When I left banking in 2006, I had no transferable skills. I could only talk to clients about markets and broker trades. I knew I had to leave the business—if only to avoid killing my boss—but I was fuzzy about what I’d do afterward.

I wanted to be a writer but didn’t know how to make money from it. I wasn’t a spreadsheet expert. I hated building PowerPoints. I had no professional qualifications (which I’ve since acquired and dropped as they’re useless).

What was I going to do? I was terrified, but I was only 31 and had time.

Now imagine being a Democrat loyalist of the swamp variety. They’re rather ancient creatures with no transferable skills. All they do is obey the DNC’s wishes, which is far worse than talking markets and executing trades.

According to Politico, they’re scrambling to rewrite their resumés because they know their time is up.

Word of the Day: Schadenfreude

Before we move on, let’s define my word of the day. Schadenfreude means “joy at other people’s pain.” It’s a German word, as it could only have been a word Ze Germans invented.

When I think of the DC vermin scrambling around for their dear lives, I feel joy. No group of employees more richly deserve what’s coming to them.

On any other timeline, they’d have been charged with, tried for, and convicted of treason.

Seriously, did one of these government employees ask themselves during Trump’s first term, “What can I do to help the President today?”

No, they sought to disobey directives and undermine every move he made. The worst part was the senior officials who sought to “contain” the President daily rather than carry out his orders.

Examples of Undermining the President

Remember The New York Times op-ed piece titled, “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration?” The person who wrote that subtitled it, “I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.”

Really? I didn’t think it was their job to question orders.

And how about Mark Milley? The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called the Chinese to assure them he’d tell them if the U.S. was going to attack them. Milley admitted as much in a Congressional hearing. Sun Tzu must have left this out of The Art of War: “Call your enemies to let them know you’re coming.”

Milley again questioned Trump’s suggestion that he use active-duty troops to quell the domestic unrest in 2020. In essence, he directly challenged Trump’s authority as Commander-in-Chief.

Another incident was when Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation, a move that infuriated Trump and led to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Trump saw this as a betrayal for obvious reasons: the entire Russia dossier accusation was complete horsefeathers.

Unfortunately, when it came to his foreign policy, Trump had to deal with the three stooges: National Security Advisor John Bolton, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and Secretary of Defense James Mattis.

Bolton tried to push an aggressive foreign policy, especially concerning Iran, which Trump wanted to avoid. Even a rag like Vox got this right:

John Bolton’s ouster as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser reveals something important: Even the deepest Washington insider and pro-war advocate can fail to push this commander-in-chief to start a major conflict.

Tillerson wouldn’t cut aid to the countries Trump wanted him to, and Mattis delayed troop withdrawals from the Middle East against Trump’s wishes.

Other overreaches included the intelligence community’s hesitance to fully brief Trump on sensitive matters, fearing he might share classified information inappropriately or act unpredictably.

Finally, that SOB Anthony Fauci. He frequently contradicted Trump’s public statements on the pandemic, including the efficacy of masks, vaccines, and treatment timelines. He undermined the President’s authority at the worst possible time.

It’s easy to see why Trump must get his nominations right this time.

It’s “Advice and Consent,” not “Approval”

With all of Biden’s minions searching the classifieds, the Senate must quickly confirm Trump’s nominees. With the Republican majority in the Senate, this should take as little time as possible.

These appointments require Senate approval: federal judges (including Supreme Court justices), Cabinet secretaries and other executive branch officials, ambassadors and other diplomats, and certain high-level positions, such as U.S. Attorneys and heads of independent agencies (for example, the Federal Reserve or Securities and Exchange Commission).

These nominations require the Senate's "advice and consent," achieved through a majority vote. Since this isn’t supposed to be an approval process, the President should get who he wants.

The process goes like this: First, the President formally submits the nomination to the Senate. Next, the nomination is referred to the relevant Senate committee (e.g., the Senate Judiciary Committee for judicial nominations). The committee holds hearings where the nominee is questioned, and their qualifications are reviewed. Then, the committee votes on whether to forward the nomination to the full Senate, usually with a recommendation to confirm or reject. Finally, the Senate debates and then votes on the nomination. A simple majority (51 votes if all 100 senators are present) is typically required to confirm most appointments.

As there are 53 Republican Senators, only a completely unqualified person should be denied. Most, if not all, of Trump’s nominees should trot through the process. Trump must get people in seats who will carry out his orders this time.

Senator Ron Johnson thinks correctly: "I believe the president has the right to select individuals for his administration. We'll have a confirmation process, and I'll have an open mind to that confirmation process."

Johnson added, "My bias will be to support President Trump's picks."

Trump Must Be Draining This Time

Politico opens its piece:

Resumes are flying around Washington as President JOE BIDEN’s national security team frantically searches for jobs once they’re kicked out of office next month.

Washington’s (in)famous revolving door as political parties trade power is nothing new. But this time around, the job market seems particularly brutal, according to eight people familiar with the job search frenzy, including Biden appointees, State Department and Pentagon officials and congressional aides.

That may be in part because of an apparent surge in career civil servants at the Pentagon, State Department and elsewhere eyeing the exit door — particularly as President-elect DONALD TRUMP and his incoming administration vow to gut the so-called deep state across federal agencies.

“There’s a lot of good career people here who went through the first Trump administration and are saying, ‘Can I really go through that again?’” said one Biden appointee at the State Department. NatSec Daily granted the individual — and others — anonymity so they could speak freely about other people’s job prospects. “I can’t blame them, even if it makes my own search harder.”

Maybe The Donald doesn’t have to do anything; The Swamp seems to be draining itself.

Again, from Politico:

Three Democratic congressional aides said each of their offices are getting flooded with resumes from administration staffers, even though jobs on the Hill tend to have much lower salaries. “Everyone is willing to take a demotion because there aren’t enough jobs,” said one staffer.

They shouldn’t be paid anything, considering their lack of talent and outright insubordination to their former and future commanders-in-chief.

Wrap Up

DC Losers joining the unemployment line is great news that just warms my cockles. They should get jobs as fishmongers, or maybe they should just “Learn to Code.”

Anything is better than being Democrat yes-men in a Republican administration.

I hope they stay away from the levers of power, whatever course they choose.

Have a great day!