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[finnbow]

Under Elaine Chao, the Transportation Dept. designated a special liaison to help with grant applications and other priorities from her husband Mitch McConnell's state of Kentucky, paving the way for grants totaling at least $78 million for favored projects.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/...e-chao-1358068

[finnbow]

John V. Kelly, the acting inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, announced his retirement Monday following revelations that he directed his staff to whitewash audits of the agency’s performance after federal disasters.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...d4e_story.html

[donquixote99]

When it gets this bad you need inspector inspectors.

And before you ask, if you need inspector inspector inspectors, just forget the whole thing, the rot has gone too deep.

[Chicks]

Walter Shaub
@waltshaub
This is the sort of thing that should lead to the impeachment of a corrupt official -- that is, if her corrupt husband weren't in a position to block that impeachment. We are now a full-fledged banana republic. We have nothing to teach the rest of the world except what not to be.
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Chris Lu
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“The Transportation Dept under Elaine Chao designated a special liaison to help with grant applications and other priorities from her husband Mitch McConnell’s state of Kentucky, paving the way for grants totaling at least $78 million for favored projects”
(link: https://politi.co/2IyHj2B) politi.co/2IyHj2B
5:21 AM · Jun 10, 2019 · Twitter Web App

[nailer]

Originally Posted by finnbow

John V. Kelly, the acting inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, announced his retirement Monday following revelations that he directed his staff to whitewash audits of the agency’s performance after federal disasters.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...d4e_story.html

I know him and am not a bit surprised.

[Chicks]

Federal office says Kellyanne Conway should be removed from government

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/13/polit...act/index.html

"Ms. Conway's violations, if left unpunished, would send a message to all federal employees that they need not abide by the Hatch Act's restrictions. Her actions thus erode the principal foundation of our democratic system -- the rule of law," the letter said.

"If Ms. Conway were any other federal employee, her multiple violations of the law would almost certainly result in her removal from her federal position," Kerner's letter said. "Never has (the office) had to issue multiple reports to the President concerning Hatch Act violations by the same individual."

A separate statement from the Office of the Special Counsel, issued alongside the report, said that "given that Ms. Conway is a repeat offender and has shown disregard for the law, (the office) recommends that she be removed from federal service."

The recommendation carries no actual power to remove Conway. That decision is up to Trump, who has expressed nothing but support for Conway.

Donny, of course, is perfectly fine with her criminal behavior.

[donquixote99]

Sanders sinks slowly into the west...and the WP offers some choice observations:

“When Sarah Sanders said Thursday that she hopes to be remembered for her transparency and honesty, the first impulse was to laugh.

But lying to citizens while being paid by them really isn’t all that funny.

Sanders took on an impossible job when she became Trump’s spokeswoman, a job that’s about to reach a welcome conclusion.

She would claim to represent the truth on behalf of a president who lies.

She did it disrespectfully, and apparently without shame or an understanding of what the role of White House press secretary should be.

She misled reporters or tried to, and through them, misled the American people. And all with her distinctive curled-lip disdain”.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/life....nl_most&wpmm=1

Re the "distinctive curled-lip disdain”.... Grifters are haters.

[Chicks]

Palestinians reject Kushner 'economy first' approach to Mideast peace

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-i...-idUSKCN1TN0KS

Mutterings about “sending a boy to do a man’s job” were overhead, to hysterical laughter.

[Rajoo]

Leaked Trump vetting documents showed a number of major 'red flags' were raised about top officials during transition

Nikki Haley, who became Trump's U.N. ambassador, had a note that she'd said Trump is everything "we teach our kids not to do in kindergarten."

Rick Perry, Energy Secretary, had voluminous vetting concerns: "Perry described Trumpism as a 'toxic mix of demagoguery, mean-spiritedness, and nonsense that will lead the Republican Party to perdition,'" the vetters noted.

https://www.businessinsider.com/leak...s-axios-2019-6

[nailer]

Two red flags raised by Nikki and Rick about Trump.