Trump Staff Picks, Co-Conspirators and the Revolving Door of Departures

[palemale]

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In America there's good reason for that, since there hasn't been a candidate elected on the national scene in years with an actual majority of the voters. We settle for pluralities of the people who actually decide to go vote, which means that for the most part no public official has more than two-fifth of the public behind him. That's what we're looking at with Trump, who got about a third of American voters to support him.

Obama won a majority of the voters in both of his elections, George W. Bush won a majority of voters in his re-election, George H.W. Bush won a majority when he was elected, Reagon won the second largest majority his second term. Reagan in his first term and Carter won a very bare majority, but it was a majority. LBJ won the biggest majority in history, at over 61%.

 

[gsdx]

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A few people here must be pissing themselves with joy over this:

Trump’s Cabinet is shaping up to be one of the whitest in recent history

The population of the United States is more diverse than ever, yet with each new Cabinet appointment announced by President-elect Donald Trump, his proposed administration looks poised to become one of the whitest White Houses in recent history.

With his core team in place — Vice President Mike Pence, chief of staff Reince Priebus, national security adviser Mike Flynn and chief strategist Steve Bannon — Trump is already guaranteed to enter the Oval Office surrounded by white men.

The rest of Trump’s Cabinet appointments must first be confirmed by the Senate. But of the 18 people he’s already picked for the top roles requiring Senate approval, 14 are white and of those, 12 are also male.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/news/trum...-the-whitest-in-recent-history-212344891.html

 

[rareboy]

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It is too true.

Except for Ben Carson..................It was like looking at a catalogue of hairstyles for old white guys as Stephen Colbert put it.

 

[frankfrank]

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I heard some talk, somewhere, that Trump is offering an ambassadorship to whomever successfully finds somebody who will perform at his inauguration.

That sounds entirely like fake Onion news, but who the fuck can tell anymore?

 

[DantheManFL]

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Yet Another Donald Trump Pick Has A Habit Of Spreading Dangerous Conspiracy Theories.

"A history of peddling debunked theories won’t guarantee you a spot in Trumpland — but it apparently doesn’t hurt."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-national-security-monica-crowley_us_58542a74e4b08debb788afc4

 

[rareboy]

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...and TrumpCo. doubles down on putting unqualified men in charge of complex issues...

Donald Trump will appoint a real estate lawyer with minimal experience of foreign relations as his special representative for international negotiations, a role that involves overseeing negotiations between Israelis and the Palestinians.

Jason Greenblatt, who served as Trump’s top adviser on Israel policy during the campaign along with fellow lawyer David Friedman, will take on the role in the president-elect’s administration. Friedman has already been announced as Trump’s controversial pick for ambassador to Israel.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...ternational-negotiations-trump-administration

I wonder what they all do when they find out that Israel and Palestine isn't just some real estate deal?

 

[Kulindahr]

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...and TrumpCo. doubles down on putting unqualified men in charge of complex issues...



https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...ternational-negotiations-trump-administration

I wonder what they all do when they find out that Israel and Palestine isn't just some real estate deal?

We hope that Madison's and Jefferson's (I hope I got the right Founding Fathers) concept of ordinary men rising to extraordinary circumstances works.

 

[smokeshadow]

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Now the conservatives are trying to get around a complete ethics vetting of the Donald's cabinet picks

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovemen...t_trump_nominees_being_rushed_through_process

 

[gsdx]

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^ Just The Donald being unpresidential again. His list is getting longer by the day. I suspect that, by the end of January, the American government will be completely unrecognisable.

 

[rareboy]

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hahahahahaha

So Trump's pick for Communications Director, Monica Crowley, has been accused of plagiarism in her book.

Washington (AFP) - A conservative media personality tapped by the incoming Donald Trump administration for a top communications role was accused Saturday of plagiarizing sections of her 2012 book, CNN reported.

The president-elect has nominated Monica Crowley, a talk-radio host and Fox News commentator, to a senior communications job with the National Security Council.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-communications-pick-accused-plagiarism-192149125.html

So fitting. 3 out of 5 rofl's.

 

[Kulindahr]

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Now the conservatives are trying to get around a complete ethics vetting of the Donald's cabinet picks

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovemen...t_trump_nominees_being_rushed_through_process

Aren't there at least two or three Republican senators with honor and a backbone?

 

[rareboy]

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^ Is this rhetorical?

 

[rareboy]

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hahahaha

It is now up to more than 50 instances of plagiarism.

So fitting that Trump's National Security Communications Director is just like her boss.

Take someone else's work, slap your name on it and take credit.

http://money.cnn.com/interactive/ne...owley-plagiarized-multiple-sources-2012-book/

 

[Kulindahr]

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^ Is this rhetorical?

Sort of.

McCain has made noises about opposing some of Trump's picks. If he does it will be one of the best things he's ever done while in D.C. I just hope there are others, because it's the only way we're going to get Trump's plutocratic corruption reigned in.


But then I put my hope in some Democrats who were electors who said if someone told them of a moderate republic to vote for they'd do it, and they didn't when I pointed out they could go with Susan Collins, so why should I trust any Republicans either? Those Democrats threw away our best hope of blocking Trump; Republicans aren't too likely to be any better.

 

[Kulindahr]

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hahahaha

It is now up to more than 50 instances of plagiarism.

So fitting that Trump's National Security Communications Director is just like her boss.

Take someone else's work, slap your name on it and take credit.

http://money.cnn.com/interactive/ne...owley-plagiarized-multiple-sources-2012-book/

Whoa -- she lifted a section on unions from the Von Mises people? Just... wow. That piece manages to present a ton of facts and fails to make its original point that unions weren't what brought better labor conditions -- it diverts attention by pointing out all sorts of problems with unions. It's biggest failure is to recognize the impact of a continually increasing population much of which has no skills, a matter which invalidates most of its thought experiments.

Though it does make one very important point: "... taxes on business ... are so foolish and counterproductive. Such taxes hamper business investment, which is precisely what raises our standard of living."


But as I did when I was teaching and grading papers, she should be given an F.

 

[johaninsc]

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...But as I did when I was teaching and grading papers, she should be given an F.

I'm not sure if I've asked this before, but where did you teach?... were you employed by an public/private school, college or university...a tutor or teaching assistant?

and for how many years?

 

[Kulindahr]

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I'm not sure if I've asked this before, but where did you teach?... were you employed by an public/private school, college or university...a tutor or teaching assistant?

and for how many years?

When I wrote this I had in mind the year I spent teaching remedial reading comprehension and writing for college freshmen.

Other than that, a year of high school, several years as a tutor for college courses (physics, math, geology mostly), years of swim lessons, an aide for home schoolers.... and New Testament Greek at the college level for a year.

 

[rareboy]

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So even though Melania's plagiarism is okey dokey...apparently it is a no go for Monica Crowley who gets shunted off to Billy Bush like infamy and career failure now that she's withdrawn from the rat pack list of staff picks.

Meanwhile, conservative media commentator Monica Crowley will not be joining the Trump administration following accusations of plagiarism, according to a transition official.

Crowley, a frequent on-air presence at Fox News Channel, had been slated to join Trump's National Security Council as a director of strategic communications. On Monday, she withdrew her name from consideration after CNN reported last week that several passages in a 2012 book Crowley wrote were plagiarized. Publisher HarperCollins then pulled the book.

Crowley's retreat was first reported by The Washington Times. The transition official confirmed the decision on the condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/inaugura...nues-twitter-assault-084748177--election.html

 

[KaraBulut]

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Animal husbandry major and less than stellar student, Rick Perry, is up for hearings on Thursday. That should be another interesting one... to head an agency whose name he couldn't remember and overseeing a pool of employees that have produced 115 Nobel Prize winners over the years.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/05/rick-perry-college-transcript_n_919357.html

One reason that might explain his hostility toward the system: He didn’t do very well in it. A source in Texas passed The Huffington Post Perry’s transcripts from his years at Texas A&M University. The future politician did not distinguish himself much in the classroom. While he later became a student leader, he had to get out of academic probation to do so. He rarely earned anything above a C in his courses — earning a C in U.S. History, a D in Shakespeare, and a D in the principles of economics. Perry got a C in gym.

Perry also did poorly on classes within his animal science major. In fall semester 1970, he received a D in veterinary anatomy, a F in a second course on organic chemistry and a C in animal breeding. He did get an A in world military systems and “Improv. of Learning” — his only two As while at A&M.

 

[smokeshadow]

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Perry got a "D" in trigonometry? Back when I took trig (mid 70's), I got an "A" for both semesters and was excused from final exams due to averaging a 93 for one semester and a 92 for the second Of course, that may have been because I needed trig in my architecture major; something, obviously, Perry didn't need for his animal sciences