Thursday, December 22, 2016

Keep Checking Back! Trump incompetent appointments





The Other 98%
Yikes!


CIA DIRECTOR? 

 link.

Trump’s pick to lead the CIA is a dangerous religious extremist who believes Christianity is at war with Islam.


 The Intellectualist shared a link.

New York Magazine: Kellyanne Conway believes that our 
constitutional system…

THEINTELLECTUALIST.CO

No, Kellyanne. Donald Trump delegitimaizes HIMSELF.
He does so every time he tweets about major world events like a hormonal 13 year old, appoints someone with ZERO qualifications to an office that will affect the life of millions of people, and every time he assumes that laws are for US while he rules by Divine Right!


Occupy Democrats

The legendary writer hit the nail on the head.



WHO CAN KEEP TRACK? 

LIST TO BE UPDATED







Are there any words to describe this Anti-Science embrace of IGNORANCE?
Another INCOMPETENT APPOINTMENT!
Instead of leading the World, the US is rushing to become the Most Ignorant, unable to compete.....anyone notice how other nations emphasize EDUCATION?


In a Facebook post, Mick Mulvaney cast doubt on government funds 
for research into Zika and other diseases.
MOTHERJONES.COM



Trump's Pick for Budget Director Isn't Sure the Government Should Fund Scientific Research

In a Facebook post, Mick Mulvaney cast doubt on government funds for research into Zika and other diseases.



Mick Mulvaney, the ultra-conservative South Carolina congressman whom Donald Trump has tapped to be his budget director, has questioned whether the federal government should spend any money on scientific research.

If confirmed by the Senate to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Mulvaney, a deficit hawk who recently spoke before a chapter of the right-wing-fringe John Birch Society, would be in charge of crafting Trump's budget and overseeing the functioning of federal agencies. One thing he seems to believe the budget and the agencies should not be funding is research into diseases like the Zika virus.
Two weeks before Congress finally passed more than $1 billion to fight the spread of Zika and its effects, Mulvaney questioned whether the government should fund any scientific research. "[D]o we need government-funded research at all," he wrote in a Facebook post on September 9 unearthed by the Democratic opposition research group American Bridge. Mulvaney appears to have deleted his Facebook page since then.
In the post, he justified his position on government-funded research by questioning the scientific consensus that Zika causes the birth defect microcephaly. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concluded in April that the Zika virus causes microcephaly and other defects. But Mulvaney wrote:
And before you inundate me with pictures of children with birth defects, consider this:
Brazil's microcephaly epidemic continues to pose a mystery -- if Zika is the culprit, why are there no similar epidemics in countries also hit hard by the virus? In Brazil, the microcephaly rate soared with more than 1,500 confirmed cases. But in Colombia, a recent study of nearly 12,000 pregnant women infected with Zika found zero microcephaly cases. If Zika is to blame for microcephaly, where are the missing cases? According to a new report from the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI), the number of missing cases in Colombia and elsewhere raises serious questions about the assumed connection between Zika and microcephaly.
According to the New York Times, the relatively low rate of microcephaly in Colombia has indeed puzzled some researchers, who point to the fact that many women likely delayed pregnancy or had abortions when testing revealed the birth defect. But that doesn't change the scientific consensus linking Zika to microcephaly.
Here's the full post from Mulvaney:

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/12/trumps-pick-budget-director-isnt-sure-government-should-fund-scientific-research



Actual Nazis, not even just neo-Nazi knockoffs, but members of a political party founded by Austrian Nazis from the genuine Third Reich,are meeting with our incoming administration. And this, no Democrats have been able to figure out a way to protect us from. This, the FBI apparently welcomes.
If you aren't scared of what's coming, you're either not paying attention, or you're also an actual Nazi, or you're a blithering dingbat. Those are the options.






Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn meets with NAZI Heinz-Christian Strache.

An Austrian far-right party signed an agreement with Vladimir Putin's party and recently met with Donald J. Trump's national security adviser.

Austria’s Freedom Party leader also reported, on Facebook, 
that he had recently met with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s 
pick for national security adviser.
NYTIMES.COM|BY ALISON SMALE

 Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke, a retired Navy SEAL commander


But when Zinke was a mid-career officer at SEAL Team 6, he was caught traveling multiple times to Montana in 1998 and 1999 to renovate his home. Zinke claimed that the travel was for official duties, according to the sources.
He submitted travel vouchers and was compensated for the travel costs.
Two SEAL officers investigated Zinke’s records and discovered a yearslong “pattern of travel fraud,” according to two of the sources. When confronted about the trips, Zinke acknowledged that he spent the time repairing and restoring a home in Whitefish, Montana, and visiting his mother, according to two retired SEAL Team 6 leaders. The future lawmaker eventually told SEAL leaders that the Montana house was where he intended to live after he retired from the Navy.
After Zinke was caught and warned, he continued to travel home and submit the expenses to the Navy. The offense would normally have been serious enough to have ended Zinke’s career, but senior officers at SEAL Team 6 did not formally punish him. Zinke could have been referred for criminal charges, or subjected to a nonjudicial proceeding that would have censured him, likely removing him from the unit. Neither of those things happened, and he was allowed to finish his assignment at the elite unit.

While he received no formal punishment, he was told he would not be allowed to return to the elite unit for future assignments, according to the sources. Zinke continued his career, and he was eventually promoted to Navy commander, the rank he retired at in 2008.
Trump's Pick for Interior Secretary Was Caught in "Pattern of Fraud" at Seal Team 6
Matthew Cole, The Intercept 
Cole writes: "A Montana lawmaker tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be secretary of the interior committed travel fraud when he was a member of the elite Navy SEAL Team 6, according to three former unit leaders and a military consultant." 
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Too Many Generals Spoil The Democracy 
by William J Astore 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/12/20/too-many-generals-spoil-the-democracy/

Twenty-first-century America is witnessing a new and revolutionary moment: the elevation of losing generals to the highest offices in the land.  Retired Marine Corps General James “Mad Dog” Mattis, known as a tough-talking “warrior-monk,” will soon be the nation’s secretary of defense.  He’ll be joined by a real mad dog, retired Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn as President-elect Donald Trump’s national security adviser.  Leading the Department of Homeland Security will be recently retired General John Kelly, another no-nonsense Marine.




Ok it's officially time to stop with the jokes about Trump appointing Dracula to run the Blood bank, etc. Apparently, he's listening and taking you seriously!
Trump's Ag secretary is PRO PUPPY MILL.
Every time one of your Republican family and friends posts another adorable dog video, point this out and ask them why they oppose laws requiring dogs to have food and water and exercise.

The Trump transition team, Department of Agriculture edition, has a new member. Because Donald Trump has so reliably surrounded himself with walking cartoons, it's Brian Klippenstein, executive director of far-right astroturf group Protect the Harvest.
The group is dedicated to fighting humane animal farming legislation, such as minimum cage sizes for pigs and chickens—but you almost certainly best know them from their vigorous defense of puppy mills.



The Trump transition team, Department of Agriculture edition, 
has a new member. Because Donald Trump has so reliably 
surrounded himself with walking…
DAILYKOS.COM

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/14/1610638/-Trump-s-transition-team-gains-a-new-member-The-pro-puppy-mills-guy


Democrats Organizing For America 
Maybe just send your Trumpish Aunt this picture every 
time she defends Trump.












John Bolton has a long and pathetic history, even Republicans opposed him.

If Donald Trump Is So Upset About Iraq WMD Lies, Why Would He Want to Hire John Bolton?
Jon Schwarz, The Intercept
Schwarz writes: "The Bush administration, with Bolton as undersecretary of state for arms control, arrived in Washington, D.C., in 2001 with the goal of invading Iraq."
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Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, ThinkProgress 
Varkiani writes: "President-elect Donald Trump named David M. Friedman as ambassador to Israel on Thursday - proving that the Israel-Palestinian peace process is basically screwed for the next four years." 

Who the Hell Is Ryan Zinke, Trump's Pick for Secretary of the Interior?



Rick Perry, nominated to head the Energy Department, IN CHARGE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS



Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil and Trump’s pick for Secretary of State.

Scott Pruitt, tapped to lead the Environmental Protection Agency



SOME OF THESE HAVE CHANGED: 




Myron Ebell, Competitive Enterprise Institute’s legislative agenda
Not coincidentally, many of these same powerful interests, including Exxon, Dow, Texaco, the American Petroleum Institute, and the Koch Brothers have funded CEI.
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/40883-if-you-want-to-see-how-donald-trump-will-destroy-the-environment-read-this-legislative-roadmap

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