Posted on 08/01/2022 12:02:34 AM PDT by weston
Why is Washington DC So Intensely Focused on Targeting Donald Trump and Labeling His Supporters as Threats to Democracy?
August 31, 2022 | Sundance | 189 Comments
Republicans created the Patriot Act, the Dept of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The same agencies that Barack Obama later weaponized with the creation of the Dept of Justice National Security Division (DOJ-NSD).
The root issue around domestic surveillance and ultimately power & control, underlines Washington DC's united opposition to Donald Trump.
Barack Obama and Eric Holder did not create a weaponized DOJ and FBI; the institutions were already weaponized by the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act turned the surveillance radar from pointing outwardly, to pointing inwardly, monitoring activity inside our nation. We The People were now the threat being monitored.
What President Obama and AG Eric Holder did was take the preexisting system and retool it, so the weapons of government conducting surveillance only targeted one side of the political continuum. Domestic terrorists were now defined through the prism of political opposition.
Ultimately this retooled system surfaces in 2022 with the FBI saying domestic terror threats from right-wing extremists are the biggest national security threat. This is why the Biden administration says, without pause, that Trump voters are a “threat to democracy.” The origin of that surveillance inflection point explains where we are today.
In the era shortly after 9/11 the DC national security apparatus, instructed by Vice President Dick Cheney, was constructed to preserve continuity of government and simultaneously view all Americans as potential threats. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) were created specifically for this purpose......
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Or the kind of car Fred Flintstone had.
The gangs need replenishment.
Well....it *worked* until God (prayer) was taken out of our public schools, in the early 60s....
There’s an idea!
Well M Murray O’Hair is still occupying her special place in hell for that.
One hopes.
Thus endeth Pollyshy’s attempt to stretch the thread to 6000.
Is she saying it’s human cruelty to send migrants to Chicago?
Abbott is getting these Democrat mayors to show their true colors.
Exit has a lovely participation trophy, for all of us, I hear.
In a post-Trump era, the Republican Party is clearly not up to the challenge.
Generic Ballot shrunk ONLY because norms don't want to vote GOP anymore. DEMs are stagnant at 41%.
Honestly, @LeaderMcConnell and @GOPLeader. you two are the biggest losers ever.— Rich Baris "The People's Pundit" (@Peoples_Pundit) September 1, 2022
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What is the 15 President club? Were here when James Buchanan was President? (Dodging rotten tomatoes)
Watch Karl “MC” Rove hyperventilate because he thinks Trump is Busted. WRONG KARL! This Swamp TRAP won’t work. The Presidential Records Act ALLOWS POTUS to use “discretion” to say what is Presidential and what is a Personal record. He can KEEP personal!
pic.twitter.com/YivSZHwlWS— Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) September 1, 2022
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Me too! We’re just a couple of whippersnappers! Only I’m right on the cusp.
Reminds me of S&Ss We got Trump, now!!!! triggered meme 😂
Thanks for the info!
A diverse group!
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