This is exactly what was the risk with Donald Trump: him choosing to appoint charlatans to the head of every agency because he thinks that a ‘made-for-TV’ cabinet is what is good for this country.
What you actually need is a Secretary of Veterans Affairs — and folks who are running the VA — who actually know what they’re doing. Not what’s just playing well on Fox News and who’s got the best hair gel.
When you invite other charlatans like Elon Musk and DOGE, this is exactly the kind of stuff that happens: things start breaking and tearing apart at the seams. And that starts having rippling effects.
The Big, Ugly Bill cuts the recipients of secondary education — people who want to go to medical school and law school with their Pell grants — when we need a nation that is highly educated to be globally competitive.
In solidarity,
Alexandria
news opinion 07-29-2025
