agency they’d lobbied within the last two years. [link to apnews.com (secure)] First of all fuck you and your mindcontrolled spew. Second. You can't fire them unless you hire them and Keep your enemies closer...Now stamp those pearls of wisdom into your filth you fucking pigs. You can never say I didn't try to clue you. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78015269 United States 09/18/2019 08:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FILL THE SWAMP: Trump has named more ex-lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than recent presidents did in eight. In less than three years, President Donald Trump has named more former lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than his most recent predecessors did in eight, putting a substantial amount of oversight in the hands of people with ties to the industries they’re regulating. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77771414 The Cabinet choices are another sign that Trump’s populist pledge to “drain the swamp” is a catchy campaign slogan but not a serious attempt to change the way Washington works. Instead of staring down “the unholy alliance of lobbyists and donors and special interests” as Trump recently declared, the influence industry has flourished during his administration. The amount spent in 2019 on lobbying the U.S. government is on pace to match or exceed last year’s total of $3.4 billion, the most since 2010, according to the political money website Open Secrets. Trump also has pulled in hefty contributions from industries with business before his administration, and his hotel near the White House has been a magnet for lobbyists and foreign interests since he was elected. “An administration staffed by former industry lobbyists will almost certainly favor industry over the general public, because that’s the outlook they’re bringing to the job,” said Lee Drutman, a senior fellow in the political reform program at the think tank New America and author of the book “The Business of America is Lobbying.” Former lobbyists run the Defense and Interior departments, Environmental Protection Agency and office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The acting Labor secretary, Pat Pizzella, is a former lobbyist and Trump’s pick to run the department, Eugene Scalia, also is an ex-lobbyist. Scalia’s confirmation hearing before a GOP-controlled Senate committee is scheduled for Thursday and Democrats are expected to grill him on his long record of opposing federal regulations . A seventh ex-lobbyist, Dan Coats, resigned as Trump’s intelligence chief in August. President Barack Obama had five former lobbyists in his Cabinet during two terms in office and President George W. Bush had three, also during eight years in the White House. Shortly after taking office, Trump signed an executive order that revoked an Obama directive prohibiting lobbyists from being appointed to a post at a federal agency they’d lobbied within the last two years. [link to apnews.com (secure)] First of all fuck you and your mindcontrolled spew. Second. You can't fire them unless you hire them and Keep your enemies closer...Now stamp those pearls of wisdom into your filth you fucking pigs. You can never say I didn't try to clue you. LOL...no doubt about it, that is the most convoluted excuse yet! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 76448548 United States 09/18/2019 08:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FILL THE SWAMP: Trump has named more ex-lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than recent presidents did in eight. In less than three years, President Donald Trump has named more former lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than his most recent predecessors did in eight, putting a substantial amount of oversight in the hands of people with ties to the industries they’re regulating. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77771414 The Cabinet choices are another sign that Trump’s populist pledge to “drain the swamp” is a catchy campaign slogan but not a serious attempt to change the way Washington works. Instead of staring down “the unholy alliance of lobbyists and donors and special interests” as Trump recently declared, the influence industry has flourished during his administration. The amount spent in 2019 on lobbying the U.S. government is on pace to match or exceed last year’s total of $3.4 billion, the most since 2010, according to the political money website Open Secrets. Trump also has pulled in hefty contributions from industries with business before his administration, and his hotel near the White House has been a magnet for lobbyists and foreign interests since he was elected. “An administration staffed by former industry lobbyists will almost certainly favor industry over the general public, because that’s the outlook they’re bringing to the job,” said Lee Drutman, a senior fellow in the political reform program at the think tank New America and author of the book “The Business of America is Lobbying.” Former lobbyists run the Defense and Interior departments, Environmental Protection Agency and office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The acting Labor secretary, Pat Pizzella, is a former lobbyist and Trump’s pick to run the department, Eugene Scalia, also is an ex-lobbyist. Scalia’s confirmation hearing before a GOP-controlled Senate committee is scheduled for Thursday and Democrats are expected to grill him on his long record of opposing federal regulations . A seventh ex-lobbyist, Dan Coats, resigned as Trump’s intelligence chief in August. President Barack Obama had five former lobbyists in his Cabinet during two terms in office and President George W. Bush had three, also during eight years in the White House. Shortly after taking office, Trump signed an executive order that revoked an Obama directive prohibiting lobbyists from being appointed to a post at a federal agency they’d lobbied within the last two years. [link to apnews.com (secure)] First of all fuck you and your mindcontrolled spew. Second. You can't fire them unless you hire them and Keep your enemies closer...Now stamp those pearls of wisdom into your filth you fucking pigs. You can never say I didn't try to clue you. LOL...no doubt about it, that is the most convoluted excuse yet! And that why you are posting nonsense on the internet and are not the duly elected POTUS. I am glad it went over your head. I use to feel sorry for the children of the future. I even wrote a song about it. I am starting to really dislike you demons and am truly waiting for you comeuppance. You are making great mistakes by not learning from the past or your elders. Mankind is de-evolving...you are slightly more than apes at this stage. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77850075 Australia 09/18/2019 08:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FILL THE SWAMP: Trump has named more ex-lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than recent presidents did in eight. In less than three years, President Donald Trump has named more former lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than his most recent predecessors did in eight, putting a substantial amount of oversight in the hands of people with ties to the industries they’re regulating. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77771414 The Cabinet choices are another sign that Trump’s populist pledge to “drain the swamp” is a catchy campaign slogan but not a serious attempt to change the way Washington works. Instead of staring down “the unholy alliance of lobbyists and donors and special interests” as Trump recently declared, the influence industry has flourished during his administration. The amount spent in 2019 on lobbying the U.S. government is on pace to match or exceed last year’s total of $3.4 billion, the most since 2010, according to the political money website Open Secrets. Trump also has pulled in hefty contributions from industries with business before his administration, and his hotel near the White House has been a magnet for lobbyists and foreign interests since he was elected. “An administration staffed by former industry lobbyists will almost certainly favor industry over the general public, because that’s the outlook they’re bringing to the job,” said Lee Drutman, a senior fellow in the political reform program at the think tank New America and author of the book “The Business of America is Lobbying.” Former lobbyists run the Defense and Interior departments, Environmental Protection Agency and office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The acting Labor secretary, Pat Pizzella, is a former lobbyist and Trump’s pick to run the department, Eugene Scalia, also is an ex-lobbyist. Scalia’s confirmation hearing before a GOP-controlled Senate committee is scheduled for Thursday and Democrats are expected to grill him on his long record of opposing federal regulations . A seventh ex-lobbyist, Dan Coats, resigned as Trump’s intelligence chief in August. President Barack Obama had five former lobbyists in his Cabinet during two terms in office and President George W. Bush had three, also during eight years in the White House. Shortly after taking office, Trump signed an executive order that revoked an Obama directive prohibiting lobbyists from being appointed to a post at a federal agency they’d lobbied within the last two years. [link to apnews.com (secure)] First of all fuck you and your mindcontrolled spew. Second. You can't fire them unless you hire them and Keep your enemies closer...Now stamp those pearls of wisdom into your filth you fucking pigs. You can never say I didn't try to clue you. LOL...no doubt about it, that is the most convoluted excuse yet! And that why you are posting nonsense on the internet and are not the duly elected POTUS. I am glad it went over your head. I use to feel sorry for the children of the future. I even wrote a song about it. I am starting to really dislike you demons and am truly waiting for you comeuppance. You are making great mistakes by not learning from the past or your elders. Mankind is de-evolving...you are slightly more than apes at this stage. OK, whatever. So what about all those lobbysists, bankers and Skull and Bones club members that Trump has filled his swamp with? In less than three years, he has named more former lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than his predecessors did in eight years. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 76448548 United States 09/18/2019 08:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FILL THE SWAMP: Trump has named more ex-lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than recent presidents did in eight. ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76448548 First of all fuck you and your mindcontrolled spew. Second. You can't fire them unless you hire them and Keep your enemies closer...Now stamp those pearls of wisdom into your filth you fucking pigs. You can never say I didn't try to clue you. LOL...no doubt about it, that is the most convoluted excuse yet! And that why you are posting nonsense on the internet and are not the duly elected POTUS. I am glad it went over your head. I use to feel sorry for the children of the future. I even wrote a song about it. I am starting to really dislike you demons and am truly waiting for you comeuppance. You are making great mistakes by not learning from the past or your elders. Mankind is de-evolving...you are slightly more than apes at this stage. OK, whatever. So what about all those lobbysists, bankers and Skull and Bones club members that Trump has filled his swamp with? In less than three years, he has named more former lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than his predecessors did in eight years. What about um? Seems to me either Trump is the dumbest fucker on the planet or some diabolical genius to you lost loonies. Prove yourself. I have no reason to trust you NONE! Show me these bonesmen...name them. While your at it...name all the people Trump has used up like an old condom and thrown away like one....lets say recently that neocon warmongering POS he just shitcanned. |
Xeven User ID: 75948321 United States 09/18/2019 08:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FILL THE SWAMP: Trump has named more ex-lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than recent presidents did in eight. Trump has done very poorly at selecting staff since day one. I reserve the right to declare my comments and posts as satire. Nothing I post should be considered or interpreted as advocacy for illegal activity. My comments are designed to inspire critical political thinking. I only mean half of what I say and only say half of what I mean. |
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Zoink User ID: 12343871 United States 09/18/2019 09:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FILL THE SWAMP: Trump has named more ex-lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than recent presidents did in eight. Don't you see? It's all one big show, within one big party, and we ain't in it, we're just the audience! If voting really mattered, it would be outlawed. The presidency is just a puppet. A theater to keep the masses distracted. An illusion to make the public believe at least something is getting done. We were forced into submission, and our beliefs were forced upon us without consent. Ash Nazg Durbatulûk, Ash Nazg Gimbatul, Ash Nazg Thrakatulûk, Agh Burzum-ishi Krimpatul |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78015269 United States 09/18/2019 09:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FILL THE SWAMP: Trump has named more ex-lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than recent presidents did in eight. “I’m going to surround myself only with the best and most serious people. We want top of the line professionals." —- Donald Trump, August 30, 2016 “That plays great before the election. Now, we don’t care” —- Donald Trump, December 10, 2016 Trust the plan |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77674388 Argentina 09/18/2019 09:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FILL THE SWAMP: Trump has named more ex-lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts than recent presidents did in eight. Look dude, we could spend 20 yrs looking thru DC for an honest man. It's not his fault that everyone is crooked. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74661623 he has absolute power and squandered it all his choices his fault his blame he could have hired one of the chan hacker boards to run the country and it would be done truly america first instead jarvanka call the shots |