Executive Branch: the Cabinet

How much are people in the Trump administration worth?

• Right Hand Man: Bannon’s nationalistic call to arms, his sketchy past, millions made shaping right wing thought, Bannon removed from NSA, the propoganda that made him millions
• Demoting Economists is a bad idea
• OMB: Mulvaney –  tax lapse and hearing , how a budget chief can wreak havoc, claims Obama manipulated jobs data, Social Security disability is “wasteful”
• Education: DeVos-  a case study, letter to the editor, what can outraged parents do?, DeVos shows she is out of touch, again … this time praising Jim Crow (sigh), rolls back protections for student loans, Delays rule to regulate career training, two appointments for civil rights raise concerns, the cost of DeVos’s security detail, Revoking loan forgiveness?
• State Dept:  Entire senior State Department staff resigns (or was fired, per CNN) (JAN 26), Tillerson in the shadows, Tillerson is a weak Secretary of State, Tillerson’s views on press access and other weird ramblings, an isolated leader, Tillerson clashes with NATO allies, Hard line on Syria, Hard line on Syria, directed to Russia
• Justice Dept: ICE raids in six states, rolling back protections for transgender kids, reverse Obama-era rule to phase out private prisons, reverses course in major Texas voter ID case, (uninformed) Sessions vows to “pull back” on police department civil rights suits, history of DOJ investigation into local police, Did Sessions commit perjury?, 46 USA AGs abrubptly ordered to resign (including “the man Wall Street feared most”), Justice Department withdraws support of CFPB, Sessions threatens sancturay cities, Sessions orders review of consent decrees, Sessions wants to bring back the war on drugs, ends forensic review commission
• Labor Dept: Labor Dept plans to delay fiduciary rule; Warren letter to Pudzer, NY Times article on Acosta, Acosta’s perfect resume to sabotage a federal agency
• FCC: War with net-neutrality and low-income access, Fact checking PAI
• EPA: E-mails reveal extent of Pruitt’s cozy ties with gas and oil industry, EPA delays mining clean up rule, Pruitt rejects science, refusing to ban pesticide, EPA staff pushes back(?), Fox destroys Pruitt
• HUD: Carson refers to slaves as immigrants
• Transportation: Chao says drivers may face tolls to improve infrastructure
• HHS: Seems Verma’s austere vision for Medicaid, Verma thinks maternity coverage should be optional, Price discusses plans to dismantle the ACA
• Interior: Halts Obama rule preventing fracking on public lands 
• IRS: Stealth attach of the ACA
• UN: Haley establishes herself, benefits from Trump chaos