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Hexx wrote:The White House has said they don't have tapea

captain red dog wrote:

Hexx wrote:The White House has said they don't have tapea

I don't believe them for a minute. Don't they at least have to have every call annotated?

Moggy wrote:

captain red dog wrote:

Hexx wrote:The White House has said they don't have tapea

I don't believe them for a minute. Don't they at least have to have every call annotated?

That's a typo. The White House actually said they don't have tapas because it would end up encouraging Spanish speakers to visit.

captain red dog wrote:

Moggy wrote:

captain red dog wrote:

Hexx wrote:The White House has said they don't have tapea

I don't believe them for a minute. Don't they at least have to have every call annotated?

That's a typo. The White House actually said they don't have tapas because it would end up encouraging Spanish speakers to visit.

Tapas bars on every street corner!

Puerto Rico has agreed to pay a reported $300 million for the restoration of its power grid to a tiny utility company that is primarily financed by a private-equity firm founded and run by a man who contributed large sums of money to President Trump, an investigation conducted by The Daily Beast has found.
Whitefish Energy Holdings, which had a reported staff of only two full-time employees when Hurricane Maria touched down, appears ill-equipped to handle the daunting task of restoring electricity to Puerto Rico’s more than 3 million residents.
Much larger utilities are more commonly used following natural disasters on the scale of Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island last month.
The private-equity firm that finances Whitefish, HBC Investments, was founded by Joe Colonnetta, who serves as its general partner.
Federal Elections Commission data compiled by The Daily Beast shows Colonnetta contributed $20,000 to the Trump Victory PAC during the general election, $27,000 to Trump’s primary election campaign (then the maximum amount permitted), $27,000 to Trump’s general election campaign (also the maximum), and a total of $30,700 to the Republican National Committee in 2016 alone.
Colonnetta’s wife, Kimberly, is no stranger to Republican politics either; shortly after Trump’s victory, she gave $33,400 to the Republican National Committee, the maximum contribution permitted for party committees in 2016.

Tennessee Senator Bob Corker has unleashed a blistering attack on US President Donald Trump, after the two Republicans traded insults on Twitter.

Mr Corker accused the president of lying in a series of television interviews, adding that he debased the US and weakened its global standing.

Mr Trump fired back on Twitter, calling the top Senator a "lightweight" who "couldn't get re-elected".

The two men are due to meet at a Senate luncheon later on Tuesday.

Mr Trump's visit to Capitol Hill comes as the White House attempts to forge a consensus on the Republican tax reform plan.

"He is purposely breaking down relationships we have around the world that had been useful to our nation," Mr Corker said on CNN after Mr Trump published three critical tweets.

"Bob Corker, who helped President O give us the bad Iran Deal & couldn't get elected dog catcher in Tennessee, is now fighting Tax Cuts..." Mr Trump tweeted.

"I think the debasement of our nation is what he'll be remembered most for," the influential senator added.

Irene Demova wrote:https://www.thedailybeast.com/dollar300m-puerto-rico-recovery-contract-awarded-to-tiny-utility-company-linked-to-major-trump-donor

Puerto Rico has agreed to pay a reported $300 million for the restoration of its power grid to a tiny utility company that is primarily financed by a private-equity firm founded and run by a man who contributed large sums of money to President Trump, an investigation conducted by The Daily Beast has found.
Whitefish Energy Holdings, which had a reported staff of only two full-time employees when Hurricane Maria touched down, appears ill-equipped to handle the daunting task of restoring electricity to Puerto Rico’s more than 3 million residents.
Much larger utilities are more commonly used following natural disasters on the scale of Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island last month.
The private-equity firm that finances Whitefish, HBC Investments, was founded by Joe Colonnetta, who serves as its general partner.
Federal Elections Commission data compiled by The Daily Beast shows Colonnetta contributed $20,000 to the Trump Victory PAC during the general election, $27,000 to Trump’s primary election campaign (then the maximum amount permitted), $27,000 to Trump’s general election campaign (also the maximum), and a total of $30,700 to the Republican National Committee in 2016 alone.
Colonnetta’s wife, Kimberly, is no stranger to Republican politics either; shortly after Trump’s victory, she gave $33,400 to the Republican National Committee, the maximum contribution permitted for party committees in 2016.

I would be disgusted but it was so obvious this was gonna happen.

Tineash wrote:Bob Corker isn't running for re-election, which is the only reason he's speaking up. Like all Republicans, he's terrified of his own rabidly bigoted base, and can only break with cowardice when his career isn't at stake anymore.

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