As the staffing positions for the looming tRump pResidency go from being penciled to inked, the Cabinet is increasingly being filled with a collection of some of the most ardent anti-progressives available (with rare exception). Here is the current list...

• `Chief of Staff: Reince Preibus
• Lawyer
• Wisconsin political insider
• Buddies with Paul Ryan


• Chief Strategist: Steve Bannon
• Breitbart exec
• racist and anti-semitic
• self-declared "Alt-Right"
• stated: "Darkness is good: Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That's power..."


• Senior Communications Advisor: Jason Miller
• Doesn't think flag-burning is constitutionally-protected free speech


• White House Council: Donald McGahn
• As Chair of FEC under Dubya, hindered reform efforts (related to spending)
• Very tight with Koch brothers


• Attorney General: Jeff Sessions
• 1986 Judgeship denied due to racist leanings
• anti-immigration (even legal immigration)
• pro-war, pro-torture
• pro "forfeiture" laws
• anti-gay


• National Security Advisor: Mike Flynn
• Islamophobe
• Forced out of DIA for chaotic management style


• CIA Director: Mike Pompeo
• Part of Benghazi witch hunt
• Opposes abortion and the ACA
• Lifetime NRA member
• Wants to re-institute massive metadata mining programs
• Leaked supposedly secret details of the Iran nuclear deal


• Secretary of Transportation: Elaine Chao
• Deputy Sec'y of Transportation under Papa Bush
• Labor Secretary under Dubya - failed to investigate minimum wage complaints or enforce mine safety
• Married to Mitch McConnell


• Secretary of Commerce: Wilbur Ross
• Billionaire Investor
• Corporate raider / vampire capitalist
• Is invested in coal


• Secretary of Education: Betsy DeVos
• Voucher, Charter School enthusiast
• On the plus side, in favor of clean energy and water (admittedly - not really relevant to position)
• NOTE: Jerry Falwell Jr. is being tapped as an advisor on education. Oof...


• Secretary of the Treasury: Steven Mnuchin
• Goldman-Sachs exec
• As chair of OneWest bank, accused of redlining


• Secretary of Defense: James Mattis
• Actually - a pretty good choice


• U.N. Ambassador: Nikki Haley
• Current SC governor
• Pluses: removed confederate flag, anti-HB2, pro-education
• Minuses: pro-ID for voting, tax cuts, anti-abortion
• None of her positions really have any bearing on the Ambassadorship


• Health and Human Services: Tom Price
• Orthopaedic Surgeon
• Opposes the ACA
• Wants to turn Medicare into a voucher system
• Wants to turn Medicaid into a block-grant system
• Wants to "overhaul" Social Security


• Housing and Urban Development: Ben Carson
• Neurosurgeon and presidential candidate
• No experience at job
• May not want it

These positions are not nailed down, but there are some definite short-listers:

• Veterans Affairs: Scott Brown?
• Former MA Senator


• Homeland Security: Mike McCaul?
• Currently Homeland Security Chair in the House


• Secretary of the Interior:
• Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin
• Larry Nichols: Oil company exec
• Palin??


• Secretary of State: ?
• Romney
• Petraeus
• Giuliani

The list for these are still pretty long...

• Secretary of Agriculture: too soon to tell
• Secretary of Labor: too soon to tell
• Secretary of Energy: too soon to tell
• EPA: too soon to tell
• Office of Management and Budget: too soon to tell

Most of these positions need to be approved by Congress, so it's possible Dems could block the worst of them (i.e.: Sessions), but this Cabinet of Deplorables looks like something out of horror movie.