balash just resigned from his position where he oversaw oil and gas drilling on federal lands friday. you'll never guess what he is doing now, and confirmed to the post last night he'll be joining a foreign oil company that is expanding operations on alaska's north slope. balash says he will abide by the pledge barring appointees from their agencies for five years, although senator udall isn't taking any chances. he sent a letter to ethics officials asking the department to provide copies of all filings made by balash. even if he was to deal with conflict of interest accusations, i've got to say it does beat hawking fish bills. >> and of course, i only said yes, because after years of my personal lower back pain, i am now pain-free. with advil, you'll ask... what sore muscles? what pounding head? advil is... relief that's fast. strength that lasts. you'll ask... what pain? with advil. so that early retirement we planned. it's going ok? great. now i'm spending more time with the kids. i'm introducing them to crab. crab!? they love it. so, you mentioned that that money we set aside. yea

balash just resigned from his position where he oversaw oil and gas drilling on federal lands friday. you'll never guess what he is doing now, and confirmed to the post last night he'll be joining a foreign oil company that is expanding operations on alaska's north slope. balash says he will abide by the pledge barring appointees from their agencies for five years, although senator udall isn't taking any chances. he sent a letter to ethics officials asking the department to provide copies of all filings made by balash. even if he was to deal with conflict of interest accusations, i've got to say it does beat hawking fish bills. >> and of course, i only said yes, because after years of my personal lower back pain, i am now pain-free. ms of cybercrime every second. when a criminal has your personal information, they can do all sorts of things in your name. criminals can use ransomware, spyware, or malware to gain access to information like your name, your birthday, and even your social security number. - [announcer] that's why norton and lifelock are now part of one company, providing a

donald trump gave joe balash, now he is joining drilling expeditions in alaska which appears to match with his government work advocating drilling in alaska. he says in the new role he will not directly lobby his old colleagues at the interior department. ryan zinke famously left amid all kinds of scandal and corruption and then took a job at a mining company. the current chief david bernhardt famously faced those activists in swamp creature masks. in fact, we spoke to one of them on "the beat." >> bernhardt has no place as secretary of interior, and he has multiple ethical conflicts of interest, and he has no place there. we really wanted to riff on president trump's favorite saying that he is going to drain the swamp. we actually think he is doing the opposite of that. he is propping up more folks. a lot of swampy, swampy people who have no place being in public office. >> the swampy people are not only the interior. look at his epa chief, his health secretary, a pharmaceutical lobbyist, defense secretary was a lobbyist for defense industry interests. while in government, mr. balash

joe balash stepped down as the interior department's assistant secretary for land and minerals management last friday. and this week, he confirmed he's joining the papua new guinea-based company oil search as a senior vice president. danielle brian of the project on government oversight told "the washington post" -- "it is hard to have confidence that decisions he was making while he was working for the taxpayers were not impacted by his aspirations or hopes to go work for a company that was materially affected by his work." san francisco's board of supervisors has voted unanimously to declare the national rifle association a domestic terrorist organization and is calling on other cities and countries around the u.s. to follow suit. the resolution was authored by supervisor catherine stefani. and in massachusetts, at least a dozen people were arrested thursday evening at an amazon office in cambridge as they held a sit in protest against the online retailer's contracts with immigration and customs enforcement. video from amazon's office cameras showed activists with the jewish-led group n