#appointees — Public Fediverse posts
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More acts cancel after The Kennedy Center's illegal renaming to "Dear Leader and Someone Else" Memorial Center.
Tr^mp crony Grenell claims the musicians won't see their work as transcendent. Musicians point out that the administration is tearing down non-white creations, acting as aggressor.
#fascist #USA #OurPutin #DearLeader #KennedyCenter #AnotherOrban #diversity #equity & #inclusion #DEI #appointees like #unqualified #PeteHegseth #DOD #Department of #Defense https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-center-new-years-eve-canceled-db4bc44f0d95cb40f794f2cb737562a3 -
More acts cancel after The Kennedy Center's illegal renaming to "Dear Leader and Someone Else" Memorial Center.
Tr^mp crony Grenell claims the musicians won't see their work as transcendent. Musicians point out that the administration is tearing down non-white creations, acting as aggressor.
#fascist #USA #OurPutin #DearLeader #KennedyCenter #AnotherOrban #diversity #equity & #inclusion #DEI #appointees like #unqualified #PeteHegseth #DOD #Department of #Defense https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-center-new-years-eve-canceled-db4bc44f0d95cb40f794f2cb737562a3 -
More acts cancel after The Kennedy Center's illegal renaming to "Dear Leader and Someone Else" Memorial Center.
Tr^mp crony Grenell claims the musicians won't see their work as transcendent. Musicians point out that the administration is tearing down non-white creations, acting as aggressor.
#fascist #USA #OurPutin #DearLeader #KennedyCenter #AnotherOrban #diversity #equity & #inclusion #DEI #appointees like #unqualified #PeteHegseth #DOD #Department of #Defense https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-center-new-years-eve-canceled-db4bc44f0d95cb40f794f2cb737562a3 -
More acts cancel after The Kennedy Center's illegal renaming to "Dear Leader and Someone Else" Memorial Center.
Tr^mp crony Grenell claims the musicians won't see their work as transcendent. Musicians point out that the administration is tearing down non-white creations, acting as aggressor.
#fascist #USA #OurPutin #DearLeader #KennedyCenter #AnotherOrban #diversity #equity & #inclusion #DEI #appointees like #unqualified #PeteHegseth #DOD #Department of #Defense https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-center-new-years-eve-canceled-db4bc44f0d95cb40f794f2cb737562a3 -
See attached pics for the list of #Trump transition #donors. Unknown amounts.
#law #government #corruption #PayToPlay #power #billionaires #appointees #favors #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited
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The report called on #Congress [good luck] to create laws requiring transitions to disclose the names of #donors who give over a threshold amount as well as to publicly account for spending by the transition, which it said would “create public scrutiny that encourages the transition team to police itself tightly against conflicts of interest.”
#law #government #corruption #PayToPlay #Trump #power #billionaires #appointees #favors #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited
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Last week, that group released a report on the #Trump transition that criticized it for “significant departures from established norms,” noting that it started late & relied heavily on a handful of outside think tanks, chiefly the #HeritageFoundation & the #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute, to develop policy & hire personnel for the new administration.
#law #government #corruption #PayToPlay #donors #power #billionaires #appointees #favors #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited
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“They claimed they were saving taxpayers money, but what they were doing was hiding the ball about who is buying the #government,” said Max Stier, the president of the nonpartisan nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, which promotes best practices in the federal government & runs the Center for Presidential Transition.
#law #corruption #PayToPlay #Trump #donors #power #billionaires #appointees #favors #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited
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#Watchdog groups had raised alarm about the lack of #transparency surrounding the most recent #Trump transition, noting that by not revealing who was contributing—& how much they had chipped in—it was nearly impossible for the public to know about #ConflictsOfInterest or #PayToPlay arrangements.
#law #government #corruption #donors #power #billionaires #appointees #favors #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited
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Prior administrations, including Trump’s in 2016, signed that agreement, which in addition to the disclosure obligation caps individual donations at $5,000 & bars #foreign contributions. By declining to sign, the second #Trump transition sidestepped those strictures & presumably could accept far larger contributions.
#law #government #corruption #PayToPlay #donors #power #billionaires #appointees #favors #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited
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At least 3 of the entries on the list matched names of Washington #lobbyists, but their identities could not be confirmed. Lobbyists with those names did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday evening. Because the list did not include addresses, hometowns or professions, it was not possible to confirm the identity of many other individuals described as #donors.
#law #government #corruption #PayToPlay #Trump #power #billionaires #appointees #favors #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited
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“President Trump greatly appreciates his supporters & donors; however, unlike politicians of the past, he is not bought by anyone & does what’s in the best interest of the country,” Danielle Alvarez, a spox for the #Trump transition, ridiculously said in a statement. “Any suggestion otherwise is simply false.”
#law #government #corruption #PayToPlay #donors #power #billionaires #appointees #favors
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A full year after making a public pledge to do so, #Trump disclosed a list of #donors who helped #pay for his transition to #power.
The list of 46 individuals…includes #billionaires like #JeffYass & #PaulSinger as well as several who went on to be #appointees in the current #administration.
In total, the transition said it raised slightly >$14M, but did not specify how much each donor contributed. It said $13.7M was spent on the transition.
#law #corruption #PayToPlay
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/politics/trump-transition-donors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
On August 7, #Trump signed an #executive #order tightening control of the #federal #grant #funding process, requiring #political #appointees to sign off on each grant. The order also instructs agencies to formalize the ability to cancel awarded grants at any time if they're considered to "no longer advance agency priorities." Because politicians are experts on #research, right? Wrong! https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/new-executive-order-puts-all-grants-under-political-control/
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#Leaked #memo reveals plan for #DonaldTrump to skip '#traditional #background #checks' for his #appointees if elected
"The proposal is being promoted by a small group including #BorisEpshteyn,a top #legal #adviser to Trump who was #influential in its #development, according to the three people."
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#Bizarre #Project2025 #training #video tells #conservatives to stop saying “#cisgender”.
#Fascist #videos provide #detailed #instructions on what these #appointees and #staffers should #believe and how they should #act, including having a strict #allegiance to the #HeritageFoundation’s #policy #stances—including its #opposing #abortion and opposition to #regulating #fossilfuel #companies to #fight #climatechange—with #repercussions for those who #refuse to #comply.
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#Bizarre #Project2025 #training #video tells #conservatives to stop saying “#cisgender”.
#Fascist #videos provide #detailed #instructions on what these #appointees and #staffers should #believe and how they should #act, including having a strict #allegiance to the #HeritageFoundation’s #policy #stances—including its #opposing #abortion and opposition to #regulating #fossilfuel #companies to #fight #climatechange—with #repercussions for those who #refuse to #comply.
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#Bizarre #Project2025 #training #video tells #conservatives to stop saying “#cisgender”.
#Fascist #videos provide #detailed #instructions on what these #appointees and #staffers should #believe and how they should #act, including having a strict #allegiance to the #HeritageFoundation’s #policy #stances—including its #opposing #abortion and opposition to #regulating #fossilfuel #companies to #fight #climatechange—with #repercussions for those who #refuse to #comply.
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#Bizarre #Project2025 #training #video tells #conservatives to stop saying “#cisgender”.
#Fascist #videos provide #detailed #instructions on what these #appointees and #staffers should #believe and how they should #act, including having a strict #allegiance to the #HeritageFoundation’s #policy #stances—including its #opposing #abortion and opposition to #regulating #fossilfuel #companies to #fight #climatechange—with #repercussions for those who #refuse to #comply.
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#Bizarre #Project2025 #training #video tells #conservatives to stop saying “#cisgender”.
#Fascist #videos provide #detailed #instructions on what these #appointees and #staffers should #believe and how they should #act, including having a strict #allegiance to the #HeritageFoundation’s #policy #stances—including its #opposing #abortion and opposition to #regulating #fossilfuel #companies to #fight #climatechange—with #repercussions for those who #refuse to #comply.
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#Thai #samesexmarriage #Bill #passes #firstreading.
The #vote sailed through the unelected #UpperHouse – stacked with #conservative #appointees named by the last #junta – with 147 votes in favour, four against and seven abstaining, building on the momentum from last week’s #landslide #vote in #Parliament.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #Thailand #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #Progress
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailands-same-sex-marriage-bill-moves-to-senate
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#Wisconsin #Republicans #fire 8 more of #Democratic #Governor #TonyEvers' #appointees, including #regents and #judicialwatchdogs.
Republicans have ousted 21 of his #appointees since he took office in 2019. The governor expressed being "apoplectic" over #Republican #senators dismissing his #appointees without having valid reasons.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Wisconsin #Politics #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Partisanship #ThePartyOfHate
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Historically viewed as a fringe belief system, #Christian #nationalism has become a considerable force in American politics, particularly as it relates to the current Republican Party.
A new survey from Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution revealed
👉more than 50% of Republicans believe the country should aspire to become a devoutly Christian nation by ascribing to the fundamentals of Christian nationalism, or, at a minimum, identifying with such beliefs.Christian nationalism is the assumption the United States is a Christian nation, and that the nation’s laws should be deeply rooted in Christian values.
Such a mindset has long been prevalent in #white #evangelical spheres, but has rapidly gained considerable traction within the #mainstream #Republican party.Committed Christian nationalists represent only 10 percent of the population, according to a 2023 PRRI/Brookings Christian Nationalism Survey.
Despite such a distinct minority, Christian nationalists have been successful in garnering additional influence by aggressively integrating themselves into a more sizable Christian electorate and declaring themselves as ordinary men and women.Not surprisingly, support for Christian nationalism is heavily correlated to political ideology.
Americans who reside in #culturally #conservative red states are much more likely to espouse Christian nationalist beliefs or be more inclined to harbor Christian nationalistic sympathies.
🔸More than half of Republicans also hold Christian nationalist beliefs, compared with a 🔸quarter of independents and just 🔸16% of Democrats.💥If Christian nationalism were successful in becoming the norm, it would abolish our current Constitution and further fragment our democracy.💥
Incidentally, it was the thrice-married serial adulterer and wayward (at least by traditional religious standards) former President Donald #Trump who courted right-wing Christians. According to one analysis, Trump’s #judicial #appointees were almost universally Christian, and a majority had some kind of affiliation with a religious group such as a church or other religious foundation.
Trump also appointed three of the six U.S. Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Unable to garner the support of the majority of Americans for dictating American culture, 🔹Christian nationalists have mounted a legal-political crusade against all who refuse to embrace their religious worldview.🔥The Supreme Court’s new conservative majority has steadily eroded the separation of church and state embedded in the Constitution.🔥
Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, these theocrats have successfully put their disdain and disregard for the life of the pregnant into law in one right-wing Republican-dominated state after another. But this is just the warm-up act.
Speaker of the House #Mike #Johnson and his fellow crusaders would like to inject their religious doctrine into the veins of every political aspect of federal law and public policy in an effort to establish religious hegemony.
Conservative #governors and #legislators have arrogantly, brazenly, and shamelessly invoked God and religion as the legislative purpose behind such draconian measures.
♦️If we value the freedom to worship in our own way, such arrogant and disingenuous proselytizing must be combated.♦️
https://themoderatevoice.com/the-creep-of-christian-nationalism/