Why Trump’s Clown Cabinet of Deplorables Is a No-Joke Circus

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/gaetz-rfk-jr-gabbard-trumps-cabinet-of-deplorables-is-no-joke/

The pet-murdering former South Dakota Snow Queen to head the Department of Homeland Security? Ron Burgundy to head the Department of Defense? An accused pedophile and sex-trafficker to be Attorney General? A woman Russian television proudly proclaims is an agent for them to be the top intelligence official in the U.S. government? The anti-vaxx conspiracy theorist with a brain worm to head the Department of Health and Human Services?

Trump Keeps Trolling as the ‘Resistance’ Fades

 https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-keeps-trolling-as-the-resistance-fades-appointments-confirmations-cope-a6a8bd40?mod=opinion_trendingnow_article_pos1

We are back to the Island of Misfit Toys. What a mistake. Mr. Trump often confuses his own antic malice for daring, his own unseriousness for boldness. How amazing that in the rosy glow of election, he will spend so much political capital and goodwill on confirmation fights he may well, and certainly deserves to, lose.

The Strange World of RFK Jr.

 https://www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-jr-health-and-human-services-secretary-donald-trump-3df2b039?mod=hp_opin_pos_0

Donald Trump II is a brave new world, and look no further than his strange choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Health and Human Services Department. Only months ago Mr. Trump was calling the Kennedy family scion a “liberal lunatic,” yet now he wants to hand RFK Jr. the power to “make America healthy again.” Good luck making sense of this nomination.

Kristi Noem 'Knows Nothing' About Homeland Security: Ex-Trump Official

 https://www.newsweek.com/kristi-noem-knows-nothing-homeland-security-ex-trump-official-1986824

Elizabeth Neumann, who was assistant Homeland Security secretary in Trump's first White House tenure, as well as serving in the department under George W. Bush, told CNN host Kaitlan Collins that it is "concerning" that the department doesn't have the kind of leader it deserves. Newsweek has contacted Noem via the contact form on her website for comment outside of regular working hours.

"It's a little concerning for the agency itself that you have somebody coming in that really knows nothing about Homeland Security and hasn't had that much experience actually—I know she's the governor of a state, but it's a relatively small state—hasn't been in office that long," Neumann said. "So I'm a little concerned for the agency itself that they don't have the kind of leader that they deserve."

Trump Second Thoughts?

Mishpacha has been among Trump's greatest supporters especially  Benjamin Rose

However in the current issue he seems to be hedging his encouragement about Trump

Mishpacha has been among's greatest supporters especiallty Benjamin Rose

Reports are circulating that Trump gave Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu an Inauguration Day deadline to wrap up the IDF wars in Gaza and Lebanon. Others say the deadline only applies to major military offensives, and that the incoming Trump administration has made peace with the idea that Israel will battle on well into its first 100 days and keep control over parts of Gaza and south Lebanon once they are cleared of terrorist infrastructure.

All this remains to be seen. Trump is strong and determined, but Netanyahu is no pushover. He and Israel’s security and intelligence heads should grab every opportunity to make their case. The Biden administration tried to pressure Israel to accept Palestinian Authority rule in Gaza or some combination of Arab forces from moderate Muslim nations. What is Trump’s vision for the future of Gaza?

That’s one reason we need to watch Trump’s pick for secretary of state and pay close attention to his Senate confirmation testimony. What role does Trump envision for Qatar, rumored to be on the way out as a mediator between Israel and Hamas?

Trump Decision Makes Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire More Likely—Lebanese Official

 https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-lebanon-israel-ceasefire-more-likely-nabih-berri-1986832

Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri believes the chances of Lebanon and Israel reaching a ceasefire agreement now have surpassed 50 percent after President-elect Donald Trump reportedly urged U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein to push through a deal.

Matt Gaetz slammed as ‘vile’ sexual predator by Federalist co-founder, who says senators who vote for AG pick must ‘own that’

 https://nypost.com/2024/11/14/us-news/federalist-co-founder-benjamin-domenech-slams-matt-gaetz-as-vile-sexual-predator-says-senators-who-vote-for-him-must-own-that/

“Every Republican in Washington has an opinion about Matt Gaetz, and 99% of those opinions are, ‘Keep Matt Gaetz away from my wife/daughter/friend and anyone I care about,’” he wrote.

“Here’s the real deal: Matt Gaetz is the line for how we assess the Republican Party. If they are truly a cult of personality, beholden to Donald Trump in ways that we could not even imagine for a party that rejects cults and idol worship, they will approve this choice,” Domenech wrote.

RFK Jr., who mused COVID was designed to spare Ashkenazi Jews, tapped to head HHS - Making America Great obviously

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/rfk-jr-who-mused-covid-was-designed-to-spare-ashkenazi-jews-tapped-to-head-hhs/

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an American anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and onetime presidential candidate who has compared vaccine mandates to the Holocaust and mused that the COVID-19 pandemic was engineered to spare Ashkenazi Jews, is US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Trump's message to Israel: Advance a deal with Lebanon - What if Biden had said it

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399237

Diplomatic source says that US President-elect Donald Trump told Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer that Israel needs to reach an agreement which will end the war in Lebanon.

What Republicans are saying about Matt Gaetz's nomination for attorney general

 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/republicans-matt-gaetzs-nomination-attorney-general-115867785

JOHN BOLTON, former U.N. ambassador and national security adviser:

“It must be the worst nomination for a Cabinet secretary in American history. I think this is something that falls well outside the scope of deference that should be given to a president in nominating members of the senior team. Gaetz is not only totally incompetent for this job, he doesn’t have the character. He is a person of moral turpitude.”

Trump AG nominee Matt Gaetz has left a trail of antisemitic comments

 https://forward.com/fast-forward/674875/trump-ag-matt-gaetz-antisemitic/

Rep. Max Miller, a Jewish Republican from Ohio, also blasted the nomination. “Gaetz has a better shot at having dinner with Queen Elizabeth II than being confirmed by the Senate,” Miller said, adding that Gaetz is “a reckless pick” with “a zero percent shot.”

Israel to Trump: It would be ‘better’ to stay in the Paris Agreement

 https://www.politico.eu/article/israel-us-donald-trump-gideon-behar-better-to-stay-in-paris-agreement-climate-cop29-war-gaza/

One of Donald Trump’s closest international allies has advised him against withdrawing from the Paris global climate pact that America signed in 2015.

Asked whether Israel supported the U.S. president-elect’s plan to leave the Paris Agreement, Israel’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and Sustainability Gideon Behar said: “The more people that will remain … is better.” 

What White Christians Have Wrought

 https://time.com/7174260/white-christianity-trump-election-essay/

Over the last decade, many white Christians have not just selfishly supported a dangerous, narcissistic man who promised to restore their waning influence; they have now willingly blessed the advent of a new American fascism that threatens our democratic future. They are principally responsible for Trump’s rise and return to power—and for everything that is coming for all of us in its wake.

CEASEFIRE FOR ARMS? Trump Promises to Remove All Arms Restrictions if Israel Agrees to a Ceasefire in Lebanon Before Inauguration Day

 https://matzav.com/ceasefire-for-arms-trump-promises-to-remove-all-arms-restrictions-if-israel-agrees-to-a-ceasefire-in-lebanon-before-inauguration-day-report/

According to a new report from Channel 12 News on Thursday, US President-elect Donald Trump’s associates have promised Israel that all delays and restrictions on arms to Israel will be removed on his first day in office, provided Israel achieves a ceasefire in Lebanon by the time Trump takes office on inauguration day.