🇺🇸 The Damage Report: Trump Policy Updates

[MessiahDecoy123]

This thread is to keep up to date on recent Trump policies including appointments.

 

[blueharvest]

This is a good idea. I don't know how much damage Donald Trump is going to do over the next four years, but I'm sure it's going to be pretty extensive.

 

[squeekness]

I'm hoping people get the message quickly enough to make a blue wave in the mid terms. That should slow Trump down.

 

[blueharvest]

Trump wants to stack the DOJ’s leadership with his personal lawyers

The incoming president appears committed to placing awesome prosecutorial power in the hands of his loyalists.

www.vox.com

 

[blueharvest]

The Trump Cabinet picks who seriously threaten democracy — and the ones who don’t

Some of Trump’s picks are normal. Others look a lot like choices made by authoritarians abroad.

www.vox.com

 

[blueharvest]

Trump transition team compiling list of current and former U.S. military officers for possible courts-martial

All of the officers were involved in the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which independent reviews have blamed on both the Trump and Biden administrations.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Nothing ominous-sounding about that...

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

I'm hoping people get the message quickly enough to make a blue wave in the mid terms. That should slow Trump down.

It won't slow Trump enough, though. Especially if the Republicans have control of both the House and Srnate, too.

 

[squeekness]

Trump wants to stack the DOJ’s leadership with his personal lawyers

The incoming president appears committed to placing awesome prosecutorial power in the hands of his loyalists.

www.vox.com

If the Dems did this they would be freaking out.

 

[squeekness]

Nothing ominous-sounding about that...

WTF? What extinction event are we talking about here? Trump's desire to press the big red button?

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

The man doesn't believe in using a scalpel, eh?

 

[blueharvest]

Musk publicly supports Lutnick for treasury secretary as Trump considers pick

Musk’s comments on X supporting candidate comes amid anxiety over entrepreneur’s proximity to Trump

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Dr. Deborah Birx says she is "excited" for data-driven discussions in RFK Jr.'s confirmation hearings

Dr. Deborah Birx, former White House Coronavirus response coordinator, said Sunday she is "excited" for the data on key health issues that will surface in Senate confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Gabbard's sympathetic views toward Russia cause alarm as Trump's pick to lead intelligence services

Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence is facing scrutiny over her past remarks that supported Kremlin propaganda about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Trump’s likely FCC chair wrote Project 2025 chapter on how he’d run the agency

Brendan Carr wants to preserve data caps, punish NBC, and give money to SpaceX.

arstechnica.com

 

[blueharvest]

The man doesn't believe in using a scalpel, eh?

No. A chainsaw or ax, more than likely.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

All they want to do is make money off the taxpayers and break stuff.

 

[blueharvest]

Musk is fighting with top Trump adviser on cabinet picks

Tensions are reportedly boiling over as the billionaire clashes over White House roles

www.independent.co.uk

 

[squeekness]

Musk is fighting with top Trump adviser on cabinet picks

Tensions are reportedly boiling over as the billionaire clashes over White House roles

www.independent.co.uk

Good. Let them chew each other to bits instead of us.

 

[blueharvest]

Trump considers relocating EPA headquarters, raising staff retention concerns

President-elect Donald Trump’s team is weighing a plan to move the EPA’s headquarters out of Washington, sparking fears of staff departures and agency disruption.Kevin Bogardus reports for E&E; News.In short:Trump’s transition team is exploring relocating the EPA headquarters from Washington as...

www.ehn.org

 

[blueharvest]

Donald Trump's Deportation Plan Causes 'Panic' Among Farmers Who Can't Find Enough Workers - Thenewsglobe.net

(Bloomberg) -- President-elect Donald Trump’s threat of mass deportations risks hurting US agriculture, dealing an additional blow to a sector already

thenewsglobe.net