politics
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:

- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
view the rest of the comments
How is a 29 year old a "top counter terrorism official"?
I know a few 29 year old folks that would be infinitely better qualified than half the jackasses on this administration.
You mean to say that you know someone more qualified than Big Balls!?
Doubt
She has a degree in homeland security, what more could you possibly want?
I mean have you seen this administration?
... what? What about that fact is fishy? Her age isn't the issue, it's how soon after graduating that she became a senior official but that's got jack to do with her age
Statistically, "top of your field" is a high enough bar that even 10 years of experience doesn't put you there.
It's not impossible, but it is fishy. Unless she graduated at age 9.
"Top official", however, means high ranking, not high skill. Just means someone in the Trump admin decided to put her in a high position. These positions probably get swapped out every time there's a new presidency (Trump's not gonna use Biden's people and Biden probably threw out a lot of Trump's people) so anyone taking the job needs to be either hungry for experience or passionate enough about national security, that they don't mind having a job for 4 years and then being told to fuck off.
Spending all that time getting a Doctorate in national security and also being 29 means she's probably both.
Which would itself be WAY too fishy to let her anywhere near the intelligence community 😉