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Rick Wilson
@TheRickWilson
When this shit is over were going to have to hunt down every single trump appointee who has slithered into a government job
Link to tweet
leftieNanner
(15,159 posts)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.
denem
(11,045 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Link to tweet
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)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)I don't know how this little meme got started at DU.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,794 posts)diva77
(7,659 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,311 posts)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)...dollars to holes in donuts some fudging if not outright perjury could be detected.
2naSalit
(86,802 posts)explaining how that could be done and rather swiftly.
Been looking for a link, still looking.
dmr
(28,349 posts)2naSalit
(86,802 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)To Trump, those things are job requirements - part of how he controls them by blackmail.
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)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.
quakerboy
(13,921 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,602 posts)ecstatic
(32,733 posts)BComplex
(8,067 posts)and start lining up the guilty parties:
Trump
Kushner
Kushner, Ms.
Trump
Trump, Jr.
Mnuchin
Barr
McConnell
Pompous Pompeo
And maybe even Sean Hannity?
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)Hekate
(90,829 posts)ffr
(22,672 posts)And make examples of them, these traitors to America!
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)these were Trumpers true to the cause.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,595 posts)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)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)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)Essentially most of the hires since January 2017. But not decimating our agencies while cleaning out the scum might be difficult.
some of the ones who were kicked out by Chump or left on their own will come back.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)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)'Trump-era (or 'Trump Administration') investigations'
jaxexpat
(6,852 posts)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.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,311 posts)to reject fealties to powers that run counter to the Constitution, and pledge loyalty to the United States of America
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)We have to purge the pigs.
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)to send them to do nothing, no phones or outside contact.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)mopinko
(70,238 posts)then come after them. every damn one.
and all those f'ing generals who followed illegal orders.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)I will help in any way I can, and not just with appointee's.
LudwigPastorius
(9,178 posts)Quixote1818
(28,979 posts)IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,077 posts)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.
AdamGG
(1,295 posts)in the intelligence services
bottomofthehill
(8,348 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)dalton99a
(81,599 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,937 posts)Nitram
(22,892 posts)Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)by dredging up an 8 year old tweet where they thanked Keyleigh Mcenany for a compliment.
That's epic dick behavior.