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Trump Presidential Transition Thread
Topic Started: Nov 9 2016, 10:16 PM (717 Views)
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Now that the election is over and we have a President-elect, it is time to follow the transition from Obama to Trump.....

.....God save the Republic. :devil1:
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(The Guardian) California senator Dianne Feinstein has echoed some of Vermont senator Patrick Leahy’s concerns about president-elect Donald Trump’s nominations this morning, particularly relating to Alabama senator Jeff Sessions, her Senate colleague who was nominated for attorney general this morning.

“The Justice Department has the awesome responsibility of upholding the country’s laws and protecting Americans, and the attorney general sets the tone for the entire agency,” Feinstein said. “That’s why this position is so important and deserves such intense scrutiny. The attorney general should be above the political fray - our laws absolutely must apply equally to all Americans if we’re to have confidence in them. The attorney general’s honesty, integrity and willingness to enforce the law in an even-handed manner are all vital to be effective in this position.”

“The attorney general has jurisdiction over many crucial laws and must discharge his or her duties regardless of personal views,” Feinstein continued. “These include enforcing civil rights and voting protections, prosecuting hate crimes and firearm violations, protecting women’s health clinics and upholding the constitutional right to marriage equality.”

“Senator Sessions has served on the Senate Judiciary Committee for many years so he’s well aware of the thorough vetting he’s about to receive,” Feinstein concluded. “And while many of us have worked with Senator Sessions closely and know him to be a staunch advocate for his beliefs, the process will remain the same: a fair and complete review of the nominee. While Senator Sessions and I differ on a great many issues, I am committed to a full and fair process.”
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(The Guardian) Illinois congressman Luis Gutiérrez, on attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions
--If you have nostalgia for the days when blacks kept quiet, gays were in the closet, immigrants were invisible and women stayed in the kitchen, Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions is your man.

No senator has fought harder against the hopes and aspirations of Latinos, immigrants, and people of color than Sen. Sessions. He is a staunch opponent of legal immigration and someone who has blocked every effort to improve, modernize, and humanize our immigration system, which is two or three decades out-of-date.

He ran for the Senate because he was deemed by the Senate Judiciary Committee as too racist to serve as a federal judge. He is the kind of person who will set back law enforcement, civil rights, the courts, and increase America’s mass incarceration industry and erase 50 years of progress.
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(The Guardian) From a written statement submitted to Congress in 1986 by Thomas Figures, a former assistant United States Attorney, about Jeff Sessions, then a nominee for a federal district judgeship:

Mr. Sessions called me into his office and indicated he felt I had been unduly harsh with the secretary. Mr. Sessions admonished me to ‘be careful what you say to white folks.’

Had Mr. Sessions merely urged me to be careful about what I said to ‘folks,’ that admonition would have been quite reasonable. But that was not the language that he used.

There was a period in our own lifetimes when blacks were regularly admonished to be particularly polite or deferential, and a remark of that sort may just have slipped out inadvertently.

-Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/20/us/senator-urges-withdrawal-of-judicial-nomination.html
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(The Guardian) Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, on Jeff Sessions: I know Senator Sessions and we work out in the gym, but the fact that he is a senator does not absolve him from answering tough questions in the confirmation process. Given some of his past statements and his staunch opposition to immigration reform, I am very concerned about what he would do with the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice and want to hear what he has to say.
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(The Guardian) From the Guardian's long-suffering transition pooler Ben Jacobs: Your supplemental pooler has arrived outside Trump National Golf Club Bedminster. He is currently standing in the drainage ditch across the street from the main entrance. The property owner has given him permission and at least one other reporter permission to do so.

The street, Lammington Road, is lined both ways with bright orange signs from the township of Bedminster stating ‘No Standing, Stopping or Parking.’ The signs go significantly farther to the west than the east.

Your supplemental pooler now holding in the drainage ditch resting a coffee cup on the guard rail as he enjoys an unseasonably mild November day in New Jersey and the exhaust fumes from passing traffic.
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(The Guardian) Elizabeth Warren lambasts 'compromise with racism' in Sessions nomination
--Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has released a blistering statement in response to president-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Alabama senator Jeff Sessions to serve as the next attorney general:

Instead of embracing the bigotry that fueled his campaign rallies, I urge president-elect Trump to reverse his apparent decision to nominate Senator Sessions to be attorney general of the United States. If he refuses, then it will fall to the Senate to exercise fundamental moral leadership for our nation and all of its people. Thirty years ago, a different Republican Senate rejected Senator Sessions’ nomination to a federal judgeship. In doing so, that Senate affirmed that there can be no compromise with racism; no negotiation with hate. Today, a new Republican Senate must decide whether self-interest and political cowardice will prevent them from once again doing what is right.
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--Democrats have called every single GOP appointee "racist" for the past 15+ years. At this point, it's crying wolf. (Frank Luntz, 18 Nov. 2016)
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(The Guardian) Trump to deliver Thanksgiving message
--In a sure addition to the holiday spirits of everyone, Donald Trump will appear today to deliver a Thanksgiving message, his transition team says.

It’s not yet known when Trump will appear. He’s at his Mar-a-Lago place in Palm Beach, Florida, where he’s spending the weekend.

Per the press pool: [Trump’s spokespeople] did not elaborate on the president-elect’s activities today, saying the Trump family expects “some degree of privacy” during the holidays.

Fair bet that tens of millions of Americans also would appreciate some degree of privacy during the holidays. See you Monday then?
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(The Guardian) Trump picks DeVos as education secretary
--Donald Trump has chosen charter school advocate Betsy DeVos to be his education secretary, the AP reports.

The nomination is subject to senate confirmation.

The education policy web site Chalkbeat had said that a DeVos appointment could indicate that Trump intends to go through with a sweeping school vouchers plan and would leave the future of Common Core education standards an open question.

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(The Guardian) Trump: DeVos 'will reform the US education system'
--Donald Trump has released a statement describing grand plans for American education under the leadership of Betsy DeVos, his education secretary nominee. DeVos is a Michigan philanthropist who has chaired the state Republican party who “has kept a low national profile,” according to Chalkbeat: “She has neither worked in public education nor chosen public schools for her own children, who attended private Christian schools.”

DeVos’ husband, Dick, is an heir to the Amway fortune and a former company president, AP reports. Trump called DeVos “a brilliant and passionate education advocate.”

“Under her leadership we will reform the U.S. education system and break the bureaucracy that is holding our children back so that we can deliver world-class education and school choice to all families,” Trump said in a statement. “I am pleased to nominate Betsy as Secretary of the Department of Education.”
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(The Guardian) Can Trump Get Apple To Build In U.S.?
--Donald Trump told Apple CEO Tim Cook that he is going to “get” the company to start manufacturing its products in the United States, the president-elect told the New York Times on Tuesday.

Trump revealed that he had received a post-election phone call from Cook during which he said, “Tim, you know one of the things that will be a real achievement for me is when I get Apple to build a big plant in the United States, or many big plants in the United States.”

According to Trump’s account, Cook responded, “I understand that,” and Trump went on to promise incentives through tax breaks and reduced regulations.

“I think we’ll create the incentives for you, and I think you’re going to do it,” Trump said he said.
-Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/23/donald-trump-apple-tim-cook-phone-call-manufacturing-us
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NBC News: SC Governor Accept Nomination To Become U.S. Ambassador To U.N.

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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has accepted Donald Trump's offer to be his ambassador to the United Nations. In a statement Wednesday morning, Haley said "I always expected to finish the remaining two years of my second term as governor," but added she was "moved to accept this new assignment" out of a "sense of duty."

"When the President believes you have a major contribution to make to the welfare of our nation, and to our nation's standing in the world, that is a calling that is important to heed," Haley said, adding that she "remain as governor until the U.S. Senate acts affirmatively on my nomination."

Haley, 44, is a two-term governor who initially backed Trump rivals Sen. Marco Rubio and then Sen. Ted Cruz during the GOP battle for a White House nominee.

She is the first woman in the state's history to hold the role and the first woman picked by the president-elect to serve in a cabinet-level position.

The daughter of immigrants from India, Haley served three terms in South Carolina's State House before winning the governorship in 2010 and again in 2014.

Haley's limited foreign policy experience is likely to draw scrutiny during her Senate confirmation hearings.

If confirmed, Haley would succeed Samantha Power, who has served as President Barack Obama's U.N. ambassador since 2013.
-Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/gov-nikki-haley-accepts-trump-offer-be-ambassador-united-nations-n687501
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President-elect Donald J. Trump asks everyone to join together under the shared resolve to Make America Great Again for all people.
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MSN News: Trump Claims 'Serious Fraud' In Three States

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President-elect Donald Trump alleged Sunday evening that there were "serious voter fraud" issues in three states during the election, calling out results from Virginia, New Hampshire and California.

The Twitter accusation capped off an active day on the social media platform for the president elect. He started the morning saying a Green Party-launched recount in Wisconsin, along with efforts in Michigan and Pennsylvania, will not change the results of the election.

But in the afternoon, he tweeted an unsubstantiated claim that "millions of people" voted illegally and said he would have won the popular vote if those "illegal" votes were discounted.

Trump won 290 Electoral College votes, but trails Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by more than 2 million in the popular vote tally.

Clinton won all the three states Trump singled out on Sunday night. In California, Clinton bested Trump by more than 3 million votes, taking 61.6 percent to his 32.8 percent. In Virginia, she won by 185,689 votes, or 49.9 percent to 45 percent. The margin in New Hampshire was much closer, with some 2,700 votes separating the two.

The claim that people voted illegally has gained traction in conservative circles after being publicized by controversial Infowars radio host Alex Jones, who published an article earlier this month with the headline, "Report: 3 million votes in presidential election cast by illegal aliens."

Political fact-checker Politifact has said the accusation is "highly suspect" and Internet fact-checker Snopes rates the claim unproven.

Electors will meet on Dec. 19 to certify the results of the Electoral College.
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The Guardian: Elaine Chao Named As Transo\portation Secretary
The Guardian: Georgia Representative Named To HHS Post
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