David Weigel – Political Writer For Semafor (Al Franken podcast)

The incoming Trump administration has started announcing some of the picks for the incoming Cabinet. Somehow, they’re worse than you could have imagined. We break down some of the unsavory characters who might be making policy in Trump’s second term with political reporter for Semafor, David Weigel.

Weigel also explains how the right wing media ecosystem has moved away from TV and onto the internet. Right wing and right wing-adjacent programming is dominating YouTube and podcasts. How did they build such a network? And how do Democrats counterprogram those voices?
Interview: 

https://www.alfranken.com/listen/david-weigel-political-writer-for-semafor

Kakistocracy, a 374-year-old word that means ‘government by the worst,’ just broke the dictionary - The Washington Post

A 17th century preacher coined the term to rail against those who would "set the kingdom on fire to roast their own eggs." Now it's mostly applied to President Trump. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2018/04/13/kakistocracy-a-374-year-old-word-that-means-government-by-the-worst-just-broke-the-dictionary/

Trump's presidency is shaping up to be a kakistocracy: government by the worst possible people

Many of the words our language uses to describe forms of government come from Greek: democracy, autocracy, oligarchy, monarchy, and so on. There’s also another Greek term that you might not have encountered before called kakistocracy, or rule by the worst possible people. Trump has only been the president-elect a mere two weeks, but he has already sparked outcry over promising key appointments to white nationalists, unqualified sycophants, and those with troubling ties to Vladimir Putin’s Russia. With congressional Republican leaders acquiescing to Trump’s nominees, America is poised to have a government run by the worst sorts imaginable....
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1602547