Analysis | White House gender pay gap more than triples under Trump https://t.co/6qwqAjEAIs
— mjk (@mjk_4mjk) June 29, 2018
Category: Trump appointees
Pruitt’s correspondence
Pruitt writes oil and gas executives
Lots of stuff from Eric Lipton of the New York Times
Got this batch of written correspondence late Friday via Sierra Club lawsuit, which has produced 40,000+ pages of records. @LFFriedman @HirokoTabuchi & I read through it. We've written stories on themes re Pruitt like this before. So we are sharing this as a narrative Tweet
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 1, 2018
STICK WITH US FOR THIS THREAD: We know Scott Pruitt doesn't like to email (avoids creating a "paper trail") Turns out he DOES (or did) snail mail. Guess who he writes to? Oil & gas executives. Come along for the ride as we check out bit of his correspondence. BP America up first pic.twitter.com/FLQATlrmuo
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 1, 2018
Pruitt and Jack Gerard, head American Petroleum Institute (API)– the largest U.S. trade association for the oil and natural gas industry–had a nice back and forth chat via written letters, after Pruitt closed-door visit. "VERY MUCH ENJOYED OUR TIME TOGETHER!" pic.twitter.com/KAfDqOACm2
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 1, 2018
SMALLER OKLAHOMA PLAYERS TOO: Like Pierce Norton, CEO of Tulsa-based ONE Gas Inc "I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND COUNSEL ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES FACING THE INDUSTRY! SEE YOU SOON" Pruitt writes, in an entirely hand-written note. One of the few. pic.twitter.com/8XF12EnCn4
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 1, 2018
HAROLD HAMM–the Oklahoma oil billionaire who was the chairman of Pruitt's re-election campaign as Ok Attorney General and is CEO of Continental Resources, a big backer of Trump/giant critic of Obama-era envior rules. "APPRECIATE YOU!" Pruitt writes pic.twitter.com/2yHAWTWyQ4
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 1, 2018
At The NYT, we have written extensively about Pruitt and his frequent meetings with oil and gas industry players. Here is one of those stories. What we have never before seen were these personal notes. https://t.co/sE43TGXqAh
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 1, 2018
We have also previously published detailed excerpts of Pruitt's internal calendar showing these meetings. And the NYT has sued the EPA to get copies of this detailed calendar every month. https://t.co/Rlq1yjoiN2 pic.twitter.com/5JHwkZ8O3t
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 1, 2018
(BACK TO THE LETTERS) Yes, Pruitt does have non oil-gas letters too. Here's 1 to Ken Cuccinelli former VA Att General, now president of Senate Conservatives Fund "where he is committed to helping elect the next wave of principled leaders" (Pruitt a likely future Senate candidate) pic.twitter.com/nnCSnGFCAf
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 1, 2018
Agriculture industry, another big Pruitt constituency. Here's a note to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. Groups like this have BIG enviro issues before EPA, like Clean Water rule Pruitt is repealing/revising in part because farmers don't like it. "VERY MUCH ENJOYED" pic.twitter.com/1EqvFoHB4W
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 1, 2018
Forgot this one with the American Gas Association's top boss. Pruitt is close with both oil AND gas industry players. We know this from his calendar, as it shows dozens of such meetings over the last year. AGA President and CEO Dave McCurdy. "IT WAS GOOD TO CATCH UP" pic.twitter.com/Mr1ANh0bmU
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 1, 2018
There are a number of letters with local officials and foreign players too. Here are a few samples, like Arizona State Treasurer Jeff DeWit who has since been named by Trump as NASA's chief financial officer. Here too the state secretary for minister environment from Germany. pic.twitter.com/j6vcMNSHCQ
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 1, 2018
A final couple of gems. Folks out there in the United States like to send Scott Pruitt books on CLIMATE CHANGE. Surprise? First a climate change skeptic. Trying help Pruitt "Data was being altered, concealed..Church of the Holy C02 is precisely that – a faith, not a science." pic.twitter.com/hsf4W5hRGh
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 1, 2018
And then there was this: "GLOBAL WARMING FOR DUMMIES." A used copy, delivered free of charge to the E.P.A. "CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PLANET, BOTH IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM" Can't say for sure where this one ended up. Do not see a thank you note back. pic.twitter.com/GiKtbC7VtJ
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 1, 2018
UN migration agency votes down Trump nominee who made anti-Muslim tweets
Another Trump bigot
BREAKING: Member states reject candidacy of U.S. evangelical to lead UN migration agency, in major snub to Trump administration.
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 29, 2018
This is the only the second time since the organization's founding 67 years that an American won't lead the International Organization for Migration. It's an absolutely huge rejection for the Trump administration. https://t.co/8QTZY18wjQ
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) June 29, 2018
UN migration agency rejects Ken Isaacs, Trump's nominee to lead the group. CNN's KFile previously reported on Isaacs' sharing of anti-Muslim tweets https://t.co/JcTDKQyvEa pic.twitter.com/3EyFFsU3n6
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 29, 2018
The UN migration agency chose a new leader. Trump’s pick was forced to withdraw. https://t.co/TCwV6rkpVm
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 29, 2018
Huge defeat for the United States. An American has led @UNmigration for 59 yrs of its 67 yr history. This isn’t just about bad tweets. Our human rights abuses at home & habit of quitting (rather than fighting for what we want) have gutted our leadership internationally https://t.co/cst0XoFaOg
— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) June 29, 2018
.@jessbrandt: UN migration body’s rejection of Trump nominee is a risky move that causes fear Trump could retaliate by slashing funding. https://t.co/P1MCK2Ods7
— Axios (@axios) June 30, 2018
Trump appointee guts UN document on racism
Some Trump staff members left their financial disclosure forms blank
These Trump staffers — including an ex-NRA lobbyist — left their financial disclosure forms blank.https://t.co/YZrscvwPyU
— ProPublica (@ProPublica) June 28, 2018
Kennedy’s retirement is bad for abortion rights
Legal abortion is in danger when Justice Kennedy is replaced by a more conservative justice. Polling shows the majority of Americans favor legal abortions but Republicans only care about their agenda.
This article states: “As of 2017, public support for legal abortion remains as high as it has been in two decades of polling. Currently, 57% say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 40% say it should be illegal in all or most cases.”
It also states: “About two-thirds of Republicans (65%) say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases. By contrast, three-quarters (75%) of Democrats say abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Among independents, 60% say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.”
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring. Among other things, his replacement will likely overturn Roe v. Wade, which will allow states to prohibit abortion. The consequences of the 2016 election have never been more stark.
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 27, 2018
There's about to be a lot of talk about abortion rights: https://t.co/CHvd1z8FXW
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 27, 2018
Kennedy’s retirement ensures Roe v. Wade will be overturned. Here’s how it will happen: https://t.co/DhC4XF5JEh pic.twitter.com/1ygAryGvKG
— Slate (@Slate) June 27, 2018
Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court is a death knell for Roe v. Wade. Via @LemieuxLGM https://t.co/gOjpGekWE8 pic.twitter.com/w7wjSh3GYZ
— Reuters Opinion (@ReutersOpinion) June 27, 2018
Anthony Kennedy is retiring. Abortion will be illegal in twenty states in 18 months. #SCOTUS
— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) June 27, 2018
The Kennedy vacancy brings abortion rights to the fore in the midterms because women can no longer take Roe v. Wade and judicial protection of reproductive rights for granted.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) June 27, 2018
But the @GOP senators who have supported abortion rights—Collins and Murkowski—face their own fateful decisions, as this appointee would spell the death knell for Roe v. Wade.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) June 27, 2018
A SCOTUS without Kennedy is likely to overturn Roe v. Wade and maybe let the federal government ban abortion, eliminate gay rights, and end affirmative action.
But her fucking emails.
— Touré (@Toure) June 27, 2018
With the departure of Anthony Kennedy, Roe’s “firewall,” abortion could soon be banned or all-but-banned in conservative parts of the United States: https://t.co/qtfAScoxGM
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 27, 2018
Lisa Murkowski, the other Republican to watch: “Roe is one of those factors that I will weigh, just as I weighed it with the other nominations that came before us. Is it the only factor that I weigh? No.”
— Nicholas Fandos (@npfandos) June 27, 2018
Susan Collins: “I view Roe v. Wade as being settled law. It’s clearly precedent and I always look for judges who respect precedent.”
— Nicholas Fandos (@npfandos) June 27, 2018
This is so corrupt
Trump decided to lift sanctions on a Chinese company that has been labeled a threat to US national security by Republicans and Democrats—on the same day that his objectively unqualified daughter-turned-adviser was awarded 3 more lucrative Chinese trademarks. https://t.co/MxSKM8eDlb
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) June 27, 2018
Great point about heckling of Nielsen
The type of heckling that Sec. Nielsen experienced at that restaurant happens to working reporters at nearly every Trump rally, often times at the explicit direction of Trump himself https://t.co/nNCo03AGpN
— Astead (@AsteadWesley) June 26, 2018
Also how many videos have we seen of Trump supporters going off in public in the election's aftermath? At least 15 gazillion
— Astead (@AsteadWesley) June 26, 2018
Trump attacks the Red Hen but his establishments have had violations
What Donald Trump's "Red Hen" tweet revealshttps://t.co/ZEZ3r1i8nU pic.twitter.com/Bx6HiRfOfr
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) June 25, 2018
New: health inspection reports show the Red Hen passed with flying colors this year. By contrast, Trump's properties have been dinged for hundreds of health code violations https://t.co/QgwhRR7VGY https://t.co/TESNG59IBC
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) June 25, 2018
Mar a lago on the other hand pic.twitter.com/FcQ9rcAiGG
— STORMY Newport (@ruckus2) June 25, 2018
DC's Red Hen was egged and is getting death threats. It's totally unaffiliated with the Virginia Red Hen that kicked out Sarah Sanders https://t.co/3OA63XNkRc
— Jessica Sidman (@jsidman) June 25, 2018
One thing the Red Hen situation has made abundantly clear is that the vast majority of people in the national media identify more closely with the White House press secretary than with anyone who might be in a position to cook or serve food to her in a restaurant.
— Nick Baumann (@NickBaumann) June 25, 2018
My 18th Pruitt roundup (new stuff since 6/8)
As I keep asking, how does he keep his job?
“We now have concrete evidence that Scott Pruitt offered to use taxpayer resources to do favors for the lobbyist who gave him a sweetheart deal on a D.C. condo,” says the executive director of the Sierra Club. https://t.co/9HjRJ6w2tv
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 24, 2018
this particular swamp monster is both slippery and sticky … #BootPruitt https://t.co/voclNfKG9u
— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) June 25, 2018
Just posted: E.P.A. administrator, Scott Pruitt, discussed hiring the friend of his former lobbyist landlord, new emails suggest. With @LFFriedman https://t.co/PzqDI1e6PY
— Hiroko Tabuchi (@HirokoTabuchi) June 24, 2018
“The problem is he is not Trump — he is not a billionaire. But he sincerely thinks he is.”
Great reporting by my colleagues here on Pruitt's sense of entitlement. Everywhere he looks in the cabinet he sees wealthy people. He's not one of them. https://t.co/Bzr2vPVY1D— Jeremy W. Peters (@jwpetersNYT) June 15, 2018
Wife of deceased US Senator who Congress named legislation after in 2016 as it revamped toxic chemical regulatory system in the United States. She chastises Pruitt over how he has implemented the landmark new law, nicknamed TSCA. https://t.co/QUHEcELV8Z
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) June 23, 2018
"Scott Pruitt's many, many scandals." Heck of a graphic on @KasieDC pic.twitter.com/m8tjhiCHOu
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 18, 2018
Pruitt himself wanted to help his daughter get into UVA's elite law school. He placed a call to the former GOP speaker of the Virginia House, a UVA law school graduate, and ask him to weigh in with the UVA dean. His daughter got in.
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) June 15, 2018
Scott Pruitt has spent a total of $4.6 million on security, new disclosures show — including $1,500 on “tactical pants” https://t.co/zy0GWLEgqd by Lee Fang @nicksurgey
— The Intercept (@theintercept) June 20, 2018
Scott Pruitt is trying to bury his pro-polluter agenda https://t.co/Xx8vtGhrOJ
— Salon (@Salon) June 16, 2018
Pruitt shocks former ethics officials
Pruitt pitched Trump on TV debate where he'd argue against climate change – and Trump loved it. He tried to get involved in NAFTA. He came to Oval w/dripping ice cream to fight Paris Accord. He pushed rules on imported cars that lawyers deemed illegal. https://t.co/zjS7gyZaWb
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) June 16, 2018
Scott Pruitt Wanted Oil Execs In Top EPA Jobs, Emails Show
For Pruitt, gaining Trump’s favor — and keeping it — came through fierce allegiance
Sad! 