Matt Gaetz to DOJ, Tulsi Gabbard to DNI

Oh. My. God.

Trump has shown he understands a cardinal rule of strong man dominance: constantly force your allies to defend the indefensible & to make ever greater concessions they once would have considered beyond the pale. Each surrender paves the way for the next. Gaetz just an opening bid https://t.co/LR3j9Yk1VU

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) November 13, 2024

When I heard this I thought it was a joke. It is not a joke. Trump nominating Pete Hegseth, Matt Gaetz and Tusli Gabbard is nothing more than a gauntlet thrown in America’s face: “waddaya gonna do about it?”

Matt Gaetz is about as close as you can get to putting Sean Hannity in charge of the Justice Department. A total loyalist who will run investigations into whichever political enemies Trump wants hounded.

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) November 13, 2024

Those on Trump’s enemies list should probably be looking for legal representation right away. Matt Gaetz will have no interest in doing anything but prosecuting them.

Update —

About those recess appointments:

3/ The operative provision is Art. II, Sec. 3, which says only "in Case of Disagreement" between the House & Senate may the President adjourn them. That means if Johnson & Thune agree, Trump can't do it.It also means if they let him, Trump may adjourn them "to such Time as he shall think proper."

— P. Andrew Torrez (@andrewtorrez.bsky.social) 2024-11-13T21:28:33.236Z

If Johnson and Thune must agree in order to stop Trump from doing this, I think he will do it. There is no universe in which Johnson doesn’t do what Trump wants whether Thune wants to resist or not.

Fasten yout seatbelts.