Obama said in his Chicago farewell speech he is not going away. He is not and he has just ensured his people keep some power on policy as noted below. Sigh…
This site posted about this action in November of 2016:
Will Obama Burrow-in on the Trump Admin? Likely
Obama makes wave of final appointments for well-connected friends, celebs
by Sam Westrop
The National Review
As the president-elect has repeatedly made clear, his first full day in office will be a busy one. He has promised to effect a wide array of changes. But what about his second day? If he has some free time, we have some suggestions.
There is historically to be a smooth transition of power. So far that has hardly been the case. While most Democrats say that Donald Trump won the most important seat in the free world, others are out there saying not so much.
Draining the swamp could be a rather easy political mission in DC due to many progressive powerbrokers being so unabashed at revealing who they are. Sure there are a number of them that refuse to attend the inauguration which is shameful. What they plan to do in that time period is in many cases even more shameful. Exactly what are they boycotting anyway?
Snuggies, Shakespeare top annual government wasteful-spending list
WashingtonTimes: If Shakespeare is performed without the bard’s immortal words, is it really Shakespeare?
The National Education Association has committed $10,000 of taxpayers’ money to test that question — one of dozens of projects to make the wasteful spending list of Sen. James Lankford, an Oklahoma Republican who’s continuing the tradition of former Sen. Tom Coburn’s annual Wastebook.
The report is here and the numbers mentioned were a random sampling.
Staff sent tax return data through unencrypted messages
WashingtonTimes: A surprising number of IRS employees are sending unencrypted emails containing personal taxpayer information to private accounts, putting that information at risk of being stolen, the agency’s inspector general said Thursday.