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Posted on: November 18, 2016 at 08:31:20 CT
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There are still lots of lobbyists in his team.

http://www.npr.org/2016/11/16/502175860/from-lobbyists-to-loyalists-see-whos-on-donald-trumps-transition-team

Labor: Steve Hart, chairman of Williams & Jensen, a Washington lobbying firm. According to his bio on the company's website, he has been named "one of Washington's top lobbyists." He worked at the Justice Department during the Reagan administration and at OMB and the Labor Department.

DOE/NRC: Mike McKenna, president of MWR Strategies, a lobbying firm. His clients have included Koch Companies and Dow Chemical. He worked for the Department of Energy during the George H.W. Bush administration.

EPA: Myron Ebell directs environmental and energy policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and is a leading climate change skeptic. He opposes the Clean Power Plan, which is aimed at reducing carbon emissions, calling it illegal. He heads a group called the "Cooler Heads Coalition" that questions "global warming alarmism."

DHS: Cindy Hayden, lobbyist for Altria, a giant tobacco company.

State: Jim Carafano, vice president at the conservative Heritage Foundation and, according to its website, "a leading expert in national security and foreign policy challenges."

Trade Reform: Jim Carter is a lobbyist for Emerson, a manufacturing company.

VA Reform: Bill Chatfield is a lobbyist who served as a director of Selective Service after being nominated by George W. Bush.

Energy Independence: Michael Catanzaro is a former energy staffer for John Boehner. He has a history of climate change denial and currently works as a partner at the lobbying firm CGCN, where his clients include Koch Industries.

Edited by MrBlueSky at 08:33:45 on 11/18/16
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AG Jeff Sessions (nm) - hefeweizen MU - 11/18 06:42:53
     Great choice to fumigate the Dept. Of Justice - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/18 08:35:38
     Such an outsider. So anti-establishment (nm) - pickle MU - 11/18 08:11:47
          ah, black or white, right pickle? if everything isn't - 90Tiger MU - 11/18 08:44:03
               Lol - pickle MU - 11/18 09:17:16
          Conservatives bought a bunch of nonsense from a conman - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 08:13:24
               How do you feel about Pence getting rid of the lobbyists - Sal KC - 11/18 08:26:53
                    Lol - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 08:31:20
     no thanx, how about John huntsman?(nm) - El-ahrairah KC - 11/18 07:29:55
     Jeff Sessions. Anti-LGBT and Anti-Marijuana - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 07:27:52
          RE: Jeff Sessions. Anti-LGBT and Anti-Marijuana - sarasotatiger MU - 11/18 08:42:41
          Hardly surprising. Nm - SparkyStalcup MU - 11/18 07:56:56
          why? both of those are states issues under a trump - SuperTone MU - 11/18 07:50:21
               First of all they shouldn't be. - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 08:06:07
                    The illegitimacy of gvmt aside, and going with the myth, - pickle MU - 11/18 09:22:02
                    why does everything need to be "equal" in every state - - 90Tiger MU - 11/18 09:07:50
                         He does - Sal KC - 11/18 09:17:01
                    Wow. Why does Marijuana need to be legal at a federal - tman KC - 11/18 08:17:42
                         As it stands currently with benefits, life insurance, tax - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 08:23:26
                              "I think religion should get out of marriage all together" - Sal KC - 11/18 08:26:09
                                   Should the federal government have allowed segregation - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 08:32:18
                                        What does segregation have to do with marriage? - Sal KC - 11/18 08:36:01
                                             Like marriage equality, if the federal government did not - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 08:37:23
                                                  No, they are not comparable - Sal KC - 11/18 08:40:55
                                                       They are absolutely comparable. They both relate to the 14th - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 08:42:07
                                                            So you think the state should outlaw - Sal KC - 11/18 08:43:00
                                                                 Put more words in my mouth. Marriages ceremonies in - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 08:45:36
                                                                      Which is the point - Sal KC - 11/18 08:47:42
                                                                           You can't convince me that promoting equality is government - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 08:50:40
                                                                                You nailed it ... you can't have marriage be a state issue - Sal KC - 11/18 08:51:43
                         agreed (nm) - Sal KC - 11/18 08:19:00
                    according to the constitution, they are(nm) - MizzouAstro MU - 11/18 08:17:27
                         But in practice they're not. Why are drugs scheduled by - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 08:24:00
          An AG should NOT interject his religion into his job. - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 07:35:12
               How do you feel about VPs doing that?(nm) - Danny Whizzbang USA - 11/18 07:36:43
                    How does a VP do that? - pickle MU - 11/18 08:06:09
                    The same of course. Why wouldn't I?(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 07:55:17
               It's working just fine. You just can't see it - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 07:36:27
                    That stat is totally irrelevant as to our policy toward them - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 07:56:13
                    They are so well integrated and it's so successful that - 90Tiger MU - 11/18 07:47:43
                         They're integrated in that they live normal lives - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 08:04:28
                              Well, that is so comforting. Could it be you may have - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 08:24:04
                                   Why are you so scared of Muslims? - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 08:25:44
                                        Did you read any of that?. Are you saying - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 08:39:15
                                             Why do you have a problem with the 3 million Muslims who - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 08:55:09
                                                  Though I haven't discussed them, they may have. - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 09:01:18
                                                       God damn you don't quit - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 09:02:51
                                                            Those doctors are needed more where they came from. - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 09:55:12
                              bigotry and fear, you mean (nm) - pickle MU - 11/18 08:17:08
                                   Correct. Total nonsense and irrational made up fear (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 08:26:11
          Hmmm...That certainly makes him attractive then (nm) - Salty Dog MU - 11/18 07:33:01
               Yeah overturning marriage equality and clamping down on - MrBlueSky MU - 11/18 07:35:32
               let's have the ag focused on pot and gays - El-ahrairah KC - 11/18 07:34:44
                    Murder and rape are state crimes, not federal and yet - Floyd Turbo MU - 11/18 07:40:16
                         Eliminate gvmt (nm) - pickle MU - 11/18 07:50:29
                    Not to mention fraud(nm) - Zamboni STL - 11/18 07:35:47




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