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==Administraction==
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==Administration==
 
* [[Mike Pence]], Vice President
 
* [[Mike Pence]], Vice President
 
* [[Reince Priebus]]
 
* [[Reince Priebus]]
 
* [[Steve Bannon]]
 
* [[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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* '''2016-11-16'''
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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])
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** [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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** [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])
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* '''2016-11-15'''
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** [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/deficit-donald-trump-republicans-231372 GOP and Trump put deficit on back burner] (https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JohnPoteet/posts/9d8FJPHGPZQ via]) "For eight years, Republicans hammered President Barack Obama for exploding the national debt. But now a GOP-led spending spree is coming..."
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** [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])
 
* '''2016-11-14'''
 
* '''2016-11-14'''
 
** [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/14/china-threatens-to-cut-sales-of-iphones-and-us-cars-if-naive-trump-pursues-trade-war China threatens to cut sales of iPhones and US cars if 'naive' Trump pursues trade war] ([https://apple.slashdot.org/story/16/11/14/1240245/china-threatens-to-cut-sales-of-iphones-and-us-cars-if-naive-trump-pursues-trade-war Slashdot])
 
** [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/14/china-threatens-to-cut-sales-of-iphones-and-us-cars-if-naive-trump-pursues-trade-war China threatens to cut sales of iPhones and US cars if 'naive' Trump pursues trade war] ([https://apple.slashdot.org/story/16/11/14/1240245/china-threatens-to-cut-sales-of-iphones-and-us-cars-if-naive-trump-pursues-trade-war Slashdot])
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* '''2016-11-09''' [https://warisboring.com/even-the-kremlin-might-be-shocked-at-president-elect-donald-trump-707273dd2d83#.w4auc0m8o Even the Kremlin Might Be Shocked at President-Elect Donald Trump] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+YonatanZunger/posts/Jsaha2oQxjT via])
 
* '''2016-11-09''' [https://warisboring.com/even-the-kremlin-might-be-shocked-at-president-elect-donald-trump-707273dd2d83#.w4auc0m8o Even the Kremlin Might Be Shocked at President-Elect Donald Trump] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+YonatanZunger/posts/Jsaha2oQxjT via])
 
* '''2016-09-26''' [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-picks-top-climate-skeptic-to-lead-epa-transition/ Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic to Lead EPA Transition] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/116815317762449907490/posts/ELTFkE3VnJe via])
 
* '''2016-09-26''' [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-picks-top-climate-skeptic-to-lead-epa-transition/ Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic to Lead EPA Transition] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/116815317762449907490/posts/ELTFkE3VnJe via])
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==Footnotes==
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<references .>

Revision as of 11:53, 17 November 2016

Administration

  • Mike Pence, Vice President
  • Reince Priebus
  • Steve Bannon
  • Myron Ebell (climate denier)
  • Anthony Scaramucci, key advisor (hedge-fund manager)
  • Frank Gaffney, transition team (right-wing conspiracy theorist)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 designed with their interests in mind)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Michael Flynn, vice chair of the Trump transition, reportedly in line for a top national security post in the new administration (Retired Lt. General) [1]

(A major source for the above is 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

Footnotes

<references .>

  1. ↑ 2016-11-15 Donald Trump’s Transition Team, Or Lack Thereof, Is Causing Real Panic (via)
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