It's easy af to hate the FBI.gov. Both sides do it.
Any LE agency makes mistakes & is vulnerable to corruption & mismanagement. They have >30,000 employees. I demand accountability while being grateful for all the carnage they prevent, that we never hear about.
I've followed closely the performance of Christopher Wray since his nomination for FBI Director.
IMO it's time for him to go. His response to the agency's mistakes & alleged biases has been weak, at best.
Surely there is someone in the US better qualified for the job?
Most of the FBI's work is successful and saves lives. Some of it is appallingly incompetent. The challenge is to address the failures while keeping the body as a whole functioning at at least it's current level.
New leadership would be a fresh start for the agency.
Right now the biggest threat to the US is far right fascist terrorism. The FBI is the most important agency in the whole-of-government task of containing and shrinking their networks.
Many others are needed, too, but rebuilding trust & confidence in the FBI is mission critical.
The FBI, like every other national security related federal agency, has been infiltrated by members of the far right fascist movement. Bold leadership is required to remove as many of them as possible and replace them with well qualified and politically neutral public servants.
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As much as I agree with Biden's foreign and national security policies (the alternative is a literal terrorist network that set up Afghanistan to fail & freed 5k Taliban fighters for no reason), the US & KSA are backing the good guys in Yemen. You know, the lawful government.
In a place like Yemen, we in the international community don't have the option of sitting back and letting Iran's minions fully take over the country. (1) Humanitarian reasons, (2) They want to hold us to ransom by controlling the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Easy decision for me.
Most in the English speaking media repeat the lie that the aggressors in Yemen are the KSA, UAE, and US. This lie began on Al Jazeera, which is owned by the Qatari regime, which supports the Iranian view of the region.
Think the Evergiven ship episode was bad? That's nothing...
Thread: The public comments by Cassie Laundrie about her brother Brian Laundrie who is (likely) still on the run and widely suspected to have murdered Gabby Petito.
Cassie said things in the impromptu conversation with protesters & a TV interview.
Many are following this story and yes there are plenty of similar cases that get ignored but: I don't see the harm in following this one, at least until we find out if Brian Laundrie (BL) is alive and in custody, or otherwise.
It's a good way to raise domestic abuse awareness.
BL's sister Cassie has gone on the record now, to clear up some misconceptions. I think she did the right thing. As a DV survivor, I know some of what Gabby experienced in the days before her death. The gaslighting, manipulation, guilt, fear, shame etc.
And yes, Trump had a duty to make sure the usual federal security contributions AROUND the perimeter of the Capitol were there. He knowingly "let it happen on purpose" (LIHOP).
Hitler replaced one "security" branch, the Sturmabteilung (SA) with another, the Schutzstaffel (SS).
Compare TFG's actions & omissions in response to the summer 2020 BLM protests that in places became riots with his actions & omissions before& on 1/6.
Not just rank hypocrisy. Aiding & abetting domestic terrorism. (#StandBackAndStandBy 1 yr ago today!)
We're not "transitioning to a decarbonized society" anytime soon. We can't.
Nuclear power for this purpose is far safer and cheaper than fossil fuel and most other sources. Failing that, smart hydroelectric power can provide for the world's aluminum smelting needs.
"[M]assive electrical currents to melt alumina, essentially the same substance that sapphires are made from"
is a ridiculously OTT way to express this information.
Diamonds are made of carbon, and so are humans...
You can tell a story was aimed at your emotion, not intellect, when it includes truly daft phrases like that.
Before speaking about the substances that are made from bauxite ore, folk should learn a bit about it. This is a quick read: aluminum.org/industries/pro…
Thread: The substance of what Clarence Thomas is doing here is an abuse of his power that aims to further undermine public confidence in institutions, especially in the free press as an institution.
He knows exactly what he's doing. And it is toxic to democracy.