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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShut it all down: Trump White House closes Open.gov
In a distressingly unsurprising move, Donald Trump is shutting down Open.gov, as he also cuts off access to White House visitor logs putting all the pieces in place to enable even more corruption.Source: Shareblue, by Oliver Willis
The Trump administrations war on transparency and open government increased again with the announcement that it would be shutting down Open.gov, the portal set up under President Obama to give the public access to the inner workings of their government, and which hosts White House visitor records, along with staff financial disclosures and appointments.
Trump officials stated they would end the contract for Open.gov and save $70,000 through 2020 in the process. For perspective on that figure, Trump costs taxpayers an estimated $3.6 million for each visit to his Mar-a-Lago resort. If he spent a single Saturday in Washington, D.C. instead of Florida, he would easily save Open.gov.
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These attacks on transparency have the net effect of enabling and expanding the corrupt practices in which the Trump team and family has been engaged. If the public does not know who is visiting the White House, they cannot know who has the ear of Trump and his team, potentially influencing policy and other major decisions.
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More obscurity creates more darkness, which ends up in more corruption. Trump was knee deep in corrupt businesses before he got to the White House, and now he is using the powers of the presidency to further hide his handiwork. But he will not be able to do so without a fight.
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Shut it all down: Trump White House closes Open.gov (Original Post)
yallerdawg
Apr 2017
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duncang
(1,907 posts)1. Another stinking no reason to shut it down move. nt
underpants
(182,826 posts)2. Seventy THOOOOOUSAND dollars
JHB
(37,160 posts)7. And there's no reason to believe that number, either...
...unless, I suppose, they get paid in rubles or renminbi.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)3. If tRump shuts down another 49 things like open.gov, then he could afford another
trip to Florida!!!
GWC58
(2,678 posts)5. But they'll find the $$$,$$$,$$$
to go after things we like & enjoy, even need in many cases.
DK504
(3,847 posts)8. So he shuts all these tiny programs may pay for one trip to Mar a Lago.
"Trump officials stated they would end the contract for Open.gov and save $70,000 through 2020 in the process."
$70K...wont pay for the Secret Service for one weekend. <Primal scream>
GWC58
(2,678 posts)4. Wow! This guys corruption is as deep as
the HMS TITANIC is under the North Atlantic, and just as dark and murky.
dhill926
(16,339 posts)6. I'm sure MSM is all over this....
right? Uh huh...
lark
(23,103 posts)9. Every day we get closer to the 4th Reich.
I fear a Reichstag Fire will be happening very soon, his personal security will become SS and we will be well down the path to his dictatorship to the horror of most Americans.
tomp
(9,512 posts)10. nothing swampy about that move, is there?
C Moon
(12,213 posts)11. We all know it's not just Trump doing this. There are some dastardly minds behind these moves.
Scary stuff.