Politics Thread

[Xville]

I'm not really sure what Trump is going with this Gaetz nom. Surely he's not getting confirmed. Gaetz immediately resigning from Congress is odd, too. Does this just give Gaetz cover to resign from the House and avoid the ethics investigation? Then he can get some pointless job in the administration once his nomination is eventually pulled?

I hope that’s the case. Trumps picks other than this clown I believe have been pretty solid, but this one is extremely disappointing.

[paulxu]

I imagine this is some sort of karma:

https://apnews.com/article/onion-buy...7dcd937b3588e9

[noteggs]

I too was in the WTF and he’s a douche crowd with the Gaetz nom. After sleeping on it, I still feel the same.

However, it would be nice to see how the sausage is made in the DOJ and think we would get that from him. Also think Trump was trying to go in the complete opposite direction from his first AG… for very obvious reasons.

[GoMuskies]

Well, he really did it. RFK, Jr. will run Health and Human Services (if confirmed). That would make two members of the Trump Cabinet who ran in Democrat primaries for President in recent elections.

[ArizonaXUGrad]

Well, he really did it. RFK, Jr. will run Health and Human Services (if confirmed). That would make two members of the Trump Cabinet who ran in Democrat primaries for President in recent elections.

RFK's talk about processed food and corporate farming on massive scales are great. His history being anti-vax and vaccines being a cause of autism are scary. I am proponent of limiting the consumption of processed and heavily processed food deploying it in my own household and hope he really makes a dent in the food industry's control of supply and it's regulations. If he goes down the Wakefield autism/vaccine rabbit hole, I will be at the least disappointed and most angered.

[Strange Brew]

I imagine this is some sort of karma:

https://apnews.com/article/onion-buy...7dcd937b3588e9

Hmmm, interesting. Thanks for posting Paul.

I wonder if they’ll buy WaPo from Bezos next.:)

[Xuperman]

I think Trump just put the names of his closest allies in a hat....then proceeded to fill his cabinet. Plenty of exceptional people, but his choice of positions are way out of whack. Several of the appointees have very little EXPERIENCE related to their position.

[Xville]

I think Trump just put the names of his closest allies in a hat....then proceeded to fill his cabinet. Plenty of exceptional people, but his choice of positions are way out of whack. Several of the appointees have very little EXPERIENCE related to their position.

Lack of experience doesn't really bother me. As long as RFK doesn't go the anti-vaccine route, I really like that pick. We need to fix our food, and figure out what the hell is wrong with our health care infrastructure.

The only one I really don't agree with is Gaetz, I hope that Republicans use some common sense here and don't confirm him. The guy is trash.

[Xuperman]

Are you kidding? We are talking the very highest levels of our government. Experience is everything..... and traditionally has been a mandatory prerequisite.

I don't see how Gaetz can get confirmed. There will be some R senators that will have to deal with Trump's ire for awhile.

[Xville]

Are you kidding? We are talking the very highest levels of our government. Experience is everything..... and traditionally has been a mandatory prerequisite.

I don't see how Gaetz can get confirmed. There will be some R senators that will have to deal with Trump's ire for awhile.

And where has that gotten us? Our food and health systems are an absolute shitshow, our military infrastructure is the same. (from friends of mine in the military they have told me that they are about twenty years behind the times in technology and systems) Public mistrust is at an all-time high in pretty much every single governmental agency. I feel good about having people being put into positions with clean slates to disrupt a lot of what has gone on the last three or four decades. The government is exceptionally bloated...during the Clinton administration i believe the budget was around 4T or so? It is now at 33T. I understand some of that is certainly inflation, but something needs to change. I welcome it.