My interpretation is Trump is intentionally trying to wreck the government by choosing loyalists over anyone who is actually qualified. Qualifications are probably the last thing Trump cares about. We'll see how this plays out but I think it's fair to say none of these picks are going to do anything to go against Trump as they don't have the backbone. He didn't like it his first time around when his picks did something he did not like so he hopes to avoid that in the future by directing them like an "Apprentice" board room. If I were a federal worker, then I would be very concerned about my job going forward.
I wouldn’t call a city with 100,000 people a large city by any means, but ok.. What award did he win? What education does he have that would indicate he would be qualified for the Sec of Transportation of the United States? Was it the History degree? Or was it the Politics degree? Lol.. In any event, my point stands. People appointed into these roles are notoriously not qualified for the role.
Trump picks former adviser Brooke Rollins for Agriculture Secretary https://nypost.com/2024/11/23/us-news/trump-picks-brooke-rollins-for-agriculture-secretary-report/
Innovative streetscape design from the Dept of Transportation. Dude is also among the smartest people to ever serve in government.
Yeah I, mean that w****! She ****ed a p*rn star while her husband was at home taking care of their newborn. She cheated on all 3 husbands she had. What a slut.
Imagine being ok with our government who is trying to initiate WW3 and has the middle class in shambles via goods. Why would you want to keep it as is? Be open to change. It’s needed.
Trump taps former NFL player Scott Turner to lead Department of Housing and Urban Development https://nypost.com/2024/11/23/us-ne...-department-of-housing-and-urban-development/
Trump taps Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead Department of Labor https://nypost.com/2024/11/22/us-ne...i-chavez-deremer-to-lead-department-of-labor/
Dr. Martin Makary Chosen to Head the F.D.A. A frequent Fox News commentator, Dr. Makary has a penchant for challenging the medical establishment, and stirred pandemic concerns with his views on Covid immunity and vaccine mandates. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/health/fda-commissioner-marty-makary-rfkjr.html
lmao is this real life.. Matt Gaetz is now making personalized videos on Cameo for $525 a pop Gaetz is not the first former high-profile Republican congressman to capitalize on his notoriety on Cameo after a scandal. https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/matt-gaetz-cameo-attorney-general-trump-rcna181484
RFK Jr. spent years stoking fear and mistrust of vaccines. These people were hurt by his work ... Kennedy’s role in legitimizing anti-vaccine activism has not been limited to the U.S. Perhaps the most well-known example was in 2019 on the Pacific island nation of Samoa. That year, dozens of children died of measles. https://search.app?link=https://apn..._campaign=aga&utm_source=agsadl2,sh/x/gs/m2/4 He's disgusting and people died and were hurt because of listening to him and groups that he worked with and supported. Sad about the children that died in Samoa that didn't need to.
U.S. Muslim leaders who supported Republican Donald Trump to protest against the Biden administration's support for Israel's war on Gaza and attacks on Lebanon have been deeply disappointed by his cabinet picks, they tell Reuters. "Trump won because of us and we're not happy with his secretary of state pick and others," said Rabiul Chowdhury, a Philadelphia investor who chaired the Abandon Harris campaign in Pennsylvania and co-founded Muslims for Trump. Muslim support for Trump helped him win Michigan and may have factored into other swing state wins, strategists believe. Trump picked Republican senator Marco Rubio, a staunch supporter of Israel for Secretary of State. Earlier this year, Rubio said he would not call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and that he believed Israel should destroy "every element" of Hamas. "These people are vicious animals," he added. Trump also nominated Mike Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and staunch pro-Israel conservative who backs Israeli occupation of the West Bank and has called a two state solution in Palestine "unworkable", as the next ambassador to Israel. He has picked Republican Representative Elise Stefanik, who called the UN a "cesspool of antisemitism" for its condemnation of deaths in Gaza, to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Rexhinaldo Nazarko, executive director of the American Muslim Engagement and Empowerment Network (AMEEN), said Muslim voters had hoped Trump would choose cabinet officials who work toward peace, and there was no sign of that. "We are very disappointed," he said. "It seems like this administration has been packed entirely with neoconservatives and extremely pro-Israel, pro-war people, which is a failure on the on the side of President Trump, to the pro-peace and anti-war movement."
Not sure why they would of expected differently considering the party is full of evangelicals that have some unhealthy obsession with Israel.
Can’t find a DOGE specific thread so I’ll plop this here. The Musk/Vivek threat to send all workers back to the office 40 hours a week is insidiously clever. There will absolutely be an exodus of talent from government agencies, which is the goal to trim staff. But not only will average productivity drop due to 100% office work over hybrid or total remote, but it will also leave only the worst employees who would drop overall productivity averages anyway. Government work has never been attractive in the first place to top skilled workers. This is going to gut the image even further and attracting good talent to come into a doomed situation where they will instantly have to work in a depressing government building with either lazy or apathetic workers is going to make positions impossible to fill. This is going to leave a massive gap in workload. The only way they are going to fill it is through private contractors. The glut of new, talented workers who need a job is going to flatten and press salaries down. This will save companies money and increase profits. In this new reality of government contracting, who are the most qualified workers for these open positions? The ex-employees, who intimately know work, are in the are and have background clearance. So in the end, you have corporations making more profit to simply contract the same employees back to their old jobs. The employees make slightly more but their benefits probably aren’t as good, including days off, and they have to do more work because there’s less of them due to budget cuts….and because contractors cost more, the budget ends up creeping close to where it was before anyway. So in the end, Corporations and shareholders win and the little guy is still ****ed with workload and taxes. LFG DOGE!
