While its easy to shrug this off as trump is anti-science, the still empty administration role (after over a year in office!) is important for economic reasons...
Well, to 45's credit, there's not much that's very important that science addresses: pandemics, cancer, energy, computer science, climate, and extinction-level astronomical events ... really not much to see here. I, too, would be tempted to just put in destruction-minded cronies in those more important positions.
Acting CDC Director Anne Schuchat and Vice Admiral Jerome Adams (the Surgeon General) can probably give some advice on these topics. While one might have some qualms about Rick Perry, there are about a dozen undersecretaries, deputy secretaries, etc. of Energy that can chip in here. USCYBERCOMMAND is chock full of people that are well versed in Computer Science. Trump hasn't yet defunded NASA and NORAD has he? What about NOAA? Trump has been an embarrassment as President (that's why I didn't vote for him), but let's not pretend that lacking a science advisor means Trump is unable to get information about anything that falls under the umbrella of science. Heck, not having a science advisor might mean that the people who know something about science get a little more freedom to work because there is no one convenient person for the Donald to interact with that is going to let him muck things up which he doesn't understand.
Not that it matters. Trump won't be listening to any science advisers regardless of what part of the government they're in.
Remember how worried folks were when trump appointed Mulvaney to head up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Folks had good reason... Exclusive: U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice - sources https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ts-equifax-probe-on-ice-sources-idUSKBN1FP0IZ
LOL... President Trump plans to nominate Beverly Hills tax attorney for IRS commissioner http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-irs-rettig-20180206-story.html
Let's see trump complain about Democrats blocking his appointees... GOP Senate office rips Trump nominee: 'Cynics and nuts' will have hard time securing confirmation http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/polit...ex.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Kuschner friend and Hope Hick's boyfriend Rob Porter (Senior WH Aide) accused of spousal abuse... Report: Ex-wife accuses Trump aide of abuse, White House defends him http://wjla.com/news/nation-world/report-ex-wife-accuses-trump-aide-of-abuse-white-house-defends-him
Looks like this thread needs to be moved to the "fired/resigned" thread... Porter resigned today. And it doesn't say whether Hicks is back on the market.
Seriously, if it is important enough to announce, its important enough to spell his name correctly...
WTF? NPS official requested thousands in upgrades for park housing unit he planned to rent out http://thehill.com/policy/energy-en...d-thousands-in-upgrades-for-park-housing-unit
Getting harder and harder to disagree with this statement (the list I'd exclude is getting smaller... Haley, maybe Tillerson, perhaps McMaster?).
Yeah, deep state liberal stooge Bruce freaking Bartlett is saying this: I can't think of a single Trump cabinet secretary who isn't the worst person ever to hold that position in departmental history. Just another data point in the "who the hell still supports this guy?" narrative.
Gee, maybe I should add Mattis to my list of cabinet members who are not the worst ever? Defense Secretary reportedly ignored Trump request for Iran options http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-...reportedly-ignored-trump-request-iran-options
