{"id":16195,"date":"2018-04-16T12:18:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T16:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=16195"},"modified":"2018-04-16T12:18:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T16:18:14","slug":"43000-soundproof-booth-for-epa-chief-pruitt-violated-law-u-s-gao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/43000-soundproof-booth-for-epa-chief-pruitt-violated-law-u-s-gao\/","title":{"rendered":"$43,000 soundproof booth for EPA chief Pruitt violated law: U.S. GAO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ifttt.com\/images\/no_image_card.png?w=980' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Here&#8217;s the question the press SHOULD be asking: Why does the head of the EPA need a cone of silence in the first place? And what about all that security?<br \/>\nI guess somebody is paranoid as fuck about something, eh? I wonder who he&#8217;s worried is listening&#8230;maybe his boss?<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll bet Pruitt had a lot of enemies, even before one of the EPA&#8217;s biggest opponents became it&#8217;s boss&#8230;though I&#8217;m certain he has a few more, now. Just another shady gangster in the Trump mob.<\/p>\n<p>The Article &#8216;$43,000 soundproof booth for EPA chief Pruitt violated law: U.S. GAO&#8217; originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-epa-pruitt\/43000-soundproof-booth-for-epa-chief-pruitt-violated-law-u-s-gao-idUSKBN1HN287?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=topNews\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-epa-pruitt\/43000-soundproof-booth-for-epa-chief-pruitt-violated-law-u-s-gao-idUSKBN1HN287?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=topNews<\/a><br \/>\nJamie&#8217;s comments are his own.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the question the press SHOULD be asking: Why does the head of the EPA need a cone of silence in the first place? And what about all that security? I guess somebody is paranoid as fuck about something, eh? I wonder who he&#8217;s worried is listening&#8230;maybe his boss? I&#8217;ll bet Pruitt had a lot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[582,586,590,589,565,587,588,585,591,456],"tags":[593,597,596,96,598,594,595,592,523,33],"class_list":["post-16195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-2","category-editorial-2","category-imho","category-imo","category-jamiegray","category-moregray","category-myopinion","category-opinion-3","category-sharedlink","category-jamie-gray","tag-editorial","tag-imho-blogger","tag-imo","tag-jamiegray","tag-link","tag-moregray","tag-myopinion","tag-opinion","tag-blog","tag-jamie-gray"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16143,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/can-epa-chief-scott-pruitt-once-a-trump-favorite-save-his-job\/","url_meta":{"origin":16195,"position":0},"title":"Can EPA chief Scott Pruitt, once a Trump favorite, save his job?","date":"April 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's hope not. Fingers crossed, knocking on wood. #EPA #PruittMustGo The Article 'Can EPA chief Scott Pruitt, once a Trump favorite, save his job?' originally appeared on http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/la-na-pol-pruitt-epa-controversy-20180405-story.html Jamie's comments are his own.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16375,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/06\/judge-rules-epa-must-provide-evidence-used-for-pruitts-climate-change-claims\/","url_meta":{"origin":16195,"position":1},"title":"Judge rules EPA must provide evidence used for Pruitt&#8217;s climate change claims","date":"June 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"That's right...back it up with actual science and shit. That's how we fucking roll here in the modern world. The Article 'Judge rules EPA must provide evidence used for Pruitt's climate change claims' originally appeared on http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/391130-judge-rules-pruitt-must-provide-evidence-used-for-climate-change Jamie's comments are his own.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16321,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/epa-blocks-some-media-from-summit-then-reverses-course\/","url_meta":{"origin":16195,"position":2},"title":"EPA blocks some media from summit, then reverses course","date":"May 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Blocking the media from fair and honest reporting is the hallmark of corruption, and steps like this toward authoritarian rule cannot and must not be allowed to exist in any free democracy like ours. The EPA doesn't need a veil of secrecy...there should be 100% transparency when it comes to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17136,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/epa-chief-trump-administration-may-intervene-in-next-climate-study\/","url_meta":{"origin":16195,"position":3},"title":"EPA chief: Trump administration may intervene in next climate study","date":"November 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Can someone please explain how the Obama administration supposedly tilted this climate assessment...that was 100% prepared under Trump administration? Also, if Trump's intervention in 'next assessment' means the findings are going to be based on \"Trump's gut feelings\", without actual facts or science to back them up, it won't be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16235,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/president-trumps-epa-says-burning-wood-is-carbon-neutral-like-wind-and-solar-energy\/","url_meta":{"origin":16195,"position":4},"title":"President Trump&#8217;s EPA Says Burning Wood is Carbon Neutral, Like Wind and Solar Energy","date":"April 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Believe it or not, there's some merit to the argument. A tree removes CO2 from the atmosphere during it's entire lifetime, so when you cut it down and burn it, you are returning that carbon to the atmosphere. Does it balance out? Who knows. For all we know trees may\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16664,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/08\/can-we-really-trust-the-wealthy-to-fix-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":16195,"position":5},"title":"Can We Really Trust the Wealthy to Fix America?","date":"August 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Oh fuck no. We need to demand what we deserve in the voting booth, and MAKE them fix this shit. They've been doing fine for a long LONG Time. The Article 'Can We Really Trust the Wealthy to Fix America?' originally appeared on http:\/\/time.com\/5382439\/can-we-trust-the-wealthiest-americans-to-fix-our-country\/ Jamie's comments are his own.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}