I could be wrong but doesn't he have to go through some shit to fire Wray first since the head of the FBI isn't a politically appointed position and the term doesn't coincide with the presidency in order to prevent a situation just like this one as well as disruption in ongoing investigations?
If the prosecution and the FBI fabricate cases against opponents, all we have left are the judges. But they have learned in other countries to pay unethical judges to persecute. It seems that a hard time is coming, but let us not lose hope because the human heart will always win.
Baiting outrage and throwing an intentional bad nomination riles up discontent and further intensifies his anti establishment con.
Funny enough, the next targets of the incoming admin will be republicans first. Tom Homan's goals are looking increasingly unrealistic as events are developing.
Perhaps, but if this is the case, he's also poisoning the well in order to make any other obsequious choice he makes seem more tenable and reasonable. The bottom line is he's not hiring credentialed secularly professional individuals, but loyalists.
This stuff doesn't help anyone and plays right into their hands. Of course there will be elections again. One of the greatest things the Founding Fathers did was put the states in charge of elections.
When Republican Reps refuse to confirm, be sure to watch for Lindsey G to burst a temple vein, hollering insistently at Kristen Welker, "IT'S THE DEMOCRATS. THEY'RE THE PROBLEM!!!" Set your stopwatches for the on-air meltdown.
If dems were fickle enough to throw one of the most no-brainer elections of my lifetime, what makes you think the midterms have any chance of being fun...
So when Republicans control all three branches of government with a fascist in the executive, THIS is when Republicans will finally find a conscience? Sure, Jan. The targets painted on GOP dissidents' foreheads will be in full view. I'd go into hiding if I was a Mitt Romney type.
Right. It must be nice to be able to believe that anything that happens from this point on will follow any kind of tradition, precedent, or norm. What planet are folks on? I see people talking about 2028 elections like it's just another cycle and just...I can't.
This. I mean, with everything at stake Dems still sat out the game... again. I always wondered how bad things would have to get. Guess we're about to find out. I know I'll never trust polls ever again.
The sole consolation in the election is that the make up of Congress is almost unchanged from what it was before the election… So it only takes a handful of defections to tank legislation and nominations
As a transwoman, I fear the new admin after all the GOP did in the last few years to our rights w/ most Dems being silent. I can't even safely go on a road trip in the US if I have to use the bathroom. Didn't even put it on the news much of the time.
It's like we need to run for office ourselves and then have the GOP stop us from using the bathrooms.... where if I were in Congress, this action would be "hold my beer" shit and I'd just go in anyway fighting everyone myself. :(
The only person I foresee having trouble is Pete Hegseth. After swinging the 3 Gaetz "bats", everyone else will be perceived as "normal", and will be confirmed. I hope I'm wrong.
Yes, I agree. Much, much worse. Trump and MAGA were always in the cards from the founding of our country.
I want every single GOP voter to get exactly what they voted for. Then we will see if the country is worth fighting for and if there are people to do it.
I had hopes. But I said this back in 2016. I really thought women having their rights taken away would do it. No. These people still imagine a tv star and supposed "businessman", who knows how to make himself and his supporters richer than their wildest dreams, are going to help the rest of US.
You knoiw, I really do appreciate your view on this, and I hope that's the case. My big worry is the Dems won't make much effort in using it in their campaigns. We'll see though.
77MM people voted for Trump. Are they all in this cult? Harris had over a billion dollars and all celebrity endorsements. Yet she lost to a convicted felon, the worst candidate in the history. Democrats need to do some soul-searching and really need something new.
He needs to keeps the GOP in Congress from being a check on his quest for absolute power, so he is nominating the worse people and he will try to force them to vote for them in what can only be described as ritual humiliation.
My take is that King 🍊💩 is just fucking with us and congress. He wants to see how much bull he can get away with. He's continuing to prove his point: He can shoot someone on 5th Ave and his cult will still adore him. Stupidity is eating away at our nation's moral fiber.
I’m looking forward to going old school for my news, cutting almost all social media and turning the tv off. I’ve had enough of right wing Russian propaganda. I have one wish this holiday season, so checking obituaries will bring me some peace, especially if my wish comes true
Does TX Rep. Dr. Ronny Jackson have an emergency Mar-a-Lago holiday weekend house visit planned? Trump could have a brain worm or dementia, but if this is what he and Project 2025 authors agreed upon, we’ll soon see how many Republican Senators reject Kash Patel as Trump’s Wish List FBI Director.
Not necessarily - I am hoping protests will work. Boycotting is a tool, mass people say surrounding a building or shutting down highways to airports, or maybe a nationwide strike. Do you have any ideas? We already know that 45 thinks shooting protesters is just fine (leg shot comment to a general)
He was one of the 6 Unidicted Coconspirator in the case filed against Trump. But Patel never had presidential immunity. Never charged though.
He will destroy the FBI and arrest agents who investigated Trump, and the Jan 6 committee.
are you ready? Patel, a backbench staffer on the National Security Council, begin vetting White House aides for loyalty. He would have served as a "political executioner," in the words of Charles Kupperman, the deputy national security adviser.
Patel spent about three years as a terrorism prosecutor at the Justice Department. He has repeatedly claimed he was the "lead prosecutor" in the government's pursuit of the perpetrators of the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Li...
When the insurrectionist leaders weren't held to account whatsoever, this is one of the results...incredibly inappropriate & unqualified...I'm not afraid of much, but I'm REALLY starting to fear for this country...seriously...
When he says, "Russia, Russia, Russia," I always think he's launching into a song. Thankfully, I'm always wrong. He's using repetition, a favorite trick, to make people believe a lie is truth. You hear it often enough, it must be true, right? Russia, Russia, Russia, hoax--step, turn, kick.
We're at sea and a storm is approaching. It won't stop, all we can do is prepare. Plant a garden in 2025, even if he does 1% of what he wants to do food prices are going up up up.
I'm watching interviews with him now, I'll look through this later but I find Shawn Ryan extremely boring. There's nothing factual, it's all anecdotes and he gives no push back.
I mean I don’t know why you would say there was nothing factual in Shawn Ryan’s interviews. Just because you don’t believe it doesn’t mean it’s not true, that’s only your opinion. I have the utmost respect for anyone who served their country. Just saying.
You're right I did mischaracterize that and I appreciate that you corrected me. I should have said that they only exchange anecdotes and expect you to trust the guests because they served. I respect those guys, that doesn't mean you should trust what they say.
I have a business model for a distributed agriculture program, installing pre-sprouted high yield permaculture gardens on leased plots in exchange for a share of the produce. Can't go into much more detail, the logistics will be a nightmare, but I'm terrified of a famine and this is how I stop it.
Sounds like a timely plan. My fear is I see the diversity in foodstuffs decreasing as Project 2025 cuts out small producers in favor of agribusiness. The corporate model serves profits but not health.
I thought I had a LOT more time, I was going to build out other revenue models first so I could run this at a loss for as long as I needed to. Now I have to start two businesses at the same time next year, it's going to be hell but I'd gladly suffer it 1000x so no one goes hungry.
I’m pretty much just ready for all of the three letter agencies to Shocked Pikachu Face through the next year or two, until we end up with a junta of one sort or another.
He must have let Barron type that one for him. Proper punctuation and correct spelling - definitely not from Chester Molester's grubby little Cheeto paws.
Trump nominates loyalist Kash Patel to serve as FBI director….rabid Trumper with no law enforcement experience to lead America’s premier criminal justice agency….what could go wrong???
We are destroying an agency that has prevented many many 911s.
This just keeps getting worse and worse. Every where will end up being open carry because citizens will want to protect themselves from the government and MAGA maniacs on the streets trying to incite violence.
A loyalist to make sure there’s a tight reign on the FBI so it doesn’t undertake counterintelligence investigations on the Putin friendly administration. And, of course, to also launch investigations and prosecutions his enemies list.
No he’s the guy that helped in the cover up of the stolen classified documents then pleaded the 5th to Congress. He also helped Devin Nunes cover up evidence in the first Russia investigation
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Not “ dictator for a day”
Trump always meant “ dictator to stay”
what a joke...
he mean fidelity to HIMSELF
... if you're planning on tearing apart a democracy.
Kash: Surprise me.
Funny enough, the next targets of the incoming admin will be republicans first. Tom Homan's goals are looking increasingly unrealistic as events are developing.
Trump needs Democrats losing their minds and playing Chicken Little 24/7 to keep the MAGA con going.
Those in the GOP with a target on their back know what is coming and will form the basis of a private resistance to Trump's worse impulses.
Be upset but be realistic.
Remember, McConnell’s man Thune is head of the senate and a true conservative. He Already said, no recess appts, contrary to what Trump wanted.
Jr campaigned against Thune in may(ish) -
why?
Recess appointments will not happen.
If dems were fickle enough to throw one of the most no-brainer elections of my lifetime, what makes you think the midterms have any chance of being fun...
The systemic destruction of our institutions.
He told us every day since Jan6.
The media bent over backwards to gloss over the significance of their plans.
All in attempt to appear unbiased. #Shame
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FL/TX rolled back gender markers and nothing...
I want every single GOP voter to get exactly what they voted for. Then we will see if the country is worth fighting for and if there are people to do it.
trump picks
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That man is exhausting.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/1/2289582/-How-Kash-Patel-Risks-Undermining-Even-Legitimate-Investigations
He will destroy the FBI with as much fervor as possible.
I tried to google but all it is are stories announcing the appointment.
He will destroy the FBI and arrest agents who investigated Trump, and the Jan 6 committee.
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/world/who-is-kash-patel-donald-trumps-pick-for-fbi-director-3298876
https://www.deccanherald.com/world/who-is-kash-patel-donald-trumps-pick-for-fbi-director-3298876
Connect those dots.
https://bsky.app/profile/jsoto80sguy.bsky.social/post/3lbx6nerpps2z
Old tRump loosing it …
Left wing tears for the police state!? What planet did I wake up on??
It
Stop
Shit he tweets traces back to Russia propaganda pages with proof positive the person who created it was paid by Russia.
We are destroying an agency that has prevented many many 911s.
This is a total win for Russia.
Seems like just another
unqualified candidate.
As bad as expected so far- yes?