Vell she starts now.

Good morning, Sunday, November 24th, 57 days until Donald Trump's inauguration, and his administration

is taking shape.

As of today, Trump has named all 15 heads of executive departments and many other top

administration posts for the start of his second term, including 10 announcements made in just

the past two days.

He chose anti-vaxxers and skeptics of science, a fossil fuel executive, and other allies of the

oil and gas industry, people with little or no experience in leading

large organizations, people with ties to neo-Nazi and Christian nationalist groups and ideologies,

and a number of people who want to implement aggressive deregulation plans.

All of that could spell trouble and result in lasting damage to public health,

the climate, the environment, national security, foreign policy,

and the basic functioning of our federal government. Clearly, there's a lot at stake, and it would

be naive to think that Trump might be more restrained this time around. But small, though it may be,

we have just witnessed the first defeat of Trump 2.0, the first successful

pushback against his agenda, which came when the former congressman Matt Gates was forced to

withdraw his name from consideration for Attorney General. Gates stepped back a few days ago as

details continued to be reported about the sexual misconduct allegations that he had faced

and continues to deny. That's on top of the fact that he's one of the least liked people on Capitol

Hill, a firebrand who irked many of his former colleagues. Not even Vice President-elect J.D. Vance

could help him rehabilitate his reputation enough to salvage his chance of becoming the next

attorney general, setting aside the simple fact that he's grossly unqualified for the position

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