OPERATION SLOWDOWN
Watching what I can stomach of the senate confirmation hearings, I take away one central image. A crowd of pompous, strutting pigeons walking arrogantly into a wood chipper. The GOP senate will confirm these pigeons, of course, owning the fruits of their incompetence forever more.
On confirmation, these political appointees--people like Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth and Robert Kennedy are going to stride into various department buildings in their new suits and... call a meeting?
From Talking Points Memo:
"The top lawyer at the Office of Personnel Management is a self-described “raging misogynist” who for years has talked up a “campaign” to purge the federal civil service and staff it with MAGA diehards, per a series of previously unreported appearances on right-wing podcasts."
His own words, on right-wing podcasts. Seriously? Does he think his future staff won't hear about it? All of these appointees have left the same trail of past statements behind them. There is no disguise.
So, what does it sound like when 3 million pocket-protector-wearing experts in brutal office politics decide as one to dig in their heels? I believe we will find out. This form of resistance doesn't require much, just a little bit of bureaucratic incompetence, second nature to all office workers. Mistakes in the code, sand in the gears, sugar in the fuel systems.
I really recommend Talking Points Memo, and its editor Josh Marshall's even-keeled, non-panicked team of reporters.
