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Trump cabinet selections and appointments

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by MojoMan, Nov 18, 2016.

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"Clearly"...

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btw, tweets from the past haunt kaleigh too...

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Someone must have asked what trump has been doing the past few days since he has nothing on his presidential schedule...

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Another Inspector General... but trump may miss this one...

Noel Francisco to step down as US solicitor general, sources say

US Solicitor General Noel Francisco is expected to resign from his role as the government's top lawyer before the Supreme Court in the coming days, according to two sources familiar with the move. Francisco, 50, has led the solicitor general's office since September 2017 and been a forceful advocate for President Donald Trump. The White House is not expected to immediately name a permanent successor. Instead, the principal deputy solicitor general, Jeff Wall, will most likely be tapped as the acting solicitor general. Patrick Philbin, the deputy White House counsel, had previously been rumored as a frontrunner for the position, but apparently the succession plan is still in flux, two sources said. The White House and Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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As the face of the Trump administration at the Supreme Court lectern, Francisco argued for the travel ban that targeted majority-Muslim countries, for a citizenship question on the US Census, and most recently for an end to the Obama-era program that shields young immigrants who were brought to the US without proper documentation. Francisco also has taken the lead for the Department of Justice in its briefs supporting Trump's efforts to block subpoenas from the US House of Representatives and a New York grand jury for personal financial documents, including tax returns.
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/10/politics/noel-francisco-solicitor-general/index.html

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Top Pentagon policy nominee has a history of Islamophobic and offensive comments

The White House's nominee for a top position at the Pentagon has a history of making Islamophobic and inflammatory remarks against prominent Democratic politicians, including falsely calling former President Barack Obama a Muslim. Retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata, a frequent guest on Fox News and ardent defender of President Donald Trump, was nominated to become the under secretary of defense for policy.
If confirmed by the Senate, Tata would become the third highest official in the Pentagon overseeing the Defense Department's policy shop, including its national security and defense strategy, nuclear deterrence and missile defense policy, and security cooperation plans and policies. The policy chief also closely advises the secretary of defense on national security and supports the Department of Defense's program and budget decisions.
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In several tweets from 2018, Tata said that Islam was the "most oppressive violent religion I know of" and claimed Obama was a "terrorist leader" who did more to harm the US "and help Islamic countries than any president in history."
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Tata, in one radio appearance, speculated the Iran deal was born out of Obama's "Islamic roots" in an attempt "to help Iranians and the greater Islamic state crush Israel." Tata also lashed out at prominent Democratic politicians and the media on Twitter, such as California Reps. Maxine Waters and Nancy Pelosi, who he said "have always been the same violent extremists." In another tweet, Tata called Waters a "vicious race baiting racist." He used a hashtag in a different tweet that insinuated CNN anchor Don Lemon was on "the liberal plantation."
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During a radio appearance from 2018, Tata called Obama an anti-Semite who wanted to give Iran money so the country could fund terrorist organizations, and that unlike Obama, Trump wanted to defeat ISIS. "The reason Obama did that was he wanted nothing to impact his Iran nuclear deal because what he wanted was Iran to be flushed with cash so that they could support Hezbollah and Hamas and their fight against Israel because Obama is an anti-Semite," said Tata. "That was all of the machinations of the Obama administration and he gave birth to ISIS and he also allowed what weapons of mass destruction to use in the Middle East. And so President Trump is simply allowing us to defeat ISIS now which Obama did not want to happen."
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In a radio appearance from March 2017, Tata said Obama "really disliked Israel" and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and speculated that the Iran deal was born "sorta from [Obama's] Islamic roots to help Iranians and the greater Islamic state crush Israel." "I think President Obama really disliked Israel and know he disliked Netanyahu. I think this was in part, you know, sorta from his Islamic roots to help the Iranians and the greater Islamic state crush Israel," said Tata on the radio show. "If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it's probably a duck. And so that was what Obama did. He propped up our enemies and the Islamic world, and he undercut Netanyahu in Israel."
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Tata also used a racist hashtag against CNN's Lemon. In April 2018, Tata tweeted his support for then-Fox News personalities Diamond and Silk as they demanded a retraction from Lemon after he played clips of the duo testifying in front of Congress. "Have to love #northcarolina ladies @DiamondandSilk calling out @donlemon #liberalplantation #MAGA," tweeted Tata.
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/politics/pentagon-nominee-tata-trump-kfile/index.html

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And the trump spokesman says: "This attempt by the media to slander his reputation is disgusting. The White House stands by the President’s qualified nominee."?

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Only the best? steven bannon associate and sebastian gorka leading the Voice of America?

Senate panel advances Trump pick to head Voice of America

A bitterly divided Senate panel voted along party lines Thursday to advance President Donald Trump’s choice to head the Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded international broadcasters that have been the subject of harsh criticism from the White House. After rejecting eight Democratic requests to postpone the move, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee sent Michael Pack’s nomination to the full Senate on a 12-10 vote. Pack is Trump’s choice to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees VOA and its sister outlets like Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and the Cuba-oriented Radio and Television Marti.
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Democrats oppose the nomination of Pack, a former associate of Trump political adviser Steve Bannon, in part because of questions about his past business dealings. Recent criticism of VOA from Trump and the White House has intensified their concerns about his nomination.
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https://www.startribune.com/senate-panel-advances-trump-pick-to-head-voa-other-outlets/570661342/

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Ex generals opposing trump nominee tata because of racist past...

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Wait... didn't trump hire mick mulvaney... twice?

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trump's newest appointee hard at work already...

New directors at federal media agency have ties to anti-LGBT groups, fought pro-transgender policies

Michael Pack, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has appointed to the organization’s board a person with ties to an anti-LGBT group and another who publicly bashed President Barack Obama’s transgender policy. The board of directors for these media organizations that are overseen by the USAGM have a say on who is selected to become leaders of the companies they represent. Their ties and previous remarks could give a preview into the way Michael Pack, the CEO of the agency, is remaking the federally funded news organization to fit a more conservative tone.
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Bethany Kozma, who is set to join the board of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the people added, is currently working with the United States Agency for International Development. She formerly worked in President George W. Bush’s administration and has been an activist against pro-transgender policies. Kozma once wrote an op-ed blasting Obama’s policy that allowed transgender students to use restrooms that matched their gender identities. The Trump administration rescinded the proposal in 2017.
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Jonathan Alexandre, according to people familiar with the matter who declined to be named as these decisions have yet to be made public, is expected to be a corporate board member for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and reportedly is on the board of Radio Free Asia. He is the senior counsel for government affairs at Liberty Counsel, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy group that fights for pro-Christian legal rights, Alexandre’s LinkedIn profile says. Both Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia are entities of USAGM and they did not return requests for comment. Liberty Counsel has often publicly taken a stance against pro-gay or transgender policies. There is no public record of Alexandre himself making similar comments. Alexandre is also senior counsel for government affairs at Liberty Counsel Action, an associated 501(c)(4), that, according to their website, “advances religious freedom, the sanctity of human life, the family, responsible government, national security, and support for Israel at the federal, state, and local levels.”
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Liberty Counsel and its founder, Mathew Staver, have a history of anti-LGTBQ remarks. Just recently, after the Supreme Court declared that workers can’t be fired from their jobs for being gay or transgender, Liberty Counsel published an article on their website blasting the decision.
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Staver, on the other hand, has been equally critical of gay and transgender lifestyles. In a 2013 radio, Stever claimed that “if you ultimately promoted same-sex marriage and everyone started to go towards same-sex marriage, what would happen to society? It would just simply cease to exist. Moreover, you’d have rampant increase in diseases,” he said at the time. Two years later, when the Boy Scouts decided to lift its ban on scout leaders being gay, Staver said in another radio interview that it would lead to “all kinds of sexual molestation. This is a playground for pedophiles to go and have all these boys as objects of their lust.” The nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled Liberty Counsel as a hate group. A Liberty Counsel spokeswoman did not return a request for comment before publication.
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LOL...

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The attorney general nominates US Attorneys??

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Insert shocked face gif... trump/barr nominee was Deutsche Banks lawyer... same bank trump's emoluments investigation...

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