When Sam Brinton was tapped for a position at the Department of Energy in February, the new Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy was already a controversial hire.

Brinton, who is a "gender-fluid" drag queen, calls the national COVID czar "Daddy Fauci" and bragged in his bio that he "has worn his stilettos to Congress to advise legislators about nuclear policy and to the White House where he advised President Obama and Michelle Obama on LGBT issues. He shows young men and women everywhere he goes that they can be who they are and gives them courage."

He's also what's known as a "pup handler." No, that's not someone who works with abandoned puppies at the local shelter. I wish I didn't have to explain this, and you'll probably wish you didn't have to read it, either, but here goes: In the gay kink community, there's a subculture devoted to men who like to pretend they're dogs and men who like to pretend they're the "dog's" handler.