Summary

The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general in a 54-46 vote, solidifying a key Trump ally at the Justice Department.

Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, is expected to reshape the DOJ, which has faced mass firings of officials linked to Trump-related investigations.

She has echoed Trump’s claims of a “weaponized” justice system and refused to rule out prosecuting his adversaries.

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    10 hours ago

    LOL, whaf the fuck are you talking about? “We got Fetterman through the closed primary process. The only way we can prevent candidates like this is with more closed primaries.”

    Also, closed primaries don’t add any more vetting. They just mean that the only people who get to vote in the primaries are party members. They arguable lead to less vetting, since less people get to vote in closed primaries, which means those candidates are being vetted by less people.

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      LOL, how do you think letting anyone run as a candidate without vetting them will turn out?

      Absolutely any bad actor will be able to run without intervention. The floodgates would be open. Which is probably what the bad actors calling for open primaries want.

      Also, closed primaries don’t add any more vetting. They just mean that the only people who get to vote in the primaries are party members.

      This is the definition of vetting. lol

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        LOL, how do you think letting anyone run as a candidate without vetting them will turn out?

        Literally anyone can run in a closed primary. A closed primary means that only registered members of the party can vote in the primary, but anyone can try to get on the ballot. It doesn’t limit the candidate pool, it limits the voter pool.

        Absolutely any bad actor will be able to run without intervention. The floodgates would be open. Which is probably what the bad actors calling for open primaries want.

        What the fuck are you talking about? The vast majority of states currently have open primaries. There are only 15 states that hold closed primaries. I live in a state with open primaries, and I’m repped by Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, and Ayanna Pressley. Not exactly a bunch of secret conservatives, is it?

        This is the definition of vetting. lol

        It isn’t. Sit down, you don’t know what you’re talking about.

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          Literally anyone can run in a closed primary. A closed primary means that only registered members of the party can vote in the primary.

          Winning the primary decides whether or not someone can run as a candidate in the general election. Either you need that explained because you don’t know anything about primaries or you are pretending to not understand what you’re reading.

          There are only 15 states that hold closed primaries. I live in a state with open primaries, and I’m repped by Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, and Ayanna Pressley. Not exactly a bunch of secret conservatives, is it?

          Your reading comprehension is failing you again. Having no vetting process doesn’t guarentee the candidate is a “secret conservative” it just increases the chances of it happening. I’m surprised I need to explain that again.

          It isn’t. Sit down, you don’t know what you’re talking about.

          vetting noun [ U ] US /ˈvet.ɪŋ/ UK /ˈvet.ɪŋ/ the action of examining someone or something carefully to make certain that they are or it is acceptable or suitable for something

          It’s literally the definition of what they are doing with closed primaries. Why does that need to be explained to you?