Long day, so much to read later Wednesday, 18 January 2017 17:21:49 CST David-Braverman General, Politics (0) Tabs open but not read in my browser: Betsy DeVos, Trump's nominee for Education Secretary, knows almost nothing about public schools. Trump probably knows almost nothing about NATO, but is still a danger to the alliance. Republicans in general know almost nothing about health insurance. Sixty members of the House are skipping the inauguration, including mine. A drone operator managed to get a $1.2m fine reduced to $200,000. But they're still in trouble. There was one more item, but it's too big to gloss over.