Both Palin and Lucas are alarming to me, mainly because I live in the West and can foresee nothing to stop either the North Dakota Access Pipeline or Arizona Senator John McCain's plan to turn Tonto National Forest in Arizona into America's largest copper mine. The destruction of the pristine American west is at stake, and having known former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall as well as I did, I am impelled to bring up these concerns as early as possible.
The absurd panorama of frightening possibilities gets worse: top climate skeptic Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, is spearheading transition plans for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)--a department Trump repeatedly threatened to dismantle during the campaign.
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions is listed as possible Attorney General, head of the Office of Management and Budget, or secretary of defense.
If you are wondering what will happen to Roe vs. Wade or Brown vs. Board of Education, you should be somewhat worried. No major markers or flares in those two matters quite yet, other than campaign bluster. Don't forget that campaign talk is what got the guy elected....
In the nearer future, NJ Gov. Christie and Rudy Giuliani are in competition for the role of attorney general, with the intent to turn upside down the Obama administration's civil rights tactics--the investigation and forced reform of local police departments, in the considered opinion of Maurice Chammah at the Marshall Project.
"Under a new attorney general," Chammah wrote, "priorities could shift practically overnight. New investigations could grind to a halt, and court-ordered consent decrees could stall as career DOJ lawyers are ordered to abandon their efforts"- a devastating blast for the criminal justice reform movement.
The next administration is responsible for selecting candidates for 4,100 presidential appointments! Strange things are without a doubt going to happen, even stranger than Ronald Reagan appointing a rodeo rider as Secretary of Commerce (yes, that really happened! His name was Malcolm Baldridge and he passed away in 1987 when his horse fell on him in a calf roping event. With all due respect: "Baldrige is said to have been possibly the most colorful Secretary of Commerce and one of the most beloved."
From Buzz Feed: The List of Potential Trump Cabinet Nominees:
Attorney General:
NJ Gov. Chris Christie
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions
Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Secretary of Commerce:
NJ Gov. Chris Christie
Former Nucor CEO Dan DiMicco
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