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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Thu Jan 28, 2021, 06:41 PM Jan 2021

SAD! UNFAIR! Pentagon SUSPENDS Lewandowski and other last-minute Trump picks

"The Pentagon has suspended the processing of a number of former President Donald Trump's last-minute appointees to defense advisory boards as the new administration looks to weed out loyalists to the former president. The move effectively prevents a number of Trump allies, including his 2016 campaign manager Corey Lewandoski and deputy campaign manager David Bossie, from actually serving on panels tasked with providing advice to the defense secretary, at least for the time being," Politico reported Thursday.

"The effort is aimed at scrubbing the members of the advisory boards "'o determine if appointments were politically motivated vice professionally made,' said one of the people. The freeze announced on Wednesday pertains only to appointees who have not yet been sworn in or have completed all the required paperwork, the people said. Several new board members, including Earl Matthews and Anthony Tata, were sworn in on Jan. 19 after pressure from the White House to push through as many appointees as possible before President Joe Biden's inauguration. But others, including Lewandowski and Bossie, were still undergoing a lengthy financial disclosure and security clearance process that normally takes weeks or months, according to the people familiar," Politico explained.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-pentagon-2650171931/
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SAD! UNFAIR! Pentagon SUSPENDS Lewandowski and other last-minute Trump picks (Original Post) Miles Archer Jan 2021 OP
Excellent news. Mike 03 Jan 2021 #1
r&k MerryBlooms Jan 2021 #2
Good. Get rid of the Trump moles dalton99a Jan 2021 #3
This is good news leftieNanner Jan 2021 #4
I Think He Was A Political Appointee COL Mustard Jan 2021 #46
According To Wikipedia, He's Gone COL Mustard Jan 2021 #47
Watch our president go!! WOW Thekaspervote Jan 2021 #5
"Work Sets You Free" Corey Lewandowski? Mariana Jan 2021 #6
"Work sets you free" would be a good motto over a concentration camp, no? EarnestPutz Jan 2021 #12
That bit of Nazi lingo in his little speech Mariana Jan 2021 #13
Jeez, you're right of course. There is no bottom for these brown shirt assholes, is there? EarnestPutz Jan 2021 #15
... Wednesdays Jan 2021 #37
Drink your Ovaltine Alpha Freedom Friends jpak Jan 2021 #22
Those are some dead eyes on that Nazi Hekate Jan 2021 #25
About time!!! Vivienne235729 Jan 2021 #7
Yes, "scrub" the Lying Fascists the Cha Jan 2021 #8
All Chump toadies must go! FakeNoose Jan 2021 #9
Lewandowski and David Bossie Pantagruel Jan 2021 #10
+1 sandensea Jan 2021 #32
Swamp Womp Blue Owl Jan 2021 #11
Snort! Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #16
What about Earl Matthews and Anthony Tata? Jay25 Jan 2021 #14
Unfortunately, they were pressed through... they were sworn in on January 19th. secondwind Jan 2021 #20
Did they go thru proper security clearances? Or was it scimped? LiberalFighter Jan 2021 #23
Can't they be relieved of duty in some way? Poiuyt Jan 2021 #39
Thank God! Squinch Jan 2021 #17
Poor Corey is going to have to find a real job..... paleotn Jan 2021 #18
"SAD! UNFAIR!" musette_sf Jan 2021 #19
Aww Roy Rolling Jan 2021 #21
clean house . AllaN01Bear Jan 2021 #24
Hit the road, Jack! ShazzieB Jan 2021 #33
As long as they are there, they should be considered a threat to Biden's safety. Initech Jan 2021 #26
Every day brings some more good news out of the Biden administration. nt Hekate Jan 2021 #27
Sweet! orangecrush Jan 2021 #28
No one affiliated with Trump can be inside federal governance OhNo-Really Jan 2021 #29
Waiting to hear the "SAD! UNFAIR!" part..... n/t Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2021 #30
That's when we'll key up the WOMP WOMP trombone section Prof. Toru Tanaka Jan 2021 #44
Mr. Biden, as our President now, deserves his picks. I recall the repugs said this very thing ... SWBTATTReg Jan 2021 #31
Post removed Post removed Jan 2021 #34
Dude really? Executions? How is that different from what they tried on 6January 2021? irisblue Jan 2021 #35
Get all Trump appointees the hell out mdbl Jan 2021 #36
Exercise every ounce of power necessary to keep these fascists out of government greenjar_01 Jan 2021 #38
They should all be in jail. SunSeeker Jan 2021 #40
Yup. Was hoping for "indicts" not "suspends" theneworiginal Jan 2021 #41
and as corey once said: "WOMP WOMP" nt orleans Jan 2021 #42
Suspend them forever. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2021 #43
Biden is multitasking at an amazing level Johnny2X2X Jan 2021 #45
I'll repeat myself: GopherGal Jan 2021 #49
Scrub away. Call in Ghost-Busters. Deep clean. Purge. Scour. Arrest those involved in coup. n/t Evolve Dammit Jan 2021 #48

leftieNanner

(15,087 posts)
4. This is good news
Thu Jan 28, 2021, 06:45 PM
Jan 2021

But I wish we could get rid of some of the other toxic folks that he shoved in under the wire. Tata for one.

 

Pantagruel

(2,580 posts)
10. Lewandowski and David Bossie
Thu Jan 28, 2021, 07:03 PM
Jan 2021

both at the 1/5 meeting of Trump Insurrection planning.

"Charles W. Herbster, who was then the national chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Advisory Committee in Trump’s administration, in a Facebook post at 8:33 p.m. on Jan. 5 said that he was standing “in the private residence of the President at Trump International with the following patriots who are joining me in a battle for justice and truth.”

Among the attendees, according to Herbster’s post, were Tuberville, former RAGA director Adam Piper, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Trump’s former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, adviser Peter Navarro, Trump’s 2016 campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and 2016 deputy campaign manager David Bossie. "

Jay25

(417 posts)
14. What about Earl Matthews and Anthony Tata?
Thu Jan 28, 2021, 07:19 PM
Jan 2021

Will they be able to interfere or keep Donating abreast of what is going on?

paleotn

(17,912 posts)
18. Poor Corey is going to have to find a real job.....
Thu Jan 28, 2021, 07:38 PM
Jan 2021

First, that Senate run didn't work out. At least he recognized he'd get his ass handed to him. And now he's kicked out of a Pentagon job. What's a talentless hack to do? Breaks my heart.

OhNo-Really

(3,985 posts)
29. No one affiliated with Trump can be inside federal governance
Thu Jan 28, 2021, 08:23 PM
Jan 2021

Give me a break.

No matter the cost. These are people that gave their oaths to the don of anti-democracy, QAnon & don’s gaggle of Putin puppets.

This isn’t the “normal transition of power”

Lewamdowski & Bossie. Give irony a break

SWBTATTReg

(22,118 posts)
31. Mr. Biden, as our President now, deserves his picks. I recall the repugs said this very thing ...
Thu Jan 28, 2021, 08:37 PM
Jan 2021

to us before...every thing we're doing, they caused it to happen because they did it to us. Hold no punches, don't pull back before our blows for justice land.
No rest, no peace for these little inhuman animals who hold so little respect for their fellow Americans who simply oppose them in various things. They are the ones who erected the gallows on 1/6/21. Not us.

Look at how they have treated us over the years...before one goes saying 'hey, we need to work together!', when as hypocrites, they were going to the WH, meeting w/ rump for din din, and wouldn't let us sit in or join them. Hypocrites too.

Response to Miles Archer (Original post)

theneworiginal

(302 posts)
41. Yup. Was hoping for "indicts" not "suspends"
Thu Jan 28, 2021, 11:10 PM
Jan 2021

They engineered the stand down at the capital, allowing the overtaking, allowing several deaths and putting other lives at risk. They need to be held accountable under the law.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
43. Suspend them forever.
Fri Jan 29, 2021, 01:06 AM
Jan 2021

What the hell kind of appointees are these to a military advisory role, and what does a campaign manager know about high level military strategy

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)
45. Biden is multitasking at an amazing level
Fri Jan 29, 2021, 09:45 AM
Jan 2021

He came in ready for the job and despite no formal transition, he seemed more ready for everything in front of him than any president in memory.

Joe Biden is blowing me away, he was the perfect man for the job. Everyday I am stunned by how transformative he's appearing to be as our President.

GopherGal

(2,008 posts)
49. I'll repeat myself:
Fri Jan 29, 2021, 01:42 PM
Jan 2021

Amazing how well it works when you hire competent advisors and *listen to them*

As opposed to hiring unqualified toadies who all have to wait around (probably planting knives in each others' backs to fill the time) to implement whatever ill-considered idea you tweet.

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