Blocking Security Clearances

 From The Last Refuge:

It should not come as a surprise to see the same methods deployed against President Trump in 2024 that were used by the FBI in 2016.  The difference is now that President Trump understands the full power of his office in the security clearance process and that he doesn’t need the FBI.

In 2016 the FBI used their power to conduct security clearances as a tool to stall and block President Trump appointments.  Historically this is one of the ways a very corrupt and political FBI interfere in any system that might be against the interests of the Intelligence Community that controls them. However, in 2024 President-Elect Trump and his transition team have already taken a different approach. (Read more.)

 

Some thoughts from It Can Always Get Worse:

The Islamic State (IS) rendered its verdict on Donald Trump’s re-election in the main editorial of the 469th edition of its weekly newsletter, Al-Naba, published on 14 November. The editorial is entitled, “The Unbelievers Will Not Be Successful”, drawn from Qur’an 23:117.

Al-Naba begins: “Politicians have overflowed with commentary about the expected changes after the taghut Trump takes power, [speaking] in a tone that suggests the world is subject to his absolute control and whim. They talk about him with a crazy, obsessive tendency, as if he was the orchestrating master of the Affairs of Creation! This is not an exaggeration, merely an unvarnished description of reality.” (Read more.)

FEMA in Georgia. From The Daily Wire:

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer revealed Tuesday that a whistleblower claimed a FEMA supervisor in Georgia directed a family to remove Trump campaign signage from their home, saying it was not “looked kindly” on by the agency. 

Comer made the statements during a hearing where lawmakers grilled FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell about an agency employee who told relief workers in Florida to “avoid homes advertising Trump.” Criswell has maintained that the guidance was an isolated incident and not the result of agency policy to skip over “politically hostile” homes.

But testimony from Comer and other lawmakers testimony casts doubt on Criswell’s comments. 

“My staff made contact with a new whistleblower who provided a credible account that a FEMA contractor visited the home of an elderly disabled veteran’s family around October 10 following Hurricane Helene,” Comer said after the committee came back from recess. “While there he recommended that they remove Trump campaign materials and signs from both their house and yard. He warned the family that his FEMA supervisor does not take kindly to Trump supporters and that they are seen as domestic terrorists.”  (Read more.)

 

From The Rand Paul Review:

Biden and the left walked right into Trump’s trap.  The former president baited the Biden-Harris team into an emotional reaction highlighted by the trash reference. 

“They treat you like garbage. They treat our whole country like garbage.  How do you like my garbage truck? Trump asked reporters. This truck is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden.” – President-elect Donald Trump

Trump made the comments during a publicity stunt in Green Bay just ahead of election night.  The best part was that The Don went to the extent of wearing a bright orange garbage collector safety vest. 

Trump even had his team pick him up from the local airport using a garbage truck.  He then rode that truck all the way to the Green Bay rally. (Read more.)