Donald! Trump!

Mat Gaetz has gone

This is not what the electorate voted for, they voted for immunity for wealthy criminals, not accountability.

This lends some credibility to the argument that Trump deliberately nominated some people who were too totally batshit for even the present MAGA Republican Party. So then a couple get knocked back, the ‘moderates’ (everything’s relative) think they’ve ‘won’, but it still leaves all his preferred people in place, most of whom are completely mental

I read in The Guardian that the word “kakistocracy” is trending. I also heard it described in a podcast as “survival of the shittest”.  Funny but not funny etc.

So then a couple get knocked back, the ‘moderates’ (everything’s relative) think they’ve ‘won’, but it still leaves all his preferred people in place, most of whom are completely mental

But do they read back a few posts before pressing the “Submit” button?

(Wink emoji)

This lends some credibility to the argument that Trump deliberately nominated some people who were too totally batshit

Nah, I think he wants who he wants. Given Trump’s own history – guilty of rape, “grab ’em by the pussy” etc, his chosen candidate’s personal history or past activity just isn’t an important consideration,  I don’t think it’s on his radar.

All good in the hood (Nicaragua)

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his wife are set to assume absolute power after loyalist lawmakers approved a constitutional amendment elevating her to the position of “co-president” and boosting the pair’s joint control over the state.

Under sanctions for human rights abuses, Ortega himself had proposed the change, which also increases the president’s control over the media and extends the presidential term from five to six years.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/22/nicaragua-ortega-wife-absolute-power