Summary
Donald Trump’s transition team is raising unlimited funds from undisclosed donors, including foreign nationals, bypassing federal transparency rules by refusing to sign agreements with the Biden administration.
This breaks from tradition, sparking concerns about potential conflicts of interest and influence over the incoming administration.
The team has also failed to enable FBI background checks for appointees and has not submitted an ethics plan required for pre-inauguration access to federal agencies.
Critics warn that this secrecy undermines accountability during the critical handover of power.
I think the big takeaway is that the only thing atanding between our government and corruption is “tradition.”
Way too much of how our institutions function was built on the honor system. And now it’s too late to harden those safeguards
If only we had 4 years to adjust and prepare
What if I told you they were always corrupt, and Trump is just too brazen to hide it?
I wouldn’t completely disagree although I would say he cranked the corruption to 11 more than anyone previously
Of course he’s going to go ham this season. Why wouldn’t he? He was never held to account for any of the corruption and crime during his first term. The new Trump admin won’t be like the last one where some people were able to obstruct the most ridiculous requests. I predict we will nuke at least one hurricane in the coming 4 years.
But he won’t be that bad, am I right? That’s what I keep being told now that the “a vote for Kamala his a vote for genocide” people got their way.
By the way, I wonder what dialect of Russian those foreign nationals speak…
Hassan Abdel Salam, a former professor at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and co-founder of the Abandon Harris campaign, which endorsed Green Party candidate Jill Stein, said Trump’s staffing plans were not surprising, but had proven even more extreme that he had feared.
“It’s like he’s going on Zionist overdrive,” he said. “We were always extremely skeptical … Obviously we’re still waiting to see where the administration will go, but it does look like our community has been played.”
What a bunch of fucking dipshits
The dems complete incompetence led to this. Tired of seeing people think being vocal about genocide is somehow a bad thing.
If you keep blaming anyone but the idiots that sat on their hands and decided a status quo with a side of genocide was the appropriate response to fascism, all your doing is signaling them they can try the same shit next time.
They praised fracking at the debate ffs, it’s like they were trying to alienate voters. I blame them and no one else.
Translation: “I had nothing to do with this. All I did was repeatedly tell people not to vote for Harris and then they didn’t vote for Harris and Harris lost and now I got my way and I’m mad about it.”
I didn’t. I was very vocal about voting for Harris anyways. I knew that the dems had already decided to roll the dice and it was up to us to knudge it along because trump was worse (including for palestinians). But I was banging my head against the walls wondering what the fuck they were thinking.
Not only was enabling genocide morally disgusting, it was politically stupid as well. And it wasn’t just that, the dems ran on a platform of apathy. They needed to bring out people that usually don’t vote to win and they didn’t even try, while the fascist spent 12 years building a personality cult.
If they don’t do something radically different next time, hoping trump doesn’t complete cement his dictatorship, they will lose again. They need to be held accountable.
This breaks from tradition
What a great way to minimize what’s going on here
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot! The f’n MAGATs want transparency in the government…LOL! They’re filling the their swamp with Russian SVR RF assets and white Christian lunatics hell bent on creating the US version of 1979 Iran. Fuck that shit. I would welcome the Canadians to annex all the Blue States.
I would welcome the Canadians to annex all the Blue States.
The answer to voting in a fascist is to cede the majority of the nation’s territory to them? Those poor fools who weren’t fortunate enough to live in a blue state…
Reminds me of what Abraham Lincoln said to the Confederacy: “If you’re too stupid not to realize slavery is bad, make your own country. Surely your slaves will realize that blue states are better.”
You know, there was this TV show some time back, sliders, I think. One episode has everyone wearing truth collars that shock you when you lie. Fuck tradition, make our leaders wear truth collars that shock the fuck out of them when they lie.
Secret Diels you mean
