Tracking Trump Administration and Cabinet picks

[TexEx15 17543]

 

[SubliminalHorn 6806]

Buckle up fellas. Brisket has been right. The next several years look bleak 

[Hank Kingsley 20966]

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

 

 

Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Janette NesheiWHAT?  These DEI hires are just a trap before immediately deporting them, correct? 

 

[TwiceHorn 31495]

12 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

 

Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Janette NesheiWHAT?  These DEI hires are just a trap before immediately deporting them, correct? 

 

So, Neshewhatsit is some Florida doc of little reputation, but a Fox contributor, surprise! https://www.drjanette.net/about

But her content on right-wing channels doesn't seem to be very nutty.

Her sister, Julia, is a former Trump intelligence official that actually seems qualified, especially by today's standards.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Nesheiwat

Her other sister, Jaclyn, is a Florida m/a/w* married to Scott Stapp, yes that Scott Stapp. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaclyn_Stapp  She was also Miss New York USA when Trump owned it, so she has undoubtedly been ogled and groped by the short-fingered vulgarian.

*I still prefer my 3:16 interpretation of m/a/w as model/actress/whore.

Edited yesterday at 02:59 AM by TwiceHorn

[heso 2812]

5 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Remember, all of these folks who voted MAGA wanted to "drain the swamp."  So, obviously, the best way to do that is to set up a naked pay-to-play scheme where the super-rich trade monetary benefits granted to the president in exchange for positions of power.  Yep, that's how you root out corruption and such -- you make it the norm and the openly stated method of entry into government.

All of those people will believe that he drained the swamp because he’ll tell them he did. And that’s all the proof they need. 

[C-Man 27230]

 

[tx 3 putt 77025]

 

[staboner 4984]

he lied to them 

and they love it

[InkaUtexas 25972]

5 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

So, Neshewhatsit is some Florida doc of little reputation, but a Fox contributor, surprise! https://www.drjanette.net/about

But her content on right-wing channels doesn't seem to be very nutty.

Her sister, Julia, is a former Trump intelligence official that actually seems qualified, especially by today's standards.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Nesheiwat

Her other sister, Jaclyn, is a Florida m/a/w* married to Scott Stapp, yes that Scott Stapp. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaclyn_Stapp  She was also Miss New York USA when Trump owned it, so she has undoubtedly been ogled and groped by the short-fingered vulgarian.

*I still prefer my 3:16 interpretation of m/a/w as model/actress/whore.

Drain the swamp indeed. Julia worked for Bush and Obama. So a DC insider it looks like.

[Michael Knight 12988]

28 minutes ago, staboner said:

he lied to them 

and they love it

eggs were expensive, what do you expect them to do, not destroy the country?

[Underdog 28709]

MAGA: Trump lied? 

 

[Underdog 28709]

7 hours ago, C-Man said:

[MonkeyDoughnut 10300]

Surprisingly ok pick for Treasury?

 

 

[RomaVicta 29928]

Nobody cares what their team does after the Super Bowl Victory parade. They won the Superbowl! We're winners!

I was concerned about college football becoming the NFL. What an idiot. The whole country has become the NFL.

[Bullneck 19166]

Should I get my hopes up here?  Anyone?

[CooterBrown 18014]

[Anastasis 23475]

Makary to FDA

https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/22/trump-fda-nominee-marty-makary-surgeon-maha-ally-rfk-jr/
 

Trump picks Johns Hopkins surgeon Makary to run FDA

Makary has made a name for himself by challenging status quo ideas in the medical establishment.

By Lizzy Lawrence 

Nov. 22, 2024

FDA Reporter

President-elect Trump has tapped Johns Hopkins surgeon Martin “Marty” Makary, who has made a name for himself by challenging status quo ideas in the medical establishment, to serve as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

Trump announced the pick on Truth Social, where he said Makary would guide the agency to address “harmful” chemicals and pharmaceuticals to combat childhood chronic illnesses.

Makary will “restore FDA to the Gold Standard of Scientific Research, and cut the bureaucratic red tape at the Agency to make sure Americans get the Medical Cures and Treatments they deserve,” Trump said in a statement.

Makary is a close ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary. Both positions require Senate confirmation. Makary and RFK Jr. are proponents of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, which aims to end chronic disease by improving the nation’s food supply and rooting out corruption in health care.

As leader of the FDA, Makary would be in charge of regulating food, drugs, medical devices, and tobacco products. He would answer to RFK Jr., whose FDA agenda, based on his public statements, might include loosening regulation of raw milk, applying extra scrutiny to vaccine safety data, and pushing to eliminate drug and device company user fees that help fund the agency. Those user fees are set by Congress.

RFK Jr. has a long history of anti-vaccine advocacy, including through a nonprofit he founded called Children’s Health Defense. He and other MAHA members backed off more inflammatory anti-vaccine rhetoric recently, instead emphasizing their desire for more transparency and data around the products. It’s unclear exactly what data they are seeking.

“What is scary and dangerous for health care is not RFK Jr.,” Makary told Fox News on Nov. 17. “It’s the food pyramid lie that’s been out there for 60 years. It’s the medical establishment that lied to us about opioids for 20 years saying that it was not addictive. It’s the vaccine mandates ignoring natural immunity.”

Makary, a pancreatic surgeon, has been a celebrity in the medical world for years. He rose to prominence in the early 2000s fordeveloping a simple pre-operation routine to reduce surgical errors called “The Surgery Checklist.” Public health expert Atul Gawande popularized the approach in his 2009 book, “The Checklist Manifesto.” 

In addition to his role at Johns Hopkins, he’s the chief medical officer of the telehealth company Sesame and serves on the board of the ophthalmology company Harrow Health.

Makary has criticized and researched various flaws in the U.S. health care system throughout his career, from investigating deaths due to medical errors to calling out drugmakers for exploiting the FDA’s rare disease drug program. He’s pushed for hospital price transparencyand for many nonprofit hospitals to pay taxes.

Makary became a more controversial figure with the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic. He aligned with traditional public health experts in some ways, supporting universal masking and the early doses of the Covid-19 vaccines. On the other hand, he called the practice of compulsory masking for children “abusive,” opposed Covid vaccine mandates, and questioned whether the potential risks for young people of Covid-19 shots, including myocarditis, outweighed mRNA vaccine benefits. 

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In 2021, Makary criticized FDA leadership for not approving drugs quickly enough during the pandemic. Fellow MAHA advocates have more recently lambasted the agency for being too lenient on drug companies, with many pointing to the revolving door between FDA and industry as evidence of corruption. It’s unclear whether Makary will follow through on RFK Jr.’s promise to intimidate FDA career civil servants who he sees as “part of this corrupt system.” It’s also unclear how RFK Jr.’s vaccine skepticism would affect Makary’s approach to these products.  

As a doctor and health care researcher, Makary may have an easier path to confirmation compared with other MAHA members who were considered for the job. But both he and RFK Jr. will have to win over moderate Republicans, many of whom have stayed mumon how they will vote. The confirmation process for HHS and FDA leaders has been more like a battle in recent years, with just 50 senators voting for Biden’s HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and for FDA Commissioner Robert Califf.

[Underdog 28709]

25 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

Let the bloodletting begin! 

[softlynow 1816]

Vought? His name is Vought? The simulation isn’t even trying anymore. 
 

[Horn Dog 9875]

1 hour ago, Anastasis said:

Makary to FDA

https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/22/trump-fda-nominee-marty-makary-surgeon-maha-ally-rfk-jr/
 

He’s pushed for hospital price transparencyand for many nonprofit hospitals to pay taxes.

 

Don’t know much about this guy but I will say that the concept that some hospital systems like Memorial Hermann or Methodist are actually “nonprofit” and should be tax exempt is ludicrous and should certainly be looked at. 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

13 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

 

Dammit, when I saw the labor secretary is a current gop house member from Oregon, I got my hopes up that the Dems could flip her seat tightening up the house mix. But then learned that she just lost her incumbency to a Dem.  

[Hank Kingsley 20966]

1 hour ago, Bullneck said:

Should I get my hopes up here?  Anyone?

My rule is if you can't see who posted the content and a link isn't provided, then it's most likely bullshit. 

 

[SubliminalHorn 6806]

I’m all for addressing issues with our food such as added chemicals, preservatives, dyes, etc. if that fucking guy actually stumbles into addressing this and improving it, then I’ll absolutely give credit where it’s due. But I have very low expectations any of that will actually happen 

[TwiceHorn 31495]

2 hours ago, Bullneck said:

Should I get my hopes up here?  Anyone?

More and more Rs showing evidence of being vertebrates.

Maybe this is what happens when the Trump reign of terror has a potentially foreseeable end.

I'm not gonna hold my breath, though.

[Bozo_Casanova 26487]

13 hours ago, TexEx15 said:

 

He should be disqualified on the basis of parking his shitbox rental fleet Mustang on the sidewalk alone.

[horncyclist 1391]

28 minutes ago, SubliminalHorn said:

I’m all for addressing issues with our food such as added chemicals, preservatives, dyes, etc. if that fucking guy actually stumbles into addressing this and improving it, then I’ll absolutely give credit where it’s due. But I have very low expectations any of that will actually happen 

My son has ADHD and a number of food dyes make him bonkers for days...dramatic mood shifts, combativeness, all sorts of issues. We were skeptical at first but the connection was so clear we've started avoiding them, and it's such a strong and uncomfortable reaction, he does too. Theres're warnings, bans on some, in Europe, and the  foodvindustry there has removed most of them as a result. In the US, California recently banned several and the public debate around it was parents describing how harmful they are versus food industry people saying, "well, people like the colors and banning them would hurt sales."  The truth is a lot of stuff we consume, including approved drugs, are not sufficiently studied, especially long term effects, and maybe we need someone out there like RFK to challenge the industries. I'm just extremely skeptical it will come to fruition once our good friends at Nestle and Coca-Cola catch wind of the actual proposals. You really think Trump is going to go against the rich guys? 

Something like this happened with me with before the irst Trump administration. There's something appealing about some of the MAGA idea--recapture nationalism and our ability to do things as a nation. We went to the moon, then what sort of feeling? I know  in reality we've advanced on all fronts but the sense of togetherness eroded tremendously. You can see the need for a radical shift. The problem is, Trump is a con man, and what we really get is authoritarianism and a vehicle for radical right dismantlement of the government and curtailment of rights. It will be bad, very bad, and none of RFK Jr's seemingly helpful ideas or anything else truly positive will happen. We get nothing. 

[Anastasis 23475]

53 minutes ago, SubliminalHorn said:

I’m all for addressing issues with our food such as added chemicals, preservatives, dyes, etc. if that fucking guy actually stumbles into addressing this and improving it, then I’ll absolutely give credit where it’s due. But I have very low expectations any of that will actually happen 

With each of these HHS appointments you get a bunch of good ideas counterweighted by something ranging from 10%-30+% batshit crazy with rfk at the top end. If they can keep the crazy in check, or at least redirect the crazy to something useful it will be interesting. 

[Schulz2.0 28960]

7 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

If they can keep the crazy in check

[Captainant 27680]

8 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

If they can keep the crazy in check, or at least redirect the crazy to something useful it will be interesting. 

Nothing about Trump's last term, or the preamble to his second term leads me to believe this is a possibility. The crazy is going to be redirected to cruelty. 

Cruelty is the point. 

[tx 3 putt 77025]

1 hour ago, SubliminalHorn said:

I’m all for addressing issues with our food such as added chemicals, preservatives, dyes, etc. if that fucking guy actually stumbles into addressing this and improving it, then I’ll absolutely give credit where it’s due. But I have very low expectations any of that will actually happen 

 

all we have to do is follow the euro standards

done and our food is vastly improved 

Edited 12 hours ago by tx 3 putt

[tx 3 putt 77025]

 

 

pure coincidence !!!!

[tx 3 putt 77025]

 

Edited 12 hours ago by tx 3 putt

[Foosters 17858]

damn had no idea that Bondi is an acid attack survivor 

[Hank Kingsley 20966]

Find yourself a woman that's as patient, forgiving, and optimistic as Anastasis is about Trump's administration. 

 

[G650 14263]

1 hour ago, SubliminalHorn said:

I’m all for addressing issues with our food such as added chemicals, preservatives, dyes, etc. if that fucking guy actually stumbles into addressing this and improving it, then I’ll absolutely give credit where it’s due. But I have very low expectations any of that will actually happen 

I definitelyhaven't been shy to share my gripes with the industrialized US food distribution system.

[G650 14263]

46 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

all we have to do is follow the euro standards

done and our food is vastly improved 

It's honestly not even about the standards, its the fucking culture

[Anastasis 23475]

36 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Find yourself a woman that's as patient, forgiving, and optimistic as Anastasis is about Trump's administration. 

 

It hasn’t even started yet. Y’all are gonna need to pace yourselves. And while someone is making a provisioning run for the ledge, try to find some opportunities for silver linings. Otherwise it is going to be a long four years and we are gonna run out of ssris and or bourbon. 

[Willfully Horn 8026]

25 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

It hasn’t even started yet. Y’all are gonna need to pace yourselves. And while someone is making a provisioning run for the ledge, try to find some opportunities for silver linings. Otherwise it is going to be a long four years and we are gonna run out of ssris and or bourbon. 

So, antidepressants go with bourbon.

[Anastasis 23475]

Miriam adelson’s hand picked foreign policy team should try it. 

[StassneyHorn 6613]

5 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Surprisingly ok pick for Treasury?

 

 

Guy made George Soros a shit ton of money and is openly out. 

[TwiceHorn 31495]

1 minute ago, StassneyHorn said:

Guy made George Soros a shit ton of money and is openly out. 

Soros made him a ton of money, I think is the way that goes.

Guy's all over the place politically.

Not sure what I think about a guy who is investor-class-only as SecTreas.  Granted, they're all investor class, but some have some experience directly with monetary policy and economics more broadly.

[Balcones 313]

7 hours ago, Bullneck said:

Should I get my hopes up here?  Anyone?

Trump can work around congress. Dems had paved the way for recess appointments. Hell, Biden legal team has single-handedly ensured Special Counsel Gaetz needs no vetting or Senate approval. Trump will unleash him on all of the Dems that targeted him.

[Schulz2.0 28960]

2 hours ago, Balcones said:

Hell, Biden legal team has single-handedly ensured Special Counsel Gaetz needs no vetting or Senate approval.

Based on what exactly?

[Balcones 313]

35 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Based on what exactly?

The thousands of pages of legal briefs they filed keeping Biden’s special counsels from facing Senate confirmation.

[Balcones 313]

1 hour ago, Balcones said:

The thousands of pages of legal briefs they filed keeping Biden’s special counsels from facing Senate confirmation.

https://www.cato.org/commentary/analyzing-judge-cannons-opinion-was-jack-smith-legally-appointed
 

read away

[TwiceHorn 31495]

5 minutes ago, Balcones said:

https://www.cato.org/commentary/analyzing-judge-cannons-opinion-was-jack-smith-legally-appointed
 

read away

Dozens of special counsel have been appointed under that rule and they have never been confirmed by the Senate.

That includes your boys Hur and Durham.

Nothing special about Biden's special counsel.

[Willfully Horn 8026]

22 minutes ago, Balcones said:

https://www.cato.org/commentary/analyzing-judge-cannons-opinion-was-jack-smith-legally-appointed
 

read away

Unsurprisingly, you didn’t read your cited commentary. No mention of how thousands of pages are too many for R politicians to read. I’m sure twice will explain the Cato analysis, but you have merely reinforced the belief that magat beliefs are not reality based.

Edited 3 hours ago by Willfully Horn

[Willfully Horn 8026]

12 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Dozens of special counsel have been appointed under that rule and they have never been confirmed by the Senate.

That includes your boys Hur and Durham.

Nothing special about Biden's special counsel.

The Cato analysis uses RDuke level verbiage to differentiate between the meanings of “officer” and “official.” Interesting to me, they rely on a Nixon era case which, as I understand it, wasn’t fully adjudicated, since Nixon resigned before the issue was settled.

Edited 4 hours ago by Willfully Horn

[TwiceHorn 31495]

2 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said:

The Cato analysis uses RDuke level verbiage to differentiate between the meanings of “officer” and “official.” Interesting to me, they rely on a Nixon era case which, as I understand it, wasn’t fully adjudicated, since Nixon resigned before the issue was settled.

The Cato article seems pretty balanced overall.  It doesn't rely on official vs. officer, but Cannon did and it points that out and the potential frailty of the distinction.

The problem with Nixon is not that the issue was unsettled, that court flat-out decided that the AG had the statutory ability to appoint special prosecutors or counsel.  However, it didn't devote much analysis to the decision, almost assuming it to be the case.  Cannon dismissed that as "obiter dictum" or "dicta," which is language in a case unnecessary to reach its holding.  But Nixon considered the powers of a special counsel, which at least implicitly includes the authority for and validity of his or her appointment, and it expressly stated that the special counsel was validly appointed under the statutory authority granted the AG by Congress.

I will freely admit, however, that the statutory language empowering the AG to do various things is not a marvel of clear draftsmanship and has been assembled from a sort of random collection of statutes into the Judicial Code, and is thus not particularly logically organized. so the whole situation isn't crystal clear.

I'll be most interested to see what the 11th Circuit has to say, if it gets to say anything at all.

[Willfully Horn 8026]

3 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

The Cato article seems pretty balanced overall.  It doesn't rely on official vs. officer, but Cannon did and it points that out and the potential frailty of the distinction.

The problem with Nixon is not that the issue was unsettled, that court flat-out decided that the AG had the statutory ability to appoint special prosecutors or counsel.  However, it didn't devote much analysis to the decision, almost assuming it to be the case.  Cannon dismissed that as "obiter dictum" or "dicta," which is language in a case unnecessary to reach its holding.  But Nixon considered the powers of a special counsel, which at least implicitly includes the authority for and validity of his or her appointment, and it expressly stated that the special counsel was validly appointed under the statutory authority granted the AG by Congress.

I will freely admit, however, that the statutory language empowering the AG to do various things is not a marvel of clear draftsmanship and has been assembled from a sort of random collection of statutes into the Judicial Code, and is thus not particularly logically organized. so the whole situation isn't crystal clear.

I'll be most interested to see what the 11th Circuit has to say, if it gets to say anything at all.

Thanks. So, Cannon ruled that Nixon was right, and the court wrong, and Cato agreed? Or, Nixon was agreeing that special counsel appointments are valid?