Thanks for pointing out there's another thread on this subject. It's very frustrating to have more than one thread going on a breaking news story. Because different FReepers post different (or the same) bits of info on the multiple threads, it's hard to follow the updates.
I've come to FR for my news updates daily for over 10 years, but there used to be more self-discipline excercised by posters to make sure they search for a story before starting a new thread. These days, multiple threads only serve to fragment a story and the associated FReeper comments, making FR less reliable as a news discussion forum.
This is not a complaint, but more of a lament, since I have no clue what could be done to improve the situation.
There’s actually about 4 threads on it:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=appointee