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Trump's plan for Vance is apparently to send him into situations where the optics are too bad even for Trump.


Vice President-elect JD Vance has convened a meeting in the US Capitol with Matt Gaetz, Trump’s pick for attorney general, designed so they can meet with Republican senators to build support for his confirmation.

Gaetz is facing serious questions of misconduct so the meetings are particularly important for him to explain why he deserves senators’ support.

Vance and Gaetz are huddled in The Strom Thurmond Room, just off the Capitol Rotunda. The meetings are taking place there for security purposes so Vance, in particular, doesn’t need to move around the Capitol complex to meet senators in their offices.
 
nycfan said:
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In Trumpworld, her lack of a degree and total lack of qualifications are actually her main qualifications for the post. They don't want qualified, experienced, competent candidates. They want people who will be blindly loyal to the program, will follow Dear Leader's orders absolutely, and are willing to cut all of these departments to the bone while also turning them into partisan weapons to be used against liberals "infesting" those agencies, and society generally (say, like public school teachers or college professors). Her lack of credibilty and qualifications for the job are what makes her perfect for the job in Trump's eyes. I've said it before, but we're witnessing the final Trump GOP assault on the idea of experts and expertise being an in important component of our society and economy.
 
ZenMode said:
With the Laken Riley trial starting, illegal immigration is going to be a big topic. The fact that Laken's killer sneaked into the country, committed multiple crimes, wasn't deported and eventually committed murder, is a problem, IMO. People who go to the ports of entry, and follow the correct process, should be on a short leash. People who sneak in should be on an even shorter leash. He should have been returned to Venezuela before he had a chance to kill Laken.
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On a positive note, the piece of shit was found guilty on all charges.

Jose Ibarra found guilty on all charges related to Laken Riley’s murder​

 
lawtig02 said:
Vice President-elect JD Vance has convened a meeting in the US Capitol with Matt Gaetz, Trump’s pick for attorney general, designed so they can meet with Republican senators to build support for his confirmation.
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How exactly does one build support for the confirmation? What argument can possibly be advanced that this guy is not the worst choice imaginable?

I'm guessing this is more of a threatening session than consensus seeking.
 
superrific said:
How exactly does one build support for the confirmation? What argument can possibly be advanced that this guy is not the worst choice imaginable?

I'm guessing this is more of a threatening session than consensus seeking.
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I think Trump's almost hoping a few Pub senators will balk. That will make it even easier for him to pivot to the recess approach.
 


Et tu NY Post?

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“… Gabbard backed the Iran deal, and said the Soleimani killing undermined our national security.

She’s been sympathetic to dictators in Syria and Russia, instead blaming the victims of violence like Ukraine and Israel.

She’s speaking softly and carrying no stick.

There’s a real fear that Gabbard won’t provide Trump with the intelligence he needs, but rather downplay threats with the intention of isolationism.

Trump has shown that he can balance the demands of a threatening world while working to avoid dragging America into another unnecessary war.

He can only do that if he’s given frank assessments by a dispassionate intelligence officer.

Tulsi Gabbard is not that person.

Gaetz must go​

But even worse is Matt Gaetz, Trump’s nominee for attorney general.

After years of Russia, Russia, Russia, no one has more reason to dislike the Department of Justice than Trump.

We can understand him wanting to throw a hand grenade into a system that investigated parents at school board meetings but turned a blind eye to migrant gangs.

But we don’t want him to be blown up by his own grenade.

Gaetz may provide the disruption, but he has neither the ethics nor the discipline to rebuild a proper system that will pursue fair prosecutions.

The congressman may have convinced Trump that he is the subject of “lawfare,” but it’s obvious all he wants is an escape hatch.

And Gaetz’s own run-in with the law diminishes how the Dems relentlessly hounded Trump.

He resigned from Congress before the release of an ethics report that reportedly accuses him of having sex with underage girls at drug-fueled parties.

His own colleagues say he’s a sleaze.

Neither Gabbard nor Gaetz are singular figures for what Trump wants to accomplish.

There are plenty of people who can cast a jaundiced eye at our intelligence services and purge the Department of Justice of bias — and do so without a bus full of baggage.

Both represent a bigger problem than their own faults reflect. …”

nypost.com

Please, Mr. President, ditch this dreadful duo — Gabbard and Gaetz

In January 2017, just a short week after taking office for the first time, President Trump had already issued 19 executive actions, and this paper dubbed him DON NONSTOP.
nypost.com nypost.com
 
lawtig02 said:
I think Trump's almost hoping a few Pub senators will balk. That will make it even easier for him to pivot to the recess approach.
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If Trump is playing any 3D chess here, it's not for this reason. It's because the Gabbard and Gaetz selections are sucking up the oxygen that would otherwise go toward the appointment of a talk show host to lead the military.

And I suspect that latter one is Trump's most cherished. Trump realizes that the military is the main obstacle to his total power.

But a more likely explanation is that Trump wants Gaetz as attorney general.
 
superrific said:
If Trump is playing any 3D chess here, it's not for this reason. It's because the Gabbard and Gaetz selections are sucking up the oxygen that would otherwise go toward the appointment of a talk show host to lead the military.

And I suspect that latter one is Trump's most cherished. Trump realizes that the military is the main obstacle to his total power.

But a more likely explanation is that Trump wants Gaetz as attorney general.
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I think it's all of the above. Trump has zero intention of backing off any of these nominations. He's choosing the sycophants he wants in those roles. And if he has to formally neuter the Senate his own party controls to do it, all the better.
 


I don't know whether this maneuver would work or if there are counter-measures to quash it (usually, there are ways to table something like this, but not sure how the rules apply in this Congress).
 
BlooVooDoo said:
It is good. It’s also a great example of how quickly the wheels of are capable of moving when the defendant isn’t allowed to delay trial for several years.
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Apparently his defense requested a bench trial to avoid the new DA coming in who likely would have made it a death penalty case. Also felt that their defense was on having some evidence suppressed (which wasn't), but that they will argue against that on appeal so better to get on to the appeal phase.
 
heelinhell said:
What can UNC expect given RFK's antipathy toward NIH ?

Currently UNC receives 522 million/yr in NIH funding...

UNC School of Medicine Ranks 6th in NIH Funding for Public Universities | Newsroom

All six basic science departments rank in the top 10 in National Institutes of Health funding for federal fiscal year 2023, including the Department of Genetics, which is ranked 1st among public schools. Eleven clinical departments rank in the top 30.
news.unchealthcare.org news.unchealthcare.org

www.insidehighered.com

What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said about the NIH

Trump’s pick for health and human services secretary aims to disrupt the National Institutes of Health, the country’s top funder of academic research. Doctors and public health officials have condemned the choice.
www.insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com
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This will certainly impact my coworkers.
 
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