Trump Transition & Staffing

[rubytue]

Nov 14, 2024 14:38:59 GMT -5 rubytue said:

Nov 14, 2024 14:08:58 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

I think he's the decoy pick. He'll be out before confirmation hearings.

This reminds me… I’m be righteously indignantly annoyed at some of the phrases I’ve seen in news articles. E.g., “Trump has nominated…”. NO! Binden is still president. Trump can’t nominate anyone yet. Trump has signaled intention to nominate! Trump intends to nominate. But HE CAN’T NOMINATE YET. 

thank you for letting me get that out. 

Quoting myself, because he has come up with a solution to my frustration. Just declare he has been president since Nov 5. 
nypost.com/2024/11/15/us-news/trump-jokes-that-his-presidency-should-start-early/

[picksthemusic]

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.

Liking and quoting because I'm also (for the past ~1 year) in public health, and worked in primary care for 20+ years before that. When people who don't have any science/medical degrees or experience run things and create the messaging being dispensed, people who don't know any better listen to them (the general public), then people die. End of story.

[sonrisa]

Nov 15, 2024 12:37:47 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

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.

Liking and quoting because I'm also (for the past ~1 year) in public health, and worked in primary care for 20+ years before that. When people who don't have any science/medical degrees or experience run things and create the messaging being dispensed, people who don't know any better listen to them (the general public), then people die. End of story.

This is being done in an era when people think AI magically "knows" the answer to questions and then get surprised when it aggregates a crap answer. Not actually knowing or thinking are highly valued right now.

[kellady]

I’m not sure where to put this, but since we’re talking about staffing, I’m seeing encouragement to fill federal judge positions ASAP. My question is, why hasn’t this been done? Will the R’s be able to block whoever Biden puts up?

[Velar Fricative]

Nov 15, 2024 14:41:33 GMT -5 kellady said:

I’m not sure where to put this, but since we’re talking about staffing, I’m seeing encouragement to fill federal judge positions ASAP. My question is, why hasn’t this been done? Will the R’s be able to block whoever Biden puts up?

I really hate how *now* we try to get shit done. BUT, I now understand. American voters have clearly shown they don’t care about the day to day boring work elected officials are expected to do; it’s all about what grabs media attention.

[neverfstop]

fucker....he was down at MAL today

Speaker Johnson moves to block release of ethics report on Matt Gaetz
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/15/gaetz-ethics-report-mike-johnson-block

[neverfstop]

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hesgeth-tattoo-trump-administration-b2648147.html

‘Christian motto’ or nationalist dog whistle? Could a tattoo derail Trump’s pick for defense secretary?

[neverfstop]

Axios email

Trump named fracking executive Chris Wright as Secretary of Energy.

Wright is founder and CEO of Liberty Energy — a fracking technology and oilfield services company — and an outspoken advocate for the industry, Axios' Nick Sobczyk reports.
Wright drank fracking fluid on camera in 2019 to demonstrate its safety.

[candreco]

Ugh, I got to meet and spend some time chatting with the current Secretary of Labor this weekend, and it made sad all over again about who we're losing in these Cabinet positions. She was just so engaged and passionate about her work, and we know that the next person in the job is going to have totally different priorities around workers' rights and workplace safety.

[wawa]

Nov 17, 2024 10:27:50 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

Axios email

Trump named fracking executive Chris Wright as Secretary of Energy.

Wright is founder and CEO of Liberty Energy — a fracking technology and oilfield services company — and an outspoken advocate for the industry, Axios' Nick Sobczyk reports.
Wright drank fracking fluid on camera in 2019 to demonstrate its safety.

I know we were already fucked in re: climate tipping point but damn if this doesn't put the cherry on top of that particular shit sundae.

[ellipses84]

Nov 18, 2024 9:19:37 GMT -5 wawa said:

Nov 17, 2024 10:27:50 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

Axios email

Trump named fracking executive Chris Wright as Secretary of Energy.

Wright is founder and CEO of Liberty Energy — a fracking technology and oilfield services company — and an outspoken advocate for the industry, Axios' Nick Sobczyk reports.
Wright drank fracking fluid on camera in 2019 to demonstrate its safety.

I know we were already fucked in re: climate tipping point but damn if this doesn't put the cherry on top of that particular shit sundae.

It pisses me off even more when it comes to the “both candidates are the same, both parties are the same” people who wouldn’t vote for Kamala and argued that she supported fracking. They are NOT anywhere near the same! You can argue it’s the lesser of two evils but they are incredibly far apart on the spectrum of evil! The climate clock in NYC is set to 2029 before theres irreversible damage if we don’t make changes.

[CrazyLucky]

Nov 17, 2024 10:27:50 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

Axios email

Trump named fracking executive Chris Wright as Secretary of Energy.

Wright is founder and CEO of Liberty Energy — a fracking technology and oilfield services company — and an outspoken advocate for the industry, Axios' Nick Sobczyk reports.
Wright drank fracking fluid on camera in 2019 to demonstrate its safety.

This is annoying to me and I know MAGAts will eat it up.  The amount of chemicals in any cup of "fracking fluid" are not going to be enough to cause great harm.  But in the long term?  When you're drinking that water every day?  Cooking with it?  One guy drinking one cup of the same thing doesn't allay my concerns.

[neverfstop]

President-elect Donald Trump said in a statement Monday he has selected former congressman and Fox Business host Sean P. Duffy to run the Transportation Department, a job that comes with a vast budget and sweeping safety responsibilities — and which plays a major role in overseeing companies run by billionaire Elon Musk.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/18/sean-duffy-transportation-secretary-nominee/

[basilosaurus]

Nov 18, 2024 21:36:12 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

President-elect Donald Trump said in a statement Monday he has selected former congressman and Fox Business host Sean P. Duffy to run the Transportation Department, a job that comes with a vast budget and sweeping safety responsibilities — and which plays a major role in overseeing companies run by billionaire Elon Musk.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/18/sean-duffy-transportation-secretary-nominee/

I thought that asshole had finally slunk away with his brood. Clearly I don't watch fox business.

[neverfstop]

Hmmm....how he can get around recess appointments..
www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/trump-cabinet-recess-appointment-senate/680697/

If Senate Republicans block his nominees, Trump could partner with the GOP-controlled House and invoke a never-before-used provision of the Constitution to force Congress to adjourn “until such time as he shall think proper.” The move would surely prompt a legal challenge, which the Supreme Court might have to decide, setting up a confrontation that would reveal how much power both Republican lawmakers and the Court’s conservative majority will allow Trump to seize.
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In a Fox News interview yesterday, Speaker Mike Johnson would not rule out helping Trump go around the Senate. “There may be a function for that,” he said. “We’ll have to see how it plays out.”

[lostrn]

Nov 18, 2024 21:55:37 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

Hmmm....how he can get around recess appointments..
www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/trump-cabinet-recess-appointment-senate/680697/

If Senate Republicans block his nominees, Trump could partner with the GOP-controlled House and invoke a never-before-used provision of the Constitution to force Congress to adjourn “until such time as he shall think proper.” The move would surely prompt a legal challenge, which the Supreme Court might have to decide, setting up a confrontation that would reveal how much power both Republican lawmakers and the Court’s conservative majority will allow Trump to seize.
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In a Fox News interview yesterday, Speaker Mike Johnson would not rule out helping Trump go around the Senate. “There may be a function for that,” he said. “We’ll have to see how it plays out.”

Seems like a good time to cry again...

[wawa]

Nov 18, 2024 21:36:12 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

President-elect Donald Trump said in a statement Monday he has selected former congressman and Fox Business host Sean P. Duffy to run the Transportation Department, a job that comes with a vast budget and sweeping safety responsibilities — and which plays a major role in overseeing companies run by billionaire Elon Musk.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/18/sean-duffy-transportation-secretary-nominee/

oh great.  I'm sure his time on Road Rules gives him great insight into this job. 

Could be worse I guess.  I kinda take this one as a signal that they don't care a ton because it's just an unqualified ass-hat, not somebody intrinsically opposed to actual work being done by the agency in question.  (criminal to lead justice, fracker to lead energy, russian sympathizer to lead intelligence...)  Unless there's more about him that I don't know?

[mrsslocombe]

I am obviously over tired, I read "Sean P. Duffy" and thought he was making P. Diddy the Sec of Transportation.

[lostrn]

Nov 19, 2024 10:54:21 GMT -5 mrsslocombe said:

I am obviously over tired, I read "Sean P. Duffy" and thought he was making P. Diddy the Sec of Transportation.

Me too lol

[cville]

I know, I truly know, how hard the Biden administration has been working on normal, not flashy, good government I initiatives. And that those things are important.

But my God, where the actual fuck are Democrats right now? Where is party leadership? We've got 2 months left, why aren't we going balls to the wall? Where is Dark Biden?

There's not much that can be done to stem the flow of absolute bullshit that is going to rain down on us, but party leadership are the ones who need to be handing out umbrellas.

Push judges through NOW. Start fighting in the media NOW. Plan rallies. Present a consistent counterpoint message to each facet of Project 2025. Do whatever it takes to make it harder for alleged non-MAGA Republicans not to reject these choices and repudiate these plans. Fuck shit up so that it's harder for him to do stuff his first 2 years and begin NOW laying the groundwork for 2018.

Yeah, I went into a cave of denial for a bit. But I wasn't elected to office to represent the interests of the people. You do that, you don't get to go into a cave. You have your hands on the levers of government now and you have the manual for how to run the machine.

Where
Are
You

Obviously, we all have our own roles to play and our own responsibility to resist and persist. I'm not looking to anyone else to save us. I'm looking for US to save us.

[fernweh]

Nov 19, 2024 10:59:22 GMT -5 lostrn said:

Nov 19, 2024 10:54:21 GMT -5 mrsslocombe said:

I am obviously over tired, I read "Sean P. Duffy" and thought he was making P. Diddy the Sec of Transportation.

Me too lol

You guys are in good company because I did the same thing.

[mrsslocombe]

Nov 19, 2024 12:06:01 GMT -5 fernweh said:

Nov 19, 2024 10:59:22 GMT -5 lostrn said:

Me too lol

You guys are in good company because I did the same thing.

It's honestly on brand that he would propose someone under indictment for sex trafficking. 

[neverfstop]

Nov 19, 2024 12:49:44 GMT -5 mrsslocombe said:

Nov 19, 2024 12:06:01 GMT -5 fernweh said:

You guys are in good company because I did the same thing.

It's honestly on brand that he would propose someone under indictment for sex trafficking. 

He actually did - matt gaetz.

[sju]

Nov 18, 2024 21:36:12 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

President-elect Donald Trump said in a statement Monday he has selected former congressman and Fox Business host Sean P. Duffy to run the Transportation Department,

Any nominee is a downgrade when you think of who holds the position right now.

[neverfstop]

Hohpefully this guy will be smart enough to figure out that tariffs aren't the answer...

Trump expected to name Howard Lutnick, Wall Street CEO, as commerce secretary
The chief executive of Cantor Fitzgerald and Trump transition chief would have a role in shaping trade policy if confirmed.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/19/howard-lutnick-trump-commerce-secretary/

In addition to running Cantor Fitzgerald, Lutnick is chairman and chief executive of investment firm BGC Group and executive chairman of real estate brokerage Newmark Group. He has donated to both Democrats and Republicans in the past and once appeared on Trump’s NBC reality show, “The Apprentice.” He shared the stage with Trump at events in the closing days of his campaign, including the rally at Madison Square Garden in New York.

[dutchgirl678]

Nov 18, 2024 14:31:02 GMT -5 CrazyLucky said:

Nov 17, 2024 10:27:50 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

Axios email

Trump named fracking executive Chris Wright as Secretary of Energy.

Wright is founder and CEO of Liberty Energy — a fracking technology and oilfield services company — and an outspoken advocate for the industry, Axios' Nick Sobczyk reports.
Wright drank fracking fluid on camera in 2019 to demonstrate its safety.

This is annoying to me and I know MAGAts will eat it up.  The amount of chemicals in any cup of "fracking fluid" are not going to be enough to cause great harm.  But in the long term?  When you're drinking that water every day?  Cooking with it?  One guy drinking one cup of the same thing doesn't allay my concerns.

Not to mention the risk of earth quakes. In the Netherlands they had to stop fracking as it resulted in earthquakes and left many people with permanent damage to their homes: www.france24.com/en/europe/20231001-netherlands-shuts-europe-s-biggest-gas-field-over-quake-concerns

[Velar Fricative]

Nov 19, 2024 13:16:11 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

Hohpefully this guy will be smart enough to figure out that tariffs aren't the answer...

Trump expected to name Howard Lutnick, Wall Street CEO, as commerce secretary
The chief executive of Cantor Fitzgerald and Trump transition chief would have a role in shaping trade policy if confirmed.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/19/howard-lutnick-trump-commerce-secretary/

In addition to running Cantor Fitzgerald, Lutnick is chairman and chief executive of investment firm BGC Group and executive chairman of real estate brokerage Newmark Group. He has donated to both Democrats and Republicans in the past and once appeared on Trump’s NBC reality show, “The Apprentice.” He shared the stage with Trump at events in the closing days of his campaign, including the rally at Madison Square Garden in New York.

I had no idea Lutnick was working with Trump until I saw his name floating around recently. I remembered him as the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald on 9/11 when two-thirds of their staff died. So now I know he’s just a MAGA asshole.

[mrsslocombe]

Nov 19, 2024 13:16:11 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

Hohpefully this guy will be smart enough to figure out that tariffs aren't the answer...

Trump expected to name Howard Lutnick, Wall Street CEO, as commerce secretary
The chief executive of Cantor Fitzgerald and Trump transition chief would have a role in shaping trade policy if confirmed.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/19/howard-lutnick-trump-commerce-secretary/

In addition to running Cantor Fitzgerald, Lutnick is chairman and chief executive of investment firm BGC Group and executive chairman of real estate brokerage Newmark Group. He has donated to both Democrats and Republicans in the past and once appeared on Trump’s NBC reality show, “The Apprentice.” He shared the stage with Trump at events in the closing days of his campaign, including the rally at Madison Square Garden in New York.

He's not. He is a big proponent of tariffs and talks about "making China pay". And he perpetuates this stupid myth that tariffs can replace taxing US citizens.

[lanehazel]

Nov 19, 2024 11:08:31 GMT -5 cville said:

I know, I truly know, how hard the Biden administration has been working on normal, not flashy, good government I initiatives. And that those things are important.

But my God, where the actual fuck are Democrats right now? Where is party leadership? We've got 2 months left, why aren't we going balls to the wall? Where is Dark Biden?

There's not much that can be done to stem the flow of absolute bullshit that is going to rain down on us, but party leadership are the ones who need to be handing out umbrellas.

Push judges through NOW. Start fighting in the media NOW. Plan rallies. Present a consistent counterpoint message to each facet of Project 2025. Do whatever it takes to make it harder for alleged non-MAGA Republicans not to reject these choices and repudiate these plans. Fuck shit up so that it's harder for him to do stuff his first 2 years and begin NOW laying the groundwork for 2018.

Yeah, I went into a cave of denial for a bit. But I wasn't elected to office to represent the interests of the people. You do that, you don't get to go into a cave. You have your hands on the levers of government now and you have the manual for how to run the machine.

Where
Are
You

Obviously, we all have our own roles to play and our own responsibility to resist and persist. I'm not looking to anyone else to save us. I'm looking for US to save us.

I follow a "news" source on tiktok that said Biden HAS been doing a flurry of appointments but I can't find any sources to support it. It seems like MSM isn't reporting much on Biden anymore in general because Trump shenanigans garners all the clicks.

[laladypoet]

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