Lots of problems here. I don’t think it will be easy to get people to work for the State Department after Trump or rebuild foreign trust in the US.
Almost Half the Top Jobs in Trump's State Department are Still Empty | Via: TheAtlantic https://t.co/VSRIQx1l0D
— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) November 6, 2018
Trump’s war on the State Department
Diplomat who quit the Trump administration
A Western official complained that establishing a working relationship with US counterparts has become very hard since Trumps ousts everyone or simply keeps positions open at the State Department https://t.co/k9E6WXxmqr pic.twitter.com/obsXDax5YQ
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) April 5, 2018
U.S. diplomats may soon be prohibited from using the phrases "sexual and reproductive health" and "comprehensive sexuality education" under a proposal being floated to Mike Pompeo, four people familiar with the issue told Politico. https://t.co/HLy2yn8WG1
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 1, 2018
Veteran U.S. diplomats say that the State Department is in its most diminished condition since the McCarthy purges, in the 1950s: https://t.co/uMoT53jUJx pic.twitter.com/4EFYuuaCMv
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 16, 2018
Tom Shannon’s departure leaves just one career ambassador at the State Department, @kcalamur writes https://t.co/1AvjrM4c53 pic.twitter.com/g7WcmEIDeX
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 5, 2018
Emails allegedly show the White House planned a purge of the State Department https://t.co/ekTTYa3rjB
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) March 20, 2018
Tillerson leaves behind a hollowed out State Dept:
Key Ambassadors not appointed: 38
Assistant Secretary vacancies: 16
Under-Secretary vacancies: 6, including 1 fired today
h/t @mitchellreports
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) March 13, 2018
Frustrated State Department employees hire attorneys, charging ‘political retribution’
update 11//28/18
The Trump administration's attempt to rig the 2020 census is one of the greatest threats to democracy in the United States.
Evidence at a federal court trial exposed their charade. https://t.co/pET7bA2dbF
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 28, 2018
More lies from the Trump administration:
Trump's census citizenship question is an attack on immigrant communities. If successful, it will impact ALL of us for the next decade.
At stake:
📝 Congressional representation
📝 Accuracy of data for drawing districts
📝 How billions in funds are spenthttps://t.co/OSrk0QNvJ2— ACLU (@ACLU) November 9, 2018
What to know about the citizenship question @uscensusbureau is planning to ask in the #2020census https://t.co/3gbf0HSqpc
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) November 5, 2018
Commerce Sec Wilbur Ross said in sworn testimony that Justice Dept requested citizenship question on 2020 Census. Docs show it was the other around – with cameos by Steve Bannon and Kris Kobach. https://t.co/WF7Pa35jgh
— Beth Reinhard (@bethreinhard) November 6, 2018
Wilbur Ross lied when said census citizenship question needed to enforce Voting Rights Act
Head of DOJ civil rights division said "not necessary" to enforce VRA & ordered by Sessions not to meet with Census Bureau. Smoking gun evidence as trial beginshttps://t.co/ntK72oZK7Q
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 5, 2018
Re-upping this. Today marks day one of a very important @newyorkstateAG and @aclu trial in NY about the Trump admin’s quest to add a citizenship question to the census. In this NYT editorial, I explain what’s behind it. https://t.co/dA1NuBofEp
— Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) November 5, 2018
Regular reminder that, just because Trump hates Sessions, that does NOT mean that Sessions is an acceptable Attorney General…. https://t.co/kD8NUa2LLz
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) October 27, 2018
Opinion: Is the Supreme Court helping the GOP put yet another thumb on the political scale? https://t.co/GPghtaFiHl
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 23, 2018
The Justice Department is set to defend the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census as a trial over the issue opens in federal court in New York https://t.co/C7g9JAh53t pic.twitter.com/oNU7caK0Cz
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 5, 2018
REMINDER: The 2020 census will determine how many representatives each state has in Congress.
Today's the first day of our trial to stop the citizenship question, the damage of which could last until 2030.https://t.co/bw6qelwkMY
— ACLU 🗳 (@ACLU) November 5, 2018
“the citizenship question could depress responses from noncitizens btwn 5.1% & 11.9% an estimate she called conservative given the widespread fears among immigrants that the Trump admin will use the question 2 deport undocumented immigrants”#causeascenehttps://t.co/iV2tZeRoZa pic.twitter.com/LGOaITs9rT
— Kim Crayton 🏢 💻🎙 (@KimCrayton1) November 27, 2018
During the Obama years, Walmart, Barclays, and RBS complained that the admin was being unreasonable about investigations. After Trump took office, they looked to the Trump admin for a more sympathetic ear — and got one, NYT reports. https://t.co/fqirNbFaog
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 3, 2018
Huge drop in enforcement of corporate wrongdoing from the final 20 months of the Obama administration to the first 20 months of the Trump presidency https://t.co/ATLnGQ1vrg pic.twitter.com/H79uhFCzBZ
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) November 3, 2018
What a corrupt administration!
The Trump Cabinet Official Corruption World Series advances another round. Wilbur Ross made a strong showing with outright perjury before the Congress. But Zinke is weighing in with an impressive 18 federal ethics investigations in 21 months in office. It's a real nail-bitter. https://t.co/8wfipBLews
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) October 31, 2018
Zinke charged taxpayers for a ridiculously expensive door and insisted a flag be flown overhead when he was in the building. He interfered with the IG who investigated his financial misconduct. Now he’s received a criminal referral to DOJ. Why hasn’t Trump fired him? https://t.co/7fz5SauO85
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) October 31, 2018
The White House is reportedly worried about Ryan Zinke’s land deals in Montana: https://t.co/BpXrPVVGNv pic.twitter.com/5nGy9cmmqa
— Slate (@Slate) November 3, 2018
And this was at a ceremony dedicating a monument to black Union soldiers in the Civil War. They just can't help themselves https://t.co/kOEzCMqXmf
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 31, 2018
When Donald Trump took office and we said he was filling his administration with white supremacists, many of the very serious people in the media guffawed and protested. Unfortunately, none of it was an exaggeration. https://t.co/luOBPFODQ6
— Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) October 31, 2018
Wow, the IG at the Department of Interior has asked the Department of Justice for a criminal investigation into Secretary Ryan Zinke https://t.co/375XJ8ol5F
— Tim Fernholz (@TimFernholz) October 30, 2018
The Trump administration is so corrupt!
So ridiculous for Zinke to call the DOJ probe “politically driven,” but that’s the tone Trump has set. DOJ is going to have to find a way to assure the public politics won’t influence, maybe by appointing a special counsel or handing off to a respected US atty or senior AUSA. https://t.co/2g99f8hlhl
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) October 30, 2018
Scoop w/@eilperin: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has been referred to DOJ for an investigation by his agency's inspector general. https://t.co/NqKWIzMZYd
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) October 30, 2018
It was lost in Trump news a few weeks ago, but there was a half-hatched effort to install a new inspector general at Interior. That office has referred Zinke's behavior to DOJ. https://t.co/3nYE6WoP7s
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) October 30, 2018
Update: @SenBlumenthal @SenWarren @RonWyden have sent Zinke a letter, citing a recent IG report, asking him "“to immediately cease any efforts to use [your office] for personal gain and fully reimburse the public for your private use of public resources.” https://t.co/H9zkqY27s9
— Juliet Eilperin (@eilperin) October 30, 2018
I guess you have to lie if you work for a pathological liar like Trump.
Sarah Sanders just said that Trump got elected by an overwhelming majority of 63 million Americans.
Hillary Clinton got 2.9 million more votes in that election.
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) October 29, 2018
“The president has had a number of moments of bringing the country together.” — Sarah Sanders
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) October 29, 2018
Name one. I can’t. He wants to divide the country.
No @PressSec, CNN did not say @realDonaldTrump was directly responsible for the bomb sent to our office by his ardent and emboldened supporter. We did say that he, and you, should understand your words matter. Every single one of them. But so far, you don’t seem to get that. pic.twitter.com/ZbH5DQggWq
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) October 29, 2018
Sarah Sanders declines to list which outlets Trump considers the "enemy of the people": "I think those individuals probably know who they are."
"Shouldn't you have the guts, Sarah, to state which outlets, which journalists are the enemy of the people?" CNN's Jim Acosta asks. pic.twitter.com/lktIZ9CZk1
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 29, 2018
The FBI is investigating a colleague of @AndrewGillum but @PressSec contends @realDonaldTrump comment of calling @AndrewGillum a theif is because of the FBI investigation of @AndrewGillum. @AndrewGillum has said the investigation is not about him.
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) October 29, 2018
At what point should media say Sarah Sanders’s lies and distortions are not news and should not be treated as such?
— Touré (@Toure) October 29, 2018
Bigots! Sad!
It's worse than you can possibly imagine, even when you take into account that it's worse than you can possibly imagine https://t.co/7cC1cT26vB
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 29, 2018
This is great!
Brilliantly done @dleonhardt. Also serves as a handy cheat sheet for our @crewcrew docket of over 300 legal matters opened against Trump & his cronies in each of these areas. My only quibble: I would say Trump exceeds Harding. https://t.co/pVDvc4d7RV
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) October 28, 2018
America First Action is certainly pro @realDonaldTrump's bottom line https://t.co/HI4ddSie0T
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) October 29, 2018
This administration is so corrupt!
Nothing to see here, just the Commerce Secretary potentially in criminal violation of conflict-of-interest law.https://t.co/gvJpTMAeMz
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) October 25, 2018
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has another conflict of interest that needs investigating. https://t.co/vb8m5q8D4X pic.twitter.com/L8waQYOKPU
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) October 26, 2018
Shocking but predictable development: Newly released documents show what appears to be fairly conclusive evidence of a criminal conflict of interest violation by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, as well as what looks like a cover-up by government officials. /1
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) October 25, 2018
See the thread below
SCOOP: EPA, in last day that Pruitt is administrator, moves to circumvent limit on manufacturing of "super polluting" diesel trucks, undoing a 20-year effort embraced by Dems and GOP administrations to curb toxic emissions. https://t.co/OQLjBGJf3d
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 7, 2018
Sad!