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1) If you want taxpayer dollars from the government, be a serial grifter like Bill Kristol. 2) Create an institute dedicated to “defending democracy.” 3) USAID then gives you money to “defend democracy.” Spend a portion of what they give you on kickbacks to Democrats’ campaigns and unpaid PR, and push their agenda domestically or internationally. 4) Pay yourself a salary through the institute and profit.

What a cavalcade of kooks and creeps Donald Trump is trotting out for positions of trust and responsibility in the United States government! If the character and quality of the individuals running the most important government agencies weren’t a serious matter, one could almost sit back and enjoy the spectacle. -snip Come on, now. If Democrats wanted to demonstrate the Republicans’ lack of a gag reflex, they can consider that point amply proven over the last few days. Now it’s time to make clear to the public just why these nominees are so nauseating, so worth gagging at. It’s true...