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A new record…

Well…trump and his idiot minions just set a new record…one that no administration in the history of the country even came close to…after being confirmed 4 days ago, the new Secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt, is already under investigation for ethics violations…only the best people…trump only hires the best people…the investigation has been prompted by multiple requests by lawmakers owing to the clear conflicts of interest he showed while working for the last corrupt Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, and meeting just with oil and gas companies, then giving them everything they wanted…rolling back regulations to give these companies almost free access to public lands along with gutting regulations protecting endangered species. Oh, and after the Deepwater Horizon explosion that polluted the Gulf of Mexico, this guy was the one pushing weakening safety regulations so the oil companies will never have to pay when they are responsible for the pollution that comes after these accidents. So, one frickin day is all it took for this guy to be under investigation…and the repubs are doing what they always do when a repub is found to be ethically challenged…ignore it and diminish it….until it’s a dem…impeach…