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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDidn't Whinny Donny quickly appoint some just weeks before his term ended?
Dont remember who, or whether the Social Security guy was one of them..
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)SS guy has been in for a while. 2019 IIRC.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Botany
(70,291 posts)... election and he gave a stand down order to the D.C. National Guard 2 days before 1/6/21.
Before that the D.C. National Guard had the authority to respond to any problems that threatened
the District's people, buildings, or Federal Govt.
Botany
(70,291 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,548 posts)Botany
(70,291 posts)Gave out the day, the date, the time, and the place >10 different invitations
Decapitated the D.C. National Guard prior to 1/6/21
Helped to pay for this "stop the steal rally" with campaign funds
Had the niece of his chief of staff fill out the permits for the rally
had a pre riot/violent coup pep talk to his pro trump thugs
refused to call of his thugs despite calls from Mike Pence and Rep McCarthy asking him to do just that
told the Sec. of State of Georgia he needed some help w/"the votes" in Georgia because big things are gonna
happen on 1/6/21
and after all the bloodshed, death, violence, law breaking, and destruction he told his thugs that "he loved 'em
and was proud of them."
muriel_volestrangler
(101,154 posts)...
The White House also announced in early December that Brian Ballard, a prominent GOP lobbyist with ties to the White House, and Pam DeVos, a sister-in-law of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, will sit on the Kennedy Centers board of trustees.
Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Anthony Tata, who has a history of making inflammatory, anti-Muslim remarks and once referred to former President Barack Obama as a terrorist leader, was awarded this week with an advisory board position at the Merchant Marine Academy.
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Last week, Trump named Michael Anton, a former spokesman for the Trump National Security Council, to the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences, which advises leaders of the Department of Educations research division, along with Larry Schweikart, a retired historian and author of 48 Liberal Lies about American History (That You Probably Learned in School).
Panetta pointed specifically to Trump confidants and campaign operatives David Bossie and Cory Lewandowski, who were appointed in early December to the Pentagons Defense Business Board after the White House removed the members serving on the board, which was formed in 2002 to provide senior Pentagon officials with independent advice on business management issues, according to its website.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-rushes-dole-plum-appointments-allies-door/story?id=74739837
Michael Anton was the author of the infamous "Flight 93 Election" article, in which he likened a Hillary victory to a terrorist hijacking of the USA.
The Biden administration decided the Defense Business Board was too important to have people like Bossie and Lewandowski on it, so they cleared it out:
All current members appointed and those pending appointment to the Defense Business Board have concluded their service.
https://dbb.defense.gov/Members/