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(2,749 posts) Wed Oct 4, 2017, 08:45 PM Oct 2017

J Tapper thread on the Tom Price/HHS lack of transparency

I appreciate his comments on the waste of taxpayer money.

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A few notes about this piece in @POLITICOMag, "How We Found Tom Price’s Private Jets" 1/

2/ first and foremost kudos to @ddiamond and @rachanadixit for incredible and diligent shoe leather reporting. 👏 👏 👏

3/ second - they note how untransparent HHS and Price were. This is the whole point of pols being opaque - hiding such abuses from you.

4/ third - note the initial falsehoods about the travel coming from officials at HHS whose salaries YOU pay.

5/ fourth - price flew to Philly from Dulles? That doesn't even make sense. I'm from Philly, go there several times a year. Never flown ever

6/ it's an hour and a half on the train. One would have to be addicted to charter jets to drive to Dulles to fly to Philly.

7/ last please recall that what POTUS didn't like about this story were the "optics." Meaning that it was on tv and in the paper.

8/ save for the great reporting, whole story earns swamp status designation:

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J Tapper thread on the Tom Price/HHS lack of transparency (Original Post) QED Oct 2017 OP

For Dump, it's not that it's immoral, deceptive, or criminal, it's that it "looks" bad. LuckyLib Oct 2017 #1

Jake Tapper is one of my favorites I follow on Twitter Saboburns Oct 2017 #2

I follow them too QED Oct 2017 #4

Yes Richard Painter is great Saboburns Oct 2017 #6

Great thread dalton99a Oct 2017 #3

... QED Oct 2017 #5

LuckyLib

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1. For Dump, it's not that it's immoral, deceptive, or criminal, it's that it "looks" bad.

Reply to QED (Original post)

Wed Oct 4, 2017, 10:02 PM

Oct 2017

Deliver us. Soon.

Saboburns

(2,807 posts)

2. Jake Tapper is one of my favorites I follow on Twitter

Reply to QED (Original post)

Wed Oct 4, 2017, 10:20 PM

Oct 2017

Along with Chris Cuomo, and Republicans David Frum and Bill Kristol.

QED

(2,749 posts)

4. I follow them too

Reply to Saboburns (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 5, 2017, 12:04 AM

Oct 2017

and Richard Painter, the former ethics lawyer for W.

Saboburns

(2,807 posts)

6. Yes Richard Painter is great

Reply to QED (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 5, 2017, 12:10 PM

Oct 2017

As is another Republican Ana Navarro.

These Republicans are out front in fighting against Donald Trump.

I commend them.

dalton99a

(81,599 posts)

3. Great thread

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Wed Oct 4, 2017, 10:23 PM

Oct 2017

QED

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Thu Oct 5, 2017, 12:06 AM

Oct 2017

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