Today it is unofficially announced that Elaine Chao will be nominated as President Donald Trump’s Transportation Secretary.

President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to head the Transportation Department, a source with knowledge of the decision said on Tuesday. (link)

To understand the nomination we must remind ourselves of the real opposition to any America-First policy agenda.

Trump’s real enemy in his battle to replace the influence of Wall Street and K-Street is best exemplified within the U.S. Chamber of Commerce;… and more specifically by understanding U.S. CoC President Tom Donohue;… and even more specifically by understanding who Donohue pays off and uses to push his agenda, Senator Mitch McConnell.
For far too many years conservatives, ordinary Americans, have not fully grasped the usurpation within those who are professionally Republican.  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the primary usurpation agent, the snake within the body politic; the representative personification of all that is corrupt on one side of the UniParty.  The symbiosis between McConnell and Donohue has been toxic to America’s interests.
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…”and we will win, and you will win, and we will keep on winning, and eventually you will say we can’t take all of this winning, …please Mr. Trump  …and I will say, NO, we will win, and we will keep on winning”. ~ Donald Trump

It is jaw-dropping (to me personally), how many “conservative voices” cannot yet grasp the paradigm shift President-Elect Trump is creating within the architecture of government;  ie. competence and efficiency constructs to replace all prior political filters which were based on special interests, lobbyists, and corporate financial motivations.
Honey Badger Trump don’t give a s**t about all that came before, or customary norms, or the feelings of those within the systems being torn asunder.  Godzilla Trump is approaching this devoid of IOU’s and with a clear desk.
Donald Trump is building a team to execute an America-First agenda. Fullstop. Not to talk about it; not to consider the special interests of those within it; not to nuance, shift, nudge the proverbial action; not to meet with K-Street; not to negotiate a deal with Wall Street –  but rather to actually construct and implement a wide scale massive productive institutional change with all activity in government, with one guiding principle: what is in the American peoples’ largest and best interest.

(New York, NY) – President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to nominate Chairman of the House Budget Committee Congressman Tom Price, M.D. (GA-06) as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and Seema Verma as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Yes, it’s the human fish tank. Go ahead, try NOT to watch it.
But be careful. You’ll never know what you missed, unless you watch… But then you’ll know what you wouldn’t have known if you hadn’t watched.

On the schedule for today: Marsha Blackburn, Pete Hegseth, Marion Blakey (Rolls Royce exec), Bob Corker, Mike McCaul, Lou Barletta, and then U.S. media begin chasing the penultimate story of the day… The event to lead every news cast…

….dinner with Mitt Romney.

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https://twitter.com/dmartosko/status/803394143351427072
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Funny. Hilariously the Trump Tower cam is actually a big deal now.  Yes, the Trump Tower Elevator Cam is officially a continual live-stream.  RSBN is providing a live-stream feed:

Team Trump are anticipated to continue working work around the traditional media. There are also expected to be several high-profile visitors today, and for the next several days, as the President-Elect is anticipated to announce more cabinet members.
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President-Elect Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Reince Preibus, appeared on Fox News Sunday with the insufferable Chris Wallace to discuss current events and the ongoing Trump transition:

Former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway made the Sunday talk circuit discussing a variety of topics surrounding the Donald Trump transition (three interviews).
One of the consistent inquisitions surrounds the Mitt Romney Secretary of State banter:

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Diverse interview with Nigel Farage this morning discussing the death of Fidel Castro, the nuances of the Donald Trump transition to power and the roadblocks faced in Britain by those who oppose Brexit…

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*Note* It appears the Trump Transition Website has be having technical issues.
Breitbart is announcing the addition of Don McGahn as Chief White House Counsel, which follows a natural flow from McGahn’s prior role as campaign counsel:
(Via Breitbart) President-elect Donald Trump has selected former FEC chairman Don McGahn to serve in his administration as White House counsel and an assistant to the president.
“Don has a brilliant legal mind, excellent character and a deep understanding of constitutional law,” Trump said in a statement. “He will play a critical role in our administration, and I am grateful that he is willing to serve our country at such a high-level capacity.” (read more)
Background on McGahn during his FEC tenure here.
Breitbart is also announcing that KT McFarland will be joining the White House National Security team: (more…)

A very interesting and insightful interview with King Abdullah II of Jordan.  The discussion includes perspectives on the incoming Donald Trump presidency, the Syrian and Mid-East conflict and the larger issues of radical Islamic extremism.
Well worth watching, especially if you have followed the evolutionary relationship between Jordan, Egypt and Russia. If you don’t have time for the full interview watch the first 7-8 minutes:

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