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.
If by "the left" you mean pretty much anyone non-kkk then yes he's an excellent nomination and while we're at it, let's skip those useless political details as "what is left" anyway (yes, sarcasm).
It'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.
Are you sure that referring to an event from 8 years ago as an example of a much more common phenomenon is in good faith? Your second example doesn't specify exactly how large the gathering was, but from the context of the article it sounds like it was maybe a dozen people. What threshold are you using for "much more common"?
I don't think you're being very charitable. I'm not playing dumb, I just don't think you've made your case, and "trust me, it's happening" is not much of an argument.
Please don't perpetuate ideological flamewars on HN, and please avoid tit-for-tat spats. These things are not what the site is for, and destroy what it is for.
Attacking other users will get you banned here, regardless of how wrong they are or you feel they are.
Also, please don't perpetuate ideological flamewars on HN, and please avoid tit-for-tat spats. These things are not what the site is for, and destroy what it is for.
Please don't perpetuate ideological flamewars on HN, and please avoid tit-for-tat spats. These things are not what the site is for, and destroy what it is for.
> And before anyone says, "well you call everyone neo-nazis!" Erm, self-proclaimed neo-nazis. They call themselves that.
You should watch the video before posting a link. Proud Boys don't call themselves neo nazis. Other parts of the video touch on stats about violence from who knows what source - left or right - and then touches on people "storming the capital" and "insurrection". So, nothing real or concerete and in particular nothing to do with neo nazis.
You're very quick to accuse others of not being in good faith.
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?)
> 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.
The 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?
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.
Pretty 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.
Not 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
