So far, the incoming president’s selection of cabinet and advisor positions has stunned many observers, some of whom feel many of the picks are unqualified and others are way too extreme. The BBC has a summary of the current state of the picks which includes links to articles filling in some of the details of the controversies surrounding them. Economic appointments are said to be coming this week. The picks signal a wholesale shift in the operation of the executive branch, from likely shrinking the independence of the DOJ to changing the role of HHS and other agencies to establishing new made-up “non-government” agencies with potentially significant influence.