Posted on 01/17/2025 7:09:51 AM PST by Twotone
Early in his term, President Biden made history: He fired, en masse, his predecessor’s appointees to presidential boards and commissions before their terms ended.
On Monday, when President Trump is sworn in for his second term, he should not hesitate to follow the precedent that Biden established.
Like every president before him, Trump appointed thousands of people to boards and commissions during his first term.
These generally nonpartisan groups advise the president on our military academies, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, public television and radio, national cemeteries and more.
I was fortunate to be one of those people appointed after leaving the White House as Trump’s press secretary: He named me to serve on the Commission on White House Fellows and the Board of Visitors to the US Naval Academy.
When Biden was inaugurated, all members of the Commission on White House Fellows were immediately asked to submit their resignations, and we did.
That was not unusual for this particular commission; after all, it vets and approves people to work directly within the administration.
But nine months later, I was suddenly asked via email to resign from the US Naval Academy’s Board of Visitors — and to do so that very day.
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Prof. Victor Hanson was unceremoniously and rudely booted from the US Monuments Commission long before his term was up. It isn’t supposed to work like that. As much as I HATE that snake Biden, I hate the politicization of everything in government. Everything will be whipsawed every four years. I think Clinton started it by firing all the U.S. attorneys almost 30 years ago.
Yep. Fire EVERYBODY Biden appointed to anything at all. Do it on day one.
THAT would be where to start.
Firing all U.S. Attorneys, as Clinton did, is another positive step.
All this stuff is started by democrats, they do it and swear up and down they can do it.
When we do it, they run to their RAT media and scream foul or un Constitutional.
We need to quit backing down to them.
And do not trust the ones who supported him who are now claiming to turn over a new leaf, like Zuckerberg.
Snakes don’t change. They might shed their skins but they are still snakes.
Better idea: Shttcan ALL of those boards and commissions.
Starting with the Grand Old Kennedy Center
I like the snippet that Sundance puts on his/her Conservative Treehouse site:
“This is no small thing, to restore a republic after it has fallen into corruption. I have studied history for years and I cannot recall it ever happening. It may be that our task is impossible. Yet, if we do not try then how will we know it can’t be done? And if we do not try, it most certainly won’t be done. The Founders’ Republic, and the larger war for western civilization, will be lost.”“But I tell you this: We will not go gently into that bloody collectivist good night. Indeed, we will make with our defiance such a sound as ALL history from that day forward will be forced to note, even if they despise us in the writing of it.”
~ Mike Vanderboegh
BTTT!
and every attorneys general just like clinton did first day
It has to happen. Any political appointees has to be jettisoned.
We need about 2% of our federal boards and commissions.
We live under an effectively socialist / fascist / statist country, funded by massive money printing and debt. Fed.gov spending is 25% of the economy and municipal, county and state spending is another 20%. Govt is nearly half of our economy. We have government legislating on and regulating everything from what bathrooms people may use to what kind of toaster you can buy to what you are allowed to read online.
Politics will necessarily infiltrate every single part of society.
Has anyone spoken with Herschel Walker or Lee Greenwood about similar experiences?
That’s a good summary of where we are. Thanks.
Yep it’s high time MAGA started fighting fire with fire.
Definitely fire all US attorneys. Need to do a thorough review and investigation of any and all current cases that have a political or ideological basis such as pro-life, school board protests, January 6 investigations and indictments etc.
All these cases need to be halted pending review. If there’s preliminary evidence of significant violations of DOJ policy or law, those individuals need to be put on administrative leave pending investigation.
Then we will see who and where the investigation goes.
It’s more than US attorneys. We need to find out what the AUSAs were doing and if they broke ANY policies, regulations or laws. That way you can weed out the ideological types. There are so many rules and regulations that I’m sure they can take out the garbage. If Bondi is serious, she will be interviewing a lot of AUSAs on these cases and looking for whistleblowers. Better to give a couple of them immunity for information.
+1. Throw in the SES and any other worthless bureaucrats that are completely unnecessary.
US Attorneys are replaced by each new President. Trump has already begun the process of replacing the current US Attorneys.
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