The Senate has confirmed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general. Her confirmation puts a longtime ally of Donald Trump at the helm of a Justice Department that has already been rattled by the firings of career employees seen as disloyal to the Republican president.

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.

  • pjwestin@lemmy.world
    2·
    7 hours ago

    Closed primaries don’t lead to more progressive candidates. For example, Senator John Fetterman, who you are currently complaining about, was the product of Pennsylvania’s closed primary system.

    • UsernameHere@lemy.lolEnglish
      1·
      7 hours ago

      And how will removing the vetting process impact the amount of candidates we get like Fetterman? It will increase them.

      • pjwestin@lemmy.world
        11·
        6 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.

        • UsernameHere@lemy.lolEnglish
          1·
          29 minutes ago

          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