So it's time for another Rachel Maddo Show, public servant announcement.

The incoming administration does not appear to be vetting the people they want to install in important jobs running the U.S. government.

They have tried to get around doing FBI background checks and around any of the traditional vetting

that is done by a normal presidential transition.

They have even demanded that there shouldn't be confirmation hearings in the Senate for these

people.

It has been — it has been strange.

It's — it's been embarrassing to them.

It has made for all sorts of unpleasant surprises already.

But if this really is their plan, how much will the American people get to know about who these

people are that Trump wants running the U.S. government? How did any of them even punch their ticket

to get picked for these jobs? Well, in the absence of any real vetting the way it's supposed to go,

we hope maybe a Rachel Maddo Show public servant announcement can at least help.

Today, it is Donald Trump's pick for running the massive, sprawling Department of Homeland Security.

In Trump's first term, the first time he was president, he went through six different

Homeland Security secretaries in four years. So who knows how long anyone will have this job

this time around. This one, he likes to change over a lot.

But his choice to start, at least, is Christy Gnome. Now, a minority of people hearing that

name will think, Christi-Nome, Kristy-Nove, South Dakota Governor. A majority of people

hearing that name will think, wait, didn't she shoot a dog? Yes. Yes, she did. More on that in a

moment. But here are five other things to know about Trump's choice for Homeland Security,

a nominee who admittedly is most famous for shooting a defenseless puppy. Thing number one.

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