The 2024 United States Presidential Election Thread

[Comrade Khan]

they literally released a report days before hillary was up for election tho lmao

 

[Samoa Looch]

Bad rich people getting away with it. What a surprise.

 

[Samoa Looch]

...man, that thumbnail hits.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Oh joy so turns out the big Amish turnout for Trump based on "Democratic overreach" was because several Amish farmers were under investigation for Listeria in their products. You cannot make this shit up.

 

[Chris]

Is Boar's Head an Amish company?

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Is Boar's Head an Amish company?

It contains several Amish products, and is heavily tied to their communities

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

BTW I'm here to share that same old Benjamin Franklin quote, cuz it's so evergreen.

"It has been for some Time a Question with me, Whether a Commonwealth suffers more by hypocritical Pretenders to Religion, or by the openly Profane? But some late Thoughts of this Nature, have inclined me to think, that the Hypocrite is the most dangerous Person of the Two, especially if he sustains a Post in the Government, and we consider his Conduct as it regards the Publick. The first Artifice of a State Hypocrite is, by a few savoury Expressions which cost him Nothing, to betray the best Men in his Country into an Opinion of his Goodness; and if the Country wherein he lives is noted for the Purity of Religion, he the more easily gains his End, and consequently may more justly be expos’d and detested. A notoriously profane Person in a private Capacity, ruins himself, and perhaps forwards the Destruction of a few of his Equals; but a publick Hypocrite every day deceives his betters, and makes them the Ignorant Trumpeters of his supposed Godliness: They take him for a Saint, and pass him for one, without considering that they are (as it were) the Instruments of publick Mischief out of Conscience, and ruin their Country for God’s sake."

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/14/politics/robert-f-kennedy-donald-trump-hhs/index.html

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a source familiar with the move told CNN, a choice that would add to Trump’s list of provocative picks whose confirmation processes will test the loyalty of Senate Republicans.

The source said Kennedy accepted the offer Thursday, and multiple sources told CNN that Trump could announce the choice later in the day. Kennedy has been in Palm Beach for several days following the election.

Politico was first to report the selection.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Again, I cannot stress enough how much the damage this administration will cause for generations to come.

 

[Chris]

Elon Musk Met With Iran’s U.N. Ambassador, Iranian Officials Say

The tech billionaire, a top adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, was reported to have discussed ways to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States.

www.nytimes.com

Elon Musk, a close adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, met with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations on Monday in New York in a session that two Iranian officials described as a discussion of how to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States.

The Iranians said the meeting between Mr. Musk and Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani lasted more than an hour and was held at a secret location. The Iranians, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss policy publicly, described the meeting as “positive” and “good news.”

Asked about whether there was such a session, Steven Cheung, Mr. Trump’s communications director, said, “We do not comment on reports of private meetings that did or did not occur.” Mr. Musk did not respond to a request for comment.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Israel : " what now?"

 

[Chris]

Donald Trump picks his criminal lawyer, Todd Blanche, as deputy attorney general

Todd Blanche, designated for the No. 2 slot the Justice Department, represented Trump in his New York hush money trial and two federal criminal cases.

www.usatoday.com

President-elect Donald Trump chose Todd Blanche, a lawyer who represented him aggressively in his New York hush money trial and in two federal criminal cases, to serve as deputy attorney general in his next administration.

Trump chose Blanche to join former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who was picked to become attorney general.The deputy is a key administrative post in the Justice Department, helping formulate and implement policies while supervising agencies such as the FBI.

 

[Chris]

Donald Trump picks former GOP Rep. Doug Collins for secretary of veterans affairs

Former Georgia U.S. Rep. Doug Collins is Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.

www.usatoday.com

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he's nominating former Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia to be his secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs as he continues to quickly assemble his next administration.

Collins, a former congressman from 2013 to 2021 and trusted Trump loyalist, is a chaplain of the United States Air Force Reserve Command. He served in the Iraq War in 2008.

"We must take care of our brave men and women in uniform, and Doug will be a great advocate for our Active Duty Servicemembers, Veterans, and Military Families to ensure they have the support they need," Trump said in a statement.

 

[Chris]

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4992045-trump-to-nominate-burgum-to-lead-interior/

President-elect Trump said Thursday he would nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) to serve as secretary of the Interior.

Trump made the announcement during a gala for the America First Policy Institute being held at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Burgum was in attendance.

The North Dakota governor ran an unsuccessful primary campaign before endorsing Trump earlier this year, and the two developed a strong political and personal relationship. Burgum was among the finalists to serve as Trump’s running mate, a position that went to Vice President-elect JD Vance (R-Ohio).

The Interior secretary oversees roughly 70,000 federal employees who manage the country’s natural resources and federal lands, including national parks and monuments.

In addition, the department has control over energy development both on public lands and offshore.

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/15/politics/johnson-ethics-report-gaetz/index.html

House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Friday that he does not think a House Ethics Committee report on allegations related to Matt Gaetz should be released and is “going to strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report.”

Johnson called on the ethics panel to withhold the report shortly after returning from visiting with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday, and said he plans to speak with the panel’s chairman, GOP Rep. Michael Guest. Gaetz, who resigned from Congress this week after Trump announced his intent to nominate him to serve as attorney general, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

“I’m going to strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report because that is not the way we do things in the House, and I think that would be a terrible precedent to set,” Johnson told reporters on Friday. The comments are a significant move by the House GOP leader to push to block the release of a report from a probe that is supposed to be separate from the speaker’s office.

Johnson’s comments also mark a reversal after he said on Thursday, “the speaker is not involved with what happens in ethics. Lots of important reasons for that.”