'Official' 2025 trump Administration Thread

[happyhoix]

Curious how evangelical Mike Johnson can ignore all the evidence and witness testimony and try to keep the ethics investigation of Gaetz secret.

Wonder if he would be ok with Gaetz being the young adult group leader at his church - or is that a more important position than Attorney General?

[happyhoix]

Nov 19, 2024 13:20:17 GMT -5 tbop77 said:

If you read any conservative websites, this is all a master plan by Trump.  Gaetz is the sacrificial lamb.  He knows he won't be confirmed, but then DeSantis will appoint him to Rubio's Senate seat.  Gaetz can blow  up the Senate like he did the House and get rid of the Rino's.   Win/win the ethic committee report will not come out.  

Saw where hackers supposedly stole that report.

🍿

[billisonboard]

Nov 19, 2024 14:26:50 GMT -5 tbop77 said:

Two more pluses of their theory is:

Those that vote against Trump will be doomed to lose their seat in their next election
Will make liberals heads explode

To me it sounds like Trump is going to govern like he did during his first term.  What ever crazy idea he comes up with and then they will have to work backwards to try and make it work.  Reading several books about his first term, some of the craziness I had totally forgot about.  

Senators up for re-election in 2026 I can see being at risk. 2028 perhaps. 2030 not so much. So who just got re-elected? Any no votes there?

[happyhoix]

Saw a conservative comment on an MSN article that said Gaetz would never have sex with a 17 year old, he is too mature for that and we need to take his word for that.

Allrighty then. 🤣

[Tennesseer]

Nov 19, 2024 14:26:50 GMT -5 tbop77 said:

Two more pluses of their theory is:

Those that vote against Trump will be doomed to lose their seat in their next election
Will make liberals heads explode

To me it sounds like Trump is going to govern like he did during his first term.  What ever crazy idea he comes up with and then they will have to work backwards to try and make it work.  Reading several books about his first term, some of the craziness I had totally forgot about.  

trump is depending the conservative SCOTUS members to support his every move. I sure as shit hope not.

[Tennesseer]

Trump to nominate Mehmet Oz for CMS administrator

President-elect Trump said Tuesday he is nominating television personality and doctor Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator.

Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022 and has been Trump ally ever since.

“There may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to Make America Healthy Again,” Trump said in a statement, referring to the slogan pioneered by Robert F. Kennedy Jr, his nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

“Dr. Oz will be a leader in incentivizing Disease Prevention, so we get the best results in the World for every dollar we spend on Healthcare in our Great Country,” Trump said. “He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation’s Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget.”

Like Kennedy, Oz has no experience running a massive bureaucracy. CMS operates Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the federal Healthcare.gov ObamaCare exchange.

Rest of the ridiculous nomination article here:  Trump to nominate Mehmet Oz for CMS administrator

[soupandstew]

Nov 19, 2024 16:56:49 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Trump to nominate Mehmet Oz for CMS administrator

President-elect Trump said Tuesday he is nominating television personality and doctor Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator.

Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022 and has been Trump ally ever since.

“There may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to Make America Healthy Again,” Trump said in a statement, referring to the slogan pioneered by Robert F. Kennedy Jr, his nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

“Dr. Oz will be a leader in incentivizing Disease Prevention, so we get the best results in the World for every dollar we spend on Healthcare in our Great Country,” Trump said. “He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation’s Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget.”

Like Kennedy, Oz has no experience running a massive bureaucracy. CMS operates Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the federal Healthcare.gov ObamaCare exchange.

Rest of the ridiculous nomination article here:  Trump to nominate Mehmet Oz for CMS administrator

Hey, looks good for me as I will no longer need my BP pill and my cholesterol pill - Medicare will just send me one of Dr. Oz' supplements, charge it against my Medicare premium, and I'll be good to go.  No need to see a real doctor, you know, just cut out the middleman!

[pulmonarymd]

At least Dr Oz has some relevant experience as a physician. Although, I don't know how we keep people healthy at the same time that we gut the EPA and the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. Going to be fun times watching them speak out of both sides of their mouths.

On a serious note, small and rural hospitals are in trouble. Can't wait for more of them to close and wait for the wearing of people who were affected in these raw areas.

[tbop77]

Nov 19, 2024 16:42:08 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Nov 19, 2024 14:26:50 GMT -5 tbop77 said:

Two more pluses of their theory is:

Those that vote against Trump will be doomed to lose their seat in their next election
Will make liberals heads explode

To me it sounds like Trump is going to govern like he did during his first term.  What ever crazy idea he comes up with and then they will have to work backwards to try and make it work.  Reading several books about his first term, some of the craziness I had totally forgot about.  

trump is depending the conservative SCOTUS members to support his every move. I sure as shit hope not.

Let's see, if they don't support his every move, they have become part of the deep state!     Because you know, Trump had some very swampy people advising him during his first term.  

[NancysSummerSip]

Nov 19, 2024 16:56:49 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Trump to nominate Mehmet Oz for CMS administrator

President-elect Trump said Tuesday he is nominating television personality and doctor Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator.

Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022 and has been Trump ally ever since.

“There may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to Make America Healthy Again,” Trump said in a statement, referring to the slogan pioneered by Robert F. Kennedy Jr, his nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

“Dr. Oz will be a leader in incentivizing Disease Prevention, so we get the best results in the World for every dollar we spend on Healthcare in our Great Country,” Trump said. “He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation’s Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget.”

Like Kennedy, Oz has no experience running a massive bureaucracy. CMS operates Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the federal Healthcare.gov ObamaCare exchange.

Rest of the ridiculous nomination article here:  Trump to nominate Mehmet Oz for CMS administrator

And I thought RFK Jr was only living in the land of OZ. Great. Now he will be working with it. We are well and truly doomed. I swear, all we need are Toto and Dorothy to show up.

[seriousthistime]

When I read about Dr. Oz, I thought it was a joke. 

[Tennesseer]

Nov 19, 2024 17:16:59 GMT -5 seriousthistime said:

When I read about Dr. Oz, I thought it was a joke. 

All of trump's nominations are a joke.

[pulmonarymd]

We have definitely jumped the shark. He probably believes(rightly so) that the Senate won't reject all of his unqualified nominees. So some will be confirmed, and we get to see the consequences

[happyhoix]

Nov 19, 2024 16:56:49 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Trump to nominate Mehmet Oz for CMS administrator

President-elect Trump said Tuesday he is nominating television personality and doctor Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator.

Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022 and has been Trump ally ever since.

“There may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to Make America Healthy Again,” Trump said in a statement, referring to the slogan pioneered by Robert F. Kennedy Jr, his nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

“Dr. Oz will be a leader in incentivizing Disease Prevention, so we get the best results in the World for every dollar we spend on Healthcare in our Great Country,” Trump said. “He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation’s Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget.”

Like Kennedy, Oz has no experience running a massive bureaucracy. CMS operates Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the federal Healthcare.gov ObamaCare exchange.

Rest of the ridiculous nomination article here:  Trump to nominate Mehmet Oz for CMS administrator

But he is handsome and has been on Tv so …

[NastyWoman]

Nov 19, 2024 17:02:05 GMT -5 pulmonarymd said:

At least Dr Oz has some relevant experience as a physician. Although, I don't know how we keep people healthy at the same time that we gut the EPA and the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. Going to be fun times watching them speak out of both sides of their mouths.

On a serious note, small and rural hospitals are in trouble. Can't wait for more of them to close and wait for the wearing of people who were affected in these raw areas.

Small rural hospitals are predominantly, though not solely, in deep red areas, often farming areas. So they should understand this: you reap what you sow*.

*I really wish this were all nothing but a bad dream but alas.

[soupandstew]

Nov 19, 2024 17:16:59 GMT -5 seriousthistime said:

When I read about Dr. Oz, I thought it was a joke. 

Yes, when DH told me about it I said I missed the good old days when this would have been satire on The Onion or maybe Russian misinformation.  

[happyhoix]

Marge Taylor Greene says if the GOP won’t confirm Gaetz then she wants ALL the ethics documents from every congressman published.

www.latintimes.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-suggests-releasing-all-ethics-reports-not-just-gaetzs-if-were-going-566375

Let’s get ALL the dirty laundry out there, she says.

Really, the Dems don’t have to do anything, do they. Just sit in the background and watch the GOP grind themselves to pulp.

[pulmonarymd]

Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education. I can’t even

[Tennesseer]

Nov 19, 2024 21:12:28 GMT -5 pulmonarymd said:

Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education. I can’t even

[tbop77]

Just reflecting on his picks for his cabinet and his first term in office.  What's funny is his pics are to mostly own the libs.  Republicans proved during his first term they couldn't govern.  They have spent the last 10 years staffing their office with media consultants instead of legislative ones...for that sound bite you hear.  Let's see him try and govern with his pics that look good on TV, but have no experience.  

Just remember Bush handed Obama an economy that was in the grips of a financial meltdown.  Trump handed Biden an economy in the grips of a pandemic.  Dems need to prepare for what Trump II is going to hand them.  

[Tennesseer]

The only tv personality trump hasn't hired for his administration is Batman.

[Tennesseer]

[happyhoix]

Nov 20, 2024 10:37:31 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

The only tv personality trump hasn't hired for his administration is Batman.

Well, he’s dead.

However Dr Phil is with us and would proudly decimate any department Trump wants ruined.

[scgal]

Nov 19, 2024 17:18:46 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Nov 19, 2024 17:16:59 GMT -5 seriousthistime said:

When I read about Dr. Oz, I thought it was a joke. 

All of trump's nominations are a joke.

No they are great. They will be perfect to rip apart the existing depts status quo. No rebuilding them I don't know. Maybe dismantle and no rebuild.

[scgal]

Nov 19, 2024 16:42:08 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Nov 19, 2024 14:26:50 GMT -5 tbop77 said:

Two more pluses of their theory is:

Those that vote against Trump will be doomed to lose their seat in their next election
Will make liberals heads explode

To me it sounds like Trump is going to govern like he did during his first term.  What ever crazy idea he comes up with and then they will have to work backwards to try and make it work.  Reading several books about his first term, some of the craziness I had totally forgot about.  

trump is depending the conservative SCOTUS members to support his every move. I sure as shit hope not.

I'm sure they will be fair you may not like it but they will get it right

[pulmonarymd]

If the Court had a Democratic majority you would say the same thing, right?

[Tennesseer]

Bad:

Republicans on House Ethics reject for now releasing report on Matt Gaetz

Good:

Senate Democrats ask FBI for files on Gaetz sex trafficking probe

[Tennesseer]

Also:

Federal Inquiry Traced Payments From Gaetz to Women
A document prepared by federal investigators bolsters claims by women who say they were hired for sex by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, who denies wrongdoing.

Federal investigators established a trail of payments from Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to be attorney general, to women including some who testified that Mr. Gaetz hired them for sex, according to a document obtained by The New York Times and a lawyer representing some of the women.

The document, assembled by investigators during a three-year sex-trafficking investigation into Mr. Gaetz, is a chart that shows a web of thousands of dollars in Venmo payments between Mr. Gaetz and a group of his friends, associates and women who had drug-fueled sex parties between 2017 and 2020, according to testimony that participants are said to have given to federal and congressional investigators.

At the parties, women, and a girl who was 17 at the time, were paid for sex, according to accounts of the participants’ testimony from people briefed on what they said.

The document bolsters recent claims by a lawyer for two of the women who say they had sex with Mr. Gaetz for money. It shows thousands of dollars in payments Mr. Gaetz made to both of the lawyer’s clients.

Rest of article here: Federal Inquiry Traced Payments From Gaetz to Women

[giramomma]

Nov 20, 2024 18:30:57 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Also:

Federal Inquiry Traced Payments From Gaetz to Women
A document prepared by federal investigators bolsters claims by women who say they were hired for sex by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, who denies wrongdoing.

Federal investigators established a trail of payments from Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to be attorney general, to women including some who testified that Mr. Gaetz hired them for sex, according to a document obtained by The New York Times and a lawyer representing some of the women.

The document, assembled by investigators during a three-year sex-trafficking investigation into Mr. Gaetz, is a chart that shows a web of thousands of dollars in Venmo payments between Mr. Gaetz and a group of his friends, associates and women who had drug-fueled sex parties between 2017 and 2020, according to testimony that participants are said to have given to federal and congressional investigators.

At the parties, women, and a girl who was 17 at the time, were paid for sex, according to accounts of the participants’ testimony from people briefed on what they said.

The document bolsters recent claims by a lawyer for two of the women who say they had sex with Mr. Gaetz for money. It shows thousands of dollars in payments Mr. Gaetz made to both of the lawyer’s clients.

Rest of article here: Federal Inquiry Traced Payments From Gaetz to Women

no no you have this all wrong adults should all aspire to having unlawful sex with minors.

that is the hallmark of great leadership.

that's good, right scgal? that's absolutely worth tearing down govt for?

i don't get the draw in boning/raping kids.

i would love to hear how that is good for our country

[pulmonarymd]

It’s all hearsay.
They waited too long to report it
It is a he said/she said problem

Did I miss any?