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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat Katie Porter taught us at the DeJoy hearing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/25/what-katie-porter-taught-us/Good piece. The conclusion--
"Porters questioning was instructive in several respects.
First, grilling administration witnesses about whether they explicitly received direction from President Trump is a waste of time. These appointees get their jobs because they understand what Trump wants. If there is any confusion, they read the presidents daily tweets.
Second, asking witnesses to confess to corrupt motives is also futile. The best you can do is establish the lack of qualifications and any donations the appointees made to Trump. You dont have to be a rocket scientist, for example, to figure out that Gordon Sondland, a former ambassador to the European Union who had no diplomatic experience, got the job because he donated $1 million to Trumps inaugural committee.
Finally, she has aptly underscored the degree to which the Trump administration cares not one wit about good governance. It is a government designed to serve Trumps grudges and conspiratorial paranoia while allowing cronies to feather their own nests. After failing so miserably at his job and revealing how little qualified he is for the job, DeJoy, one might hope, would resign out of shame. But this, remember, is an administration without apologies or regrets. Just lots of scandals."
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What Katie Porter taught us at the DeJoy hearing (Original Post)
LymphocyteLover
Aug 2020
OP
It's a massive scandal, but it's just one of at least a dozen huge Trump admin scandals!!!
LymphocyteLover
Aug 2020
#10
Right. Cost-benefit analysis. These are just barbarians destroying things
LymphocyteLover
Aug 2020
#9
ms liberty
(8,591 posts)1. K&R. n/t
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)2. Ugh! This is all such a clusterfuck!
It hasn't even been a full four years yet. Can you imagine what would happen in another four?
It is unthinkable. It will be unbearable. Unless we have a Dem majority Senate, we will not survive it.
LymphocyteLover
(5,652 posts)3. Yeah, the corruption is just freaking off the charts
There HAS to be real justice
2naSalit
(86,765 posts)4. The whole damn mess is a scandal.
LymphocyteLover
(5,652 posts)10. It's a massive scandal, but it's just one of at least a dozen huge Trump admin scandals!!!
He's such a disgusting criminal and all the press does is normalize him.
Blue Owl
(50,485 posts)5. K&R
Cha
(297,511 posts)6. KR!
keithbvadu2
(36,876 posts)7. Throwing away mail sorting machines and going back to manual labor.
Throwing away mail sorting machines and going back to manual labor.
Surely there must be a cost-benefit analysis to make such a business decision. Let's see it.
LymphocyteLover
(5,652 posts)9. Right. Cost-benefit analysis. These are just barbarians destroying things
But I am still waiting to hear a justification for this.
jalan48
(13,881 posts)8. Trump and his cronies don't believe in the Constitution or governing. They are grifters trying to
extract as much money as they can from the taxpayers. Our outrage means nothing to them, it's all about power and who has it.