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Searching For Answers
In a terrifying Trump world
We are sitting with a bunch of outrageous nominations from Trump for his administration, and wait for shoes to drop. Trump is making noises about making appointments as recess appointments, which means he doesn’t need Senate confirmation. It’s unclear who could stop him from doing that. The latest nomination is his personal attorney, Todd Blanche, as Deputy Attorney General. Some find relief in this because at least Blanche has relevant experience as a lawyer; others find it concerning that Trump appoints his personal lawyer to the government and erodes independence. Of course it does. Both nominees Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth both have been accused of sexual misconduct in the past (they deny wrong-doing) and RFK, Jr was accused of sexual assualt (he apologized) — and we await more information about those.
There is an excellent opinion piece in the NY Times today by Roxanne Gay, I recommend reading the entire thing. She questions Americans who voted for Trump and wonders if they are ignorant or do they willingly embrace the idea that children are getting sex change operations in schools, immigrants are eating pets or babies are aborted after birth? She challenges us to think about whether or not these Americans have really “just been misunderstood” and need coddling, or can we treat them as adults, because they are adults? Her words…
