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Also apparently the secretary of state can just wave the fee? Sounds like it's just corruption as a service.

by duxup 1y ago

jandrese 1y ago
I’m sure the inspectors general will keep an eye out for this. It would be very bad for the reputation of the administration to have blatant corruption at the top levels.
- cardamomo 1y ago
  I assume your reply is sarcastic, but just in case, I'll say it directly: this administration does not care whether there is blatant corruption at the top levels, or any other levels for that matter. I'm fact, insofar as it antagonizes liberals, they'll encourage it.
  - georgemcbay 1y ago
    One of the first things the Trump admin did was fire a lot of the inspectors general, including the one for the State Department. I'd assume the reply you are replying to is being sarcastic specifically in reference to that event. There's currently an (Acting) IG for State as a replacement, but I think its pretty clear how long that job would last for him if he were to actually do it.
    - cardamomo 1y ago
      Thank you for reminding me of the IG firings!
      - georgemcbay 1y ago
        > Thank you for reminding me of the IG firings! No problem. With all of the crazy "flooding the zone" things that have happened since it seems like it was like ~9 years ago rather than ~9 months ago.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago
  > sure the inspectors general will keep an eye out for this The dude who runs Homeland Security accepted bags of cash from the FBI [1]. (The case is being dropped. For good and bad reasons.) Meanwhile, DOJ prosecutors are being fired for not following partisan marching orders [2]. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/tom-homan-fbi-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/tom-homan-fbi... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/trump-justice-department-us-attorneys.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/trump-justice...
agildehaus 1y ago
Indeed. They'll use this to hurt companies they want to hurt.
- duxup 1y ago
  Also trap the companies that are their "friends". Trump isn't above cutting a deal and altering it and continuously making demands.
klipt 1y ago
Darn if only we had some way of knowing a presidential candidate was corrupt. Like if they were charged with multiple felonies for corruption. Or if they were impeached twice for corruption.
- Ygg2 1y ago
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- FridayoLeary 1y ago
  If only the judiciary and house had literally any credibility that people wouldn't suspect the whole thing was politically motivated voters might actually care. At least as far as i can tell they remained magnificently indifferent.
  - DaveZale 1y ago
    Or if they take hundreds of millions from "special" lobbyists to enable land grabs overseas
trhway 1y ago
One can wonder how people like DPR or that Nikola guy got pardoned. I'm pretty sure that the President didn't know about all those people until some aide or a relative brought it up. Now, how to make such an aide or a relative to bring it up before the President? May it help to pay $5M to join one of those lunches at Mar-a-Lago where one can meet such an aide or a relative and drop the name of somebody so deserving a Presidential pardon?
- heavyset_go 1y ago
  DPR's pardoning was the administration throwing a bone to libertarian influencers who campaigned for his release.
FridayoLeary 1y ago
Sounds worse. The big companies won't have a problem and anyway can afford it. Smaller industries will have a much harder time getting attention. To be frank the H1b scheme seems slightly dodgy to me anyway. But i only learned about it 30 minutes ago.
JohnTHaller 1y ago
Corruption-as-a-service is a feature, not a bug, of this administration. And it works across immigration, technology, crypto, etc.

Also apparently the secretary of state can just wave the fee? Sounds like it's just corruption as a service.

by duxup 1y ago

Also apparently the secretary of state can just wave the fee? Sounds like it's just corruption as a service.

I’m sure the inspectors general will keep an eye out for this. It would be very bad for the reputation of the administration to have blatant corruption at the top levels.

cardamomo 1y ago
I assume your reply is sarcastic, but just in case, I'll say it directly: this administration does not care whether there is blatant corruption at the top levels, or any other levels for that matter. I'm fact, insofar as it antagonizes liberals, they'll encourage it.
- georgemcbay 1y ago
  One of the first things the Trump admin did was fire a lot of the inspectors general, including the one for the State Department. I'd assume the reply you are replying to is being sarcastic specifically in reference to that event. There's currently an (Acting) IG for State as a replacement, but I think its pretty clear how long that job would last for him if he were to actually do it.
  - cardamomo 1y ago
    Thank you for reminding me of the IG firings!
    - georgemcbay 1y ago
      > Thank you for reminding me of the IG firings! No problem. With all of the crazy "flooding the zone" things that have happened since it seems like it was like ~9 years ago rather than ~9 months ago.
JumpCrisscross 1y ago
> sure the inspectors general will keep an eye out for this The dude who runs Homeland Security accepted bags of cash from the FBI [1]. (The case is being dropped. For good and bad reasons.) Meanwhile, DOJ prosecutors are being fired for not following partisan marching orders [2]. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/tom-homan-fbi-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/tom-homan-fbi... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/trump-justice-department-us-attorneys.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/trump-justice...

agildehaus 1y ago

Indeed. They'll use this to hurt companies they want to hurt.

duxup 1y ago
Also trap the companies that are their "friends". Trump isn't above cutting a deal and altering it and continuously making demands.

klipt 1y ago

Darn if only we had some way of knowing a presidential candidate was corrupt. Like if they were charged with multiple felonies for corruption. Or if they were impeached twice for corruption.

Ygg2 1y ago
[flagged]
FridayoLeary 1y ago
If only the judiciary and house had literally any credibility that people wouldn't suspect the whole thing was politically motivated voters might actually care. At least as far as i can tell they remained magnificently indifferent.
- DaveZale 1y ago
  Or if they take hundreds of millions from "special" lobbyists to enable land grabs overseas

trhway 1y ago

One can wonder how people like DPR or that Nikola guy got pardoned. I'm pretty sure that the President didn't know about all those people until some aide or a relative brought it up. Now, how to make such an aide or a relative to bring it up before the President? May it help to pay $5M to join one of those lunches at Mar-a-Lago where one can meet such an aide or a relative and drop the name of somebody so deserving a Presidential pardon?

heavyset_go 1y ago
DPR's pardoning was the administration throwing a bone to libertarian influencers who campaigned for his release.

FridayoLeary 1y ago

Sounds worse. The big companies won't have a problem and anyway can afford it. Smaller industries will have a much harder time getting attention. To be frank the H1b scheme seems slightly dodgy to me anyway. But i only learned about it 30 minutes ago.

JohnTHaller 1y ago

Corruption-as-a-service is a feature, not a bug, of this administration. And it works across immigration, technology, crypto, etc.