NYT reported that the number of potentially affected agents is as high as 6k. The bureau has about 13.7k agents total
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Josh Marshall
What a hideous headline. Folks calling the shots here are just corrupt banana republic trash.
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Terrifying.
How many are maga would be tbd.
Who is going to stop him?
How do we thwart this?
He’s truly made of Teflon
If he is so Teflon, how did he manage to lose in 2020?
Groovy.
Cruise ship? Stadium? All the mindless lemmings willingly put themselves into crowded silos
Jeebus.
https://fbijobs.gov/sites/default/files/2022-05/Report_Diversity.pdf and 21% are racial/ethnic minorities. FBI probably mirrors US voting demographics with a slight pull right. Nobody ever used to know anybody's politics tho.
Unrelated I now need to Google why Germany's was the 3rd...because I don't actually know the answer
Living in Russia, I'm observing many in the US playing victims of "oppression", knowing nothing what real oppression even is. Their knowledge of the KGB is limited to movies /videos on YouTube.
Instead of posting about it on social media.
And CNN headline is terrible
And, other NYT headlines look worse than CNN’s
“His” govt as if separation of powers is over?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_of_masculinity_under_fascist_Italy
“Muscular”, it’s authoritarian. You’re using cult language instead of plain language.
Also
Trump wasn't very muscular after the air crash
He refused any responsibility
Spread ignorant or malicious excuses etc
Not majestic at all
Trump claimed authority that the Constitution doesn't vest in the president, the Constitution provides for an energetic executive but not a tyrant
After bad news Trump is utterly un-muscular because he refused any responsibility
Of course.
The Times is your ENEMY
the "executive of the executive branch" (Karoline Leavitt) executes laws passed by Congress
Re "muscular" Trump is claiming tyrannical powers
And yet after bad news rejected any imputability
Un-majestic
Not muscular
Remember the "MAGA civil war”? They lied.
Both Steve Bannon and Laura Loomer, as expected, surrendered to Musk altogether. If they were ever really against Musk, and not just played a good and a bad cop.
He has his fanatics for brown shirts.
The remaining 7k FBI agents are going to struggle a bit in a larger country of 400m
1. Allies are cutting the US out of intel sharing.
2. Far-right militias are being given access to power in several states.
3. Russia sees an opportunity to physically destabilise the US from within and has a history of funding far-right extremism.
But I guess Trump is planning to use the military for that.
The shame is that it's the full version that would topple them
It was always a bad slogan but the idea is a good one. The police are asked to do too much. We need more funding for helping people
Both S. Bannon and Laura Loomer, as expected, surrendered to Musk altogether. If they were ever really against, not just played a good and a bad cop.
I do think they'll all be questioned for loyalty to Trump, and anyone found wanting will be fired.
CALL AND EMAIL your reps! Don’t use a form message, but write your own. We need to flood them with opposition!!!
Perfect ‘Commander in Chief’ material.
Merritt Garland
Sure, something related to one of his cases might have gone past many eyeballs, but he's not just clearing them out. He's crippling the agency. All 6 senior execs?
Something more sinister looks to be in play. https://bsky.app/profile/billkristolbulwark.bsky.social/post/3lh36uquefk2b
None of this is new. It’s just vanity that made people think “it can’t happen here!”
4 years
2) the goal isn’t to be an effective force for all. It’s to be force serving a few. They’ll have enough for that.
It’ll be lots of wildly unqualified loons that the remaining professionals have to babysit.
Someone needs to say this loudly.
Seriously though, history is repeating itself. Many will be the eyes and ears of the state. Not just those who officially serve, civilian loyalists abound. I need to dig out my secret decoder ring and disappearing ink.