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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    Look Iā€™d be happy with a recount. I think they should recount, just to be as sure as possible. What Iā€™m not OK with are conspiracy theories and lies.

    2004 when ballot interference occurred

    I was there in 2004. Lots of conspiracy theories were pumped on the blogs that were ultimately unfounded. If I recall, Stephenā€™s ā€œexpert claimā€ pertained to Ohio and that claim was spurious.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_election_voting_controversies

    The steal in Florida was real but it came in the form of a phone call, not a software exploit.

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      these are the facts Jack, and facts donā€™t care if you donā€™t like them.

      also, conspiracy does not equal untrue.

      a conspiracy is a group of people planning to carry out or carrying out a scheme.

      that happens in the real world everyday.

      itā€™s fine if you donā€™t like that one guy, ignore that one guy.

      Focus on all of the other computer security experts stating that because of trumps lawyers admitting they hired a group to steal voting machine software, and their stated intention to interfere with the election, we should do a manual count to make sure that all the ballots are legitimate.

      you can ignore that one guy and listen to all the other scientists you donā€™t have a problem, who you claim to agree with, with who have 19 credible sources supporting the electoral obligation for a manual ballot count.