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Zero Tolerance for Trumpers - Rick Wilson (Original Post) denem Jun 2020 OP
A Question leftieNanner Jun 2020 #1
The VOA people are being fired for not praising the chief :( denem Jun 2020 #2
I don't know for sure , They're quitting because of this: octoberlib Jun 2020 #8
Stringent HOUSE cleaning and FUMIGATION of everything Trump touched.... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2020 #3
Judicial appointments are for LIFE. They will not resign nor be fired. ... Hekate Jun 2020 #12
I can dream.... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2020 #15
Is there a way to enact legislation that mandates a review of existing appointees? diva77 Jun 2020 #20
Former prosecutors on Twitter have floated bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #21
Well that is slightly encouraging. Some of those jokers are highly unqualified & I'd bet ... Hekate Jun 2020 #26
Glenn Kirschner has a video 2naSalit Jun 2020 #33
Is this it? It's entitled "Unpacking the Courts" dmr Jun 2020 #34
YES! Thank you! 2naSalit Jun 2020 #35
Definitely. Most of them lied, have criminal history, or other major disqualifications. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #44
True however we should keep an eye on them and they should be informed that cstanleytech Jun 2020 #30
Impeachment quakerboy Jun 2020 #40
There is no such thing as impeachment-proof. If we take enough power we can boot them out. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #45
Great post. Pepsidog Jun 2020 #29
The Great Purge of 2021 - Drain the Cesspool CaptainTruth Jun 2020 #4
+1000. nt ecstatic Jun 2020 #36
I hope Biden finds the cojones to appoint a whole shitload of special prosecutors BComplex Jun 2020 #5
I hold that hope, but past precedence has proved my hope to be misplaced. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #10
Let's try to get a Dem majority in the Senate & House then. Otherwise, bupkis. Hekate Jun 2020 #27
Holy moly! Rick Wilson for AG! ffr Jun 2020 #6
Wow, Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #7
It's time to start a list of every Trump appointee. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2020 #9
That's going to take some time. SergeStorms Jun 2020 #11
It's going to take a long, LONG time stopdiggin Jun 2020 #17
Finding them shouldn't be too difficult. Ilsa Jun 2020 #13
Hopefully shanti Jun 2020 #24
I'm worried less about the appointees than the career staff they've burrowed in StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #18
They will have to create a new section within DOJ Scalded Nun Jun 2020 #14
Yup. I figure about triple the previous. jaxexpat Jun 2020 #16
The Debaathification Division lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #43
At the very least they should take an oath bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #19
They already do that. They think oaths are for suckers. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #42
Going to need a lot of white office desk & chairs. Historic NY Jun 2020 #22
I am beginning to like these Lincoln project folks. roamer65 Jun 2020 #23
if i was biden, i would tell them all to leave quietly before he raises his hand. mopinko Jun 2020 #25
I have no problem with that. warmfeet Jun 2020 #28
I believe the term is "de-Nazification". LudwigPastorius Jun 2020 #31
Most of them should have some sort of mark of the beast on them. nt Quixote1818 Jun 2020 #32
That mark of the beast is... IthinkThereforeIAM Jun 2020 #39
It will probably take a long time to track down Russian moles AdamGG Jun 2020 #37
Start with the plumb book and move forward from there bottomofthehill Jun 2020 #38
Exactly! We will have to drain the swamp for real. Trump hires only alligators and mosquitoes. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #41
They must be rooted out similar to the denazification program post-WWII dalton99a Jun 2020 #46
Whenever/however Trump is finally gone, many republicans will have a retroactive epiphany. keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #47
Yes, now I understand the need for government purges. Nitram Jun 2020 #48
Rick Wilson really showed his ass trying to sic cancel culture on Dominos Jake Stern Jun 2020 #49

leftieNanner

(15,159 posts)
1. A Question
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:10 PM
Jun 2020

Are these two VOA people Trumpers? Or are they actual human beings who quit because of the toxic Trumper who was appointed to be their boss?

Agree with Rick Wilson, though.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
8. I don't know for sure , They're quitting because of this:
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 01:36 PM
Jun 2020




This should alarm you. CDC banned VOA because Trump said it's not giving him good press. On June 4, Trump installed a Steve Bannon associate, Michael Pack, as head of VOA's parent agency. Prepare for this impartial government media outlet to become a state-sponsored Breitbart.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,794 posts)
3. Stringent HOUSE cleaning and FUMIGATION of everything Trump touched....
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:13 PM
Jun 2020

I forsee resignations of Judicial appointments as the public will continue to protest. Trumpers will not know a moment's peace. We know who they are and they can try to hide.

Hekate

(90,829 posts)
12. Judicial appointments are for LIFE. They will not resign nor be fired. ...
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 02:19 PM
Jun 2020

I don't know how this little meme got started at DU.


bucolic_frolic

(43,311 posts)
21. Former prosecutors on Twitter have floated
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 03:10 PM
Jun 2020

reexamining confirmation testimony for some of the less qualified appointees, and perhaps looking for disqualifications, perjuries, or unfitness for office. I'm not promoting the idea or optimistic, but if McConnell can snuff Supreme Court nominees and wave through poorly qualified nominees, political power ought to be used to see what can be done about it.

Hekate

(90,829 posts)
26. Well that is slightly encouraging. Some of those jokers are highly unqualified & I'd bet ...
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 05:11 PM
Jun 2020

...dollars to holes in donuts some fudging if not outright perjury could be detected.

2naSalit

(86,802 posts)
33. Glenn Kirschner has a video
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 09:54 PM
Jun 2020

explaining how that could be done and rather swiftly.

Been looking for a link, still looking.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
44. Definitely. Most of them lied, have criminal history, or other major disqualifications.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 09:27 AM
Jun 2020

To Trump, those things are job requirements - part of how he controls them by blackmail.

cstanleytech

(26,319 posts)
30. True however we should keep an eye on them and they should be informed that
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 08:50 PM
Jun 2020

Last edited Tue Jun 16, 2020, 12:28 AM - Edit history (1)

if they commit one criminal act the book will be thrown at them with zero plea bargains offered and no "if you resign we will not prosecute you" type deals offered.

BComplex

(8,067 posts)
5. I hope Biden finds the cojones to appoint a whole shitload of special prosecutors
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:41 PM
Jun 2020

and start lining up the guilty parties:
Trump
Kushner
Kushner, Ms.
Trump
Trump, Jr.
Mnuchin
Barr
McConnell
Pompous Pompeo
And maybe even Sean Hannity?

9. It's time to start a list of every Trump appointee.
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 01:41 PM
Jun 2020

We may not be able to ferret out the judges, but every other appointment is fair game. Also Biden can write EOs to override Trump's and if we win back the Senate, we can reinstate the laws the Republicans destroyed or were blocked by Moscow Mitch, like the Voting Security Act. And pass a law to undo Citizens United and another reinstate that portion of the Voting Rights Act that Scalia knocked out because "the problem it was meant to solve no longer exists."

It will never be possible to undo Trump's damage 100% -- just like getting dog urine completely out of the carpet -- but we can undo as much damage as possible, as possible.

The first item on the agenda should be to get the kids out of the cages and start the process of reuniting them with their families. It can be partially paid for with the money we get when Trump's ego-wall is ripped down and sold for scrap.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
11. That's going to take some time.
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 02:17 PM
Jun 2020

He's pretty much gutted the government as we knew it. We not only need to weed out his appointees, but then every one of the doorknobs those appointees appointed. Like I said, this is going to take some time.

stopdiggin

(11,372 posts)
17. It's going to take a long, LONG time
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 02:43 PM
Jun 2020

but .. IF there is something like a blue wave in November .. that will serve as notice and mandate that is what the American people desire happen.
(Don't forget -- despite his success in ramming things through .. 95% of what DJT has enacted has been largely unpopular. Un-doing it will be met with approval and relief -- for the most part. But .. fast? I'm not even sure if that is the right objective.)

Ilsa

(61,698 posts)
13. Finding them shouldn't be too difficult.
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 02:23 PM
Jun 2020

Essentially most of the hires since January 2017. But not decimating our agencies while cleaning out the scum might be difficult.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
18. I'm worried less about the appointees than the career staff they've burrowed in
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 02:45 PM
Jun 2020

Appointees are easily identified and removed since their positions are temporary and they can be let go at any time. The career staff is another matter and we can be sure they've installed their people in these positions throughout and up and down government.

Scalded Nun

(1,240 posts)
14. They will have to create a new section within DOJ
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 02:25 PM
Jun 2020

'Trump-era (or 'Trump Administration') investigations'

jaxexpat

(6,852 posts)
16. Yup. I figure about triple the previous.
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 02:42 PM
Jun 2020

And we shouldn't worry too much about disrupting the flow of things by removing personnel. With Trumps appointees at the helm, the flow is all downhill anyway.

bucolic_frolic

(43,311 posts)
19. At the very least they should take an oath
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 02:54 PM
Jun 2020

to reject fealties to powers that run counter to the Constitution, and pledge loyalty to the United States of America

Historic NY

(37,453 posts)
22. Going to need a lot of white office desk & chairs.
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 03:31 PM
Jun 2020

to send them to do nothing, no phones or outside contact.

mopinko

(70,238 posts)
25. if i was biden, i would tell them all to leave quietly before he raises his hand.
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 04:07 PM
Jun 2020

then come after them. every damn one.
and all those f'ing generals who followed illegal orders.

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,077 posts)
39. That mark of the beast is...
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 12:33 AM
Jun 2020

Last edited Tue Jun 16, 2020, 02:29 AM - Edit history (1)

... the Federalist Society. A secular, private group. There is wording somewhere to kick/impeach them out over their membership in such.

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
49. Rick Wilson really showed his ass trying to sic cancel culture on Dominos
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 01:27 PM
Jun 2020

by dredging up an 8 year old tweet where they thanked Keyleigh Mcenany for a compliment.

That's epic dick behavior.

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