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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.)
 
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
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* '''2017-01-13'''
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** Jason Chaffetz vs. the Office of Government Ethics:
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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]
 
* '''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]
 
* '''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]
 
** 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])
 
** 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]
 
* '''2016-11-22'''
 
* '''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']
 
** [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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** [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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