President Donald Trump plans to nominate his longtime campaign aide Sam Clovis to head science at the US Department of Agriculture, despite the fact that Clovis lacks a background in science and a congressional rule maintains that the role must be filled "from among distinguished scientists."
Clovis, who has been serving as senior White House adviser to the USDA since Trump took office, has a background as an economics professor and a former talk radio host, but he has no formal background in the hard sciences. The White House announced Trump's plans to nominate Clovis Wednesday night.
I mean The Dumpster takes cronyism to a whole new level.
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by traderdave » Fri Jul 21, 2017 15:44:18
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by JFLNYC » Fri Jul 21, 2017 15:58:18
Yeah, but he's a Clovis person so that's pretty neat from a scientific perspective.
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by drsmooth » Fri Jul 21, 2017 16:14:31
I get the press corps is prone to self absorption, but Moochie's the only story today. He's a fucking press secretary. It's not like he was named to run Agriculture
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by The Crimson Cyclone » Fri Jul 21, 2017 16:55:02
"What's that?!" Spat Mr Trump, "What did you say?"
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by Slowhand » Fri Jul 21, 2017 17:12:46
Whenever Moochie's not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, "Where's Moochie?"
How dare you interrupt my Lime Rickey!
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by swishnicholson » Fri Jul 21, 2017 17:46:40
traderdave wrote:President Donald Trump plans to nominate his longtime campaign aide Sam Clovis to head science at the US Department of Agriculture, despite the fact that Clovis lacks a background in science and a congressional rule maintains that the role must be filled "from among distinguished scientists."
Clovis, who has been serving as senior White House adviser to the USDA since Trump took office, has a background as an economics professor and a former talk radio host, but he has no formal background in the hard sciences. The White House announced Trump's plans to nominate Clovis Wednesday night.
I mean The Dumpster takes cronyism to a whole new level.
However, Clovis did not call scientists "dumb" and dinosaurs a hoax.
So, he's got that going for him.
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by swishnicholson » Fri Jul 21, 2017 17:55:45
Also, the qualifications read in full:
He was a professor of economics, so I guess that ticks off the education and economics boxes. Um, he was born in Kansas? so maybe that's agricultural. When he retired from the Air force he was " Inspector General of the United States Space Command." Pretty sure Trump thinks that's a scientist.
He may not be a scientist, but he's distinguished himself, that's for sure.
(b) Confirmation required
The Under Secretary shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among distinguished scientists with specialized training or significant experience in agricultural research, education, and economics.
He was a professor of economics, so I guess that ticks off the education and economics boxes. Um, he was born in Kansas? so maybe that's agricultural. When he retired from the Air force he was " Inspector General of the United States Space Command." Pretty sure Trump thinks that's a scientist.
He may not be a scientist, but he's distinguished himself, that's for sure.
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by JFLNYC » Fri Jul 21, 2017 19:24:02
The B1G Piece wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sessions-discussed-trump-campaign-related-matters-with-russian-ambassador-us-intelligence-intercepts-show/2017/07/21/3e704692-6e44-11e7-9c15-177740635e83_story.html?tid=a_breakingnews&utm_term=.c9b33abab5e0
Poor, Jeff (not really, fuck him).
Here's my take on this from a Kompromat perspective: The Russians saw this week that Trump was throwing Sessions under the bus so it's only a matter of time before Trump fires him. Since Sessions will then no longer be of use to them, they decide to use him now to fire a shot across the bow at anyone else in the Trump Campaign who might be thinking of singing to save his hide -- remember that Kushner is being interviewed next week and Don, Jr. and Manafort have been requested to testify next week also.
So the Russians decide to leak damaging info on Sessions to remind Kushner, Manafort, etc. that, if they implicate the Russians in their testimony, the Russians have the goods on them, too. The timing is just too convenient for there to be a leak about conversations between Kislyak and Putin.
Looks like Russian spy craft to me.
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by Bucky » Fri Jul 21, 2017 19:31:11
You really think that US intelligence would leak info this fresh? I would think this is stuff they've known about for a while know and were corroborating its veracity, etc.
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by drsmooth » Fri Jul 21, 2017 19:32:37
JFLNYC wrote:So the Russians decide to leak damaging info on Sessions to remind Kushner, Manafort, etc. that, if they implicate the Russians in their testimony, the Russians have the goods on them, too. The timing is just too convenient for there to be a leak about conversations between Kislyak and Putin.
Looks like Russian spy craft to me.
I'm just going with the theory they're all relying on Magic Hail Mary Pardons
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by drsmooth » Fri Jul 21, 2017 19:41:49
so Kornacki has reactionary stooges Hugh Hewitt & Leonard Lance on for their "thoughts" about the latest Sessions scuttlebutt.
Both more or less threw Sessions under the bus, & Hewitt even proposes that Boeing's general counsel(!?!) is all teed up & ready to take Sessions' place.
Boeing's general counsel is an obvious choice to replace Sessions somehow? & who with a brain would want the job anyway right now?
Both more or less threw Sessions under the bus, & Hewitt even proposes that Boeing's general counsel(!?!) is all teed up & ready to take Sessions' place.
Boeing's general counsel is an obvious choice to replace Sessions somehow? & who with a brain would want the job anyway right now?
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by drsmooth » Fri Jul 21, 2017 19:51:20
Apparently Manafort & Jared have better things to do than testify as scheduled next week. Hmmmm.... havin' a friday
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by TenuredVulture » Fri Jul 21, 2017 20:00:02
You know, I'd assume by mature a billionaire would be an arrogant duck. But here is this scaramjcci guy apologizing for calling trump a hack so he can be a second tier official in what is the worst presidential administration ever? I just don't get it.
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by Stay_Disappointed » Fri Jul 21, 2017 20:43:48
Well, here's Trump's excuse to fire Sessions and get a stooge successor who'll fire Mueller https://t.co/629qGse43r
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Every GOP figure I've spoken to at #AspenSecurity assumes Trump leaked this to force Sessions out. "Certainly not a Mueller leak," one said. https://t.co/5WjsCLkQks
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Every GOP figure I've spoken to at #AspenSecurity assumes Trump leaked this to force Sessions out. "Certainly not a Mueller leak," one said. https://t.co/5WjsCLkQks
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by JFLNYC » Fri Jul 21, 2017 21:20:17
drsmooth wrote:Apparently Manafort & Jared have better things to do than testify as scheduled next week. Hmmmm.... havin' a friday
I think they agreed to turn over records and interview in private.
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by The Crimson Cyclone » Fri Jul 21, 2017 21:30:12
Warszawa wrote:Well, here's Trump's excuse to fire Sessions and get a stooge successor who'll fire Mueller https://t.co/629qGse43r
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 21, 2017
Every GOP figure I've spoken to at #AspenSecurity assumes Trump leaked this to force Sessions out. "Certainly not a Mueller leak," one said. https://t.co/5WjsCLkQks
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) July 21, 2017
Post is saying they've known since June
But it still wouldn't surprise me if Nunes was given the go ahead to confirm it so they would run it
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by drsmooth » Fri Jul 21, 2017 21:51:45
So Boeing counsel Luttig clerked for Scalia, & is described as "a conservative in the Scalia mold" - which may be shorthand for "raging Russophile"
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Re: President Trump BARELY KNOWS This Don Jr Person Politics
by Youseff » Fri Jul 21, 2017 22:28:06
Sadly all the dusche-o-craps, bed wetting #### supporting liberal sick-o's & the politically correct butt kissing cowards did not when they hired obamanure, the brown islamic clown!
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by phatj » Sat Jul 22, 2017 07:29:45
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