I see that The Nation doesn’t think much of Penny Pritzker’s nomination as Secretary of Commerce. In fairness, most of their complaints are about the sources of her inherited money rather than Penny Priztker herself. However, that does add a bit of evidence to my theory that the appointment is a) throwing a sop to a major contributor and b) seen as a sinecure from which she’ll be able to continue her fund-raising operations.
Here’s a list of the agencies that fall under the Department of Commerce. Thank goodness none of them do anything important.
Don’t think she’ll be down for the hardcore mathematical cover-ups done at the Economics & Statistics Administration? Well, she’s a billionaire – they hire people for that kind of unimportant work. Stop the pettiness, Schuler, and recognize her as your better in every way. It’s what you peons are supposed to do.