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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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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Apr 7

    emptywheel Retweeted Susan Simpson

    Can't help but wonder whether this is why Pruitt seemed to be the only confirmed Trump flunkie who'd be willing to fire Rosenstein/Mueller, and whether that's why Trump isn't firing him now?https://twitter.com/TheViewFromLL2/status/982388468553863168 …

    emptywheel added,

    Susan Simpson @TheViewFromLL2
    Three weeks after taking out a mortgage with a ~$5.5K monthly payment on a monthly take-home salary of ~$8K, Pruitt became the only state AG to opt out of the National Mortgage Settlement, claiming it would unfairly reward homeowners who had borrowed more than they could pay. pic.twitter.com/XAY7y7rjCR
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    8 replies 122 retweets 223 likes
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      2. Laura Rozen‏ @lrozen Apr 7
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @TheViewFromLL2 he really seems prone to sense of entitlement and self dealing that he does not think the little people deserve

        4 replies 3 retweets 22 likes
      3. Susan Simpson‏ @TheViewFromLL2 Apr 7
        Replying to @lrozen @emptywheel

        Apparently to the degree that he thinks the little people should recognize he is entitled to that too, since he doesn't see the need to put much effort into disguising it. Have you ever heard of any other case in which someone with a $34K salary was able to get a $6.8M loan?

        1 reply 13 retweets 24 likes
      4. Susan Simpson‏ @TheViewFromLL2 Apr 7
        Replying to @TheViewFromLL2 @lrozen @emptywheel

        Ah, Pruitt's share was 25%, so I should amend that, roughly a $1.7M loan. Just about as far out of reach still on his state senate salary though.pic.twitter.com/K34GmrCFnq

        1 reply 3 retweets 11 likes
      5.  🤔, PhD‏ @SciencePartisan Apr 7
        Replying to @TheViewFromLL2 @lrozen @emptywheel

        Spiritbank also provided the funding to Mandalay to buy out Pruitt.https://www.milb.com/pacific-coast/news/redhawks-acquired-by-mandalay/c-14702384 …

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      6.  🤔, PhD‏ @SciencePartisan Apr 7
        Replying to @SciencePartisan @TheViewFromLL2 and

        So spiritbank financed Pruitt buying the RedHawks. Then 7 yrs later financed Mandalay’s buyout of Pruitt. Seems like a fairly direct payout.

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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      2. Greg Jacobs‏ @GJacobs26 Apr 7
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I continue to suspect that Pruitt’s only still around because Trump hasn’t thought of a Plan B to replace Sessions yet.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Apr 7
        Replying to @GJacobs26

        Yup, that's my point.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Greg Jacobs‏ @GJacobs26 Apr 7
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I’m probably late to this, but I’m beginning to understand 80% of the “Trump is considering..” leaks as trial balloons he tells Ruddy to float.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Susan Simpson‏ @TheViewFromLL2 Apr 7
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Hmm. My first reaction was "no way, there have got to be plenty in his cabinet that would get that job done for Trump!" But... yeah. Others would likely do it, but Pruitt is the 100% sure deal. Plus, on paper, Pruitt might also be the most plausible alternative DOJ head.

        3 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. Marie McHarry‏ @MMcHarry Apr 7
        Replying to @TheViewFromLL2 @emptywheel

        Now that he’s ruined the environment, he can dismantle Justice.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1.  🇺🇲 Gw 👻i L 🌐, MD  🇺🇲‏ @GwailoMD Apr 7
        Replying to @emptywheel

         🇺🇲 Gw 👻i L 🌐, MD  🇺🇲 Retweeted Susan Simpson

        Sounds like mortgage fraud. A cabinet secretary is literally squatting and couch surfing his way through life.https://twitter.com/TheViewFromLL2/status/982393345736617985?s=19 …

         🇺🇲 Gw 👻i L 🌐, MD  🇺🇲 added,

        Susan Simpson @TheViewFromLL2
        Replying to @dpalm66
        In 2004, when Pruitt's salary was $38,400, he also got a $973K mortgage to buy a $605K house. https://theintercept.com/2017/12/28/scott-pruitt-failed-banker-running-epa-superfund-program/ … And oh yeah last year Pruitt hired the guy who gave him that $937K mortgage to be a senior adviser for the EPA.
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      2. Myrha Cheval‏ @RanyhynMyrha Apr 7
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Myrha Cheval Retweeted Susan Simpson

        And hello, what do we have here?https://twitter.com/TheViewFromLL2/status/982393345736617985 …

        Myrha Cheval added,

        Susan Simpson @TheViewFromLL2
        Replying to @dpalm66
        In 2004, when Pruitt's salary was $38,400, he also got a $973K mortgage to buy a $605K house. https://theintercept.com/2017/12/28/scott-pruitt-failed-banker-running-epa-superfund-program/ … And oh yeah last year Pruitt hired the guy who gave him that $937K mortgage to be a senior adviser for the EPA.
        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3.  🇺🇲 Gw 👻i L 🌐, MD  🇺🇲‏ @GwailoMD Apr 7
        Replying to @RanyhynMyrha @emptywheel

        Jinx!

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Steven Pollack‏ @pollack_steven Apr 7
        Replying to @emptywheel @TheViewFromLL2

        And I can't help but wonder how deep the cesspool of Pruitt's corruption actually runs. Who's that lady he hired for the high paying no-show job that went Paris with him? This lunatic thinks he can pull this off while his boss is at war with the intelligence community.

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      1. Barry Mullin‏ @bb009 Apr 8
        Replying to @emptywheel @TheViewFromLL2

        Pruitt is a big favorite of the donors. Carl Icahn got him the EPA job.

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      1. Ira‏ @IraDW Apr 7
        Replying to @emptywheel @TheViewFromLL2

        a human hole card

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