nonother than former state senator don benton, our best and brightsest. his political career read like the story of scuffy the tug boat, the heroic misunderstood evil twin. and so happy monday. nobody really thinks they're going to bring back the draft, at least not anytime soon. but if they do bring back the draft, the effort will be led and coordinated by scuffy the tug boat's misunderstood evil twin. and that may end up being an important microcosm for what's going on in the administration in american politics right now with this new white house, with this new administration. that's just one personnel story. but it turns out to be kind of the personnel story of what they're doing. on friday night with just hours to spare, congress agreed on a bill to fund the government for one week, thus avoiding a potential shutdown of the federal government friday night a minute past midnight. the last time the federal government shut down was in 2013. hundreds of thousands of federal employees got furloughed, more than a million people had to work without knowing i

they named don benton chairman of the selective service. he's now the man who runs the military draft for the i'm not sure. he's the first director in the history of the selective service who has never himself served in the military. he has no rest of it subject matter expertise whatsoever. he's never running larger than the trump campaign while billing for his wife and son's time in addition to his own time. now he's in charge of 120 employees and many $25 million budget and the nation's military draft. at home in the washington state press, this time in the news tribune of tacoma, they absolutely cannot believe it. quote, the every green state is nothing if not generation. look at the gift we just gave to the other washington. nonother than former state senator don benton, our best and brightsest. his political career read like the story of scuffy the tug boat, the heroic misunderstood evil twin. so happy monday. nobody really thinks they're going to bring back the draft, at least not anytime soon. but if they do bring back the draft, the