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  • Fired State Dept bureaucrats reportedly using their regime change skills to sabotage Trump

    07/08/2025 7:51:22 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 19 replies
    Fox News ^ | Jul 8, 2025 | Alexander Hall
    Current and former USAID and State Department officials are using their expertise in undermining authoritarian regimes abroad against President Donald Trump and his agenda at home, according to a new report Monday. The Trump administration is still in the process of terminating thousands of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) workers by September as the agency restructures to fall in line with the president's "America First" policy. NOTUS reporter Jose Pagliery reported, however, that "Some of the democracy-building experts President Donald Trump fired this year from the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department are now reapplying...
  • Gabbard’s team has sought spy agency data to enforce Trump’s agenda

    07/08/2025 12:22:03 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 21 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | July 8, 2025 11:47 a.m. EDT | Ellen Nakashima , Warren P. Strobel and Aaron Schaffer
    The Director’s Initiative Group has expressed an interest in gaining access to emails and chat logs of the largest U.S. intelligence agencies to root out “weaponization,” according to multiple people familiar with the effort.A special team created by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has expressed a desire to gain access to emails and chat logs of the largest U.S. spy agencies with the aim of using AI tools to ferret out what the administration deems as efforts to undermine its agenda, according to several people familiar with the matter.The mission of the Director’s Initiative Group, or DIG, is to...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Brennan’s Fake Russia Collusion Assessment Even More Corrupt Than Current Report Shows

    07/07/2025 5:54:57 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 13 replies
    The Federalist ^ | July 07, 2025 | Margot Cleveland
    In a letter to President Trump last week, current HPSCI Chair Rick Crawford noted there was a strong public interest in the report being declassified.A still-classified staff report compiled by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) found the John Brennan-led 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment (“ICA”) on Russian Election Interference significantly worse and significantly more corrupt than conveyed in the memorandum released last week by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, according to sources familiar with the report. The HPSCI staff report also reveals more details of the corruption, the sources told The Federalist.Revelations that the ICA crafted by Brennan was...
  • Trump’s move against Iran may draw more criticism from MAGA’s anti-interventionists

    06/22/2025 12:06:36 PM PDT · by DoodleBob · 70 replies
    AP ^ | June 21, 2025 | Meg Kinnard
    President Donald Trump’s decision to strike three nuclear sites in Iran could deepen a divide among some of the Republican’s supporters, including high-profile backers who had said any such move would run counter to the anti-interventionism he promised to deliver. Notably though, immediately following Trump’s Saturday announcement of the strike, some of those who had publicly spoken out against U.S. involvement voiced their support. The lead-up to the move against Iranian nuclear sites had exposed fissures within Trump’s “Make American Great Again” base as some of that movement’s most vocal leaders, with large followings of their own, expressed deep concern...
  • CBS News hammered on social media for promoting ‘No Kings Day’ anti-Trump protest merchandise

    06/14/2025 7:32:52 PM PDT · by Libloather · 7 replies
    Fox News via NY Post ^ | 6/14/25 | Marc Tamasco
    CBS News is currently facing backlash on social media after they posted what appeared to be an advertisement for “No Kings Day” protest merchandise to X on Friday, with users slamming the outlet for pushing the anti-Trump goods on the eve of a large-scale political protest. Thousands of people are expected to rally in hundreds of cities across America on Saturday to protest the Trump administration and counter the president’s military parade in Washington, D.C. to mark the Army’s 250th birthday. Today is also Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the U.S. flag on June 14, 1777. The counter-protesters...
  • Trump can bar AP from some White House events for now, US appeals court says

    06/06/2025 2:32:15 PM PDT · by CFW · 13 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 6/6/25 | Jack Queen
    President Donald Trump is free to bar the Associated Press from some White House media events for now, after a U.S. appeals court on Friday paused a lower court ruling mandating that AP journalists be given access. The divided ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit temporarily blocks an order by U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, who ruled on April 8 that the Trump administration must allow AP journalists access to the Oval Office, Air Force One and White House events while the news agency's lawsuit moves forward.
  • Trump orders the government to stop enforcing rules he doesn’t like

    05/18/2025 5:02:54 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 49 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | May 18, 2025 6:00 AM EDT | Maxine Joselow, Hannah Natanson, Ian Duncan
    Critics say the administration is breaking the law and sidestepping the rulemaking process that presidents of both parties have routinely followed.At the Transportation Department, enforcement of pipeline safety rules has plunged to unprecedented lows since President Donald Trump’s inauguration.Trump recently ordered Energy Department staff to stop enforcing water conservation standards for showerheads and other household appliances. And at one Labor Department division, his appointees have instructed employees to halt most work related to antidiscrimination laws.Across the government, the Trump administration is trying a new tactic for gutting federal rules and policies that the president dislikes: simply stop enforcing them.“The conscious...
  • CNN’s Pérez: Biden’s Struggles in Hur Interview Could’ve Been Due to Fatigue, Not His Decline

    05/17/2025 6:35:36 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 49 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/17/2025 | Ian hatchett
    On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” CNN Senior Justice Correspondent Evan Pérez reacted to audio of then-President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur by saying that the interview took place right after the October 7 attack when Biden “had spent that entire time, obviously, on the phone and working long hours.” And so you could wonder if Biden’s struggles in the interview are “because of fatigue” or due to his decline. After agreeing with host Jake Tapper that Biden’s decline got particularly bad in 2023, Pérez stated, “They did not want this to come out before the...
  • ABC ‘News’ Mocks Trump’s Response to the Comey Threat

    05/16/2025 11:01:53 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 27 replies
    Independent Sentinel ^ | May 15, 2025 | Staff
    As we reported, Jim Comey posted a threatening message to President Trump that someone, probably him or his family, created with seashells in the sand. He said it was interesting, and he just happened upon it. Comey deleted after significant backlash, claiming he didn’t know what it meant. Comey, a former FBI director no less, didn’t take it down until Kash Patel, the new FBI director, said he was under investigation. President Donald Trump lashed out Friday against ex-FBI Director James Comey over the Instagram post. ABC fake news said “top Trump officials claimed was a threat.” Can you imagine...
  • An isolated John Fetterman clashes with colleagues and staff as he skips his Senate duties

    05/11/2025 8:37:20 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 47 replies
    NBC News ^ | May 9, 2025 | Allan Smith, Sahil Kapur, Scott Wong and Frank Thorp V
    In the run-up to the vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., knew her party had a problem — and its name was John Fetterman. Fetterman, the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania, was open to confirming President Donald Trump’s embattled pick, according to two people familiar with his thinking. Murray wanted to speak with her colleague one-on-one. So she reached out to set up a time. But Fetterman refused, as the two people familiar with the episode told NBC News. “He figured that she wanted to yell at him about it,” one person familiar with the...
  • DNI Tulsi Gabbard Discusses Ongoing Internal Investigations into Intel Community Leaks to Media Allies

    05/09/2025 2:30:56 PM PDT · by SoConPubbie · 3 replies
    The Last Refuge ^ | May 9, 2025 | Sundance
    One of the least understood dynamics about how the DC silos operate, pertains to review and investigative work done by government officials into government misconduct. In essence, special counsels, special investigators and appointed special prosecutors do not look at government activity if that activity can be framed as political. The silos protect themselves from external review.As a consequence, the only administrative review of government misconduct happens when the silos look internally at their own agency. In this short video below Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard outlines that 11 internal investigations are ongoing to target Intelligence Community officials, staff and...
  • CBS’s 60 Minutes Invites Russia Hoax Architect Marc Elias To Attack Trump

    05/05/2025 3:46:03 PM PDT · by bitt · 15 replies
    https://thefederalist.com ^ | May 05, 2025 | Beth Brelje
    Scott Pelley’s 60 Minutes segment on Sunday started with a disclaimer, as if he knew the segment critical of President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at curtailing frivolous political lawsuits was a more than a tad biased. “It was nearly impossible to get anyone on camera for this story, because of the fear now running through our system of justice,” Pelley explained. What he actually meant is likely that CBS leadership didn’t insist that he offer a balanced segment by finding credible sources on both sides of the topic. When Pelley introduced Democrat operative Marc Elias, the disclaimer made sense....
  • Trump upends DOJ's Civil Rights Division, sparking 'bloodbath' in senior ranks

    04/23/2025 4:47:21 PM PDT · by cgbg · 66 replies
    NBC News ^ | April 23, 2025 | Ken Dilanian
    More than a dozen senior lawyers — many with decades of experience working under presidents of both parties — have been reassigned, the current and former officials say. Some have resigned in frustration after they were moved to less desirable roles unrelated to their expertise, according to the sources. “It’s been a complete bloodbath,” said a senior Justice Department lawyer in the division who is not authorized to speak publicly... The managerial jobs vacated in recent weeks have not been filled, so the traditional work of the division has all but stopped.
  • NEW: Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin to Rehire Voice of America and Affiliated News Services Staff

    04/22/2025 4:32:24 PM PDT · by Beave Meister · 102 replies
    The Gateway Pundit.com ^ | 4/22/2025 | Cristina Laila
    A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump Administration to rehire Voice of America (VOA) and other affiliate news services staff. President Trump placed employees and contractors for government-funded Voice of America on leave last month. US District Judge Royce Lamberth, a Reagan appointee, said Voice of America is funded by Congress and Trump’s cuts to the agency are “a direct affront to the power of the legislative branch.”
  • EXC: A USAID-funded Harvard institute partnered with Democrat members of Congress to train far-left activists.

    04/01/2025 5:01:20 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 25 replies
    threadreaderapp.com ^ | April 01, 2025 | Natalie Winters
    These "Resistance Labs" researching the most effective tactics for full-blown “regime change." They’re analyzing whether terrorism or violence are useful tactics. ================================================================ https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1907035948371611648/pu/vid/avc1/480x270/6aMlSxjoLohnIxgZ.mp4?tag=12 Harvard’s Nonviolent Action Lab partnered with Rep. Jayapal on “Resistance Labs,” hosting virtual trainings for activists. She told reporters she wants protestors “strike ready,” suggesting violence is “coming.” Jayapal pledged she would share the trainings with colleagues. Erica Chenoweth, Nonviolent Action Lab leader, joined the training. The lab is part of Harvard’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance. Deleted webpages reveal USAID and the State Department among its top donors. Chenoweth uses “they/them” pronouns. Chenoweth’s personal resume show...
  • NEW! Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Firing Intel Agency Officials Who Worked on DEI Programs

    03/31/2025 5:34:40 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 31 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | March 31, 2025 | Cristina Laila
    A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump Administration from firing intel agency officials who worked on DEI programs. US District Judge Anthony Trenga, a George W. Bush appointee, said the fired officials are entitled to appeal the firings and seek reassignment for other jobs in the agency. Last month Judge Trenga rejected a bid to block the Trump Admin from firing the 19 intelligence officials. “In effect, they are at-will employees,” Judge Trenga said last month during a hearing, according to Politico. .... Snip.... Reuters reported: A U.S. judge on Monday blocked the firing of 19 intelligence officers who...
  • Trump roars down multiple paths of retribution as he vowed. Some targets yield while others fight

    03/30/2025 6:24:33 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 51 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | March 30, 2025 | BY ERIC TUCKER AND CALVIN WOODWARD
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The executive order directed at one of the country’s most prestigious law firms followed a well-worn playbook as President Donald Trump roared down the road to retribution. Reaching beyond government, Trump has set out to impose his will across a broad swath of American life, from individuals who have drawn his ire to institutions known for their own flexes of power and intimidation. Which is how the Paul Weiss, a storied New York law firm that since its 1875 birth has advanced the cause of civil rights, shepherded the legal affairs of corporate power brokers and grown...
  • Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal

    03/26/2025 10:41:18 AM PDT · by Yo-Yo · 93 replies
    The Atlantic ^ | March 26. 2025 | Jeffery Goldberg and Shane Harris
    So, about that Signal chat. On Monday, shortly after we published a story about a massive Trump-administration security breach, a reporter asked the secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, why he had shared plans about a forthcoming attack on Yemen on the Signal messaging app. He answered, “Nobody was texting war plans. And that’s all I have to say about that.” At a Senate hearing yesterday, the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Ratcliffe, were both asked about the Signal chat, to which Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic,...
  • A federal judge has just ruled against Kari Lake and the Trump admin, forcing them to continue funding radio stations in Europe.

    03/25/2025 1:04:36 PM PDT · by hardspunned · 83 replies
    X ^ | 3/25/25 | DOGE News
    III. CONCLUSION Congress has found that "it is the policy of the United States to promote the right of freedom of opinion and expression" and that "open communication of information and ideas among the peoples of the world contributes to international peace and stability." International Broadcasting Act of 1973, 87 Stat. at 457. RFE/RL has, for decades, operated as one of the organizations that Congress has statutorily designated to carry out this policy. The leadership of USAGM cannot, with one sentence of reasoning offering virtually no explanation, force RFE/RL to shut down even if the President has told them to...
  • How an Autopen Conspiracy Theory About Biden Went Viral

    03/22/2025 10:48:48 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 59 replies
    The New York Times ^ | March 22, 2025, 5:02 a.m. ET | Ken Bensinger and Steven Lee Myers
    Mike Howell was looking at his phone in an airport lounge this month when he saw a letter from the attorney general of Missouri questioning whether President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had the “mental capacity” to sign the pardons and executive orders he issued during his final months in office. Mr. Howell, executive director of the Oversight Project, a branch of the conservative Heritage Foundation, sensed an opportunity, he said in an interview. For months, he had been comparing Mr. Biden’s signature on dozens of official documents and noting that many of them appeared identical. Before boarding his flight, Mr....