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      will the tva even survive the circus about to (re)invade washington? i know it’s entirely self-funded, but still… it is a federal agency. a socialist-like one, at that… the og ‘new deal’ programs and a signature of fdr’s administration. every one of those is like a trigger for donvict crazy mode.

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    The amount of his picks that are involved with sexual abuse of minors seems pretty over-the-top even for a republican administration. At this point, do any of them not have histories of involvement with sexual abuse and/or harassment? Maybe Oz… idk.

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    Is anybody in the Republican party in the senate, congress or whichever not freaking out over his picks? Don’t they have a final say?

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      When you swear ultimate fealty to a cult leader, the officers of the cult are by default the best picks. If you can’t see it, it’s a problem with you and not a problem with the cult leader.

      Until those folk are no longer needed, outlive their usefulness, or turn on Trump of course. Then the handpicked officers in question were actually agents of “The Enemy” all along and needed to be purged.

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      They confirmed her 81-19 for administrator of the Small Business Administration. That was dumb but they were ok with it then.

      She was on the state board of education in Connecticut for a little over a year under their last GOP governor. So I guess that’s some experience at least. Totally qualified to run education for the entire fucking country.

      🔥 This is fine. 🔥

      The real danger is what Heritage Foundation ghouls will be running the show under her, and the other cabinet members. All these clowns are just the people Trump wants in the room with him. They don’t need to be qualified or do anything but kiss his ass on camera. It’s the Project 2025 deputy-weirdos we should worry about.

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        Maybe if Trump really doesn’t care about project 2025 and just keeps on going with his celebrity cabinet, then maybe they’re going to fuck up so bad they’re all doing to be ridiculed and Trump could be impeached over some incredible fuck up or fraud.

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              Imagine if he lives and runs write-in campaign, or endorses Gaetz or Lake for '28 and throws the GOP primary into chaos… at this point I’m rooting for him to live out his term since Vance could execute the Project 2025 agenda more competently.

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      Heard plenty of GOP noise against Gaetz, but that’s about it.

      And yes, Congress has the say unless Trump’s people convince them to approve interim appointments. Even McConnell said, “Fuck that noise.”

      And now witness decades, like since the 50s decades, of the Legislative branch ceding power to the Executive. And here we are.

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      There’s a huge issue with that, though, that seems all too often overlooked: by doing nothing, our systems will still fall behind. They will continue to decay, to lag increasingly behind our peers and adversaries. At absolute best, the inevitable death of 1,000 cuts marches on.

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        Well, I think did nothing and let Vince do whatever he wanted while she signed the paperwork is the more relevant and scarier bit of what you’re responding to and what that person missed. There’s no silver lining to a Yes Man with what these people want to do to education.

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          At least that would illicit a reaction out of the masses; that’s exactly why these authoritarians aim to slowly strangle our safety nets. We will apparently happily let them do it, as long as it doesn’t cause us immediate and perceivable harm.

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    I don’t know what DOE employees did in a past life to deserve devos and whatever the fuck choice this is.

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      I dunno about their past lives either, but in this they made the eternal fuck up of wanting to impact American education at a time when the country was sliding into fascism.

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    Given that the US education system is wrestling with so many problems, maybe she is the right choice. /s