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there are a lot of problems with what you said, but to list a few: - the president doesn't directly control the fbi and i would argue that history shows the fb
by bangaroo 2y ago
there are a lot of problems with what you said, but to list a few:
- the president doesn't directly control the fbi and i would argue that history shows the fbi is not particularly biased towards the democratic side of the ticket.
- the ny post is bordering on a tabloid - it's not good journalism, and if you look, this story is basically just being carried by crypto news sites and well-known tabloids like the post and the daily mail.
- what do you think is more likely - that they're cracking down on polymarket for "correctly guessing" the outcome of a 50/50 election? or maybe that the guy running a weird political bookmaker is engaged in some shady financial nonsense on the side?
the only source saying that this is related to their "correct guess of the election" is unnamed and says it's their speculation. there's no proof.
this is an occam's razor situation. the timing may be coincidental, but i would be shocked if the biden administration chose to enact its political vengeance on the ceo of a lottery site.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoThe FBI is an agency of the federal government and therefore under executive control, right? As for timing - I would not be shocked because there have been so many articles detailing how the administration and various politicians or special interest groups are pushing to implement various last-minute actions before they lose power. Why would the administration have less authority or urgency in the case of this agency versus any other?
- readthenotes1 2y ago"history shows the fbi is not particularly biased towards the democratic side of the ticket." Peter Strozk and his lover might disagree with you
- knowaveragejoe 2y agoThis is one example in a sea of counter-examples.
- readthenotes1 2y agoSince 2015? You get the Comey divulging yes Clinton had sensitive emails (but not Clinton's SoS office prioritized access based on donations to hen's(1) charity as shown in those emails). But a sea? I'd like to see... (1)Gendered pronouns are usually nonsense. I've appropriated the Swede's in most of my writing because the gender of the person I'm pronouning is almost always irrelevant, as in this case)
- knowaveragejoe 2y agoEric Adams would like a word.
- readthenotes1 2y agoI think that's a counter example. His problems with the FBI started after he had the temerity to call out the border madness.
- knowaveragejoe 2y agoIt's a shame to see this kind of connecting-the-dots-in-a-movie-plot conspiracy thinking on HN.
- cheema33 2y ago> the president doesn't directly control the fbi Mostly true. Until Trump swears in next year. He has promised to be a dictator, at least part time. And supreme court already ruled that nothing he does would illegal. As long as he claims it was it was done as an "official act".