Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano has a new job, everybody! You’re looking at the new CEO of the Internal Revenue Service.

No, he’s not stepping down from running the SSA. Why would you think that? And, yes, there has never been such a thing as a “CEO” of a government agency, but why not be the first?

So let’s see if we can diagram this.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is also the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. He’s not going to step down from that job, but Bisignano will run the agency as the CEO, while Bessent stays on in name only. Sure, seems totally legit and doesn’t look at all like the Trump administration is just trying to avoid more Senate confirmations.

Since Bisignano has been appointed to a made-up position, no one knows if i

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