Well, there is still *some *space on Mt. Rushmore…
Sacked FBI chief Comey plots strike at Trump in congress
Like the quote at the end:
Ya think?
“Falwell’s closeness with Trump has not always sat well with Liberty University students. In October, about 2,500 Liberty students and faculty members issued a statement denouncing Trump after leaked video emerged of Trump bragging about what appeared to be unwanted groping of women. They also criticized Falwell for dismissing the incident by saying, ‘We’re all sinners.’”
Paywall. 
You don’t need to be a scientist to run a department. He can just appoint scientists to report to him, just like the president does.
Not optimist on that front either, Clovis is just like the EPA guy appointed by Trump that has fired many scientists from the EPA advisory board, and he and the Republicans want to replace them with toadies of the industries that the EPA is supposed to be regulating.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/epa-fires-members-science-advisory-board
Huh. I got to it through my Google newsfeed, but now can’t get back with the link in post. I still can get through be searching Google News with article title and clicking that link.
NASA Denies Trump’s Request to Send Astronauts Past Moon on New Rocket. No word on how NASA feels about sending Trump himself.
Perhaps they could sell it to him as some sort of reality show / Presidential endorsement deal. First Potus in space!
Pig in spaaaaaace!
Ha! I was picturing a young Obama in college in Hawaii, smoking pot and taking up just enough space on the couch without overlapping the next dude’s personal space and harshing his buzz. 
He worships the Golden Coiff.
Clovis is a Teabagger moron who couldn’t even win over western Iowa voters in an election - and those are the people who happily send Steve King back to DC every two years. An appointed post is the only way he’s going to get a place to stick in this administration. But of all the positions that he’s unqualified for, the top science position in the USDA is up at the top of the list. You figure Trump thought, “Iowa, huh? What’s open in the Agriculture department? USDA scientist? Sounds great!”
Then he flashed the thumbs-up again before going back to tweeting while watching Fox and Friends. Just another day at the White House.
Cue the ending to The Marching Morons-just convince Trump and his acolytes that there is tons of cheap real estate to be had on Venus…
You must have skipped over the 1st paragraph of the article:
So, before 2008 that didn’t need scientists?
Actually, they probably did,. But since it is currently past 2008, who gives a shit? Welcome to nine years later. Feel free to join the conversation.
The position in question is the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics. I don’t know what exactly (if anything) changed in 2008, but the US code that establishes the position says that “The Under Secretary shall hold the title of Chief Scientist of the Department.” So it’s clearly established as a scientist position, not just administrative.
If this article is to be believed, Trump’s own staff has been feeding him fake news just to get him distracted or riled up.
Sure, why not? May as well enjoy the handbasket ride to hell. Trump will never admit he’s wrong and shift the blame anyway.
Countdown to Spicer firing in 5…4…3…2…1…
Who is going to be the replacement for Old Spice? My bet is that it will be a blonde woman with enhancements from Fox news. She’ll probably get better ratings than Spicey. It’s all about the ratings.