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Trump Administration Kills Open.Gov, Will Not Release White House Visitor Logs (techdirt.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: It will never be said that the Trump presidency began with a presumption of openness. His pre-election refusal to release his tax returns set a bit of precedent in that regard. The immediate post-election muffling of government agency social media accounts made the administration's opacity goals um clearer. So, in an unsurprising move, the Trump administration will be doing the opposite of the Obama administration. The American public will no longer have the privilege of keeping tabs on White House visitors. TIME reports: "The Trump Administration will not disclose logs of those who visit the White House complex, breaking with his predecessor, the White House announced Friday. White House communications director Michael Dubke said the decision to reverse the Obama-era policy was due to 'the grave national security risks and privacy concerns of the hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.' Instead, the Trump Administration is relying on a federal court ruling that most of the logs are 'presidential records' and are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act." So, to further distance himself from the people he serves (and the people who elected him), Trump and his administration have shut down the transparency portal put in place by the previous Commander-in-Chief: "White House officials said the Administration is ending the contract for Open.gov, the Obama-era site that hosted the visitor records along with staff financial disclosures, salaries, and appointments. An official said it would save $70,000 through 2020 and that the removed disclosures, salaries and appointments would be integrated into WhiteHouse.gov in the coming months."
Just before Racheal Maddow Released Trumps' tax return for him, Trump himself released one year of taxes - in which Trump payed over *$30 million*. IN income tax. For one year. So what is going to be exciting about the other years, finding out that every year he pays ~30 million in personal income taxes?
In just one year Trump is paying more in tax than the entire population of Slashdot will over a lifetime.
I could see some reason to want to see Trump's taxes before anything was released, but now people who call to see more of what we already know just look like total goobers. It's like if there were marches after Al Capones Vault was opened demanding they go back in and look at all the bricks. You are literally a brick-chaser.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Or he could, you know... stop fucking golfing so much on our dime.
It's not like the exercise is doing him any good as he's still a fat-fuck blob.
He probably sucks at golf anyhow which is why we don't hear too much about his scores there. Or come to think of it, about how much he bangs his hag. He'd definitely be bragging about that if it was happening.
Only I can judge you.