{"id":137744,"date":"2019-02-04T19:57:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T02:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/04\/and-yet-another-horrible-federal-secretary-nominee-shambles-forward.html"},"modified":"2019-02-04T19:57:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T02:57:37","slug":"and-yet-another-horrible-federal-secretary-nominee-shambles-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/04\/and-yet-another-horrible-federal-secretary-nominee-shambles-forward.html","title":{"rendered":"And yet another horrible federal secretary nominee shambles forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our likely next Secretary of the Interior? &quot;A veteran lobbyist who has helped orchestrate the push to expand oil and gas drilling at the Interior Department.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>Because of course he is. <\/p>\n<p>Because of course that&#39;s who Trump would nominate. <\/p>\n<p>Because Trump.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2019\/02\/04\/trump-nominate-david-bernhardt-former-lobbyist-next-interior-secretary\/?tid=ss_gp&#038;utm_term=.f105abc5f9b6'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/5c6SNE-Np8qOVJNxiQ1wGhAIQQ5rA5903-9oY6GNlc2aIwaGDo65Hw9oNt6Ky4X0oZUakv35hQrGeyvJ-0n9pWf6-23gflaIMFJvyTtBty3S3wexhV5QOQktolJjbJjoI-vG__384mj3zm_VtqtjRqSFdO-j-96yQ-rhvEQUHzaOkWNCXJp-94xf1r6rczVXx8KjmqeiKPAAh1r9HUbXNdc2at80fySQ0u59iCpN0d2t2W-yQPmrzw=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2019\/02\/04\/trump-nominate-david-bernhardt-former-lobbyist-next-interior-secretary\/?tid=ss_gp&#038;utm_term=.f105abc5f9b6'>washingtonpost<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/d7ZRjVeVRZX'>Original Post<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our likely next Secretary of the Interior? &quot;A veteran lobbyist who has helped orchestrate the push to expand oil and gas drilling at the Interior Department.&quot; Because of course he is. Because of course that&#39;s who Trump would nominate. 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