Things that never happened for $500, Alex

Trump has started naming Cabinet and White House appointments, and they're all as terrible as you'd expect. Former Congressman Lee Zeldin will head up the EPA.

“President Trump, when he called me up, gosh, he was rattling off 15, 20 different priorities, a clear focus. He wasn’t reading off of some sheet, it’s the top of his head. And if I challenged him to give me 50 more ideas of what to do with this agency to improve the economy, I’m confident he would have done that,” Zeldin said shortly after the announcement was made.

Sure he did, Jan. Did he ask you to do anything about sharks or Hannibal Lecter?

In case you're wondering if he is remotely qualified:

As a congressman from New York, Zeldin received the League of Conservation Voters’ worst score on environmental issues out of the entire New York delegation in 2020.

Of course, once Trump pulls us out of the Paris Climate Accords (again), it's not like Zeldin will have anything to do but slash and burn environmental protections. That's probably within his skill set.