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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRachel Maddow: "Only the best."
Rachel Maddow
@maddow.bsky.social
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Only the best.
"Even Elon Musks mother, Maye, a media personality and a model, has been involved in the transition, saying in a recent television interview that 'I like to sit in on meetings'...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...
Elon Musk and the Tech Billionaires Steering Trumps Transition Team
The involvement of wealthy investors has made this presidential transition one of the most potentially conflict-ridden in modern history.
www.nytimes.com
Rachel Maddow
@maddow.bsky.social
30m
"Jared Birchall, the head of Elon Musks family office, has interviewed a few candidates for jobs at the State Department.
Mr. Birchall has no experience in foreign affairs."
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...
Rachel Maddow
@maddow.bsky.social
"Another Musk friend, Sequoia Capital investor Shaun Maguire, has been interviewing potential candidates for senior Defense Department jobs..."
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...
December 7, 2024 at 6:26 PM
@maddow.bsky.social
31m
Only the best.
"Even Elon Musks mother, Maye, a media personality and a model, has been involved in the transition, saying in a recent television interview that 'I like to sit in on meetings'...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...
Elon Musk and the Tech Billionaires Steering Trumps Transition Team
The involvement of wealthy investors has made this presidential transition one of the most potentially conflict-ridden in modern history.
www.nytimes.com
Rachel Maddow
@maddow.bsky.social
30m
"Jared Birchall, the head of Elon Musks family office, has interviewed a few candidates for jobs at the State Department.
Mr. Birchall has no experience in foreign affairs."
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...
Rachel Maddow
@maddow.bsky.social
"Another Musk friend, Sequoia Capital investor Shaun Maguire, has been interviewing potential candidates for senior Defense Department jobs..."
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...
December 7, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Archived NYT article linked in her posts: https://archive.ph/7NBfq
"Another Musk friend, Sequoia Capital investor Shaun Maguire, has been interviewing potential candidates for senior Defense Department jobs..."
— Rachel Maddow (@maddow.bsky.social) 2024-12-07T23:26:21.349Z
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...
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Rachel Maddow: "Only the best." (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Dec 2024
OP
In the original Body Snatchers, the monsters start out as large seed pods and
allegorical oracle
Dec 2024
#8
In today's reality we can see the aliens have not perfected the humanoid disguise.
Irish_Dem
Dec 2024
#9
Can you imagine the reaction if Harris or Biden appointed Rachel to a cabinet post
LetMyPeopleVote
Dec 2024
#5
Hotler
(13,747 posts)1. And the orange one still walks free.
Irish_Dem
(81,299 posts)2. They are putting all their friends and family in federal jobs.
Good salary, perks, pension.
And they will do nothing but cause trouble.
Dave Bowman
(7,169 posts)4. Reminds me of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
Irish_Dem
(81,299 posts)6. Yes, we are being taken over by monsters.
allegorical oracle
(6,481 posts)8. In the original Body Snatchers, the monsters start out as large seed pods and
the pods turn into regular-looking people who are heartless, incapable of love or empathy. Sorta musky, except that I don't think he looks like a regular person.
Irish_Dem
(81,299 posts)9. In today's reality we can see the aliens have not perfected the humanoid disguise.
All the MAGAs look very off somehow. Not quite human.
Dave Bowman
(7,169 posts)10. Yeah and that's really creepy.
Irish_Dem
(81,299 posts)11. Yes most of them look off, not quite right.
It is creepy for sure.
Hekate
(100,133 posts)3. KnR
LetMyPeopleVote
(179,888 posts)5. Can you imagine the reaction if Harris or Biden appointed Rachel to a cabinet post

Irish_Dem
(81,299 posts)7. Sounds like they are wasting money packing top federal jobs with their pals.
Dave Bowman
(7,169 posts)12. Here's a picture I made a while back:
