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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    1. Greg Sargent‏Verified account @ThePlumLineGS 2 Dec 2016

      @emptywheel I don't think it will happen, both b/c of Cong GOP and b/c Trump's heart isn't really in it, but it might! 2/2

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    2. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 2 Dec 2016
      Replying to @ThePlumLineGS

      Why do you think Trump's heart isn't in it? He could use it to give cut rate loans to hand-picked businesses as patronage?

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    3. Greg Sargent‏Verified account @ThePlumLineGS 2 Dec 2016
      Replying to @emptywheel

      I do think he might do something along the lines you're suggesting -- some kind of tax break/privatization thing

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    4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 2 Dec 2016
      Replying to @ThePlumLineGS

      I'm thinking loans, not tax breaks. There's a lot of precedent for that and it'd be something a businessman would love.

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    5. Greg Sargent‏Verified account @ThePlumLineGS 2 Dec 2016
      Replying to @emptywheel

      How would that work? Who would decide what projects the money gets spent on?

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    6. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 2 Dec 2016
      Replying to @ThePlumLineGS

      My piece linked to this: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-28/trump-can-t-kill-solyndra-loan-program-that-outperforms-banks … Clear they expect Trump to do fossil loans.

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    7. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 2 Dec 2016
      Replying to @emptywheel @ThePlumLineGS

      ExIm is also a precedent. What's to stop an internal version, esp since Trump likes YUGE things?

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    8. Greg Sargent‏Verified account @ThePlumLineGS 2 Dec 2016
      Replying to @emptywheel

      Interesting. I can see Trump going this way. And some Rs (not the anti crony capitalists) could conceivably go along, right?

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    9. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 2 Dec 2016
      Replying to @ThePlumLineGS

      The Freedom Caucus would mostly hate it, but would the Speaker permit it to go through? Dunno. Would Janesville get pork?

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    10. Greg Sargent‏Verified account @ThePlumLineGS 2 Dec 2016
      Replying to @emptywheel

      one thing we can be certain of is there will be a lot more defense stimulus spending

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      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 2 Dec 2016
      Replying to @ThePlumLineGS

      More planes that don't fly and ships that don't float?

      1:45 PM - 2 Dec 2016
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        1. Sundel Saljyns‏ @saljyns 2 Dec 2016
          Replying to @emptywheel @ThePlumLineGS

          Gold-plated ships don't float.

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        1. Ron‏ @_ronarch 2 Dec 2016
          Replying to @emptywheel @ThePlumLineGS

          Yup.

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        1. Greg Ostravich‏ @GregOstravich 2 Dec 2016
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          Remember: MAGA will mean Make America Grift Again #PorkBarrelSpending

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