Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Friday, September 15, 2017

"Donald Trump" and "Ethics" are Terms That Don't Exist in the Same Universe

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics has quietly reversed its own internal policy prohibiting anonymous donations from lobbyists to White House staffers who have legal defense funds.
So anyone then can cough up to pay into the Trumpist Legal Defense Fund. Including Putin, the Saudi Royal Family, anyone at all.

Trump's "draining the swamp" would seem to be replacing swamp water with dioxin-laced radioactive sludge.

Not that anybody seriously expected anything else from the King of Grifters.

2 comments:

Pretzelogic in Philly, PA said...

Maybe anyone CAN cough up, but they'd be well advised to exercise some caution before doing so.

Close to the bottom of the Politico piece you linked to is this bit of relevant information:

"Justice Department lawyers and Mueller’s team have full authority to examine who’s footing the bill for potential witnesses in the Trump administration if they have reason to believe other federal laws are being violated from the donations."

They may be "anonymous" to the public, but Mueller will still be able to go after illegal (e.g. foreign) donors.

dinthebeast said...

Shaub warned when he quit that they might appoint this guy to lead the ethics office, and that he might be more "pliable" than his superior, who Shaub hoped would lead the office after he left.

-Doug in Oakland