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erronis

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Mon Jan 27, 2025, 05:56 PM Monday

The Situation: Horsepeople of the Trumpocalypse -- Benjamin Wittes - Lawfare [View all]

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--horsepeople-of-the-trumpocalypse

Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have one thing in common: they believe things that aren’t true.

This week is going to test that. The news is going to come fast and furious. In particular, the nominations news will be hitting hard:

Wednesday will see a hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of health and human services;
Thursday will see one for Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence;
And the same day, Kash Patel will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee as the president’s nominee to run the FBI.

These are three of President Trump’s most manifestly unfit nominees, three of the four horse-people of the Trumpocalpyse.

The fourth horseman, Pete Hegseth, was confirmed Friday night to be secretary of defense.

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