Liveblog - ICYMI: November 23, 2024

Below, you will find some headlines we may have missed and some interesting video clips on several subjects. Please feel free to share anything you may have run across; just make sure it’s not from a McMAGAt infested shithole.

2024 Election:

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The Fascist Guy and His Brownshirts:

Sharp elbows and raised voices: Inside Trump’s bumpy transition

His freewheeling team has returned to the patterns of his first term in office — with shouting matches, expulsions from meetings and name-calling.

Donald Trump’s attorney and adviser Boris Epshteyn showed up recently for a meeting about Cabinet picks in the Tea Room at Mar-a-Lago only to find his way blocked.

Transition co-chair Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, told Epshteyn in front of others that this was not a meeting for him. “We’re not talking legal nominees today,” Lutnick said, according to one person familiar with the exchange.

Truth be told, it does seem kind of silly to have the FBI do background checks on presidential appointees when the president is a convicted criminal and an adjudicated digital rapist.

George Conway (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2024-11-18T13:57:50.113Z

I’m old enough to remember there was some lady (I think she was like Black and Indian or something) who told us he was gonna do this and it would be bad

George Conway (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2024-11-23T13:22:41.765Z

Trump plans to fire Jack Smith’s team, use DOJ to probe 2020 election

The plans show how president-elect Donald Trump wants to use the Justice Department to address his own personal grievances

President-elect Donald Trump plans to fire the entire team that worked with special counsel Jack Smith to pursue two federal prosecutions against the former president, including career attorneys typically protected from political retribution, according to two individuals close to Trump’s transition.

Trump is also planning to assemble investigative teams within the Justice Department to hunt for evidence in battleground states that fraud tainted the 2020 election, one of the people said.

The proposals offer new evidence that Trump’s intention to dramatically shake up the status quo in Washington is likely to focus heavily on the Justice Department, the nation’s premier law enforcement agency, and that at least some of his agenda is fueled not by ideology or policy goals but personal grievance.

This is Gorka talking about Tulsi Gabbard.

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2024-11-23T02:58:24.563Z

Isn’t it obvious what is going on right now

MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.bsky.social) 2024-11-23T13:58:17.927Z

Trump Taps Far-Right Commentator Sebastian Gorka To White House

Gorka played a role in the first Trump administration, where he was dogged by concerns about his inflammatory views.

Seb Gorka. Trump’s new National Director for Counterterrorism. God help us.

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2024-11-23T00:57:29.115Z

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated controversial radio commentator Sebastian Gorka to a spot in his second administration, around six years after Gorka was forced out of Trump’s first administration over his far-right views.

Donald Trump made a whole bunch of nominations today for his administration:Scott Bessent – Treasury SecretaryLori Chavez-DeRemer – Secretary of Labor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat – Surgeon GeneralDr. Dave Weldon – CDC directorDr. Marty Makary – FDA CommissionerScott Turner – HUD secretary

MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.bsky.social) 2024-11-23T01:40:00.854Z

Russell Vought – Head of OMBAlex Wong – Asst. to the President & Principal Deputy National Security AdvisorDr. Sebastian Gorka – Deputy Asst. to the President & Sr. Director for Counterterrorism

MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.bsky.social) 2024-11-23T01:40:39.923Z

Craven Assholes:

The DOGE twins add another genius to their cause.

Jack E. Smith (@jack-e-smith.bsky.social) 2024-11-22T14:35:24.653Z
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