#PresidentialTransition #HHS #FDA #CDC #WHO
"With respiratory-disease season in full swing and a bird flu outbreak rapidly evolving, the new Trump Administration has ordered federal health agencies to secure White House approval before communicating with the public."

We're all going to die!

Health Agencies On Communications Pause

"The Trump Administration will temporarily review and approve their public communications."
https://time.com/7209261/communications-by-federal-health-agencies-will-be-temporarily-reviewed-by-trump-appointees/

“The selection … shows how Trump, still fuming over years of federal investigations that shadowed his first administration and later led to his indictment, is moving to place atop the FBI and Justice Department close allies he believes will protect rather than scrutinize him.”

#Politics #USPolitics #TrumpCabinetPicks #Corruption #Accountability #ElectionsMatter #TrumpIsCorrupt #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #PresidentialTransition #Project2025

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-trump-transition-fbi-kash-patel_n_674ba886e4b0afc1cf7ff34d

But we all saw this coming, right? “Trump ran away from Project 2025 during the campaign because it was so unpopular. ... Now, though, Trump has done an about-face and has said he will nominate at least five people associated with Project 2025 to his administration.”

#Politics #USPolitics #Election2024 #Project2025 #PresidentialTransition #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpCabinet #ElectionsMatter #LettersFromAnAmerican

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-24-2024

“Although FBI file reviews are standard for presidential cabinet candidates, Punchbowl reported that the Republican senators’ interest in doing so seems to suggest that they believe there could be yet-unknown information in the file—like potential foreign contacts.”

#Politics #USPolitics #PresidentialTransition #TulsiGabbardNomination #FBI #BackgroundCheck

From: @DemocracyMattersALot
https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/113528598401447862

“Gaetz’s withdrawal turns attention to Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth. ... According to Heath Druzin of the Idaho Capital Sun, Hegseth has close ties to an Idaho Christian nationalist church that wants to turn the United States into a theocracy.” 🤢🤬

#Politics #USPolitics #Election2024 #PresidentialTransition #CabinetPicks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #DemocracyVsAutocracy #ChristianNationalism #LettersFromAnAmerican

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-21-2024

“It looks like the guy who has made it perfectly clear he doesn’t care about federal law is violating federal law. Oh, and also he’s about to be the president of the United States.” 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️🤬

#Politics #USPolitics #Election2024 #PresidentialTransition #DemocracyVsAutocracy

https://newrepublic.com/post/188300/donald-trump-presidential-transition-breaking-federal-law

#WaPo Congress tried to fix presidential transitions. Trump is testing the changes.

The first test of a little-known change to the #presidentialtransition process is causing anxiety as #Trump is potentially poised to return to power.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/31/trump-transition-process-jan6-president/

Donald Trump Is About to Have His Wile E. Coyote Moment

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-is-about-to-have-his-wile-e-coyote-moment

#DailyBeast #TrumpWileECoyote #PoliticalHumor #Election2020 #PresidentialTransition #SatiricalNews #Politics #News