Transition team

[TonyM]

[TonyM]

Anthony Scaramucci, a prominent financier and Trump confidant, to join WH in Valerie Jarrett-type role.

Scaramucci will be an adviser to Trump and a liaison to the business community, Wall Street and tech worlds

[Oscar Wilde]

.... Scaramucci will be an adviser to Trump and a liaison to the business community, Wall Street and tech worlds

Kinda like a reverse lobbyist?

O.W.

[TonyM]

Donald Trump is expected to tap Baltimore US Attorney Rod Rosenstein for deputy attorney general

http://cnn.it/2iP0bML

[TonyM]

Trump now at 6 Goldman appointees:

Bannon – Sr. Adviser
Scaramucci – Adviser
Mnuchin – Treasury
Powell – Counselor
Cohn – NEC
Clayton – SEC

[TonyM]

Agriculture Secretary lone Trump Cabinet post without a nominee

Agriculture Secretary is the only post in President-elect Donald Trump’s
Cabinet without a nominee, mystifying many in rural America and
spurring worries that agriculture and rural issues will land near the
end of the line among the new president’s priorities.

http://harvestpublicmedia.org/conten...ithout-nominee

[TonyM]

BREAKING: Congress clears way for James Mattis to run Pentagon; sends White House a bill allowing retired general to serve.

[TonyM]

Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House

GOP foreign policy adviser Monica Crowley said Monday she will
relinquish the senior job she’d been poised to take in the Trump White
House.

Ms. Crowley, who had been tapped to be senior director of
strategic communications at the National Security Council, had been
dogged in recent weeks by questions about whether she lifted portions of
her past written work from other writers. Her move seemed designed to
keep that from becoming a distraction as the Trump team prepares to take
office.

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/20...p-white-house/

[TonyM]

Vilsack Leaving USDA Early, No Trump Replacement Named

Secretary Tom Vilsack left the Agriculture Department a week before
his tenure ends and before President-elect Donald Trump has chosen his
replacement.

Vilsack, who has led USDA for eight years and was President Barack
Obama's longest-serving Cabinet secretary, told employees in an email
that Friday is his final day. The email did not say why he was leaving
early. He has said he wants to remain involved with agriculture after
leaving government, but has not detailed those plans.

http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/US-A.../13/id/768511/

[TonyM]

Looks like NOAA and NASA will announce 2016 temperature records tomorrow in the middle of Scott Pruitt's confirmation hearing

Climate experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) will provide the annually-scheduled release of
data on global temperatures and discuss the most important climate
trends of 2016 during a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday,
Jan. 18.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/n...ate-conditions