Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., was preparing a case against Ivanka and Donald Trump, Jr.,—then he got a visit from a donor. http://nyer.cm/wNrMk6R
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IRS awards multimillion-dollar fraud-prevention contract to Equifax
The no-bid contract was issued last week, as the company continued facing fallout from its massive security breach.
According to our Data Security Consultant, MrMild, this is NOT a joke. Soon, I expect that the Feds will hire Arthur Andersen LLP to do auditing for the IRS.
Source: IRS awards multimillion-dollar fraud-prevention contract to Equifax – POLITICO
Addiction treatment
Addiction treatment is often fraudulent and rarely evidence-based.
http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2017/09/01/addiction-treatment-quality
Texas Republicans Want Other People to Pay for Hurricane Harvey Damage
What ever happened to “personal responsibility”? Do the leaders and representatives from Texas expect their voters to pay for their own disaster relief? Naaah. They want the federal government (i.e., you) to pony up.
Source: Hurricane Harvey And The Potential Hypocrisy Of Texas Republicans | HuffPost
God sends Tropical Storm Harvey to Texas as punishment for Governor Greg Abbott’s many evil actions
Catastrophic flooding triggered by Tropical Storm Harvey inundated Houston on Sunday, forcing residents of the fourth most populous U.S. city to flee their homes in boats or hunker down in anticipation of more days of “unprecedented” rainfall.
Abbott’s evil actions include union busting, racial gerrymandering, anti-choice activism, opposition to gay marriage, and support for an anti-transgender bathroom bill. Clearly, the Almighty is Not Amused.
Source: Houston devastated by flooding from Harvey as residents gird for days of rain
Trump Jr.’s Russia meeting sure sounds like a Russian intelligence operation
A CIA veteran says it’s in line with what he’d expect to see.
Before the WaPo wrote this, the Bitemaster was saying the same thing (you’ll have to trust me). The way I figure it, it was a win-win for the Ruskies. Either they could turn some of Trumps inner circle, or compromise them so they could be blackmailed later.
When Donald Jr. released his emails, he precluded any Russian blackmail attempt. I thought it was a smart move on his part.
Source: Perspective | Trump Jr.’s Russia meeting sure sounds like a Russian intelligence operation
Trump rounds up thousands of non-whites
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dhs-deport-any-undocumented-person_us_58ac668ae4b02a1e7dac1561
The Bitemaster was somewhat ambivalent about illegal immigrants but that was before Trump announced he was hiring 10,000 troops to hunt them down.
I’m now 100% in favor of sanctuary cities.
The Continuing History Of The Republican Alternative To Obamacare
Here we go again. And again and again.
The Repubs have had six years to come up with an Obamacare replacement. They ain’t got one yet and they never will. Be sure to read Jason Linkins’ devastating history of their lame attempts: The Continuing History Of The Republican Alternative To Obamacare | The Huffington Post
News from the swamp #2
Here are some of the personnel failures of Trump’s “fine tuned machine”:
- Monica Crowley — withdrew after revelations of plagiarism
- Paul Manafort — resigned after revelations of lobbying for The Ukraine
- Michael T. Flynn — resigned after revelations of Russian connections
- Andrew Puzder — withdrew after revelations of spouse abuse
- Scott Pruitt — the shit may hit the fan on Tuesday, when Pruitt will have to reveal 2500 emails to and from his pals in the energy industry
Trump plans overhaul of intelligence agencies
The review is being pushed by President Trump’s chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and would be led by Stephen A. Feinberg, a billionaire private equity executive.
President Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with the way the US intelligence community has maintained its independence and is apparently considering engaging Stephen A. Feinberg, a private equity executive, to do a top-to-bottom overhaul.
According to the voices I hear in my head, Steve Bannon immediately put in a call to former KGB Lt. Colonel Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, to ask for pointers on how to use the US intelligence apparatus to assassinate his opponents, harass the media, intimidate nongovernmental organizations, and round up hooligans and rootless cosmopolitans.
Source: White House Plans to Have Trump Ally Review Intelligence Agencies – The New York Times