I have purchased a (brand new) mattress because it was the same one used at the Westin where I had quite a few stays in and loved the mattress, so I could see "Hey find me one like that", but uhhh, a used one? No f'ing way.
I have purchased a (brand new) mattress because it was the same one used at the Westin where I had quite a few stays in and loved the mattress, so I could see "Hey find me one like that", but uhhh, a used one? No f'ing way.
UNCjigga
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And now we have the Chick-fil-A thing. Weirder and weirder...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...98e4e4-5eac-11e8-9ee3-49d6d4814c4c_story.html
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It not just about being weird or more weird.
It looks as though he is misusing that aide's time for his personal gain (getting his wife a job).
Doesn't anyone in congress have the balls to go after this guy?
Now you can be sure that if the EPA head was a 'filthy liberal" that these repubs would have no problem in
pressuring the removal of the him/her, from this cabinet position.
Getting his chops busted-
https://arstechnica.com/science/201...ny-science-backing-up-pruitts-climate-claims/
https://arstechnica.com/science/201...ny-science-backing-up-pruitts-climate-claims/
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The hunter for a "used mattress" for pruitt, at the trump hotel, is gone on Friday.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-epa-aide-millan-hupp-is-leaving/
"Millan Hupp, a top Environmental Protection Agency aide whose name had been in the headlines over controversies involving administrator Scott Pruitt, is leaving the agency. Her last day is Friday."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-epa-aide-millan-hupp-is-leaving/
"Millan Hupp, a top Environmental Protection Agency aide whose name had been in the headlines over controversies involving administrator Scott Pruitt, is leaving the agency. Her last day is Friday."
She is writing a new book:
The Quest for Hooker Pee
My time at the EPA under Scott Pruitt
K1052
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At this point I want to see how far down this hole we can go. I mean the CFA thing is hilarious.
#2 at EPA is a super shifty ex-coal lobbyist who would be a lot better at the job of dismantling the agency than Pruitt so I'm in no hurry to see him take the reins.
#2 at EPA is a super shifty ex-coal lobbyist who would be a lot better at the job of dismantling the agency than Pruitt so I'm in no hurry to see him take the reins.
In the Private Sector, Personal Assistants take care of most everything for top execs. I dated a woman many years ago who was the executive secretary to a construction manager who built several of Denver's high rise office buildings. She took care of everything from keeping track of his social & business calendar to sending his wife flowers for their anniversary to you name it. It comes with the territory & helps 'em stay on track.
I don't really have any heartburn about top govt execs getting the same sort of treatment even if Pruitt's requests are weird. I have a problem with him being there in the first place, with his sell-out policy decisions.
I don't really have any heartburn about top govt execs getting the same sort of treatment even if Pruitt's requests are weird. I have a problem with him being there in the first place, with his sell-out policy decisions.
I was in the middle of checking out her LinkedIn page when it suddenly developed problems and is now not viewable. Huh.
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and it being illegal to do that in the public sector.
I’m not saying there needs to be jail time. I am saying he should know about this already and if he didn’t he definitely knows not to continue.
K1052
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Apparently he got so fond of lunching at the WH they had to ask him to leave lol
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/06/pruitt-white-house-lunch-603350
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/06/pruitt-white-house-lunch-603350
This ass hat is all about how much personal benefit he can wring from his position. His pushing to get his wife the chicken with judgement franchise should be enough on its own to get him booted.
You know its really bad when even Senators of your own party call you swampy.
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Looks like another aide of pruitt's resigned.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...350e4b09578259e974a?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313
"
Millan Hupp, the EPA’s director of scheduling and advance, resigned after becoming the subject of a second major controversy, this time involving a used Trump hotel mattress, according to The Atlantic. Her last day is Friday.
Minutes after The Atlantic’s report went live, New York Times reporter Eric Lipton tweeted that Sarah Greenwalt, a senior EPA adviser, also stepped down.
Both women worked for Pruitt when he served as Oklahoma’s attorney general and were part of a close-knit group of appointees known among EPA staffers as the “Oklahoma posse.” They were also the two aides awarded five-figure raises through a legal loophole after the White House rejected a request to bump their salaries. Pruitt first denied knowledge of the raises after they became public in April but later reversed course, admitting during a congressional hearing that he authorized them.
"
This guy needs to go.
This from pruitt's spokesman when asked for comment on the resignations.
"A top EPA official told The Atlantic that Hupp was “tired of being thrown under the bus by Pruitt.”
The EPA did not respond to HuffPost’s requests for comment. But EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox told an Atlantic reporter by phone, “You have a great day, you’re a piece of trash,” according to the magazine.
"
Classy.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...350e4b09578259e974a?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313
"
Millan Hupp, the EPA’s director of scheduling and advance, resigned after becoming the subject of a second major controversy, this time involving a used Trump hotel mattress, according to The Atlantic. Her last day is Friday.
Minutes after The Atlantic’s report went live, New York Times reporter Eric Lipton tweeted that Sarah Greenwalt, a senior EPA adviser, also stepped down.
Both women worked for Pruitt when he served as Oklahoma’s attorney general and were part of a close-knit group of appointees known among EPA staffers as the “Oklahoma posse.” They were also the two aides awarded five-figure raises through a legal loophole after the White House rejected a request to bump their salaries. Pruitt first denied knowledge of the raises after they became public in April but later reversed course, admitting during a congressional hearing that he authorized them.
"
This guy needs to go.
This from pruitt's spokesman when asked for comment on the resignations.
"A top EPA official told The Atlantic that Hupp was “tired of being thrown under the bus by Pruitt.”
The EPA did not respond to HuffPost’s requests for comment. But EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox told an Atlantic reporter by phone, “You have a great day, you’re a piece of trash,” according to the magazine.
"
Classy.
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Today it’s using his 24/7 security detail to pick up dry cleaning and lotion
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...ing-moisturizing-lotion/ar-AAym0Ms?li=BBnbcA1
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...ing-moisturizing-lotion/ar-AAym0Ms?li=BBnbcA1
PottedMeat
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i was wondering why this stuff didn't come out when he was in oklahoma. it was because he took everyone that might talk with him.
That fine, fine lotion won't buy itself. Can we draw a line if he is asking his security detail to apply it to him? Would that finally be a step too far for this congress?
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And there's more.
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/toyota-of...xus-model-141739858--abc-news-topstories.html
""Scott Pruitt is apparently incapable of saying no to corporate lobbyists in any context, whether it is on policies that sell out our health and our future, or on personal perks and experiences he simply must indulge," John Coequyt, senior director of federal policy for the Sierra Club, told ABC News in a statement.
"Pruitt has become both a caricature and the example par excellence of incompetence, corruption, and petty grifting, and it's past time for him to resign," Coequyt said."
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/toyota-of...xus-model-141739858--abc-news-topstories.html
""Scott Pruitt is apparently incapable of saying no to corporate lobbyists in any context, whether it is on policies that sell out our health and our future, or on personal perks and experiences he simply must indulge," John Coequyt, senior director of federal policy for the Sierra Club, told ABC News in a statement.
"Pruitt has become both a caricature and the example par excellence of incompetence, corruption, and petty grifting, and it's past time for him to resign," Coequyt said."
Just heard about that one - I struggle to get over the low-rent, tawdry nature of it. At least European political corruption scandals are on a grand scale.
Commodus
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It would be fascinating if it weren't so disturbing. It's this oddly naked kind of greed where he's determined to abuse his power at every turn and isn't shy about it. He only tries to hide just enough to avoid being directly caught, and even then, he's doing a mediocre job of it. The best way of describing it is as a kind of neurosis -- he just can't help but enrich himself as much as possible while in political office, even though he knows it's wrong and that everyone knows what he's doing. Almost a kind of cry for help... "I'm taking bribes! Arrest me, I'm begging you!"
As someone who would confess to having some issues with obsessive-compulsive behaviour myself, I think you might actually be on to something there.
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