Hmmm -- wonder if that fella's last name is actually hyphenized...
TXnMA
Posted on 12/22/2020 1:03:41 PM PST by ransomnote
Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key positions in his Administration:
Pam Bondi, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Edward McMullen, Jr., of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Paolo Zampolli, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Hope Charlotte Hicks, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Derek S. Lyons, of Texas, to be a Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Amy Hanson Swonger, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Richard Grenell, of California, to be a Member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.
Martin Oliner, of New York, to be a Member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.
Susan Levine, of Arizona, to be a Member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.
Tim Pataki, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution.
Stephanie Grisham, of Arizona, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences.
Jeremy Carl, of Montana, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences.
Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy.
Alexander B. Gray, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Visitors to the Coast Guard Academy.
Francis John Brooke, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
Steven W. Spandle, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Commission on Fine Arts.
Chas Fagan, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Commission on Fine Arts.
Rodney Mims Cook, Jr., of Georgia, to be a Member of the Commission on Fine Arts.
Perry Guillot, of New York, to be a Member of the Commission on Fine Arts.
Ezra Cohen, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member and Chairperson of the Public Interest Declassification Board.
Julie Strauss, of Virginia, to be a Member of the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission.
Peter Lamelas, MD, of Florida, to be a Member of the Medal of Valor Review Board.
Gregory Smith, of Utah, to be the United States Commissioner of the Upper Colorado River Commission.
Buffie Anderson, of Texas, to be a Member of the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities.
Kurt A. Kondrich, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities.
Kristin Yodock, of California, to be a Member of the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities.
Marcus David Bachmann, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities.
Norma Thompson, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board.
Jennie Stapp, of Montana, to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board.
Guy Pinkman, of Nebraska, to be a Member of the Advisory Committee to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Lynn Franzoi, of California, to be a Member of the Advisory Committee to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Preston Crabill, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Advisory Committee to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Sheriff Grady Judd, of Florida, to be a Member of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Michael J. Gableman, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Von L. Best, of Texas, to be a Member of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Rachel Fulton Brown, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.
Jenni Sue Jessen, of Colorado, to be a Member of the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking.
Kwami P. Adoboe-Herrera, of Ohio, to be a Member of the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking.
Katherine McGibbon, of Texas, to be a Member of the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking.
Ethan Baker, of Michigan, to be a Commissioner of the United States Section on the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
Carrie Castille, of Louisiana, to be Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Juan Carlos Benítez, of Guam, to be a Member of the President’s Export Council
Why do this now and not earlier in his term? If he was the declared winner of the election at this point, would he still be doing this now? Or is this a sign of concession.
I agree. Appointing Hope Hicks and Rick Grenell to these boards sounds like a signal he knows it’s over.
He would probably be doing it now to fill the spots but not appointing these people. Many of them are close to him.
I’d feel a lot better if he’d have announced the termination of the following administration posts.
Nowhere in the Constitution does it mandate a Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, or government involvement in the same.
Yep....he’s not conceding!.......YAY!!!!
We will miss him.
>>I wondered if it was THE Ezra Cohen because the “Watnick” part was missing.
I assume the same. I expect a massive dump of intelligence in the “public interest” during the Christmas break. Leading up to Jan. 6th, it might be enough to derail the electors’ process, but who knows.
Of course, I know nothing, and shall simply assume a guess.
IT MAKES SENSE! THIS “RELIEF” BILL IS A FREAKING STING OPERATION! SIGN THE BILL, POTUS!
I got the same impression.
LOL
Pam Bonding gets free theater tickets for life?
Good for her!
Oh B.S.
Stupid ignorant cheapazz board filter
Bondi
Minor appointments - returning favors
Hmmm -- wonder if that fella's last name is actually hyphenized...
TXnMA
That’s actually not the case at all. These are mostly nonpolitical appointments that last beyond and outside of his admin. E.g., Ric Grenell to the Holocaust Memorial?
Very sad not to see it an major appointment within his admin instead—but that would be pointless unless he manages a win in Congress, against the odds.
Yep. People within the admin call him Ezra Cohen.
This is very sad all the way around. Prayers for our country.
"Commission on the Fine Arts"
"President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities."
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"Key" posts...?
TXnMA
On one side it could appear like outgoing moves, but, some of these have served him loyally during these 4 years, and maybe ready themselves to relax, whether or not he stays (God willing, he will be).
I take it as actually he’s strategically putting in place some loyal players to keep an eye on the corruption that will follow with this pork stimulus and other things.
Can’t people serve on even several boards of directors while still having a full time job? I think they can.
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