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originally posted by: underwerks
originally posted by: Gothmog
originally posted by: BlackJackal
originally posted by: Gothmog
a reply to: BlackJackal
Last night the news broke that the Trump administration had signed an ethics waiver in April of this year but they did not make this information public like they are supposed to
Supposed to according to whom ?
CNN ?
Maxine Waters ?
Oprah Winfrey ?
Michael Avenatti ?
Barry Soetoro ?
According to The Office of Government Ethics.
Link
That is not the Office of Government Ethics
And no where in that "article" does it say "supposed to"
So , a non-governmental "open secrets org" are the folks that make the White House disclose waivers ?
Did you even read with comprehension the very first statement ?
Evidently not .
Barry is no longer President and Hillary lost
Get over it
Life goes on.
After a standoff with the Office of Government Ethics over whether the White House had to disclose ethics waivers given to White House staff members, the Trump administration blinked first. On May 31st, the administration disclosed that it has issued 14 waivers — more than four times the amount Barack Obama granted during his first four months and almost as many as he granted during his entire time in the Oval Office.
Wow. So they’ve almost already waved more ethics requirements for people than Obama did in his entire term. Huh. It’s a good thing you guys don’t care about the ethical behavior of the Obama admin, otherwise you’d have a hard time supporting this without being a blatant hypocrite.
The Trump administration: ethics free since 2016. Maybe they need to make a sticker.
originally posted by: BlackJackal
originally posted by: caterpillage
The left is collectively loosing their minds.
I've never seen such passionate hate.
Y'all need jesus.
Love it!!! Can’t contribute to the discussion so you make a generic “ Left people dumb” comment.
originally posted by: Gothmog
originally posted by: underwerks
originally posted by: Gothmog
originally posted by: BlackJackal
originally posted by: Gothmog
a reply to: BlackJackal
Last night the news broke that the Trump administration had signed an ethics waiver in April of this year but they did not make this information public like they are supposed to
Supposed to according to whom ?
CNN ?
Maxine Waters ?
Oprah Winfrey ?
Michael Avenatti ?
Barry Soetoro ?
According to The Office of Government Ethics.
Link
That is not the Office of Government Ethics
And no where in that "article" does it say "supposed to"
So , a non-governmental "open secrets org" are the folks that make the White House disclose waivers ?
Did you even read with comprehension the very first statement ?
Evidently not .
Barry is no longer President and Hillary lost
Get over it
Life goes on.
After a standoff with the Office of Government Ethics over whether the White House had to disclose ethics waivers given to White House staff members, the Trump administration blinked first. On May 31st, the administration disclosed that it has issued 14 waivers — more than four times the amount Barack Obama granted during his first four months and almost as many as he granted during his entire time in the Oval Office.
Wow. So they’ve almost already waved more ethics requirements for people than Obama did in his entire term. Huh. It’s a good thing you guys don’t care about the ethical behavior of the Obama admin, otherwise you’d have a hard time supporting this without being a blatant hypocrite.
The Trump administration: ethics free since 2016. Maybe they need to make a sticker.
There is no legal requirement to disclose.
And , did I mention Barry ?
HADES no.
In the interest of transparency
Yawn, cool story bro, but everytime you post, we can't help but laugh to ourselves, before we read your garbage.
originally posted by: underwerks
I have to say, I didn’t think my opinion of Trump followers could go any lower until right now.
Thanks guys. We always knew you were kidding about the whole “ethics” thing. It’s refreshing to see you publicly throw law and order out the window because of your support for a shady real estate developer.
For everyone else, wake up. Look at their responses here and in other threads. They don’t care if Trump has committed crimes, they don’t care if the concept of ethics is thrown away. All they care about is having something to make the other side angry with. That’s it. That’s the whole of their platform.
Remember that when you vote. I for one won’t forget it. We’re at a crossroads right now, and we either give in to the lawlessness and division they so gleefully sow, or we put a check on it.
It’s up to you.
originally posted by: Arnie123
Yawn, cool story bro, but everytime you post, we can't help but laugh to ourselves, before we read your garbage.
originally posted by: underwerks
I have to say, I didn’t think my opinion of Trump followers could go any lower until right now.
Thanks guys. We always knew you were kidding about the whole “ethics” thing. It’s refreshing to see you publicly throw law and order out the window because of your support for a shady real estate developer.
For everyone else, wake up. Look at their responses here and in other threads. They don’t care if Trump has committed crimes, they don’t care if the concept of ethics is thrown away. All they care about is having something to make the other side angry with. That’s it. That’s the whole of their platform.
Remember that when you vote. I for one won’t forget it. We’re at a crossroads right now, and we either give in to the lawlessness and division they so gleefully sow, or we put a check on it.
It’s up to you.
You people and your ilk know nothing about law and order, this has been established. Literally, everything ya'll post have no resounding effect on anything and constantly proven wrong, probably why many leftist are suddenly "central", "liberterian" or some other random affiliation to distance themselves from all the hyper partisan crap Dems pull.
You won't enjoy next election either.
originally posted by: BlackJackal
originally posted by: Iamonlyhuman
originally posted by: BlackJackal
As you can see here all ethics waivers are published online.
What exactly leads you to believe that all ethics waivers are published online?
It is required by the office of Government Ethics.
Just stating facts 😌 but, don't wait on us 😏
originally posted by: underwerks
originally posted by: Arnie123
Yawn, cool story bro, but everytime you post, we can't help but laugh to ourselves, before we read your garbage.
originally posted by: underwerks
I have to say, I didn’t think my opinion of Trump followers could go any lower until right now.
Thanks guys. We always knew you were kidding about the whole “ethics” thing. It’s refreshing to see you publicly throw law and order out the window because of your support for a shady real estate developer.
For everyone else, wake up. Look at their responses here and in other threads. They don’t care if Trump has committed crimes, they don’t care if the concept of ethics is thrown away. All they care about is having something to make the other side angry with. That’s it. That’s the whole of their platform.
Remember that when you vote. I for one won’t forget it. We’re at a crossroads right now, and we either give in to the lawlessness and division they so gleefully sow, or we put a check on it.
It’s up to you.
You people and your ilk know nothing about law and order, this has been established. Literally, everything ya'll post have no resounding effect on anything and constantly proven wrong, probably why many leftist are suddenly "central", "liberterian" or some other random affiliation to distance themselves from all the hyper partisan crap Dems pull.
You won't enjoy next election either.
Cool gaslighting bro, is that it?
I think I’d die from shock if you guys ever had a pro-Trump argument instead of an anti everyone else one.
...and I'm glad you were honest about your complete disregard of law and order, exactly what we expected 😌
originally posted by: underwerks
a reply to: Arnie123
Precisely, law and order mean nothing,
Really, I’m just happy you guys are finally being honest about what you believe.
originally posted by: BlackJackal
Last night the news broke that the Trump administration had signed an ethics waiver in April of this year but they did not make this information public like they are supposed to. As you can see here all ethics waivers are published online. This waiver is for Soliciter General Noel Francisco and waives him from any ethics rules in relation to who his law firm, Jones Day, is representing.
So, keeping the waiver secret is one story but the bigger story are the implications. Jones Day represents Donald Trump in the Mueller investigation. If Rod Rosenstein is fired the Mueller investigation would fall to the Solicitor General because the third position in the DOJ is currently vacant. However, without this waiver he would not be able to legally take the Mueller investigation due to conflicts of interest.
So it is now obvious what Trumps plans are for after the election. He will either fire Rosenstein or Rosenstein and Sessions and allow the investigation to fall to Noel Francisco a former member of the law firm defending Trump.
Link
originally posted by: Arnie123
...and I'm glad you were honest about your complete disregard of law and order, exactly what we expected 😌
originally posted by: underwerks
a reply to: Arnie123
Precisely, law and order mean nothing,
Really, I’m just happy you guys are finally being honest about what you believe.
Lmfao, "Now"
originally posted by: underwerks
originally posted by: Arnie123
...and I'm glad you were honest about your complete disregard of law and order, exactly what we expected 😌
originally posted by: underwerks
a reply to: Arnie123
Precisely, law and order mean nothing,
Really, I’m just happy you guys are finally being honest about what you believe.
Oh, everything I do is completely legal now. I was just waxing poetic about the criminality of your beliefs.
Thanks again for leaving no doubt about that.
😎
originally posted by: underwerks
Not one right wing poster has addressed what they think about the implications of a presidential administration flouting ethics rules. Just personal attacks, that’s it.
Which of course means you don’t have an argument, but I still want to give them a chance. In the rare case there might be someone out there who can defend this.
So, if you’re out there, do you think it’s a good thing for the government to be less transparent about following ethics guidelines? I’d really love to hear your reasons why you think this is a good thing.