Trump47 Cabinet Picks | RFK Jr confirmed 52-48

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It is so sad that these GOPers in Congress are so afraid of Trump. Dr. Cassidy just violated his Hippocratic Oath:

" I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous."
No he didn't. You see, he obtained a completely unenforceable promise from the man that he would not do what he has spent his whole life doing, that he said repeatedly while running for president that he would do, and has a financial interest in continuing to do so.

That's good enough for Hippocrates, isn't it?
 
Except Gaetz, who is now the moral floor for the GOP.
I considered adding the phrase "that come to a vote" to my first sentence but didn't bother. Gaetz was so laughably unfit and unqualified that he doesn't even count, imo. He was a sacrificial lamb to give Senate Pubs moral cover to confirm the remaining shitshow nominees. Even so, Pub pols are so beholden to Trump that I think a confirmation vote for Gaetz would have been close.
 


So they probably pass 53-47 instead of 54-46. I honestly cannot believe those two, Hegseth and Patel will be confirmed.
 


So they probably pass 53-47 instead of 54-46. I honestly cannot believe those two, Hegseth and Patel will be confirmed.

I can’t think of a single high ground the GOP maintains. Not moral. Not economic. Not national security. Not foreign relations. Not states rights. Not representative democracy. Not the rule of law. The GOP has descended to the gutter on every single important metric, except maintaining power. That speaks poorly of the country as a whole, but god damn is it an indictment of a once proud party. Just a bunch of crooks, foreign agents and compulsive liars now.
 
President Donald Trump's Department of Transportation just dealt a blow to a key federal program that funds the rollout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the U.S.

In a letter to state transportation departments titled "Suspending Approval of State Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plans," the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) notified states that their previously approved plans to deploy charging infrastructure under the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program were no longer valid.

Under the NEVI program, states need to submit plans to the FHWA ahead of each fiscal year, outlining how they plan to use the funds they're entitled to for that year. During the Biden administration, the FHWA approved the first four (out of five) years of state plans, for fiscal years 2022 through 2025. Although that roughly $3.3 billion in funding was essentially unlocked by states, much of it has not yet been spent or committed ("obligated," in government speak) to projects.

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The DOT's latest move could end up getting sorted out by the courts as well. NEVI funding was appropriated by Congress through the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the program can't be wiped away or indefinitely paused with the stroke of a pen. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 says a president can't stand in the way of funding appropriated by Congress.
 
Tulsi Gabbard, Hegseth, RFK Jr - all fine candidates to GOP. This woman however, wholely unqualified for the job. Good thing Republicans are the party of the working man now.


“I’m not going to support her,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a senior member of the committee that will oversee her nomination, told NBC News on Monday. “I’m the national spokesman and lead author of the right-to-work bill. Her support for the PRO Act, which would not only oppose national right to work but would pre-empt state law on right to work — I think it’s not a good thing.
"And it’d be sort of hard for me, since it’s a big issue for me, to support her. So I won’t support her. I think she’ll lose 15 Republicans,” Paul said, predicting she would win some Democrats because “she’s very pro-labor.”


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The stark opposition from a Republican senator who is otherwise aligned with Trump points to the challenges ahead for Chavez-DeRemer, an unorthodox GOP pick who supported the PRO Act, which would beef up labor protections for employees to collectively bargain and expand the scope of what counts as an unfair labor practice. She has also earned qualified praise from traditionally Democratic-aligned labor groups, including the AFL-CIO.

For the same reasons, Chavez-DeRemer has drawn deep skepticism from the business lobby, which has had a strong relationship with Republicans for many years.

“My biggest concern going into a new Trump administration is the dramatic shift on labor unions, traditionally a large Democratic fundraising base,” a veteran business lobbyist said. “The nominee for labor secretary has shown previous support for anti-employer rights legislation, and there is no reason to believe that she won’t put people and policies in place to enact new employment regulations that restrict employer’s rights.
 
Tulsi Gabbard, Hegseth, RFK Jr - all fine candidates to GOP. This woman however, wholely unqualified for the job. Good thing Republicans are the party of the working man now.


“I’m not going to support her,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a senior member of the committee that will oversee her nomination, told NBC News on Monday. “I’m the national spokesman and lead author of the right-to-work bill. Her support for the PRO Act, which would not only oppose national right to work but would pre-empt state law on right to work — I think it’s not a good thing.
"And it’d be sort of hard for me, since it’s a big issue for me, to support her. So I won’t support her. I think she’ll lose 15 Republicans,” Paul said, predicting she would win some Democrats because “she’s very pro-labor.”


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The stark opposition from a Republican senator who is otherwise aligned with Trump points to the challenges ahead for Chavez-DeRemer, an unorthodox GOP pick who supported the PRO Act, which would beef up labor protections for employees to collectively bargain and expand the scope of what counts as an unfair labor practice. She has also earned qualified praise from traditionally Democratic-aligned labor groups, including the AFL-CIO.

For the same reasons, Chavez-DeRemer has drawn deep skepticism from the business lobby, which has had a strong relationship with Republicans for many years.

“My biggest concern going into a new Trump administration is the dramatic shift on labor unions, traditionally a large Democratic fundraising base,” a veteran business lobbyist said. “The nominee for labor secretary has shown previous support for anti-employer rights legislation, and there is no reason to believe that she won’t put people and policies in place to enact new employment regulations that restrict employer’s rights.
Great opportunity for Dems to hit them hard on labor issues. Especially if she ends up not being confirmed.
 
I’m not sure where to put this but I found it amusing:


Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is bringing the name Bragg back to one of the Army’s largest bases, Fort Liberty, which replaced the namesake of a Confederate general in 2023.

But in a memorandum signed Monday, Hegseth instructed the Army to rename the North Carolina military installation in honor of a different Bragg: Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a World War II veteran who was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart for extraordinary bravery during the Battle of the Bulge, according to a statement from Pentagon press secretary John Ullyot
 
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