The Clown Show aka trump's Cabinet

[billvon 3,063]

  On 11/20/2024 at 10:59 PM, Phil1111 said:

trump is refusing to use the FBI to conduct background checks on his nominees. Instead he is using "private investigators" to do them

I can just see the report from these "private investigators" now:

"RFK Jr is the safest possible person to hire.  He has nothing bad in his background, and in fact will be the best HHS secretary ever confirmed.  President Trump was brilliant in making this pick, and he presents absolutely no risks to anyone, ever."

[kallend 2,106]

Gaetz withdraws.

Score one for the good guys.

[JoeWeber 2,810]

  On 11/21/2024 at 5:56 PM, kallend said:

Gaetz withdraws.

Score one for the good guys.

Optics? Nah. Back room deal to permanently squash the report? Nah, he was unjustly accused, right?

[JoeWeber 2,810]

  On 11/20/2024 at 11:10 PM, billvon said:

I can just see the report from these "private investigators" now:

"RFK Jr is the safest possible person to hire.  He has nothing bad in his background, and in fact will be the best HHS secretary ever confirmed.  President Trump was brilliant in making this pick, and he presents absolutely no risks to anyone, ever."

How long until we start rolling up our intelligence assets with Gabbard on deck for DNI? 
 

[gowlerk 2,246]

  On 11/21/2024 at 5:56 PM, kallend said:

Gaetz withdraws.

Score one for the good guys.

As expected. It does show that at least the senate is not completely in the control of the dotard.

[billvon 3,063]

  On 11/21/2024 at 5:56 PM, kallend said:

Gaetz withdraws.

Score one for the good guys.

Who was it here who predicted that the worst guy would get sacrified so that republicans could say "See?  We chose the better of the choices."

Give that guy a beer.

[JerryBaumchen 1,426]

  On 11/21/2024 at 5:56 PM, kallend said:

Gaetz withdraws.

Score one for the good guys.

Hi John,

It looks to me like Trump knifed him in the back:  Trump, in a social media post, said: “I greatly appreciate the recent efforts of Matt Gaetz in seeking approval to be Attorney General. He was doing very well but, at the same time, did not want to be a distraction for the Administration, for which he has much respect. Matt has a wonderful future, and I look forward to watching all of the great things he will do!”

Not a word of support for Gaetz.

Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump’s pick for attorney general amid growing confirmation doubts - oregonlive.com

Re:  Score one for the good guys.

Let's see how they handle the other clowns.

Jerry Baumchen

[billvon 3,063]

  On 11/21/2024 at 5:56 PM, kallend said:

Gaetz withdraws.

Score one for the good guys.

He didn't even last a full Scaramucci!

[SkyDekker 1,465]

  On 11/21/2024 at 7:16 PM, JoeWeber said:

Optics? Nah. Back room deal to permanently squash the report? Nah, he was unjustly accused, right?

Yup, keep the report secret and blend into the background for a while, then get a cushy appointment in 6 months.

[Phil1111 1,149]

Pam Bondi up to the plate to destroy the constitution and then end up like Rudy. Rudy had to turn over his watch collection and MB convertible the other day to pay restitution . But I digress.

In 2020 she backed trump's false stolen election claims so she's loyal to trump. She had integrity until 2000 when she went GOP."She tried unsuccessfully to overturn and weaken the Affordable Care Act, opposed expanding legal protections for the L.G.B.T.Q. community...She also drew fire for her fund-raising practices — and for persuading the governor at the time, Rick Scott, to postpone an execution in 2013 because it conflicted with a fund-raiser for her re-election campaign....

In 2013, Ms. Bondi’s office received nearly two dozen complaints about Mr. Trump’s short-lived for-profit university, and her aides said she was considering joining a multistate lawsuit brought on behalf of students who claimed they had been cheated.

Four days later, Ms. Bondi’s political action committee received a $25,000 contribution from a nonprofit funded by Mr. Trump. She never joined the lawsuit."

So for a $25K political donation she sold out her fiduciary duties to the state of Florida to bury a fraud. So yeah trump sure can pick-em.

[kallend 2,106]

Yes, another ass-kissing denier, continuing to promote a proven false narrative rejected by every court, red state or blue, which considered it.  Just the perfect person to be Trump's AG. 

[gowlerk 2,246]

  On 11/22/2024 at 2:05 PM, kallend said:

Yes, another ass-kissing denier, continuing to promote a proven false narrative rejected by every court, red state or blue, which considered it.  Just the perfect person to be Trump's AG. 

Better or worse than Bill Barr?

[SkyDekker 1,465]

deleted

Edited November 22, 2024 by SkyDekker

[okalb 104]

  On 11/22/2024 at 12:24 AM, SkyDekker said:

Yup, keep the report secret and blend into the background for a while, then get a cushy appointment in 6 months.

He doesn't need a cushy appointment in 6 months. They managed to squash the report which was the goal. Now he can just go back to being an asshole in Congress and there won't ever be a report. I assume this was the plan all along.

Edited November 22, 2024 by okalb

[SkyDekker 1,465]

  On 11/22/2024 at 7:14 PM, okalb said:

He doesn't need a cushy appointment in 6 months. They managed to squash the report which was the goal. Now he can just go back to being an asshole in Congress and there won't ever be a report. I assume this was the plan all along.

He resigned from congress, didn't he?

[billvon 3,063]

  On 11/22/2024 at 7:32 PM, SkyDekker said:

He resigned from congress, didn't he?

Yes.  However:

1) He won re-election so when the new Congress starts he could just show up and say "hey, new term!  And I won!"
2) Since Rubio got tapped for some other totally inappropriate cabinet post, the governor could appoint Gaetz to replace him.
3) Nothing stopping him from claiming "I was just kidding.  Jeez."

All that being said, he has claimed he's not coming back.

[nigel99 560]

  On 11/22/2024 at 7:14 PM, okalb said:

He doesn't need a cushy appointment in 6 months. They managed to squash the report which was the goal. Now he can just go back to being an asshole in Congress and there won't ever be a report. I assume this was the plan all along.

I’m sure he would love to be US Ambassador to Iraq. (Currently there is legislation going through the 2nd reading of parliament to lower the age of consent to 9)

[kallend 2,106]

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

  On 11/22/2024 at 8:02 PM, billvon said:

...All that being said, he has claimed he's not coming back.

If he came back, the report would have a decent chance of being made public.

If the leaks are correct, that would be a problem. And not a small one.

[Phil1111 1,149]

  On 11/24/2024 at 1:13 AM, wolfriverjoe said:

If he came back, the report would have a decent chance of being made public.

If the leaks are correct, that would be a problem. And not a small one.

Because his popularity would rise among republicans?

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

  On 11/24/2024 at 1:27 AM, Phil1111 said:

Because his popularity would rise among republicans?

Because he would be vulnerable to local & state prosecution.
Stuff that Trumpty Dumpty can't protect him from.

[JoeWeber 2,810]

  On 11/22/2024 at 5:34 PM, SkyDekker said:

deleted

Bullshit! If you deleted it I want to read it. PM?

[phantomII 37]

How come that there seems to be a devastating ethics report but the DOJ never went for an indictment?

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

  On 11/24/2024 at 2:42 PM, phantomII said:

How come that there seems to be a devastating ethics report but the DOJ never went for an indictment?

Because he's above the law, like the rest of them.

His buddy, Joel Greenburg is serving eleven years.

[Phil1111 1,149]

  On 11/24/2024 at 2:42 PM, phantomII said:

How come that there seems to be a devastating ethics report but the DOJ never went for an indictment?

Its merica, not Germany.

  On 11/24/2024 at 3:33 PM, wolfriverjoe said:

Because he's above the law, like the rest of them.

His buddy, Joel Greenburg is serving eleven years.

The US likes to protect its insiders and selectively apply laws.

"We will crush you": Graham threatens allies with sanctions over Netanyahu arrest warrant

“If you are going to help the ICC, as a nation, enforce the arrest warrant against Bibi and Gallant, the former Defense Minister, I will put sanctions on you as a nation,” Graham warned. “You’re gonna have to pick the rogue ICC versus America.”...

We should crush your economy because we’re next,” Graham said. “Why can’t they go after Trump or any other American president under this theory?

Many of the US’s closest trading partners are committed to abiding by the ruling. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the country had an obligation to uphold the warrant, as did leaders in Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, and other American allies in Europe.

"To any ally, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, if you try to help the ICC, we’re gonna sanction you,” Graham said on Friday."