Trump suck-ups coming out of the woodwork

It all started with Trump's cabinet selections circling the wagons, preparing their 'resumes' in readiness to pounce on their idol, none other than the dictator-to-be, Donald Trump. If sufficient adoration doesn't accompany these groveling applications, the person would be out on the street. Apparently this group of unqualified, incompetent bumblers have passed the Trump test, after which most had to have a nose job. If any of these bootlickers veers away from the ritual of Donald Trump, they could find themselves waiting tables at Trump Tower.

Here they are, collected in Yahoo!News, in all their glory...

Kristi Noem, the infamous puppy-executing governor of South Dakota with early expectations for Vice President, had to settle for Homeland Security Secretary.

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) was among the most outspoken critics of the Secret Service in the aftermath of the first attempt on Trump’s life in July. Now, he’s been chosen to be Trump’s National Security Adviser.

Among the most polarizing appointments by Trump has been his choice of Tom Homan to be his so-called “border czar.” Homan has promised to “run the biggest deportation force this country has ever seen. They ain’t seen s--t yet. Wait until 2025.”

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) was also considered for V.P., has said, “President Trump will bring back moral leadership to the White House, condemning antisemitism and standing strong with Israel and the Jewish people." Stefanik is also, perhaps, one of the most radical in the new cabinet.

The infamous White Nationalist sympathizer Stephen Miller—who the Southern Poverty Law Center labels an “extremist”---will be Deputy Chief of Staff For Policy. In my opinion. Miller is probably the scariest member of Trump's selections.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), again, once a V.P candidate, will be Trump's secretary of state. Used to hate each other, now they love each other. I don't feel Rubio has the balls to be sec. of state.

Zuckerberg, bezos, Trump

Not mentioned in the Yahoo article but among the biggest suck-ups with their noses aimed at Mar-a-Lago, and reported by Robert Reich's Substack, are Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon's Jeff Bezos...

"Zuckerberg has turned to fawning. During the campaign, he had several private phone calls with Trump. After the assassination attempt, Zuckerberg told Trump he was “praying” for him and told an interviewer Trump looked like a “badass” after pumping his fist to the crowd."

Amazon’s founder and chief, Jeff Bezos, who owns The Washington Post, had a rocky relationship with Trump during the first Trump administration. Bezos apparently learned his lesson. After Trump was shot at a campaign event, Bezos called him, and on social media he praised Trump’s “grace and courage under literal fire.” Bezos didn’t allow the Post’s editorial board to endorse Kamala Harris for president.

There is much more in Robert Reich's Substack that is well worth the read. 

The one thing that is the most startling to me is the fact that so many outside politics have done a complete turnaround from Trump's first administration and even into the last couple of years. This, of course, makes Trump's new trip to the White House much more complex. The pressure is on January 20, for the entire world.

NRA flagrantly opposes womens' rights

Women against the NRA

Just when you think this gang of gun nuts has hit the bottom of the barrel--they taught Aussies "How to Sell a Massacre--they come up with a new profound reason to get rid of the organization. The National Rifle Assn. (NRA) will oppose Democratic legislation that will reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which expired in February. Here's why...

"The group opposes provisions that could lead to firearm confiscations over misdemeanor domestic violence or stalking convictions."

Once again, the value of their guns over human life!

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy wants House Republicans to consider an alternative VAWA bill, which would "provide a one-year extension to continue funding services to survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence while Congress works on a bipartisan reauthorization of VAWA." After the introduction of this bill in Congress in 2019, it had one sponsor, the NRA. By the way, this GOP alternative bill was submitted by a woman, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who touts an A rating from the NRA.

Here's what the NRA says about domestic violence...

“The NRA opposes domestic violence and all violent crime, and spends millions of dollars teaching countless Americans how not to be a victim and how to safely use firearms for self-defense.”

BULLSHIT! The truth is that the NRA promotes domestic violence, as well as gun violence against children and in general by putting as many guns on the street as it can.