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The Week CEOs Bent the Knee to Trump​

Companies abandoned him after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. Now, they are rushing to curry favor with the president-elect as he prepares to return to the White House.​


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“… Gathered behind red velvet ropes were senior executives at Visa, Meta Platforms, Goldman Sachs, Charles Schwab and Citadel, according to people who were present. Real-estate and aerospace magnate Robert Bigelow was spotted in the crowd, as was investor Bill Ackman.

… Titans of the business world are rushing to make inroads with the president-elect, gambling that personal relationships with the next occupant of the Oval Office will help their bottom lines and spare them from Trump’s wrath.

In the weeks since the election, Trump and his advisers have been flooded with calls from c-suite executives who are eager to get face time with the president-elect and his team at Mar-a-Lago, the private Florida club where the transition team conducts much of its planning for the second term.

A business consultant close to Trump is advising corporate clients to engage with Trump in any way they can and emphasize common goals, such as tax and regulatory changes. Clients are already angling for spots on whatever business advisory panels the new president may form.

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Already, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund, and Jeff Bezos’ Amazon has also planned a $1 million contribution.

The day before Thanksgiving, Zuckerberg, the billionaire CEO, dined with the president-elect on a patio at Mar-a-Lago. At one point, Zuckerberg and other attendees stood, hand over heart, as the club played a rendition of the national anthem sung by imprisoned defendants who are accused of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, according to people familiar with the matter.

There was no announcement that the recording was by the Jan. 6th choir, one of the people said. Zuckerberg’s Facebook had suspended Trump’s account following the riot. …”

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“A US appeals court judge has taken the rare step of revoking his decision to retire from active service on the bench, depriving Donald Trump of the ability to fill a judicial vacancy.

US circuit judge James Wynn, an appointee of Barack Obama on the fourth US circuit court of appeals based in Richmond, Virginia, disclosed his decision in a letter to Joe Biden on Friday.

It marked the first time since Trump won the 5 November presidential election that a Democrat-appointed appellate judge has rescinded plans to take senior status, a form of semi-retirement for judges that creates vacancies presidents can fill.

Two trial court judges have similarly done so, prompting complaints by conservatives including Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, who railed about an “unprecedented” spate of judges un-retiring post-election.

Thom Tillis, the Republican senator who had fought to prevent Biden’s pick to fill Wynn’s seat from winning Senate confirmation, said on X that Wynn had engaged in a “blatant attempt to turn the judicial retirement system into a partisan game”. …”

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Judge revokes decision to retire, foiling Trump’s replacement plans

James Wynn takes rare step after two trial court judges do the same, prompting conservative complaints
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[This is why Republicans are particularly mad about this ]

“… Senate Democrats and Republicans post-election cut a deal that cleared the way for votes on about a dozen of Biden’s remaining trial court nominees in exchange for not pushing forward with four appellate court nominees, including Park.

A spokesperson for Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senate majority leader, has said all four lacked sufficient votes to be confirmed.

That left four seats without confirmed nominees that Trump could try to fill upon taking office on 20 January. But two vacancies were contingent upon two Democrat-appointed judges following through on their plans to leave active service.

Those judges included Wynn, 70, who in January announced plans to take senior status contingent upon a successor being confirmed. On Friday, he told Biden he had changed his mind.

“I apologize for any inconvenience I may have caused,” Wynn wrote.

The Article III Project, a group run by Trump ally Mike Davis, late Friday announced it had meanwhile filed judicial misconduct complaints against the two trial court judges who likewise rescinded retirement plans post-election.

Those judges are the US district judge Max Cogburn in North Carolina and the US district judge Algenon Marbley in Ohio. Neither responded to requests for comment. …”

www.theguardian.com

Judge revokes decision to retire, foiling Trump’s replacement plans

James Wynn takes rare step after two trial court judges do the same, prompting conservative complaints
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WaynetheDrain said:
He’s a fucking rapist. And you voted for him.

Stop trying to justify the fact that you’re the kind of prick that would vote for a rapist in order to own the libs.

If you’re going to be a scumbag, at least be man enough to admit it.
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15M settlement says otherwise. No one thinks Trump “raped” Carroll.
 
Ramrouser said:
15M settlement says otherwise. No one thinks Trump “raped” Carroll.
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It says the legal verdict was not rape. A lot of people think he raped her. Isn't it correct the the statute of limitations had run out on bringing legal charges? Iow, you're doing the typical misrepresentation and outright lie BS, aren't you?
 
Ramrouser said:
15M settlement says otherwise. No one thinks Trump “raped” Carroll.
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The judge in the case said that the assault amounted to rape in the colloquial sense of the word but not under the arcane NY law. So you are correct that he was not found liable for rape, he was found liable for sexual assault of forcibly penetrating the victim with his digits (she couldn’t tell whether it was his penis or his fingers, which is why the jury found him liable on the lesser assault charge).

But your response points out the kneel to Zod supplication by ABC.
 
nycfan said:

Trump eyes privatizing U.S. Postal Service, citing financial losses​

Trump feuded with the mail agency in his first term. Privatizing it could shake up consumer shipping and business supply chains.

“President-elect Donald Trump has expressed a keen interest in privatizing the U.S. Postal Service in recent weeks, three people with knowledge of the matter said, a move that could shake up consumer shipping and business supply chains and push hundreds of thousands of federal workers out of the government.

Trump has discussed his desire to overhaul the Postal Service at his Mar-a-Lago estate with Howard Lutnick, his pick for commerce secretary and the co-chair of his presidential transition, the people said. Earlier this month, Trump also convened a group of transition officials to ask for their views on privatizing the agency, one of the people said.

Told of the mail agency’s annual financial losses, Trump said the government should not subsidize the organization, the people said. …”
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It's a public service. It's not supposed to make money.
 
StrangePackage said:
It's a public service. It's not supposed to make money.
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Do they still have that unrealistic pension funding plan? I think that's what it was. Seems like at one time they were having to fund employee pensions/retirements or something like that atypically in advance.
 
Ramrouser said:
15M settlement says otherwise. No one thinks Trump “raped” Carroll.
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The settlement doesn't exonerate him. It simply says that ABC used incorrect statement in relation to that one case. You are a lawyer, you know this goes no further than that specific case.

My understanding is that several women accused him, but for one reason or another they didn't go to court. Why doesn't he sue all of them if he really didn't do anything? He has the money to go after them if they are lying.
 
aGDevil2k said:
You have a sad little existence
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Au contraire. Actually having a wonderful time today relaxing at my beach house. Things are looking up for Heels’ bb team and UNC just hired GOAT Belichick!

Trump is on an absolute ROLL. Notice the fun that was had by all at the Army Navy game.
 
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