@Nonilex #PeteHegseth #NationalSecurityJoke #Incompetence #Unqualified

A germ theory denialist is running the US Department of Health and Human Services. Oh, and he's also an antivaxxer.

@flexghost

Remember when #Trump very likely sold #nuclear secrets to a #Saudi murderer?

Remember when #Trump kept #topsecret documents in his shitter?

Breaking our #nationalsecurity with no #consequences makes perfect sense when you understand that these people are all grossly #unqualified & likely #Russian #assets.

…Much of the world still relies on such #patronage systems, & they are both #corrupt & corrupting. Politicians hand out job appointments in exchange for #bribes. They appoint #unqualified people—somebody’s cousin, somebody’s neighbor, or just a party hack—to jobs that require knowledge & experience. Patronage creates bad government & bad services, because it means government employees serve a patron, not a country or its constitution.…

While some #Republicans harbor doubts about #TulsiGabbard, *she won over* the party members on the committee who were wavering [they were intimidated by #Trump], including Sen #SusanCollins, who had voted against #PeteHegseth to serve as #defense sec. Sen #ToddYoung of IN had also asked tough questions in the confirmation hearing but announced his support for her in a social media post before the vote.

Senator #SheldonWhitehouse (D-RI) recited quotations from snr first-term Trump admin officials saying #KashPatel is completely #unqualified & #inappropriate to run the #FBI He cited Patel’s behavior & statements, including vowing to go after the #media & reposting a social media image showing him cutting off the heads of political adversaries of #Trump with a chainsaw.

With most #Republican senators—maybe all—currently bowing before #Trump regarding his appointment of #unqualified loyalists & inexperienced #MAGA #extremists to the most important positions in government, a message has been conveyed: Trump is unfettered, federal agencies will do his bidding without a harrumph from the #GOP-led #Congress, & do not irk him. Moreover, as one might do with a mob boss, make sure to pay him protection money.