47's Adminstration taking shape

[tamada]

Trump says he will nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general and Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence.

President-elect Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to nominate Gaetz (R-Florida) and Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii, to the respective posts. Trump also confirmed he will nominate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) as Secretary of State.

Here's a snapshot of the anointed and likely-to-be-anointed.

[Potamoi]

Interesting picks so far. Let's see how many pass the confirmation process.

[Udon Map]

Interesting picks so far. Let's see how many pass the confirmation process.

I assume that they all will. The Republicans in Congress have repeatedly proven themselves to be Trump sycophants, ready to do whatever he asks in order to stay in his good graces.

[tamada]

And RFK Jr. gets the Health nut job, as he claims was promised.

[glalt]

His appointments suit me as long as the candidates pass the vetting process. The senate has many hate Trumpers who are not afraid of Trump and who would delight irritating him.

[Udon Map]

The senate has many hate Trumpers who are not afraid of Trump and who would delight irritating him.

You sure about that? Care to name names?

[Potamoi]

I'm sure if the world read RFK's book with its heavily researched facts, thousands and thousands of citations, people might think he is the perfect pick for this job.

https://www.amazon.com/Real-Anthony-Fau ... 410&sr=8-1

I listened to it instead of reading it and walked away with more respect and admiration for this tenacious individual.

https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Real-Ant ... NOd&sr=1-1

I'm anxious to see RFK Jr. clean house at the NIH, NIAID, CDC, FDA and perhaps make some headway on the opioid crisis which seems to be a uniquely American problem. It would be great if there was a movement to get the pharmaceutical companies off the TV and print commercials like most of the rest of the world and hold the industry accountable.

But still haters are gonna hate since the DNC machine tried to discredit him, Tulsi and even Jill Stein is a big way with their lies and misrepresentation of the actual facts.

[tamada]

His appointments suit me as long as the candidates pass the vetting process. The senate has many hate Trumpers who are not afraid of Trump and who would delight irritating him.

Gaetz is nominated for AG and quickly quits his seat in Congress. This just a couple of days before the "potentially damaging" findings of the House Ethics Committee investigating his more dubious behaviour was due to be published.

Quelle surprise, non?

[jackspratt]

I'm sure if the world read RFK's book with its heavily researched facts, thousands and thousands of citations, people might think he is the perfect pick for this job.

Do any of these crack a mention in his heavily researched book?

Wi-Fi causes cancer and "leaky brain," Kennedy told podcaster Joe Rogan last month. Antidepressants are to blame for school shootings, he mused during an appearance with Twitter CEO Elon Musk. Chemicals in the water supply could turn children transgender, he told right-wing Canadian psychologist and podcaster Jordan Peterson, echoing a false assertion made by serial fabulist Alex Jones. AIDS may not be caused by HIV, he has suggested multiple times.
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/11872727 ... l-campaign

And there's more.

[Potamoi]

Read or listen before making a buttload of comments based on main stream media suggestions would be my suggestion, JS. Please do try to have some actual facts with you instead of MSM rhetoric when making a reply.

Did you actually read the subject matter or are just against it from a ideological sense?

Live better and think more would be my best advise, then post.

RTFB as my old professors said.

[Drunk Monkey]

I think the 47th POTUS will be really great , so much so it may even MAGA as foretold in my earlier postings JACK

My love for Tulsi Gabbard and the other lass Neom is unwavering as it is for Petty Patel all of which are horn ball material regardless of their political values and or amount of pubic hair ... these things can make a difference.

DM

[jackspratt]

It's a shame you are not a US citizen, DM - the BOB loves those who give him unwavering support and fealty, and I’m sure there are still some suitable Cabinet positions still open.

In fact, you would be a beacon of intelligence and common sense compared to some of those already announced.

[jackspratt]

Read or listen before making a buttload of comments based on main stream media suggestions would be my suggestion, JS. Please do try to have some actual facts with you instead of MSM rhetoric when making a reply.

You forgot to answer my question, Pots - did he say the things as quoted, or not?

I'm happy to stick with my sources, and you are welcome to yours - as is the case with my life.

Cheers

[tamada]

kak i sto cra cy
/ kakəˈstäkrəsē /
noun
government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state.
"the danger is that this will reduce us to kakistocracy"
a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens.
plural noun : kakistocracies
"the modern regime is at once a plutocracy and a kakistocracy"

[jackspratt]

For those in awe of RFK Jr, how do you square this?

The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/heal ... cines.html

The guy - Kennedy, not just Siri - is a certifiable nutter.

[tamada]

For those in awe of RFK Jr, how do you square this?

The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/heal ... cines.html

The guy - Kennedy, not just Siri - is a certifiable nutter.

The guy - Kennedy, not just Siri - has publicly stated that if people want to get vaccinated, they can get vaccinated.

"If vaccines are working for somebody, I’m not going to take them away. People ought to have choice, and that choice ought to be informed by the best information," he said. "So I’m going to make sure scientific safety studies and efficacy are out there, and people can make individual assessments about whether that product is going to be good for them."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-e ... rcna178955

[jackspratt]

Well something doesn't gel.

Like Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Siri insists he does not want to take vaccines away from anyone who wants them. “You want to get the vaccine — it’s America, a free country.” he told Arizona legislators last year after laying out his concerns about the vaccines for polio and other illnesses.

He did not mention the petitions he has lodged on behalf of ICAN with the Food and Drug Administration, asking regulators to withdraw or suspend approval of vaccines not only for polio, but also for hepatitis B.

Mr. Siri is also representing ICAN in petitioning the F.D.A. to “pause distribution” of 13 other vaccines, including combination products that cover tetanus, diphtheria, polio and hepatitis A, until their makers disclose details about aluminum, an ingredient researchers have associated with a small increase in asthma cases.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/heal ... cines.html

Is there a confirmation hearing coming up by any chance?

[tamada]

It's all quite amazingly predictable that when you web search for any of RFK Jr's public comments on the people's ability to continue to get the vaccines they need, or "vaccine freedom" if you must, it's buried under all the other totally speculative hand-wringing mainstream media reports on the awful things he "might" or "could" do if he does get confirmed as America's "health Tzar". All predicated on this super emotive "anti-vaxer" allegation.

So what's with the condescendingly childish inference here? Of course there will be a confirmation hearing. It is guaranteed to be one of the "popcorn" ones too. It will be interesting, if only to see just how many lawmakers big pharma already have in their pocket.

Get that ring out of your nose. It's not a good look.

[jackspratt]

So what's with the condescendingly childish inference here?

It's to match the childish insouciance here.

Do you have your own ring, or would you like to borrow mine?

[jackspratt]

Just a chip off the (not literal) old block.

There is so much repellently sleazy behavior documented in the House Ethics Committee report about Matt Gaetz that a reader has to stop every few pages to look away and focus on what still seems astounding: This is the man that Donald Trump wanted to be the attorney general of the United States, the highest-ranking law enforcement official in the land, the leader of the Department of Justice.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/opin ... eport.html