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SeattleVet

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14. DANGER!! DANGER!!! It sounds like these are non-revocable appointments.
Tue Dec 8, 2020, 09:19 PM
Dec 2020

It's the names of the people we don't recognize that are the most worrisome. For example, there's an actual freeper on the list (Larry Schweikart, uses 'LS' as his freeperville handle), and he's being appointed to the National Board for Education Sciences.

Members of the Board are appointed by the President and are highly qualified to appraise education research, statistics, evaluations, or development.

He tweeted out a message a while ago, and there is a discussion of all he can 'get done' over on FR:

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Pleased to report I have been appointed by President Donald Trump to a 4-year appointment to the Board of Directors for the National Board for Educational Sciences. This is a non-revocable appointment.

I am now an embed in the unfortunate case Trump cannot overturn the fraud.
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It's plain to see where tRump is going with this...they are stuffing tRumpista sycophants into the boards of various councils and other government organizations, to positions with set terms. McConnell will get these appointments through the Senate post-haste, and there will be a whole deep-state set of tRump-loyalist saboteurs embedded in all of these organizations for a long time to come. Asshole is doing as much damage as he can on his way out of office, and doing whatever he can to make the incoming administration's job as difficult as possible.

What does this accomplish? Thomas Hurt Dec 2020 #1
Some (maybe all?) of those positions have specific terms, so it makes them very hard to get rid of. tblue37 Dec 2020 #4
He probably left them unfilled until now Captain Zero Dec 2020 #11
Chao is McConnell's wife and currently works in the admin berni_mccoy Dec 2020 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author CatLady78 Dec 2020 #15
Can Biden undo this mess??? redstatebluegirl Dec 2020 #3
Can Biden just remove these assholes? cayugafalls Dec 2020 #5
Trump, will go down in the Guinness World Records as the "Greatest Loser ever!" n/t RKP5637 Dec 2020 #6
More treason by Drumpf gohuskies Dec 2020 #7
More GOP deep state keithbvadu2 Dec 2020 #8
Called Spotting Neo Cons Wellstone ruled Dec 2020 #9
F..k every last one of them! They will add nothing Thekaspervote Dec 2020 #10
Boards of Trustees. Financial Oversight Boards. Advisory Boards. Opportunities for stipends/graft Marcuse Dec 2020 #12
Will this serial Hatch Act violator skip out on the mandatory Ethics training? Marcuse Dec 2020 #13
DANGER!! DANGER!!! It sounds like these are non-revocable appointments. SeattleVet Dec 2020 #14
I wonder who gave Trump the idea? thesquanderer Dec 2020 #16
These are administration appointments. I don't think they require a trip through the Senate. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 #17
Looks like some may need confirmation, if their own website is to be believed. SeattleVet Dec 2020 #20
Well, I'm wrong. Thanks. But how will the Senate find time to do important work, when ... mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 #21
These are 26 appointments in a government of 2 million civilians. ancianita Dec 2020 #19
Loyalists Get Last Minute Appointments From Trump mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 #18
The Appointees can always be removed "for cause" pfitz59 Dec 2020 #22
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