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This breaks decades-old norms meant to vet candidates for criminal history and conflicts of interest.
Come the fuck on. The FBI background checks are a "norm" too? Do we have actual laws for anything?
The actual laws also don't seem to matter, in all fairness.
Up till now, we didn’t really need them because everyone agreed it was the smart thing to do.
We’re done with smart.
"Up till now, we didn’t really need them because everyone agreed it was the smart thing to do"
That doesn't sound very smart to begin with.
America: relies on tradition because laws are for the poor
And the party of tradition won't care
So... About that "deep state" I kept hearing about for the past 30 years... Think maybe now it's probably the time, if there ever was one, to do something to preserve the world order.
Turns out the "deep state" are a bunch of rich people who don't want to pay taxes. Oops.
The deep state was always meant to mean the FBI, FDA, EPA, and other agencies that while not always forces for good are forces of career bureaucrats that keep the United States a functioning nation.
A crook and convicted felon fills his cabinet with folk who probably can't pass an FBI security screening? Color me shocked.
The robber barons are back, baby
It's crazy that all these things I thought were laws my whole life turn out to just be "norms" that can be totally ignored
Gabbard is the biggest threat here, in my view.
You couldn't dream of putting a spy in a better position than the DNI whose position is literally to oversee all intelligence agency silos.
Russia will know literally everything.
Trump is just putting a person between him and Putin this time around, Russia knew everything the first admin also. He hid meeting notes and visitor logs and nobody did shit, then the assholes voted him back in to finish selling us off because somehow that means "America First".
She is literally in a cult.
People need to know that and they don't.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_of_Identity_Foundation
"Nikolai Patrushev, part of the Russian president's inner circle and former Secretary of the Security Council, told the Russian newspaper Kommersant that Trump was duty-bound to act on his words.
Patrushev said: "To achieve success in the elections, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. And as a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them."
So yeah, sounds about right.
No shit, one of his picks has white supremacist tats all over his body, one paid a minor for sex and gave them hardcore drugs, and the other is an actual Russian Agent.
Tulsi Gabbard as the head of intelligence means the US intelligence community will have a blind spot in Russia, Ukraine and the Middle East. Plus many field agents are going to die. It’s going to be massive set back for Ukraine. And she’s probably going to relay everything to dictators like Putin and Assad. Mahalo Tulsi /s. And fuck your sPiRIt of alOHa
Well duh. That's what's a convicted felon would want to do if they got into power.
So, Cheeto is relying on private investigators...run by the Russian FSB. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, the Deep State is going to filled with neo-Nazis, religious nutters and Russian agents.
Another “norm” that we thought was a requirement. The shittiest Civics class.
to his supporters, this just looks like someone who gets things done. and they probably don't trust the FBI
I've needed FBI background checks for nearly every job I've ever had. If I need a background check to work in an elementary school, why don't these people need it to handle our nation's secrets?
don't worry, DOGE will abolish the FBI, you'll be able to work wherever you want!
I assume if they’re investigating or vetting anything it’s: will they be loyal to Trump? Anything good to hang on to as blackmail or extortion material?
It turns out that the erosion of rights will be done for fun during the real task of butchering the federal infrastructure and agenci6snd selling them to the highest bidding friend
Given that last time they weren't even real proper investigations, they were directed by the White House and didn't actually look into things (in spite of Trump saying otherwise repeatedly), this is really only saving unnecessary spending.
Well, the FBI agents are still getting paid and they are paying private investigators so I'm pretty sure these fake investigations are costing even more than the other fake investigations did.
Of course je did. How else is he going to appoint criminals and people with conflicts of interest ?
Well call this process "efficient" and say that Musk came up with it in his big brain
Lemmy doesn't offer a way to filter posts by words in the title do they? I'm over hearing anything about this waste of oxygen and his buddies.
Moves to cut out the FBI appear to be in line with a pre-election memo drafted by his legal advisers and fits with Trump’s enduring suspicion that the agency is part of what, without evidence, he believes to be a “deep state” machine within the federal government bent on undermining him.
Trump administration does something obviously illegal and unethical
FBI: "Hey, that's illegal, you can't do that."
Trump: "Look at this deep state organization trying to prevent me from doing my job"
My only confidence and hope is that these guys are such monumental fuckups that they won’t be able to string together enough executive function to realize their dark vision.
Potential security risks?
Jfc these idiots.