Democrats blast Trump for putting Bongino at FBI

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We shouldn't cry over Trump weakening the CIA and FBI - but we must ask why

On the face of it, US president Donald Trump weakening agencies like the CIA, FBI, NSA, and USAID seems like a good thing. Because the US empire has long terrorised people around the world who dare to stand up to it. And it has brutally repressed dissent at home too. But it’s also essential to ask why (and how) Trump’s movement wants to repurpose the empire’s intelligence and policing apparatus. Spoiler alert: it’s not out of the goodness of his…

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ABC, CBS, NBC LOSE Their Minds Over Trump Picking Dan Bongino for FBI Post

Between Monday and Tuesday mornings, the major broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC were beside themselves, enraged over President Trump’s decision to select our friend (and 2022 MRC Bulldog Award winner) Dan Bongino as deputy FBI director, painting his “no experience” at the agency as a national security threat and insinuating wholesale changes could thwart their ability to stop terror attacks.

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Op-Ed: Trump’s New Deputy FBI Director Has It Out for the ‘Scumbag Commie Libs’

When a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts last year, conservative podcaster Dan Bongino made a veiled threat on social media. “The irony about this for the scumbag commie libs is that the cold civil…

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The new deputy director of the FBI is a popular media figure with the far right. ...

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Putting Dan Bongino In Top FBI Post Signals Trump's Real Agenda

The selection of right-wing podcaster Dan Bongino for a senior FBI role hammers home that President Donald Trump is eliminating the guardrails that prevented right-wing conspiracy theories becoming criminal prosecutions during his first term. It also shovels more dirt on the farcical idea that Trump and his allies want depoliticized law enforcement.A regular pattern played out over Trump’s first term as the president sought to wield federal law …

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FBI veterans say new bureau deputy director has worrying lack of experience

Donald Trump announced rightwing podcaster Dan Bongino will be the FBI's deputy director. That has some agency veterans concerned.