#Trump Transition
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
"Mr. Trump's election demonstrates how American tolerance for the unacceptable is nearly infinite. There are hundreds of absolutely mind-boggling things I could point to from the past decade...But three election in a row, Mr. Trump has been a viable Presidential candidate and our democracy has few guardrails to protect the country from the clear and present danger he and his political appointees will continue to confer upon us. Clearly, Mr. Trump is successful because of his faults, not despite them, because we do not live in a just world...And now Republicans will control the executive branch, the Senate and the House of Representatives. There will be few checks and balances...
...Mr. Trump's voters are granted a level of care and coddling that defies credulity and that is afforded to no other voting bloc. Many of them believe the most ludicrous things: babies being aborted after birth and children going to school as one gender and returning home surgically altered as another gender even though these things simply do not happen. Time and again, we hear the wild lies these voters believe and we act as if they are sharing the same reality as ours, as if they are making informed decisions about legitimate issues. We act as if they get to dictate the terms of political engagement on a foundation of fevered mendacity.
We must refuse to participate in a mass delusion. We must refuse to accept that the ignorance on display is a congenital condition rather than a choice. All of us should refuse to pretend that any of this is normal and that these voters are just woefully misunderstood and that if only the Democrats addressed their economic anxiety, they might vote differently. While they are numerous, that does not make them right.
These are adults, so let us treat them like adults. Let us acknowledge that they want to believe nonsense and conjecture. They want to believe anything that affirms their worldview. They want to celebrate a leader who allows them to nurture their basest beliefs about others. The biggest challenge of our lifetime will be figuring out how to combat the American willingness to embrace flagrant misinformation and bigotry.
As Mr. Trump assembles his cabinet of loyalists and outlines the alarming policies he means to enact, it's hard not to imagine the worst, not out of paranoia but as a means of preparation. The incoming President has clearly articulated that he may dismantle the Department of Education and appears to be giving the wealthiest man in the world unfettered access to the Oval Office. He plans to begin mass deportations immediately and has announced his pick of a Fox News host as the defense secretary -- the list goes on, each promise more appalling than the last.
We would like to believe that many of the ideas on Mr. Trump's demented wish list won't actually come to fruition and that our democracy can once more withstand the new President and the people with whom he surrounds himself. But that is just desperate, wishful thinking. As of yet, there is nothing that will break the iron grip Mr. Trump has on his base, and Vice President-elect JD Vance is young enough to carry the mantle going forward for political cycles to come.
Absolutely anything is possible, and we must acknowledge this, not out of surrender, but as a means of readying ourselves for the impossible fights ahead."
-- Roxane Gay, "Enough", The New York Times, November 17, 2024.
This is one of the best, most spot-on pieces about where we are and what we must prepare ourselves for in the aftermath of Donald Trump's re-election to the Presidency. These gift links will allow you to bypass the NYT paywall and read the entire article, and I urge you to share these links with as many people as you'd like.
#Presidential Election#Politics#Presidency#United States#America#Presidential Transition#Donald Trump#President Trump#President-elect Trump#Trump Administration#Trump Transition#MAGA Movement#Cult of Personality#Roxane Gay#New York Times#New York Times Opinion#ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES#Consequences#This is your life
323 notes
·
View notes
Text
Walter Einenkel at Daily Kos:
Donald Trump nominated former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, an apologist for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, to be his director of national intelligence on Wednesday, in yet another example of how horrible his administration will be. The former Democratic-congresswoman-turned-right-wing-hack endorsed Trump in August. Gabbard has been dogged by stories questioning her financial connections to an alleged Russian agent as well as her penchant for parroting Putin’s talking points.
Donald Trump picks former Congresswoman and Putin toady Tulsi Gabbard to be DNI. Gabbard recently became a Republican officially after being a de facto one for several years, and was previously a Democrat, in which she ran for that party’s nomination in 2020.
See Also:
HuffPost: Trump To Nominate Tulsi Gabbard As Director Of National Intelligence
The Guardian: Trump chooses Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence
35 notes
·
View notes
Text
Video: What Donald Trump’s Team Picks Say About His Foreign Policy
The world has changed since Donald J. Trump’s last term as president. Mark Landler, the London bureau chief of The New York Times, describes what Mr. Trump’s choices so far say about his foreign policy ambitions.
0 notes
Text
Stephen Miller Appointed Deputy Chief of Staff in Trump's Transition Team
Stephen Miller Takes Charge of Policy Planning in Trump’s Transition Stephen Miller, a prominent figure known for his staunch hard-line stance on immigration, is set to assume a pivotal role in the policy planning for President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team. According to sources familiar with the situation, Miller is poised to be appointed as the deputy chief of staff in the new…
#America First Legal Foundation#deportations#deputy chief of staff#Donald Trump#Donald Trump Jr.#hard-line stance#immigration policy#JD Vance#policy planning#Stephen Miller#Trump transition
1 note
·
View note
Text
⚠️
340 notes
·
View notes
Text
Social transition being seen (by some) as this super easy thing that isn't as hard as real transitioning (medical) is bullshit. Be critical of the idea that there are some trans people who just "have it easy" because they are trans or because they are trans in ways you may not be.
Social transition is just as difficult, hard, and rewarding as medical transition. Maybe it is not as hard for some, sure, but that is not the same as thinking that social transition is inherently easier or lesser. If you're socially transitioning, your voice still matters.
#trans#transgender#lgbt#lgbtq#ftm#mtf#nonbinary#not to mention that so many people DO want to medically transition but *can't*#so it can be even harder for some when they feel social transition is their only option when they don't want it to be#but social transition carries its own risks and challenges and again rewards#and i've seen this idea plenty where it's like 'oh you don't GET my struggles because you're SOCIALLY transitioning'#and while yes i am different than some trans people to say i'm struggling *more* if i'm the only one medically transitioning is??? huh????#i don't buy into this idea that social transition is never scary because you don't have the boot of the medical system on your back#(though non-med or pre-med transitioning people still face issues in medical settings so even THEN we aren't seperate)#like there's very few ways you can separate my issues as a medically-transitioning person and the issues of somebody who isn't...#...and by that i mean there's few ways you can separate our issues so that mine trumps theirs or that i'm seen as like... trans but More#does that make sense?#medical transitioning is important but that doesn't mean it is *more* important or that only *it* is important#you can support us who are medically transitioning without erasing the experiences and struggles of other trans people#and plus... so many of us who are medically transitioning NOW are the people who socially transitioned THEN#and dare i say i despised social transition more because of how hard it was? medical transition has been (more or less) easier...#...in that i can just *be* now
2K notes
·
View notes
Text
"She ain't going!" 😭😂👍🏿🇺🇸♥️
“Jill Biden’s husband authorized the FBI snooping through her underwear drawer. The Bidens are disgusting,” the source said.
Melania Trump declined an offer to head to the White House Wednesday and meet with Jill Biden, citing the Biden administration’s raid on Mar-a-Lago as part of the federal government’s investigation into classified documents.
“She ain’t going,” a source familiar with Melania’s decision told The Post. “Jill Biden’s husband authorized the FBI snooping through her underwear drawer. The Bidens are disgusting,” the source said.
“Jill Biden isn’t someone Melania needs to meet,” the source added.
Melania Trump Speaks Out About Jill Biden — ‘She Referred to My Husband as Evil and a Liar’
by Cassandra MacDonald Nov. 13, 2024
“Mrs. Trump will not be attending today’s meeting at the White House. Her husband’s return to the Oval Office to commence the transition process is encouraging, and she wishes him great success,” Melania Trump’s team said in a statement about the invite.
Unnamed sources allegedly close to the former and future First Lady told the New York Post that her reason for skipping tea was the raid on Mar-a-Lago in 2022.
Mrs. Trump met with Michelle Obama after the 2016 election but did not have tea with Jill Biden in 2020.
The interview went viral after news broke that she would not meet the current First Lady during her husband’s trip to the White House.
Mrs.Trump revealed that Jill Biden called her after the assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump in October but wonders if her “concern was genuine,” given the inflammatory way she had been speaking of him on the campaign trail.
“I do question, however, whether Jill’s concern was genuine, as a few days prior she referred to my husband as ‘evil’ and a ‘liar,’” she told French outlet Paris Match.
The former model continued, “It was obvious that the onslaught of rhetoric from Democrat leaders and the mainstream media was so deeply embedded in our nation’s consciousness it prompted an attempt to assassinate Donald.”
Mrs. Trump said that after the assassination attempt at his Pennsylvania rally, she was relieved “my husband was safe,” but was upset about the political environment that prompted it.
“They want Donald out. They won’t stop. Has the concept of ‘respect’ become antiquated?” she asked. “The Democrat political engine peddles harsh words, vile names, and labels our nation’s 45th president ‘a threat to democracy.’”
“People today are so desensitized they actually joke about killing a former US president,” Mrs. Trump continued. “It is undeniable that this type of speech created a toxic political environment.”
#God bless America#FLOTUS Melania#trump 2024#POTUS 45#potus 47#Team Melania#biden crime family#jill biden#white house transition
52 notes
·
View notes
Note
You wake up after a terrible accident. The doctor says i’m sorry we’ve had to transplant your brain into a celebrity’s body. Which celeb do you choose?
gosh this is difficult. i'll have to transition and come out all over again, which, depending on who i choose, can have insurmountable consequences. keeping this in mind, i'll take one donald j trump please
#hath are perceived#i think transition could save them. i sorely believe this#okay realistically i'd still pick a cis woman but like. imagine the things i could do if i made donald trump transition to he/they pronouns#i mean i'd probably get assassinated soon enough. but they'd transplant me somewhere else so its chill#also i'd make him wear many dresses#and perhaps a pencil skirt
63 notes
·
View notes
Text
I would just like to reiterate that Kamala Harris is not and was never a cop.
She was a district attorney.
DAs can and have done a lot of good, occasionally up to and including refusing to enforce laws they think are evil bullshit.
In her case, she used the position to help start a program that literally said 'this nonviolent drug offender should go to school instead of prison, actually.' Which reduced recidivism and is EXACTLY the kind of thing I would like to see more of from our justice system.
She's not a cop.
#I keep seeing this stuff and I'm like 'y'all this is not the time to be spreading ANYTHING that makes people not wanna vote#no-platform that shit#do not reblog anything that even MIGHT make someone feel like it's morally okay to not vote#voting is getting on public transit#you are getting on a bus to get you closer to where you wanna go#and if there aren't enough of us trying to go Somewhere Better then we are getting herded into a cattle car to take us straight to hell#I remember crying for HOURS in 2016 okay I don't wanna do that again#also we currently have a supreme court entirely prepared to crown Trump supreme dictator for life and I DO NOT WANNA LIVE THROUGH THAT#okay? okay.#us politics
81 notes
·
View notes
Text
If you believe at all in astrology or psychic abilities, please do not ignore this. Pluto is moving into Aquarius on the 19th of this month, aka the planet associated with innovation, equality, and REVOLUTION, after the shitshow that was the American presidential election. This is the first time in over 200 years this has happened, (the American Revolution started 248 years ago, which is also the last time Pluto was in Aquarius!!!) Aquarius is the sign driving us to consider collective ideals, humanitarian improvement, utopia vs dystopia in our society, I mean, helloooo!!! Pluto's strongest potential is in EMPOWERMENT. I just felt very drawn to look into this and share with ya'll. I know not everyone believes in astrology or witchcraft, but the spiritually tuned in knew when trump was elected, I myself had a dream that he was elected and woke up the next day and he had. Of course this is majorly scary, but many psychics have been feeling and receiving peaceful signs that it will be okay or that now is the time to be bold. This is kind of the biggest astrological deal of our era. For those who practice please do what you can to protect yourselves, spread news of this and manifest all good and positive things for our collective future. Pluto will remain in Aquarius until 2043, almost 20 years, so get ready for some big changes. Love ya'll, stay safe and don't give up <3
#pluto in aquarius#astrology#pluto#aquarius#2024 presidential election#election 2024#pagan witch#witchcraft#witchblr#astrological#astrological events#astrological transits#us politics#revolution#fuck trump#trans rights#queer rights#gay rights#women's rights#psychic#psychic abilities
48 notes
·
View notes
Text
remember that
to exist nonetheless
is the most profound form of spite
our existence is resistance
do not let them take that away
#transgender#vote blue#trans rights#election 2024#us elections#presidential election#trans rights are human rights#lgbtq#lgbtqia#lgbtq community#lgbt pride#queer#queer community#queer pride#nonbinary#agender#genderfluid#transition#trans youth#protect trans kids#protect trans lives#protect trans youth#protect queer youth#protect queer kids#us politics#kamala harris#donald trump
38 notes
·
View notes
Note
Is there a chance that many of these cabinet picks don't get confirmed?
Don't forget that this country not only gave the Republicans control of the White House, but they also gave them a Senate majority and most likely will end up keeping them in charge of the House of Representatives, so they don't need a single Democrat to confirm ANY of these awful Cabinet appointments. The best possible hope is for some of the handful of Senate Republicans who are moderate-ish or still have a few ounces of integrity to oppose some of the crazier appointees. And there are going to be even less of those Senators left after January 3rd.
But this country, in its infinite fucking wisdom, gave Trump and the GOP a mandate, so they can pretty much do what they are planning on doing. That's why we spent the past couple of years reminding people how important the 2024 election was going to be for the rest of our lives. It's not like we can turn to the courts for help; Trump has locked down the judiciary for decades, as well, especially the Supreme Court.
And, here's the thing: I'm sure Trump realizes that it's pretty unlikely that Gaetz can get confirmed as Attorney General because he's enormously unpopular with his own colleagues in the GOP. A lot of Congressional Republicans despise him, and it's not even like with how most people in Congress hate Ted Cruz but grudgingly point out that he's effective at his job and actually a pretty smart dude. With Gaetz, they just think he's a clown and are happy to be rid of him. You can bet that former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is going to put all of his efforts into defeating a possible confirmation of Gaetz as AG, and McCarthy still has significant influence in Congress because of his record as a major fundraiser for candidates in both chambers.
I bet Trump is throwing a couple of nominees out there that he knows can't get confirmed -- like Gaetz -- to make it easier to get potentially hesitant Republicans to confirm other controversial nominees, like Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary (!). It's like when Pablo Escobar would import a bunch of cocaine into the United States that he knew was going to get seized in order to sneak tons of it through sneakier means. They are decoy douchebags to distract from the other douchebags he's also putting into the Cabinet.
#Trump Cabinet#Cabinet nominees#President Trump#Donald Trump#Presidential Transition#Presidency#Congress#U.S. Senate#Cabinet picks#Presidential Election#Matt Gaetz#Pete Hegseth#Senate confirmation
36 notes
·
View notes
Text
Reuters Exclusive: Trump's transition team aims to kill Biden EV tax credit
Jarrett Renshaw and Chris Kirkham at Reuters:
Nov 14 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Ending the tax credit could have grave implications for an already stalling U.S. EV transition. And yet representatives of Tesla - by far the nation's largest EV seller - have told a Trump-transition committee they support ending the subsidy, said the two sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Big Oil puppet Donald Trump is planning to kill the EV tax credit enacted under the IRA.
#Electric Vehicles#Donald Trump#Trump Administration II#Biden Administration#Taxes#Trump Transition Team#Trump Transition#Inflation Reduction Act#Big Oil
22 notes
·
View notes
Text
The trans FTM experience of not knowing how to feel about your detachment from femininity and growing up a woman
#No cause how do I deal with it#I figured out I wasn’t cis YOUNG like I was 11 when I started experimenting with different names and pronouns#but at the same time#I was someone’s daughter#I was someone’s niece#I grew up a little girl#and to those I’m not out to (or those who choose to live in ignorance) I still am all those things#and so I’m still viewed as less than.#I experience ‘feminine rage’ (whatever the name is)#I experience my medical issues being undermined by doctors#I experience the same limited access to period products#I’m not old enough to medically transition in my state as a minor#So on most levels beside my very liberal big city and social life I’m counted as female despite living in Texas#But the threat of being trans here can be a death sentence#I have few protections as a biological woman and if Trump is elected I will likely have even less#And I can’t begin to tell you how many more I’ll lose as a trans man#Trans#Venting#FTM#Texas#Election#us elections#Transgender#Trans man#Trans male#Trans FTM#Queer#LGBT#LGBTQ#LGBTQ+
28 notes
·
View notes
Text
Women's + Trans Rights = Human Rights <3
I meant to post this yesterday :(
#lgbt pride#lgbtq#lgbtq community#lgbtqia#kamala harris#kamala 2024#vote kamala#kamala for president#fuck trump#vote blue#vote harris#vote democrat#please vote#vote vote vote#get out and vote#go vote#fucking vote#vote 2024#womens rights#make america great again my ass#support trans rights#transgender#trans people#trans#trans pride#trans ally#trans nonbinary#transblr#transitioning#trans rights
29 notes
·
View notes
Text
78 notes
·
View notes