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Old 08-08-2018, 12:42 PM
 
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WTF do you think lobbyists are? They are NON government officials LEANING on government agencies for preferential treatment to get richer. Where have you been for the last several decades?

And what happened to (cough-cough) "draining the swamp"? **


**never gonna happen with trump in DC
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Old 08-08-2018, 01:03 PM
 
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And what happened to (cough-cough) "draining the swamp"? **

**never gonna happen with trump in DC
What, do you think there should be no advice given for anything? That's considered the swamp to you guys? Here's a clue, the swamp is the ESTABLISHMENT PARTIES who have done nothing but make our lives worse and make themselves millionaires off our backs. The slugs that are in office for 30-40 years and do absolutely nothing beneficial.
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Old 08-08-2018, 01:16 PM
 
Location: In your head, rent free
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ProPublica Unmasks Political 'Arrangement Without Parallel'

Exerting influence on the VA from Mar-a-Lago, trump’s private club in Florida, they are led by Ike Perlmutter, the reclusive chairman of Marvel Entertainment, who is a longtime acquaintance of trump’s. The third member is a lawyer named Marc Sherman. None of them has ever served in the U.S. military or government.

They have leaned on VA officials and steered policies affecting millions of Americans. They have remained hidden except to a few VA insiders, who have come to call them “the Mar-a-Lago Crowd.”

Corruption on a scale never seen before out of a White House. Makes nixon look like a choir boy.
Are you or have you ever been a patient at a VA Hospital?
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Old 08-08-2018, 01:26 PM
 
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And what happened to (cough-cough) "draining the swamp"? **


**never gonna happen with trump in DC
Perhaps your idea of what draining the swamp means differs from the rest of the country or at least conservatives.
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Old 08-09-2018, 07:08 AM
 
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Politicians in DC have caught wind of this story and will open an official investigation.

If there's a "there there," they will find out and let us know. If this is a nothingburger, they will let us know.


https://twitter.com/ProPublica/statu...85385281220608
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Old 08-09-2018, 07:23 AM
 
Location: north central Ohio
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ProPublica Unmasks Political 'Arrangement Without Parallel'

Exerting influence on the VA from Mar-a-Lago, trump’s private club in Florida, they are led by Ike Perlmutter, the reclusive chairman of Marvel Entertainment, who is a longtime acquaintance of trump’s. The third member is a lawyer named Marc Sherman. None of them has ever served in the U.S. military or government.

They have leaned on VA officials and steered policies affecting millions of Americans. They have remained hidden except to a few VA insiders, who have come to call them “the Mar-a-Lago Crowd.”

Corruption on a scale never seen before out of a White House. Makes nixon look like a choir boy.

100% on the spot!
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Old 08-09-2018, 01:10 PM
 
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This story first broke yesterday, and is starting to gain traction this afternoon...


multiple news agencies have investigative journalists digging deep.


https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1027620556168994818
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Old 08-09-2018, 10:26 PM
 
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This story first broke yesterday, and is starting to gain traction this afternoon...
multiple news agencies have investigative journalists digging deep.

And MSNBC is ignoring the biggest abuse of power scandal in our lifetimes - how the FBI and DoJ were weaponized by Obama appointees who favored Hillary Clinton to try to prevent Trump's election. When they failed, they had an insurance policy to frame him with the phony Russian collusion story (they actually colluded with Russians) to force him out of office. Instead, that plan backfired and all of the corrupt players are being revealed one by one as documents get declassified and released.

Stock up on popcorn! Better than House of Cards.

Oh wait. I just realized if you only watch censored opposition elite media, you know nothing of this. I'm sure many books will be written so you can catch up later if you don't want to watch Fox News which has covered this story for over a year.
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Old 08-09-2018, 10:43 PM
 
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ProPublica Unmasks Political 'Arrangement Without Parallel'

Exerting influence on the VA from Mar-a-Lago, trump’s private club in Florida, they are led by Ike Perlmutter, the reclusive chairman of Marvel Entertainment, who is a longtime acquaintance of trump’s. The third member is a lawyer named Marc Sherman. None of them has ever served in the U.S. military or government.

They have leaned on VA officials and steered policies affecting millions of Americans. They have remained hidden except to a few VA insiders, who have come to call them “the Mar-a-Lago Crowd.”

Corruption on a scale never seen before out of a White House. Makes nixon look like a choir boy.
It is disgusting how much more slime has crawled out from under rocks on the right since the birther grifter in chief began squatting in The White House.
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