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 nation’s health.

Some have likened Donald Trump’s administrative picks to a clown car; others are calling our incoming leadership a kakistocracy, or “government by the worst people”, 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. It’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 Rogers’ Neighborhood compared with the president-elect’s new batch of sidekicks.

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    12 hours ago

    If you don’t like that guy, you you can look to all the other security experts that are calling for a manual recount.

    incidentally, spoonamore isn’t known for making that claim every election, he’s made it twice, The other time was in 2004 when ballot interference occurred.

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      Look I’d be happy with a recount. I think they should recount, just to be as sure as possible. What I’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 but were ultimately unfounded. If I recall, Stephen’s “expert claim” pertained to Ohio https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_election_voting_controversies

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        3 hours ago

        these are the facts Jack, and facts don’t care if you don’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.

        it’s fine if you don’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 don’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.