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Dennis Donovan

(29,189 posts)
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 07:38 PM Nov 30

Harry Litman: hard to imagine a single more threatening and adversarial figure for the FBI in the entire country

Harry Litman
‪@harrylitman.bsky.social‬
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


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Harry Litman: hard to imagine a single more threatening and adversarial figure for the FBI in the entire country (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Nov 30 OP
May he be a stalking horse. applegrove Nov 30 #1
Kinda like Matt Gaetz. LeftInTX Dec 3 #31
Yes. The stalking horse doesn't know they are a stalking horse. So Shhhhhh! applegrove Dec 3 #32
Is Trump clever and informed enough to pick out the worst candidates for each job? Irish_Dem Nov 30 #2
I can come up with a host of names to fulfill that list dhol82 Nov 30 #4
Don Jr can't do it either. Irish_Dem Nov 30 #5
Which is funny johnnyfins Nov 30 #8
Bannon? flamingdem Nov 30 #17
No, Bannon does not have the knowledge or discipline to pull this off so quickly. Irish_Dem Dec 1 #25
Coming off the Heritage Foundation list. rubbersole Dec 1 #23
Yes it was all prepared ahead of time. Irish_Dem Dec 1 #24
The evil fuck Stephen Miller maptap22 Dec 1 #27
Yes perhaps, but it is more than one person making the decisions. Irish_Dem Dec 1 #28
Only the best people... mysuzuki2 Nov 30 #3
Kash Patel was around during djt 1.0. magicarpet Nov 30 #6
agreed Evolve Dammit Nov 30 #7
Except Patel is a Hindu soandso Nov 30 #14
Traitor isn't forming a cabinet, he's assembling a wrecking crew Arazi Nov 30 #9
Clearly BonnieJW Nov 30 #15
I believe the oligarchs, autocrats, tech bro and oil billionaires Arazi Nov 30 #20
You mean like a one world government? odins folly Dec 1 #29
Putin chose well. A systematic destruction of the U.S. government from the top down and across all agencies. dalton99a Nov 30 #10
With his security team liberalgunwilltravel Nov 30 #11
I am very concerned that johnnyfins Nov 30 #12
Don't look at me Blue_Tires Nov 30 #19
Well, your job isnt finished johnnyfins Nov 30 #21
I never stopped, but I do feel more and more like Blue_Tires Nov 30 #22
And that is exactly why Trump picked him. LisaL Nov 30 #13
I see Stephen Miller's fingerprints on these picks LSparkle Nov 30 #16
I'm old enough to remember when Blue_Tires Nov 30 #18
I wish Wray would put out all they know about the bomber, or Senate bucolic_frolic Dec 1 #26
List of people Kash Patel has labeled as Deep State officials who need to be targeted LetMyPeopleVote Dec 3 #30

applegrove

(124,532 posts)
1. May he be a stalking horse.
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 07:48 PM
Nov 30

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)
31. Kinda like Matt Gaetz.
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 10:11 PM
Dec 3

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.

Irish_Dem

(63,831 posts)
2. Is Trump clever and informed enough to pick out the worst candidates for each job?
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 07:49 PM
Nov 30

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)
4. I can come up with a host of names to fulfill that list
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 07:54 PM
Nov 30

We know the tangerine twat couldn’t play Go Fish let alone configure something so complicated.

Irish_Dem

(63,831 posts)
5. Don Jr can't do it either.
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 08:02 PM
Nov 30

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)
8. Which is funny
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 08:33 PM
Nov 30

Because Bannon has his head up his ass and looks like he lives in a hole in the ground.

Irish_Dem

(63,831 posts)
25. No, Bannon does not have the knowledge or discipline to pull this off so quickly.
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:19 AM
Dec 1

And he is obviously drunk most of the time.
He cannot manage basic personal hygiene, I don't think he put the list together.

Irish_Dem

(63,831 posts)
24. Yes it was all prepared ahead of time.
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:17 AM
Dec 1

Trump has acted so quickly, not possible for a man who cannot even read off a teleprompter or
speak in coherent sentences.

Irish_Dem

(63,831 posts)
28. Yes perhaps, but it is more than one person making the decisions.
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 08:40 AM
Dec 1

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.

magicarpet

(17,593 posts)
6. Kash Patel was around during djt 1.0.
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 08:10 PM
Nov 30

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.

Arazi

(7,506 posts)
9. Traitor isn't forming a cabinet, he's assembling a wrecking crew
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 08:53 PM
Nov 30

A literal enemy’s wishlist of our destruction.

I don’t think the media is even getting close to approaching the danger of this. At all

BonnieJW

(2,720 posts)
15. Clearly
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 10:06 PM
Nov 30

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)
20. I believe the oligarchs, autocrats, tech bro and oil billionaires
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 10:50 PM
Nov 30

Want to realign the global order. Thiel believes that there’s 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 that’s 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.

dalton99a

(86,407 posts)
10. Putin chose well. A systematic destruction of the U.S. government from the top down and across all agencies.
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 08:59 PM
Nov 30

Very well, indeed





11. With his security team
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 09:06 PM
Nov 30

Trump is not only putting the US in danger, he’s also putting himself in danger. To bad, so sad.

johnnyfins

(1,698 posts)
12. I am very concerned that
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 09:15 PM
Nov 30

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)
22. I never stopped, but I do feel more and more like
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 11:04 PM
Nov 30

I'm just screaming into a void 😮?💨

LSparkle

(11,915 posts)
16. I see Stephen Miller's fingerprints on these picks
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 10:37 PM
Nov 30

Wrecking balls for their respective agencies.

 

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
18. I'm old enough to remember when
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 10:45 PM
Nov 30

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)
26. I wish Wray would put out all they know about the bomber, or Senate
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 08:08 AM
Dec 1

would investigate. This is one of those things that Trump's NEW FBI Director could hush up.

LetMyPeopleVote

(158,145 posts)
30. List of people Kash Patel has labeled as Deep State officials who need to be targeted
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 08:45 PM
Dec 3

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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