The corrupt administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott "Screw It" Pruitt, resigned this afternoon (more likely fired) after months of scandals and investigations saw increased calls for his ouster. While popular with the nihilist demagogue in the Oval Office for protecting polluters and cutting regulations protecting the environment and clean air and water, Pruitt had become a liability as Rethugs face difficult 2018 mid-term elections.
His scandals and sense of privilege ranged from having his staff run personal errands like fetching a particular skin lotion, to running up $3 million in personal security costs, far more than Cabinet members of his level. It was recently disclosed that Pruitt had lobbied Trump to fire Confederate States Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III and appoint him to the position. That would have been like giving the crook the keys to his jail cell.
BONUS: The New York Times on "sneak and thug" Pruitt.
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(photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty. We know where you can put that thumb, Screw It.)
