[changoplatanero]

I heard from someone high up in the administration that it’s really hard for some of the political appointments it’s been hard for them to find qualified people, who are willing to take the job, and who haven’t publicly criticized trump. For some of these positions they might not have many people to pick from

[myvoiceismypass]

This doesn’t seem to match the reality i see where anyone can get confirmed - Fox News has an entire roster of current and ex hosts that capable of fulfilling Trump’s order. Career drunks (Hesgeth, Pirro) are actually in adult professional government positions. Wild. Is Kid Rock an ambassador yet?

[jerlam]

The current nominee (not confirmed) for Surgeon General is a wellness influencer and health supplement promoter. The previous nominee (withdrawn) was a Fox News contributor.

[neuronexmachina]

Yep. He was forced to pull his first nominee for CDC director due to the nominee being an anti-vaxxer: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/dave-weldon-vaccine...

> Weldon, a Florida representative from 1995 until 2009, has been critical of the federal government’s oversight of vaccine safety. While in the House, he sponsored a bill that would have taken vaccine safety oversight from the CDC and created a separate “Agency for Vaccine Safety Evaluation” under HHS, and as recently as 2019 repeated the disproved claim that “some children can get an autism spectrum disorder from a vaccine” in an interview.

[jredwards]

Doubt that would matter today. How much things have changed in such a short time.