filthy rich donors"

Thank you for that, BRDS.

its goes where the winds take it.

He didn't say he was against it. The news media is lying again

Walk back a heinous decision while the cameras are on you, then re-implement it once they stop looking.

We'll need to keep an eye on this.

over their ability to legally insider trade. They took that right away from themselves and quietly gave it back 6 months later. The media didn't report it the second time for some reason. Wonder why that could be (quid pro quo)?

that's exactly what the smug 'pugs doing - stall and sneak it in at a later date.

gleefully assisting with today. All he has to do is tweet and the media acts like it's manna from heaven.

Who would have ever thought that now the House Republicans look worse then the minority President elect????? Still glad to see the result, I have always said that your side can win they just can't lead.

This have anything to do with it?

'President-elect Donald J. Trump criticized House Republicans on Tuesday for their surprise move to gut an independent congressional ethics office on the eve of a new legislative session, saying they should focus instead on domestic policy priorities such as health care and a tax overhaul.

In a pair of postings on Twitter, Mr. Trump called the Office of Congressional Ethics “unfair,” but he said focusing on it now was a case of misplaced priorities. He appended the hashtag “DTS,” an apparent allusion to his promise to “drain the swamp” in Washington.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/us/politics/trump-house-ethics-office.html?

.. nobody's paying much attention which means
when all hell breaks loose after the first few
days of Trumputin's reign of terror.

Even Herr Dumpf and his pet Morning Joke were against it...

'cause tRump told him to be.

House Republicans Back Down on Bid to Gut Ethics Office.

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/us/politics/trump-house-ethics-office.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=64744385&pgtype=article

They're up to something I'm sure

... of course he'd rather have priority #1 be tax cuts for the rich.

To make Trump look "presidential". The intent was never to do away with the panel because they knew folks would be in an uproar, especially with this new administration. I think I believe they were in cahoots about it from the get-go.

...it wouldn't be surprising.

It is all about stagecraft now. Maybe there really are no more facts.

I hadn't heard that, but I had noticed that A) there was tremendous outcry on social media as soon as the story broke last night And B) some media outlets are hastening to give the Trump tweet credit for the GOP's decision to reverse course and not the public's phone calls, tweets, etc.

The latest (besides this) is some Ford jobs that are going to an existing plant in Mexico rather than a new one. Even the normally nutbag leaning Free Press commenters are on to this bait and switch.

You may have a point

Good cop, bad cop.

Red meat for the rubes.

Although it's entirely possible that the House 'pukes are so drunk with power and arrogant that they thought they could get away with this.

I think they needed a show of Unity--more important than ethics--that lead to this backwalk! IMHO


http://www.npr.org/2017/01/03/508043376/after-trump-tweets-criticism-house-gop-drops-weakening-of-house-ethics-office?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170103
After Backlash, Including From Trump, House GOP Drops Weakening Of Ethics Office



January 3, 201712:43 PM ET


Brian Naylor
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Other opposition to the gutting of the office was swift, and came from some unexpected sources.

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Judicial Watch, the conservative group that has led efforts to release former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's e-mails, called the House rules change "shady and corrupt," and a "drive by effort" to eliminate the OCE, and "a poor way for the Republican majority to begin "draining the swamp.'"

House Speaker Paul Ryan issued a statement saying many members feel that after eight years, the office "is in need of reform." Ryan said the office will continue to operate independently and still take complaints from members of the public. He said the House Ethics Committee will merely provide oversight of the complaints office but he insisted that the office "is not controlled by the committee."

The Project on Government Oversight also chimed in, saying ethics watchdogs like the OCE "need to be strengthened and expanded-not taken out back and shot in the middle of the night."

for crediting trump with the withdrawal of this. It was the constituents, and many other observers who did this, not that orange POS.

Everyone, please inundate the news media for lying about this and crediting trump.

Anyway, the tweet attributed to trump was coherent and correctly spelled. He did not write it. Some staffer did, and hedged his wording at the same time.

PLEASE let the media know that we are on to their lies.

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We ain't seen nothing yet! They are going to eliminate the ACA and let millions drift in the wind. They will let folks die. They don't care. It's all about the money. If there is a hell, repubs will all be rotting there.

Keep informed for the next call.

we need to go ahead and keep constant pressure on the throats of these critters. they know that the news will gladly feed on them as much as they fed on the Democrats especially because, since they are ones in power they are the only ones the media can actually feed on. They also know that thanks to Donald Trump's charmed life and his willingness to attack anyone but does not kowtow to him that the news media will be more reluctant to attack Trump then they would a congressperson. We also know that Mr. orange, will probably join in on the kicking so that he can claim credit for it, as he will undoubtedly claim credit for this..

The moral of the story, make and outcry quick, make it loud,, and do not lessen the pressure for one damn second until you win.

let us never forget the playbook that Mitch McConnell laid out for us himself, "our goal is nothing less than to make Donald Trump a one term president."let us not forget the other half of which in some ways is even more important. "Our goal is then to ensure that most of our Congress are in their last term of office."

I think this was done on purpose to make Donald Trump look good. Stuff like this does not happen in politics. Politics is more stage managed than many people think. On a number of occasions the outcomes are already known before the public learns about issues. I doubt the Republican Party would have moved forward with this idea if they had not either known Trump would support the idea, or known Trump would oppose the idea and they would reverse course. There is the chance that Trump betrayed the Republican Party by at first privately supporting the effort to gut ethics, but then publicly changing his stance and opposing the gutting of the ethics council. However, I still think this was a stunt done to make Trump seem strong and independent.

crabber-man had said he would treat this as a corporation and run it that way.
(I realize NOTHING he says means a f**cking thing, however.)

Trial Baloon...#1

More people voted against Duh Donald than for him. Never stop saying that!


rocktivity

Watching everything

....is more indicative of where they're at than the fact that they backed down after a massive public "WTF?"

Me? I say Power to the People! Let's keep it going, folks.

applying the checks and balances? I agree that he did this to throw everybody off, and make himself look like the reasonable adult, only to make sure they try again at a less noticeable time.

Never mind that the House switch board was flooded with calls decrying the gutting of the OCE. Besides Drumpf was more opposed to the timing than the actual repeal.

https://thinkprogress.org/house-abandons-ethics-plan-8e321ae246c8#.h1w8dsp49

"With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it ... may be, their number one act and priority. Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importance! #DTS," Trump said.
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Do these sentences really sound like ANY Trump tweets that we've heard before??

Too many long words and not one bigly.

I call bullshit.

LOL

Republicans operate this way. They are sneaky and devious and prefer to do things in the dead of night. They didn't expect to get caught red handed. Stupid and useless dumb asses. Worthless. Fucking idiots.

ABC "News" has no mention of public outcry and gives Trump all the credit.

this is going to be a long 8 years