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"the new york times" today confirms that, saying, quote, the white house did little or no vetting of jacksons background before announcing his nomination on twitter, trump chose dr. jackson largely out of personal affinity. now, personal affinity the not nothing. personal affinity makes the world go round. when it comes to being a presidential appointee, the president personally liking you is undoubtedly an asset but it is not everything. when ronny jackson was first nominated to lead the va, th...

Ronney jackson was interviewed, there were top line concerns about him not having the relevant experience to take on a job quite like that the very night his nomination was announced i remember one long time public lobbyist telling axios.com his nomination could be summed up in two words, harriet meyers, harriet meyers was by all accounts a lovely person. she was george w. bushs supreme court nominee for one hot minute in 2005 because he liked her a lot. >> that nomination ka lapsed critically w...

Have been a confession to obstruction of justice to the president and whether we believe it was him and not the president saying that. but on obstruction of justice, today may end up going down as a landmark day in this scandal because today is the day that the presidents lawyers effectively stopped arguing against the allegation that the president obstructed justice and instead, they pivoted today and started making a public case that its okay if the president obstructed justice because hes t...