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These people are all just incompetent sycophants. Prepare for the worst and buckle up. Stay vigilant.

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Appointing Rubio—who has already been sanctioned *twice* by China—as Secretary of State seems…well…'a courageous decision' as Sir Humphrey would put it.

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What will the UK, Australian, Canadian and NZ intelligence agencies do now? Will they trust their US colleagues that they know and have worked with, and work informally?

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Nothing to worry about there, eh?

Dear lord - the handcart is rattling towards Hell at a fair rate.

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Us children of the Cold War are the fortunate ones. We grew up in a world of imminent nuclear annihilation. We can at least be sanguine about reversion to the mean.

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How will Trump set about bypassing the Senate for these appointments? Simply install them as Acting per last time (assuming it'll be another exploding clown's car of a cabinet again that'll need regular restocking with nutters) or do they have another means of ignoring the Constitution?

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You’ve asked the key question. I wonder if it’s partly a test of loyalty for his Senate. But he may just go for acting or recess appointments.

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