Elect a Clown, Expect the Circus

Botch

^^^  
We don't have enough affordable housing; let's deport 60% of our construction crews.
Groceries are too expensive; let's put a 25% tariff on 15% of our food supply.  

JohnInCarolina

Botch said:

There seems to be a bit of a rift growing between the MAGAts and the oligarchs.
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/divorce-coming-soon-maga-civil-150351532.html?guccounter=1

You hate to see it, lol

lousubcap

And the latest from Judge Cannon who has serviced CHEETO more and better than anyone else out there: Another F' me.  
CANNON FODDER — Judge AILEEN CANNON today temporarily blocked the Justice Department from releasing special counsel JACK SMITH’s final report from the two federal criminal cases against President-elect DONALD TRUMP. “The extraordinary move … scrambles the final stage of the special counsel’s work,” Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney write.

JohnInCarolina

Ike

JohnInCarolina

Worth your time to read:

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/15/how-right-wingers-rushed-to-dei-hire-pete-hegseth/

Buckwoody Egger

calling him a DEI hire since he is a veteran and unqualified is kind of a stretch. nepotism, blind loyalist, yes man, stuff like that applies to this honeymoon get the job phase.  not sure how long he lasts taking orders without mouthing off to the boss. 

JohnInCarolina

Buckwoody Egger said:

calling him a DEI hire since he is a veteran and unqualified is kind of a stretch. nepotism, blind loyalist, yes man, stuff like that applies to this honeymoon get the job phase.  not sure how long he lasts taking orders without mouthing off to the boss. 

The "DEI" part is something of clickbait, but the essence of it is that Republicans are always saying they're opposed to any kind of DEI initiatives because it leads to hiring people who aren't qualified.  The gist is that they're not hired because they're good, but rather because they check some box based on their identity.

If they were arguing in good faith (obviously they're not), then they ought to be opposed to someone who is clearly unqualified and just happens to look a lot like Hegseth.  

Buckwoody Egger

to me DEI is about being better than a primal reaction or bias. so unfortunately drawing any similarities to anything wrong almost creates a “two wrongs don’t make a right” conversation. DEI is easier to scapegoat when that happens.

my personal experience with DEI has been positive and beneficial to my happiness and career. to go back to a time, personal age, financial position, etc where i would be jealous and critical of it would be a few decades in reverse and in a different geography with a different demographic profile. 

so yeah, bastardizing dei is probably similar to misappropriating anything to help push a limited view. 

JohnInCarolina

Buckwoody Egger said:

to me DEI is about being better than a primal reaction or bias. so unfortunately drawing any similarities to anything wrong almost creates a “two wrongs don’t make a right” conversation. DEI is easier to scapegoat when that happens.

my personal experience with DEI has been positive and beneficial to my happiness and career. to go back to a time, personal age, financial position, etc where i would be jealous and critical of it would be a few decades in reverse and in a different geography with a different demographic profile. 

so yeah, bastardizing dei is probably similar to misappropriating anything to help push a limited view. 

I think you’re taking this all too literally my friend.

Buckwoody Egger

JohnInCarolina said:

I think you’re taking this all too literally my friend.

yeah your thing was just one little example link. there has been an onslaught of anti-DEI talk that misrepresents DEI as quotas and reparation (which it is not). 

so its been on my mind to say something in some way somewhere at some point and maybe this one opened the door. 

JohnInCarolina

Buckwoody Egger said:

JohnInCarolina said:

I think you’re taking this all too literally my friend.

yeah your thing was just one little example link. there has been an onslaught of anti-DEI talk that misrepresents DEI as quotas and reparation (which it is not). 

so its been on my mind to say something in some way somewhere at some point and maybe this one opened the door. 

Man I eat, drink, and breathe DEI at the university.  I think I understand exactly what it is and what it isn’t.  

That piece uses the acronym simply as a means to focus on GOP hypocrisy.  It’s not an anti-DEI piece.

Buckwoody Egger

right, my posts are an observation of the authors text and not about you. 

i said “calling him a dei hire”, which the author did in the title. the article also says “As such a manifestly unqualified candidate, his increasingly certain confirmation to be Defense Secretary is the quintessential DEI hire, someone hired for his culture and identity rather than his qualifications.”

so those two added up to me feeling the need to respond. seemed like the author was accepting of calling anyone a dei hire — which is a misrepresentation of dei in my opinion. 

i then tried to further my point with some personal observations, none of which were about you. 

the author made a lot of great points in the article, none of which required mentioning dei. 

JohnInCarolina

@Buckwoody Egger - I think the author was simply regurgitating GOP talking points on what DEI hires are, not expressing her own views.  It’s Marcy Wheeler.  

Buckwoody Egger

ok— i went back to the article and saw a couple comments from people also pointing out they didn’t like her use of the term.  also looked at about the author. thanks for sharing the article. 

getting out of the comments and into the cutlets. 

Legume

Honestly, DEI is wrong.

DoubleEgger

Legume said:

Honestly, DEI is wrong.

They are all DUT hires. Dumbasses Under Trump. 

WildmanWilson

The Storm Is Coming…..It a bad time to be a snowflake 

JohnInCarolina

WildmanWilson said:

The Storm Is Coming…..It a bad time to be a snowflake 

Is that why they’re holding the inauguration inside, because they’re afraid of all the snowflakes?

Legume

Well, you can't sharpie your way to the biggest crowd in the history of crowds.

Canugghead

Perfect poignant picture for this thread,
Elect a Clown, Expect the Circus 

Botch

There will be an epic photo of the True Rulers come tomorrow; six multi-billionaires sitting directly behind cheeto.  

JohnInCarolina

LOL this clown did not last very long 

Gulfcoastguy

Elmo tolerates no partners.

Botch

Wow.  

lousubcap

Clash of The Titans!  Junior is going packing!

WildmanWilson

JohnInCarolina

"Haha libs most of us voted for a felon!" seems closer to a self-own than a flex.  

DoubleEgger

DoubleEgger