More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/08/trump-administration-fossil-fuels-climate

 

Bannon fires up 'shock troops' for next GOP White House

… Bannon said he wants to see pre-trained teams ready to jump into federal agencies when the next Republican president takes office. For the most part, that means the tiers of presidential appointees whose postings don't require Senate confirmation. 

"We're going to have a sweeping victory in 2022, and that's just the preamble to a sweeping victory in 2024, and this time we're going to be ready — and have a MAGA perspective, MAGA policies, not the standard Republican policies,"…

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/bannon-fires-shock-troops-next-gop-white-house-n1280591

Lawmakers, inspector general demand answers on Census Bureau political appointees - The Washington Post

The Census Bureau is facing mounting criticism over the Trump administration’s addition of two political appointees last month to its senior staff even as it scrambles to complete the decennial census in the midst of a pandemic.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/lawmakers-inspector-general-demand-answers-on-census-bureau-political-appointees/2020/07/16/6c355046-c656-11ea-8ffe-372be8d82298_story.html

Trump threatens to adjourn both chambers of Congress | TheHill

President Trump on Wednesday threatened to use his executive power to force both chambers of Congress to adjourn if the Senate did not confirm his nominees for vacancies across the administration. The president, during a coronavirus briefing in the Rose Garden, offered a lengthy diatribe against what he described as congressional obstruction and argued confirming his nominees was more urgent than ever amid the pandemic.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/493044-trump-threatens-to-adjourn-both-chambers-of-congress

New reports detail damage done by Trump's far-right takeover of the judiciary -- as McConnell deploys the 'nuclear option' - Raw Story

"In just under two years on the bench, these narrow-minded elitist judges have already harmed workers, consumers, voters, immigrants, reproductive rights, and many more."...
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/new-reports-detail-damage-done-trumps-far-right-takeover-judiciary-mcconnell-deploys-nuclear-option/

REVEALED: Trump has made 95 secret appointments he doesn't want you to know about - Raw Story

We have obtained a list of 95 new Trump administration appointees made over the past six months. Following a pattern we've detailed before, many of the hires previously worked on President Donald Trump's campaign or at conservative think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation. In other cases, appointees seem to have little work experience at all...
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/revealed-trump-made-95-secret-appointments-doesnt-want-know/

Senate Republicans want to change the rules again to jam the courts with Trump appointees

Here's more of that "regular order" Mitch McConnell promised he would return to the Senate when he took over as majority leader.....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/29/1728490/-Senate-Republicans-want-to-change-the-rules-again-to-jam-the-courts-with-Trump-appointees

Here Are the Trump Administration's Far-Right Domestic Policy Efforts You Might Not Have Heard About - Rewire

Over the last month, the Trump administration has advanced its far-right extremist domestic policy agenda, but not only in the way people may have come to expect. No, President Donald Trump did not lay out that agenda in a series of tweets while criticizing National Football League players or attacking the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico. ....
https://rewire.news/article/2017/10/27/trump-administration-far-right-domestic-policy/

Fast-Approaching Vacancy Act Deadline Puts Some Pressure on Trump to Speed Up Appointments - Management - GovExec.com

After eight-plus months in office, President Trump’s transition effort continues to lag behind those of past chief executives in filling key agency jobs and that may not change despite an approaching deadline under a law limiting the duration of time acting officials can lead agencies. Though the rules under the 1998 Federal Vacancies Reform Act apply deadline pressure, they also offer some flexibility from which the Trump White House may benefit.....
http://www.govexec.com/management/2017/09/fast-approaching-vacancy-act-deadline-puts-some-pressure-trump-speed-appointments/141410/?oref=govexec_today_nl

The Federalist Society: Trump’s Shit Judge Pipeline | September 27, 2017...

The one area Trump has been accomplishing something is obviously being handled by someone else....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeJ1BZTC8Ac&feature=youtu.be

Another day, another Trump official with ties to Holocaust denial and the pro-Nazi movement

The list of of Donald Trump appointments with closer-than-usual relationships to white supremacists, anti-Semites, and the other dregs of the far right just keeps getting bigger....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1692126

Trump Just Appointed a Chemical Industry Honcho to Protect Us From Chemicals

What a surprise....
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/04/trump-just-put-chemical-industy-hack-charge-assessing-chemicals-epa

Trump Is Appallingly Behind in Making Most Key Appointments

The incoming executive branch has only filled 28 of 690 positions requiring Senate approval....
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/trump-appallingly-behind-making-most-key-appointments

Could President Trump purge the government of Obama appointees?

On the road to the Republican nomination, Donald Trump used the halo of authority conjured by his reality-TV catchphrase to project himself as a strong leader. If he’s elected president, the firings could get very real.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Trump ally who leads the campaign’s White House transition team, told a room of Republican donors at a closed-door meeting that a Trump presidency could target Obama-administration appointees for firings, saying the campaign was already developing a list of names.

According to Reuters, which broke the news based on an audio recording of the meeting, Governor Christie said that if Mr. Trump were elected, he could push Congress to enact reforms stripping protections from federal civil-service workers, in order to root out Obama-era appointees who had taken career positions....
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/0721/Could-President-Trump-purge-the-government-of-Obama-appointees