“Trump Supreme Court pick: Presidents can ignore laws they think are unconstitutional.”

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“Trump Supreme Court pick: Presidents can ignore laws they think are unconstitutional.”

Trump is disappointed.

He’s already considering dumping this guy and picking one who thinks Presidents can ignore ALL laws.

Kidding aside, now that I think about it, those two positions are exactly the same.

“Why did you ignore that law, Mr. President?”

“I thought it was unconstitutional.”

“But every legal scholar in America thinks it is legit, and it deals with powers specifically granted verbatim in the Constitution itself.”

“Doesn’t matter. I think it is unconstitutional, and therefore I can ignore it.”

Great news! Asbestos is back, baby!

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Great news! Asbestos is back, baby!

Fuck you and that “love sweet love” crap, Burt Bacharach. What the world really needs now is  asbestos, sweet asbestos.

Once again I have to point out that this is not from The Onion. This is real. Scott Pruitt may be gone, but he has left a legacy at the EPA.

As ol’ Deep Throat said “follow the money.” How long will it be before we find the government official who either bought an asbestos plant for a penny on the dollar, or took a bribe from someone who did?

On a less specific, but  even more terrifying note:

The EPA recently released a report “detailing its new framework for evaluating the risk of its top prioritized substances. The report states that the agency will no longer consider the effect or presence of substances in the air, ground, or water in its risk assessments.”

I wonder what it will consider?

“The current United States secretary of commerce could rank among the biggest grifters in American history.”

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“The current United States secretary of commerce could rank among the biggest grifters in American history.”

I’ve been wondering when they were going to catch up with this guy. The media seemed to be fixated on Scott Pruitt and his nickel-and-dime finagling, while ignoring Ross, who may be in the big leagues of financial malfeasance. That’s like using the court system to go after your uncle for playing penny ante poker on the kitchen table, all the while ignoring the mob.

“Those who’ve done business with Ross generally tell a consistent story, of a man obsessed with money and untethered to facts. ‘He’ll push the edge of truthfulness and use whatever power he has to grab assets,’ says New York financier Asher Edelman. One of Ross’ former colleagues is more direct: ‘He’s a pathological liar.’”

No offense to the author, but those are not his weaknesses for government work. They are his qualifications. I believe that the three most important requirements for federal office are now: (1) pathological lying; (2) being obsessed with money; (3) being untethered to facts.

By the way, this article is not from some left-wing snowflake blog. It’s in fuckin’ Forbes!