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Ever been fired via FEDEX letter? That crumbumb donjohn did when he fired the remainng 16 members of the HIV/AIDS Council. Chickensh**?

Little donjohn doesn't have the cajones to fire anyone in person so he does it via arms length hands off anyway but face-to-face. Just what we need. A White House  chicken! :(

Posted - December 31, 2017

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  • 35553
    But it's also not unusual for an administration to clear out the previous administration's appointees like this. Former President Barack Obama did the same thing to George W. Bush's HIV/AIDS council.
      December 31, 2017 6:27 PM MST
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  • 19937
    I understand that a new administration wants their own people in place, however, when Obama became president, he reconstituted the HIV/AIDS Council.  Will Trump reconstitute it or disband it?
      January 1, 2018 8:13 AM MST
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  • 35553
    The only thing I found was that replacements had not been named...nothing said would not be named.
      January 1, 2018 8:21 AM MST
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  • 19937
    I guess we'll find out soon enough although I wouldn't be at all surprised if the council is disbanded permanently.
      January 1, 2018 10:22 AM MST
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  • 113301
    You nailed it. It has been done away with. Boy doofus don is such a lovely guy who cares so much for the citizens. It takes my breath away! : "(
      January 6, 2018 6:43 AM MST
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  • 113301
    He disbanded it. The bas**rd!  :(
      January 6, 2018 6:44 AM MST
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  • 113301
    The HIV/AIDS thingy has been completely DISBANDED m2c. Destroyed. Obliterated. Smashed. Crushed. Removed. Your prez is so caring isn't he? Thank you for your reply.
      January 6, 2018 6:42 AM MST
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  • 35553
    No, he fired the Obama appointees same as Obama fired the Bush appointees. I can find no article claiming President Trump is not planning to fill the council with his own appointments.

    Please, show me a link that says Trump disbanded the council and is not planning appointments. Or is this more fake news?

      January 6, 2018 10:51 AM MST
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  • 13071
    Dont hold your breath for a link. ;+
      January 6, 2018 10:56 AM MST
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  • 19937
    Obama, like previous administrations, put in his own people, but not before the members had served their full terms. 

    "But Sullivan and Schoettes said that previous administrations had allowed members to serve full terms before appointing replacements. “It is important to have a rolling, transitioning body that crosses administrations that really has a set of diverse outlooks on the epidemic,” Sullivan said."

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/12/29/trump-administration-fires-all-members-of-hivaids-advisory-council/?utm_term=.9a5a023afe70

    In addition, the Council members are not paid.  They act in an advisory capacity, so there shouldn't be any reason for the Council not to be fully staffed other than that Trump couldn't care less about this health subject.  Considering that Trump has not filled about 300 government positions yet, I'm sure this will be on the back burner.
      January 6, 2018 11:06 AM MST
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  • 35553

    Trump’s termination of council members isn’t the first time an administration cleaned house on PACHA. The Obama administration eliminated all of George W. Bush’s appointees before making new appointments.

    Kaye Hayes, executive director of PACHA, affirmed the council members were terminated on Wednesday, but said there’s more to the story.

    “They were also thanked for their leadership, dedication and commitment to the effort,” Hayes said. “Changing the makeup of federal advisory committee members is a common occurrence during Administration changes. The Obama administration dismissed the George W. Bush administration appointees to PACHA in order to bring in new voices. All PACHA members are eligible to apply to serve on the new council that will be convened in 2018.”

    From your link:
    A call for new council-member nominations went out via a Dec. 1 notice posted on the Federal Register.

    If it planned to be disbanded, why ask for new nominations? You may disagree with President Trump's timing but that does not mean it is disbanded.

    This post was edited by my2cents at January 6, 2018 1:12 PM MST
      January 6, 2018 1:05 PM MST
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  • 19937
    I didn't say that the council is being disbanded.  You stated that Trump terminated the council members the same way Obama terminated Bush's council members.  What I pointed out to you was that Obama terminated Bush's members AFTER their terms were finished. 
      January 6, 2018 1:26 PM MST
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  • 35553
    You replied to my request from Rosie asking for a link about the disbanding claim...I did not realize you were not attempting to supply that link.

    I don't care about the timing. It is not being disbanded as Rosie claimed. So it was as I said Fake News.
      January 6, 2018 1:38 PM MST
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