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Surely to be a clown show. We know that RFK certainly thinks he’s getting nominated for HHS, which includes FDA.
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Matt Gaetz chosen to run the justice department. Fox hosts in charge of the Pentagon and transportation. Elon Musk as head of layoffs. And Robert F Kennedy Jr and Dr Oz overseeing the nation’s health.
Some have likened Donald Trump’s administrative picks to a clown car; others are calling our incoming leadership a kakistocracy, or “government by the worst people”, as Merriam-Webster puts it.
The word has been trending online, with a burst in search traffic in recent weeks and a new dedicated subreddit. It’s not the first time Trump has (accidentally) made the term famous; many discovered it in his first term.
But even after Gaetz’s departure, the kakistocracy of 2016 looks like Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood compared with the president-elect’s new batch of sidekicks.
It’s not the first time a president has popularized the term. Trump would be horrified to know he shares this distinction with several of America’s least-discussed presidents, including Rutherford B Hayes, James Garfield and Chester A Arthur.
This trio – somehow forgettable despite the fact that the middle one was assassinated – led the US from the late 1870s to the early 1880s, a period following Reconstruction that saw the expansion of Jim Crow laws and segregation, as well as another election in which the parties clashed over the results.
That span saw a surge in the use of the word, as Kelly Wright, assistant professor of language sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, points out based on Oxford English Dictionary data. “Hayes’ term was absolutely being described as a kakistocracy,” she says. (1880 was also a general election year in the UK, another country known for its contributions to the English language.
That year, William Gladstone became prime minister for the second time; perhaps his opponents were among those giving the word a boost.)…..
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Some have likened Donald Trump’s administrative picks to a clown car; others are calling our incoming leadership a kakistocracy, or “government by the worst people”, as Merriam-Webster puts it.
The word has been trending online, with a burst in search traffic in recent weeks and a new dedicated subreddit. It’s not the first time Trump has (accidentally) made the term famous; many discovered it in his first term.
But even after Gaetz’s departure, the kakistocracy of 2016 looks like Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood compared with the president-elect’s new batch of sidekicks.
It’s not the first time a president has popularized the term. Trump would be horrified to know he shares this distinction with several of America’s least-discussed presidents, including Rutherford B Hayes, James Garfield and Chester A Arthur.
This trio – somehow forgettable despite the fact that the middle one was assassinated – led the US from the late 1870s to the early 1880s, a period following Reconstruction that saw the expansion of Jim Crow laws and segregation, as well as another election in which the parties clashed over the results.
That span saw a surge in the use of the word, as Kelly Wright, assistant professor of language sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, points out based on Oxford English Dictionary data. “Hayes’ term was absolutely being described as a kakistocracy,” she says. (1880 was also a general election year in the UK, another country known for its contributions to the English language.
That year, William Gladstone became prime minister for the second time; perhaps his opponents were among those giving the word a boost.)…..
‘Government by the worst’: why people are calling Trump’s new sidekicks a ‘kakistocracy’
The word is trending as Trump makes cabinet picks – but it’s not the first time it’s been used to describe lousy leadership
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……But, perhaps more bizarrely, Bondi found herself caught up in a canine custody battlewhere she was accused of stealing a pet dog.
The saga began when Bondi adopted a St Bernard dog which had become separated from its family by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 from Florida’s Pinellas County Humane Society. She changed its name from Master Tank to Noah.
When the animal’s true owners, Louisiana couple Steve and Dorreen Couture, tracked Master Tank down to her home in Tampa Bay in January 2006 and found him in the lawyer’s custody, their request for his return was refused.
Instead, Bondi accused the grandparents of neglecting the animal.
“I took a dog who was a walking skeleton,” she told The St Petersburg Times at the time.
“That’s what was wrong with him before the hurricane.
“If I thought I was sending him to a stable environment, where he would be cared for, as hard as it would be, I’d put him in my car and drive him back myself.
“I made a promise to him that I would protect him.”
The Coutures denied her accusation, revealing that Master Tank had suffered from heartworms since he was 10 months old and continued to demand his return.
The family sued and a 16-month legal battle ensued, which ended with the two sides settling before the dispute came to trial.
Bondi eventually returned Master Tank to the Coutures with a supply of food and medication.
Plans for her to receive photos and updates on the pup’s wellbeing soon fell apart, with the Coutures claiming that the lawyer had failed to honor her promises to visit the dog and pay for his food and medical bills for life.
“It was a burden, it really was,” Doreen Couture told The St Petersburg Times in 2010 about the ordeal.
“Financially, emotionally, it was a really rough time.”
Asked whether the family planned to keep lines of communication with Bondi open, she added: “Why should I? She stole my dog… She has no compassion at all.”……..
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The saga began when Bondi adopted a St Bernard dog which had become separated from its family by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 from Florida’s Pinellas County Humane Society. She changed its name from Master Tank to Noah.
When the animal’s true owners, Louisiana couple Steve and Dorreen Couture, tracked Master Tank down to her home in Tampa Bay in January 2006 and found him in the lawyer’s custody, their request for his return was refused.
Instead, Bondi accused the grandparents of neglecting the animal.
“I took a dog who was a walking skeleton,” she told The St Petersburg Times at the time.
“That’s what was wrong with him before the hurricane.
“If I thought I was sending him to a stable environment, where he would be cared for, as hard as it would be, I’d put him in my car and drive him back myself.
“I made a promise to him that I would protect him.”
The Coutures denied her accusation, revealing that Master Tank had suffered from heartworms since he was 10 months old and continued to demand his return.
The family sued and a 16-month legal battle ensued, which ended with the two sides settling before the dispute came to trial.
Bondi eventually returned Master Tank to the Coutures with a supply of food and medication.
Plans for her to receive photos and updates on the pup’s wellbeing soon fell apart, with the Coutures claiming that the lawyer had failed to honor her promises to visit the dog and pay for his food and medical bills for life.
“It was a burden, it really was,” Doreen Couture told The St Petersburg Times in 2010 about the ordeal.
“Financially, emotionally, it was a really rough time.”
Asked whether the family planned to keep lines of communication with Bondi open, she added: “Why should I? She stole my dog… She has no compassion at all.”……..
Trump’s attorney general pick was once caught up in a bizarre dog custody battle
President-elect’s latest nominee was once embroiled in a bizarre canine custody battle
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All the sex scandal claims against Trump’s cabinet as Gaetz ditches AG bid
The president-elect has nominated a number of people to his inner circle who face claims related to sex scandals - much like he has
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Trump expected | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to offer Kelly Loeffler the job as of secretary of the Department of Agriculture, two people familiar with the matter told CNN.
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As Vance pushes forward legislation authored by The Heritage Foundation, NM Rep Stansbury issues a GOP rebuke:
So much for DOGE and everyone who believes that what they are looking to do is cut the federal work force. No, they are looking to cut benefits - but only for poors and the middle class. Corporations will be getting extra benefits. Fine - that’s what they voted for and that’s what they’ll get.
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From the Christian who is such a good boy he uses a buddy system with his son to stop himself from looking at porn online. But real actual women victims don’t matter to him. What scum.
Yeah. It's not about debt reduction. It's about destroying institutions. The goal is to "knock it all down and we will put it back in place if something goes wrong" while there is a mad rush for profit. Elon and Vivek have pretty much said the "" part.
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Trump names billionaire Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary pick | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump named billionaire Scott Bessent as his pick to serve as the next secretary of the Department of the Treasury.
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He’s literally setting up a Russian-modeled oligarchy.Trump names billionaire Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary pick | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump named billionaire Scott Bessent as his pick to serve as the next secretary of the Department of the Treasury.
Yep, and he will have the capability to do surveillance as well in a broader way. Even though we were lectured incessantly by someone who is now gone that Dems are the only ones who violate privacy.
“House Republicans are blocking a proposal that would narrow a disputed new provision in a surveillance law, potentially handing President-elect Donald J. Trump broader power to force myriad types of American service providers to help the government spy.”
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“House Republicans are blocking a proposal that would narrow a disputed new provision in a surveillance law, potentially handing President-elect Donald J. Trump broader power to force myriad types of American service providers to help the government spy.”
Republicans Blocking Proposal to Narrow Part of a Surveillance Law
The second Trump administration appears likely to inherit broader powers to force American service providers to help a warrantless wiretapping program.
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