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NewJeffCT

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Wed Feb 28, 2018, 07:31 AM Feb 2018

The Deep State Takes Out the White Houses Dark Clown Prince [View all]

Rick Wilson has a way with words...

Jared Kushner had a very bad terrible no good day. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.

If you’ve ever filled out a form SF-86 for a U.S. government security clearance, you’ll know the hassle of dealing with the sheer volume of information it entails. Listing contacts, personal, financial, and travel information in enormous, painstaking detail isn’t trivial, and even small errors will get the form kicked back to you or your clearance rejected. Applicants are required to spell out in great detail the specifics of foreign travel and overseas contacts. Investigators need to know where you’ve made your money and to whom you have debts.

I did it in my early twenties when my life was relatively uncomplicated, and it was still a pain in the ass. It’s not easy, and it’s not supposed to be.

It’s even harder when you’re a corrupt, entitled snake who repeatedly lies about your finances to federal investigators and serves as a living, breathing poster child for privileged venality. It’s even harder when you’ve rather clumsily attempted to use both your familial relationship and proximity to the president of the United States to save your family’s failing real-estate empire


https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-deep-state-takes-out-the-white-houses-dark-clown-prince?ref=home

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I did one in '72 as a pot smoking college drop out and got it the first time. All it takes is... marble falls Feb 2018 #1
Amen roscoeroscoe Feb 2018 #2
It should be at least in Jarod's case. He'll go to jail, yet. Ever notice he never smiles? marble falls Feb 2018 #8
he's not programmed to. nt Javaman Feb 2018 #14
Do we WANT to see him smile? maddiemom Feb 2018 #22
Not at all. I like it that he feels so uncomfortable. Here's to Bob Mueller making him even more so. marble falls Feb 2018 #26
I filled out my application in the late 80s. Cracklin Charlie Feb 2018 #4
When I first looked it over (I remember it being like 30 some pages) I almost changed my mind.... marble falls Feb 2018 #6
I was instructed to list people I had known for 20 years. Cracklin Charlie Feb 2018 #11
I remember a bunch of questions like that: and I was 21. My twenty year relationships were.... marble falls Feb 2018 #13
lol! Cha Mar 2018 #31
Great reading! orangecrush Feb 2018 #3
"desperation hangs around him like stripper perfume" -lmao eom poboy2 Feb 2018 #7
I liked this one as well NewJeffCT Feb 2018 #29
Thanks, crush! Is his address Cha Mar 2018 #32
interesting,address orangecrush Mar 2018 #34
Rick Wilson brings it home in this article. madaboutharry Feb 2018 #5
He does have a way with words... NewJeffCT Feb 2018 #9
A smart president would be too ebarrassed and ashamed vlyons Feb 2018 #10
Nepotism is not unheard of... Ohiya Feb 2018 #15
RFK NewJeffCT Feb 2018 #16
Thanks, I didn't know that! Ohiya Feb 2018 #18
It was one of those things NewJeffCT Feb 2018 #25
Of course, Bobby Kennedy was also qualified for the job. TNNurse Feb 2018 #19
He was a lot more qualified NewJeffCT Feb 2018 #20
true but at least he was hired to actually be AG and do what anyone else would do JI7 Mar 2018 #33
RFK was QUALIFIED to be attorney general. Any comparison to Kushner is laughable. n/t FSogol Feb 2018 #23
Ouch! From a republican strategist, no less. PdxSean Feb 2018 #12
Wilson NewJeffCT Feb 2018 #17
I did in 1976, and again in 1978 (NASA). raven mad Feb 2018 #21
Ivanka have a clearance that is in jeopardy too? NoMoreRepugs Feb 2018 #24
Not sure if Kelly is brave enough to do that NewJeffCT Feb 2018 #30
Tee hee. The bad guys make it really easy at times. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 2018 #27
I filled one out in 1966. MineralMan Feb 2018 #28
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