Insane Trump Cabinet Picks Are a Loyalty Test for Senate GOP - The Thursday AM Quickie 11/14/24
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11/14: It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! Emma speaks with Jean Su, Energy Justice Director for the Center For Biological Diversity, to discuss her recent piece in the New Republic entitled "Trump’s Election Is a Disaster for the Climate—and an Opportunity." Then, she speaks with Sina Toossi, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, to discuss Trump's cabinet appointments when it comes to foreign policy.
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Today you'll read about the incoming Republican majority's plans for the House and Senate, Benjamin Netanyahu's first "gift" to Donald Trump and Jared Kushner, and some good news about elections and government out of California, New York, Illinois, Colorado, Nebraska, and Kentucky.
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- Profoundly Compromised Attorney General Matt Gaetz Would Never Dare Say No to Trump, Hence His Nomination; 'Suck on That,' Steve Bannon Gloats The Florida Republican, recently the subject of a two-year Justice Department sex trafficking investigation of his relationship with a 17-year-old girl, resigned his House seat after Trump announced the nomination, effectively ending an ethics investigation into his sundry official misconduct; "'There's no conceivable justification for nominating somebody this smarmy and this offensive for a position of such significance in this democracy other than to have a puppet and somebody who, as Gaetz has demonstrated, will do anything Trump asks,' said Ty Cobb, a former Trump White House lawyer." via NBC News, Politico, and the Washington Post.
- Pro-Russia Propagandist, Assad Apologist, and 'Obscure Religious Sect' Member Tulsi Gabbard Picked By Trump to Be Director of National Intelligence "One Western intelligence official said it could lead America's allies to curb how much information they share with Washington. 'I imagine even Israel will have serious qualms,'" the official said. via Politico, NBC News, and the Majority Report.
- Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith Plans to Resign; Brings Trump Criminal Cases Closer to End Smith still owes the DOJ a mandatory report on his investigations into Trump and his cronies; if it comes in on schedule, Attorney General Merrick Garland may either "release the findings before he leaves office, or defer the release to the Trump team, which might not make its contents public." via the New York Times and the Associated Press.
- Imprisoned Proud Boys Leader Sends Trump Kiss-Up Letter Asking for 'a Complete Pardon' Joseph Biggs' lawyer, Norm Pattis, told Trump that exonerating his client for assaulting the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 "would serve 'the broader public interest' in much the same way that the clemency granted to thousands of Confederate supporters helped to heal the nation in the years that followed the Civil War." via the New York Times.
- Trump Transition Team's 'Very Detailed List' of Military Officers to Fire May Include Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Capitol Hill watchers, meanwhile, are interpreting the nomination of "wholly unqualified" Fox News weekend morning show host Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense as another loyalty test aimed at determining whether "Trump is, in effect, a dictator of the Republican Party." via Reuters, the Washington Post, and Politico.
- Elon Musk Has Become 'Ubiquitous' at Mar-a-Lago, Annoying Longtime Trump Aides "Musk's appointment to co-lead the [nongovernmental "Department of Government Efficiency"] to recommend spending cuts, announced Tuesday, puts him in position to influence federal probes into his companies — a conflict of interest." via the Washington Post, NBC News, and the AP.
- Melania Will Not Be Moving to the White House According to "people familiar with her plans," Trump's "third wife wants to spend time with her community of friends in Florida and near the couple's son, Barron, while he attends New York University"; she also rejected an invitation to have tea with Jill Biden yesterday. via CNN, HuffPost, and the New York Times.
- Democrats Form 'Governors Safeguarding Democracy' Group 'to Protect the Rule of Law' Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will lead the privately funded group, which is similar to the National Governors Association but focused on "pushing back against increasing threats of autocracy." via Politico.