🇺🇸 The Damage Report: Trump Policy Updates

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Trump taps former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle as US ambassador to Greece

Guilfoyle, whose nomination would require Senate confirmation, has not served in any foreign policy or diplomacy role

www.theguardian.com

 

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Trump picks Maga darling Harmeet Dhillon to lead civil rights cases at DoJ

Ardent Trump supporter took on culture-war cases as San Francisco lawyer and filed lawsuits over election ‘integrity’

www.theguardian.com

 

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Hannity claims Pete Hegseth was ‘fully exonerated’ of sexual assault

Pete Hegseth also discussed his ‘great’ meeting with Sen. Ernst and insisted he’s looking forward to his FBI background check

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Donald Trump names Mark Paoletta general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget

The Office of Management and Budget is a gatekeeper for all federal spending and reviews policy changes.

www.usatoday.com

 

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Hope he doesn't get confirmed.

It's looking like Pete Hegseth won't get confirmed. Hopefully the same will happen with Kash Patel.

 

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It's looking like Pete Hegseth won't get confirmed. Hopefully the same will happen with Kash Patel.

I was getting concerned about Hegseth because Trump seems to be applying pressure.

 

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Another one of the Finest People.

 

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C-SPAN host fact-checks Republican who says Hegseth doesn’t know who his accuser is

C-SPAN’s Mimi Geerges tried to remind Rep. McCormick that Hegseth has actually paid a settlement to the woman accusing him of sexual assault, only for McCormick to double down.

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Trump’s border czar reveals which city is first for mass deportations

Tom Homan told Democratic officials to ‘get the hell out of the way’ of his sweeping anti-immigrant agenda

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Trump’s border czar reveals which city is first for mass deportations

Tom Homan told Democratic officials to ‘get the hell out of the way’ of his sweeping anti-immigrant agenda

www.independent.co.uk

Nice. Going to be a crap show.

 

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'A Gift to the Oligarchs': Trump Pick to Replace Lina Khan Vowed to End 'War on Mergers' | Common Dreams

Andrew Ferguson, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Trade Commission vowed in his pitch to lead the key agency that he would end current chair Lina Khan's "war on mergers."

www.commondreams.org

 

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Incoming FTC Chair: I Will Stop All These Investigations That I Falsely Claim Are Politically Motivated In Order To Launch My Own Openly Politically Motivated Investigations

On Tuesday, Trump announced Andrew Ferguson as the next chair of the Federal Trade Commission, elevating him from his current commissioner role. Ferguson’s plans for the agency, laid out in a…

www.techdirt.com

 

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Ontario premier: US energy exports will be cut off if Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on Canada

Doug Ford spokesperson Grace Lee noted 49% of Ontario’s electricity exports were to Michigan.

www.detroitnews.com

 

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Pete Hegseth Is a Threat to Veterans' Health Care and Benefits

The former Fox News host Hegseth claims veterans are getting unnecessary disability benefits and wants to privatize their health care.

www.rollingstone.com

 

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Pete Hegseth decried out gay troops in US military as part of Marxist agenda

Trump’s embattled secretary of defence nominee expresses contentious views on gay service members in latest book

www.theguardian.com

 

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Saw a report that several Republicans in the house and senate are threatening to impeach Trump once officially president if he inacts the tariffs on Canada and if Canada goes through with its threat to cut off power to several US states, they are already in fighting and he isnt even President yet.

 

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Saw a report that several Republicans in the house and senate are threatening to impeach Trump once officially president if he inacts the tariffs on Canada and if Canada goes through with its threat to cut off power to several US states, they are already in fighting and he isnt even President yet.

I doubt very much that Trump will be impeached by a Republican-controlled House and Senate at some point next year, but it's nice to see Republicans fighting amongst themselves already.

 

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They are going out of their way not to cut something that affects them. There better be a loud outcry against this.

 

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Kash Patel claims he played a major role in the Benghazi case. Former colleagues say he didn’t.

Is Trump's pick to be FBI chief pushing his own fake news?

www.motherjones.com

 

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Saw a report that several Republicans in the house and senate are threatening to impeach Trump once officially president if he inacts the tariffs on Canada and if Canada goes through with its threat to cut off power to several US states, they are already in fighting and he isnt even President yet.

Good. Hope there's enough disruption that it doesn't get done. He's already backed off of other campaign promises.

 

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In another Trump trade war, farmers could lose billions in export sales

In another Trump trade war, farmers could be the losers as China and other countries retaliate with tariffs on U.S. agricultural products.

www.usatoday.com

 

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In another Trump trade war, farmers could lose billions in export sales

In another Trump trade war, farmers could be the losers as China and other countries retaliate with tariffs on U.S. agricultural products.

www.usatoday.com

Trump never thinks about consequences.

 

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Dr. Mehmet Oz had up to $33 million in companies doing business with agency he'd run

Dr. Mehmet Oz is Trump’s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz held stocks in companies doing business with Medicare.

www.usatoday.com