Friday, August 10, 2018

The Grifters

How corrupt and sleazy are the Republicans in power? Every day we discover more and more evidence of their thieving ways. But here's a nice little nugget you may have missed regarding Trump's Robin-Hood-in-reverse tax scam, courtesy of Organizing for Action (emphasis theirs):
Rep. Vern Buchanan (FL-16) -- a member of the Ways and Means Committee that wrote the bill, and a Congressman personally worth an estimated $74 million -- bought a massive yacht for himself on the same day he voted for the bill. Just to be clear: Rep. Buchanan wrote and voted for a tax bill that put millions of dollars in his own pocket -- and cashed it in with a yacht the very same day.
Replenishing the swamp, I see...and yet Trump still has the gall to call HRC "crooked".

Pro-Death

South Carolina Republicans want to impose the death penalty on South Carolinian women who seek abortions in another state. You know, because...