Allegations that Bolsonaro was trying to flee to the US with Trump’s help
How much money was he going to give tRump? Or was it underage Brazilians he stowed away in the baggage compartment?
: whynotboth?:
Turns out that when you try to permanently have non-Senate confirmed people in positions that require Senate confirmation, the courts get annoyed. Especially when it is for US Attorney and the law gives the court interim appointment powers after 120 days.
Pete Hegseth just went too far.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/franklin-the-turtle-pete-hesgeth-9.6998672
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I saw the graphic and thought it was a joke from something else. I shouldn’t be surprised anymore by anything put out by this administration, but yet I am.
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Not shockingly, the person deemed unqualified for a leadership role at the FBI in Trump’s first term is doing a terrible job with an even more senior position the second time around.
The FBI director, Kash Patel, is “in over his head” and leading a “chronically under-performing” agency paralyzed by fear and plummeting morale, according to a scathing 115-page report compiled by a national alliance of retired and active-duty FBI special agents and analysts.
The leaked assessment, obtained by the New York Post and prepared for both congressional Senate and House judiciary committees, is based on confidential accounts from 24 FBI sources.
They accuse Patel of lacking the experience to lead the FBI and that managers will not take initiative without explicit direction for fear of being fired. Patel’s first six months have produced a “troubling picture” of an organization described by insiders as a “rudderless ship”, with two sources independently characterizing the director as being “in over his head”. One stated he “lacks the requisite knowledge or deep understanding of all the FBI’s unique and complex investigative and intelligence programs”.
But that’s to be expected. Some of the crazy details:
According to the assessment, on 11 September, the day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Patel arrived in Provo, Utah, but refused to leave the FBI jet without an appropriate raid jacket. A described “highly respected” source in the report explained that agents working the Kirk investigation had to stop their work to find a medium-sized jacket for Patel. When a female agent’s jacket was delivered, Patel complained about missing Velcro patches on the sleeves and refused to disembark until Swat team members removed patches from their own uniforms and attached them to the borrowed jacket.
I’m a bit surprised, but not, that he isn’t under more pressure for using government funds to provide security for his girlfriend and using a government jet to go see her.
There’s a congressional probe starting to ask questions about her travel. Given the avoidance of pushback on Trump’s cabinet, that’s a start.
Personally, I don’t think having the FBI paralyzed is such a bad thing, given all the things Trump wants them to do. I’d like to see a whole lot more paralysis in this administration.
Looks like Hesgeth is blaming an Admiral for following his orders.
The buck stops at the admiral, I guess.
If the admiral gets fired, will his replacement be quicker to say “No” ?
OR THEIR DOGS.
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It seems pretty funny to get fired for not obeying Mark Kelly.
If only the natives had been quicker on a travel ban…
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I think the real answer can be found here:
So…a travel ban on Americans?