Donald Trump/pre-presidency
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- 2017-01-13
- Jason Chaffetz vs. the Office of Government Ethics:
- Jason Chaffetz Doesn’t Care About Ethics (via): "The Republican in charge of government oversight wants to prohibit criticism of Trump's ethical violations."
- Republicans threaten to subpoena ethics director for daring to criticize Trump (via)
- Head of D.C. National Guard to be removed from post in middle of inauguration (via)
- Jason Chaffetz vs. the Office of Government Ethics:
- 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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