CORRUPT! Why I blew the whistle on the Rick Perry meeting - okay, FUCKING CORRUPT!!

[vkkv]

(CNN) I was fired from my job as Department of Energy chief creative officer for releasing public domain photos of a meeting between Rick Perry, secretary of energy, and Robert Murray, CEO of Ohio-based Murray Energy, a large US coal company. There was no classified information present, I didn't engage with either of them and I didn't interrupt their conversation.

The pictures showed Murray, who donated $300,000 to Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, give Perry an "action plan." Murray's company has previously lobbied the Trump administration to end new federal public health protections for greenhouse gas emissions and smog pollution, loosen mine safety rules, and cut the staff of the Environmental Protection Agency by "at least half." Perry and Murray shook hands, hugged and agreed to get it done. Then they kept everything that happened that day a secret.

Some of the policies Murray's company has advocated for have been faithfully executed without research, thoughtful public comment periods or policy input from public health professionals. President Trump pulled out of the Paris Agreement on climate that cuts down on greenhouse gas emissions globally, and his administration gave notice of repealing the landmark Clean Power Plan, which reduced greenhouse gas emissions from coal plants nationwide. The Trump administration attempted to delay, but was eventually forced to proceed due to lawsuits, clean air protections against smog pollution. The President also nominated a coal company consultant to oversee national mine safety and began cutting EPA scientists and other career agency staffers in droves.


https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/opinions/rick-perry-meeting-opinion-edelman/index.html

MUST READ - IT'S NOT LONG.

[BSdetect]

1. The fine art of corruption infests the entire US.

[Nitram]

11. No it does not. A majority of us are fighting against corruption.

Hysterical hyperbole.

[BSdetect]

22. I never mentioned "the majority".

It only takes a few spread out all over.

Think Serpico.

[Nitram]

23. Ah, a pessimist. "We can never win."

Think reality.

[Sophia4]

19. Although we had a Republican Congress during portions of the Obama administration,

we did not have this kind of corruption.

The fact is that. while some Democrats, that is, occasionally a Democrat, is corrupt, the very reason for being of the Republican Party is corruption.

That's what being a Republican is about -- corruption. Their goal is to legitimize corruption. They do not value transparency in government. And only transparency prevents corruption.

The president did not want to make his visitors' logs public.

Who has the president’s ear? Who’s hitting the links with the commander in chief? And who’s on the outside looking in? The official White House visitor logs keep a record of who sees the president and his staff — but they don’t tell the whole story.

POLITICO’s Unauthorized White House Visitor Logs stand in for the official record, which the administration has decided not to release publicly.

To build a better, completely public visitor log, we compiled not just visits to the White House, but interactions that include in-person meetings with the president at Mar-a-Lago and other venues, appearances at events and documented phone calls with foreign leaders and other politicians.

We welcome your tips as we continue to grow the log. Send any names we may have missed to us at [e-mail].

https://www.politico.com/interactives/databases/trump-white-house-visitor-logs-and-records/index.html

Public Citizen had to sue to get a settlement that requires the president to make them public once in a while.

In the suit, filed in August, Public Citizen alleged that the administration was violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) because it refused to release information about visitors to four agencies housed in the White House complex.
. . . .
Under the settlement, the visitor logs will be transferred to the four agencies, which, going forward, will process and post the logs online within a month of receiving them. Visitor logs from the past year will be released over the next several months.

https://www.citizen.org/media/press-releases/win-trump-administration-settles-lawsuit-over-visitor-logs-information-will-be

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/15/trump-visitor-logs-white-house-413016

That is just an example of Republicans hiding their corruption.

We complained about the lack of transparency under Obama, but it is a lot worse under Trump.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/obama-transparency

We need open government. Americans cannot vote intelligently with all this secrecy. Of course, that is what Republicans want -- to be able to fool Americans into voting for them.

[mountain grammy]

2. America may never recover.

[DemocracyMouse]

5. Dignity comes from the ground up. Can we stop using the word "f---ing" to criticize corruption???

Frankly, "WTF" is a more polite alternative.

However, I don't mean to detract from the horror of collusion going on in every direction with this administration.

Stay the course...

[vkkv]

18. I rarely verbalize the word, but I do type it much more frequently.. not sure why.

Like using 'WTF?'.

I rarely SAY those words.. but type more often.

[They_Live]

3. Their greed and carelessness

will kill us all.

[shadowmayor]

4. So much for

the Whistleblowers Protection Act.

[zentrum]

6. It is Fucking corrupt.

And deserves to be called that. "Fucking" is one of the words reserved for extreme outrage.

Please don't stop using it when called for.

[dlk]

7. I Wonder if there are any Whistleblower Statutes to Help VKKV?

[spanone]

8. finest fascism money can buy

[Honeycombe8]

9. Corruption at a level never before seen (Bush-Cheney came close, though).

Trumpers will love this, though. It deals with COAL JOBS.

[catbyte]

10. There isn't anybody who isn't a crook. The fish really does rot from the head down.

[IMG][/IMG]

[RVN VET71]

16. Mattis?

Flynn, certainly, Kelly, possibly. But has Mattis entered into a covenant with the Trump-Putin cabal? Everyone else in the picture -- including that "empty barrel" Kelly, can be flushed straight down the toilet of American history. I've just not heard or read anything about "Mad Dog" that indicates his compliance with Trump-Putin or his profiting via connections with US-Russian oligarchs.

[calimary]

20. Welcome to DU, RVN VET71!

Maybe he's keeping his head WAAAAAAAY down?

Or perhaps there's just so much sturm und drang around everybody else in that accursed White House that the glare of the critical spotlight just hasn't gotten to him yet?

[BobTheSubgenius]

12. What was the reason for termination?

"Stealing" a few seconds of time from a work day?

[czarjak]

13. Nuclear, Rick...

You’re in charge of nuclear.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. These are the things everyone should

be concerned about, not some dalliance with a porn star.

[RVN VET71]

17. Not concerned about Stormy, but fascinated

What Trump's jackass lawyer did by paying her off may be the little pebble that brings the whole pile of rocks down. Remember Clinton got busted for a bj, not for any misfeasance in office.

So I keep track of Stormy not just because the affair underscores the incredible stupidity and hypocrisy of every single supporter of Trump, but also because she has a lawyer who is intent on eating Trump for lunch -- and who has the skills and abilities to do it.

[magicarpet]

15. Blackmail and kompromat are no joke, laughing matter.

Blackmail and kompromat - no joke.


Reprehensible conduct and behavior means blackmail and kompromat.

Reprehensible - why do you say that ?

* Reprehensible conduct and behavior by someone who currently resides in our White House.

* Reprehensible enough that he wants to keep it a secret.

* Reprehensible enough that he is willing to have his goons threaten any one who would reveal this conduct and behavior.

* Reprehensible enough that he is willing to pay out large sums of money to buy someone's silence.

* Reprehensible enough that he lies to the public that the sexual affair ever happened because if the truth and reality came out it could prove very awkward and damaging.

* Reprehensible enough that a super secret NDA was engineered to cover any foot prints that would reveal this conduct or behavior.

* Reprehensible enough that the perpetrator (tRdump) has attempted to block the CBS - 60 Minute segment from broadcasting the Stormy details.

* Reprehensible enough that agents of tRdump are suing Stormy for $20 million for revealing details of an affair tRdump says never happened.

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If nothing else the above proves the man currently occupying the White House is highly susceptible to being blackmailed.

That is a dangerous place for the national security of this country.


This reprehensible conduct and behavior is likely the same type of highly embarrassing kompromat Russia/Putin holds over and is using against tRdump while forcing him to act in Russia's best interests rather than the best interests of the United States of America.

This tRdump/Stormy tryst episode, the Playboy Bunny tryst episode, and the other multiple trysts of matrimonial infidelities, sexual harassment, and other inappropriate sexual behaviors are not nothing burgers. They could well be the key the why, the how, the where of the kompromat tRdump gave to Putin on a silver platter and how Putin uses this insane/madman sexual behavior to exploit tRump and exploit AMERICA because of this kompromat.

TRdump is a man of many human weaknesses he is ripe and susceptible to being controlled as a puppet. This is likely why Putin has our pResident by the balls and has total control over him. If tRdump steps out of line Putin squeezes his testicles. Then there is the question of financial kompromat - Putin likely can put the squeeze on tRdump's wallet and send his financial well being into turmoil so he crashes and burns.

Anyone who calls this a nothing burgers has failed critical thinking - forensic crime scene - course study 101.

This could be the main key and component to bringing tRdump down and out of the people's White House and hopefully locked up in jail. The more fronts we approach and attack from the sooner we get rid of this criminal thug masquarading as America's President.

[BREMPRO]

21. this just doesn't surprise me, and i don't even T-rump realizes he's corrupt

I know it's hard to believe, but i think this is the world he sees and lives in. This is just the usual method of business for someone like him, pay for play, quid pro quo, doing or supporting anything for direct personal/loyal supporter gain/power/benefit without care of consequences for others or the planet; void of scruples or ethics.. It's his version of the dog eat dog "businessman" that his supporters voted for; to bring a business ruthlessness to politics.