Trump 29 Nominees to Date: Most Very Questionable Names & Top Four Unserious Choices

Trump's Top Four of 29 Nominees named to date

(They have questionable backgrounds & no job skills)

MAJOR Update (November 19): Lots of Major Media coverage of Trump’s DOD chief nominee, PETE HEGSETH, who in my view is a scumbag above all others not deserving to lead DOD. 

My view of him is based on his views of women in the military – now numbering over 225,000; as well as some 4,000 who serve in a variety of combat units and in variety of combat-related roles. 

Those media reporting sites are below with basically the same headline in my view: “Hegseth hates women in uniform.” Note the photo above. Hegseth us standing next to Tulsi Gabbard, who currently happens to be a Lt.Col, in the Army - how ironic is that. She first served in Iraq in 2004 as an enlisted combat medic. 

1. Thousands of Women Serve in Combat Roles. Pentagon Nominee Hegseth Says They Shouldn’t

2. Pete Hegseth Argues Women Shouldn't Be in Military Combat Roles

3. What Pete Hegseth Has Said About Women Serving in the Military

4. Trump's pick for defense secretary doesn't want women serving in combat

5. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to Hegseth speaking out against women in combat: “Where do you think I lost my legs?”

ORIGINAL POST BELOW:

Introduction from THE WEEK's headline:

“Matt Gaetz, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and Pete Hegseth: Understanding Trump's logic behind high-level cabinet picks”

One of the most striking features of Trump's latest cabinet picks is the emphasis on absolute loyalty. He is selecting individuals who have supported him throughout his political career

Following his decisive victory in the presidential election, he has wasted no time assembling his cabinet, and his choices have already ignited controversy. Unlike his first term, where he appointed individuals with varied backgrounds and some political experiences, his latest picks emphasize personal loyalty over everything else.

There are safe picks like Sen. Marco Rubio (R-F) for Secretary of State, and bizarre choices like now former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for DOJ; Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for HJHS; Pete Hegseth (FOX personality) for Secretary of Defense; and Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and now a GOP/MAGA stalwart as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) – and they have forced even Republicans to express dismay and concern.

It has raised questions about the competence of some of his nominees and the implications for governance. 

Critics argue that many of these choices lack the expertise typically required for such high-level positions, while others express concern about how these selections reflect Trump's desire to reshape the government in his image and be accountable to no one.

Then CBS reports on Trump’s 29 key Cabinet & W/H personnel posts (Note the Top Four mentioned above on this list):

· AG: Matt Gaetz (R-FL) also he resigned from Congress

· HHS secretary: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

· DOD Secretary: Pete Hegseth (Fox Show Host)

· DNI: Tulsi Gabbard Former Rep. (D-HI) now GOP

· White House chief of staff: Susie Wiles

· Secretary of State: Sen Marco Rubio (R-FL)

· U.N. Ambassador: Elise Stefanik (R-NY)

· “Border Czar:” Tom Homan

· Deputy AG: Todd Blanche (Trump Past Attorney)

· VA Secretary of veterans affairs: Doug Collins

·  NSA: Michael Waltz

·  Interior Secretary: Doug Burgum (R-ND / Gov.)

·  White House Counsel: William McGinley

·  Solicitor General: John Sauer (Trump Past Attorney)

·  DHS: Kristi Noem (R-SD)

·  CIA Director: John Ratcliffe (Former DNI)

·  EPA Administrator: Lee Zeldin (R-NY Former Rep.)

·  FCC chairman: Brendan Carr

·  Ambassador to Israel: Mike Huckabee (Former Gov AR)

·  Attorney for the SDNY: Jay Clayton

·  Dept of Gov. Efficiency (DOGE): Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy

·  W/H Deputy Chief of Staff: Dan Scavino

·  Dep. W/H CofS and DHS: Stephen Miller (Was 1^st Term)

·  Dep. W/H CofS Legislative, Political, & PA: James Blair

·  Dep. W/H CofS for Comm & Personnel: Taylor Budowich

·  Presidential Personnel Office Head: Sergio Gor

·  White House Communications Director: Steven Cheung

·  W/H Press Secretary: Karoline Leavitt

·  Energy Secretary: Chris Wright (Fracking & Anti New Green Deal)

My 2 Cents: Key questions for all 29, what are their: (1) Skills; (2) Qualifications; (3) Experience; (4) Security Clearances; and (5) Criminal backgrounds.

Backgrounds like any sexual abuse and paying to keep it quiet? Um, Mr. Gaetz; Mr. RFK Jr; and Mr. Hegseth??? Oops.

How about strong praise for dictators like Putin and al-Assad (um Ms. Gabbard)???) 2^nd Oops.

We the people need to know the full details on each. Note for Congress: Please tell DJT stop those kinds of nominations. They do not and most-likely will not serve the public nor the country.

Loyalty to Trump is not the criteria – the nation is first and paramount in all cases. Seems to be lacking right now.

Keep digging mainstream media and members in the House and Sense into their pasts. As I said and the public I believe as the people, we have a compelling right to know.

More forthcoming I am sure …say tuned and please research and speak out – in a word, thus far “…it ain’t pretty.” 

We are now in deep unchartered territory and the world (our friends, allies, and even our adversaries are watching and closely, too).

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Old Marine Expression: Under Trump's New AG Mike Davis, S*IT WILL HIT THE FAN, So Duck

Davis wants journalists in gulags & kids in cages

MAJOR UPDATE (November 17): Davis is out and the worse is yet to come (maybe). Trump has nominated Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who just resigned from the House to try and get the Ethics report tossed and then Trump will still try and proceed with the nomination ... possibly the worst in our history? Clever ploy, but will it work? Boy, it must not - calling all Republicans with  common sense and spine in the Senate with this simple plea:

We the People have a right to see the Ethics Report on Gaetz for this most-critical DOJ position – so, please make it public and shine a bright light on the truth for a change.

Trump’s possible new AG, Mike Davis, will be leading Trump’s “revenge tour” or at least that’s what Davis ranted about in a podcast as he made sexist threats towards and against NYS AG Letitia James saying: “Let me just say this to Big Tish James. I dare you to try to continue your lawfare against President Trump in his second term. Because listen here sweetheart, we’re not messing around this time. And we will put your fat ass in prison for conspiracy against rights, I promise you that.” That Davis statement directed to AG James came just hours after he tweeted about: “Dragging dead political DEM bodies through the streets.”

FYI for the MAGA crowd: Lawfare is a recently made up word. On its surface it means things pertaining to law, but recently it's been used as a combination of the words “Law and Warfare” for people who use it that way trying to manipulate others (re: DEMS gunning for GOP).

Davis also threatened Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the indictments on Trump’s hoarding of classified documents as well as his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, telling him to “lawyer up.” That isn’t the last we’ll see of Davis. Even if he doesn’t end up getting the Trump AG appointment, he will likely still play a crucial, attack dog style role in an administration that has been itching to go on the offensive for four years. 

More on Davis is also from POLITICO with this highlight note: Davis says he wants to put journalists in gulags and kids in cages. He also says he’s trolling, but that line isn’t always so clear.

My 2 Cents: Is this where our nation is heading under a second Trump administration – this is a biggie and it sure seems like it. 

If Davis become the AG – all I can say is it’s gonna be a bloodbath the way Davis and Trump plan things. 

It would all be legal, too, since Trump’s 6-3 SCOTUS gave him a free pass to do whatever he pleases. So, hang on tight, and stay tuned as if it really matters, to Mr. and Mrs. MAGA VOTER. 

Reminder from the BBC: Seven things Trump says he will do is very worrisome. 

Another promise to be broken (fix things)

(Mexico will pay for the beautiful wall)

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TWO UPDATES: Philly DA Sues Musk for His $1M Lotto Scheme to Help Trump Win

 

Sue me, lock me up, just don't shoot I surrender

(I have multi billions & you will lose in court)

Trump to let Musk run the nation's economy

SECOND UPDATE OF THE FOLLING EARLIER UPDATE AND ORIGINAL POST:

Elon Musk in a Trump cabinet running our economy; if so, strap in and prepare to watch our great collapse but along the way making billionaires Trump and Musk and their BFF’s the richest ever.

Cite this headline story from NBC NEWS (October 27):

“Elon Musk asks voters to brace for “hardship” as billionaire plans deep spending cuts from (his) potential Trump cabinet post”

Musk says that Trump’s plans to put the U.S. on firmer fiscal footing would likely entail “temporary hardship” for ordinary Americans.   

At a virtual town hall event on October 25 held on Musk’s social media platform, X, the multibillionaire Tesla and SpaceX executive said he was: “Praying for a victory for Trump, so that he could begin working in a high-level cabinet role to axe federal spending.”

Musk added: “We have to reduce spending to live within our means. And, you know, that necessarily involves some temporary hardship, but it will ensure long-term prosperity.”

Many economists agree that Trump’s economic and fiscal proposals could spark an economic calamity, though it is not clear whether they have considered, or given credence, to Musk’s calls for austerity. 

In that regard note: 23 Nobel Prize-winning economists warned in a joint letter released last week warned that: “Trump’s plans for tariffs, tax cuts, and an immigration crackdown, including detaining and deporting millions of people — would lead to higher prices, larger deficits, and greater inequality. Trump would undermine the rule of law and political certainty that are the most important determinants of economic success.”

My 2 Cents: Trump letting Musk run the economy as noted above would be in my opinion the same as that of the 23 Nobel economists cited above – the worst decision ever.

It would mark the end of America being #1 in the world as we are now rated or worse with those two running our economy. So, Trump gives Musk the money-management job and what does Musk do?

He recycles profits, while claiming them a “savings” back to Trump thus moving Trump up on Forbes’ scale of the richest which is the long held Trump aim.

I may be wrong but I see it that way. “Quid pro quo baby” – is their theme song from January 6, 2025 onward if Trump were to win.

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FIRST UPDATE (October 28): 

The following is updated from the Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner’s office with this headline article:

“Philly DA sues to halt Elon Musk’s $1 million voter giveaway in Pennsylvania”

The DA has sued to halt Elon Musk’s $1 million daily giveaway to voters in battleground states including PA calling it an illegal lottery that skirts state requirements and violates consumer protection laws.

The suit, filed in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, is the first legal action challenging the controversial sweepstakes launched earlier this month by Musk’s America PAC.

It comes a week after the DOJ similarly warned the tech billionaire that the giveaway violates federal laws banning inducements to voters. Most legal experts at many levels agree; it's illegal.

Source of that update is from here.

THE ORIGINAL AP STORY FOLLOWS:

Elon Musk is a lying cheating scumbag and disinformation spreader – case in point this article from and with this AP headline (formatted to fit the blog):

“FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims surrounding the 2024 election”

Musk wrote on his X page: Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson: “Shame on you for blatantly lying to the public! You only plan to remove ineligible voters AFTER this election. That necessarily means that there are far more people registered to vote than there eligible voters.”

Benson responded on his X page: “Let’s be clear: Elon Musk is spreading dangerous disinformation. Here are the facts: There aren’t more voters than citizens in Michigan. There are 7.2 million active registered voters and 7.9 citizens of voting age in our state. Musk is pushing a misleading number that includes 1.2 million inactive records slated for removal in accordance with the law.”

Musk did not respond to a request for comment from The AP.

KEY FACTS FROM MICHIGAN: There were approximately 7.9 million people of voting age in Michigan as of July 1, 2023.

This figure is 500,000 fewer than the total registered voters — approximately 8.4 million. That’s because the total registered voters include 1.2 million voters who are inactive.

Those labeled inactive have not voted for six consecutive years or have not responded to a notice confirming their residency. Inactive voters are still eligible to vote. 

Under state and Federal law, voters are only removed from voter rolls after they have been sent a notice that their registration is subject to cancellation and two subsequent federal election cycles have passed without any response or voting activity.

Voter registration cannot be canceled only because of a failure to vote.

This waiting period is why there are more total registered voters than eligible ones in the state.

More than 339,000 voter registrations are slated for cancellation in 2025 and more than 257,000 in 2027.

As of March 2024, Michigan had canceled more than 800,000 voter registrations since 2019, including:

· 273,609 for possible changes of residency,

· 532,513 for deaths,

· 16,716 at the request of the voter (that according to MI's Department of State).

The RNC and two individual voters filed a federal lawsuit in March against Benson and MI’s Bureau of Elections Director for failing to “maintain clean and accurate voter registration records.” 

That suit was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Jane Beckering, saying: “The plaintiffs lacked legal standing and had no plausible claim.”

Michigan is hardly the only state with large numbers of inactive voters on its rolls. Every state — aside from the six which are exempt from the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) — must send voters a cancellation notice and wait two federal election cycles before removing inactive voters. 

The large number of inactive voters is a sign of robust list maintenance, according to David Becker, the founder and executive director of The Center for Election Innovation and Research, who served as a co-chair on Michigan’s Election Security Advisory Commission.

Read the full fact check article here.

My 2 Cents: Elon Musk is a Trump-MAGA lackey. His wild spending ($70M & growing) proves that now with his illegal lotto $1M daily scheme.

Also, shame on SCOTUS for their Super PAC donors no limits rule that allows billionaires to give unlimited crazy spending.

One person one vote but billionaires can spend wildly – case in point Musk and others like him – the result:

The staggering wealth and unbridled political influence of billionaires, including those from the financial industry, pose a significant threat to our democratic processes. These few individuals can sway elections through unlimited campaign contributions and undermine the principles of fairness, equality, and the people’s will. A fact.

Why and how can we allow the ma$$ive unbridled billionaire voice$ to drown out our voices with their unlimited money and $mother our voice$?

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North Korea on the Move: Not Against Seoul But Deploying Troops to Help Putin in Ukraine

Putin & Kim, Jong-un BFF's 

(Bottoms up welcome to WWIII)

More North Korean military showboating craziness

(Joining Putin against Ukraine) 

UPDATE ON THE FOLLOWING ORIGINAL STORY WITH THIS HEADLINE FROM MSN NEWS:

“Several North Korean soldiers are reported to have already deserted the front lines, just as Kim Jong-un sent his first contingent of troops to Russia.”

North Korean forces have been deployed to the Russian regions of Kursk and Bryansk, where Ukrainian troops made significant advances several months ago, catching the Kremlin by surprise.

According to the Ukrainian TV channel “Suspilne,” citing intelligence sources, the Russian military is now hunting down the North Korean deserters.

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) reported that 1,500 North Korean soldiers were sent to Russia via the port of Vladivostok, before being assigned to various regiments already fighting on the Ukrainian front, saying in part: “The North Korean soldiers … are expected to be deployed to the frontlines as soon as they complete their adaptation training. It appears that they disguised themselves as Russian soldiers to hide the fact that they were deployed to the battlefield.”

Original Story Follows:

Startling news report from RBC-UKRAINE with this headline:

“U.S. reacts to possible involvement of North Korean soldiers in war against Ukraine”

White House National Security Council spokesperson Sean Savett said: “The U.S is concerned about reports of North Korean soldiers being sent to Russia to participate in the war against Ukraine. However, such a move also indicates Moscow's desperation. If the reports of North Korean troops directly participating in the war against Ukraine are confirmed, it would indicate a significant expansion of defense relations between North Korea and Russia.

Such a move would also indicate a new level of desperation for Russia as it continues to suffer significant casualties on the battlefield in its brutal war against Ukraine.”

North Korea could have sent soldiers

On October 13, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the alliance between Russia and North Korea is strengthening, adding: “Now, the issue is not only about arms transfers but also about the transfer of people from North Korea to the occupier's military forces.”

Then on October 14, President Zelensky; his Defense Intelligence; the Ministry of Defense; and his the Foreign Intelligence Service reported to him saying: “Among other things, the issue of the actual involvement of North Korea in the war was raised.”

Military expert Oleksii Hetman said in a comment to RBC-Ukraine YouTube that: “North Korea could send between 10,000 and 100,000 soldiers to fight in Ukraine.”

Also, on October 5, RBC-Ukraine sources reported that during an attack by Ukrainian defenders in the Donetsk area, North Korean officers were eliminated alongside the occupiers. The news agency also clarified that the North Korean soldiers had arrived there for “experience exchange, and not to participate in the war.”

My 2 Cents: This is very big and very serious news – the original article and this update. 

Related is this from GOP Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson, who is no fan of helping Ukraine.

Putin has manpower and military equipment shortages, while Kim Jong-un has a food, fuel, and money shortages … ergo: That part of this deal I suspect is beneficial to both of them. 

Whatever the reason, it’s a very dangerous and  concerning event. What happens now remains to be seen. 

That is especially true if Trump were to win reelection since he is pals with both Putin and Kim and he has said he could end the war in one day … which is doubtful. 

We shall see about that point, so stay tuned. 

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Championship Liar Contest: The King of Liars Above All Others Hands Down is Donald J. Trump

Also, “Pants on Fire” First Place World Champ

Outstanding CNN article that is long and detailed regarding more Trump lies on top of piles of lies (well over 35,000 to date) with this headline:

“Fact check: 12 election lies Trump is using to set the stage to dispute a potential 2024 defeat”

Trump has escalated his long-running assault on the integrity of our elections as the 2024 presidential campaign enters its final stretch, using a new series of lies about ballots; vote-counting; and the election process to lay the groundwork to challenge his potential defeat in November.

Non-partisan democracy experts say they’re seeing many of the same warning signs that were blinking red before Election Day four years ago when he flooded the zone with election lies and conspiracy theories that he amplified after losing to Joe Biden.

That Trump campaign of deception culminated in the attack on the National Capitol on January 6, 2021.

For example: Lindsay Daniels a senior director at the non-partisan Democracy Fund, which works to strengthen our democracy and voting, noted saying: “The threats have not abated; they have only increased. We saw a lot of activity in 2020 around peddling false claims and frivolous lawsuits. We are already seeing signs now, stage-setting, that these things may be attempted again.”

My 2 Cents: The CNN article continues at the link above. 

FYI Added: MajorTrump lies in 2024 – worth your time to read and research the facts at this critical time on our political election history.

The B/L: Trump cannot accept defeat in his life and boy he has a ton of defeats. He will lie before, during, and after any defeat or loss of any judicial ruling against him. That’s who he is – he is a serial liar and constant loser. 

He must be stopped at the ballot box on November 5, 2024. 

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MAGA Mike Johnson: Has Plan for Trump Victory; Keep GOP House; and His Speakership

Q & A: How're things going for me, Mike

(Still on track, sire)

Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson (R-LA),Trump's loyal lapdog, lays out his plan to keep the House in GOP hands after 2024 reported on here from ABC News with this headline story from the AP:

“Speaker Johnson lays out agenda for Republicans as they fight to hold House majority”

WASHINGTON: Speaker Mike Johnson laid out a policy agenda should Republicans take the majority next year that extends the tax cuts approved when Trump was president in 2017 and the other things seen below.
Tied to PROJECT 2025 that I posted about here.

FROM THE 2017 TRUMP TAXCUT: The 2017 law changes disproportionately benefited the highest-income households. In 2025 — the last year before the temporary changes to the personal income and estate tax provisions expire. 

Specifics:

· The top 1% of the income distribution will receive an average tax cut of $61,090.

· In contrast, those in the middle quintile of the distribution will receive an average reduction of $910.00,

· Those in the lowest quintile will receive, on average, of a mere $70.00 tax reduction.

· Fair but only for the Trump pals at the very top rung.

Johnson emphasized five main policy points during his speech at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) saying the GOP would: (1) Extend and build on the 2017 Trump tax cuts; (2 Confront China; (3) Boost oil and gas production; (4) Expand school choice (but without the DEPT OF EDU); and, (5) Cut the size and scope of the federal government (e.g., firing 50,000 civil servants and replacing them with Trump/MAGA loyalists).

The speaker is fighting this election season to hold onto the GOP’s narrow House majority, with just a handful of seats to spare. 

Republicans are hopeful that a Trump victory over Kamala Harris in the election will help propel them to majorities in the House and Senate, which would give them unified control of Washington for the first time since 2018 and the ability to enact a sweeping legislative agenda.

Johnson’s string of lies: He provided a bleak view of the economy under President Joe Biden, even though: (1) The economy continues to grow at a solid pace, (2) inflation is on the decline, and (3) the unemployment rate is still low by historical standards.

Johnson also said: “I have traveled the country meeting business owners on the verge of collapse because of high inflation, high taxes and over-regulation.”

He said he's met moms and dads who have resorted to donating plasma and setting up crowdfunding pages so that they didn't lose their homes adding: “Our incredible people are hanging on right now in spite of so many unprecedented challenges, but many can't afford to do it much longer.”

The first policy priority Johnson outlined was enhanced tax breaks, citing specifically immediate expensing for research and development costs. 

He also cited the need for a “strong” child tax credit, though he did not provide specific numbers. 

He then said the Republican tax policies would “respect the dignity of work, and it doesn't pay people more for staying out of the workforce.”

Trump has laid out a series of tax cuts on the campaign trail, such as extending the expiring provisions of his 2017 overhaul, and not taxing tips and Social Security. 

Outside experts say the tax cuts proposed by Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris would cause the debt to rise even faster the pace under current law.

Specific Johnson points: Doing more to confront China and rolling back environmental regulations are a common denominator for Republicans that Johnson embraced in his speech. 

On education, he said millions of Americans have the opportunity to send their children to a school that best fits their need, and “Republicans want to expand that choice so that every American has that opportunity.” 

Johnson also emphasized cutting the debt by cutting the size of the federal government, saying “we're going to reduce the size of the federal workforce and root out a long list of non-essential jobs through the federal bureaucracy.”

He concluded: “It's hard to roll back the entrenched bureaucracy and face the system that has produced the decline. It's a difficult task, but it's a task that can be achieved.”

Johnson concluded: “The survival of the American dream depends upon our victory.”

My 2 Cents: Based on above, two new nicknames come to mind as highly appropriate for Speaker Johnson: (1) Birdbrain, and (2) Sycophant (for Trump) just that simple. I’ll leave it at that except to say he is unfit to be the House Speaker and 2nd in Line for the Presidency due to a total and complete local lack of any leadership skills – period, none – not one ounce – case closed.

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