These kinds of things are what demoralizes resistors. Why isn’t a background check Mandatory? It’s like the really shitty people get to do whatever they want while the rule of law gives the rest of us the finger.
Agreed. Biden and FBI have a duty under their oath to do them as part of transition. Zelenskyy told the US that Tulsi was a paid Russian asset. I took that oath the WH took…defend against enemies, foreign and domestic. Trump et al are the enemy within.
This would be amazing especially if they could release it and previous failed ones for Kushner and others. Makes no sense if the whole thing is optional and hidden
Once he’s in office he can overrule any security clearance and grant access. He did that with Kuschner and Vanky. Biden needs to do this while still president.
DJT could never pass a background check. He wants to have people who will do what he wants even if it breaks laws. Not passing a background check comes with people who will be loyal to Trump & not the USA!
I don't understand why anyone would waive the requirement for a background check! Isn't that admitting criminality or vulnerability to foreign influences? Why does the public stand for this?
Can the Biden administration do the background checks now and release them before Trump gets in office? Does it have to be done by the administration they are to serve?
How in the world did we get here?! When people nominated for top jobs in the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT won't pass a background check????!!! I'm a peon and had to pass one to work for the DOJ years ago. Are you f*%ing kidding me????????!!!!!
Background checks were another gentleman's agreement? I thought we were going to protect government against the time when there were no gentlemen in the room?
Background checks are going to be a constant thorn in the side of the first administration headed by a convicted felon and suffused with unindicted co-conspirators, convicts, and subjects of investigations.
We're entering into peak kakistocracy. It's gonna be a rough ride for everyone. Buckle up.
The U.S. is now officially a Banana Republic and the blame falls entirely on our current @POTUS and his AG, Merrick Garland for refusing to indict the insurrectionists immediately after 1/6.
Agree. @fetterman.senate.gov please rally your colleagues back to DC and get in front of all this BS and what else will come at you that destroys America.
Do they think they’re fooling anyone? I’m surprised they’re background checking any appointees, since he seems to be able to do anything he wants. Are there rules anymore? WTF?!
If he is skipping the background checks there is only two paths. The first is a hearing where the appointee is disqualified and the second is the recess appointment where they get through unvetted.
When you have no one stopping you that's what they do. They do what they want! Like watching a mother say don't eat the candy 'til I come back. You see some respect the rules and others just ignore them. These people are the ones who ignore what's expected as right -respect for authority!
an international criminal cabal is taking over every branch of ourgovernment while corporate media looks the other way because they are part of the same criminal cabal.
Seems like demands need to be made that We The People want the FBI and no one else. The GOOD DOJ is still in place they need to do something about this
Given that the turd reich couldn’t pass a background check, this tracks. He needs to surround himself with criminals, so they don’t turn each other in.
Let’s remember trump arbitrarily granted Kushner a top secret clearance when he couldn’t pass FBI investigation. And trump intervened in FBI review of Kavanaugh.
No guard rails.
He's a pedophile and she works for putin so of course they cannot pass background checks! So of course there simply will not be background checks! I mean they're supposed to check everything in order to work for the government!
You indirectly cite the one reform that could repair your government.
Simply require potential political candidates to pass a security clearance BEFORE they are allowed to run for office. That would certainly have saved us all from Trump and a whole lot of other deplorables in government.
Do you think one single #MAGAss would care if we point out how unAmerican this is?
We're in some '50s sci-fi B-movie now. The Blob, maybe, as it sweeps over the land, encompassing/destroying everything. Or, The Invasion Of The Body-Snatchers.
I don't get how stuff like this is just sliding through. SCOTUS gave carte blanche for presidents to act like kings. Why isn't Biden rejecting all this stuff out of hand? Why aren't the Dems pushing the issue with his blessing? I'm not suggesting he go against the law, but hell, UPHOLD the law!
Why is skipping a background check a thing? To get a job as a Grand Jury Court Reporter in DC, I had an appointment extensive clearance. This is ridiculous!
I remember when my state was a red state, now it's not. We must build organizations that build a community of like-minded people everywhere we can and work together all year, every year, not just 6 months out from elections.
Question can anyone who failed to be employed because they couldn't obtain an NAC-I clearance, sue under equal protection. As a military officer and a government defense contractor you can't access government computer or phones without a NAC-I clearance at the minimum. Until now evidently.
I suppose (just my guess) it is because up until he is sworn in office he doesn’t appoint them officially . And it is just at that moment that the official vetting process is needed.
"Critics say the intrusive background checks sometimes turn up embarrassing information used to inflict political damage."
Let's keep everyone's dark secrets secret instead, so they can be used by our adversaries to blackmail people with access to sensitive national security information.
So, he can just “skip steps” in the security clearance process? Just like that? The “king” has spoken? Where are the guardrails? I’ve been through the process. It's long and involved. I was not aware that I could have just, “skipped a few steps” to ensure that I would pass.🤦🏻♀️
In any normal administration wouldn’t this be a red flag? Especially for the positions they have been nominated to. But the @senategop.bsky.social is perfectly good with this. Bunch of hypocrites!
It will no longer be problem after the inauguration. The CIA and the FBI will be dancing to his tune. Remember how he squashed the investigation into Kavanough?
THe FBI needs to proceed with a background check on them all. Let's see what they have to say. We don't have a new president yet. After seeing TFG tube the Kavanaugh investigation, I'm sure Biden can order an FBI background investigation on the candidates for the cabinet as per the ROL.
"Trump and his allies believe the FBI system is slow and plagued with issues that could stymie the president-elect’s plan to quickly begin the work of implementing his agenda"
So ... the normal process in vetting and "stymied" with telling the truth once they get info? Ugh, what a nuisance.
Trump bothers me less than the people around him who can & will feed his worst impulses. I wonder who the true alternative candidates are that they’re hoping we’ll swallow whole just to chase down this first batch? I also think these insiders must be terrified of the inexplicable fealty he inspires.
Matt Gaetz is a good pick for us. You want someone who will use the DOJ to protect Americans? Well, you're not getting one from Trump. The best we can do is someone incompetent that will be less capable of using it to attack us.
I feel like I’m back in the days of his first term, where every day there was some “surprise” for us. Remember, we used to say he couldn’t go any lower? And—“surprise!”—he did. He hasn’t even taken office yet and I’m already tired.
No. People should not count on miracles at all. Faithfull people should count on God and act like America (all democracies is in a free fall) because Trump+Putin+Xi+Musk have done it exactly because they want to terminate democracies everywhere.
What happened to the U.S. Constitution?
We all heard him comfort them over and over!
And he sent them there.
And he stood by until it was clear they weren't successful.
WTF?
Someone explain this to me.
The current administration should do away with these loopholes. Even fix these pardon loopholes. Only thing is the next administration will not follow the law or rules. But it seems we have been sitting on our hands for 4 years.
How can you just skip background checks? They're not even in office yet! Have the wheels just come off of everything with this election? Because it feels like everyone is just tossing their hands up and dispensing with all regulations and rules.
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They arent as dumb, obviously, as our government has been.
No inauguration till he does! President Biden just stays in office until rules are followed. After all, he has immunity!!
Since he's a national security threat as top level officials have identified, why doesn't the CIA or FBI stop him?
We're entering into peak kakistocracy. It's gonna be a rough ride for everyone. Buckle up.
Which GOP Senators would demand one to confirm?
Who knew.
So there are no real "checks and balances" here. None whatsoever.
Meet the bullies where they are and punch them in the face. Be ruthless.
We can clean it up later.
No guard rails.
Simply require potential political candidates to pass a security clearance BEFORE they are allowed to run for office. That would certainly have saved us all from Trump and a whole lot of other deplorables in government.
We're in some '50s sci-fi B-movie now. The Blob, maybe, as it sweeps over the land, encompassing/destroying everything. Or, The Invasion Of The Body-Snatchers.
Where'd all the Americans I grew up with go?
Despicable
Extremists
Incompetent
Let's keep everyone's dark secrets secret instead, so they can be used by our adversaries to blackmail people with access to sensitive national security information.
We know who they are.. #recount
So ... the normal process in vetting and "stymied" with telling the truth once they get info? Ugh, what a nuisance.
What were we thinking not to make EVERY norm a law after that man’s first term?!!!!
Just what we need in our Government.
They know that if somewhere democracy survives...
We all heard him comfort them over and over!
And he sent them there.
And he stood by until it was clear they weren't successful.
WTF?
Someone explain this to me.
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/amendment-14/section-3/
Just horrific.
Because everyone else is expected to do this BUT them.