CharonY

Critical thinking involves understanding and contextualizing questions and facts. I am very curious about what you think critical thinking is.

Yeah, so someone who is already proficient in corruption (basically accepting a bribe for the Trump Uni case, IIRC).

My guess is that they failed to get Anthony Hopkins and Chlamydia is too busy.

Apparently Gaetz has withdrawn after it looks like he wouldn't get the votes (https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11/21/us/trump-gaetz-news).

Did you already forget what he did when he was supposed to transfer power?

Ok, can anyone tell me that we are not in bizarro world?

I think the issue boils down to what we discussed elsewhere with regard to populism. There might be real concerns somewhere, but they build easy narratives which is frequently dismissive of facts or expert knowledge. That way everything can rolled into whatever solution one might like and/or simply use it to rail against... something. A similar approach that techbros are doing.

I suspect that given how harebrained folks are getting, even more reputable media will shift, too. After all, they will be getting a new generation of journalists eventually and larger societal changes can only be slowed so much by incumbents.

Yeah the NPR article I linked above is a bit more nuanced, this one squarely presents a slice that, in isolation, is one of the less crazy ideas. At the same time, they are (not by chance I would guess) the most nebulous ones.

It is great to have redundancy in the efficiency department by having redundant leadership. In a redundant manner. They will probably also be a bastion against cancel culture. Such as this:

Well, some like him enough (or are afraid of Trump) https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/15/politics/johnson-ethics-report-gaetz/index.html

Some tidbits on research: (https://www.npr.org/2024/11/12/nx-s1-5183014/trump-election-2024-nih-rfk) While some of the issues they identified are correct later on in the article, the issue is that the GOP is only going to use it as a pretense to shoehorn in their agenda. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration dismantled the pandemic task force and claimed that it would create a leaner, more efficient system by cutting of bloat (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/16/no-white-house-didnt-dissolve-its-pandemic-response-office/). The pandemic has dramatically exposed that lie.

But they need a white supremacist, it seems (photos have emerged of him having white nationalist tattoos, which was apparently also flagged by the military).

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4992351-jim-jordan-matt-gaetz-donald-trump-attorney-general-pick/ It's my understanding is such a weasel phrase. Especially as they should know the rules as part of their job. I mean, when you are right, you are right.

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