In today’s news, someone without particular specifications was picked for a job where he can do only limited damage. He does not appear to be a sex and/or war criminal or a booster thereof and has not articulated vengeful or genocidal goals. This is okay news. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don... - ThreadSky

kenwhite.bsky.social • 159 days ago

In today’s news, someone without particular specifications was picked for a job where he can do only limited damage. He does not appear to be a sex and/or war criminal or a booster thereof and has not articulated vengeful or genocidal goals. This is okay news.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-names-sean-duffy-pick-transportation-secretary-rcna180712

Comments

ncxc.bsky.social•159 days ago

He is an idiot. Serious downgrade

memocat.bsky.social•159 days ago

Trump says Sean will rebuild our infrastructure. Does that mean Trump’s ‘concept of an infrastructure plan’ has finally evolved into a plan? Glory be, it only took 8 years.

bporter.bsky.social•159 days ago

I thought being a sex pest was a job requirement now.

azincle.bsky.social•158 days ago

He's a reality TV star, give it a couple days for it to come out.

tomboyrespect.bsky.social•159 days ago

...yet

prior-industry.bsky.social•158 days ago

Kinda leads you to ask "then why has he picked him"

canyoudrive.bsky.social•159 days ago

He’s no Pete Buttigieg

pgharley56.bsky.social•158 days ago

TBF, Ken, with Duffy the Port of Baltimore would still be closed while Trump is personally negotiating with multiple middle eastern countries to determine which would get the $20-gazillion contract with enough skim for the MAL remodel project while staying on schedule for a port reopening of 2029.

bleakfuture.bsky.social•159 days ago

this just in - he runs a puppy mill specializing in fighting dogs on Epstein Island

mistyeyeddreams.bsky.social•158 days ago

LMFAOOO STOPP 😭

northtexasblue.bsky.social•159 days ago

Give it time…

newmexislosh.bsky.social•159 days ago

He quit congress to spend more time with his family. Does he hate his family now?

mistyeyeddreams.bsky.social•158 days ago

Don't all of these guys hate their family?

spotts1701.bsky.social•159 days ago

I think it could be the other way around. He doesn’t seem like father of the year material…

lealeander.bsky.social•159 days ago

More like he wanted to cash in. Jerk complained about the $175K salary.

nobodyspecial3.bsky.social•158 days ago

You try supporting your own homegrown commune on only $175k.

lealeander.bsky.social•158 days ago

lol...I think they're up to 10.

cmurf.com•159 days ago

Why would he want this job?

askaubry.com•159 days ago

But he was on MTV Real World though.

beaver1224.bsky.social•158 days ago

The transportation secretary should clearly have been pulled from Road Rules.

emeldaalonzo.bsky.social•159 days ago

And his wife ugh.

paulrcoen.bsky.social•158 days ago

He’s probably within one standard deviation of “normal”, which is the best we’re going to get out of this lineup of Dick Tracy villains being assembled before our eyes.

spenczar.bsky.social•159 days ago

First person ever to win The Challenge to be appointed to a cabinet position.

staidwinnow.bsky.social•159 days ago

One of the other correct choices was Gangreene. She is very good at chasing and harassing kids who survived a school shooting.

She could do wonders as the Transportation Secretary by chasing down women fleeing to other states to get an abortion.

athenabird.bsky.social•158 days ago

Typical that he was just on Trump’sTV

t-antony.bsky.social•159 days ago

There is a catch in there somewhere.
Elon has plans.

shana-nola.bsky.social•159 days ago

Isn’t the transportation secretary in charge of a large part of Biden’s infrastructure bill?

mrkampmann.bsky.social•159 days ago

But this punk is going to ruin Pete’s work! Why couldn’t they have just let Pete continue. That one good gesture could have been so nice.

robmartin365.bsky.social•159 days ago

I figured they were gonna pick a Transportation Secretary who wants to ban moving around or something.

nedmack.bsky.social•158 days ago

Quite a step down from the current Secretary of Transportation.

withoutreports.bsky.social•159 days ago

when he was on The Real World, he did sexually harass at least one other cast member.

joyseacrew.bsky.social•159 days ago

“You can never have too many Fox hosts making big political decisions for the rest of us…”
- said nobody ever

deadersesq.bsky.social•159 days ago

He'll probably milkshake duck within a week

lamacki1.bsky.social•159 days ago

True but no one can fill Secretary Pete’s shoes.

txteacher.bsky.social•159 days ago

My immediate reaction. From Mayor Pete to this.

bmoakny.bsky.social•159 days ago

I guess The Situation was unavailable…

3ob.bsky.social•158 days ago

Horrendous genocidal war crimes surfacing in 5...

service-worker.bsky.social•159 days ago

Today is the day Trump starts acting presidential

lisabrooten.bsky.social•159 days ago

Good god. How low the bar has been dropped...

hittielove.bsky.social•159 days ago

A Cabinet of reality TV stars and alternative facts hosts.

anniegt.bsky.social•159 days ago

All I can see is him as a teenage?20yo? dipsh*t on The Real World. and 9 kids? As my kids would say...suss.

judyblue007.bsky.social•159 days ago

This is not completely horrific news

liviohenrik.bsky.social•159 days ago

He's a total fucking nutjob which is why he made trumps list. They are hell bent on destroying the USA.

https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-duffy/cnn-hired-sean-duffy-who-immediately-pushed-conspiracy-theories-cnn-had-already-debunked

jillles.bsky.social•159 days ago

We just don’t know about his crimes yet. It’s a resume requirement. A feature, not a bug.

suzannewinland.bsky.social•158 days ago

Pete Buttigieg begs to differ, I’m sure.

debchasse.bsky.social•159 days ago

What’s Hannity’s appointment?!?

rome73.bsky.social•159 days ago

The bar has now been set.

philosodork.bsky.social•159 days ago

It also gets him out of Wisconsin, which we’re super OK with here.

lamichiganr.bsky.social•159 days ago

He peddles the regular GOP b.s. Still he will do Trump's bidding with no questions. He is a perfect Gilead stooge.

jrhndrl.bsky.social•159 days ago

What a comedown from Pete.

jmichaelmull.bsky.social•159 days ago

oh, The Real World guy

jumphour.bsky.social•159 days ago

Yeah, he & his wife. Ick. Can't stand her.

kcsahles.bsky.social•159 days ago

Paulie from The Jersey Shore gets NASA.

apacilli.bsky.social•159 days ago

Real World DC lol.

bcnjake.bsky.social•159 days ago

At this point, I think it’s fair to start asking questions about the depth of Fox News’ bench.

eggwards.bsky.social•158 days ago

I think Watters already shows their talent pool is dry

jamiecbarnett.bsky.social•159 days ago

He’s no Pete.

jmeijers.bsky.social•159 days ago

On the bright side; all of these Fox News employees who have been put into various Trump admin positions really does make it hard for schmucks to try and say that Fox News is “fair and balanced”.

mourn-the-weenie.bsky.social•159 days ago

Fox News dropped that slogan in 2017.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40289497

itsmikeschwartz.bsky.social•159 days ago

The good news is that Buttigieg and Biden did the job for him.

Which can only mean that he's being brought in to fuck it up.

sdenyaredrain.bsky.social•159 days ago

Guess on the spot bridge repair and road repair is gonna go by the wayside🤷‍♀️

soberjon.bsky.social•159 days ago

He rides a scooter to work

dmp2you.bsky.social•159 days ago

Heh, just wait till the next train derailment . or bridge collapse .

lucyinthe4.bsky.social•158 days ago

Hoppin' over those low bars like a bunny

hairguitar.bsky.social•159 days ago

"Well, he kinda looks like Mayor Pete, so he'll get confirmed bigly." – Cheeto™-faced, ferret wearing shitgibbon

superskillshot.bsky.social•159 days ago

So no confirmed rape kit on this one?

jennifer-freda.bsky.social•159 days ago

He’s a log roller & lumberjack (I think) as well as being a Real World alum. 😄

nwcasebolt.bsky.social•159 days ago

This is a sign that we’re about to see a more thoughtful Donald Trump.

analoren.bsky.social•159 days ago

the bar is in hell.

kdominus.bsky.social•158 days ago

Seriously. And given how well Trump did with GenX, he had to throw that constituency a bone. I mean it was either him or Vanilla Ice.

lplouisiana.org•158 days ago

"He does not appear to be a sex and/or war criminal or a booster thereof and has not articulated vengeful or genocidal goals."

Well give him time, geez!

He just got appointed - he has plenty of time to rack up sex offenses and war crimes after he's in office! They can't all come pre-loaded.

doesnotcare.lol•158 days ago

Dude is from the first season of Road Rules on MTV. LOLs.

lpm64.bsky.social•159 days ago

MTV Real World alumni for anyone unaware.

aviaryatlaw.bsky.social•159 days ago

When this is over only James Cameron will be able to retrieve the bar from the depths it has sunk to

lowflier84.bsky.social•159 days ago

"At least the trains ran on time"

nobodyspecial3.bsky.social•158 days ago

Very optimistic of you to think this will be the case.

lowflier84.bsky.social•158 days ago

gingerlocks.bsky.social•159 days ago

Let's bring up the Road Rules/Real World challenge vids!!! I'm sure there's some shit in there 🤣

Beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy•158 days ago

@kenwhite.bsky.social na, at this point we assume he's a predator until proven otherwise.

tomhjhill.bsky.social•159 days ago

That he’s not some sort of Transportation Denier is very off brand

dogmaticpyrrhonist.bsky.social•158 days ago

Clearly an outlier. Not statistically significant

tomchilds.bsky.social•159 days ago

Where is your next Secretary of Transportation?

tomchilds.bsky.social•159 days ago

People were picked to be in Trumps cabinet and set to “govern together” and see what happens when govt stops being nice and starts getting nasty.

The Real World: MAGA

Duffy was a reality TV “star”

gym-bo.bsky.social•158 days ago

I'm imagining he is being nominated for Secretary of Transportation because Trump confused him for being a Road Rules alum, rather than a Real World alum.

poppycock.bsky.social•159 days ago

can he kill the NTSB? or is scotus going to take care of that? they made Boeing "look" bad after all.

riana.bsky.social•159 days ago

His SDNY USA pick also seems… fine? “Won’t bring white-collar cases” seems like the least bad option. But I’m curious for your thoughts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/us/politics/trump-jay-clayton-attorney-southern-district-ny.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

theaurorac.bsky.social•159 days ago

That’s SDNY’s bread and butter, but…okay? We’ll take it? (Also, hi Riana! Good to see you here.)

riana.bsky.social•158 days ago

Omg! So happy to run into you in the comments!

And yes, like… if he interprets the job as not doing his job, I’ll take it.

theaurorac.bsky.social•158 days ago

And, I mean, SDNY survived Giuliani’s reign there.

huggykitty.bsky.social•159 days ago

This is strange.

annaj.bsky.social•159 days ago

So sus

shotal3.bsky.social•159 days ago

Something's there and Trump knows what it is

wokesince1967.bsky.social•158 days ago

Duffy will never be Buttigieg.

klausfiend.dcerberus.com.ap.brid.gy•159 days ago

@kenwhite.bsky.social I heard this guy got the nod because Racer X is busy.

Tedgarrison3.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy•159 days ago

@kenwhite.bsky.social No sex or war crimes? No wonder he got a minor job. Only the criminals get the jobs where they can completely fuck things over..

shaunarobart.bsky.social•159 days ago

He looks like a Real World cast member 🙄

jonplummer.com•159 days ago

Well, this /should be at least/ noticeably disappointing. The fact that this passes as "okay news" is an indictment of the other selections so far.

sublunarypetrichor.bsky.social•158 days ago

Honestly, just waiting for the other shoe to drop on this one

wiscozav.bsky.social•159 days ago

He supported the Muslim ban so his racism is on brand

kraniumkracka.bsky.social•159 days ago

Pfft it’s not like he was on Road Rules.

lealeander.bsky.social•159 days ago

He's just run-of-the-mill stupid. And everything that goes with that - self-centered and venal.

azpinstriping.bsky.social•159 days ago

Another nice haircut. That is the prerequisite for a Trump nominee, first a nice haircut. Second, superior hair products.

paradigm317.bsky.social•159 days ago

Is he the idiot that was on survivor?

theordinaryamerican.online•159 days ago

I know him from MTV's “Real World.” He's definitely an idiot, though!

lillianorlando.bsky.social•159 days ago

Since he has 9 children, he probably needs a bigger income? 😜

lillianorlando.bsky.social•159 days ago

He has 9 children.

misquareds.bsky.social•159 days ago

I don’t believe the issue was ever the number of children. It was with how many wives.

lillianorlando.bsky.social•159 days ago

Like him?

misquareds.bsky.social•159 days ago

yes. just like him.
It’s the number of wives.

nobodyspecial3.bsky.social•158 days ago

Attempting to singlehandedly repopulate the planet with your own spawn speaks to a pretty weird, pretty intense, fundamentalist vibe.

misquareds.bsky.social•158 days ago

Some people
repopulate to further their supremacists agenda and some just want a big family.

nwcasebolt.bsky.social•159 days ago

Okay? I’m the oldest of 12. I assure you this is not predictive of my politics or of anyone else in my family.

blaklaw.bsky.social•159 days ago

nobodyspecial3.bsky.social•158 days ago

It's a pretty good indication, in this day in age, of some pretty intense fundamentalist beliefs. No one, that isn't in a cult, looks around at the state of affairs and feels the need to singlehandedly repopulate the planet with their spawn.

nwcasebolt.bsky.social•158 days ago

Some people like kids and want them, some don’t and don’t. There’s room for both in a free society.

But to turn one of those into a universal law, project it outward, and condemn anyone who thinks differently is irrational and unreasonable.

nobodyspecial3.bsky.social•158 days ago

Sorry, man, I'm just basing this off my experience with anyone that has assembled their own ready made cult like this.

There's big families, and then there's this shit.

kenwhite.bsky.social•158 days ago

How do you feel when people judge families as being un-American or suspect for not having kids?

nwcasebolt.bsky.social•158 days ago

I'm sensitive when it comes to big families. Mine's huge and great, and contains multitudes. We're close though we don't see eye to eye on everything; my parents aren't always in lockstep with each other on every issue. I get where you're coming from in your experience. My experience is different.

tonchrysoprase.bsky.social•159 days ago

Grading on a curve here. We used to expect qualifications.

pat-stack.bsky.social•159 days ago

Trump really likes TV!

enoughnonsense.bsky.social•158 days ago

Time will tell whether this pick is another traitorous pick.

toroppro.bsky.social•159 days ago

He is, however, a douche canoe who I had hoped to never have to see on my tv screen again.

samd.bsky.social•159 days ago

in all likelihood he will divert money away from safe road infrastructure to highway expansions, resulting in thousands of more traffic fatalities

richardm.bsky.social•159 days ago

I mean yes but like, consider that the alternative might be someone who wanted to ban Amtrak

cliffbar.bsky.social•158 days ago

Or someone who was going to explicitly profit from diverting funds from safe streets or transit to highways

shablopligh.bsky.social•158 days ago

Subsidies, tax breaks and favors for oil and gas vehicles and infrastructure, with penalties, restrictions and roadblocks for electric and renewables.

filtertron-tele.bsky.social•159 days ago

Isn’t that basically table stakes with this administration, though?

emmreef.bsky.social•159 days ago

Here he is in a toga from the Real World. I think that falls somewhere in the negative categories you stated

inyalowda.bsky.social•159 days ago

. . . yay?

ellisw.bsky.social•159 days ago

One maxim in Hollywood is, "If a movie gets made, it means somebody didn't do their job." Here, too: if no harm is done, somebody didn't do his job.

quesador.bsky.social•159 days ago

Big mistake, should’ve gone with someone from Road Rules

joecleary2.bsky.social•159 days ago

Ken. He was an actor on The Real World . But yea.

ladylinds.bsky.social•159 days ago

I knew he'd pick the reality TV guy

romansmith.bsky.social•159 days ago

This must be a mistake‼️

Why would TFG nominate somebody who doesn't have sex crimes in his record⁉️

rwkirkpatrick.bsky.social•159 days ago

His wife kissed Puck. So there's that.

deronschreck.bsky.social•159 days ago

Theo Von is next then.

conejooperations.bsky.social•159 days ago

The Real World guy. Next up, Honey Boo Boo.

kitterlecathy.bsky.social•159 days ago

Imagine going from the incredible Secretary Pete to this fox clown. What a smack in the face.

kellshell.bsky.social•158 days ago

He’s no Buttigieg.

grobielauren.bsky.social•159 days ago

What skeletons does he have? Something will be released in less than 3 scaramuccis.

kdig.bsky.social•159 days ago

Lol

thenewrogueraven.bsky.social•159 days ago

It is not a coincidence that he was picked for a job with limited non essential power. It's EXACTLY because it is not a critical function of government that trump picked an ok candidate

ansley.bsky.social•159 days ago

He was on the real world though, so there’s that

rooseveltsrevenge.bsky.social•159 days ago

Everyone remember Elon’s post about starlink in North Carolina and how quickly Mayor Pete was on it.

We will not have that again. We will be reading stories about the transportation sec refusing aid directly to blue states.

reswob24.bsky.social•159 days ago

The dude from Real World? Or was it Road Rules? America loves reality TV so much it voted for reality TV stars to run its government.

chachorogers.bsky.social•159 days ago

Fair, but if a reality star is to be transportation secretary, it should obviously be someone from Road Rules.

lisajo.bsky.social•159 days ago

In all fairness, he is a couple loads short of a brick.

bigbartyboy.bsky.social•159 days ago

I wonder what Puck is up to...

parchment1.bsky.social•159 days ago

We’re sure gonna miss Pete

nypagirl1980.bsky.social•159 days ago

Trump saw he was on Road Rules and thought this made him qualified for transportation.

robinbobcat.bsky.social•159 days ago

Waiting for the revelation that he has seven hundred and fifty unpaid traffic tickets and thinks buses are a type of land whale...

ashbow.bsky.social•159 days ago

Or maybe we don’t know yet.

hauerbrain.bsky.social•159 days ago

This is my thought as well.

getinformed23.bsky.social•159 days ago

So simply possessing no skills to lead a large agency but benevolent??

Quite the low bar.

liftupalways.bsky.social•159 days ago

Duffy’s one of 11 kids and he already has nine. He’s a good ambassador for the Quiverfull Duggar weirdos.

oldunreliable.bsky.social•159 days ago

Sounds ok. But who will be in charge of setting up abortion checkpoints on the interstates?

whteva324.bsky.social•159 days ago

Yeah. I mean contestants on The Real World are definitely qualified to replace Pete. 🤦‍♀️

njphil.bsky.social•159 days ago

Talk about lowering our expectations. What happened to “… only the best people”? I know, just joking. PSYCH!!

timtimb.bsky.social•159 days ago

Feckin' hell, man. The bar isn't just lying on the ground, it's buried deep in the mud.

uwoberon.bsky.social•159 days ago

Sconnie here. This man is intellectually challenged. He might not be fire-breathing, but I’ve known rocks with more going on upstairs.

chuckgoat.bsky.social•159 days ago

The damage is limited, but I'm sure not getting aboard a Boeing 737Max for the next 4 years I can tell you that.

babsblue.bsky.social•159 days ago

Weird.

anneharriss.bsky.social•158 days ago

Definitely a downgrade from Secretary Pete.

tc0320.bsky.social•159 days ago

He's just going to ride Pete's coattails and take credit for all the Pete will have put in place before he leaves.

supaterryrules.bsky.social•159 days ago

He likes tv people.

hashnaif.bsky.social•159 days ago

Unless he starts studying about making the trains run on time.

nobodyspecial3.bsky.social•158 days ago

Are we being punked?

When is Ashton Kutchner going to jump out and let us know that this was all just a joke?

timothyjones.bsky.social•158 days ago

Low bar...

ladiaz.bsky.social•159 days ago

the only valid theory of relativity is Einstein's, everything else is grading on a curve...

ellawbr.bsky.social•159 days ago

The Situation for Secretary of the Interior.

jendschneider.bsky.social•159 days ago

Snookie, obvi

paulrcoen.bsky.social•158 days ago

She has a store in the town I live in, is really nice and really community minded. A lot of folks rolled their eyes or made jokes when she opened the store - didn’t take her long to win folks over.

jendschneider.bsky.social•158 days ago

I love to know this!

punksmurph.bsky.social•158 days ago

I chance meet her at an event years ago. She was actually really nice and I spent like 30 minutes in a small group talking with her, totally can see how she managed to win people over.

kevinalexander.bsky.social•159 days ago

“…described Duffy, R-Wis., as "a tremendous and well-liked public servant."

(Narrator voice):
Duffy is neither tremendous nor is he well liked.

kevinalexander.bsky.social•159 days ago

He’s terrible. OTOH, this gets him out of Wisconsin for a little bit.

the-greetest.bsky.social•159 days ago

Well, he could easily completely screw funding for road inspection and maintenance and cause a bunch of bridge collapses.

br00t4c.bsky.social•158 days ago

In this day and age the best we can hope for is mildly ignorant and corrupt.

eggwards.bsky.social•158 days ago

As long as he stops funding public transportation, I’m sure they’ll be fine with him.

jephalopod.bsky.social•159 days ago

I wonder if he knows confirming these fox news guys means they won’t be on teevee anymore

gamerdave69.bsky.social•158 days ago

"Duffy first gained attention when he appeared on "The Real World: Boston."" NOT satire. Actually from the @nbcnews.com.web.brid.gy story that reads like @theonion.com. We are living in Idiocracy.

kylemann.bsky.social•159 days ago

Probably worked on that fishing boat that clubbed baby seals for Joe’s Crab Shack.

browernet.us•159 days ago

The challenge will be to see what damage he can do. Crumbing bridges? Break public transit and trains? Private toll roads? plane crashes?

ebonibunni.bsky.social•159 days ago

"'Duffy “will make our skies safe again by eliminating DEI for pilots and air traffic controllers,” Trump added, referring to “diversity, equity and inclusion” programs' "

I hate to say it but it really sounds about white

What else am I supposed to think here