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"One way to think about Fox News in general, and Mr. O’Reilly in particular, is that they provide a safe space for people who want an affirmation"

Posted by znufrii, definitely not 40 (aka znufrii) Apr 7 '17, 07:07

"...that their uglier impulses are, in fact, justified and perfectly O.K. And one way to think about the Trump White House is that it’s attempting to expand that safe space to include the nation as a whole."

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/opinion/the-bad-the-worse-and-the-ugly.html (mobile.nytimes.com)

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And even David Brooks is in fine form today. -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 7, 07:12 11
- "I know what it is like to be profoundly incompetent, and it is exhausting" - Reagen Apr 7, 07:22 2
  - "the administration will not have enough manpower to produce the same volume and standard of incompetence that we’ve come to expect so far." -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 11:05
  - Heh. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 7, 07:22
- I just realized, Linda McMahon is quite possibly one of his best nominees - Will Hunting Apr 7, 07:15 7
  - Joking aside, this administration's refusal to appoint people to positions is one of my major concerns. - volnelk Apr 7, 07:24 5
    - He actually is not *that* far behind GWB's rate of noms. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 07:58
    - I'm not convinced it's not intentional - these are people who loathe government. They may want it to fail. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 7, 07:27 3
      - Right. It's a deliberate attempt to dismantle the so-called "administrative state" -- (edited) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 7, 07:29 2
        
        Yeah I don't know that it's even as far-sighted as that. I think it's mostly a cash-grab where they are setting up policy for the rich to get richer - volnelk Apr 7, 07:40 1
        
        There's varying motivations at play. - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 7, 07:42
  - Tillerson isn't a bad pick, which is probably why Trump is mostly ignoring him. -- nm - mafic Apr 7, 07:23
There's people who now feel emboldened to say things they've held in for a loooonnngg time. - Mel Profit Apr 7, 07:09 1
- Yup. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 7, 07:13

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