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We hate corruption and governmental waste, and abuse.
Unfortunately, this Trump administration has been pell-mell getting rid of non-partisan, independent people and positions, the watchdogs responsible for governmental oversight, ethics, accountability, and rooting out corruption, often instead installing Trump loyalists with little if any experience and expertise other than in taking marching orders. If you can’t get responsive help at the V.A. or the Social Security office, maybe that’s why!
What makes it even worse is when you find out about someone like Trump border czar Tom Homan, who news stories have suggested may have been paid $50,000 in a paper bag by an undercover FBI agent, with talk of an exchange of money for promises of influence — the Trump administration quietly closed down whatever investigation, if any, might have occurred, and so far is even refusing to say what happened to the fifty grand that's been mentioned. Trump Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to say what happened to the money while insisting that no crime was committed. She refused to say that the adminstration would make public any video of a paper bag exchange involving an FBI undercover agent.
How many inspectors general have they fired or attempted to fire? (Evidently, 17 inspectors generals in one night alone, on Friday, Jan. 24!) How many whistleblowers are they terminating? How many are intimidated into silence? Plus, there's the constant barrage of news stories about outrageous gifts (a presidential jet, even!); a new, ornate ballroom for a White House increasing studded with gold niceties; insider/family fortunes burgeoning; etc., etc., etc. Many have wondered what a threatened tariff really may yield... or a threat against anyone, anywhere, anytime, by an unchecked executive branch.
Help return credible, honest oversight to our nation’s government by voting YES on Proposition 50 and supporting actual checks and balances, the possibility of thorough congressional scrutiny, and good government practitioners.