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The current speculation by the right-o-sphere that Alex Jones is about to be appointed the Trump press secretary is apt for the moment where Trump seems to have
by delichon 2y ago
The current speculation by the right-o-sphere that Alex Jones is about to be appointed the Trump press secretary is apt for the moment where Trump seems to have made his nominations on the basis of how much they will disturb the left. It's hard to imagine anyone that could be more effective at achieving that than Jones.
- tyleo 2y agoI don’t think effective government is founded on the basis of lolz.
- Maken 2y agoHaven't you seen the DOGE department yet?
- reaperducer 2y agoHaven't you seen the DOGE department yet? How do you make government smaller? Step 1: Make government bigger by inventing a new department! (Strictly speaking, it's not a government department. It is a private entity that will operate outside the government, and influence the president. What could possibly go wrong?)
- Maken 2y agoWhatever it is, it for sure has the lolzs as its basis.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- dmix 2y ago> It is a private entity that will operate outside the government, and influence the president. What could possibly go wrong? National Science Board is an external advisory board to the US gov. There's tons of examples of this sort of thing, especially in education and science.
- sofixa 2y agoPretty sure the National Science Board isn't co-chaired by a CEO and part owner multibillionaire with direct personal interests around government funded science projects though.
- dmix 2y agoNot defending Doge just saying it's not new. Defence Business Board is a similar analogy. Plenty of people working at companies with gov contracts on the board during its history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Business_Board https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Business_Board https://dbb.defense.gov/Board-Members/ https://dbb.defense.gov/Board-Members/
- burkaman 2y agoThe National Science Board was established by Congress, its activities are defined and governed by the law that created it, and it is clearly a part of the executive branch. Why do you consider it to be external to the government?
- dmix 2y agoI'm guessing Doge would be regulated under this act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Advisory_Committee_Act?wprov=sfti1# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Advisory_Committee_Act...
- burkaman 2y agoIf they actually follow the legal requirements listed in that article I will come back and apologize to you.
- dmix 2y agoIt would have to be by law. The president can’t make a task force consisting of external advisors (non full time federal employees) in an official matter unless their activities are public and open to inspection. Clinton got in trouble for this by putting Hillary on a Task Force in the early 1990s.
- avgDev 2y agoNothing screams efficiency like 2 dept heads.
- talldayo 2y agoAnd let's be perfectly clear - given two weeks in office they will be screaming at us.
- notahacker 2y agoIn fairness, the possibility the two heads' respective egos will cancel each other out is the most efficient thing about it...
- kouru225 2y agoElon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy… They have two people running the Department of Government Efficiency
- triceratops 2y ago> DOGE department https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DepartmentOfRedu...
- kasey_junk 2y agoI’ve found the testable hypothesis!
- anon291 2y agoWell it also wasn't founded on whatever the hell we were doing before either
- concerndc1tizen 2y agoIt's effective at disorientation and disbelief.
- ben_w 2y ago> It's hard to imagine anyone that could be more effective at achieving that than Jones. Asking as a non-American: how disturbing would it be if he appointed Putin?
- hiddencost 2y agoIf you wanted your comment to hit a bit better, you might have considered, e.g., Lavrov.
- ben_w 2y agoI didn't know who that was until googling before replying, are you sure that's going to hit better with an American audience? Either on Hacker News or as an "own the libs" choice for Trump?
- ImHereToVote 2y agoHe is owned by another foreign government.
- soco 2y ago[flagged]
- delichon 2y agoBoth left and right are assemblages of compromises flying in loose formation.
- anon291 2y agoVivek ramaswamy and Tulsi Gabbard and usha Vance and Marco Rubio.... Kkk has become very diverse lately /s. Okay, but really... If you're going to criticize, can we at least make valid analogies?
- sincerecook 2y agoThe KKK hasn't been relevant since Jerry Springer dredged them up for his show in the 90s, you may need to update your roster of Boogeymen.
- jiayo 2y ago[flagged]
- sincerecook 2y agoIt's more like polite society has become less relevant. The pussy footing around and talking out of both sides of your mouth just doesn't work anymore.
- oblio 2y ago> The pussy footing around and talking out of both sides of your mouth just doesn't work anymore. It took me a while to parse this, are you saying that lying doesn't work anymore???
- nailer 2y agoBut that hasn’t happened.