Blood before GOP wolves
Blood before GOP wolves
Hopefully he does not get confirmed.
Great work Merrick.
or no work
read what Sarah Kendzoir says about Garland, very interesting stuff...and none of it good...
No s*** Joyce but that can be said about every damn single one of his nominees. And the sentence answer on all of them must be a big unyielding non-negotiable mother f****** NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I said that in American just in case some people don't understand f****** English.
NO FUCKING WAY. NO FUCKING WAY.
LOL, the Senate cannot be trusted to do the right thing. Ever again.
Holy cow you’ve got to be kidding. Is that the best Trump can come up with. Loser!
Considering his actual goal is to turn this place into a full-on dictatorship yeah this actually is the single best choice imaginable. This is very thread will be illegal soon which is exactly what Trump wants.
LET. THEM. FAIL.
This failure you speak of is probably decades off. Think how long the Soviet Union lasted. Not a single person alive today is going to be alive when this new American dictatorship crumbles in on itself. Unless we lose a world war I suppose.
I'm not talking about the collapse of the entire country, I'm talking about his bizarre policies/hires all ending in failure. His ideas usually end in failure, because everything he does is intended to help only him. Rfk, Kash patel, all of them. They are all unqualified. They'll fail. Let them.
Lol. The Republicans stand up to Trump. You're dreaming.
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“No part of the FBI's mission is safe with Kash Patel in any position of leadership in the FBI, and certainly not in the deputy director's job," former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe told CNN last week.
Any senator looking at the crosseyed looking zshlob should say - GTFO. Hell, no.
Absolutely 💯
Better to focus on the real shit without going straight to physical things he cannot change. My eyes don't point in the same direction most of the time & yet I am quite capable & not about to turn the FBI into a private revenge army of brownshirts.
Guessing McCabe's comment isn't going to age well.
Seems to me that 45 is putting people in harm's way. His own people. Those experienced in law enforcement are also experienced in crime and how to get away with it. These nominees had better watch their steps or they will be on the sharp end of the stick.
What do all these people have in common? White Christian nationalism. They are all fascists.
Agree. Christofascists. 📍an additional component: Trump & his circle ⭕️ have been groomed by the Kremlin as to how to turn a democracy into an autocracy… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...
If only people would listen to men and women that have been in departments for years.
His own former chief of staff, a Marine General, warned that he’s a fascist who should never be in power again… …and nobody cared
I wrote some stuff down about Trumps purge being similar to Hitlers and how similar their rhetoric is.
If you want to know where this goes: I’ll give my prediction. The FBI generally does not do “street crime”…because they’re the FBI. Thats the domain of local police agencies. That’s just not the FBIs purpose. They’re primarily to investigate the types of major crimes that would be beyond that scope
Please clarify the relevance of your post to Trump nominating Kash Patel for the post of FBI Director.
Reading your remaining posts clarifies the relevance
McGonigal? He wants “the agent” he was “an agent”, who participated in investigations of Russian oligarchs (do you even know who these people are or are you just shitposting memes?) Then later he got in bed with them. And now he’s in prison for that, and I think that’s great, don’t you?
Retired FBI Special Agent in Charge Sentenced for Concealing Information from the FBI www.justice.gov/opa/pr/retir...
yea its a joke and shows how corrupt FBI has been under liberal leadership. Hopefully Biden doesn't start WW3 before Trump steps foot. He keeps trying to escalate ukraine's battle to the next level.
Yes yes, the notoriously liberal leftist FBI. Look man, we get it, you want a lawless gestapo, run by white color criminals…Hay, ya might get your wish. Congrats. I do still care about things like civil liberties and rule of law, so it is disconcerting to me.
thats just exageration because you're scared of what happens if FBI were to do the same thing except target leftists instead
The FBI does target leftists. My guy, they’ve been notorious for targeting leftists. WTF are you talking about? Sometimes they do manage to also target major criminals in high positions…like Trump. Who is a criminal. We get it, you support criminality, so long as you like the criminal.
See rest of thread (needed lots more characters)
Yea, now that I read the complete thread - I understand the relevance
Things like complex financial crimes, major public corruption, terrorism, things involving multiple state jurisdictions. However, there is an FBI program called “safe streets”. The purpose of Safe Streets is to augment local police departments with federal capabilities (and federal charges).
This Patel fella seems like he wants to shut down all that other stuff I mentioned, and devote the whole of the FBI to being “Safe Streets”. This would mean two things: 1. It would basically create a police force that can usurp local and state jurisdiction
They could use their powers to basically take over local law enforcement. So it would no longer be under the administration of your state or city…but under Trump. 2. All that stuff I said in the first comment? Well, if you’re an insanely corrupt politician or massive fraudster, this your luckyday
That's worth keeping an eye on. Yeah. Good details, thanks.
BC they don't even know what the word "fascist" means. Improve our education system!
And they want to eliminate the Department of Education and regulate what children will learn. There’s a reason for it and we know why.
Can you expound further on the reasons the Trump Administration wants to eliminate the Dept. of Education?
Sorry that was a lot and I know there’s a lot more. 😅 www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d...
You do not need to apologize for ‘that was a lot’. I sincerely welcome your contribution to our mutual knowledge base on the dangers of Project 2025 implementation. The detail you provided has given me a better understanding of how detrimental it would be to eliminate the 🇺🇸Dept. of Education
A school teacher I had now oversees the education department of a University. She is a wealth of knowledge. I happy to pass on any info she provides in the future.
I will welcome your forwarding the info 📍
It would also bring a divide between the kids in red states and blue states. Red states will be more likely to remove diverse books and history that doesn’t work with their narrative. Trump also wants teachers to be fired if they don’t comply to what he wants states to be teaching.
This would be especially bad for rural kids because there are no private schools for them to go to and will still have less budget if I understand it correctly.
I truly appreciate your detailed responses. You have provided me with an improved grasp as to the harm the removal of the 🇺🇸Department of Education will cause to the educational development of our children.
You’re welcome. Losing funding would be horrible but also that they don’t want children to learn parts of our history. Ultimately, he wants to keep pushing black people back. If kids don’t learn about slavery, they may have less empathy and not stand up for what is ahead for the black community
Totally in agreement with you! We all have to brace ourselves and begin to grasp how to effectively form a resistance movement to implementation of Project 2025
They also want to provide vouchers so public school kids can move to private schools on the public education budget. There’s only a set number of vouchers so ultimately the wealthier kids and voucher kids will be together and the “poor” kids will be left behind with less resources.
The Dept of Ed also protects children from discrimination and does testing to see where kids are academically. I guess you could say it overlooks the states to make sure kids are getting the education and resources they need and kiddos are not receiving less if they are from a marginalized pop
Trump wants to eliminate the Department because he wants the budget and control to go back to the states. A lot of schools, especially rural schools receive a lot of federal funds. The funds can go to a variety of things. One of the biggest is special education. It would also eliminate Headstart.
Didn’t most of the FBI and dopey law enforcement vote MAGA?
relevant question
No way it can be anything but a resounding NO.
Strange. I can't help but wonder what the word "fidelity" means to the gauntlet flinger.
Who picked him? Who wrote this? (not Donald) What a joke. The entire world is laughing at this .
Wray still has 2 years left in his term. What cause do they have for removing him other than ‘he doesn’t like me”?
I just have to laugh at this. Patel is such a fool. He won’t have any respect in a decent FBI. He’s just going to unwittingly help us weed out the traitors over the next couple of years Everything he does will be unwitting, because he has zero integrity, or ethics or intelligence
His first job will be to find the agents who searched MAL and fire them. Day one, that’s his job.
That's exactly what his second term is going to be, The Revenge Tour.
Call them, write. If they won make them afraid to NOT listen to the voters!
In many states where the voters have spoken, the legislators are working hard to overturn the will of the voters if it disagrees with what they want (see abortion for prime example).
Yes! What they are doing in Ohio is absolutely ridiculous-
I feel like the only way we can get them to listen is through their pocketbooks. Half of us did not vote for him. If even 1/ 2 of the 1/2 stopped buying from Amazon, for instance, then others, we may have some pull.
I have made maybe 2 purchases from Amazon ever, don't shop at Hobby Lobby or patronize Chic fil A. Been doing my part.
Hate to break it to you, but President Trump will be able to make Kash Patel the FBI director for up to 420 days, without getting the Senate confirmation under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.
I’m so goddamn sick of the orange dictator I wish he would just slink off with every other MAGA asshole! He’s going to have us in a place we have never thought an American president would take us and it will be to hell!
These people trump is putting in these positions they aren’t protected by the Supreme Court for crimes they will commit are they ?
They will crime away with guaranteed pardons. Doesn't even have to go to scotus with their God King in charge
If Trump orders him to do something according to the unitary executive theory he would be immune...or so I understand....
That’s disgusting …
trump would be immune. Not Patel. trump could PARDON Patel. But if Patel treads on someone in a way that allows a state court suit--say slander--or any sort of civil suit Federal or state, no pardon would be available.
#ProudBlue #DemsUnited Trump's nominees are the most outrageous possible! We all need to see how many Senate Republicans will vote for each of Trump's deadly Caligula's Cabinet of Fools! Vote wisely! The world will be watching; our allies, adversaries, trading partners and financial markets.
Pass forward. 2026
This is America.
To hell with “God save the King” we need “God save us” from this craziness
OMG!
There has got to be some way to stop this madness!
Hearings and Work stoppages shopping boycott days! Must hit the Billionaires in the mouth! Friday A-L Monday M-Z call out or take off! No shopping! Make it a holy shit? 83% took part. Then if they will not change course! Everyone take both Friday and Monday! No shopping! They buckle!
There was. On Nov. 5
Sadly, it didn't work. Not enough people cared.
That’s correct Now we will ALL suffer
Indeed. I hope our democracy survives.
I've seen more spines on cacti.
Hasn't he thrown down the gauntlet several times?
Not gonna be any hearings! Sheesh. He’s gonna do recess appointments. Only one way to save this country and that is if those in charge of military honor their oath to the constitution and to the people and defend us from enemies foreign and DOMESTIC! He gets sworn in, it’s game over!
I got some bad news for you about the military then - they don't care about their oath and most of them are too stupid to realize that it's actually to the Constitution. I'm a veteran, I know. The military was a cesspool of rape and domestic violence even before Trump. They won't help us.
I know. Yet, only solution to save our nation.
You expect me to believe this guy look at who he is he keeps getting worse with his cabinet.
Enforce the Law... items 1 and 2 and disqualify agent orange and vance...
Fuck.
The FBI relies heavily on international partners for intelligence collection. This will stop. The residue will be basically the same as the gestapo.
Downright embarrassing! Its like the Sopranos in the White House! 🥴
We’re all screwed. let’s face it.
I am told he will be "interim" and he has 200 days as head of the FBI before he has to be confirmed or something.
I truly believe that America… Sane America... needs to protest for more than one day to make all of this go away!!!
One big FU America after another. Meanwhile, Maureen Dowd’s brother calls Biden’s administration a “clown show.”
Biden needs to ORDER background checks for every Cabinet nominee. C’mon Joe!
This one is the most dangerous because he’ll be overseeing the federal force that can police folks inside America. Basically he could transform the FBI into a Gestapo.
I'll be honest, Ms. Vance, this one actually did make me laugh out loud. It's so horrible it's darky humorous. Every time I get a new alert about a fresh Cabinet Pick Outrage, I hear Otis Redding's Happy Song (Dum, Dum).
Why? I’m certain all his picks are beyond awful .. but what’s the reasons for this bad pick?
My understanding is he is consumed by vengeance. Sounds like he'd make Hoover look like Jimmy Carter.
Also, a Q anon believer, so we are talking a whole nother level of crazy. No way he’s able to exercise much power. Anyone reporting to him will ignore him while keeping him too busy to know he’s being ignored.
Maybe they can give him a small office at rump's "second Whitehouse" Magalardo, with FBI Director at the top of the door. 🤡
Unless he gets true believers to work for him. I’m extremely wary of the effort to replace career civil servants with maga loyalists, which is a key part of Project 2025 and which the GOP had started to do in that disastrous pandemic term with the two impeachments
I hear you. True believers are scary. Still, it’s important to remember that to get things done requires knowledge and process. If you don’t have people around you that know how to make a thing happen, it doesn’t matter how much they believe you. Ofc, civil servants may wish to save themselves.
Fair point. I have no special knowledge of the FBI so I can neither take comfort in, nor panic about, particular processes that an unqualified ratfcker would have to be able to impact I’m circumspect because US democratic institutions used to be strong, but all 3 branches of gov are now compromised
Yup. I don’t want ppl to think nothing bad is going to happen. Bad things will happen; sometimes quickly. But, it took JE Hoover decades to hone an evil, undemocratic FBI. And, this goes for all the agencies. It will take time for them to bend them completely to their wills. All hope is not lost.
Completely agree here... Just said on another thread. We should not give up. We aren't in gulags. The constitution stands intact (if threatened). But I'm looking at Ukraine and Georgia, and remembering that they are not giving up. We have no excuse to just give in.
Well, I dunno. He will try, and wait for courts to catch up, causing chaos all the way down, and intimidating media organizations, who I can already envision dutifully reporting his prosecutions without skepticism.
Yes. I have no doubt he will pull levers and break stuff. For certain. I just don’t think he’s smart enough to be in charge of the FBI. He’ll need people around him who know how the fbi works and wish to dismantle it. They’ll find those. But, not right away. I hope he doesn’t get confirmed, however.
Excellent point.
He wrote a book full of conspiracy theories “2000 Mules” making up nonsensical stories about why Trump lost the election in 2020. He is hard core maga and will seek whatever vengeance trump tells him to do.
Ugh. Only the worst!
Didn’t Dinesh D’Souza write 2000 Mules? (He’ll probably get appointed to the cabinet too) This guy IS a conspiracy theorist though. Ridiculous pick
Patel is all about the Deep State and arresting journalists. In Trump's first term when Trump talked about making him deputy director of the FBI, Barr and CIA chief Haspel threatened to quit. It'll be J Edgar Hoover on Steroids.
Yes…exactly that.
Dinesh D'Souza wrote the script for the movie 2000 Mules, I believe.
Am I going to be forced to watch this now to know better where our FBI will be coming from? My 1 (and only) MAGA friend told me there were some tell good points made in it and I should consider it. I said then "hell, no, never, it's propaganda."
You already know the plot. It’s the same old bs. Follow your instincts.
That's sage advice and I'm going to agree and also why I never watched Ideocracy!
Idiocracy
Everything in this movie has been widely debunked. There are no “good points” as I’m sure you’ve already surmised
Exactly! I fear I'll never understand MAGA's inability to see that (and everything else they refuse to see).
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I remember Zoey. These guys are cut from the same cloth. Wild maga zealots.
The upside down
Good gawd
Ah the picture becomes clearer 😂
Sure does
isn't he the one who testified TO the FBI that trump had magically declassified documents and left no trace of that in the classification records, nor the memories of everyone else? So any time trump wants to send Putin a secret, Patel will say "fine."
It's getting scarier by the minute.
NO NO NO GET HIM OUT
Trump is scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Why do you think Trump cares or will pay any attention to what the Senate does?
No.
Good luck with that. All cowards
Trump cannot be put in a position to just hand the country our soldiers fought for over to our enemies foreign and domestic. #ArrestTrump.
That's exactly what the red voters did, tho. I fear for your country.
Thank you. I fear for it, too. It's important to know that this election was stolen by privatized companies owned by Elon Musk, Peter Thiel both of whom are government contractors with Top Secret clearances. I don't understand what's happening but this wasn't a fair election
No my friend. It was not stolen. Blue voters didn‘t go to vote this time. We have to realize and accept that we have millions of countrymen that just don‘t care about … anything
Both things can be true, friend. 2 men with Top Secret clearances, with access to the very heart of our elections apparatus and 8 years to put it in place with the help of an authoritarian dictator. There's too much evidence. We need a forensic audit to be sure.
You may be right. It just didn't feel like a true outcome tho.
No it doesn’t…so who does one take that concern up with? It’s done! Biden isn’t fighting, Garland isn’t fighting, Harris isn’t fighting so why expend the energy?!? It’s done!
People are organizing a resistance here under several hashtags #Resist #Resistance. I'm not sure if it will work.
There has been a resistance since Trump came down the escalator in 2015…but good.
Oh, I know, I was part of it. Just sorry we have to #Resist Trump again. He should be awaiting a death sentence in Gitmo by now.
The resistance has never stopped…it will be until we die or the threat is eliminated. That goes well beyond Trump.
Many didn’t bother to vote and now Joe Biden greets this 🤡 with a smile? Im throughly disgusted as a life long Dem. Truthfully neither party helps the working people advance. I’m clear about that now.
I'm truly angry with Biden. He had One Job. He put The Federalist Society in charge of punishing the one man they wanted elected. It's like a bad joke.
It sure didn't look like it from the European perspective. The vote did not reflect the polls exactly but it was certainly predicted the opposite way round to the final outcome. There was ruzzian meddling, no doubt.
How can the congress say no? His party is in full lock step, and the democrats have zero authority in a super majority. What Nero wants, Nero gets.
Liberals must arm themselves!
Based on Senate Republicans' record of standing up to Trump or doing the right thing, I have doubts.
Patel needs to be sent packing! He would be a complete disaster!
There already is a director at FBI for three more years…I assume Wray won’t leave even if “fired”.
There is no crime wave.
The GOP is the crime wave
Only in our government apparently
No No No No No
And someone else is sending these things out. He’s too addled to commit to any one thought for one sentence.
And what in the f do any one of these (mostly) guys even think about the Constitution anyway?
There was no Russia Russia Russia hoax sir
I think he would have to have Wray fired because he has a set term.
Do you actually think they will do anything other can confirm every one of his picks? How naive are you ? They elected a convicted felon , there are no guardrails
So, all of Trump’s appointees are Kakistocrats🤪
MUST it? Have you met Senate Republicans?
So, Patel will arrest them if they vote no and force a recess appointment. America is almost over.
Complete disaster
No he can't! Write your Senators.
As if they’re going to do anything?
Being a defeatist and sitting on the sidelines is how that ass got back into the WH. It's Your Gov't. Tell them what you want them to do. Just Text Resist to 50409 and Resist.bot. will help you contact your Reps, right from your cell.
Yes, they can! The US Senate has the constitutional authority to reject this nomination.
Boold of you to assume they'll give a rats ass and do their duty. The Senate doesn't care about you. In fact if you're a woman or gay I promise that they actively hate you and will punish you for your existence at every possible opportunity.
I’m not expecting every US Senator to care about me. However, they do care about themselves, at a minimum, and may not desire having an FBI Director going after all real or perceived enemies of the President, including anyone who opposes the administration’s fascist policies through legislation.
This bit about self preservation however is a very fair point. And I sincerely hope you're right. I know I'm being a little doom and gloom here, and I don't trust people to do what's right because it's right anymore. But I do trust people will try to save their own asses. Especially these ones.
Also, contrary to (un)popular belief, most US Senators care about their constituents, including the female and LGBTQ constituents, and are not interested in enabling a fascist regime that suppresses dissent by force. The US Senate does not, and cannot, accede to whatever 🍊🤡 desires.
Not a single Republican cares about women or the LGBTQ. Their actions speak for themselves. Most senators are Republican. That's a mathematical fact. And the Republicans are very interested in enabling a fascist regime by any means necessary. It's naive to think they're on your side.
He picks people based on how loyal they will be to him, not by how qualified they are.
We have to crush Trump and his maggots. Patriots of American... are you ready to stand the post?
The public must appeal to their Senators. Senators will need overwhelming public support to refuse confirmations.
Hope that all Trump picks for service are out through a serious, background check!!!
That won't happen.
Hope for the best and be prepared for the worst!!!!
If Gaetz was too much to stomach this guy is even worse. He’d be going after everyone.
It’s all so embarrassing. Our once great nation is an absolute joke outside of our shores. I was in Canada after the election and everyone asked us “what the hell has happened to Americans!!????”
If this is the case, seen from afar, it is terrifying and probably the end of the rule of law
Patel - Coup ringleader, never held accountable. We need an election investigation after 8 years of Trump's election crimes with Russia. More people should be demanding it. Red flags everywhere.
He gets in & they will arrest everyone who looks hispanic or has an accent (except Russians) Grandmothers, adults & children will be forced to do labor until they drop dead in fields. Religions will sing praises as Corporations will earn huge profits & show that God loves slavery & murder.
Christopher Wray may be the longest serving Trump administration official; nevertheless, like so many Trump officials, Trump has given him the axe - online.
Trump just wants a reality TV show. He picks the most dumbest and corrupted people… oh yeah that’s right because he’s dumb and corrupted 💀
It's amazing how many misfits he has assembled in his inner circle.
Why is our tax money paying for these horrible cabinet pics?
Will the GOP Senators resist this?
He did the same thing with Gaetz, in the end he probably told him to drop out.
It is imperative that President Biden begin to utilize the immunity granted to his office by the Supreme Court. IMPERATIVE.
The answer should be No BUT The upcoming administration is using the project 2025 playbook, holds majorities, no R’s will challenge these “nominations” This will be happening Dark, Dark Times are coming.
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Congress HAS to know that if they put Kash Patel over the FBI that anytime one of THEM displeased Trump by not bowing low enough they'd have an investigation up their behinds for not showing proper deference to their Marmalade Monarch or some other such idiocy!
It’s like a nightmare that will never end.
Fidelity, integrity & bravery. Name three things of which Donald Trump has no understanding.
We are doomed.
Dictators don’t care what the senate says
CRY HAVOC..and let slip the dogs of war! The USA is screwed!
Who thinks that we will fall for all of those lies?
Thank you!
what senators might vote yes? we know the IL senators will vote no
Literally any and all Republican senators will vote Yes which means he'll get appointed.
I’m really hoping McConnell steps up and rights the wrong, that he helped create.
Yea, not sure that is ever going to happen. There is far too much greed and lust for power happening right now. The struggle to remain on top with the GOP ranks is something Mitch is more worried about.
I know … McConnell is still a republican, but he’s no maga. I just hope he stops trump from some of his worst picks & policies.
Completely agree!!!!!! This would be a disaster for the Bureau and the country.
Keeps getting better /s
And yet (sadly)…I fully expect confirmation
That’s just sickening.
They want decent civil servants to quit over these crazy appointments so they can fill jobs with their loyalists without having to fire people. He said he was going to do all this but voters/media ignored it.
He’s announcing this on the weekend for a reason. He knows it is a disaster.
Pass me the doobie please I cannot endure this insanity!
I thought Wray's term is through 2027?
I want to put this in perspective. There were only, in US history, there has only been 1 FBI director fired without cause: James Comey, fired by Trump. Chris Wray was the guy appointed by Trump to replace Comey.
How long was Comey's term through?
Would he have to officially fire Wray?
Remember Comey? Trump replace Comey when he would not say his loyalty was with Trump. Trump can replace Wray with this guy if he wants to.
Fuck.
Why not? Let’s load this clown car up. If he breaks it hard enough, maybe the average American will wake up.
Nah. We’re lost! The average American is expecting Trump to make their groceries cheaper and bring Jesus back.
Here they come!
Yup. What ☝️ said.
I'm afraid that is what it will take.
That isn't how it works. Millions and millions of people will die if the country breaks. Uncountable numbers will suffer in unimaginable ways, not only here, but in other countries. This isn't a circus. It's life or death.
You’re absolutely right. And it’s unimaginable. That said, we’re all going to die as a result of one thing or another. And this one disaster in history seemingly has to happen in order for us to move forward as a species.
Nothing "has" to happen. We all have the choice to go belly up or try to help others and decrease suffering wherever and however we can
Agreed.
Thanks for the follow. Right back atcha 😁
By then it’s gonna be too late!
it might be to late
Learn through suffering
What’s his full first name Cashapp? Interesting
He was an agent of chaos and destruction at ODNI, ruining the careers of many good and honorable officers. He needs to be kept FAR away from the USG.
Does Patel have ANY law enforcement experience?
Most everyone has caved to 45 why won’t the senate?
Another Trump lickspittle sycophant
Enough is enough!
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If Trump keeps putting these corrupt compromised people in place, none of America's allies will trust us with anything, which will put people in danger and make America vulnerable. Even his cult members are starting to protest about them. That's how bad it is.
Could someone please just wake me up in 4 years?
The one thing I know for sure is that he has not written this himself. No chance he even knows what an Oxford comma is and does.
Isn't Steven Miller his mouthpiece?
Absolutely. I don’t believe he’s writing much of any of these. He’s deteriorating just not fucking fast enough.
The ones he's 100% writing himself are ALL CAPS !!!!!!
Nothing wrong with having someone write and punctuate the communique but what is grossly inappropriate is to have this clown run key portfolio’s… I don’t expect this character and some others nominated as part of his cabinet to stay in the assigned jobs for long
I was thinking no chance he remembers all the positions this man held.
Yep. Not exactly a detail-oriented person, is he.
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Do you think the senate will do confirmations or will there just be recess appointments?
The Director of the FBI cannot be recessed appointed. The nominee must be confirmed by the Senate.
It's not that I don't trust you, but I'm not MAGA so I do like to verify what strangers on the internet say. (I'm sure if you were not a stranger I would trust you. Please don't be offended!) Do you have a link to confirm what you said?
No offense taken! And don’t trust anybody.
No. I just looked it up, and it came up as general knowledge. FBI Director is not a cabinet position.
I don't think recess appointments are only for cabinet positions. I know from NLRB v. Noel Canning that NLRB members can be recess appointed as long as the senate really is in recess. NLRB chair is not a cabinet position and members of the board certainly aren't.
Maybe one of these attorneys will respond bsky.app/profile/larr...
Please let me know if my info is correct or not.
Trump is giving a big FU to the country by putting the absolute worst people in charge of agencies.
Trump wants this guy to run the FBI cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu...
Dear god. The moose knuckle.
Eww I know!
Plucking out my eyes right now.
Gee, why doesn’t he just get Hell’s Angels. I think they’d take the appointment more seriously & do a better job.
Ironic that they ALWAYS post with incorrect grammar and spelling.
Isn’t it obvious that trump will make congress irrelevant? He will go right around them, even his loyalists.
He sure as shit aims to try. I have been surprised at how unwilling the Senate is so far to go along. But they aren't all sworn in yet, so that could all be a cat fart in a dog park.
I guess this is the test, or, at least one of the tests. Which Senators demonstrate integrity? And which do not? When the reckoning comes--and it will come--this will be taken into account, just as it was with the Vichy government.
If the Senate does not act on behalf of the country for once, we are in very deep shit trouble.
I recommend reading George Lakoff (Don’t think of an Elephant) twice to understand how Democrats keep helping the right by spreading their bs 24/7/365. I turned off MSNBC because sarcasm, rolling the eyes, and playing endless tapes of Trump have the opposite effect of what they think it does.
Definitely recommend. Worth a read or two. I've read it twice and was eying it on my shelf just the other day, thinking about a refresher read.
I blame the Milquetoast Party (fka Dems) because they keep saving stupid people from themselves, then allowed them to breed. I have taken to telling folks they voted for someone who reflects them - a Convicted Felon/Sexual Assaulter devoid of morals, ethics, values & character. Tree, meet Axe.
I haven’t watched them since the night of the election.
Isn’t he suppose to fire Christopher Wray first?
No one thinks Kash Patel is a brilliant lawyer but when you can't hire a decent lawyer anybody will do in Trump's mind.
This is not your business and not your decision. No one elected you. Go to Ukraine.
Massive brain drain coming.
This is how they make things legal to arrest Democratic leaders who don’t bend a knee…
HELL NO
I have lost hope. If not Kash, they will find someone else to burn the FBI to the ground. Project 2025 is in full effect. What safe guards are left?
On the (very dim) bright side, at least they won't defund the FBI.
It's a cold comfort to know that the FBI is going to be used to round up its own citizens. Where have you forgotten the numerous occasions in which Trump and his cronies have talked about concentration camps? This will be the FBI's job now.
I'm definitely aware and dreading it all. I was just being sarcastic given all the previoius talk of defunding the FBI. Now that they're soon to be in control of it, that talk has stopped.
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He threw down the blanket pardon cover up so he send the lackey down with the concocted story...it enters the "enemy of the state" phase.
Wait a minute, doesn’t Wray have a few years left in his term as FBI director?
He will be fired.
Literally every position he's picking has zero experience.
Why do you keep amplifying Trump? Why? — Reposting his garbage from sites nobody wants to be a part of just reinforces everything Trump says and stands for.
This is going to an exhausting f’ing 4 years
I admire your optimism and thinking it will only be 4 years. Still I think you might need to consider the reality that this is what it's going to be like for the rest of our lives.
We have two wolves…. I am trying to not feed the wolf that thinks that way; it was the death of our country as we know it and we watched it in real time The midterms will decide how fast we can hobble him.
There won't be any midterms. He's spoken pretty openly about how this will be the last election we ever have. I think people need to make their peace with the likelihood that their choices are to die on their knees or die fighting. As in literal fighting. The kind Republicans understand.
Ugh.. so dark. 🥺
Thank God we have BlueSky, thank God. I have a feeling this platform is going to become very important very soon. But ppl GOTTA start using #hashtags so we are able to follow topics, not just people. #KashPatel
With Musk running Twitter and Kash Patel running FBI we will find out soon what kind of Attorney General Pam Bondi will be. Does she share Kash's blood thirst for going after journalists? Kash said on Bannon's podcast he is going to go after the lawyers who prosecuted Trump.
Is he going to go after the private citizens who sat on the grand juries indicting Trump, recommending charges be filed? The private citizens who found him guilty? Makes you wonder.
What the heck? This is how we are to finish up our Thanksgiving holiday? With the news of Kash Patel running the FBI? YOU KNOW he is gonna use wire taps and secret subpoenas to go after anyone Trump or Junior tells him to. Watch out @meidastouch.bsky.social Watch out @maddow.bsky.social
There is no way that 5 R will oppose all these dangerous people. Maybe 1
Zero chance Patel didn’t write that before handing it to trump to post (who, like the idiot he is, capitalized “border”).
So MTG basically just copied and pasted this into her post. No original thoughts.
Trump pick patterns: corruption, corruptible, baseness, sexual offenders, TV personalities, radio hosts, billionaires, pro-Russia, cruel, liars, hypocrites, fascism, racism, christofascism, dictatorial bent, convicted felons, unqualified. And, oh yeah just like him! A Kakistocracy Menagerie!
Somebody wants me to believe that trump came up with the word "fidelity". Isn't that precious?
Hope you are right.
Wait, this mfer’s name is CashApp?!
Wouldn’t it be a hoot if he failed to be confirmed based on the findings of his FBI background check?
There won’t be an FBI background check. I hate to be negative but I call it realism at this point. SMH
What background check?
Trump mentioned he will be doing background checks after his people get established. For my friends, everything—my enemies, the law.
Excuse me. This thoroughly Pi$$e$ me off. To get a secret+ clearance, the FBI talked to my grade school & practically gave me a colonoscopy. I had long ago graduated college. These a$$holes will have access to top-level USA security data with no vetting 😱😱😱 Gee, what the fuck could go wrong?? 🤬🤬
A president can unilaterally give anyone a security clearance. Case in point, Jared Kushner.
they are trying to circumvent FBI background checks. obscene
Maryann, I've seen some Republican senators balk at the idea of not having background checks for nominees. But will at least 4 of them grow a spine to vote "No" on confirmation is the real question.
What FBI background checks?
You can't picture this guy as FBI Director Joyce? bsky.app/profile/bria...
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Scared…
Are we all just clinging to hope that maybe not every fucking republican senator is absolute insurrection garbage? And they aren't about to wipe their asses with the constitution?
Republicans have been cowards & gone right along with handing our country over to a criming dictator so why would they start now? Sadly, they seem happy to join sides with a traitor & destroy our country.
Well, that leaves out my two Senators from Missouri. Those two fucktards are in the cult & will be 100% all in for anybody their dear leader says.
Woof Missouri.....I just don't understand how they keep winning there
I mean, first state to succeed from the union... white supremacist train... they aren't exactly running to catch it.
My senators too. The real dumb ones.
"CashApp" Patel?
The senate saying no to trump is once in a blue moon.
The Senate Repuclicons will save us!...Oh fuck
The biggest middle finger to the rule of law yet.
Time for a coup
It is possible that he ran an EOI and the major criteria included lying grifting sexual assault and betrayal… if so he’s managed to get the lowest pond scum possible
He can nominate who he wants. If I’m Christopher Wray, until he actually fires me. I’m not moving.
No on gopher Patel!
“Patel's remarks came during concurrent reporting in The New York Times about "a series of plans by Mr. Trump and his allies that would upend core elements of American governance, democracy, foreign policy and the rule of law if he regained the White House."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kash_Patel
What Russian "hoax" did he expose?
If anyone listens to QAA, you will recognize that name, because he’s been appearing at Q-Anon conferences for years.
Kash Patel is just what the cesspool called the FBI needs.
You are making an assumption that republican senators have grown a spine
Everyday gets more bizarre.
Trump has no one to offer except traitors and deviants. A cabinet full of misfits doing his bidding.
Yeah, well that horse left the barn years ago. The Senate has NO spine.
Question: I wonder if India has a spy program to infiltrate us. If so, working well.
I’m with you sister! This one terrifies me!