Miranda Devine: Kash Patel's FBI Is Promoting and Rewarding a Villain Who Pursued J6ers and School Board "Terrorists"

The promotion of Steven Jensen, the architect of the FBI's overzealous January 6 investigation, to head the Washington Field Office has confounded Donald Trump supporters and crushed their hopes that new FBI Director Kash Patel would reform the bureau and root out those who targeted the president and his backers.

The Washington Field Office is incredibly important. It cannot be given over to a leftwing Deep State zealot.

As the chief of the Domestic Terrorism Operations Section at FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC, from 2020 until October 2021, Jensen also oversaw the bureau's controversial operations targeting parents at school board meetings and Catholics going to traditional Latin Mass.
Plucking him from relative obscurity in South Carolina to head the FBI's most powerful field office sends exactly the wrong message.
It has caused consternation across the spectrum, from Judicial Watch and the Heritage Foundation to FBI whistleblowers and J6'ers guilty of misdemeanor trespass because they walked through an open door.
While a source close to Patel swears that the director has a good reason to elevate Jensen that will be clear "this week or within a month," neither he nor his deputy Dan Bongino agreed to an interview, and the FBI has refused to comment on the issue.
They hope the furor will blow over.
But FBI whistleblowers who put their careers on the line to expose the weaponization of the bureau feel betrayed.
"Steven Jensen weaponized the FBI to persecute Americans over January 6th," says Steve Friend, who blew the whistle to Congress about dangerous and unnecessary SWAT raids on cooperative misdemeanor suspects and the manipulation of statistics to make the so-called "domestic terrorism" threat from that day look more widespread than it really was.

Trump supporters like Julie Kelly and Charlie Kirk -- and Don Trump, Jr. -- seem skeptical of this story, and point readers to this article by John Nantz. Nantz says the only evidence for the claim that Jensen yelled at agents to be more aggressive hunting down J6ers is a single man's testimony, talking about what he remembered of a phone call made two years before his testimony. I guess Nantz is suggesting he may be misremembering who said what.

[The single witness George] Hill pointed to bias when categorizing cases as Domestic Violent Extremism (DVE), which represented a shift toward narrative led investigations, and away from fact-based tagging and prioritization of investigative resources. Hill was prompted to cite an example of this bias and referenced a "conference call with literally thousands of people listening." He admitted the alleged call took place almost two years prior to his testimony, then alleged that Steve Jensen lashed out about FBI Philadelphia's lack of aggressiveness with regard to J6 cases. Hill testified, "Steve Jensen said, 'You know, I don't give a blank. They're g*****n terrorists and we're gonna round them all up."
However, during questioning specific to Hill's allegation, Jensen was asked, "Mr. Jensen, do you recall ever saying anything along the lines of, you know, 'I don't give a blank, these people are g*****n terrorists, we're going to round them up?'" Jensen responded, "No." He was then asked, "Is that something you ever would have said?" Jensen responded, "No." He was asked, "Do you swear?" Jensen responded, "I don't."

That last answer is ambiguous on paper but apparently he was being asked "do you swear" as in "do you use profanity like g******n," not "do you swear you're telling the truth."

The other claim is about Jensen creating a "tag" used to categorize the allegations of terrorism at the school board meetings. This seems admitted, but Nance says this is a trivial clerical action. He just created a tag to file these claims under, as a blogger would create a tag to file stories about Obama under.

As to Jensen's diabolical plot to clap soccer moms in handcuffs and drag them by the hair into the labyrinth of the federal prison system, his testimony is dispositive. During the same congressional questioning, Jensen made it clear that his only involvement in Garland's infamous school board task force was the creation of the EDUOFFICIALS threat tag. As Jensen explains, "that tag was created to attach to any complaints that came in, SPECIFIC THREATS (emphasis mine) against school board officials, school officials or anybody else that would have participated in the school board meetings." After the creation of the threat tag, Jensen was transferred to the Training Division.
In point of fact, Jensen's testimony reveals a career FBI Agent who is extremely compunctious about proper predication, the preservation of First Amendment activity, focus on individual criminal activity (as opposed to group association), and close liaison with local and state law enforcement on matters unrelated to federal jurisdiction. He even defended the presence of Proud Boys at a school board meeting. Don't take my word for it. Read it yourself. Download the PDF and search the keywords, "Proud Boys."
In a slap-dash Blaze piece Tom Fitton had this to say, "For all I know, he's a good guy and we're all misinterpreting it." Ya think?

I don't know. It does seem to be pretty thin evidence and it seems unlikely that Kash Patel and Dan Bongino have suddenly called up David French's bull to take care of their wives.

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Posted by: RUReadingthis at April 11, 2025 02:10 PM (aQ25I)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 02:11 PM (Zz0t1)

3 Have we been had?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 02:12 PM (Zz0t1)

4 Not to be mean, but I think Patel is in over his head.
I believe he means well but I suspect he's swamped.
Pun half intended

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 11, 2025 02:12 PM (xcxpd)

5 I'm confused.

Posted by: Ciampino - too busy living I was .. at April 11, 2025 02:13 PM (sPQoU)

6 I don't know. It does seem to be pretty thin evidence and it seems unlikely that Kash Patel and Dan Bongino have suddenly called up David French's bull to take care of their wives.

Posted by: Ace

Yes. 72-Hour Rule applies, before I tear (what's left of) my hair out over this. I don't see Patel and Bongino torching their public personas so frivolously, and so soon.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 11, 2025 02:13 PM (p0FeM)

7 I don't know. It does seem to be pretty thin evidence and it seems unlikely that Kash Patel and Dan Bongino have suddenly called up David French's bull to take care of their wives.

Posted by: Ace

So, you're saying they're not sucking each other's dick just yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 02:14 PM (Zz0t1)

8 The medias been running with the story that Patel was "fired" from the ATF.. Not sure about that but it's out there

Posted by: It's me donna at April 11, 2025 02:14 PM (VE6XX)

9 *takes deep, cleansing breath*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2025 02:15 PM (RIvkX)

10 Lack of candor is an FBI agent’s kryptonite. Lying about any matter is the death knell of an agent’s career, and excludes an agent from ever testifying in court thereafter. It’s widely understood among the agent population that it is far better to confess to a misdeed rather than tell a lie. As is true generally, the cover-up is orders of magnitude worse than the initial infraction.

Given this thorough enculturation and dire consequence, why would Jensen lie about something so easily provable?

***

Ham and eggers. Lol.

If this guy had any role whatsoever in prosecuting J6’ers he should’ve been fired in Jan 21st and should be under investigation now.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 11, 2025 02:16 PM (l3YAf)

11 The other claim is about Jensen creating a "tag" used to categorize the allegations of terrorism at the school board meetings. This seems admitted, but Nance says this is a trivial clerical action. He just created a tag to file these claims under, as a blogger would create a tag to file stories about Obama under.
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I'm not sure Nance is correct here, in that "creating a tag" is an official action designed to both characterize crimes and make them traceable in the database, for both reporting and (I would assume) further investigation. In other words, people who spoke out were being tracked by the FBI for doing so and being investigated.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 11, 2025 02:16 PM (nGWU8)

12 medias been running with the story that Patel was "fired" from the ATF.. Not sure about that but it's out there
Posted by: It's me donna
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So he had an interim posting . It is common early on for people to fill double posts until govt able to fill. He was fbi and atf. Was always doing to drop atf when new guy selected.

Posted by: Connamara at April 11, 2025 02:17 PM (2qXmI)

13 Jensen if we are to believe his supporters seems to be a victim of guilt by association. It's going to be tricky cleaning out that den of scum and villainy so I'm not lighting my hair on fire just yet .

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 11, 2025 02:18 PM (6TePA)

14 It seems that the urge to micromanage is strong with some of the "Reformers".

Sometimes you just need to shut up and let people do their jobs.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at April 11, 2025 02:18 PM (QB+5g)

15 Maybe this Steven Jensen has information that could lead to Hilary Clinton's indictment?

Or more likely, has info on some of the other bad actors involved in J6. And is talking.

If not... then we have a potential problem with Trump's DoJ picks. Key on "potential." I figure this will be a very slow-rolled story, if there is one.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 11, 2025 02:19 PM (Q4IgG)

16 My best spin on this is that Jensen is a zealot for carrying out the policy demands of his superiors, and perhaps he convinced Kash he was just following orders. I find this hard to believe.

Or perhaps Jensen knows where all the bodies are buried and Kash/Bongino need someone with that knowledge to help clean house. But even if that were true, why would Jensen need to be promoted?

The darker explanation is Jensen has kompromat on his superiors.

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at April 11, 2025 02:19 PM (V6W16)

17 Three comments:

1. I find it highly unlikely -- if not supernaturally unlikely -- that Kash and Dan would suddenly drop their pants for some leftwing hack who hunted J6ers.

2. That being said, everyone has to be watched like a hawk. We've been betrayed, stabbed in the back, and fucked in the pooper by people we thought were friend and allies. So if Jensen is really a leftwing plant, then we should be ready to fire up the woodchipper.

3. I suspect this story is really an op planted by someone who doesn't want Jensen to get the job. Whether that's because they themselves want the job, or because they think Jensen might be too conservative, or for some other reason -- that I don't know. But this smells op-y.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 02:19 PM (iFTx/)

18 The other claim is about Jensen creating a "tag" used to categorize the allegations of terrorism at the school board meetings. This seems admitted, but Nance says this is a trivial clerical action. He just created a tag to file these claims under, as a blogger would create a tag to file stories about Obama under.
=== They will probably test him like they did with justice dept lawyers by making them enforce immigration law. He either proves he's on the team, quits or gets fired for insubordination. It's more satisfying and cheaper than transferring him to Oklahoma.

Posted by: Connamara at April 11, 2025 02:19 PM (2qXmI)

19 As to Jensen's diabolical plot to clap soccer moms in handcuffs and drag them by the hair into the labyrinth of the federal prison system
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I may have this 100% wrong but it sounds like in his zeal to defend Jensen he is making light of actual serious fucking bullshit that has been levied against Americans.

I will laugh at literally *anything*, but I don't see what's so fucking funny.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 02:20 PM (lTWm8)

20 14 It seems that the urge to micromanage is strong with some of the "Reformers".

Sometimes you just need to shut up and let people do their jobs.
Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at April 11, 2025 02:18 PM (QB+5g)

That's why i'm not really a Reformer. I'm a "shutter the whole damned thing and lock them all out before they can shred anything"....-er.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2025 02:20 PM (VoAdT)

21 If this guy had any role whatsoever
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 11, 2025 02:16 PM (l3YAf)

Yep

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 02:21 PM (lTWm8)

22 ATF are all legal.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 11, 2025 02:21 PM (IBKq8)

23 All FBI under Biden are suspect. Why take a chance?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 11, 2025 02:22 PM (jc0TO)

24 While a source close to Patel swears that the director has a good reason to elevate Jensen that will be clear "this week or within a month," neither he nor his deputy Dan Bongino agreed to an interview, and the FBI has refused to comment on the issue.

Sorry. There's a time & place to play 11 D chess, but this isn't it.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 02:22 PM (8JE3Q)

25 Did we cover Pam Bondi personally taking down the Biden, Kamala and Garland photos?
Then firing the guy who left them up?

That's hilarious.

I'm also laughing at the story how near half of the totally not partisan Solicitor General's office have quit/quitting/been fired.
Like 6 of the 12.
Oh no!
Anyway.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 11, 2025 02:22 PM (JpbSW)

26
I like the MAGA movement. But I don't want to see it wade into purity test territory.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 11, 2025 02:23 PM (IifOV)

27 Oh god, the laser pointer dude is back.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at April 11, 2025 02:23 PM (QB+5g)

28 While a source close to Patel swears that the director has a good reason to elevate Jensen that will be clear "this week or within a month,"
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Translation: At exactly the moment people forget this story and move on

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 02:23 PM (lTWm8)

29 plot to clap soccer moms in handcuffs
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You said clap, soccer moms and handcuffs in the same sentence and nobody noticed...

Posted by: Wake up people it's friday at April 11, 2025 02:23 PM (2qXmI)

30 >>While a source close to Patel swears that the director has a good reason to elevate Jensen that will be clear "this week or within a month," neither he nor his deputy Dan Bongino agreed to an interview, and the FBI has refused to comment on the issue.

If he's gone State's Witness in a case against Superiors, his employment might have been part of the deal he cut?

This could justify keeping him employed on a few levels.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2025 02:24 PM (F30Ty)

31 If it's true, and he's a swamper (not a good kind like they got down in Muscle Shoals), then he'll be found out soon enough and shitcanned.

Or---OR---they know exactly what they are doing, he's guilty as charged, and they're about to close the Washington field office and send all of the agents to flyover country and he'll be left there to rule over a skeleton crew of housekeepers and temps, tasked with running down all the fake SSNs for the DOGE boys.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at April 11, 2025 02:24 PM (4pM1P)

32 20
That's why i'm not really a Reformer. I'm a "shutter the whole damned thing and lock them all out before they can shred anything"....-er.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2025 02:20 PM (VoAdT)
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My plan exactly.

Posted by: Ciampino - too distracted? at April 11, 2025 02:24 PM (sPQoU)

33 You said clap, soccer moms and handcuffs in the same sentence and nobody noticed...
Posted by: Wake up people it's friday at April 11, 2025 02:23 PM

Kinky.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 11, 2025 02:24 PM (jc0TO)

34 I suspect this guy had a non-trivial role in targeting J6’ers and “domestic extremists”, given that his defenders aren’t arguing he had nothing to do with it, but rather that he didn’t say “g*ddamn”.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 11, 2025 02:25 PM (l3YAf)

35 "diabolical plot to clap soccer moms in handcuffs"

I dunno, I've met quite a few soccer moms. Some are insane raving lunatics and should be in handcuffs.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 02:25 PM (iFTx/)

36 3. I suspect this story is really an op planted by someone who doesn't want Jensen to get the job. Whether that's because they themselves want the job, or because they think Jensen might be too conservative, or for some other reason -- that I don't know. But this smells op-y.
Posted by: Elric Blade

The promotion of Steven Jensen, the architect of the FBI's overzealous January 6 investigation,

That's not op you are smelling...

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 02:25 PM (8JE3Q)

37 >>You said clap, soccer moms and handcuffs in the same sentence and nobody noticed...

We were trying to be polite and not mention the Drip.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2025 02:25 PM (F30Ty)

38 60 days and Patel has yet to totally remodel the FBI? Ham n eggers!

Posted by: 13times at April 11, 2025 02:26 PM (FvTbT)

39 Maybe he's just really good at following orders, and now they want him to follow their orders.

If this guy starts arresting crooks in suits in D.C. by the vanful next month, we'll say... "Oh. That's why they promoted him."

I'm in a silver lining, wishful thinking, kind of mood today.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 11, 2025 02:26 PM (6ydKt)

40
Not to be mean, but I think Patel is in over his head.
I believe he means well but I suspect he's swamped.
Pun half intended
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

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It could be that the FBI is so enswamped that it's over anyone's head and we can only get so much done at a time.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2025 02:26 PM (+KY4Y)

41
I dunno, I've met quite a few soccer moms. Some are insane raving lunatics and should be in handcuffs.
===
Untreated veneral disease can cause mental problems...

Posted by: Bill clinton at April 11, 2025 02:26 PM (2qXmI)

42 If only some of those J6 prisoners were foreign MS13 gang members, THEN they could've gotten some rights and dignity and attention from the courts.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Men's resources matters to women, women's weight matters to men at April 11, 2025 02:26 PM (ldflT)

43 too many esses

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Men's resources matter to women, women's weight matters to men at April 11, 2025 02:27 PM (ldflT)

44 So, we're liking Bondi over Patel now...well, it only took a week.

For the record, I'm gonna give them a few months...the deep staters are deep (see Bondi's having to suspend the idiot who caused the El Salvador issue in the 1st place b/c he didn't bother defending the gov position at the initial hearing)...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 11, 2025 02:27 PM (tOcjL)

45
It could be like at my last company.

"Congratulations, Cur. We're promoting you to Director of Operations, along with a raise of about 40%".

(Ren and Stimpy Voice)
3 weeks later...

"Sorry, Cur. We've decided to eliminate the Director position entirely, before your increased unemployment insurance amount kicks in."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 11, 2025 02:28 PM (y9nCu)

46 Why can't we ever get stories like, "Jensen, long admired in conservative circles for directly confronting FBI leaders attacking parents as terrorists, was promoted today..."

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 11, 2025 02:28 PM (KbCG3)

47 So, you're saying they're not sucking each other's dick just yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 02:14 PM (Zz0t1)

---

Thank God I'm not too late!

Posted by: Barack Obama at April 11, 2025 02:28 PM (f4jia)

48 The promotion of Steven Jensen, the architect of the FBI's overzealous January 6 investigation,
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That's not op you are smelling...
Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 02:25 PM (8JE3Q)

And wait a second. "Overzealous"??? Over motherfucking zealous????

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 02:29 PM (lTWm8)

49 I suspect this story is really an op planted by someone who doesn't want Jensen to get the job. Whether that's because they themselves want the job, or because they think Jensen might be too conservative, or for some other reason -- that I don't know. But this smells op-y.
Posted by: Elric Blade

The promotion of Steven Jensen, the architect of the FBI's overzealous January 6 investigation,

That's not op you are smelling...
Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2025 02:25 PM (8JE3Q)
________

The "architect" thing is based on the uncorroborated testimony of one guy. It seems very odd to me that Jensen could be the architect of a major event that lasted years, and there not be more proof of that than one guy's word.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 02:29 PM (iFTx/)

50 **** **

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2025 02:30 PM (63Dwl)

51 Granted that Neither Patel or Bongino are cucks. But their actions in their official capacities -- or lack thereof-- will determine if they are pretenders or contenders.
FTR Bondi is a pretender unless Patel et al can persuade her to share her Faux News gig with the prosecuting thingy for which she is allegedly responsible.
Trump has said one thing more consistently than any other thing : the 2020 election was stolen. There's more than a little reason to believe that four of the Senate and over a dozen House races in the 2024 were less than fair.
Where are the investigations and grand juries pursuing the one overarching theme Trump states emphatically: 2020 election was stolen from him! ?

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at April 11, 2025 02:30 PM (XaPb8)

52 If only some of those J6 prisoners were foreign MS13 gang members, THEN they could've gotten some rights and dignity and attention from the courts.
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The same people horrified at sending gang members to "foreign torture prisons" ...
Are the same people that were cheering sending Americans to domestic torture prisons.

Known gang member = good saint who must be protected at all costs
Grandma walking unescorted through the Capital = evil bitch deserves death

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 11, 2025 02:31 PM (JpbSW)

53 46 Why can't we ever get stories like, "Jensen, long admired in conservative circles for directly confronting FBI leaders attacking parents as terrorists, was promoted today..."
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

I wonder how many of those survived and weren’t fired or quit in disgust.

Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2025 02:31 PM (p4NUW)

54 It does seem to be pretty thin evidence and it seems unlikely that Kash Patel and Dan Bongino have suddenly called up David French's bull to take care of their wives.

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It seems Jensen is a high ranking FBI agent and it seems unlikely a scumbag like that changed in the last six months.

None of these people should still have a job.

It's why I haven't commented much about Bondi or Patel. Of course they aren't going to reform the most corrupt organ of our extremely corrupt government.

It can't be fixed without locking the place and lighting a match - preferably with everyone still inside, banging on the doors and begging for mercy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2025 02:31 PM (BI5O2)

55 Perhaps it's a trap.

Posted by: Ackbar the Admiral at April 11, 2025 02:31 PM (dg+HA)

56 The promotion of Steven Jensen, the architect of the FBI's overzealous January 6 investigation,
==
They will test him. Give him a job a liberal wouldn't do, like investigate planned parenthood, or minor trans surgery doctors...

Posted by: Let's watch! at April 11, 2025 02:31 PM (2qXmI)

57
I get the skepticism about ham 'n' eggers, but there are a few cases out there where they've come through. The Minnesota Feeding Our Future scandal, f'rinstance. I'm also a bit of a junkie for fraud documentaries on Netflix, and some of those criminals have been taken down by conscientious federal agents.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2025 02:32 PM (+KY4Y)

58 The promotion of Steven Jensen, the architect of the FBI's overzealous January 6 investigation,
==
They will test him. Give him a job a liberal wouldn't do, like investigate planned parenthood, or minor trans surgery doctors...
Posted by: Let's watch! at April 11, 2025 02:31 PM (2qXmI)

Investigate Hillary Clinton...

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2025 02:32 PM (VNX3d)

59 corrupt organ
===
Wait did somebody declare this general disease Friday and not tell me??? I've got pictures i can share!!!!

Posted by: Bill Clinton at April 11, 2025 02:33 PM (2qXmI)

60 So, we're liking Bondi over Patel now...well, it only took a week.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 11, 2025 02:27 PM (tOcjL)
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Why are you saying this? The DOJ/FBI cabal under the Junta was a serious threat to our country, not the least of which threat was to the President whose election they conspired to overturn, prosecute, and then to jail him. These institutions well deserve constant, careful scrutiny. And aggressive reform would be welcome too, maybe involving bulldozers and salt the earth. Skepticism is warranted.

“There have been some bad weeks for bonds here and there over the careers of most anyone who’s alive to read these words, but unless your career began before 1981, you just lived through the worst week you’ve ever seen in terms of the jump in 10-year yields,” said Matthew Graham, chief operating officer at Mortgage News Daily.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 11, 2025 02:34 PM (OxSSV)

61 Investigate Hillary Clinton...
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2025 02:32 PM (VNX3d)

Liberals investigated Hillary Clinton and said no prosecutor would go after her..

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 11, 2025 02:34 PM (l3YAf)

62 I saw Corrupt Organ open for Butthole Surfers at Lulu's Bait Shack in '96.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 02:34 PM (Zz0t1)

63 If he's really that good, send him to Cleveland. I hear they could some straightening out over there.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2025 02:34 PM (/y8xj)

64 Wait did somebody declare this venereal disease Friday and not tell me??? I've got pictures i can share!!!!

Posted by: Bill Clinton at April 11, 2025 02:34 PM (2qXmI)

65 @60

Oops, sorry to have clipped on the bit about bonds. Unrelated.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 11, 2025 02:35 PM (OxSSV)

66 >>>I hope that Patel will stop this.

If only Comrade Stalin knew what was going on in these gulags, he'd fix this and save us all!

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 02:35 PM (uCjyK)

67 It does seem to be pretty thin evidence and it seems unlikely that Kash Patel and Dan Bongino have suddenly called up David French's bull to take care of their wives.

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It seems Jensen is a high ranking FBI agent and it seems unlikely a scumbag like that changed in the last six months.

None of these people should still have a job.

It's why I haven't commented much about Bondi or Patel. Of course they aren't going to reform the most corrupt organ of our extremely corrupt government.

It can't be fixed without locking the place and lighting a match - preferably with everyone still inside, banging on the doors and begging for mercy.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2025 02:31 PM (BI5O2)
____________

"Asta am spus!"

-- Vlad the Impaler

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

68 It can't be fixed without locking the place and lighting a match - preferably with everyone still inside, banging on the doors and begging for mercy.

Burn the church!

-- Colonel Tavington, probably

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at April 11, 2025 02:36 PM (4pM1P)

69
corrupt organ
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Wait did somebody declare this general disease Friday and not tell me??? I've got pictures i can share!!!!
Posted by: Bill Clinton

Get bent!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2025 02:37 PM (63Dwl)

70
I am outraged at the thing! Unless it's not true, in which case I'm cool with whatever it is.

Posted by: Don Black at April 11, 2025 02:37 PM (AOsQT)

71 Knickers status, not in a twist. Taking all news with a 24 hour rule and a grain of salt.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2025 02:37 PM (yp8Vj)

72 >>Get bent!

Done and done.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at April 11, 2025 02:37 PM (F30Ty)

73 When I saw "g*******n" all i could think of was goatfuckin, but it's not the right number of letters.

Posted by: Wally at April 11, 2025 02:38 PM (NXYp1)

74 Perfection is the enemy of progress.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 11, 2025 02:39 PM (QAkQ3)

75 What, is everybody at happy hour aleady?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 02:40 PM (Zz0t1)

76 It's why I haven't commented much about Bondi or Patel. Of course they aren't going to reform the most corrupt organ of our extremely corrupt government.

It can't be fixed without locking the place and lighting a match - preferably with everyone still inside, banging on the doors and begging for mercy.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2025 02:31 PM (BI5O2)

I don't know much about Bondi or Patel, but I have never had high hopes for either.

And, not for nothing, I know my instinct is to distrust Patel as just another high-caste Indian who hates Americans, like Vivek, but that hardly seems fair since I don't know anything about him.

So I've kept quiet.

But ... not surprised at all if he turns out to not be the knight in shining armor we were promised, and is yet another pawn of the Deep State.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 02:40 PM (uCjyK)

77 *already

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 02:40 PM (Zz0t1)

78 Horde status:

Hair:
[ ] not on fire
[ ] on fire

Tits:
[ ] calm
[ ] hysterical

Jets:
[ ] cooled
[ ] blazing with RAGE!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 11, 2025 02:40 PM (6K6Eu)

79 Why not pick someone who is 100% known to be good vs someone who is 50/50 to be a deep state cuck?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 02:41 PM (xHYkz)

80 Do you guys realize how breath-takingly difficult it would be to actually reform the FBI?

We're talking about the same FBI that was J Edgar Hoover's personal fiefdom for almost 40 years, that has been up its eyeballs in corruption and bullshit since the beginning.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 02:41 PM (uCjyK)

81 When I saw "g*******n" all i could think of was goatfuckin, but it's not the right number of letters.
Posted by: Wally at April 11, 2025 02:38 PM (NXY
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"Goshdarn."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 11, 2025 02:42 PM (6K6Eu)

82 I suspect that this guy isn't ideal simply because getting ahead in the FBI the past, oh 25 years or more was about how dedicated you are to The Cause than anything else but I also think that people are way too hard on Patel and Bondi right now.

Their jobs are not the kind that show big results in little time

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2025 02:42 PM (MxTM3)

83 I’m still shocked Patel was sitting next to The Great One (Wayne Gretzky) when Ovi broke the goals record. It’s so random.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 02:42 PM (xHYkz)

84 I'm more partial to "dagnabbit!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 02:42 PM (Zz0t1)

85 The Dems would have kittens if Trump closed the FBI.
He'd have to expand and retask the U.S. Marshals Service first or create a new Fed law enforcement agency altogether.

I guess DHS could take over some of their duties too.

Trump could say it's a cost-cutting measure, and besides Hoover was a cross-dressing homo.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 11, 2025 02:42 PM (6ydKt)

86 My hairs not on fire yet, I simply cannot see a scenario where both Kash and Bongino pull a Jeff Sessions.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 11, 2025 02:43 PM (XV/Pl)

87 Perfection is the enemy of progress.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 11, 2025 02:39 PM (QAkQ3)

Leftards and their handmaidens are the enemy of the free world.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 02:43 PM (lTWm8)

88 Perfection is the enemy of progress.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 11, 2025 02:39 PM (QAkQ3)

Leftards and their handmaidens are the enemy of the free world.
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 02:43 PM

These are the times that try men's souls.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 11, 2025 02:44 PM (jc0TO)

89 My hairs not on fire yet, I simply cannot see a scenario where both Kash and Bongino pull a Jeff Sessions.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 11, 2025 02:43 PM (XV/Pl)

Don't know much about Kash, but Bongino has a brand he's developed. He shits on that brand, he goes bankrupt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 02:44 PM (Zz0t1)

90 Why can't we ever get stories like, "Jensen, long admired in conservative circles for directly confronting FBI leaders attacking parents as terrorists, was promoted today..."

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

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Have Patel or Bongino offered to hire back the FBI whistleblowers -- maybe to lead some FAFO " payback" units?

Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 11, 2025 02:44 PM (/Ahyr)

91 Assumeing this guy is corrupt is better than 50/50. He never complained about school meetings or Jan 6 did he?

Posted by: Francis at April 11, 2025 02:44 PM (bbuBP)

92 Horde status:

Hair:
[ ] not on fire
[ ] on fire

Tits:
[ ] calm
[ ] hysterical

Jets:
[ ] cooled
[ ] blazing with RAGE!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 11, 2025 02:40 PM (6K6Eu)

Hair - cut off for wigs for TiFW
Boobs - seeking perky ones
Jets - dangerous nowadays. Choppers, too.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2025 02:44 PM (VNX3d)

93 If he's really that good, send him to Cleveland. I hear they could some straightening out over there.

Posted by: Oddbob

Someone needs to look into the AK petroleum subsidies. From Atu. This MF that Bongino and Patel are overlooking seems like a good candidate.

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 11, 2025 02:44 PM (MsrgL)

94 I dunno. Are we at the point where people trust a reporter above someone like Kash Patel? Not me. Same for that Laura Loomer crank.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2025 02:45 PM (DQHn2)

95 Perfection is the enemy of progress.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 11, 2025 02:39 PM (QAkQ3)

Leftards and their handmaidens are the enemy of the free world.
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 02:43 PM

These are the times that try men's souls.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 11, 2025 02:44 PM (jc0TO
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The boy stood on the burning deck.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 11, 2025 02:45 PM (6K6Eu)

96 The weekend is here

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2025 02:45 PM (ypFCm)

97 Why not pick someone who is 100% known to be good vs someone who is 50/50 to be a deep state cuck?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 11, 2025 02:41 PM (xHYkz)

No one is 100 but it's a fair question.

Also this wouldn't even be 50/50. With these "issues" surrounding him and nothing but "sources" to back him up, I put this one at roughly 10/90. But it's Friday and I'm feeling charitable. Shit, Bondi isnt even 50/50 at this point.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 02:45 PM (lTWm8)

98 I am kind of reminded of anti abortion abolitionists, for whom any law that does not utterly obliterate abortion must be opposed because it doesn't go far enough.

I hate helpless innocent babies being killed too, but I am for any measure that saves any of them, even if is not complete

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2025 02:45 PM (MxTM3)

99 Oh, Yu Li, have you lost anothah submarine?

@GordianKnotRay 15h
🤔Whatever's going on 280nm southeast of 🇦🇺Christmas Island (or 375nm south of 🇮🇩Java) has attracted two of 🇨🇳#China's research vessels and a satellite support ship.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 11, 2025 02:46 PM (mlg/3)

100 99 Oh, Yu Li, have you lost anothah submarine?

@GordianKnotRay 15h
🤔Whatever's going on 280nm southeast of 🇦🇺Christmas Island (or 375nm south of 🇮🇩Java) has attracted two of 🇨🇳#China's research vessels and a satellite support ship.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 11, 2025 02:46 PM (mlg/3)

======

*Godzilla noises*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 02:46 PM (GBKbO)

101 These are the times that try men's souls.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 11, 2025 02:44 PM (jc0TO

These are the times that put a wig on men and sneak them into your little girl's private areas.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 02:46 PM (lTWm8)

102 @GordianKnotRay 15h
🤔Whatever's going on 280nm southeast of 🇦🇺Christmas Island (or 375nm south of 🇮🇩Java) has attracted two of 🇨🇳#China's research vessels and a satellite support ship.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 11, 2025 02:46 PM (mlg/3)

Their subs made by OceansGate?

Or whatever that shit sub that killed those people was?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)

103 It's kind of like when Kennedy hired McCone to replace Dulles at the massively corrupt CIA.

... everything just continued to march on as Dulles and his people wanted it to, McCone had no real power. Everyone just ignored him anyways.

Unless you're going to clean house completely, I don't see how you "reform" a broken institution with a massively corrupted culture.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 02:47 PM (uCjyK)

104 "what in tarnation?" is awfully fun.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 11, 2025 02:47 PM (mlg/3)

105 Bondi should drop any pending cases from the FBI and refuse to accept any of its future referrals for prosecution, and Patel should shrug it off. "No reasonable prosecutor would prosecute a case investigated by a known criminal organization like the FBI."

if you're not neutering this agency, you're not serious about fixing it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2025 02:48 PM (BI5O2)

106 Everyone send dic pics to kash and dan.

Posted by: Called them a fag at April 11, 2025 02:48 PM (SBQD7)

107 @102 maybe they found the missing jet that flew into Don Lemon's black hole

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 11, 2025 02:49 PM (6TePA)

108 we were told the same "trust us, they are working behind the scenes" line about Bill Barr, John Durham, John Huber...

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at April 11, 2025 02:49 PM (V6W16)

109 I like consarn, not used enough these days. Consarn it all!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2025 02:49 PM (MxTM3)

110 100 99 Oh, Yu Li, have you lost anothah submarine?

@GordianKnotRay 15h
🤔Whatever's going on 280nm southeast of 🇦🇺Christmas Island (or 375nm south of 🇮🇩Java) has attracted two of 🇨🇳#China's research vessels and a satellite support ship.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 11, 2025 02:46 PM (mlg/3)

======

*Godzilla noises*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 02:46 PM (GBKbO)

Time to send the Glomar Explorer to "help"?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2025 02:49 PM (VNX3d)

111 we were told the same "trust us, they are working behind the scenes" line about Bill Barr, John Durham, John Huber...
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at April 11, 2025 02:49 PM (V6W16)

Kevin Clinesmith was the key.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 02:49 PM (lTWm8)

112 The boy stood on the burning deck.

It's fleece was white as snow.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 11, 2025 02:50 PM (HM8cG)

113 Or perhaps Jensen knows where all the bodies are buried and Kash/Bongino need someone with that knowledge to help clean house. But even if that were true, why would Jensen need to be promoted?

The darker explanation is Jensen has kompromat on his superiors.
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at April 11, 2025 02:19 PM (V6W16)

There is such a thing as promoting a person beyond their level of competence so they will fuck up and can be fired for cause.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2025 02:50 PM (8zz6B)

114 The FBI really started going downhill when that one agent had Keri Russell the Russian spy living across the street from him back in the 80s and he had no idea...

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at April 11, 2025 02:50 PM (4pM1P)

115 I like consarn, not used enough these days. Consarn it all!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2025 02:49 PM (MxTM3)

There's also daggum and sumbitch.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2025 02:51 PM (VNX3d)

116 > I like consarn, not used enough these days. Consarn it all!

Go even older and break out, "confound it!"

Posted by: bonhomme at April 11, 2025 02:51 PM (lIio7)

117 Bongino doesn't surprise me. You know who you DON'T send to dismantle the Federal Police ? A career cop.

Posted by: Talking Points at April 11, 2025 02:52 PM (Kxb1A)

118 It's cattywampus.

Posted by: My Uncle Clem at April 11, 2025 02:52 PM (dg+HA)

119 GREAT HORNYTOADS!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 11, 2025 02:53 PM (Zz0t1)

120 There's also daggum and sumbitch.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2025 02:51 PM (VNX3d)
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Shiny!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 11, 2025 02:53 PM (6K6Eu)

121 Perfection is the enemy of progress.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 11, 2025 02:39 PM (QAkQ3)

Leftards and their handmaidens are the enemy of the free world.
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 02:43 PM

These are the times that try men's souls.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 11, 2025 02:44 PM (jc0TO)

----------------

"I only regret that I have but one wife to lose for my Country Club." -- David French

Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 11, 2025 02:53 PM (qQoAK)

122 It seems more plausible that the FBI wasn’t too bad under Director Hoover. Post Church committee - and definitely starting with the Clintons - it did a 180. That’s what it looks like from out here in the cheap seats.

Recall the leftists hated the FBI with the passion of a thousand burning suns for many years. Now? The last 40 or so? .. not so much. Weird, huh?

Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2025 02:53 PM (P55mL)

123 Meet the new boss....

Posted by: We Got Fooled Again at April 11, 2025 02:53 PM (b34po)

124 108 we were told the same "trust us, they are working behind the scenes" line about Bill Barr, John Durham, John Huber...
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at April 11, 2025 02:49 PM (V6W16)

And dozens of others. Yes, I agree.

Speaking of which, where are the Epstein files we were promised several months ago? I thought Patel and Bondi gave FBI in NY 48 hours to turn everything over?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 02:54 PM (uCjyK)

125 Babylon Bee:

Protesters Remain Unaffected By Trump’s Shower Head Deregulation

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2025 02:54 PM (VNX3d)

126 we were told the same "trust us, they are working behind the scenes" line about Bill Barr, John Durham, John Huber...

Sure, and I respect that frustration and distrust. I share it. But the reason people said that is because it is absolutely true that it takes a long time to get this kind of thing done. Even if they are doing superheroic work , we would not see results in a matter of a few weeks.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2025 02:54 PM (MxTM3)

127 am kind of reminded of anti abortion abolitionists, for whom any law that does not utterly obliterate abortion must be opposed because it doesn't go far enough.

I hate helpless innocent babies being killed too, but I am for any measure that saves any of them, even if is not complete
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

-

I'm a staunch abolitionist, including rape and incest (which statistically don't happen and are absurd excuses to justify recreational abortions), who also believes in a strict 10th Amendment as clearly written.

I wonder how many tens of us there are.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Men don't care about your money or career, just your looks and attitude at April 11, 2025 02:54 PM (LvXP7)

128 Oh, BTW, Estonia just seized an oil tanker in international waters in the Baltic Sea, and took it to Estonia for "inspections".

The oil tanker is part of the Russian shadow tanker fleet, and was heading for a Russian port when it was seized. It is sailing under the flag of Djibouti.

It's not like this might escalate, or anything. /s

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2025 02:54 PM (xTIDn)

129 It seems more plausible that the FBI wasn’t too bad under Director Hoover. Post Church committee - and definitely starting with the Clintons - it did a 180. That’s what it looks like from out here in the cheap seats.

Recall the leftists hated the FBI with the passion of a thousand burning suns for many years. Now? The last 40 or so? .. not so much. Weird, huh?
Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2025 02:53 PM (P55mL)

It was bad under Hoover.

The left shut up about it because they know the FBI has shifted targets from going after primarily left-wing groups to primarily right wing groups.

No one thinks it's reformed or better. Just that the targets are now the left's political enemies, so... eh. fuck 'em, I guess.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 02:55 PM (uCjyK)

130 We need better trolls. Maybe a few that a least peddle something plausible or intellectually interesting. Isn’t there like a troll finishing school or something?

Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2025 02:55 PM (DQHn2)

131 Well it's nice to know that we have been assured that this will be cleared up within a week, or a month or two......

Posted by: Case at April 11, 2025 02:55 PM (OrSPY)

132 103 It's kind of like when Kennedy hired McCone to replace Dulles at the massively corrupt CIA.

... everything just continued to march on as Dulles and his people wanted it to, McCone had no real power. Everyone just ignored him anyways.

Unless you're going to clean house completely, I don't see how you "reform" a broken institution with a massively corrupted culture.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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It can be done but usually takes an outside threat aka handing off a big chunk of FBI cases to other law enforcement agencies. All big organizations eventually succumb to Parkinson's law.

"the number of workers within public administration, bureaucracy or officialdom tends to grow, regardless of the amount of work to be done. This was attributed mainly to two factors: that officials want subordinates, not rivals, and that officials make work for each other."

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2025 02:55 PM (ctrM5)

133 I dunno, I've met quite a few soccer moms. Some are insane raving lunatics and should be in handcuffs.
Posted by: Elric Blade

Isn't the insane raving lunacy what differentiates "a mother whose kid plays soccer" from "a Soccer Mom?"

Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2025 02:56 PM (DgGvY)

134 > It seems more plausible that the FBI wasn’t too bad under Director Hoover.

Eh? Hoover had dirt on everyone in DC. That's how he stayed head of FBI for decades. FBI have always been dirty.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 11, 2025 02:56 PM (lIio7)

135 We need better trolls. Maybe a few that a least peddle something plausible or intellectually interesting. Isn’t there like a troll finishing school or something?
Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2025 02:55 PM (DQHn2)

It's like a suicide bomber school. They practice, and fail because of an incredibly short fuse.

Either that, or they can't handle the sanding when it starts with 80 grit.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2025 02:56 PM (VNX3d)

136 > GREAT HORNYTOADS!!!

Cheese and crumpets!

Posted by: bonhomme at April 11, 2025 02:56 PM (lIio7)

137 Well, if it's me, I wait for the ideologue Jensen to choose his staff, then I marginalize the entire entourage.

Posted by: Orson at April 11, 2025 02:56 PM (dIske)

138 130 We need better trolls. Maybe a few that a least peddle something plausible or intellectually interesting. Isn’t there like a troll finishing school or something?
Posted by: Marcus T
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Suspect a lot of them are AI bots nowadays. Websites using Discus are infested with them.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2025 02:57 PM (ctrM5)

139 Gadzooks!

Zounds!

Posted by: bonhomme at April 11, 2025 02:57 PM (lIio7)

140 128 Oh, BTW, Estonia just seized an oil tanker in international waters in the Baltic Sea, and took it to Estonia for "inspections".

The oil tanker is part of the Russian shadow tanker fleet, and was heading for a Russian port when it was seized. It is sailing under the flag of Djibouti.

It's not like this might escalate, or anything. /s
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2025 02:54 PM (xTIDn)

Well, shit. Does this mean we have to bomb Tallinn now?

If I recall, we had to bomb the Houthi's for disrupting ship traffic in international waters, and that's our prime directive as the World's policemen, and it was an ironclad rule that we had no choice by to intervene.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 02:57 PM (uCjyK)

141 The Left didn't like the FBI so like everything else they colonized it.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 02:57 PM (lTWm8)

142 Zoinks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 11, 2025 02:57 PM (6TePA)

143 Dismantle the FBI. Rubble scattered and salted.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 11, 2025 02:57 PM (PcTds)

144 The oil tanker is part of the Russian shadow tanker fleet, and was heading for a Russian port when it was seized. It is sailing under the flag of Djibouti.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Aw yeah, that's the best flag to sail under.

Posted by: Sir Mix-a-Lot at April 11, 2025 02:57 PM (DgGvY)

145 Great Caesar's Ghost!

Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 11, 2025 02:58 PM (jc0TO)

146 Suspect a lot of them are AI bots nowadays. Websites using Discus are infested with them.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2025 02:57 PM (ctrM5)

How DARE you.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 02:58 PM (lTWm8)

147 138 130 We need better trolls. Maybe a few that a least peddle something plausible or intellectually interesting. Isn’t there like a troll finishing school or something?
Posted by: Marcus T
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Suspect a lot of them are AI bots nowadays. Websites using Discus are infested with them.
Posted by: whig at

I was thinking with the destruction of DEI programs, access to computer resources has curtailed a bit.

Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2025 02:58 PM (p4NUW)

148 Brit mom in law's favorite expression is "well, by the bloody hellfire flames"

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 02:59 PM (lTWm8)

149 “ Suspect a lot of them are AI bots nowadays. Websites using Discus are infested with them.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2025 02:57 PM (ctrM5)”

Probably because they make no sense.

Hope you feeling better btw. Been sending prayers your way.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2025 02:59 PM (DQHn2)

150 Eh? Hoover had dirt on everyone in DC. That's how he stayed head of FBI for decades. FBI have always been dirty.

JFK intended to fire Hoover as one of his first acts as President.

RFK was dispatched to have lunch with Hoover and explain that Hoover was going to retire.

It would be fascinating to have a transcript of the lunch, where Hoover explained exactly why the Kennedys were not going to fire him.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2025 02:59 PM (xTIDn)

151 Very shortly after this bruhaha over Jensen broke out, Bongino took to X and, in a long post and without specifically mentioning Jensen's appointment, told everyone to calm down and wait to see what develops in the weeks and months to come.

I'll see if I can find it...

Posted by: IrishEi at April 11, 2025 03:00 PM (3ImbR)

152 We need better trolls. Maybe a few that a least peddle something plausible or intellectually interesting. Isn’t there like a troll finishing school or something?
Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2025 02:55 PM (DQHn2)
__________

[Makes "call me" gestures]

-- Tom, Bert, and William

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 03:00 PM (iFTx/)

153 Darn, missed that Austin ISD thread... I hope the district loses big, HUGE!

Posted by: lin-duh at April 11, 2025 03:00 PM (bLe0J)

154 Wasn't it under Clinton that his minions rifled through the FBI personnel files? The Dems started placing their apparatchik in the bureau about that time

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 11, 2025 03:00 PM (6TePA)

155 Even if they are doing superheroic work , we would not see results in a matter of a few weeks.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2025 02:54 PM (MxTM3)

No need to overthink it.

We could have seen results in the space of one minute, per my comment above.

There is absolutely nothing stopping a US AG from saying "I've lost confidence in the integrity of the FBI and will henceforth decline to prosecute their cases. They may sit in their fancy new headquarters and keep themselves busy with whatever they like. Probably chugging cock, or something like that. But anything works, as long as it's not sending cases to trial, because that ain't happenin', brotha."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2025 03:00 PM (BI5O2)

156 Turns out they are fixin' to release the Juan Epstein files.

Posted by: Epstein's Mother at April 11, 2025 03:01 PM (G5+As)

157 Just wait a few months for the football to not be removed, Charlie.

Posted by: Lucy at April 11, 2025 03:01 PM (lTWm8)

158 Miranda Devine seems like a nice lady. But that story was thinly sourced and relied on hearsay.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2025 03:01 PM (DQHn2)

159 I could fake troll better than the retreads we get.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 11, 2025 03:01 PM (Ctksv)

160 The major indexes tried to end one of the most volatile weeks in recent memory on a positive note.
Stocks whipsaw into rally mode as yields surge [defying all attempts to squash it by communist media and prosperity haters] _YahooFinance

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2025 03:01 PM (E1YAH)

161 Don!!!

Posted by: Francis at April 11, 2025 03:01 PM (bbuBP)

162 Patel used to have a regular spot over at Epoch Times. He always seemed to aggressively identify the criminal actions of the DeepState.

But DeepState always seems to keep a deep bench of controlled resisters, so who knows exactly how committed Patel (or Bongino) is to massive FBI reform.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 11, 2025 03:02 PM (Cus5s)

163 Don't know much about Kash, but Bongino has a brand he's developed. He shits on that brand, he goes bankrupt.
Posted by: Sponge
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True. Bondi is also burning her legal bridges more or less other than perhaps a political career. Going after Big Law firms in the DC area is tantamount to burning potential employers before applying to jobs there.

So the incentive structure is there and we are seeing moves to put out the RFK, MLK, files and the whole of Crossfire Hurricane.

So the moves are there but we shall have to wait a bit for any concrete results. We shall also see if Tulsi does what is needed there.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2025 03:02 PM (ctrM5)

164 155 Even if they are doing superheroic work , we would not see results in a matter of a few weeks.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2025 02:54 PM (MxTM3)

No need to overthink it.

We could have seen results in the space of one minute, per my comment above.

There is absolutely nothing stopping a US AG from saying "I've lost confidence in the integrity of the FBI and will henceforth decline to prosecute their cases. They may sit in their fancy new headquarters and keep themselves busy with whatever they like. Probably chugging cock, or something like that. But anything works, as long as it's not sending cases to trial, because that ain't happenin', brotha."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2025 03:00 PM (BI5O2)

They've been doing that by dropping all Biden's vindictive cases...1/2 the time, judges are NOT allowing the DOJ to drop the cases, so now appeals have to also be filed...all of that takes time and that's JUST to drop cases...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 11, 2025 03:02 PM (tOcjL)

165 Eh? Hoover had dirt on everyone in DC. That's how he stayed head of FBI for decades. FBI have always been dirty.
Posted by: bonhomme at April 11, 2025 02:56 PM (lIio7)

Correct. Hoover and Dulles (at CIA) spent as much time spying for political reasons as they did going after crime (or commies).

In fact, Hoover's FBI continued to deny the existence of the Italian mafia (or any "organized crime") up until the Apalachin meeting then RFK Sr. going after them with a passion, at which point the FBI said "ehhh, maybe there's something to this. Hmmm."

Meanwhile, the FBI and OSS were both working with the mafia to secure the US ports during WWII and to land troops in Italy.

Kind of weird that Hoover, who clearly knew the mafia was a thing, lied to everyone. Why would he do that?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 03:02 PM (uCjyK)

166 Turns out they are fixin' to release the Juan Epstein files.
Posted by: Epstein's Mother at April 11, 2025 03:01 PM (G5+As)

The Juan Valdez files are on base.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2025 03:02 PM (VNX3d)

167 Sweathogs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 11, 2025 03:03 PM (IBKq8)

168 158 Miranda Devine seems like a nice lady. But that story was thinly sourced and relied on hearsay.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Deep thinker here is curious why she chose a stripper name.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2025 03:03 PM (E1YAH)

169 Well, shit. Does this mean we have to bomb Tallinn now?

It's not a great precedent - remember, China claims all of the South China Sea, and establishing the principle that nearly countries can seize ships in international waters for "inspections" may backfire very, very badly.

Having Estonia trigger off World War Three is just stupid enough to be plausible.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2025 03:03 PM (xTIDn)

170 If we keep repeating "I highly doubt this, Trump has got this, no way this could be, let's give it a little time, Trump's probably working and angle we can't see just yet, this is actually a brilliant move" to ourselves, we should be able to ride out 2025 and the early part of 2026.

Then we should be able to blame 26, 27, and 28 on the failed midterm elections.

Debt ceiling should be ~ $55 trillion by 2028 elections.

Posted by: The White Hats Are Coming at April 11, 2025 03:03 PM (b34po)

171 150 JFK intended to fire Hoover as one of his first acts as President.

RFK was dispatched to have lunch with Hoover and explain that Hoover was going to retire.

It would be fascinating to have a transcript of the lunch, where Hoover explained exactly why the Kennedys were not going to fire him.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2025 02:59 PM (xTIDn)

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I'm assuming, "Fucking do it, you pussy," was never uttered.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 03:03 PM (GBKbO)

172 No one thinks it's reformed or better. Just that the targets are now the left's political enemies, so... eh. fuck 'em, I guess.
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Um, going after communists and subversives, anarchists, et al was a Good Thing. Going after parents at PTA meetings, not so much. To claim there is some equivalency here is not an argument.

Nobody thinks it’s “better”, we all know it is a thousand times worse. That’s the point. I’m not sure we are in disagreement.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2025 03:05 PM (74/ii)

173 Having Estonia trigger off World War Three is just stupid enough to be plausible.

Gonna' be weird, seeing the WW III board games where the main instigator only takes up a single map hex.

Posted by: Talking Points at April 11, 2025 03:05 PM (Kxb1A)

174 There is a story of President LBJ using FBI files for bed time reading. He would call Edgar and have him send over the file on so and so.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2025 03:05 PM (E1YAH)

175 @FBIDDBongino 4/6/25

Your comments and criticisms are not only welcome, but they’re helpful. We work for you, the American people.

Your feedback is invaluable. All I ask is that you consider the following feedback to the feedback. When you see something happen, and the entire story isn’t public, and the underlying facts aren’t all public, it may appear counterintuitive to our reform agenda.

I promise you, it’s not an accident.
Ask yourself, why I would sign on to something like this otherwise. Is it a desire to be wealthy, famous, “connected,” or to be a future lobbyist? If that sounds ridiculous, it’s because it is.

I realized when I signed up that I’d never be able to fully explain some decisions we make due to legal and ethical constraints. But that’s a pill I agreed to swallow when I swore in.

In conclusion, I realize asking you to “trust me” is a waste of time. Watch what happens, continue to demand results, be cautious of narrative “traps,” let time put the puzzle pieces together, and what we’re doing will make sense. I see and hear you and your feedback. Thanks for your time.
-Dan

Posted by: IrishEi at April 11, 2025 03:05 PM (3ImbR)

176 I'm not sure Nance is correct here, in that "creating a tag" is an official action designed to both characterize crimes and make them traceable in the database, for both reporting and (I would assume) further investigation. In other words, people who spoke out were being tracked by the FBI for doing so and being investigated.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 11, 2025 02:16 PM (nGWU

That still could be innocent enough. If all reports have to be put in a label about what crime is involved, and for the first time somebody files a claim that involves "school board terroristic abuse" for the first time...well you have to put something in that field in order to find it later generally.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 11, 2025 03:05 PM (n7h9X)

177 NY Post largely kisses the ass of that idiot tin-pot governor with the morticians makeup, Hochul and the NY Supreme Soviet Legislature. They haven’t met a tyrannical thing she or those commies do they don’t like. That gives me pause for everything coming out of that rag.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2025 03:06 PM (DQHn2)

178 There is absolutely nothing stopping a US AG from saying "I've lost confidence in the integrity of the FBI and will henceforth decline to prosecute their cases. They may sit in their fancy new headquarters and keep themselves busy with whatever they like. Probably chugging cock, or something like that. But anything works, as long as it's not sending cases to trial, because that ain't happenin', brotha."

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This would be a good use of power. The FBI has destroyed their credibility and their presentations in court should not be accepted simply for that reason alone.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 11, 2025 03:06 PM (PcTds)

179 Probably because they make no sense.

Hope you feeling better btw. Been sending prayers your way.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Thanks. New scans, etc. as one doc apparently dropped the ball in diagnosis as to whether arm dysfunction is coming from back or degradation of the shoulder joint via arthritic changes. Now appears to be more a cervical-nerve issue as I first suspected all along. None of the initial doc's treatments have panned out.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2025 03:06 PM (ctrM5)

180 Deep thinker here is curious why she chose a stripper name.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2025 03:03 PM (E1YAH)
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Hey! Devine is an Irish name.

wait a minute...

Posted by: IrishEi at April 11, 2025 03:07 PM (3ImbR)

181 It would be fascinating to have a transcript of the lunch, where Hoover explained exactly why the Kennedys were not going to fire him.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2025 02:59 PM (xTIDn)

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I'm assuming, "Fucking do it, you pussy," was never uttered.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman at April 11, 2025 03:03 PM (GBKbO)

I am sure that the FBI had more than enough dirt on the Kennedy's to keep them quiet.

Like how Ol' Joe made his millions. Or who John was sleeping with. Or who Robert was sleeping with. Or who Teddy was sleeping with. Or who -- actually, these guys really set themselves up to be blackmailed by everyone, didn't they?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 03:07 PM (uCjyK)

182 We're Top Men.

Top. Men. Don't. You. Forget. It.

Posted by: Your F.B.I. at April 11, 2025 03:07 PM (0sNs1)

183 >> Posted by: whig at April 11, 2025 03:06 PM (ctrM5)

As I always say, Never Quit. I’ll keep those prayers coming. May God be with you.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2025 03:07 PM (DQHn2)

184 Um, going after communists and subversives, anarchists, et al was a Good Thing. Going after parents at PTA meetings, not so much. To claim there is some equivalency here is not an argument.

There lies the problem. The FBI didn't go after communists because it was right. They did it because it was the easiest target. And the FBI - to exist - requires a target. Even if they have to create one.

Posted by: Talking Points at April 11, 2025 03:08 PM (Kxb1A)

185 Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2025 03:06 PM (DQHn2)

Calling the January 6 treatment an "overzealous investigation" is really something.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 03:08 PM (lTWm8)

186 Rodents in the White House press room?

Posted by: But enough about the AP at April 11, 2025 03:08 PM (dg+HA)

187 filed...all of that takes time and that's JUST to drop cases...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 11, 2025 03:02 PM (tOcjL)

Yes, dropping the charge is harder. Not filing the charges at all - any of them, period - is much easier.

All it would take is the will to do it, which is not present. The FBI could be immediately neutralized. That's not what the administration wants to do.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2025 03:08 PM (BI5O2)

188 It would be fascinating to have a transcript of the lunch, where Hoover explained exactly why the Kennedys were not going to fire him.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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Knowing Hoover, the entire table was bugged or long distance parabolic mikes were used to record the conversation. All the wait staff were FBI informants, and so on.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2025 03:08 PM (ctrM5)

189 FBI have always been dirty.
———

But they weren’t dirty communists. See the difference? It’s not hard

Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2025 03:08 PM (p+X/W)

190 Posted by: whig at April 11, 2025 03:06 PM (ctrM5)

Crap. I will pray.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2025 03:08 PM (lTWm8)

191 Deep thinker here is curious why she chose a stripper name.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2025 03:03 PM (E1YAH)

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She’s spent a lot of time in Australia and we’ll never understand some of the things they do.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 11, 2025 03:10 PM (6ydKt)

192 I think what he verifiably stated, context and what his actual material actions were are more important.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2025 03:10 PM (DQHn2)

193 The oil tanker is part of the Russian shadow tanker fleet, and was heading for a Russian port when it was seized. It is sailing under the flag of Djibouti.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Aw yeah, that's the best flag to sail under.
Posted by: Sir Mix-a-Lot at April 11, 2025 02:57 PM (DgGvY)

I want to see the design of the flag that the Russian Tanker fleet. What is Yo Ho Ho in Russian?

Posted by: Oldcat at April 11, 2025 03:10 PM (n7h9X)

194 it seems unlikely that Kash Patel and Dan Bongino have suddenly called up David French's bull to take care of their wives.

Many have served. In the end, there can be only many.

Posted by: The Bulls at April 11, 2025 03:10 PM (0sNs1)

195 158 Miranda Devine seems like a nice lady. But that story was thinly sourced and relied on hearsay.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2025 03:01 PM (DQHn2)

if it compels an explanation from Kash/Bongino, I don't care if it's hearsay

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at April 11, 2025 03:10 PM (V6W16)

196 We're Top Men.

Top. Men. Don't. You. Forget. It.
Posted by: Your F.B.I. at April 11, 2025 03:07 PM (0sNs1)

Bullriding? I doubt it.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2025 03:10 PM (VNX3d)

197 >>>It's not a great precedent - remember, China claims all of the South China Sea, and establishing the principle that nearly countries can seize ships in international waters for "inspections" may backfire very, very badly.
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Philippines just bought boatloads of high class arms (jets w/accessories) from us. They are fed up w/China trying to take their seaward islands and interrupting their fishing.
They know what's coming.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2025 03:10 PM (E1YAH)

198 Trump's "Fight" photo is now framed and on display at the White House.

Posted by: IrishEi at April 11, 2025 03:11 PM (3ImbR)

199 As I always say, Never Quit. I’ll keep those prayers coming. May God be with you.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Thanks again. You have climbed a far rockier hill than I.
But, medical issues have led me to read Book of Job and the Old Testament prophets to put suffering in perspective though. Those guys went through a lot for their beliefs far more than I have.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2025 03:11 PM (ctrM5)

200 Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2025 03:06 PM (DQHn2)

I read the post a least three times a week (Mon, Wed and Sunday). They are regularly highly critical of Governor Hochul on a number of issues.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2025 03:11 PM (42Vb+)

201 Um, going after communists and subversives, anarchists, et al was a Good Thing. Going after parents at PTA meetings, not so much. To claim there is some equivalency here is not an argument.

Nobody thinks it’s “better”, we all know it is a thousand times worse. That’s the point. I’m not sure we are in disagreement.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2025 03:05 PM (74/ii)

Okay, well they decided you're the subversives now. So now it's a good thing to go after "the right."

This is slippery slope problem here.

Because now it's in the best interest of the Deep State / FBI types to go after middle class America. And that's what they're doing. At one point they went after blacks and communists.

I think the better move would be for them to not go after any political groups, but that ship has sailed.

So unless we're going to smash that place with a hammer and make them go back to dealing with interstate crime AND ONLY INTERSTATE CRIME this will not end.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 03:11 PM (uCjyK)

202 130 We need better trolls. Maybe a few that a least peddle something plausible or intellectually interesting. Isn’t there like a troll finishing school or something?

Can we call it 'The Bridge Academy' ?

Posted by: Nelly at April 11, 2025 03:11 PM (pSknm)

203 lol. *makes ok sign*.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2025 03:12 PM (DQHn2)

204 NOOD

Posted by: Ciampino - too distracted? at April 11, 2025 03:12 PM (sPQoU)

205 The Senate confirmed an admitted Communist to head the CIA - John Brennan. Wrap your mind around that shit.

I haven’t followed it closely over the years, but my assumption is they have confirmed someone equally odious to the FBI in the past, never mind the rank and file.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2025 03:12 PM (p+X/W)

206 It is sailing under the flag of Djibouti.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2025 02:54 PM

This will not stand.

Dance, maybe, but not stand.

Posted by: Sheik Djibouti at April 11, 2025 03:12 PM (0sNs1)

207 I think that refusing to prosecute anything from the FBI would be silly to an extreme. The agency is a disaster but not EVERY case they submit is bent or wrong

I think dumping the malicious and unjust cases is the right approach , like the lawsuit against a state for not allowing non-citizens to vote.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2025 03:13 PM (xJ9Zx)

208 I'm a staunch abolitionist, including rape and incest (which statistically don't happen and are absurd excuses to justify recreational abortions), who also believes in a strict 10th Amendment as clearly written.

I wonder how many tens of us there are.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Men don't care about your money or career, just your looks and attitude at April 11, 2025 02:54 PM (LvXP7)

Seconded.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 11, 2025 03:13 PM (l3YAf)

209 Prayers ascending on your behalf whig, for healing, peace and awareness of God's love.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 11, 2025 03:14 PM (PcTds)

210 Okay, well they decided you're the subversives now. So now it's a good thing to go after "the right."

You just hit on one of the great conservative blind spots. Many still, even after watching it, simply can't see themselves as the subversives. The unwanted. And they just will not - absolutely refuse to - believe deep down that they are the new target of the majority of law enforcement.

Why ? You tell me.

Posted by: Talking Points at April 11, 2025 03:14 PM (Kxb1A)

211 But they weren’t dirty communists. See the difference? It’s not hard
Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2025 03:08 PM (p+X/W)

They're not dirty communists now, either.

They're one of the many arms of the Deep State.

At one time, the Deep State feared (or at least claimed to fear) Communism in the US. Now they fear (or claim to fear) "right wing" and "white supremacists" in the US.

Now the more cynical among us might say their job is just to make sure the peasants don't revolt and that they have plenty of blackmail material for the Deep State to use against anyone they might need to influence. And that, as a government agency, all they really want is to grow bigger, with more power and more people to boss around. So they'll go after any target that allows them to justify why they need more money.

But ... both things can be true at the same time.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 03:14 PM (uCjyK)

212 Posted by: IrishEi at April 11, 2025 03:05 PM (3ImbR)

Thanks. I have short hair. I cannot afford to set it on fire (Because I'd have to spend a lot on multiple wigs) every time some not very well sourced story comes out critical of something or someone in the Trump admin does or does not do to their satisfaction-from both sides of the political spectrum..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2025 03:14 PM (42Vb+)

213 Miranda Devine seems like a nice lady. But that story was thinly sourced and relied on hearsay.
Posted by: Marcus T

We don't get it?

Posted by: literally the entire media at April 11, 2025 03:15 PM (DgGvY)

214 I think that refusing to prosecute anything from the FBI would be silly to an extreme

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It would take at least a generation for the FBI to recover from what I'm talking about. It would barely be staffed within a couple years of that.

It's about breaking the agency, not fixing it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2025 03:15 PM (BI5O2)

215 You just hit on one of the great conservative blind spots. Many still, even after watching it, simply can't see themselves as the subversives. The unwanted. And they just will not - absolutely refuse to - believe deep down that they are the new target of the majority of law enforcement.

Why ? You tell me.
Posted by: Talking Points at April 11, 2025 03:14 PM (Kxb1A)

Is the answer breathing fumes from leaded gasoline during their developmental years?

(I kid, I kid)

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 03:15 PM (uCjyK)

216 If I recall, we had to bomb the Houthi's for disrupting ship traffic in international waters, and that's our prime directive as the World's policemen, and it was an ironclad rule that we had no choice by to intervene.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 11, 2025 02:57 PM (uCjyK)

There have been a few incidents in the Baltic, with some ship dragging an anchor and breaking communication cables between Scandinavia and the Baltic states. I heard of a ship being seized after that. But I suspect the shadow fleet is just a scare word for Russia hiring a tanker to come and carry off trade oil which they are allowed to do in current sanction level

Posted by: Oldcat at April 11, 2025 03:15 PM (n7h9X)

217 Three comments:

1. I find it highly unlikely -- if not supernaturally unlikely -- that Kash and Dan would suddenly drop their pants for some leftwing hack who hunted J6ers.

2. That being said, everyone has to be watched like a hawk. We've been betrayed, stabbed in the back, and fucked in the pooper by people we thought were friend and allies. So if Jensen is really a leftwing plant, then we should be ready to fire up the woodchipper.

3. I suspect this story is really an op planted by someone who doesn't want Jensen to get the job. Whether that's because they themselves want the job, or because they think Jensen might be too conservative, or for some other reason -- that I don't know. But this smells op-y.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 11, 2025 02:19 PM (iFTx/)

I agree. Especially on the heels of the, "Kash has been REPLACED!!!reee!!! as the acting Head of the ATF!!!" bull$h!t story.

We're not even 3 months into Trump 2.0, and the chorus of the doomsayers is getting tedious.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2025 03:15 PM (pJWtt)

218 209 Prayers ascending on your behalf whig, for healing, peace and awareness of God's love.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
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Thanks. I'm relatively lucky--my arthritic afflictions won't kill me while others here are battling life and death issues.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2025 03:15 PM (ctrM5)

219 >> Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2025 03:11 PM (42Vb+)

Context is really important ma’am. You will see some editorials that criticize her actions in ways that seem to imply, for example, she doesn’t go far enough. They did that with her most recent subversion of the Second amendment. The Post leans heavily union, which is Democrats and Hochuls power base in NY. That’s why you don’t see a lot of attacks on legislators. They carefully craft articles on objects like illegal immigration to ensure their positions are muddled and without full context on the issues. An occasional editorial or critical story from someone like Ms Devine is generally the best you get.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2025 03:16 PM (DQHn2)

220 Thanks. I have short hair. I cannot afford to set it on fire (Because I'd have to spend a lot on multiple wigs) every time some not very well sourced story comes out critical of something or someone in the Trump admin does or does not do to their satisfaction-from both sides of the political spectrum..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2025 03:14 PM

I have some slightly-used sisters that can help. Call me!

Posted by: Maxine Waters' Wig (D-CA) at April 11, 2025 03:16 PM (0sNs1)

221 ""It is safe to say that the tanker is part of a shadow fleet that uses the Baltic Sea to transport prohibited goods
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Estonia's shorts are in a twist because they didn't get their cut?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2025 03:17 PM (E1YAH)

222 Okay, well they decided you're the subversives now. So now it's a good thing to go after "the right."

This is slippery slope problem here.
———

No. This is “your institutions have been hijacked” problem. This is not a new or novel observation. Very common theme here. Why would the fibbies be immune?

Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2025 03:17 PM (d6jY2)

223 US Navy has grabbed a couple of oil tankers from the shadow fleet coming out of the Persian Gulf with Iranian oil.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 11, 2025 03:17 PM (6TePA)

224 The ranks at FBI are so thin that there is no alternative to Jensen I guess. I have heard a rumor that, in the private sector, if a customer doesn't like their sales rep, you assign another one. They don't try to explain that the one they don't like is actually mr. wonderful. But if there is absolutely no alternative, the customer is just going to live with it.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 11, 2025 03:19 PM (MMp6W)

225
I think the better move would be for them to not go after any political groups, but that ship has sailed.

So unless we're going to smash that place with a hammer and make them go back to dealing with interstate crime AND ONLY INTERSTATE CRIME this will not end.

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1) ask for dismantling of fib
2) stick to that as long as possible
3) agree to only power given...

Nope, can't do it - I don't want the fib to exist anymore

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 11, 2025 03:19 PM (PcTds)

226 Sheik Yerbouti > Djibouti

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at April 11, 2025 03:21 PM (lg881)

227 Shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shske your Djibouti.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 11, 2025 03:23 PM (IBKq8)

228 Strong work this week, Ace. Why don't you finish out the afternoon and then take the rest of the week off.

See you bright and early Monday afternoon.

Posted by: muldoon at April 11, 2025 03:24 PM (/iMjX)

229
Hey! Devine is an Irish name.

Andy Devine
Had a thong rind
It was sublime
But the wrong kind

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2025 03:24 PM (63Dwl)

230
I could fake troll better than the retreads we get.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 11, 2025 03:01 PM (Ctksv)

At least the OG trolls like the "Obama is Captain America" guy were fun to bat around, like a cat playing with a mouse after breaking it's leg.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 11, 2025 03:24 PM (y9nCu)

231 Oh no Muldoon, we need a Cafe tonight

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2025 03:29 PM (ypFCm)

232 "Keep your enemies closer."

As a former civil servant in a state justice agency, the first thing to do when you suspect you have a problem employee - and not a performance problem, but one where they are subverting elected Leadership or such - at a remote office, is move them to where you can keep a closer eye on them. You give them assignments that "anyone should be able to do" who doesn't have an agenda or other "issues" with Leadership. You audit their desk regularly, and you turn up the heat by giving them further assignments where they need to yield to Leadership's directives. Sometimes, they straighten up and fly right, but mostly, you get to terminate them For Cause for insubordination ... which is it's own headache. And when faced with a legitimate Problem Employee, it's worth it to do it right.

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