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Continuing in the line of "anti" nominees for various posts, Trump announces firebrand FBI hater Kash Patel for FBI director. He is the analogue to Gaetz -- hard to imagine a single more threatening and adversarial figure for the FBI in the entire country.
November 30, 2024 at 7:21 PM
https://bsky.app/profile/harrylitman.bsky.social/post/3lc7do2hpo22h

applegrove
(124,532 posts)A stalking horse is a figure used to test a concept or mount a challenge on behalf of a third party. If the idea proves viable or popular, the third party can then declare its interest and advance the concept with little risk of failure. If the concept fails, the third party will not be tainted by association with the failed concept and can either drop the idea completely or bide its time and wait until a better moment for launching an attack.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking_horse
LeftInTX
(32,277 posts)Then he brings in Pam Bondi and suddenly everyone is "onboard" because "she is an actual attorney and actual attorney general"
If everyone supports Trump's wrecking crew. Then he knows what to do.
applegrove
(124,532 posts)
Irish_Dem
(63,831 posts)Trump is a cunning, clever ruthless and dangerous psychopath.
But he is intellectually lazy, has dementia and seems drugged at most of his rallies.
Someone else is picking out these candidates.
Someone who knows what they are doing in terms of doing the most damage
to the US and giving Trump and his minders a huge consolidation of power.
dhol82
(9,499 posts)We know the tangerine twat couldnt play Go Fish let alone configure something so complicated.
Irish_Dem
(63,831 posts)He is not the brightest bulb on the porch and he is high as a kite all the time.
Elon Musk couldn't do it either.
He doesn't know all the players and the federal agencies.
Steve Bannon doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground, excuse my language.
johnnyfins
(1,698 posts)Because Bannon has his head up his ass and looks like he lives in a hole in the ground.
flamingdem
(40,071 posts)Irish_Dem
(63,831 posts)And he is obviously drunk most of the time.
He cannot manage basic personal hygiene, I don't think he put the list together.
rubbersole
(9,249 posts)Probably reviewed by Musk.
Irish_Dem
(63,831 posts)Trump has acted so quickly, not possible for a man who cannot even read off a teleprompter or
speak in coherent sentences.
maptap22
(173 posts)Irish_Dem
(63,831 posts)There is a lot of thought going into selecting the one person who can do the most
damage to each part of government.
And it was all done quickly, so the plan had already been devised prior to Nov 5.
mysuzuki2
(3,565 posts)magicarpet
(17,593 posts)There are a lot of the yes men and women and flaming sychophants
from djt 1.0 were brought over to djt 2.0.
Many of the cabinet members came from the likes of Heritage Foundation. A nice group of Fascists were groomed there to fill slots on djt's admi 2.0 so he could be up and running on day one. Fulfilling the Nazi and "Christian" Nationalists agenda as rapidly as possible is top priority.
Evolve Dammit
(19,998 posts)soandso
(1,631 posts)Arazi
(7,506 posts)A literal enemys wishlist of our destruction.
I dont think the media is even getting close to approaching the danger of this. At all
TSF is putting together a team of destruction, but what do they get out of a destroyed country? They can't make money if they destroy the economy and no one has any money, if so many businesses go under.
Arazi
(7,506 posts)Want to realign the global order. Thiel believes that theres an elite superior class of men (and yes, males specifically) that should be working together transnationally. Nation states are passé. There needs to be a new reorganization of power thats centralized for a global order, not country alliances like NATO, or NAFTA etc
Crypto will be the new currency.
Alexander Dugin is a Russian philosopher (sic) whose poisoned Putin, Orban, Xi (? maybe), Thiel definitely. Who knows who else but the vague outlines grow clearer that something like this is on their radar. The US needs massive destabilizion on many levels for Trump to issue executive orders to facilitate change.
odins folly
(308 posts)I thought that was the path of the antichrist....
dalton99a
(86,407 posts)Very well, indeed
liberalgunwilltravel
(668 posts)Trump is not only putting the US in danger, hes also putting himself in danger. To bad, so sad.
johnnyfins
(1,698 posts)We don't fully realize the danger that this country is up against. So mamy norms have been broken, what's next? MAGA basically wants liberals dead. So what if they go after voter info (who a person voted for)?? That would check a box to send you to work, or the "gas chamber". Seems extreme, but it's a logical endgame for the upside down world we live in at the moment.
Think about how many people have sent dna samples away to find out about their bloodlines and ancestry. All of that info is in a huge databse, the owners of which OWN that information now.
These are two pieces of information. There are hundreds of others that could be fed into a super computer, utilizing AI, to produce profiles.
I was/am scared to post this for fear of giving evil doers ideas. But this forum is about critical thinking, so...poo pooers fire away.
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)I've been warning folks since 2016... 😔
johnnyfins
(1,698 posts)Just because you had an early vision. Keep going...
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)I'm just screaming into a void 😮?💨
LisaL
(47,042 posts)NT
LSparkle
(11,915 posts)Wrecking balls for their respective agencies.
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)Trumpers absolutely HATED unqualified people of color getting promoted way beyond their competence level... Where are all the right-wingers screeching about "MERITOCRACY"??
bucolic_frolic
(48,610 posts)would investigate. This is one of those things that Trump's NEW FBI Director could hush up.
LetMyPeopleVote
(158,145 posts)I remember the Nixon's enemies list. My high school civics teacher/debate coach made sure that we all saw this list. There as a joke that not being on the list was an actual insult by Nixon
There are some republicans on this list
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