Courtesy of Newsweek:
President Donald Trump’s first year in office has seen a record number of staff turnover, with 34 percent of the administration resigning, being reassigned or being fired.
The high level of staff turnover, detailed in a Wall Street Journal report Thursday, is unprecedented in the last 40 years, and is especially unusual given the seniority of the staffers who have left the White House.
Administration turnover rate in the past year has been tracked by Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who has tracked White House turnover for more than three decades. Her analysis shows that 21 of the 61 officials she’s tracked have left the administration or been reassigned, a much higher rate than years prior.
The next-highest administration turnover rate was when Ronald Reagan was in the White House. In 1981, 17 percent of senior aides left Reagan’s administration.
“Not only is the percentage double, the seniority of people leaving is extraordinarily high,” said Tenpas of the Trump administration compared to Reagan’s.
Interesting that the next highest rate of turnover was during the Reagan administration don't you think?
That administration also holds the record for the most criminal indictments, but I have a feeling Trump is on course to break that record as well.
By the way in case you were wondering Obama had a nine percent turnover rate, and Clinton had an eleven percent turnover rate.
So much MAGA.
Setting himself up to be DICKtator.
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DeleteI must list the United States as the greatest nuclear threat in the world. "
"fueled by the erratic behavior that led one of my guests to list none other than Donald Trump as the world’s biggest nuclear threat —
of this year and next."
"“Finally, it’s that the President of the United States with everything you just discussed, all the concerns you have about his mental stability, he has unfettered control of the most powerful nuclear arsenal in the world. He could order the launch of a nuclear missile and with four 4 minutes that missile would be launched and NO ONE could stop it,” Cirincione explained. “That makes the United States the most serious nuclear threat in the world today.'
“When it comes to the American nuclear arsenal, the president has complete control, does he not?” Capehart asked bestselling author and intelligence expert Malcolm Nance.
“Yeah, the term that people use is that he’s a NUCLEAR MONARCH. He can, on HI$ own authority, on HI$ own belief at any time virtually against any target in the world…HE can launch a NUCLEAR WEAPON ,” Nance explained. “We call it the 35-minute SOLUTION.”“HE can order that the football, which is communications package and strike options package be brought to HIM. HE can choose a strike package within a minute and using the communications authentication device in HIS pocket, HE can order the nuclear forces to launch a Minuteman Three missile and in 30 minutes it will strike North Korea and detonate,” Nance explained. “NO ONE is in that chain to stop HIM.”
"“The only viable option is that the Secretary of Defense, who has to authenticate…that IS the President of the United States giving a lawful order, won’t authenticate it because it may be an unlawful order,” Nance noted. “But if Donald Trump decides this morning that HE will nuke North Korea and HE gives a lawful order by saying, ‘I have determined it’s a clear and present danger,’ 35 minutes later, whatever target HE’s aimed at will vaporize and with it of course the credibility of the United States — the global economy…nothing will be in WALMART in 72 hours, YOU KNOW.”"
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/national-security-expert-reveals-why-it-would-be-impossible-to-stop-trump-from-starting-a-nuclear-war/
Go back in history. Democrats are far better to work with when occupying the White House than are the Republicans.
ReplyDeleteBe careful for whom you cast your vote (especially when dealing with those up for reelection), America!
Proposed election law amendment, anyone runnign for ANY office in the US, must provide 10 years of tax returns TO THE PUBLIC, or returns from wen they began filing.
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ReplyDeleteWhat I Learned From Reading All The Media Safaris Into ‘Trump Country’ I Could Handle
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/media-trump-country_us_5a449e8ae4b025f99e199ef8?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
'“Cletus safari” is the derisive term of art '
Delete'These stories were a sort of pornography.'
"they illuminated a larger story: the longstanding media habit of indexing the American political narrative to the sanctified yearnings of a narrow slice of white voter. Reagan Democrats, independent voters, the “undecided,” soft Republicans — no matter how small their number, no matter how wide the electoral margin, these groups always become the axis on which the story of every election turns."
'“He’s doing what he said he was going to do, that’s the biggest thing,” said Tyler Schurbon, 23, who describes himself as a “progressive Republican” who falls asleep watching Fox News each night. “A lot of people get into the presidency, and they just completely forget what they talked about.”'
'“Look, we all know the steel jobs aren’t coming back to the degree they once were, nor the coal jobs,” said Grimm. “Honestly, we never expected that.”''If he does something wrong, that’s one thing. But give him a chance to lead the country. If falls apart, it can’t be any worse than it’s been.”'
'“Do I believe that Donald Trump is in bed with the Russians? Oh, hell no,” “Do I think it’s a lie that’s trying to be perpetrated by the left? Absolutely.”'
'“He’s taking back the American initiative,” “He’s a force for good in the world, a force to be reckoned with. You can’t beat him.” '
'“Everybody I talk to,” “realizes it’s not Trump who’s dragging his feet. Trump’s probably the most diligent, hardest-working president we’ve ever had in our lifetimes. It’s not like he sleeps in till noon and goes golfing every weekend, like the last president did.”'“I personally like that he’s a no-nonsense sort of person. Do I wish he would use his words in a better way sometimes? Absolutely. But it takes a person with strength and gumption to not care sometimes about what they say or how they say it,” Taylor said. “But the ‘Merry Christmas’ part, I think, is amazing and should have been done a long time ago.”' "Trump supporters still support Trump."
Finally, Trump is number 1 at something. But he only hires the bestest most qualified racists and reality objectional Bible thumpers.
ReplyDeleteJesus was a liberal, and I take great delight in reminding the thumpers of that.
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Delete#1 Bible thumper>"Pence, who has often described himself as “a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order,” has a long history of opposing same-sex marriage and other policies that provide equal protections to members of the LGBT community."Pence said on his website that federal dollars should not go to organizations “that celebrate and encourage types of behaviors that facilitate the spreading of the HIV virus” and funds should, instead, be given to “institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior.”
"“If an employee keeps a Bible in his or her cubicle, if an employee displays a Bible verse on their desk, that employee could be claimed by a homosexual colleague to be creating a hostile work environment,” he said on the House floor."
"in October that Trump mocked Pence’s religious and socially conservative beliefs and joked that the vice president wants to “hang” gays"
"Mike Pence’s Colorado neighbors troll him with a ‘Make America Gay Again’ banner"
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/30/574184114/transgender-rights-lead-nprs-top-lgbtq-stories-of-2017?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2059
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Mueller Probing Whether Trump Digital Team Aided Russian Disinformation Campaign
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(THREAD) 20 Things Guilty People Do That Trump Does Daily
ReplyDeleteAs a former criminal defense attorney, I've sat in rooms candidly discussing crime with thousands of criminals. I know what "consciousness of guilt" looks like. Trump exhibits it daily.
I hope you'll read and share this.
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/945726566549590019
I'm glad The Washington Post is keeping tabs on how often Trump lies and what he lies about, but this article undercounts the lies in his recent NYT interview and incorrectly explains several of them. Still, it's worth reading.
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https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/947069948345683968
Said "no collusion" 16 times; claimed "absolute right" to "do what he wants" at DOJ the second he feels he personally isn't being treated "fairly" (i.e., is accused of anything); said protecting a president is part of an Attorney General's job (it's not).
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A tweet of mine has found its way to the center of a far-right conspiracy about "deleted" write-in votes in the recent Alabama special election. In two tweets—this one and another—I'm going to decimate this conspiracy theory and be done with it forever.
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(THREAD) This CBS interview all but confirms Don Jr. can—and likely will—be charged with a crime, sometime in 2018, for lying to Congress. In fact, the best-case scenario for Trump is now that his VP—not his son—will be charged. Hope you'll read and share.
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Just another chapter in the rise and fall of the turd reich.
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"George Papadopoulos bragged about having “dirt” on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton."
How the Russia Inquiry Began: A Campaign Aide, Drinks and Talk of Political Dirt
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What Russian Journalists Uncovered About Russian Election Meddling
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Obama’s good news tweets are the finish to 2017 we needed
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Andy Borowitz
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Winter Temperature, President’s IQ Reach New Lows.
"rump made false or misleading statements “at a rate of one every 75 seconds”"
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http://www.politicususa.com/2017/12/30/trump-hits-golf-straight-day-promising-back-work.html
5 DAYS...
The resistance owned 2017. Here are the wins to prove it.
ReplyDeleteSince Donald Trump assumed the presidency, concerned Americans have stood up and fought back by the millions. And in the face of long odds and intimidating obstacles, they've made all the difference.
https://shareblue.com/the-resistance-owned-2017-here-are-the-wins-to-prove-it/
read the comments;
ReplyDelete"Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer? Should be charging MUCH MORE!"
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/946728546633953285
High turnover is always a red flag. My school district never took that into account when evaluating administrators and that is a big mistake.
ReplyDeleteThere are some schools where there is no turnover unless someone dies or moves. Those are the schools you hope to get in to.
Then there are some schools where there are numerous postings on the bid list every year. Same principal but they just can't keep the staff. Those are the schools you want to avoid.
My last year in the classroom (library actually) I allowed myself to be excessed to give me some bid leverage. That year that school lost 30% of it's staff. A few of those teachers had waited years to get out of that school. Escape is more like it.
The irony is that that principal left to get a promotion to an administrative job with the county office of ed mentoring principals. I couldn't believe it. Perfect example of being promoted to the highest level of your incompetence.
Sure Trump is firing plenty of people. But at least as many if not more are jumping ship. One only has to look at how many the State Department has lost.
Then look at all of the vacancies that the Trump administration isn't even making an attempt to fill.
Except for judges of course.
Know wonder White House aides feel humiliated having to work for such a putz.
I wonder if there are numbers for the turnover rate in Trump's own little backwater if his business. Sure, he's got his loyal bootlickers. But what about the others? How fast are they quitting and how often? What's the average length of employment by the Trump organization? (If you're not family, of course.)
He has made such a big deal out of signing Bills - that actually do nowhere - that this tax bill came across as very iffy too!
ReplyDeleteHe loves setting 'the scene' he's done it so often. I stopped watching the TV coverage of him - which is mostly nothing but lies and actions of someone mentally off. Suggest others shut their TV's off too - the less people watch the varied coverages about him, means his poll numbers will drop even further. Plus, the media is what keeps the ??? (you reference your name for him!) alive! Boring!!!!
Melonhead porn girl, keeps saying what Allie Mcgraw said in Goodbye, Columbus.
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