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Trump's transition team turns to Project 2025 after disavowing it during the campaign

Transition officials have used Project 2025's extensive personnel database to identify potential hires for the incoming administration, a person familiar with the plans said.

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Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social)

It's pretty standard practice in places like Zimbabwe or Venezuela for the regime to send online mobs to harass enemies of the regime https://www.wsj.com/tech/musk-unleashes-online-army-on-federal-workers-a-tough-way-to-find-out-shes-losing-her-job-f57a2e94

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https://www.wsj.com/tech/musk-unleashes-online-army-on-federal-workers-a-tough-way-to-find-out-shes-losing-her-job-f57a2e94

 

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Paul Krugman (@pkrugman.bsky.social)

Good to see the Times picking up on a theme some of us have been hammering for a while: Trump's tariffs, and especially an opaque exemption process, will be an engine of massive crony capitalism 1/ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/us/politics/trump-tariff-exemptions.html

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Trump’s Trade Agenda Could Benefit Friends and Punish Rivals

Donald Trump has a record of pardoning favored companies from tariffs. Companies are once again lining up to try to influence him.

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Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social)

Last year I wrote a story highlighting Project 2025 & Russell Vought I called “Aiming for Dictatorship.” Trump picked him to run OMB. He’s a dangerous man who supports impounding funds appropriated by Congress if Trump opposes their approved purpose. His goal: “dismantle” the “rogue admin. state.”

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George Conway (@gtconway.bsky.social)

“Those seeking to curry favor with the incoming administration now have the opportunity to donate directly to the winning candidate without their names or potential conflicts ever entering the public sphere. And … foreign nationals are allowed to donate to the transition.” [contains quote post...

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Eric Lipton NYT (@ericliptonnyt.bsky.social)

President-elect Trump is keeping secret the names of the donors who are funding his transition effort, a break from tradition that could make it impossible to see what businesses or wealthy people are helping launch his second term. BensingerFahrenthold...

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Trump Is Running His Transition Team on Secret Money

Breaking with past practice, President-elect Donald J. Trump has not agreed to disclose the donors paying for his planning effort or to limit their contributions.

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Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social)

Apropos of everything Trump…

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Joyce Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social)

MTG wants to control your access to information. Fight back by being well informed. Develop trusted sources of information. Do not let them keep you in the dark about what they are doing-that is the hope of dictators. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)

Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republicans will take a look at defunding NPR

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Trump's transition team turns to Project 2025 after disavowing it during the campaign

Transition officials have used Project 2025's extensive personnel database to identify potential hires for the incoming administration, a person familiar with the plans said.

www.nbcnews.com

They're looking at a list of conservatives to hire, not implementing Project 2025?
OMG!
It's just like you said.
You're doomed!

DURR

 

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Paul Krugman (@pkrugman.bsky.social)

Good to see the Times picking up on a theme some of us have been hammering for a while: Trump's tariffs, and especially an opaque exemption process, will be an engine of massive crony capitalism 1/ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/us/politics/trump-tariff-exemptions.html

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Trump’s Trade Agenda Could Benefit Friends and Punish Rivals

Donald Trump has a record of pardoning favored companies from tariffs. Companies are once again lining up to try to influence him.

www.nytimes.com

Benefit friends and punish rivals?
Krugman is right, this has never been done in the history of politics. Ever.

 

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MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.bsky.social)

Libertarians are shocked to find out Trump lied to them when he promised he would put a libertarian in his cabinet

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Elon Musk Admits X is Throttling Links — Effectively Limiting People From Reading News

Musk confirmed that posts containing links are deprioritized, renewing criticism that the platform is restricting access to external sources of information.

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Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social)

Elon admits that any post on X with a link is throttled He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free

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Jack E. Smith (@jack-e-smith.bsky.social)

Regular people to their kids: "This is America. If you work hard you can be anything you want. Even the President." Billionaires to their kids: "This is America. If you stay rich you can buy anything you want. Even the President."

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Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social)

Right-wingers just found this reply that Trump’s Surgeon General nominee made to one of my posts in 2021 about the pandemic. They aren’t happy about it.

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Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social)

Donald Trump has picked Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget. In Trump's first term, Vought crafted budget proposals that recommended Social Security and Medicare cuts. Your reminder that Project 2025 was always the MAGA agenda...

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Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social)

The company that makes the Trump Guitars was hit with a Cease & Desist from Gibson for ripping off their Les Paul body design. https://open.substack.com/pub/meidastouch/p/breaking-trump-guitars-owner-gets?r=9qw74&utm_medium=ios

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Jack E. Smith (@jack-e-smith.bsky.social)

Trump alone didn't beat the justice system. He had help. It took Oligarchs relentlessly amplifying his lies on their media platforms. Ethically compromised members of the Supreme Court. 70+ million willing to vote for a convicted felon. There's a lot to fix. But it can be fixed. It must.

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