Tracking Trump Administration and Cabinet picks

[Fudge Nuggets 19407]

22 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Kashyap still in the board. Seems like FBI director for him. 

FBI director has to be Hannibal Lecter.

[The_Great_Hornsby 3586]

RFK selected to be the Secretary of HHS

[Evil Bill Obrien 3493]

 

Really thought this as a joke at first... we are really gonna have the man with the brain worms running HHS aren't we....

 

[InkaUtexas 26794]

Guess my friend the voodoo priest will see an increase in work.

[aggie08 21732]

Appointing to craziest, most grossly unqualified people possible to positions of power and authority to own the libs.

[hobbes2702 13350]

RFK Jr as HHS is easily the worst of his appmts so far and that is truly saying something 

[Hank Kingsley 21598]

Look, I've always said I'll only absorb nutritional and vaccine information from someone who has had a brain worm and sawed off a whale's head. 

 

Edited November 14 by Hank Kingsley

[royiv 9676]

Gotta admit, Trump 2.0 is highly entertaining. I never would have predicted that I would enjoy it this much.  This shit is bananas.

[Underdog 29099]

 

[royiv 9676]

1 minute ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Look, I've always said I'll only absorb nutritional and vaccine information from someone who has had a brain worm and sawed off a whale's head. 

 

It’s the roadkill bear that puts his qualifications over the top for me.

[Sawbonz 28081]

 

this meme going to have to do a lot of heavy lifting 

[Red Five 41593]

8 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

RFK Jr as HHS is easily the worst of his appmts so far and that is truly saying something 

I don't know man. Gaetz as AG is really something. A Russian asset in Intelligence is really something. 

Can these be topped? Scott Baio or Hulk Hogan would probably be improvements. 

[RomaVicta 30497]

Do we know who the press secretary is to be? There's your job for Hulk Hogan.

Also, why no Sarah Huckabee?

[Francisco 2.0 32542]

1 minute ago, RomaVicta said:

Do we know who the press secretary is to be? There's your job for Hulk Hogan.

Also, why no Sarah Huckabee?

 

Might as well be Tucker, Hannity or Watters.

Or Cheung.

Whoever will do the best job of pissing people off.  That's the only requirement here.

 

[yoladu 4187]

4 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

Do we know who the press secretary is to be? There's your job for Hulk Hogan.

Also, why no Sarah Huckabee?

I was hearing Alina Habba or Kari Lake.

not joking.

[David Dennison 19439]

6 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

Do we know who the press secretary is to be? There's your job for Hulk Hogan.

Also, why no Sarah Huckabee?

She's busy.

[yoladu 4187]

i get that the 48% who didn't vote for Trump think these are horrible choices, but what percentage of Trump voters think these are horrible choices?

 

and for those who say "oh surely he won't be carrying out the promises and threats he made on the campaign trail", so far he is batting 1.000%

[The Original Greaser Bob 2880]

22 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

RFK Jr as HHS is easily the worst of his appmts so far and that is truly saying something 

I'm not real high on Americans right now, so if that means his appointment leads to less of them, that's lemonade.

[Hookah Horns 3089]

24 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

Appointing to craziest, most grossly unqualified people possible to positions of power and authority to own the libs.

It's always been about destroying the government to own the libs. Because they're proving government doesn't work, you see. 

[Red Five 41593]

2 minutes ago, yoladu said:

and for those who say "oh surely he won't be carrying out the promises and threats he made on the campaign trail", so far he is batting 1.000%

Imagine voting for someone on the basis of "Oh don't worry, I'm sure he's lying about everything he's promising." 

[hobbes2702 13350]

2 minutes ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

I'm not real high on Americans right now, so if that means his appointment leads to less of them, that's lemonade.

Yea a bunch of school kids dying because of some asshole seems swell.

[Hookah Horns 3089]

I don't know how anyone cares even a little about his initial cabinet picks. Every one of them will be fired and replaced before long, and the same goes for their replacements as well. 

[austingirl 2194]

19 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Incidentally, “recess appointments” are what Matt Gaetz calls his dates. 

 

[tx ind 7056]

8 minutes ago, yoladu said:

I was hearing Alina Habba or Kari Lake.

not joking.

Loomer?

[Incredulity 11859]

26 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Look, I've always said I'll only absorb nutritional and vaccine information from someone who has had a brain worm and sawed off a whale's head. 

 

How can you omit any one of the central park bear details from this post?

 

[Incredulity 11859]

3 minutes ago, Hookah Horns said:

I don't know how anyone cares even a little about his initial cabinet picks. Every one of them will be fired and replaced before long, and the same goes for their replacements as well. 

If he gets Gaetz through Bragg, James and Smith are about to go through some things.

[Evil Bill Obrien 3493]

8 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

Yea a bunch of school kids dying because of some asshole seems swell.

Apparently its the will of the American voting public:

 

Just not in a Matt Gaetz way...

[gmr548 16681]

Just now, Incredulity said:

If he gets Gaetz through Bragg, James and Smith are about to go through some things.

Perhaps we'll see but I'm not sure. Matt Gaetz is a phenomenally stupid human being and there's a non zero chance he will be the Charlie Strong of political retribution.

[CooterBrown 18272]

45 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

 

Really thought this as a joke at first... we are really gonna have the man with the brain worms running HHS aren't we....

 

First order of business is eliminating all vaccine funding research and banning all vaccines.

 

[sidis 9990]

2 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

If he gets Gaetz through Bragg, James and Smith are about to go through some things.

what exactly? of all people in the world, what does even a malicious politically motivated d.o.j. going to possibly be able to get jack smith on? or alvin bragg?

what do you expect a grand jury to indict them on?

[CooterBrown 18272]

23 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

Also, why no Sarah Huckabee?

She's tasked with helping her dad in Israel bring about the Apocalypse.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13706]

1 minute ago, gmr548 said:

Perhaps we'll see but I'm not sure. Matt Gaetz is a phenomenally stupid human being and there's a non zero chance he will be the Charlie Strong of political retribution.

I won’t duplicate my post from the Gaetz thread but I’m convinced he is never going to make it to the senate confirmation and that has always been the plan.

[TexEx15 17912]

 

[Red Five 41593]

There were a bunch of "burn it down!" people here back in 2016. Is this what they had in mind? I never quite understood the desire to light our country on fire, because reasons. 

[Hank Kingsley 21598]

[CTC2 2858]

1 minute ago, sidis said:

what exactly? of all people in the world, what does even a malicious politically motivated d.o.j. going to possibly be able to get jack smith on? or alvin bragg?

what do you expect a grand jury to indict them on?

They don’t have to be able to convict.  They just have to make you spend all of your life savings defending against the charges.  It does not take much to get an indictment.  
You will free yourself from it but it will definitely suck your resources. 

[Incredulity 11859]

1 minute ago, gmr548 said:

Perhaps we'll see but I'm not sure. Matt Gaetz is a phenomenally stupid human being and there's a non zero chance he will be the Charlie Strong of political retribution.

I am not in favor of it and think you could be right in him failing at the task.  I thought from election night that Trump would be motivated to try to get payback.  When I heard Gaetz for AG it was pretty clear he wants someone who isn’t bothered at all with ethics and rules.   I also posted earlier getting Gaetz out of the House decreases the chances of a wasteful fight in regards to Speaker.

[Red Five 41593]

Just now, Incredulity said:

When I heard Gaetz for AG it was pretty clear he wants someone who isn’t bothered at all with ethics and rules.

Seems pretty fucking disqualifying, yeah? I mean just that on its own. 

[Incredulity 11859]

4 minutes ago, sidis said:

what exactly? of all people in the world, what does even a malicious politically motivated d.o.j. going to possibly be able to get jack smith on? or alvin bragg?

what do you expect a grand jury to indict them on?

I suspect Bragg has the most risk given the creative nature of his prosecution.

Look, there is a zero percent chance anyone in the country couldn’t be prosecuted for something, put someone bereft of morals or conscience in the role of AG, I’d bet they can come up with something.

[sidis 9990]

4 minutes ago, CTC2 said:

They don’t have to be able to convict.  They just have to make you spend all of your life savings defending against the charges.  It does not take much to get an indictment.  
You will free yourself from it but it will definitely suck your resources. 

For what do you think matt gaetz will be able to convince a grand jury to indict Jack Smith...even in this bizarre version of reality?

[Incredulity 11859]

3 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Seems pretty fucking disqualifying, yeah? I mean just that on its own. 

Of course, but my opinion means fuck all.  Trump can lose 3 and you still get AG Gaetz.

Guess the Democrats should have run better campaigns and such.

[Chad Fuck 18087]

3 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

I am not in favor of it and think you could be right in him failing at the task.  I thought from election night that Trump would be motivated to try to get payback.  When I heard Gaetz for AG it was pretty clear he wants someone who isn’t bothered at all with ethics and rules.   I also posted earlier getting Gaetz out of the House decreases the chances of a wasteful fight in regards to Speaker.

Jesus dude.  Welcome to the party. 

This is all just a way for him to sort out the loyalists from the old guard (read: not clinically insane) Republicans.   Anyone who dares not to support these turds for confirmation immediately outs themselves as questionable in the eyes of dear leader, and therefore subject to purging.  If he nominated a fresh turd for Secretary of Minions, they'd all better run around screaming about what a magnificent turd has been nominated.  And it smells like Windex!  Otherwise, they'll be out of a job at best and without a head at worst.  

 

[gmr548 16681]

5 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I won’t duplicate my post from the Gaetz thread but I’m convinced he is never going to make it to the senate confirmation and that has always been the plan.

To? He will. Trump wants a rabid attack dog with undying loyalty. That's Gaetz. Trump will expect the GOP Senate to rubber stamp and try to bully them into compliance if they don't. He's not going to withdraw a nominee because Susan Collins is "concerned," he doesn't give a fuck.

Through? Tossup at this juncture. Murkowski and the new Utah guy are more likely than not to be no's but Collins probably folds. GOP may or may not be down a vote with an empty seat from Vance. Lot of moving parts.

[Dr. Teeth 5868]

HHS is really the best we could have hoped for with RFK Jr. I was worried about CDC or FDA.  

[Red Five 41593]

Just now, Incredulity said:

Guess the Democrats should have run better campaigns and such.

Yeah. This is the democrats' fault. 

[sidis 9990]

4 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

I suspect Bragg has the most risk given the creative nature of his prosecution.

Look, there is a zero percent chance anyone in the country couldn’t be prosecuted for something, put someone bereft of morals or conscience in the role of AG, I’d bet they can come up with something.

jack smith a fucking boy scout to the extreme. so much so they did not actually get trump put in jail.

even with creativity, there is absolutely no basis for an indictment.

bragg's prosecution led to a jury convicting trump of 34 felonies that have not been overturned in any way by appeal. what basis is there to pursue criminal charges in that context?

Edited November 14 by sidis

[The_Great_Hornsby 3586]

50 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

Appointing to craziest, most grossly unqualified people possible to positions of power and authority to own the libs.

I mean, this move was very predictable. RFK's endorsement is a big reason why Trump won so convincingly. May have been the difference between winning the popular vote and not. He was always going to get a role in the admin. Gaetz on the other hand. That one seems pretty out there, to put it mildly. 

[gmr548 16681]

1 minute ago, Dr. Teeth said:

HHS is really the best we could have hoped for with RFK Jr. I was worried about CDC or FDA.  

Uh, look at the org chart

[Chuckie Finster 22978]

26 minutes ago, yoladu said:

i get that the 48% who didn't vote for Trump think these are horrible choices, but what percentage of Trump voters think these are horrible choices?

 

and for those who say "oh surely he won't be carrying out the promises and threats he made on the campaign trail", so far he is batting 1.000%

Feel fairly confident that in any random sample of Americans, 8/10 couldn't tell you what the Attorney General does and I guarantee you that 9/10 have no idea who Matt Gaetz is.

There's no payoff to paying this much attention to this stuff.  None of it matters, we can't change it, we all need to log off and just hope there's a nationwide "vibe" necessitating change in 2026/2028. 

[Anastasis 23699]

1 minute ago, Dr. Teeth said:

HHS is really the best we could have hoped for with RFK Jr. I was worried about CDC or FDA.  

Uh, they both roll up under HHS. He didn't just get one. He got them all.