Trump's Team

Discussion in 'West Mall' started by theiioftx, Nov 9, 2016.

  1. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    Gotta add this comment as well. When you call me out (at least I assume you're calling me out or maybe Hollandtx or texas_ex2000), I sorta feel like I'm in church and the preacher calls out, "can I get an 'amen'?" You're sorta scolding me for my silence and inattention. Lol.
     
  2. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    What I said was that if you are going to jump in the middle of a conversation that two other people are having, the burden falls upon you to first grasp what the conversation is about. This is common courtesy, which you failed at.
     
  3. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    I have many times over. I regularly give Obama credit for getting away with things no Republican ever could.

    And he is extremely good at reading from a teleprompter. He is the Sidney Portier of teleprompter reading Presidents. He was able to ride this all the way to two national elections. So, credit to him. (off the teleprompter, not so hot tough)
     
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  4. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Obama kept Fine. He was not a Bush holdover. He was a holdover all the way back to Clinton. I already laid this out above
     
  5. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    Plus he created more straw men than any person in history.
     
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  6. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts




     
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    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

  8. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Trump taps Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as new National Security Adviser
     
  9. iatrogenic

    iatrogenic 2,500+ Posts

    Oh great, now the libs are going to complain about his name.
     
  10. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    Yep, mix of MCHammer and Master race.
     
  11. iatrogenic

    iatrogenic 2,500+ Posts

    Double whammy!
     
  12. OUBubba

    OUBubba 5,000+ Posts

    I've read nothing but good things about McMaster. Can he be in charge of the EPA?
     
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  13. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts

    Confirmed. Scott Pruitt was an Energy industry stooge.

    It was "pointless" to wait for confirmation that Pruitt was nothing more than an energy industry lobbyist masquerading as Oklahoma AG? According to the article, Devon energy wrote many letters for Pruitt to the EPA and did much of his research. Drain the swamp, right?

    The CNN article had this at the bottom of the article:

    Adler did get one thing right. Devon Energy was Pruitt's #1 campaign donor so when he said Pruitt "fought daily on behalf of the people that elected him", that statement was more accurate than he realizes. "Working with key industries...to help his constituents" needs to become a euphamism for government office holder lobbyist.

    Oh, in 7400 email that were released Pruitt never mentions the spate of mini-earthquakes Oklahoma has been enduring.
     
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  14. iatrogenic

    iatrogenic 2,500+ Posts

    He's got some nerve! Supporting one of the biggest industries in his state. What is the world coming to?
     
  15. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    Where are all the emails that Lisa Jackson had on a private email account? Probably shows collusion with NGO's to further the gravy train.
     
  16. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts

    If a legal request for Lisa Jackson's email demonstrated that she was representing NGO's exclusively I'd have the same impression of her that I do Pruitt.
     
  17. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    We'll never know cause she deleted them ala Clinton.
     
  18. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Here is a 2011 speech by Steve Bannon which gives some insight into what motivates him. It's ~24m long. It's interesting if you have the time.

     
  19. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

     
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  20. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Ross, Zinke, Carson, and Perry will all be coming through this coming week

    By refusing to give consent, Senate Dems have forced 7 clotures to date. Each cloture locks down the Senate for 30 hours to debate only the nominee. Forcing clotures on the nominees have delayed legislation coming from the House by 210 floor hours.


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  21. Clean

    Clean 5,000+ Posts

    The NY Times said that the Dems had declared "all out war" on the Trump Administration. They never learn that these things will come back to bite them in the butt, like Harry Reid's nuclear option.
     
  22. Brad Austin

    Brad Austin 2,500+ Posts

    Hahaha. So now it's super duper, ultra, "we really mean business this time" war? They declared all out war on Trump many months ago. Only difference now is they are openly saying it with more verbal spunk. :rolleyes1:
     
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  23. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Senate confirmed Wilbur Ross as commerce secretary

    Sounds like Zinke (his cloture already passed 67-37), Carson, and Perry in that order Wed,Thurs and Fri.


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  24. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Chatter that the source of National Security breach is Obama holdover David Laufman of DOJ, Chief of Counterintelligence. As Chief of Counterintelligence, Laufman has the power to kill any investigations into leaks, a power he has purportedly been exercising.

    Laufman was a donor to Obama’s presidential campaign yet somehow was also the DOJ official who investigated Hillary Clinton in what we were promised would be an independent investigation. Our rotten media, of course, never questioned how an Obama donor was chosen to be the person to investigate Obama’s heir apparent
     
  25. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    If the NYT were honest, their headline would read something like -- "FBI Told Obama Officials There Was No Quid Pro Quo Between Flynn and Russia on the December '16 Call; Flynn Made No Deal on Sanctions."
    But they aren't, and so it didn't
    Readers had to go deep into their article to find the truth

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  26. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    ZINKE was confirmed 68-31 (Interior)
    CARSON has advanced 62-37 (confirm vote 3/2)
    VERMA committee vote passed 15-11 (unofficial)

    But the Dems by forced cloture again for Carson. This locks down Senate for 30 hours to "debate" Carson. He will make it through tomorrow (~4pm)
    Why do this? The Dems to this to avoid the House Legislation that is coming through. For example, the House is voting today on HJRes83, which will repeal another Obama Dept. of Labor Reg. Several House Bills like this one are just sitting there stalled because the Senate cannot act on them due to Dem obstruction

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    Updated spreadsheet -- 16 Trump nominees now confirmed
    3 nominees at Senate now
    7 nominees slogging through Committee swamp

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  27. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts


    The Senate is now 4+ hours in on the Carson nomination "debate"
    And there has not been a peep from Dems about Carson.
    Nothing
    I guess they scared
     
  28. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Now looks like Carson will come thru around 10am
    For comparison's sake --
    Bush's HUD Sec was confirmed 1/24/01
    While Obama's HUD Sec was confirmed 1/27/09

    The PERRY cloture vote should be around then as well
    As will the VERMA committee re-vote


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  29. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts


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    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

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