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He won the popular vote in enough states and that's all that counts. If you don't believe me, verify who was inaugarated as President yesterday.
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He won the popular vote in enough states and that's all that counts. If you don't believe me, verify who was inaugarated as President yesterday.
I'm not crazy about the electoral college but it keeps California from dictating our next president
I'm not crazy about it either but it usually keeps crazy from dictating our next president.
oldngray
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Which is how it was set up from the beginning by design. The states elect the President.
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Just be thorough in your verification, if you stop after hearing a long speech, you might think Chuck Schumer was the one being inaugurated.
DriveInDriveOut
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The current system is not at all how it was set up by design. The framers wanted people to vote for electors not candidates.
Sportello
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TTKU.
The man amazingly managed to do both. The bill signed, after passing both Houses, was to allow Mattis (and anyone else) to serve in spite of existing law. The EO was ACA defanging. He also took back a mortgage insurance cut that was going to 'not rich' people.
Off to a running start. I'm waiting for the 'bad hombres' to be kicked out. He promised that on Day One™.
Babagounj
Strength through joy
Actually he claimed to have seen it.
But later had to correct himself since the people in charge of the records refused to let him have access .
It's a big joke. But that POS is gone and now it's time to bring America back on top.
oldngray
nowhere special
It was probably already scrubbed.
oldngray
nowhere special
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Bad Moon Risen'
Yuuup. He got to see Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate. Maybe now he can shut his pie hole.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Chuck spoke at my son's graduation from grad school.
MAKAVELI
Well-Known Member
And now we have the biggest POS in office. The only thing Drumpf will bring to America is Russian prostitutes.
I guess he will be Put in there.
WDFD
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Babagounj
Strength through joy
Nepotism Laws Don't Apply to Jared Kushner, DOJ Says
Nepotism Laws Don't Apply to Jared Kushner, DOJ Says
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, has been approved to work in the Trump administration as an unpaid adviser, the Justice Department announced on Saturday. The early morning memo said that Kushner's appointment would not violate federal anti-nepotism laws, despite concerns about ethical gray areas.
"We conclude that section 3110 [of the U.S. Code] does not bar this appointment," according to the 14-page memo from the Justice Department. "We believe that the President's special hiring authority in 3 U.S.C. 105(a) permits him to make appointments to the White House Office that the anti-nepotism statute might otherwise forbid."
Public officials cannot appoint, employ or advocate for family members for roles in their administrations. The laws, however, apply specifically to government agencies, like the Department of Homeland Security or the Treasury. Kushner's role as an adviser within the White House would not fall into this category.
Nepotism Laws Don't Apply to Jared Kushner, DOJ Says
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, has been approved to work in the Trump administration as an unpaid adviser, the Justice Department announced on Saturday. The early morning memo said that Kushner's appointment would not violate federal anti-nepotism laws, despite concerns about ethical gray areas.
"We conclude that section 3110 [of the U.S. Code] does not bar this appointment," according to the 14-page memo from the Justice Department. "We believe that the President's special hiring authority in 3 U.S.C. 105(a) permits him to make appointments to the White House Office that the anti-nepotism statute might otherwise forbid."
Public officials cannot appoint, employ or advocate for family members for roles in their administrations. The laws, however, apply specifically to government agencies, like the Department of Homeland Security or the Treasury. Kushner's role as an adviser within the White House would not fall into this category.
