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[Skjellyfetti]

Drain' that swamp!

President Donald Trump has granted waivers to at least 16 White House officials to allow them to work on issues they handled in their private-sector jobs, according to disclosures released by the White House late Wednesday.

The number of waivers granted to White House staff in the first four months of the Trump administration -- the same number former President Barack Obama gave out during his eight years in office -- calls further into question Trump’s campaign pledge to rid Washington of special interests and “drain the swamp.” The waivers allow officials who spent recent years lobbying the government on behalf of corporate clients to now weigh in on those same issues.

The White House posted the waivers late Wednesday after a tense back-and-forth with the Office of Government Ethics, which had requested information about the waivers in an effort to determine if the Trump administration was following federal ethics rules. Among those rules: an executive order Trump signed in January requiring former lobbyists to recuse themselves from matters on which they had lobbied for two years after their appointment.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump- ... 2017-06-01

[Ivytalk]

Drain' that swamp!

President Donald Trump has granted waivers to at least 16 White House officials to allow them to work on issues they handled in their private-sector jobs, according to disclosures released by the White House late Wednesday.

The number of waivers granted to White House staff in the first four months of the Trump administration -- the same number former President Barack Obama gave out during his eight years in office -- calls further into question Trump’s campaign pledge to rid Washington of special interests and “drain the swamp.” The waivers allow officials who spent recent years lobbying the government on behalf of corporate clients to now weigh in on those same issues.

The White House posted the waivers late Wednesday after a tense back-and-forth with the Office of Government Ethics, which had requested information about the waivers in an effort to determine if the Trump administration was following federal ethics rules. Among those rules: an executive order Trump signed in January requiring former lobbyists to recuse themselves from matters on which they had lobbied for two years after their appointment.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump- ... 2017-06-01

Don't purge you, don't purge me, purge that lobbyist behind the tree!

[BDKJMU]

"Private payrolls add 253K in May vs. 185K est.: ADP
Companies added 253,000 new jobs in May, well above expectations of 185,000 and April's 174,000.
Big growth areas were construction and professional and business services.

Job creation surged in May thanks to a jump in construction positions and a boom in professional and business services, according to a report Thursday from ADP and Moody's Analytics.

Private payrolls increased by 253,000, well ahead of expectations. Economists surveyed by Reuters expected the report to show that private payrolls grew by 185,000 in May from 174,000 in April.

The growth "is three times the rate of the growth in the underlying labor force," Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody's Analytics, told CNBC. "So that means the unemployment rate, which is 4.4 percent, is quickly headed to 4 percent. This labor market is rip-roaring and getting really tight."

Services broadly led the way with 205,000 new jobs, with professional and business services contributing 88,000 — its best month in about three years — and education and health services adding 54,000........"
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/01/adp-priv ... -2017.html

[BDKJMU]

Dow, S&P, Nasdaq set records today..

[Skjellyfetti]

Oh. I see we're back to the stock market being an indicator. I guess it is no longer artificially inflated.

[93henfan]

Dow, S&P, Nasdaq set records today..

[93henfan]

Oh. I see we're back to the stock market being an indicator. I guess it is no longer artificially inflated.

Somebody has that not-so-fresh feeling.

[93henfan]

It's not the economy, stupid. - JSO

[CAA Flagship]

It's not the economy, stupid. - JSO

JSO will never get over that hurdle.

[JohnStOnge]

It's not the economy, stupid. - JSO

It wasn't the economy that got Trump elected. That's not me. I'm just reporting what the objective data say. Again: The majority of the people who considered the economy the most important issue voted for Hillary. They did it nationally and they did it State by State including in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. If you still believe that Trump won because of the economy you are just one of those people who starts off believing something and insists on continuing to believe it even though the data clearly contradict your belief.

The economy wasn't bad in any case. The stock markets setting records today, for example, is just continuation of a trend that was well established during the Obama Administration. As you can see from the image below (Dow Jones Industrial Average in red) there was a big dip just before Obama got elected then the trend has been generally upward since around December, 2009. It's set records numerous time as it ticked up during 2013 through 2017 period.



The economy has been consistently improving for something on the order of 8 years now.

[JohnStOnge]

It's not the economy, stupid. - JSO

JSO will never get over that hurdle.

It's you guys that need to get over a hurdle. Not that it's that important. But the data clearly show that it wasn't the economy and if you guys want to deal with reality you need to get over the hurdle of the tendency to stick to what you believe when the data clearly contradict it.

Again: It's not really important if you don't though.

[AZGrizFan]

Oh. I see we're back to the stock market being an indicator. I guess it is no longer artificially inflated.

Stock Market
Inflation
Jobs Reports
GDP
Interest Rates


Take your pick.

[Skjellyfetti]

Oh. I see we're back to the stock market being an indicator. I guess it is no longer artificially inflated.

Stock Market
Inflation
Jobs Reports
GDP
Interest Rates


Take your pick.

Exactly what I was saying through Obama's term to people on here saying we were going to have a double-dip recession, stock market being artificially inflated - Head and Shoulder pattern!, unemployment numbers being Fake News, etc.

[93henfan]

It's just nice to see what business does when it knows it has a friend in the White House.

MAGA!

And JSO, floundering as usual. Silly liberal.

[JohnStOnge]

It's just nice to see what business does when it knows it has a friend in the White House.

MAGA!

And JSO, floundering as usual. Silly liberal.

Not at all. There is no indication that any pre-existing trends have changed.

What I WILL say is that I am surprised that such is the case. It amazes me, for instance, that the stock market continues in an upward trend when we have a mentally ill person in the President's position. I am happy that the stock market has continued to rise because I am nearing retirement and I am invested in it. But I am truly surprised that people are willing to bet on the future when we have a mentally ill clown who had no idea as to what he is doing in the White House.

[CID1990]

Again: It's not really important if you don't though.

LAWL

ROFLCOPTERS

Says the guy who is triggered like Racheal Dolezal at a Klan rally at the mere mention of Trump



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[Aho Old Guy]

Dow, S&P, Nasdaq set records today..

Hey, Spunky?
The historical average of the DJIA against GDP is 78%. When the DJIA exceeds 110% of GDP that is commonly called 'irrational exuberance' or serious 'bubble' territory.

DJIA June 1, 2017 -- 21,144
GDP Q1 2017 -- 19,028

Need help with the math?

[Skjellyfetti]

Around this time in 2009... Obama's scandal was ordering Dijon mustard on a hamburger.




Simpler times.

[houndawg]

Oh. I see we're back to the stock market being an indicator. I guess it is no longer artificially inflated.

Somebody has that not-so-fresh feeling.

Hey. Use your own material, shithead.

[Ibanez]

Around this time in 2009... Obama's scandal was ordering Dijon mustard on a hamburger.




Simpler times.

Dijon is for rich folk. Regular 'Mericans are happy with good ol' yellow mustard.

[Skjellyfetti]

[Skjellyfetti]

More swamp drainin'

Lawyers for the Justice Department are arguing that President Trump isn’t violating a Constitutional provision that bars federal officials from accepting payments from foreign governments because the clause doesn’t apply to certain transactions.

In a new brief asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit brought against Trump by ethics watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), DOJ lawyers contend that the foreign emoluments clause doesn’t apply to “fair-market commercial transactions” like payments for hotel rooms and golf club fees, according to Bloomberg.

Trump administration lawyers also argue that CREW and other plaintiffs lack legal standing to bring the case against Trump and that Congress, not the court system, should determine whether Trump is in violation of the emoluments clause.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... 1497052482

[houndawg]

It's just nice to see what business does when it knows it has a friend in the White House.

MAGA!

And JSO, floundering as usual. Silly liberal.

Not at all. There is no indication that any pre-existing trends have changed.

What I WILL say is that I am surprised that such is the case. It amazes me, for instance, that the stock market continues in an upward trend when we have a mentally ill person in the President's position. I am happy that the stock market has continued to rise because I am nearing retirement and I am invested in it. But I am truly surprised that people are willing to bet on the future when we have a mentally ill clown who had no idea as to what he is doing in the White House.

Why the surprise? This is like telling bank robbers that the cops are on strike. Wake up.

[houndawg]

Around this time in 2009... Obama's scandal was ordering Dijon mustard on a hamburger.




Simpler times.

Dijon is for rich folk. Regular 'Mericans are happy with good ol' yellow mustard.

I think he should be investigated

[BDKJMU]

First New Coal Mine of Trump Era Opens in western Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh,1st new coal mine in nation in years, with more set to open. Pittsburgh, not Paris.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/06/10/n ... egulations