The Trump team is a clown car, but they rolled these nominations out cleverly: Drop that Hegseth bomb, then freak people out with Gabbard, then obliterate the information landscape with the Gaetz nomination.
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Jeff Sharlet
Caffeinated from a late night drive and freaked out by *how* bad the coverage of Trump Sec Def Pete Hegseth is, I decided to start reading his new book, The War on Warriors. A thread. The new Pentagon chief begins by bragging he was pushed out for being an "extremist"... 1/
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What? Maybe the ankle damage affects them landscaping, framing all day! But he sits on his ass 2 days a weekend 14 years? Talks shit about injured disabled Vets! F that Guy! Vets should shame him in public everywhere
Yep, we’re dealing with a true team of geniuses here.
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Also, if the Senate GOP rejects Gaetz, they’ll feel more obliged to consent to the others.
In some ways, I’m the most concerned about Hegseth, a white Christian nationalist and chauvinist.
create chaos, attention-seeking mode to keep focus on the ultimate narcissist
The intellectual and moral rot accelerated with the influx of Hillsdale grads under Bush, which made it easier for Trump to break.
Or he’s telling Congress 🖕 I do what I want
If you dare object to mulitple nominees, you're just mad you lost. Nevermind there are multiple bat shit crazy selections. You're just bitter.
like I'm genuinely interested what people think the devious grand strategy is here
Has named a Director for DEA yet?
What do you feel about Gabbard's prospects? Are there enough R's that are truly now pro-Russia?
I posted that comment on your post on X and was put in X jail for violent content, so I came here where I can enjoy my free speech.
There is no bottom.
Trump is dumb and he want's dumber people than him.
I actually have some increased hope by just how incompetent Trump has seemed the past week. (I'm not even convinced Gaetz gets into power.)
https://bsky.app/profile/stanrmitchell.com/post/3lau5ndxbbo2u
Fire hose of bullshit and escalation that no one, especially the MSM can keep up with.
Trump is picking people who hate the institutions he hates, the ones he thinks didn’t do what he wanted last time. Their only job is to destroy.
It will be a literal bloodbath. Yes, literal. "Sudden" deaths, "accidents," etc.
We're just pretending now that didn't happen, and it says a lot by itself.