I was tempted to start off Keep Track with an itemized list of all the Trump nominees so far, but then I realized that would HAMMER the “All” feed and that’s the LAST thing I want to do.
So here you go, all the names to know so far!
Notables in bold
01/16/2025 - Mike Banks nominated for U.S. Border Patrol Chief
01/16/2025 - Richard Fordyce nominated for under secretary for farm production and conservation#
01/16/2025 - Michael Boren nominated for under secretary for natural resources and environment
01/09/2025 - Christine Jack Toretti nominated for Ambassador to Sweden
01/06/2025 - Joseph Nocella Jr. nominated for U.S. attorney, Eastern District of New York
01/03/2025 - Roman Pipko nominated as ambassador to Estonia
01/02/2025 - Benjamin Leon Jr. nominated as ambassador to Spain
01/02/2025 - Ken Kies nominated assistant secretary for tax policy
01/02/2025 - Alexandra Preate nominated senior counselor to the Treasury secretary
01/02/2025 - Hunter McMaster nominated Director of policy planning
01/02/2025 - Daniel Katz selected as Chief of Staff
01/02/2025 - Samantha Schwab selected as Deputy Chief of Staff
01/02/2025 - Joe Popolo nominated Ambassador to Netherlands
12/25/2024 - Kevin Marino Cabrera nominated Ambassador to Panama
12/04/2024 - Somers Farkas nominated Ambassador to the Republic of Malta
12/04/2024 - John Arrigo nominated Ambassador to Portugal
12/22/2024 - Brian McCormack, Catherine Keller, Micah Ketchel, Brian Hughes, others selected for National Security Council roles
12/22/2024 - Mauricio Claver-Carone selected for State Department special envoy for Latin America
12/22/2024 - Callista Gingrich nominated for ambassador to Switzerland
12/22/2024 - Ken Howery nominated for ambassador to Denmark
12/22/2024 - Stephen Feinberg nominated for Deputy Secretary of Defense
12/22/2024 - Elbridge Colby nominated under secretary of defense for policy
12/22/2024 - Michael Duffey named under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment
12/22/2024 - Emil Michael named under secretary of defense for research and engineering
12/21/2024 - Tilman Fertitta nominated Ambassador to Italy
12/21/2024 - Mark Burnett named special envoy to the United Kingdom, a newly-created post
12/21/2024 - David Fink named Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration
12/21/2024 - Aaron Reitz named Head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy
12/21/2024 - Chad Mizelle named Chief of Staff at the Department of Justice
12/17/2024 - Herschel Walker nominated ambassador to the Bahamas
12/17/2024 - Nicole McGraw nominated ambassador to Croatia
12/16/2024 - Jared Isaacman nominated for NASA Administrator
12/16/2024 - Lou Rinaldi nominated ambassador to Uruguay
12/16/2024 - Leah Francis Campos nominated ambassador to the Dominican Republic
12/16/2024 - Arthur Graham Fisher nominated ambassador to Austria
12/16/2024 - Stacey Feinberg nominated ambassador to Luxembourg
12/16/2024 - George Glass nominated ambassador to Japan
12/14/2024 - Richard Grenell named presidential envoy for special missions, a new position
12/14/2024 - Edward Walsh nominated ambassador to Ireland
12/14/2024 - Troy Edgar named Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
12/14/2024 - Devin Nunes named chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board
12/14/2024 - Bill White nominated Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium
12/12/2024 - Kari Lake selected as Director of Voice of America
12/11/2024 - Michael J. Rigas named deputy secretary of state for management and resources
12/11/2024 - Daniel Newlin nominated ambassador to Colombia
12/11/2024 - Peter Lamelas nominated ambassador to Argentina
12/11/2024 - Leandro Rizzuto Jr. nominated ambassador to the Organization of American States
12/10/2024 - Ronald Johnson (not Ron Johnson) nominated ambassador to Mexico
12/10/2024 - Kimberly Guilfoyle, former Fox News and Don Jr. ex, nominated ambassador to Greece
12/10/2024 - Andrew Ferguson nominated Federal Trade Commission Chair
12/10/2024 - Tom Barrack nominated ambassador to Turkey
12/08/2024 - Alina Habba named counselor to the president
12/08/2024 - Michael Anton named State Department director of policy planning
12/08/2024 - Michael Needham named counselor of the Department of State
12/08/2024 - Christopher Landau named deputy secretary of state
12/05/2024 - Rodney Scott named U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner
12/05/2024 - David Perdue nominated ambassador to China
12/05/2024 - David Sacks named “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar”
12/05/2024 - Caleb Vitello named acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
12/04/2024 - Frank Bisignano selected to head the Social Security Administration
12/04/2024 - Kelly Loeffler selected to lead the Small Business Administration
12/04/2024 - Paul Atkins selected to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission
12/03/2024 - Chad Chronister withdraws from nomination for the Drug Enforcement Administration
12/02/2024 - Warren Stephens nominated ambassador to the United Kingdom
12/01/2024 - Massad Boulos (Tiffany’s father in law) named senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs
11/30/2024 - Kash Patel nominated director of the FBI
11/30/2024 - Charles Kushner (Jared’s dad) nominated ambassador to France
11/30/2024 - Chad Chronister nominated to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration
11/27/2024 - Gen. Keith Kellogg named Special envoy for Ukraine and Russia
11/26/2024 - Jim O’Neill named deputy secretary of Health and Human Services
11/26/2024 - Jamieson Greer named U.S. trade representative
11/26/2024 - Jay Bhattacharya named director of the National Institutes of Health
11/26/2024 - John Phelan named secretary of the Navy, Phelan has never served in the military
11/26/2024 - Vince Haley named director of his Domestic Policy Council
11/23/2024 - Brooke Rollins nominated Secretary of Agriculture
11/22/2024 - Scott Bessent nominated Secretary of the Treasury
11/22/2024 - Lori Chavez-DeRemer nominated Secretary of Labor
11/22/2024 - Dr. Janette Nesheiwat named surgeon general
11/22/2024 - Dr. Marty Makary nominated commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration
11/22/2024 - Scott Turner nominated secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development
11/22/2024 - Dr. Dave Weldon nominated director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
11/22/2024 - Russ Vought nominated Office of Management and Budget director
11/21/2024 - Pam Bondi nominated for Attorney General
11/21/2024 - Matt Gaetz withdraws from Attorney General nomination
11/20/2024 - Pete Hoekstra nominated ambassador to Canada
11/20/2024 - Matthew Whitaker nominated ambassador to NATO
11/19/2024 - Linda McMahon nominated Education Secretary
11/19/2024 - Dr. Mehmet Oz nominated Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
11/19/2024 - Howard Lutnick nominated for Secretary of Commerce
11/18/2024 - Sean Duffy nominated Secretary of Transportation
11/17/2024 - Brendan Carr nominated Federal Communications Commission Chairman
11/16/2024 - Chris Wright nominated Secretary of Energy
11/15/2024 - Steven Cheung named White House Communications Director
11/15/2024 - Karoline Leavitt named White House Press Secretary
11/15/2024 - Todd Blanche named Deputy Attorney General
11/14/2024 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nominated Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
11/14/2024 - Doug Collins nominated Secretary of Veterans Affairs
11/14/2024 - Doug Burgum nominated Secretary of the Interior
11/13/2024 - Dan Scavino, Stephen Miller, James Blair and Taylor Budowich named Assistants to the president and deputy chiefs of staff
11/13/2024 - Marco Rubio nominated Secretary of State
11/12/2024 - Steven Witkoff, Special Envoy to the Middle East
11/12/2024 - Pete Hegseth, Fox News, nominated for Secretary of Defense
11/12/2024 - Tulsi Gabbard nominated for Director of National Intelligence
11/12/2024 - Sergio Gor named head of Presidential Personnel Office
11/12/2024 - Kristi Noem, dog killer, nominated Secretary of Homeland Security
11/12/2024 - John Ratcliffe nominated CIA director
11/12/2024 - Mike Huckabee nominated ambassador to Israel
11/12/2024 - Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy named to head Department of Government Efficiency
11/12/2024 - Elise Stefanik nominated UN Ambassador
11/11/2024 - Michael Waltz named National Security Advisor
11/11/2024 - Lee Zeldin nominated EPA Administrator
11/10/2024 - Tom Homan named “Border Czar”
11/06/2024 - Susie Wiles named White House Chief of Staff
From the “Wait, are we SURE about them?” department:
12/14/2024 - Devin Nunes named chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board
11/12/2024 - Tulsi Gabbard nominated for Director of National Intelligence
It’s widely assumed that both Nunes and Gabbard are in the pocket of foreign governments (Russia for both and the deposed Syrian government for Gabbard), do we REALLY want them in KEY intelligence positions?
https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/op-ed/article219558065.html
https://apnews.com/article/gabbard-trump-putin-intelligence-russia-syria-a798adaf9cd531a5d0c9329f7597f0f6
https://apnews.com/article/tulsi-gabbard-hegseth-kash-patel-trump-syria-44d0150e7d251946b60fc7f6799c4a74
12/12/2024 - Kari Lake selected as Director of Voice of America
Kari Lake proved to be a nutjob in her last election, now she runs voice of America?
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/11/09/laura-loomer-kari-lake-colorado-gop-extremists-white-nationalist/
"Lake, an election conspiracy theorist, has yet to concede her loss to Katie Hobbs in 2022 blaming election fraud sans evidence. She attempted to overturn the election results in court but thus far has lost every case. Lake is being sued for defamation by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Rich for falsehoods she spread about him after the 2020 presidential election that made him a target of death threats.
Lake has accused Gov. Hobbs and other elected Democrats of taking bribes from drug cartels and pushed for the imprisonment of Hobbs and journalists for unspecified election crimes. Humdrum as conspiracy theories go, the accusation lacks a certain, je ne sais quoi. However, Lake did recently release a song titled “81 Million Votes, My A**.” No mere retread of old 2020 conspiracy theory material, it’s a catchy song! This kind of creative crackpottery should give her an edge with election deniers."
11/14/2024 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nominated Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
11/12/2024 - Kristi Noem, dog killer, nominated Secretary of Homeland Security
Yeah, pretty sure you know these guys…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristi_Noem
12/17/2024 - Herschel Walker nominated ambassador to the Bahamas
Are we sure it’s OK to make fun of this guy?
https://deadspin.com/idiot-of-the-year-no-1-herschel-walker-1849941603/