Extraordinary new detail about the FBI purge. *Senior officials were asked to fire lower level officials tagged by online right wingers as being anti-Trump. *When they asked for a reason - required by law - they were not given any. They refused. Then they were fired. www.cbsnews.com/news/politic...
GOP anything? You are setting some pretty dangerous precedent…..
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'may'
Unreal
Anyone under suspicion of the Reich -- no matter the reason -- must go. It's Goober Law.
They will be lowering the standards too. He will turn the FBI into just another arm of ICE, the Gestapo grows…
so the FBI is being run by 4chan, basically
The entire government, when you also consider Loomer and Stephen Miller www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Loomiller
What does Loomer have on trump? Something is super weird
Loomer is saving herself for Trump, as reported here: www.ridiculocracy.com/p/loomer-joi...
How many rocks does Trump turn over to find these dregs of humanity?
These are literally the last rocks. Unfortunately, they can multiply quickly.
They find him. He’s a magnet for the worst of humanity.
Stop, why does she look like AI 😭
Because they both started with real people and altered by plastic
‘ Mistress Cruella ‘
Good. More for the resistance party!
"Because I said so. That's why."
Seems llike those firings are actionable in court.
Media - stop with the ‘may haves’ or ‘allegedlys’ etc!! It’s obvious!
It was all written in Project 2025 too!
Crime syndicate running US government No Justice, generations pay the price
Great headline CBS! "May have", my ass!
We can’t have FBI agents disloyal to the Dear Leader. That wouldn’t make for a good autocracy now would it?
Sounds like Nazi Germany
So ppl who hang out online all day were given the power by our Federal Gov’t to determine who should be fired in the FBI????!!!
To be fair, they may not be hanging out, they may have jobs that require them to be online all day, like for example, the Internet Research Agency...
Laura Loomer, Charlie Kirk et al work at internet research agencies? 🧐
Wouldn't surprise me if they are witting or unwitting independent contractors for the Internet Research Agency
So…when the adults get a hold of the government again, rehire these agents and put them on a task force to investigate ICE, Patel, and the trump family for all their wrongdoing.
While I agree with the logic, this is a larger issue. The problem is that justice depts should not be politicized. Trump’s administration have made it so. Well, they have accelerated the process. Comey’s announcement re: Hillary Clinton’s investigation didn’t help.
Have you noticed how all the heads of FBI have been republican and the politicizing has only been one sided? In theory they shouldn't be politicized, but the cat's out of the bag and letting one side do it while poo pooing the other which probably wouldn't do it anyways, doesn't work.
Yep. Trump has definitely thrown gas on this fire.
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This guy is earning it.
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"May have"? MAY???? Come on.
“May” is doing a lot of work in that headline
It’s a real weasel-word.
When the choice is between being maliciously sued into the ground by a ruthless, lying admin, or don't report it at all, I'm glad they report it
They should risk the suit.
is melanija actually suing hunter biden for one billion dollars? if a hunter can take them on, why are the lamestream media such wussies?
I have not seen any report that Melania Trump filed any defamation suits. She'd have some obstacles to a court victory. She's a public figure, so her burden of proof is higher than that of a private person. Her reputation hasn't been damaged, so no money judgment. Discovery would be humiliating.
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I can't help but find a bit of calming, soothing, satisfaction in KNOWING that each & every one of these Felon Trump ass kissers...ALL OF THEM hold a 1st Class ticket with seat already assigned on The Nonstop Bullet Train straight to Hell when their day comes!! Being EVIL got them their tix! 🤣🤣 🚅🎫🔥👹
That is why Biden should have immediately purged the top levels of the DOJ the minute he took office. Instead he kept traitors like Republican Wray as FBI Director. He allowed this to happen. Hopefully the next Democratic POTUS won't be so weak.
Presumptuous thinking there will be a next Democratic POTUS.
Assuming there won't be is surrendering in advance.
Needs a free and fair election first.
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This was obvious in 2020 and the fact that Biden had a 0% percent chance of doing it is why his nomination was a tragedy.
“May have” 🤣
Fuck you CBS. Of course this was retribution.
Just like everything else in Trump’s administration, the recent purge in the FBI apparently was political as well. The entire administration now consists only of “yes men” whose only only opinions are whatever Trump’s are!
Didn't we 'know' this was going to happen? Didn't we become alerted when we started reading snippets from Project 2025? The apparent campaign to purge our federal agencies, and replace them with Trump loyalists? Am I missing something?
So many books that Jake Tapper should have written/be writing if he wanted it to matter
Republican fascist dictatorship Goodbye American democracy, and the rule of law Hello Russian Nazi vassal America
I am so tired of saying wtf every day of this life.
"Zaid... suspects outside political interference." LOL really, Sherlock Holmes?
Gotta love that lame headline from the former news organization, CBS: "Politics may have spurred"
Unless he drops dead soon, it’s over.
Don’t bet Vance will be an improvement. What’s scary is that Vance is just as extreme but he’s a lot smarter than Trump. He’s a real Project 2025 guy and a recent convert to an Opus Dei style extremist rightwing Catholicism. His handler, Peter Thiel, has an Opus Dei priest as his spiritual adviser.
I believe the maga cult will go away. An aunt was Opus Dei. Nut jobs!
I still want him to die
I get that. I would prefer a debilitating stroke that leaves him drooling but aware of his condition. But Vance scares me to death.
My dad has a major stroke. It’s horrible but it’s agree, it would be perfect for trump
It’s really an awful thing but you know Trump would mock someone suffering from that just like he mocked the reporter with some kind of palsy/movement disorder which is why I want to see Trump with a similar affliction
I seriously thought this would be the end of him.
lol yes he is a viper without conscience, at least Trump is contemplating whether he’ll get to heaven, not assuming he’s correct and righteous like Vance
Vance will surely go to hell, if in fact such a thing exists. All the insane Christians will be joining him. My religious education was limited from what I remember, these pple are the opposite of Christ.
Can they bring lawsuit for unjust termination?
Yes the world now knows we have an idiot in charge. We are in danger from within. No lessons learned here. September 11 th happened through incompetence and ego. We now have that in each and every government department, military and national guard. The Russians are here.
The world knew that back in 2016. The world also knew Dubya was an incompetent, arrogant Dunning Kruger guy.
May have spurred!?!??!
WTH. "May have spurred..."? we all know that's exactly what it was.
'MAY have spurred'? CBS, you really are hopelessly compromised. So disappointed.
lawsuit
Sue that mf into oblivion #FallOfTrump
Does that mean the FBI won't go after child trafficking anymore, since that would be anti-Trump? Unless they are Trump's enemies, of course.
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And tax payers will be on the hook for monetary compensation to victims of all this lawlessness.
"may have"
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The admin can bankrupt and bury these agencies under a pile of HR lawsuits and large settlements with former employees whose rights they purposefully disadvantaged.
"may" doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
…the new and improved trump cbs.. “ it may have “… we don’t know, but…
This is the problem with being a schedule C federal employee. Most non FBI Series 1811 Criminal Investigators are career permanent federal employees and cannot be fired at will.
Loomer looms largely.
Krasnov keeps getting rid of all opposition and mobilizing soldiers in the capital to defend him if he was ever required to leave, coup#2 is well in progress. Soon it may be too late to act!
Did Fox cover this?
The purging started on day one. The resistance has been tepid and the foundations of democracy continue to crumble.
Every one of them needs to get together and sue
The Supreme Court isn’t coming to save us. Strike!Riot!Strike! Direct action
May have?!!
"tagged by online rightwingers" We have so many presidents right now
Do you not have any employment laws in America?
Giving how Paramount just bent over and spread their cheeks for Trump, I’m surprised CBS News is reporting this at all!
Just putting this out there en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnati...
Who let Jim Rome run the FBI
i'm going to need every corporate news outlet to go fuck themselves
Duh 🤷♀️
Long live The Drizz!
Obviously
May have? MAY HAVE? @cbsnews.com What a worthless headline. YOU are a worthless network.
Love the world John Roberts created.
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This can't be overstated.
Rufoism
creeping italianism.
Fucking coward republicans allow these fucking crimes. Hey republicunt, FUCK YOU
That Zaid lawsuit gonna be juicy.
And still the headline says “may”
Should be some interesting wrongful termination lawsuits
"may"
Orwellian? — that public officials are being fired for following the law?
How many lawsuits will the good ole USA face due to these lawless thugs and a pathetic FOTUS?
“May”?
More illegal political firings by the Trump Regime! Also where are the Epstein files?
Politics "may" have spurred purge of FBI agents? No, CBS. Anyone with half a brain knows politics and revenge is what spurred their dismissals.
Sounds kinda fasc. And illegal.
Ain’t no “may have”.
“May” is doing a lot of work in this lede
The coup is happening right before our very eyes and no one is doing anything about it 😞
Did anyone really think otherwise?
Don’t despair Don’t comment Instead Email Senators Email members of Congress Tell them This is not normal This is not good It’s not who we are It's not who we want to be It must stop Do something Or quit
MAY? Come on. Call this spade a spade.
Just guessing, but they probably deem someone anti-Trump if the prefer not to answer about political affiliation (which should be anyone's right). Senior officials are ordered to get a direct "Heil Trump" from the lowers or they're gone
And what info did "right wingers" have, what was their source. Still illegal but we're they stalking them or something?
Can't they sue or something
Of course politics was the reason. Loyalty to be more specific.
Looks like the 35 yr old, constantly online, living in his parents basement & collecting Medicare instead of getting a job is actually doing this instead
Sounds like the only “vetting crisis” at the FBI was hiring that Kyle Seraphin douche in the first place... as he seems to be the self-appointed Loomer in this whole scenario. Of course Trump’s aiming the gun and Patel’s happily pulling the trigger, but it’s all just payback with these children.
Drain the fever swamp
MAY HAVE????????
May have ??????
"may have"? Jesus Christ, you guys
"Politics may have spurred August purge of 5 veteran FBI agents" Well, that's a "DUH" headline. Of course it was politically based. Everything Trump does is politically based and most of the time it's for retribution.
In th title replace "may have" with "absolutely." Frack! Call them out!!! It's so obvious!
Stalinesque purges
They are creating a clear path for when its time to purge Trump loyalists
Scientologists went after the IRS, and nothing was done. There are antecedents for these right wing loons to follow that are now infinitely easier to use.
“May have?” C’mon, now. The time for mincing words is long gone.
Drag Patel back in for hearing and ask & ask again & again how many agents are left that inspected Trump crimes.
"may have"?! Good lord, why is the media all such cowards?
Yet more evidence of the Trump dystopian nightmare we're living in. Pure 1984-level shit.
As a fascist president crushes all dissent, it dawns on our crack media that an FBI purge "may" have been politically motivated.🙄 But the word "fascist" is still far too strong for media types, who prefer to treat the Orange Authoritarian with kid gloves.
Let's not be overly hasty and jump to conclusions. 🙄
WTF do they mean "MAY have"??? Jesus, the cowardice.
Everything about this substandard administration is partisan.
Now, with the Intel "deal" we can add communism.
Ah, yes…means of production.
And we didn't even pay for it! It was like it was confiscated. Like a small town police chief making someone passing through town forfeit their cash.
How long before he funnels government contracts to Intel and declares himself CEO by executive order?
maga response: aot,k.
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MAY have???
Good way to make a whole lot of very potent enemies.
They are getting scared. That’s why they are escalating their tactics. youtu.be/C4x-F5XdCBY?...
An under-considered problem we face if this regime can even be dislodged is that the only officials left at the FBI, DHS, intel community, and the military will all be hardcore loyalists to the regime who will undermine and resist the return of democracy. All will need to be purged.
What's this "may have" in the headline?
Like I keep trying to make people understand: the first priority was to make sure that all law enforcement were loyal to the Regime. That way, there's no one left to enforce laws when courts inevitably rule against the Regime. Law becomes what the Regime says, not what the courts or The People say.
It’s very frustrating to see people still saying “but can he do that?” or “but that’s against the law!” The Law was buried when the Supreme Court granted immunity to the president, it was dead when Rs didn’t vote to impeach for insurrection. It was over when Ds rubber stamped Roberts.
The only surviving rule of law is at state and local levels. And largely only in blue states.
Gonna be funny when the blue MAGAts tell us that we shouldn’t purge all the Gestapo from government and country.
Take your country back now, by force if you have to. The tyranny has taken hold, you have a moral duty to return it to 1945 where it belongs
I see a court cases coming....
But the toothpaste is already out of the tube and it’s never going back in
True. Maybe citizens will agree that we need 13 Supreme Court justices, as many as there are districts. Terms limits would be nice. Mandatory age limits, as with most jobs.
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Its so maddening to see career FBI and DOJ people go down fighting, lose their career and pension, while Reps and Senators with garunteed pensions and easy avenue for post gov employment cant do the same. Come on people, standing up to the administration is a huge part of your job. Do it.
The article is good. The headlime is awful. Call a spade a spade.
Sue the shit out of the government for this. DOJ attorneys- please resign so Bondi and Blanche have to work 24/7 dealing with lawsuits all by their evil selves. There is a lot to sue about’
"may have"
One accurate way of understanding this is that online extremists have direct contacts with the head of the FBI, who will fire the FBI agents they identify, even though it is against the law. Any principled agents who resist will also be fired. Same pattern holds broadly across lots of the govt
Patel *is* an online extremist. He just also is FBI Director.
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While simultaneously raging about ICE agents being doxxed.
All my govt peeps 🐥 still left 😬
Using democracy to kill democracy. Using Law to kill Law. #FighttRump
Well that's deeply deeply unsettling.
It does ensure most of the talented people are gone across government agencies which makes consolidating power all the harder.
Possibly. They’ve gone somewhere, though. And now they’re really pissed. 😁
One of those fired agents mentioned is a family friend (his dad and my father-in-law were best friends). Just absolutely shameful.
There's a website the family shared with us in support for two of the agents. https://www.supporttheirservice.com/
The ballot box can't fix this and the Nazis on the USSC will greenlight it. That leaves..?
… blue state secession
It's a big spreading stain.
Civil war has been declared.
No, the goal of this is to destroy the U.S. government.
It is the duty of any future Dem administration anywhere to fire every single known Trump supporter. Otherwise Trump wins and the government will always be his.
I don’t normally support political hiring/firing… we might have to phrase it as it really is: removing traitors to Democracy from any position of power.
Cheesus, and I thought Covid knew its assignment 🤢
Also, since all those firings are illegal, and many will be persued, the ones who did the firing will also lose their jobs. A key thing many forget.
They’re doing it at the Pentagon, too, Hegseth wants to be Mr Secret Special Forces Black Ops Bro and it’s like, buddy, you were a prison guard who ended up being a civil affairs guy and then you became a talking head on tv, fuck off with your white man supremacy syndrome
if there's ever a sane, rational president again, they'll have no functioning administration. nor a functioning intel apparatus. nor a military leadership that can be trusted.
This term is almost at the 15% mark.
Really? What have you got against me having a good day? But seriously, have a nice day the next 85%!😆🤣✌🏽
It’s going so s l o w l y
Just like Canary Mission has a direct line to Stephen Miller, hence the deportations of Khalil and Özturk
+DOGE hacks bring hired as permanent federal employees. This really is a conspiracy. The Republican Party betrays America, again.
those Trump guys are making some very dangerous enemies...
There will come a day when there is a true national emergency and there will not be anyone in our government who can put forth an adequate, rational response. Putin is counting the days.
