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==Administration== | ==Administration== | ||
''This list is incomplete.'' | ''This list is incomplete.'' | ||
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+ | Top positions: | ||
* [[Mike Pence]], Vice President | * [[Mike Pence]], Vice President | ||
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* [[Anthony Scaramucci]], key advisor (hedge-fund manager) | * [[Anthony Scaramucci]], key advisor (hedge-fund manager) | ||
+ | * [[Carl Icahn]], special advisor ("hedge fund titan")<ref>'''2016-12-21''' [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/report-carl-icahn-named-special-212240787.html Carl Icahn named a special adviser in the Trump administration] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/YvPbGyEhL44 via])</ref> | ||
+ | * [[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) | ||
+ | * [[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) | ||
+ | * [[Don McGahn]], White House counsel (corruption personified) | ||
* [[Frank Gaffney]], transition team (right-wing conspiracy theorist) | * [[Frank Gaffney]], transition team (right-wing conspiracy theorist) | ||
− | * [[ | + | * [[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) |
− | + | * [[KT McFarland]], deputy national security adviser | |
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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) | * [[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 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) | * [[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) | * [[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) | ||
− | * [[ | + | * [[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]]) |
* [[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> | * [[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> | ||
− | * [[ | + | * [[Myron Ebell]] (climate denier) |
− | * [[ | + | * [[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) |
− | * [[ | + | * [[Reince Priebus]] |
+ | * [[Steve Bannon]] | ||
+ | * [[Tom Price]], secretary of Health and Human Services | ||
+ | * [[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) | ||
(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.) | (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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* '''2016-12-03''' [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]) | ||
+ | * '''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'] |
Revision as of 11:04, 15 January 2017
Administration
This list is incomplete.
Top positions:
- Mike Pence, Vice President
Others, in alphabetical order:
- Anthony Scaramucci, key advisor (hedge-fund manager)
- Carl Icahn, special advisor ("hedge fund titan")[1]
- 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)
- 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)
- Don McGahn, White House counsel (corruption personified)
- Frank Gaffney, transition team (right-wing conspiracy theorist)
- 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)
- KT McFarland, deputy national security adviser
- 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 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)
- 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)
- Michael Flynn, vice chair of the Trump transition, reportedly in line for a top national security post in the new administration (Retired Lt. General) [2]
- Myron Ebell (climate denier)
- 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)
- Reince Priebus
- Steve Bannon
- Tom Price, secretary of Health and Human Services
- 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)
(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
- 2017-01-13 Jason Chaffetz Doesn’t Care About Ethics (via): "The Republican in charge of government oversight wants to prohibit criticism of Trump's ethical violations."
- 2017-01-11 How Trump Misled America About His Plans for His Companies (via): more flat-out lies and reversals
- 2017-01-10 Intel chiefs presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him (via)
- 2017-01-09
- 2016-12-29 GOP zeroes in on changes to Medicaid (via and)
- 2016-12-25
- 2016-12-24 Jason Miller quits as newly named White House communications director after Trump staffer hints at sex scandal (via)
- 2016-12-22 Trump team asked State Department for info on women’s issues programs, sparking fears of another witch hunt (via)
- 2016-12-17 Donald Trump faces Senate backlash over 'cabinet of billionaires' (via)
- Trump invokes the fairness fallacy: "“... 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.” [...] 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.
- 2016-12-12
- 2016-12-03 Rodrigo Duterte Says Donald Trump Endorses His Violent Antidrug Campaign
- More about that campaign here: 2016-12-07 ‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’ (via)
- 2016-11-29 Media Fail To Explain The Impact of HHS Nominee Tom Price’s Health Care Agenda
- 2016-11-22
- Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on 'politicized science'
- 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."
- Yonatan Zunger adds some historical context, noting that Trump seems to be a willing supporter of the Republican Party's Lysenkoism
- In shift, Trump says humans may be causing global warming - so, which is it?
- Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on 'politicized science'
- 2016-11-21 Donald Trump’s media summit was a 'f---ing firing squad' (found)
- 2016-11-19 Read 'em and weep: A list of the current contenders for key jobs in Trump administration
- 2016-11-18 For foreign diplomats, Trump hotel is place to be (via): Trump will be profiting hugely from the inauguration. He has jacked up the prices and imposed a 5-day minimum stay.
- 2016-11-17 And Now We're Talking About Internment Camps? (via)
- 2016-11-16
- 2016-11-15
- 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..."
- Donald Trump’s Transition Team, Or Lack Thereof, Is Causing Real Panic (via)
- 2016-11-14
- 2016-11-13
- 2016-11-12
- 2016-11-11
- Automakers ask Trump not to make them produce electric cars in first lobbying effort since election (via)
- Paul Ryan just announced his plans to phase out Medicare with privatization using vouchers (via)
- Donald Trump, in Exclusive Interview, Tells WSJ He Is Willing to Keep Parts of Obama Health Law (via)
- Trump’s Real Immigration Policy (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."
- Paul Ryan just announced his plans to phase out Medicare with privatization using vouchers (via)
- 2016-11-10
- 2016-11-09 Even the Kremlin Might Be Shocked at President-Elect Donald Trump (via)
- 2016-09-26 Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic to Lead EPA Transition (via)
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