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| From | Gronk <invalide@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics |
| Subject | Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History |
| Date | 2025-04-29 23:59 -0600 |
| Organization | ==2==0 |
| Message-ID | <vuse7t$3k1u9$7@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <vtmstt$ht2$2@reader1.panix.com> <vtogds$rd2$2@reader1.panix.com> <vtrm2p$qrd$3@reader1.panix.com> <vuanm9$4ve$2@reader1.panix.com> <vub409$3ei2t$1@dont-email.me> |
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Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > Bradley K. Sherman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code: >> | First -- and why aren't more people saying this? -- what >> | the hell was the Treasury secretary doing giving a >> | closed-door briefing on a significant policy change that >> | hadn't yet been officially announced? Isn't that a setup >> | for large-scale insider trading? Indeed, attendees at that >> | conference surely made market bets before Bessent's remarks >> | became public. >> | >> | And since when are major policy announcements by government >> | officials made off the record to closed private-sector >> | meetings? One even wonders whether Bessent was announcing >> | policy or making it: Did Trump back him up only after the >> | fact? >> | >> | The content of his remarks aside, what was Bessent even >> | doing at this event? Senior government officials aren't >> | supposed to be helping investment banks entertain their >> | clients. >> <https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/cronyism-capitulation-and-chaos> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teapot_Dome_scandal > > Before the Watergate scandal, Teapot Dome was regarded as the "greatest and > most sensational scandal in the history of American politics". It Also a republican scandal. > permanently damaged the reputation of the Harding administration, already > hurt by its handling of the Great Railroad Strike of 1922 and Harding's > 1922 veto of the Bonus Bill. > > Congress subsequently passed permanent legislation granting itself subpoena > power over tax records of any U.S. citizen, regardless of position. > These laws are also considered to have empowered Congress generally. >
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Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> - 2025-03-29 03:07 -0400
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History Skeeter <none@none.com> - 2025-03-29 08:56 -0600
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-04-10 13:10 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-04-14 13:05 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-04-16 00:17 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-04-16 14:55 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-04-17 19:50 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-04-23 12:50 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-04-23 12:20 -0400
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History Gronk <invalide@invalid.invalid> - 2025-04-29 23:59 -0600
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-04-30 12:55 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> - 2025-05-01 07:15 -0400
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-05-01 12:25 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History Creon <creon@creon.earth> - 2025-05-01 15:15 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History Rudy Canoza <rc.@hendrie.con> - 2025-05-01 08:56 -0700
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-05-01 12:26 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> - 2025-05-02 07:04 -0400
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-05-02 22:38 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> - 2025-05-03 09:14 -0400
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-05-05 22:19 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-05-08 13:36 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> - 2025-05-09 07:36 -0400
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-05-11 12:29 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-05-17 12:02 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-05-27 11:04 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History Rudy Canoza <rc.@hendrie.con> - 2025-04-23 09:33 -0700
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-04-23 19:51 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History J Carlson <j_carlson@gmx.com> - 2025-04-23 12:56 -0700
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-04-24 20:06 +0000
Re: Trump Preps Most Corrupt Administration In U.S. History bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2025-04-29 19:11 +0000
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