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Trump’s team skips FBI background checks for some Cabinet picks​



“… Trump and his allies believe the FBI system is slow and plagued with issues that could stymie the president-elect’s plan to quickly begin the work of implementing his agenda, people briefed on the plans said. Critics say the intrusive background checks sometimes turn up embarrassing information used to inflict political damage.

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Ultimately, the president has the final authority on who he nominates and decides to share intelligence with, regardless of the established protocol set in the wake of World War II to make sure those selections don’t have unknown foreign ties or other issues that could raise national security concerns.

But circumventing background checks would be bucking a long-established norm in Washington. It also reflects Trump’s deep mistrust of the national security establishment, which he derides as the Deep State. Sources say he has privately questioned the need for law enforcement background checks.

Dan Meyer, a national security attorney in Washington, DC, said the incoming Trump administration “doesn’t want harmony.” They “don’t want the FBI to coordinate a norm; they want to hammer the norm,” he said. …”
 
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“… Gabbard notably met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Syria in 2017, and said in 2019 that he was “not an enemy of the United States.”

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In early 2022, she echoed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rationale for the country’s invasion of Ukraine, pinning the blame not on Moscow but on the Biden administration’s failure to acknowledge “Russia’s legitimate security concerns regarding Ukraine’s becoming a member of NATO” — a popular strain of thought in some right-wing circles.

In addition to the confirmation process, FBI background checks are used to vet nominees for a security clearance, which an attorney general nominee is required to have to do the job.

As president, Trump could bypass the process and order Gaetz to be granted a security clearance, as he did in his first term to grant a clearance to his son-in-law Jared Kushner after the approval languished amid questions about potential conflicts of interest.

Trump ordered clearances to be granted to about 25 people whose applications were initially denied for possible national security concerns, CNN previously reported. …”
 
Background on RJK Jr’s involvement in anti-vax movement in Samoa that led to a deadly measles outbreak:





 
HeelingAg said:
I think nearly all evidence suggests it will be substantially more chaotic and dysfunctional.
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And when it all implodes they'll
nycfan said:


“It’s simply that Matt Gaetz has a very long, steep hill to get across the finish line,” said Sen. Kevin Cramer (R., N.D.). “And it will require the spending of a lot of capital, and you just have to ask: if you could get him across the finish line, was it worth the cost?”
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LOL. I'll believe that four GOP Senators have enough spine to challenge the whims of Dear Leader when (if) it actually happens. My guess is they'll rationalize supporting him and these other loons somehow, much as Lindsey Graham did a couple of days ago. Although it would be funny if Gaetz didn't get confirmed and couldn't return to his House seat. Of course Trump will probably just appoint him as a permanent "temporary" acting AG and let it go at that.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
And when it all implodes they'll

LOL. I'll believe that four GOP Senators have enough spine to challenge the whims of Dear Leader when (if) it actually happens. My guess is they'll rationalize supporting him and these other loons somehow, much as Lindsey Graham did a couple of days ago. Although it would be funny if Gaetz didn't get confirmed and couldn't return to his House seat. Of course Trump will probably just appoint him as a permanent "temporary" acting AG and let it go at that.
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I tend to agree. But they need to pay attention to the devil in the details of the recess appointment scheme. If Trump calls a recess because the Speaker and Senate leader plot to “disagree” about the Congressional recess and Trump uses Article II power to force a recess, then it’s Trump who will get to decide when to call them back into session (at least during this session/year). That is a tempting power to put in the hands of a day one dictator.
 


“… Even some Senate Republicans expressed doubts.

“He’s got his work cut out for him,” Senator Joni Ernst, an Iowa Republican who was believed to have been on Mr. Trump’s short list for the defense secretary job, said of Mr. Hegseth on Wednesday.

[Ernst won’t buck Trump]

… Senator Todd Young, Republican of Indiana, said he was excited about many of Mr. Trump’s nominees. But when it came to Mr. Hegseth, he said, “I don’t know much about his background or vision.”

[So that’s a yes]

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During a recent podcast interview, Mr. Hegseth said that Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the senior military adviser to the president, should be fired for being too “woke.” He has also said that “we should not have women in combat roles.”

Mr. Hegseth, one senior Pentagon official said on Thursday, has instead sought to project the image of the Jack Nicholson character in the film “A Few Good Men,” who dramatically proclaims: “You want me on that wall.” …”

Jack Nicholson You Cant Handle The Truth GIF
 
The pro-tariff forces are beginning their push to replace federal income tax with tariffs.



But they aren’t all on the same page about how tariffs will “really” work.





[Cao has been mentioned as possibly one of Hegseth’s deputies at Defense]
 


Hint hint

Though reports are that people have seen way more of Melania at MAL, where she is a frequent dining companion of Musk.
 
So magas hated ev's and now they love them because musk blows trump?

Dems loved teslas now hate them because musk blows trump?

Hmmm
 
nycfan said:

Trump’s team skips FBI background checks for some Cabinet picks​



“… Trump and his allies believe the FBI system is slow and plagued with issues that could stymie the president-elect’s plan to quickly begin the work of implementing his agenda, people briefed on the plans said. Critics say the intrusive background checks sometimes turn up embarrassing information used to inflict political damage.

…
Ultimately, the president has the final authority on who he nominates and decides to share intelligence with, regardless of the established protocol set in the wake of World War II to make sure those selections don’t have unknown foreign ties or other issues that could raise national security concerns.

But circumventing background checks would be bucking a long-established norm in Washington. It also reflects Trump’s deep mistrust of the national security establishment, which he derides as the Deep State. Sources say he has privately questioned the need for law enforcement background checks.

Dan Meyer, a national security attorney in Washington, DC, said the incoming Trump administration “doesn’t want harmony.” They “don’t want the FBI to coordinate a norm; they want to hammer the norm,” he said. …”
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Trump is ignoring some long-established but ultimately unwritten norm? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.
 
nycfan said:
www.nytimes.com

U.S. Farmers Brace for New Trump Trade Wars Amid Tariff Threats

Despite their concerns, some farm operators still support the former president and prefer his overall economic plan.
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U.S. Farmers Brace for New Trump Trade Wars Amid Tariff Threats​

Despite their concerns, some farm operators still support the former president and prefer his overall economic plan.

"...As president, Mr. Trump imposed tariffs in 2018 and 2019 on $300 billion of Chinese imports, a punishment he wielded in order to get China to negotiate a trade deal with the United States. His action triggered a trade war between Washington and Beijing, with China slapping retaliatory tariffs on American products. It also shifted more of its soybean purchases to Brazil and Argentina, hurting U.S. soybean farmers who had long relied on the Chinese market.

When Mr. Trump finally announced a limited trade deal in 2019, American farmers were frazzled and subsisting on subsidies that the Trump administration had handed out to keep them afloat.

Now it could happen all over again.

... Mr. Trump remains popular in rural America, and voters such as Mr. Bowman say they are weighing a variety of factors as they consider whom to vote for.

...American agricultural groups, bracing for the worst, have been warning against the kinds of tariffs that Mr. Trump envisions.

China is the biggest market for U.S. soybean exports and a major buyer of corn. A study published this month, commissioned by the American Soybean Association and the National Corn Growers Association, found that a new trade war with China could cause U.S. soybean and corn exports to China to drop once again.

If China retaliated with a 60 percent tariff on U.S. corn, soybeans and soybean products, American soybean and corn growers could lose as much as $7.3 billion in combined annual production value. ...

The trade war with China, which lasted from 2018 to 2019, resulted in billions of dollars of lost revenue for American farmers. To help offset the losses, Mr. Trump handed out $23 billion in subsidies from a fund that the Department of Agriculture created to stabilize the farm sector. But that attempt to mitigate the damage was not viewed as a total success. Large farm operations and farmers in the south benefited the most, fueling concerns about fairness and leaving some farmers feeling cheated.

A second trade war could once again require Mr. Trump to compensate farmers — a reality that could complicate his stated plan to use tariff revenue to replace tax revenue. ..."
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Of course the Trump farmer base is pulling for tariffs. They know they will just get bailed out. Why would you ever work when the government gives you free money not to?

Isn't that the anti-welfare queen thing we are supposed to saying? Maybe some Republicans can help me with the messaging on it as I am new to this...
 
OGtruthhurts said:
So magas hated ev's and now they love them because musk blows trump?

Dems loved teslas now hate them because musk blows trump?

Hmmm
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Don't know about everybody but my son went from looking at Teslas three years ago to calling him an evil super villain 6 months later and bemoaning the fact that his best options for his solar system was Tesla batteries. Being a pragmatic type, he bought the batteries and ditched the car idea. Musk's bromance with Trump wasn't obvious at the time so I think Musk earned much of the contempt on his own.
 
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