Trump Transition & Staffing

[smock]

Every day makes this more true.

[mcppalmbeach]

Nov 14, 2024 8:52:24 GMT -5 chchchia said:

I don't know what scares me more, Gaetz as the AG or the proposed new secdef. I am a female veteran, did 12 years of active honorable service before and after 9/11 so his views on females in combat is such a smack in the face to female veterans. That assface should know that we have been serving on the front lines for quite a long time and it's a big fuck you to his fellow vets. I believe he has more extreme views on females in the military and really doesn't want us in uniform at all.
I'm also a DoD employee so I'm doubly scared. UGH.

This person has completely denigrated the service of women…where is the outcry from all the vets groups? We are living in the upside down I tell you. I don’t even pretend to know how insulting that feels after your service to this country. I am so sorry.

[imimahoney]

Ok, it feels like Trump is trolling us now with these. Wtf.

I hope they aren't confirmed.

[4speedy]

I think Trump must have realized how close he came to being Amendment 25’ed last time. This crew will certainly never entertain that idea.

[fernweh]

I don’t think RFK Jr will last long. He has already said that Trump’s diet consisting of primarily fast food is “inedible and toxic”. He’ll try and ban McDonald’s and Trump will can him.

[neverfstop]

Wowzers- RFK would be in charge of 25% of the federal budget with the agencies under him.

[dior]

Those cabinet picks are just really sad and we are going to have to accept those choices that Trump made and there is nothing we can do about it

[eb777888]

Nov 14, 2024 17:00:21 GMT -5 4speedy said:

 This crew will certainly never entertain that idea.

Maybe not at first, but give it time!

[neverfstop]

Melania is out...lol

Melania Trump unlikely to move to the White House full time as first lady: ‘This time is different’
www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/politics/melania-trump-white-house/index.html

(also when did CNN go to subscription ot read the articles??)

[pixy0stix]

CO Gov Polis went all in backing RFK today on Twitter. The fucking idiot.

[nospaekae]

Nov 14, 2024 17:39:01 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

Nov 14, 2024 17:00:21 GMT -5 4speedy said:

 This crew will certainly never entertain that idea.

Maybe not at first, but give it time!

I'm wondering how long we'll have before they start eating each other.

[emilyinchile]

I'm new over here, so I'm sorry if this is a dumb question, but can anyone please explain the evolution of Tulsi Gabbard to full-blown Trump Republican? I knew it had happened, but why?! How?! ETA: If it's the Russian asset theory as wawa mentioned is the thinking that they thought she could become president as a Democrat before but then switched course when they saw Trump was the more likely winner this time?

[taratru]

Nov 14, 2024 19:50:50 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

CO Gov Polis went all in backing RFK today on Twitter. The fucking idiot.

Wut. 

[pixy0stix]

Nov 14, 2024 20:31:26 GMT -5 taratru said:

Nov 14, 2024 19:50:50 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

CO Gov Polis went all in backing RFK today on Twitter. The fucking idiot.

Wut. 

I honestly can't tell is Polis was hacked or not. www.threads.net/@kyleclark9news/post/DCXlTTey5ic?xmt=AQGzOds7CEwEO_rdvdG4_e-RI5sn4iAAxrMrhVlVKn0E9w

ETA: Not hacked - www.9news.com/article/news/politics/democratic-gov-jared-polis-supports-rfk-jr-health-secretary/73-b0567924-cd1c-4f7f-98b5-cb2a5d438cb9

[jeaniebueller]

Nov 14, 2024 17:06:56 GMT -5 fernweh said:

I don’t think RFK Jr will last long. He has already said that Trump’s diet consisting of primarily fast food is “inedible and toxic”. He’ll try and ban McDonald’s and Trump will can him.

Manifest this to life plz

[livinitup]

emilyinchile Explain Tulsi Gabbard? Other than naked ambition with no moral compass which allows capitulation to any populist wind with anger and no accountability masked as defiance but ultimately self serving, dangerous, and damaging to the communities she pretends to represent.

Just like the rest of them.

[ellipses84]

www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/elon-musk-trump-doge-government-job-how-to-apply/

The DOGE is killing me. A new Dept of Gov’t Efficiency that needs to be run by 2 rich guys who post the job search (which I guess is an unpaid internship) on Twitter.
"We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting."

Is this what it’s like working in a tech start-up? I did not sign up for this!

Elon’s meeting with Iran is very concerning. Didn’t they try to ☠️ 🍊? What does someone in the Gov’t need to do nowadays to be arrested for treason? 🍊 isn’t even President yet.

amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/elon-musk-iran-ambassador-un

[litasail]

Nov 14, 2024 19:50:50 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

CO Gov Polis went all in backing RFK today on Twitter. The fucking idiot.

wtfffffffffffffffffffff

[mcppalmbeach]

Nov 14, 2024 22:01:29 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/elon-musk-trump-doge-government-job-how-to-apply/

The DOGE is killing me. A new Dept of Gov’t Efficiency that needs to be run by 2 rich guys who post the job search (which I guess is an unpaid internship) on Twitter.
"We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting."

Is this what it’s like working in a tech start-up? I did not sign up for this!

Elon’s meeting with Iran is very concerning. Didn’t they try to ☠️ 🍊? What does someone in the Gov’t need to do nowadays to be arrested for treason? 🍊 isn’t even President yet.

amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/elon-musk-iran-ambassador-un

Small government indeed! Let’s hire people to shrink the government.

[notsopicky]

Nov 14, 2024 19:50:50 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

CO Gov Polis went all in backing RFK today on Twitter. The fucking idiot.

I saw a clip of that on CNN. What is that all about? I thought Polis was a sane dude. WTF? 

[neverfstop]

axios morning email.

Trump last evening chose Todd Blanche, an attorney who led the legal team that defended him at his hush money criminal trial, as deputy A.G., the second-highest ranking Justice Department official.

Emil Bove, an ex-federal prosecutor, will be the principal associate deputy attorney general, and acting deputy attorney general until Blanche is confirmed.
John Sauer, who successfully argued his presidential immunity case before the Supreme Court, was named solicitor general — who represents the administration before the Supreme Court.


Quick bios on 21 Trump picks so far: 10 Cabinet nominees ... 8 White House staff members ... 2 ambassadors (UN, Israel) ... 1 envoy (Middle East).
apnews.com/article/trump-staff-picks-stefanik-wiles-stephen-miller-tom-homan-243d73610b03a3ee18c4d5f68756af7c

[audette]

Nov 14, 2024 22:01:29 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/elon-musk-trump-doge-government-job-how-to-apply/

The DOGE is killing me. A new Dept of Gov’t Efficiency that needs to be run by 2 rich guys who post the job search (which I guess is an unpaid internship) on Twitter.
"We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting."

Is this what it’s like working in a tech start-up? I did not sign up for this!

Elon’s meeting with Iran is very concerning. Didn’t they try to ☠️ 🍊? What does someone in the Gov’t need to do nowadays to be arrested for treason? 🍊 isn’t even President yet.

amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/elon-musk-iran-ambassador-un

I keep wondering if they understand the reference to the Doge of Venice...

[basilosaurus]

Nov 15, 2024 10:13:33 GMT -5 audette said:

Nov 14, 2024 22:01:29 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/elon-musk-trump-doge-government-job-how-to-apply/

The DOGE is killing me. A new Dept of Gov’t Efficiency that needs to be run by 2 rich guys who post the job search (which I guess is an unpaid internship) on Twitter.
"We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting."

Is this what it’s like working in a tech start-up? I did not sign up for this!

Elon’s meeting with Iran is very concerning. Didn’t they try to ☠️ 🍊? What does someone in the Gov’t need to do nowadays to be arrested for treason? 🍊 isn’t even President yet.

amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/elon-musk-iran-ambassador-un

I keep wondering if they understand the reference to the Doge of Venice...

Not a chance in hell. I guess it's theoretically possible someone knew and that they sold dumpy by saying "has golden palace and wields enormous power." 

[stuffandthings]

I work in the healthcare sector, mostly in public health. I am a science and technical writer, so my job is to research complex medical and technical topics and explain them in plain language to other people. Donald Trump's disastrous public health policies before and during the pandemic led directly to the deaths of thousands of people. Analysis shows that 40% of all the COVID deaths in the US were a direct result of his poor policies.

The appointment of RFK Jr as HHS secretary will absolutely kill people. I guarantee it.

[sonrisa]

Nov 15, 2024 10:13:33 GMT -5 audette said:

Nov 14, 2024 22:01:29 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/elon-musk-trump-doge-government-job-how-to-apply/

The DOGE is killing me.

I keep wondering if they understand the reference to the Doge of Venice...

more likely they think of doge coin - Musk’s pet chrrency.

[erbear]

Nov 14, 2024 22:34:35 GMT -5 mcppalmbeach said:

Nov 14, 2024 22:01:29 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/elon-musk-trump-doge-government-job-how-to-apply/

The DOGE is killing me. A new Dept of Gov’t Efficiency that needs to be run by 2 rich guys who post the job search (which I guess is an unpaid internship) on Twitter.
"We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting."

Is this what it’s like working in a tech start-up? I did not sign up for this!

Elon’s meeting with Iran is very concerning. Didn’t they try to ☠️ 🍊? What does someone in the Gov’t need to do nowadays to be arrested for treason? 🍊 isn’t even President yet.

amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/elon-musk-iran-ambassador-un

Small government indeed! Let’s hire people to shrink the government.

Two people to do the job of one, to make it worse.

[neverfstop]

Trump Pentagon pick dismissed military diversity drive, demonized Islam
A Washington Post review of Pete Hegseth’s writing shows he rejected steps to integrate women and transgender troops across the military, and called for a ‘crusade’ to protect ‘Judeo-Christian’ values.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/14/pete-hegseth-women-transgender-islam-trump/

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Trump Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth was involved in investigation into 2017 sexual assault allegation
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-defense-secretary-nominee-pete-084244784.html

[livinitup]

Nov 15, 2024 10:27:32 GMT -5 stuffandthings said:

I work in the healthcare sector, mostly in public health. I am a science and technical writer, so my job is to research complex medical and technical topics and explain them in plain language to other people. Donald Trump's disastrous public health policies before and during the pandemic led directly to the deaths of thousands of people. Analysis shows that 40% of all the COVID deaths in the US were a direct result of his poor policies.

The appointment of RFK Jr as HHS secretary will absolutely kill people. I guarantee it.

I believe you.

[pixy0stix]

Nov 15, 2024 5:33:58 GMT -5 notsopicky said:

Nov 14, 2024 19:50:50 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

CO Gov Polis went all in backing RFK today on Twitter. The fucking idiot.

I saw a clip of that on CNN. What is that all about? I thought Polis was a sane dude. WTF? 

Polis is a true CO Dem in that he leans heavily liberal libertarian. There's aspects of what RFK wants to do that Polis supports. That's about as good as I can explain it.

[rubytue]

Nov 14, 2024 22:34:35 GMT -5 mcppalmbeach said:

Nov 14, 2024 22:01:29 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/elon-musk-trump-doge-government-job-how-to-apply/

The DOGE is killing me. A new Dept of Gov’t Efficiency that needs to be run by 2 rich guys who post the job search (which I guess is an unpaid internship) on Twitter.
"We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting."

Is this what it’s like working in a tech start-up? I did not sign up for this!

Elon’s meeting with Iran is very concerning. Didn’t they try to ☠️ 🍊? What does someone in the Gov’t need to do nowadays to be arrested for treason? 🍊 isn’t even President yet.

amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/elon-musk-iran-ambassador-un

Small government indeed! Let’s hire people to shrink the government.

It’s 80 hours a week unpaid. ROTFLoL