Breaking: Wilbur Ross threatened to fire NOAA officials who disagreed with Trump on Alabama

[Mrs. Overall]

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NYT Climate
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BREAKING: The Commerce secretary threatened to fire NOAA officials in a fight over President Trump's incorrect warnings about Alabama and Hurricane Dorian. https://nyti.ms/2UIjZVX

[madaboutharry]

1. A gangster administration.

[Demovictory9]

30. yes

[C_U_L8R]

2. I look forward to witnesses testifying before Congress

[triron]

5. Wilbur Ross needs to be impeached for this.

[blm]

10. Yes!

[LiberalFighter]

23. I would want worse to happen to him.

Probably tie him up and then drop him off at the NOAA office to do as they see fit.

[Bob Loblaw]

32. Just force him to stay awake during a cabinet meeting

That should be punishment enough.

[11 Bravo]

27. He should first be pelted with paper towels ...

until he begs for mercy.

[maxsolomon]

29. Not for laundering billions in Russian Mob money through the Bank of Cyprus?

Whatever, it doesn't really matter; no one's laid a glove on Wilbur yet, and won't anytime soon.

[BigmanPigman]

35. Most corrupt admin EVER!

[Poiuyt]

44. Without question

The Harding and Grant administrations can't hold a candle to this one.

[uponit7771]

38. +1

[Hermit-The-Prog]

53. Why should they?

The Gangsters Of Putin are in charge of law enforcement, so there are no consequences if they defy the laws.

[tishaLA]

3. I hope he handled it as smoothly as he handled the census

So we have a long, pathetic paper trail of bad faith.

[blm]

4. You'll be fired if you tell the emperor he is naked.

[Whiskeytide]

7. Please. For Crying our loud. You can't ...

... make a post evoking that image without a warning. What’s wrong with you? I almost lost my lunch.

[blm]

9. Buckle up.

You can do it. Heheh....I’ve read enough of your posts. ; )

[spanone]

6. MF45 administration....as corrupt as it gets

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Why am I not even slightly surprised?

[panader0]

11. Someone needs to use a Sharpie on that bald pate.

[Desert Dem]

12. Ross:

The Russian money launderer.

[lagomorph777]

14. Add "Cloudbuster" to that title...

[karin_sj]

62. Love Kate Bush and that song

I haven’t thought about her for decades! Thanks for bringing back some great memories of her music

[crazytown]

65. I hid my yo-yo in the garden

I can't hide you from the government
Oh God, Daddy I won't forget.

[Mme. Defarge]

20. Bingo!

[lagomorph777]

13. OMG. Sharpiegate is widening.

How hilarious will it be if Trump is taken down by a pen?

Maybe it really is mightier than the sword!

[bigbrother05]

15. The pen is mightier than the sword, but a Sharpie leaves an indelible mark

[lagomorph777]

16. He should've listened to Mommy

[NightWatcher]

17. Remember that time Obama wore a tan.... THIS IS NOT NORMAL. PEOPLE SHOULD BE IN PRISON

[Paladin]

18. How completely and utterly PATHETIC is this?

Having one of your suckhole minions threaten the livelihoods of competent government employees over a matter that should have been abandoned days ago. And being too stupid to recognize just how small and petulant it makes you look. Pathetic.

[ffr]

19. Remind me again about Hillary Clinton's likeability numbers. Oh yeah, they were faked!

So instead we get this throughout our government. The many, led by the few and persecuted.

[durablend]

22. HER EMAILS DAMMIT!

Have you forgotten about those?!?!?

[EveHammond13]

21. Public Relations at the Commerce Dept: 202-482-4883

[2naSalit]

24. Of course he did...

he's the wannabe emperor who has his agency's seal embroidered on the slippers he scuffles around in the WH wearing rather than shoes. Maybe he thinks he's the pope or something, sure an elevated view of himself.

[RVN VET71]

25. The very epitome of plutocratic scumbaggery.

In other words a 21st Century Republican.

Wilbur Ross looks like he died a century ago and is kept "alive" by infusions of human blood drained from the poor and their children.

His signature comment will always be -- to me anyway -- his insistence that what he enjoyed most of all on his visit to Saudi Arabia was that there were no political protests anywhere in that country of seriously oppressed people. He implied, of course, that he would like the U.S. much better if the same situation prevailed here.

[CatMor]

37. Love your description of him ...

I didn't realize he was still alive.

[NRaleighLiberal]

26. Such sweethearts they are...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. No written proof? Just phone calls, right?

[lastlib]

31. May this evil worthless basturd die of self-fornication......

...with an old rusty, manure-crusted, tetanus-infected pitchfork. Sideways.

And his boss, and his worthless followers, too.

[Politicub]

33. Trump believes he is a monarch, but he's just an ineffective president.

And any of his supporters who wish to be subjects of a king or queen need to find another country. We are not required to subject ourselves to any person.

NOAA should put out a statement to the republicans to warn them of the massive blue wave that's fast approaching.

[gademocrat7]

34. Ross is just another member of trump's cabal.

Criminal to the core.

[kacekwl]

36. What does the commerce secretary

have to do with NOAA ?

[Luciferous]

40. I was wondering that as well!

[sarge43]

46. NOAA comes under the Department of Commerce n/t

[KPN]

47. NOAA is under commerce. Just as is

NMFS — National Marine Fisheries Service.

[Ferrets are Cool]

39. If we aren't living in a pseudo dictatorship, I don't know

what one is. All this corruption running unabated. Can you even IMAGINE the howling and gnashing of teeth if OUR side was doing this SHIT???

[burrowowl]

41. K&R

[struggle4progress]

42. Wilbur Ross ... Wilbur Ross ... Isn't he the guy who played the cryptkeeper?

[OnDoutside]

56. It's Monty Burns !!!

[Botany]

43. He is a good little nazi

n/t

[Volaris]

45. Is NOAA a sub agency of commerce dept?

Because if not, SecRoss can make all the threats he wants.. he can't fire somebody who doesn't work for him ...

[sarge43]

48. Unfortunately, it is.

The real question is - are the employees civil service?

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

49. He looks like the dad from "That Seventies Show"

He should portray Ross in the movie “All the President’s Men II, the Plot Sickens”.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

51. He would be perfect!

[KPN]

50. Ross can't easily fire career employees, only political

appointees under him. Fed government isn’t the private sector. He has to have legitimate cause (performance or conduct cause) and must adhere to well established progressive discipline procedures. These guys are morons. That doesn’t mean he can’t make worklife hell for career employees should he wish to do so.

[LonePirate]

58. I think they are using insubordination as the excuse to fire people.

They tell people either to support 45's claims or not to publicly oppose 45's words and if they disobey, it becomes insubordination.

[Beringia]

52. Russian style, Chinese style

[Mc Mike]

54. Seems illegal.

[SCVDem]

55. Oh Magoo! You've done it again!

Lock this crooked fuck up!

[Turbineguy]

57. It amazes me why anyone

would sully their own reputation to cover for trumps lies.

[Blue_true]

59. Apparently you don't know much about Wilbur Ross.

He is a textbook definition of a snake of a human being. Corruption reeks from that pig's sweat.

[lindysalsagal]

60. If someone were really fired or demoted, I hope a rich dem donor will pay for the wrongful lawsuit.

At this point, I'd love to be the fired employee, just to get it all on the record. I'd volunteer for the months of abuse to be the voice of pissed-off americans.

[Takket]

61. would love to see the media get some NOAA whistleblowers on camera

[real Cannabis calm]

63. K&R

[calimary]

64. The Russians' go-to money-launderer rears his ugly head, 'eh?

This crooked little troll usually keeps his head down and seems more interested in not attracting attention.