Looking at the Heritage Foundation and who do I see? #PeteHegseth, #SamuelAlito, white supremacist oaf #TomHoman, #TulsiGabbard, Rep. ScottPerry, Gov. #KimReynolds, #RileyGaines (some whinging knobhead TERF), country musician #JohnRich (whomever the fuck that is!), some ghoul grinning like a hyena claiming Trump can utilise #RecessAppointments, etc.
I can't actually watch the videos yet. My stomach is feeling sick already.
With President-elect Donald Trump’s slate of extreme or controversial nominees has come the question about whether even a Republican-controlled Senate will actually confirm them all. But @Vox warns Trump may be planning a power grab that would skip the normal confirmation process.
An explainer on "recess appointments": https://flip.it/LdwZ2k
"#Trump wants Republicans to...use a special procedure called #RecessAppointments that would allow him to install Cabinet appointees and even a Supreme Court justice without a single vote....Trump's push for broad recess appointment power could allow him to disregard the process entirely — meaning that any more than 1,200 positions requiring Senate confirmation could be filled without even an FBI background check or a confirmation hearing."
#USpol Business Insider https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-trump-elon-musk-want-110301770.html
It sounds like Thune is open to recess appointments but not set on them yet. https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/13/south-dakota-senator-john-thune-says-recess-appointments-still-an-option-for-trump-cabinet/76265376007/
We can, by contacting our Senators and Representatives demand the full advising and consenting of appointments (and yes, Representatives can add pressure to the Senate to not do recess appointments).
Find yours: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
From @BrennanCenter : "Presidents of both parties have long chafed at #Senate obstruction. But the Supreme Court unanimously curbed the power to make #RecessAppointments in 2014. If the Senate goes along with #Trump’s demand, it will be the first loud sound of the #Constitution ripping."
