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==Administration==
 
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* [[Mike Pence]], Vice President
 
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* [[Reince Priebus]]
 
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* [[Steve Bannon]]
 
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* [[Myron Ebell]] (climate denier)
 
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* [[Anthony Scaramucci]], key advisor (hedge-fund manager)
 
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* [[Frank Gaffney]], transition team (right-wing conspiracy theorist)
 
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* [[Davis Malpass]], responsible for shaping Treasury Department under Trump (chief economist at Bear Stearns for 6 years; now a Wall Street advisor; 9 months before 2008 crash, claimed that housing and debt markets are not important for the economy or for job creation)
 
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* [[Paul Atkins]], will help Trump appoint personnel to Independent Financial Agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Reserve (was SEC Commissioner during 2008 crash; strongly opposed Wall Street accountability)
 
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* [[Steve Mnuchin]], rumored to be in the running for Treasury Secretary (hedge fund CEO, former Goldman Sachs Vice President, profited off of mortgage foreclosures and bank failure)
 
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* [[Lewis Eisenberg]]. floated as potential pick for Secretary of Commerce (currently the chief of private equity at Granite Capital International Group, worked as a Goldman Sachs partner for over two decades until being forced to resign following a sexual harassment complaint)
 
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* [[Michael Torrey]], advising Trump's team on personnel at the Department of Agriculture (veteran food and agriculture lobbyist for companies which could directly benefit from Department of Agriculture policies [[conflict of interest|designed with their interests in mind]])
 
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* [[Jeff Eisenach]], advising Trump's team on personnel decisions at the Federal Communications Commission (paid consultant for Verizon  and former lobbyist who has called for deregulation of the telecommunications industry)
 
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* [[Michael Korbey]], heading Trump's transition team for the Social Security Administration. (former lobbyist who has spent much of his career advocating for cutting and privatizing the [Social Security] program)
 
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* [[Mike McKenna]], running the transition for the Department of Energy (a "hired gun" and "well-connected energy lobbyist with ties to the industry-backed American Energy Alliance and Institute for Energy Research," whose clients include the Koch Companies and the Southern Company)
 
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* [[David Bernhardt]], overseeing the Department for the Interior for Trump's transition team (lobbyist at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Sheck, representing federal contractors, the Rosemont Copper Company, and Freeport LNG Expansion, a company that designs and builds natural gas pipelines)
 
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* [[Michael Flynn]], vice chair of the Trump transition, reportedly in line for a top national security post in the new administration (Retired Lt. General) <ref>'''2016-11-15''' [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-transition-team_us_582b9516e4b0aa8910bd97a5 Donald Trump’s Transition Team, Or Lack Thereof, Is Causing Real Panic] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/7z5voHGzgVT via])</ref>
 
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(A major source for the above is [http://www.warren.senate.gov/files/documents/2016-11-15-Trump_Letter.pdf Elizabeth Warren's letter], which needs to be mined more thoroughly for primary sources. I ran out of time to copy and reformat its personnel list.)
 
 
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* '''2016-11-22''' [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/22/nasa-earth-donald-trump-eliminate-climate-change-research?CMP=twt_gu Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on 'politicized science']
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* '''2017-01-13'''
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** [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PaulaRizzuto/posts/jjWgD4bsvXm Admiral Lady Paula] says "So, first you politicise climate science by deliberately supporting/funding the non-concensus position for perceived personal gain, then you threaten to de-fund it because it is politicised. I hope this offends you as much as it offends me."
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** Jason Chaffetz vs. the Office of Government Ethics:
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** [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+YonatanZunger/posts/j5XNjTCQuHc Yonatan Zunger] adds some historical context, noting that Trump seems to be a willing supporter of the Republican Party's [[Lysenkoism]]
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*** [http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/01/jason_chaffetz_is_ethically_bankrupt.html Jason Chaffetz Doesn’t Care About Ethics] ([https://www.facebook.com/dana.hunter.96/posts/10211427800559163 via]): "The Republican in charge of government oversight wants to prohibit criticism of Trump's ethical violations."
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*** [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/1/13/1620077/-Republicans-threaten-to-subpoena-ethics-director-for-daring-to-criticize-Trump Republicans threaten to subpoena ethics director for daring to criticize Trump] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/RLgYMfSivby via])
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** [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/commanding-general-of-dc-national-guard-to-be-removed-from-post/2017/01/13/725a0438-d99e-11e6-b8b2-cb5164beba6b_story.html Head of D.C. National Guard to be removed from post in middle of inauguration] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/5qj8o4RoMT4 via])
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* '''2017-01-11''' [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/how-trump-misled-america-about-his-plans-for-his-company-w460568 How Trump Misled America About His Plans for His Companies] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/5CQ1u3BirjF via]): more flat-out lies and reversals
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* '''2017-01-10''' [http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html Intel chiefs presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/7MYSisGT181 via])
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* '''2017-01-09'''
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** [https://gizmodo.com/trump-just-dismissed-the-people-in-charge-of-maintainin-1790908093 Trump Just Dismissed the People in Charge of Maintaining Our Nuclear Arsenal]
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** [http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/09/politics/jared-kushner-to-be-named-senior-adviser-to-the-president/ Jared Kushner to be named senior adviser to the president]
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* '''2016-12-29''' [http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/312051-gop-zeroes-in-on-changes-to-medicaid GOP zeroes in on changes to Medicaid] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MarlaCaldwell/posts/4dd9qzxhPYX via] [https://plus.google.com/u/0/111952522706131998075/posts/EDGR2bJxG4g and])
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** [http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/12/29/vice-president-elect-pence-announces-that-medicaid-will-be-completely-overhauled-details/ Vice President-Elect Pence Announces That Medicaid Will be Completely Overhauled (DETAILS)] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AlisonMarlowe/posts/1UoZxtcqoYC via])
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* '''2016-12-25'''
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** [http://www.salon.com/2016/12/25/donald-trumps-wrecking-crew-a-cabinet-of-zealots-who-yearn-to-destroy-their-own-agencies/ Donald Trump's wrecking crew: A cabinet of zealots who yearn to destroy their own agencies] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/101982433963145517617/posts/NfRic9bKYu1 via])
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** [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-exhibiting-clinton-behavior-president-elect-44391558 Trump Adopting Same Behavior He Criticized Clinton For] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/Ze3b3jgEhGh via])
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* '''2016-12-24''' [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-loses-jason-miller-white-house-communications-director-article-1.2922711 Jason Miller quits as newly named White House communications director after Trump staffer hints at sex scandal] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+KeithWilson/posts/6PemJerD5Gg via])
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* '''2016-12-22''' [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2016/12/22/trump-team-asked-state-department-for-info-on-womens-issues-programs-stoking-fears-of-another-witch-hunt/ Trump team asked State Department for info on women’s issues programs, sparking fears of another witch hunt] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/SUcDq2UqjAs via])
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* '''2016-12-17''' [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/18/donald-trump-senate-backlash-cabinet-of-billionaires Donald Trump faces Senate backlash over 'cabinet of billionaires'] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AlisonMarlowe/posts/aDQmAAa6z5m via])
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** Trump invokes the [[fairness fallacy]]: "&ldquo;... I want people that made a fortune. Because now they are negotiating for you, OK? It’s no different than a great baseball player or a great golfer.&rdquo; [...] For Trump, those figures are simply a confirmation of competence: in Trumpian politics, the richer you are, the better you must be at cutting a deal." Presumably on behalf of all citizens. Yeah, right.
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* '''2016-12-12'''
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** [https://www.yahoo.com/news/lockheed-martin-sliding-trump-tweets-135100165.html Trump tweets that the F-35's cost is 'out of control' &ndash; and now the stock of the company that makes it is diving] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EduardoRamirez/posts/PFVjecz5B7h via])
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** [http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/trump-isolates-himself-with-c-i-a-attack Trump Isolates Himself with C.I.A. Attack]
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* '''2016-12-03''' [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/world/asia/philippines-rodrigo-duterte-donald-trump.html Rodrigo Duterte Says Donald Trump Endorses His Violent Antidrug Campaign]
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** More about that campaign here: '''2016-12-07''' [http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/07/world/asia/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-drugs-killings.html ‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’] ([http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/12/07/inside-philippine-campaign via])
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* '''2016-11-29''' [http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/11/29/media-fail-explain-impact-hhs-nominee-tom-price-s-health-care-agenda/214650 Media Fail To Explain The Impact of HHS Nominee Tom Price’s Health Care Agenda]
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* '''2016-11-22'''
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** [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/22/nasa-earth-donald-trump-eliminate-climate-change-research?CMP=twt_gu Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on 'politicized science']
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*** [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PaulaRizzuto/posts/jjWgD4bsvXm Admiral Lady Paula] says "So, first you politicise climate science by deliberately supporting/funding the non-concensus position for perceived personal gain, then you threaten to de-fund it because it is politicised. I hope this offends you as much as it offends me."
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*** [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+YonatanZunger/posts/j5XNjTCQuHc Yonatan Zunger] adds some historical context, noting that Trump seems to be a willing supporter of the Republican Party's [[Lysenkoism]]
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** [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/shift-trump-says-humans-may-causing-global-warming/ In shift, Trump says humans may be causing global warming] - so, which is it?
 
* '''2016-11-21''' [http://nypost.com/2016/11/21/donald-trumps-media-summit-was-a-f-ing-firing-squad/ Donald Trump’s media summit was a 'f---ing firing squad'] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/8NcZyRu82dr found])
 
* '''2016-11-21''' [http://nypost.com/2016/11/21/donald-trumps-media-summit-was-a-f-ing-firing-squad/ Donald Trump’s media summit was a 'f---ing firing squad'] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/8NcZyRu82dr found])
 
* '''2016-11-19''' [http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/read-em-and-weep-a-list-of-the-current-contenders-for-key-jobs-in-trump-administration/ Read 'em and weep: A list of the current contenders for key jobs in Trump administration]
 
* '''2016-11-19''' [http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/read-em-and-weep-a-list-of-the-current-contenders-for-key-jobs-in-trump-administration/ Read 'em and weep: A list of the current contenders for key jobs in Trump administration]
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** [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reported-trump-immigration-advisor-says-hes-drafting-plan-for-muslim-registry_us_582c59bde4b01d8a014b6328 Trump Team Is Mulling Muslim Registry And Planning Border Wall, Reported Adviser Says] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+XenoPhrenia/posts/CGHSwEQ7LB5 via])
 
** [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reported-trump-immigration-advisor-says-hes-drafting-plan-for-muslim-registry_us_582c59bde4b01d8a014b6328 Trump Team Is Mulling Muslim Registry And Planning Border Wall, Reported Adviser Says] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+XenoPhrenia/posts/CGHSwEQ7LB5 via])
 
** [http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/11/trump-epa-pesticides Trump's Top Environmental Adviser Says Pesticides Aren't Bad for You] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+XenoPhrenia/posts/PVMLN57WKNh via])
 
** [http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/11/trump-epa-pesticides Trump's Top Environmental Adviser Says Pesticides Aren't Bad for You] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+XenoPhrenia/posts/PVMLN57WKNh via])
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** [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/11/16/trump-administration-will-ban-lobbyists-enact-five-year-lobbying-ban-after-leaving-government/ Trump administration will ban lobbyists, enact five-year lobbying ban after leaving government]
 
** [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/donald-trump-taps-radical-conspiracy-theorist-frank-gaffney-for-transition-team/ Donald Trump Taps Radical Conspiracy Theorist Frank Gaffney For Transition Team] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/45B3upTm7Hg via])
 
** [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/donald-trump-taps-radical-conspiracy-theorist-frank-gaffney-for-transition-team/ Donald Trump Taps Radical Conspiracy Theorist Frank Gaffney For Transition Team] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/45B3upTm7Hg via])
 
* '''2016-11-15'''
 
* '''2016-11-15'''
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** [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/11/1596527/-Paul-Ryan-just-announced-his-plans-to-phase-out-Medicare-with-privatization-using-vouchers Paul Ryan just announced his plans to phase out Medicare with privatization using vouchers] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/116815317762449907490/posts/YQoYWHRBCdp via])
 
** [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/11/1596527/-Paul-Ryan-just-announced-his-plans-to-phase-out-Medicare-with-privatization-using-vouchers Paul Ryan just announced his plans to phase out Medicare with privatization using vouchers] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/116815317762449907490/posts/YQoYWHRBCdp via])
 
** [http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-willing-to-keep-parts-of-health-law-1478895339 Donald Trump, in Exclusive Interview, Tells WSJ He Is Willing to Keep Parts of Obama Health Law] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/aPQCypRyY3n via])
 
** [http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-willing-to-keep-parts-of-health-law-1478895339 Donald Trump, in Exclusive Interview, Tells WSJ He Is Willing to Keep Parts of Obama Health Law] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/aPQCypRyY3n via])
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*** [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/business/insurers-unprepared-for-obamacare-repeal.html?_r=1 Donald Trump Says He May Keep Parts of Obama Health Care Act] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/cysRd5h34vG via])
 
** [https://www.cato.org/blog/trumps-real-immigration-policy Trump’s Real Immigration Policy] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/104092656004159577193/posts/GbVtDHCTNG4 via]) "My prediction is that Trump will increase the scale and scope of immigration enforcement, rescind President Obama's executive actions or at a minimum not allow Dreamers renew their status, massively curtail or end the refugee program, and try to convince Congress to cut legal immigration.  I’ve been wrong about Trump in the past and I hope I’m wrong here too."
 
** [https://www.cato.org/blog/trumps-real-immigration-policy Trump’s Real Immigration Policy] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/104092656004159577193/posts/GbVtDHCTNG4 via]) "My prediction is that Trump will increase the scale and scope of immigration enforcement, rescind President Obama's executive actions or at a minimum not allow Dreamers renew their status, massively curtail or end the refugee program, and try to convince Congress to cut legal immigration.  I’ve been wrong about Trump in the past and I hope I’m wrong here too."
 
** [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/11/1596527/-Paul-Ryan-just-announced-his-plans-to-phase-out-Medicare-with-privatization-using-vouchers Paul Ryan just announced his plans to phase out Medicare with privatization using vouchers] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/fJHAeqtikey via])
 
** [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/11/1596527/-Paul-Ryan-just-announced-his-plans-to-phase-out-Medicare-with-privatization-using-vouchers Paul Ryan just announced his plans to phase out Medicare with privatization using vouchers] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/fJHAeqtikey via])

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