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Treasury inspector general to

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 06:46:24 +0000

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Treasury inspector general to review Mnuchin’s flight to Fort Knox

By Drew Harwell @ WashingtonPost.com, Aug. 31

The trip faced torrents of criticism after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's wife, Louise Linton, posted a photo to Instagram of herself descending the steps of a government jet while clad in designer labels that she individually hashtagged. When one woman questioned her, Linton fired back that the woman was “adorably out of touch.”

the story has already been

artappraiser — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:43:14 +0000

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the story has already changed and been edited it since I posted it, from this headline

Treasury secretary's wife lashes out at Instagram user who called her 'deplorable'

to this new one:

Treasury secretary's wife apologizes after Instagram uproar

Clearly somebody from hubby's office or even hubby himself told her this was a no-no, basically something like live like Marie Antoinette, no free speech for you, unless you want to die like Marie Antoinette.

One thing's for sure: she's far more ready to accept political correctness societal rules than our twitterer-in-chief.

Just noticed this over at ABC

artappraiser — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:28:27 +0000

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Just noticed this over at ABC on the "should 'they' resign?" thing:

Trump’s generals 'have to stay' in Cabinet to 'right the ship': Obama official

By Matt Seyler, Aug. 20

The secretary of Homeland Security for President Obama said that despite recent talk of "whether people should resign from the White House," the military leaders now serving in top positions for President Donald Trump need to stay to "right the ship."

ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz asked former Secretary Jeh Johnson on “This Week” Sunday about recent turmoil in the White House, including with the departure of Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon and the resignation of many people from presidential advisory councils.

"What do you think it says [that Trump] has surrounded himself with generals and they remain?" Raddatz asked.

"Well, that's interesting," Johnson said. “There’s been a lot of talk this week about people resigning from the White House, whether people should resign from the White House."

"Frankly, if ... my friend John Kelly or my friend Jim Mattis came to me and said I'm thinking about resigning from this White House, I'd say, 'Absolutely not. You have to stay,'" Johnson said. "We need people like John Kelly, Jim Mattis, H.R. McMaster to right the ship," Johnson said [.....]

I posted this because I think

artappraiser — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:16:22 +0000

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I posted this because I think the main takeaway should be: there is no way to know whether the troll is Democrat-leaning or Republican-leaning. Could be an anti-semite Bannonite or a Sandersnista or an Occupy Wall Street anarchist or an FDR Democrat or a classic socialist or just a traditional Republican appalled at excess...etc.

A secondary point of interest is her statement about "self-sacrifice" which suggests Mnunchin is staying on with Trump because he thinks he has a duty, not for ambition or money.