Matt Gaetz running the justice department. Fox hosts in charge of the Pentagon and transportation. Elon Musk as head of layoffs. And Robert F Kennedy Jr and Dr Oz overseeing the nationā€™s health.

Some have likened Donald Trumpā€™s administrative picks to a clown car; others are calling our incoming leadership a kakistocracy, or ā€œgovernment by the worst peopleā€, as Merriam-Webster puts it.

The word has been trending online, with a burst in search traffic in recent weeks and a new dedicated subreddit. Itā€™s not the first time Trump has (accidentally) made the term famous; many discovered it in his first term. But the kakistocracy of 2016 looks like Mister Rogersā€™ Neighborhood compared with the president-electā€™s new batch of sidekicks.

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    1 day ago

    i read the open letters linked to in the article which had the info youā€™re asking about if youā€™re actually interested in it.

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      The second letter is just advising re: the leaked software and suggesting an expanded hand count. It doesnā€™t offer any ā€œdamningā€ evidence. It doesnā€™t even claim election interference. And the spoonamore letter is more of the same BS from his interviews and doesnā€™t answer my questions at all. What am I supposed to see?