Charles Pierce: It’s time. Which reminds me, what is LBR’s current stance on this issue? Or is she still putting the finishing touches on her office decor and marveling about the powerful Sisterhood of her Carpool? Lisa, where a-a-a-a-re you?
Rethug Miss. State Legislator… Well, Just Read It.
How NJ Power-Brokers Controlled State Tax Breaks. While reading this, just remember that Delaware is even less transparent than New Jersey. A bunch of connected officials and corporate types handing out money and tax incentives in secret.
Yes, Buccini/Pollin Hoovers Up Money Earmarked To Help Poor. For luxury apartments downtown, of course. Memo to Kathy Jennings: Please investigate this unholy alliance between Mayor Mike and Buccini/Pollin. It stinks to high heaven.
OK, the full story hasn’t been written up in article form yet. But read this for starters. Let’s see… Oleg Deripaska, Mitch McConnell, the lifting of sanctions on Deripaska by Mnuchin at Treasury, the House vote to reinstate them, Mitch McConnell’s blocking of the bill in the Senate, a $200 million investment in an aluminum plant in McConnell’s Kentucky. That part’s in the article. What’s not in the article but was reported on Rachel Maddow last night is that the lobbyist who worked with McConnell on the deal was, wait for it, that Diaper Dandy himself, that PTPee-er, disgraced ex-Senator David Vitter. But I’m not done yet. Once the deal was finalized, guess what else happened? This. Her nomination had been on the shelf for 18 months but was dusted off once this deal was cut. Absolute corruption corrupts absolutely. This is America in 2019.
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