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Well duh. That's what's a convicted felon would want to do if they got into power.
Given that last time they weren't even real proper investigations, they were directed by the White House and didn't actually look into things (in spite of Trump saying otherwise repeatedly), this is really only saving unnecessary spending.
Well, the FBI agents are still getting paid and they are paying private investigators so I'm pretty sure these fake investigations are costing even more than the other fake investigations did.
Of course je did. How else is he going to appoint criminals and people with conflicts of interest ?
Well call this process "efficient" and say that Musk came up with it in his big brain
How much corruption can we take before he's even installed? For real. This is way fucken nuttier than last time. It seems so malicious.
We will take whatever he gives. The US voters approved him. They want this. They chose this, and everything that comes from it.
This. There is no authority above the authoritarian. His word is law now. Whatever Our Glorious Cheeto wishes is now US doctrine.
Thats not true. There are at least 71 million people here who voted against it. Thats a lot of people.
He won the popular vote, and the electoral college. Majority rules. (Unfortunately)
Also people who didn't vote at all, are at minimum fine with Trump and not against him.
This is why we’re supposed to have separation of powers. Any competent senate, even if the same party would insist in this before confirming. A senate full of sycophants on the other hand ….
It seems so malicious.
I guess he was being honest about all that revenge talk, eh? I mean, it is actively and onerously malicious, but just like last time, everyone's just gonna let Trump steamroll them, because the federal government has long had hesitance to hold figures like presidents, senators, and supreme court justices to account, and this is just an extension of that.
I mean, we didn't prosecute Bush and Cheney for war crimes. Hillary Clinton was proud of her friendship with Henry Kissinger. Kamala Harris was proud of her endorsement by Dick Cheney.
"It's a big club and we ain't in it," but Trump and co. don't feel the need to put up the facade anymore.
“It’s a big club and we ain’t in it,” but Trump and co. don’t feel the need to put up the facade anymore.
Bingo. Instead of "hiring" (paying off) politicians, they're just doing it themselves. They've lost any and all care about keeping up appearances. After all, what are we going to do? Sue them?
The 4 years of Trumpsanity isn't starting in January, it's starting right now. For fucks sake, I'm not ready yet. I need to start stockpiling popcorn and booze. Except this time I'll probably need less popcorn and more booze because I don't think it's going to be as stupid funny as last time. It's already not funny, it's been nosediving into "could it get any worse?" and so far the answer has been "Yes!".
This breaks decades-old norms meant to vet candidates for criminal history and conflicts of interest.
Come the fuck on. The FBI background checks are a "norm" too? Do we have actual laws for anything?
The FBI were supposed to check Hunter Biden's laptop.
The actual laws also don't seem to matter, in all fairness.
Up till now, we didn’t really need them because everyone agreed it was the smart thing to do.
We’re done with smart.
"Up till now, we didn’t really need them because everyone agreed it was the smart thing to do"
That doesn't sound very smart to begin with.
America: relies on tradition because laws are for the poor
A crook and convicted felon fills his cabinet with folk who probably can't pass an FBI security screening? Color me shocked.
The robber barons are back, baby
Gabbard is the biggest threat here, in my view.
You couldn't dream of putting a spy in a better position than the DNI whose position is literally to oversee all intelligence agency silos.
Russia will know literally everything.
Trump is just putting a person between him and Putin this time around, Russia knew everything the first admin also. He hid meeting notes and visitor logs and nobody did shit, then the assholes voted him back in to finish selling us off because somehow that means "America First".
She is literally in a cult.
People need to know that and they don't.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_of_Identity_Foundation
So... About that "deep state" I kept hearing about for the past 30 years... Think maybe now it's probably the time, if there ever was one, to do something to preserve the world order.
Turns out the "deep state" are a bunch of rich people who don't want to pay taxes. Oops.
Didn't the deep state already green light an attempted assassination on Trump?
This all highlights how many loopholes and deficiencies there are in a system that prides itself so much on checks and balances.
Apparently the balance was supposed to be one person with good faith checking one without. Now we see what happens when every dumbass stands on the corrupt side of the balance.
No shit, one of his picks has white supremacist tats all over his body, one paid a minor for sex and gave them hardcore drugs, and the other is an actual Russian Agent.
Citation for "Actual Russian Agent"?
(Hillary Clinton said so doesn't count. )
Whether she has a direct chain of command from Russia or not, she is a Russian Asset by her actions.
She has been non-interventionist and spoke positively of Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad for decades.
Gabbard promoted party division during the 2016 elections by supporting Bernie Sanders for president even after Sanders asked people to vote for Hillary Clinton. This aligns with Russian psyops on social media at the time.
When Russia Invaded Ukraine she parroted Kremlin Newspapers on the false claims that the USA operated 36 Biolabs in Ukraine.
She sued Hillary Clinton for calling her a Russian Asset for some good press but then dropped the suit shortly after announcing it to the news. Meaning she thought Hillary could have actually won such a case if it went to court.
She has been non-interventionist and spoke positively of Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad for decades.
Diplomatic can often be confused with positivity
Gabbard supported Bernie Sanders for president even after Sanders asked people to vote for Hillary Clinton.
When Russia Invaded Ukraine she parroted Kremlin Newspapers on the false claims that the USA operated 36 Biolabs in Ukraine.
Well, The US did fund biolabs in the Ukraine.
She sued Hillary Clinton for calling her a Russian Asset for some good press but then dropped the suit shortly after announcing it to the news. Meaning she thought Hillary could have actually won such a case if it went to court.
Meaning value was gained in publicity and saved in legal fees.
Fucking tankies, bro...
Diplomacy supporting war and death is not a good thing.
You linking to before doesnt argue the point.
She had a lot more to gain by successfully suing Hillary. The only reason to drop the case already filed would be because the allegations were true enough that the opponent could provide evidence and the supposed victim couldn't demonstrate otherwise.
Diplomacy reduces the war and death.
Supporting Sanders over Clinton could be exactly why she started the "Russian Asset" lazy mudslinging.
The only reason to drop the case already filed would be because
Winning a case, quickly, cleanly and cheaply is impossible.
It certainty doesn't prove guilt.
Diplomacy with fucking Assad certainly never reduced war or death. I bet 80+ years ago you would have been the type to advocate the USA allying with actual Adolf Hitler.
I've got an idea to win the case quickly and cleanly: not have anything to do with Russia and having the court send Clinton the bill (pun not intended).
Diplomacy with fucking Assad certainly never reduced war or death.
Gabbard said they discussed her meeting with Assad and stressed the importance of meeting "with adversaries or potential adversaries, not just our friends, if we are serious about the pursuit of peace."
Asked if she viewed Assad as an "adversary" of the US, Gabbard demurred and said it was important to look at who posed a threat to the US and how the interests of other nations compare to those of the US.
Pressed on the point, she said, "You can describe it however you want to describe it."
When asked later in the interview if she thought Assad was a good person, Gabbard said, "No, I don't," and asked if Russian President Vladimir Putin was an adversary to the US, she responded, "Yes."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/tulsi-gabbard-syria-assad/index.html
I bet 80+ years ago you would have been the type to advocate the USA allying with actual Adolf Hitler.
Gabbards stance against Assad is exactly equal to America's in 1945.
I've got an idea to win the case quickly and cleanly: not have anything to do with Russia and having the court send Clinton the bill (pun not intended).
That is a shitty, and ironically slow and expensive, idea.
I've needed FBI background checks for nearly every job I've ever had. If I need a background check to work in an elementary school, why don't these people need it to handle our nation's secrets?
don't worry, DOGE will abolish the FBI, you'll be able to work wherever you want!
Bypassed standard FBI background checks ... to vet candidates for criminal history and conflicts of interest.
Those are features, not bugs now. They know exactly who they picked.
It's crazy that all these things I thought were laws my whole life turn out to just be "norms" that can be totally ignored
to his supporters, this just looks like someone who gets things done. and they probably don't trust the FBI
he'd just overrule anyway like he did jared and a couple dozen others before.
So, Cheeto is relying on private investigators...run by the Russian FSB. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, the Deep State is going to filled with neo-Nazis, religious nutters and Russian agents.
Moves to cut out the FBI appear to be in line with a pre-election memo drafted by his legal advisers and fits with Trump’s enduring suspicion that the agency is part of what, without evidence, he believes to be a “deep state” machine within the federal government bent on undermining him.
Trump administration does something obviously illegal and unethical
FBI: "Hey, that's illegal, you can't do that."
Trump: "Look at this deep state organization trying to prevent me from doing my job"