Donald has named Stephen Miller as new Chief of Staff.


Donald has named Stephen Miller as new Chief of Staff.

According to Wikipedia:

The responsibilities of the chief of staff are both managerial and advisory and may include the following:

  • Selecting senior White House staffers and supervising their offices' activities
  • Managing and designing the overall structure of the White House staff system
  • Control the flow of people into the Oval Office
  • Manage the flow of information to and decisions from the Resolute desk (with the White House staff secretary)
  • Directing, managing and overseeing all policy development
  • Protecting the political interests of the president
  • Negotiating legislation and appropriating funds with United States Congress leaders, Cabinet secretaries, and extra-governmental political groups to implement the president's agenda
  • Advise on any and usually various issues set by the president

These responsibilities have recently extended to firing of senior staff members.
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ProPublica - Supreme Connections


Supreme Connections

Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people. Using ProPublica's new database, you can now search for organizations and people that have paid the justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.

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