In 1957, the federal government fired Frank Kameny for being gay.
He spent the rest of his life peacefully protesting, which he called “the best American tradition,” for the rights of gay Americans.
In doing so, he found his voice and helped a movement find its own.
It’s not necessarily that they’re running out of people — it’s that they don’t have people they can get confirmed by the Senate (which is why they shuffle around people previously confirmed).
"Late Kakistocracy" is that phase of democratic decline where the regime starts running out of ppl who will work for it, and so the folks who aren't qualified for their current positions are promoted to even larger positions for which they are even more unqualified
To this point, his career achievements have been using Twitter for engagement farming and misusing his position to go after Trump opponents for mortgage fraud. Making him DNI will be swell.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump has announced that he is appointing Bill Pulte, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), to serve as Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI), following the recent resignation of Tulsi Gabbard. Unlike Gabbard, Pulte has never served in the military or in any aspect of the U.S. Intelligence Community.
At long last, the Yankees have recorded an out in the third inning. But not until their first 12 batters reached, turning a 3-0 deficit into a 10-3 lead.
Ben Rice follows it with a two-run triple to make it 12-3. He had a two-run double earlier this inning.
Breaking news: A federal judge ordered that President Trump’s name be removed from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and that officials halt its plan to close the venue for two years. https://t.co/WEfeODiAWE
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An old, but apt fable:
A scorpion wants to cross a river but cannot swim, so it asks a frog to carry it across. The frog hesitates, afraid that the scorpion might sting it, but the scorpion promises not to, pointing out that it would drown if it killed the frog in the middle of the river. The frog considers this argument sensible and agrees to transport the scorpion. Midway across the river, the scorpion stings the frog anyway, dooming them both. The dying frog asks the scorpion why it stung despite knowing the consequence, to which the scorpion replies: "I am sorry, but I couldn't help myself. It's my character." @Wikipedia