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FBI Agents Are Stunned by the Scale of the Expected Trump Purge

61 points by xnx 2y ago

Gsveve6eb 2y ago
When does business as usual stop and panic set in? Or do you bury your head in the sand and flag this story with the others
- slater 2y ago
  Concentrate on the mid-terms and flip house and senate? And hold on to what AOC mentioned, that the current ding-dongs talk a loud game but are stunningly incompetent in implementation.
  - quantified 2y ago
    Two years is a long time to wait when each week moves like the last one does.
  - bamboozled 2y ago
    How do you really see a midterm happening with this lot in charge? Elon will just hand over the keys ?
    - voisin 2y ago
      Exactly. Even if there are midterm elections, Elon and whoever else is benefiting from this behaviour will just spend even more to keep the GOP in power and they’ve proven stunningly good at converting dollars to votes.
- deleted 2y ago
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- spicyusername 2y ago
  It's a really good question. Things have been uncomfortable, but so far we're getting what we paid for, which I think doesn't warrant mass action. e.g. So far this is what the people who voted for the current administration wanted, and they were a majority. One question I keep coming back to is whether civil unrest is going to go the way of dating, hanging at the local pub, and most other forms of in person activities, and basically get replaced by staying at home by yourself, looking at a screen, and being too distracted to participate. People had a hard enough time organizing protests in bygone eras, when there was nothing else to do. If we were to cross a meaningful threshold of governmental abuse, is anyone going to step outside, away from their screens?
  - lesuorac 2y ago
    > So far this is what the people who voted for the current administration wanted, and they were a majority. Did the MAGA crowed redefine 49.8% as a majority recently? I seem to have missed that. I don't think the computer screen is responsible here. 2 years from now, (minus a small handful of states), the Democratic candidate is going to be elected as they were last year or the Republican candidate is going to be elected as they were last year. There just isn't a significant risk of losing your position over an issue; you'll see say sure the senate flip from 60-40 to 40-60 but you don't see if go 80-20.
throw0101a 2y ago
* https://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/trump-fbi-revenge-firings/681538/ https://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arch... * https://archive.is/zadJK https://archive.is/zadJK
throw0101a 2y ago
See also purging of the DOJ prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 files: > Interim D.C. U.S. attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., on Friday dismissed about 30 federal prosecutors who have worked on Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot cases over the past four years, undertaking a housecleaning of the top prosecutor’s office in Washington, while preparing to extend the office’s scrutiny to top Democratic leaders and former Justice Department officials, people close to Martin said. * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42894723 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42894723
- brador 2y ago
  Or the saddam purge - https://youtube.com/watch?v=kLUktJbp2Ug https://youtube.com/watch?v=kLUktJbp2Ug
juanani 2y ago
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61 points by xnx 2y ago

When does business as usual stop and panic set in? Or do you bury your head in the sand and flag this story with the others

slater 2y ago
Concentrate on the mid-terms and flip house and senate? And hold on to what AOC mentioned, that the current ding-dongs talk a loud game but are stunningly incompetent in implementation.
- quantified 2y ago
  Two years is a long time to wait when each week moves like the last one does.
- bamboozled 2y ago
  How do you really see a midterm happening with this lot in charge? Elon will just hand over the keys ?
  - voisin 2y ago
    Exactly. Even if there are midterm elections, Elon and whoever else is benefiting from this behaviour will just spend even more to keep the GOP in power and they’ve proven stunningly good at converting dollars to votes.
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spicyusername 2y ago
It's a really good question. Things have been uncomfortable, but so far we're getting what we paid for, which I think doesn't warrant mass action. e.g. So far this is what the people who voted for the current administration wanted, and they were a majority. One question I keep coming back to is whether civil unrest is going to go the way of dating, hanging at the local pub, and most other forms of in person activities, and basically get replaced by staying at home by yourself, looking at a screen, and being too distracted to participate. People had a hard enough time organizing protests in bygone eras, when there was nothing else to do. If we were to cross a meaningful threshold of governmental abuse, is anyone going to step outside, away from their screens?
- lesuorac 2y ago
  > So far this is what the people who voted for the current administration wanted, and they were a majority. Did the MAGA crowed redefine 49.8% as a majority recently? I seem to have missed that. I don't think the computer screen is responsible here. 2 years from now, (minus a small handful of states), the Democratic candidate is going to be elected as they were last year or the Republican candidate is going to be elected as they were last year. There just isn't a significant risk of losing your position over an issue; you'll see say sure the senate flip from 60-40 to 40-60 but you don't see if go 80-20.

throw0101a 2y ago

* https://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/trump-fbi-revenge-firings/681538/ https://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arch... * https://archive.is/zadJK https://archive.is/zadJK

throw0101a 2y ago

See also purging of the DOJ prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 files: > Interim D.C. U.S. attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., on Friday dismissed about 30 federal prosecutors who have worked on Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot cases over the past four years, undertaking a housecleaning of the top prosecutor’s office in Washington, while preparing to extend the office’s scrutiny to top Democratic leaders and former Justice Department officials, people close to Martin said. * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42894723 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42894723

brador 2y ago
Or the saddam purge - https://youtube.com/watch?v=kLUktJbp2Ug https://youtube.com/watch?v=kLUktJbp2Ug

juanani 2y ago

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