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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Trump cabinet nominee says pipe bomb with ‘pro-Palestinian themed message’ left at his home
[IsraelTimes] A number of US President-elect Donald Trump
...They hit him with slander, they impeached him twice. Nancy Pelosi tore up his State of the Union address on national TV. They stole an election and put his adherents in jail. They vilified him. They couldn't crucify him, so they shot him. Still, they can't keep him down...
’s most prominent cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and "swatting attacks," Trump’s transition team says. The FBI says it’s investigating.

"Last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s cabinet nominees and administration appointees were targeted in violent mostly peaceful, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them," Trump transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt says in a statement.

She says the attacks ranged from bomb threats to swatting, in which attackers initiate an emergency law enforcement response against a target victim under false pretenses. The tactic has become a popular one in recent years.

"In response, law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted. President Trump and the entire Transition team are grateful for their swift action," Leavitt says.

Among those targeted were New York Representative Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick to serve as the next ambassador to the United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
, Matt Gaetz, Trump’s initial pick to serve as attorney general, and former New York congressman Lee Zeldin, who has been tapped to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

Susie Wiles, Trump’s incoming chief of staff, and Pam Bondi, the former Florida Attorney General whom Trump has chosen as Gaetz’s replacement, were also targeted, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity amid the ongoing investigation. Wiles and Bondi did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Zeldin says in a social media post that he and his family had been threatened.

"A pipe bomb threat targeting me and my family at our home today was sent in with a pro-Paleostinian themed message," he writes on X. "My family and I were not home at the time and are safe. We are working with law enforcement to learn more as this situation develops."

Police in Suffolk County, Long Island, say emergency officers responded to a bomb threat this morning at an address listed in public records as Zeldin’s home and were checking the property.

Courtesy of Skidmark, Breitbart has more details.

Posted by: trailing wife || 11/28/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11133 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


#2  Sponsored by Iran. If we don’t shut off the money spigots to Tehran and Kabul on day one, we are asleep at the wheel.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/28/2024 15:13 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
California Democrat Rep. Katie Porter Files Restraining Order on Ex-Boyfriend for ‘Harassment'
[Breitbart] *throws up in mouth a little bit*
Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) has filed a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend, alleging months of “persistent abuse and harassment” in the form of repeatedly contacting her family, staff, and fellow lawmakers and causing “significant fear for [her] personal safety and well-being.”

Court documents obtained by Politico revealed that Porter, who is set to vacate her House seat in January after running a failed campaign for U.S. Senate, has been granted a temporary restraining order against her ex, Julian Willis, until the next hearing in December.

Referencing “defamatory” claims allegedly made by Willis — including one that Porter had genital herpes, which she proved false by submitting test results to the court — the congresswoman said he is aiming to do “significant harm” to her public image.

Willis, 55, who dated Porter, 50, for a number of years and lived in her home until she told him to get out in late August, is also accused of contacting her children and ex-husband.

Posted by: Frank G || 11/28/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11126 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ....Wonder if this was before or after she wore the Batgirl outfit.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 11/28/2024 6:03 Comments || Top||

#2  I think you misspelled "Fatgirl"
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 11/28/2024 9:44 Comments || Top||

#3 
Posted by: Frank G || 11/28/2024 9:56 Comments || Top||

#4  The calories have not been kind
Posted by: Frank G || 11/28/2024 9:57 Comments || Top||

#5  More on Mr Willis..
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 11/28/2024 11:11 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
CA Immigration Enforcement Resistance Takes A Shocking Turn-Actual Law Is Already In Place
[LegalInsurrection] California Allegedly Threatens Police Officers Over Deportation Compliance?

CA mayor: The State of California “is threatening to take pensions and charge police officers with felonies if they comply with federal deportation laws.”


Bill Wells, the mayor of El Cajon, California, claimed in a Monday post on X that the State of California “is threatening to take pensions and charge police officers with felonies if they comply with federal deportation laws. While the Trump administration is working to enforce immigration laws, California seems intent on blocking these efforts.”

Wells makes it clear that El Cajon, a city of approximately 100,000 people located 17 miles east of San Diego, is not a sanctuary city and that his police officers “are being put in an impossible position.” He wrote:

If they comply with federal immigration authorities, they risk felony charges and losing their hard-earned pensions.

This is unacceptable. No officer should have to choose between doing their duty and jeopardizing their future.

As Mayor of El Cajon, I’m doing everything in my power to protect our officers and stand against these dangerous policies.

If these disturbing claims are true, then the battle lines are already drawn for the first major showdown between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and sanctuary state/city leaders. Defiance of this magnitude from the government of the largest sanctuary state in the country would have sweeping implications for President-elect Donald Trump’s planned mass deportation agenda.

For obvious reasons, there are no references on the internet to this reported ultimatum (or perhaps more appropriately, this reported shakedown). However, in 2017, SB 54, now known as the California Values Act, was signed into law. The law “prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from using money or personnel to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect, or arrest people for immigration enforcement purposes.” According to the group “ICE out of California,” this law specifically prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies (excluding prisons) from engaging in the following actions:

  • Immigration holds

  • Making arrests on civil immigration warrants

  • 287(g)

  • Asking about immigration status or using immigration agents as interpreters

  • Sharing personal info with ICE (e.g., work, home addresses)

  • Notifying ICE of release dates

  • Transfers to ICE

  • Local arrests for “criminal” violations of immigration law

  • ICE interviews in jail and prison

  • Joint Task forces

  • Databases

Unsurprisingly, the page conspicuously states, “In all cases, local law enforcement agencies can adopt policies that provide more protections.” [Emphasis added.]

I am not a lawyer, but the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution essentially tells us that federal law supersedes state and local law. Article VI, Clause 2 states:

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

And 8 U.S.C. § 1324 – (Unannotated Title 8. Aliens and Nationality § 1324) clearly states there are criminal penalties for bringing in and harboring aliens.

Again, if this story is true, then the State of California is engaging in financial blackmail against police officers
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 11/28/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11128 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Cut off their water & electricity until they cooperate.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/28/2024 0:29 Comments || Top||

#2  It only takes 2/3rds of the Senate for approval of Treaties or their revisions. I could see the coastal counties from LA to SanFran returned to Mexico under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Keep the San Diego corridor. It'll make for a longer wall, but it will be worth it.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/28/2024 7:40 Comments || Top||

#3  The CA legislature has a habit of passing laws which get overturned in court. Has anyone challenged this ye?
Posted by: Cured Romantic || 11/28/2024 11:02 Comments || Top||

#4  Put the state officials in jail and keep them there until SCOTUS rules the state law to be in violation of the US Constitution. Then keep the state officials in jail a little longer.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/28/2024 12:28 Comments || Top||

#5  Illegal migrant crime cost $166.5 billion, three times the price of deportation
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/28/2024 13:38 Comments || Top||

#6  If done correctly, deportation is a one-time cost.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/28/2024 14:10 Comments || Top||

#7  California is broke and will need a federal bailout. Cut them off and they will be setting the brush on fire and declaring disaster.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/28/2024 15:11 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
Analysis of the WEF funding Greta from far before her "day 1"


… COINCIDENTALLY four days later by the release of a book she co-authored with her mother.

But that's not all - the PR machine for her was already in full swing on August 20, thanks to a man named Ingmar Rentzhog, who financed and drove the campaign through his company,
@WeDontHaveTime
. And guess what? Rentzhog is also COINCIDENTALLY the chairman of the think tank "Global Challenge" (
@ChallengesFnd
), which is now COINCIDENTALLY fully financed by a billionaire named Kristine Person, a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party and former minister in the government under Stefan Löfven.

And if that's not enough, Rentzhog purely COINCIDENTALLY happened to walk by the Swedish Parliament on August 20 and encounter Greta during her sit-in protest, taking a photograph of her. But wait, there's more - Rentzhog and Gretas mother had already met before at a climate conference on May 4, 2018, which is COINCIDENTALLY the exact date when Rentzhog became CEO of the aforementioned think tank.

And here's something interesting - both Kristine Person and Stefan Löfven happen to be members of Klaus Schwab's
@WEF
. It's amazing how all these connections seem to come full circle, isn't it?

It's clear to me that something fishy is going on behind the scenes here. These people are manipulating the public and abusing their power for their own political gain. We need to be aware of their tactics and warn everybody we know about the Great Reset and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Posted by: 3dc || 11/28/2024 11:32 || Comments || Link || [11129 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats


Government Corruption
Maricopa County Election worker arrested for stealing a security access key.


Posted by: 3dc || 11/28/2024 11:45 || Comments || Link || [11129 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Hang 'em
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/28/2024 12:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Didn't this happen months ago?
Posted by: Mercutio || 11/28/2024 13:51 Comments || Top||

#3  He has such an innocent face.
Posted by: Vernal Henbane9037 || 11/28/2024 14:04 Comments || Top||


Judge dismisses Ray Epps defamation lawsuit against Fox News
[JustTheNews] Fox News said it was "pleased" with the judge's decision, stating that the ruling, along with other rulings in recent cases against the company, were "preserving the press freedoms of the First Amendment."

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed January 6 defendant Ray Epps' year-long defamation lawsuit against Fox News, ruling that Epps failed to "state a claim."

Epps, who some conservatives had speculated was an undercover FBI agent sent by the bureau to stoke the January 6 riot in 2021, filed the lawsuit last year, claiming that an indictment from the Justice Department might not have surfaced against him if it wasn't for Fox's coverage.

The January 6 defendant also argued that Fox News and former host Tucker Carlson engaged in a "years-long campaign spreading falsehoods about Epps." Those falsehoods, the original complaint alleged, had destroyed the lives of Epps and his wife, per NBC News.
"I'm not getting any more payments from...err...nevermind"
U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Hall on Wednesday agreed with Fox News' argument that Epps failed to "state a claim."

Fox told CNN it was "pleased" with the judge's decision, stating that the ruling, along with other rulings in recent cases against the company, were "preserving the press freedoms of the First Amendment."

Epps was sentenced in January to one-year probation for his participation in the riot, after pleading guilty to a single charge of engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds.

The FBI has denied any ties to Epps, stating that he has never been an asset of the bureau.
What about a subsidiary "consultant"?
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/28/2024 04:37 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Saved Ray from discovery.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/28/2024 15:21 Comments || Top||


Alexander Vindman Has 'Committed Treason' and 'Will Pay'
[Breitbart] Elon Musk, co-head of President-Elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, told Alexander Vindman, who sparked the first impeachment of Trump, that he “committed treason” and “will pay,” after Vindman accused him of being controlled by Russian President Vladimir Putin and a “national security threat.”

Vindman smeared Musk during an interview on MSNBC on Wednesday, saying:

Clearly, Putin has a type. He likes narcissists and egomaniacs that he knows as a case officer he could easily pander to and manipulate to do his dirty work. We are under attack. Russia has been using different levers, whether that’s corruption networks. In this case, it’s it’s influencers like Donald Trump, like Elon Musk, to really kind of sow discord, and it’s particularly troubling with Elon Musk in this case, because Elon Musk has access to state secrets. He has top secret security clearance. It’s possible that some of that is seeping through. Putin has been very effective in playing both Trump and Elon, and he’s been using the richest man in the world to do his bidding in this. In some cases, that’s encouraging him probably to support Donald Trump. That’s not speculation. We see how far in Elon is gone, and then using Twitter as a distance disinformation platform. So this is not some sort of far off distant threat, this is a, it’s going to impact our elections, it’s a national security threat.

Musk responded Wednesday, “Vindman is on the payroll of Ukrainian oligarchs and has committed treason against the United States, for which he will pay the appropriate penalty.”
I’m not sure about treason, always a difficult charge, but the man absolutely is guilty of gross insubordination as a military officer. I vote for a fair court martial, followed by reduction in rank and a dishonourable discharge. Any jail term deemed appropriate by the court would not go amiss, but may be overkill — I know nothing about such things.

Posted by: Skidmark || 11/28/2024 04:11 || Comments || Link || [11133 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Article 92 outlaws disobeying a lawful order.
The maximum punishment is a bad-conduct discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and up to six months in confinement
Posted by: Rambler || 11/28/2024 10:48 Comments || Top||

#2  Is he registered as a foreign agent?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/28/2024 12:32 Comments || Top||

#3  Elon is trying to bait him into a lawsuit.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/28/2024 15:19 Comments || Top||

#4  Some of you fuckheads are too anti-Ukrainian for my taste. I don't get it. I hope COVID comes back in spades.
Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Best_Desert || 11/28/2024 20:24 Comments || Top||

#5  That’s why we cover both the Russian perspective AND the Ukrainian perspective, Penguin dear.

But the issue of Lt. Col. Vindman, Ret’d is that he had no business listening in on a phone call between the president and another head of state, and he definitely had no business tattling his disagreement with the content of that conversation where it would do the most harm, just because of personal spite — his and others. His job was ever only advice, not consent. He is emblematic of an entire class of federal bureaucrats who mistake themselves for rulers instead of servant. That the triggering event involved Ukraine is incidental to the affair.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/28/2024 21:44 Comments || Top||

#6  well put, TW
Posted by: 746 || 11/28/2024 22:00 Comments || Top||

#7  *blush* Thank you, kind sir.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/28/2024 22:32 Comments || Top||


Illinois Has the Worst Public Pension Debt Bomb in the Country
[Breitbart] The state of Illinois has the worst public employee pension shortfall in the country, even worse than the more populous California. In fact, the Illinois shortfall amounts to more than the shortfalls of about 36 other states combined.

At a shortfall of $172 billion, Illinois’ deficit for fully covering its pension promises to public sector employees is worse than the $140 billion shortfall in California, worse than the $90 some billion shortfall in New Jersey, and worse than the deficits of between $30 billion and $80 billion seen in Texas, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Kentucky.

As Wirepoints notes, Illinois is a dark blot of red ink and irresponsibility on the Midwest map compared to its neighbors. None of the six surrounding states bordering Illinois have anywhere near the pension bomb Illinois has. Kentucky comes in next worst at $34 billion, but that deficit isn’t even a third of what Illinois totals. Next comes Missouri at $13 billion, then Indiana at $11 billion, Michigan at $8 billion, Wisconsin at $4 billion, and Iowa at a mere $2 billion. But even with that adding up to $72 billion, all six surrounding states still total $100 billion less than the massive shortfall in Illinois.

The problem, of course, is in politics. Both Republicans and Democrats in the state have played favoritism with the public employee unions by offering a never-ending hike in benefits and goodies despite the current promises already being out of reach financially. But Illinois has an even greater problem because the gravy train nature of the pensions is actually enshrined in the state constitution.

The disastrous clause added to the state constitution during the 1970 Constitutional Convention maintains that it is actually unconstitutional to cut any part of a public pension. Meaning, no adjustments can ever be made to public pensions no matter how bad the debt bomb gets.

The provision rules that public pensions are an “enforceable contractual relationship, the benefits of which shall not be diminished or impaired.” This puts any possibility of reforms or adjustments out of reach for policy makers and legislators. Consequently, as each new legislature added more and more benefits and higher compensation, the time bomb was set off.

Illinois has been fully controlled by the Democrat Party with a super majority for two decades. And the liberal Republicans who had some small semblance of power before that were no better on the issue.

To further display how bad Illinois’ pension mess is, Fitch Ratings recently calculated the pension debts of the 50 states as a portion of the state’s economy. And, once again, Illinois soared above the rest for its worst-case situation.

Illinois’ pension bomb is 19 percent of its economy, far above the 15 percent in Connecticut and the 14 percent in Kentucky, the next two worst states. Also, compared to the bordering states, Illinois stands out by drowning in a sea of red ink. Compared to its 19 percent pension crisis, Missouri’s and Indiana’s figure in at around 3% each, while Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa only reach up to one percent of their economies.

Posted by: Skidmark || 11/28/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Cause they put state employee pension protection in their state Constitution. That may tread on the 14th Amendment 'equal protection' clause.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/28/2024 7:31 Comments || Top||

#2  Need a law regulating the structure of State bankruptcy.

That is the only way to save States like Illinois. I can't understand how people holding State of Illinois bonds must feel but I bet it isn't very good.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 11/28/2024 14:30 Comments || Top||

#3  I would have guessed California kind as a default.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/28/2024 15:05 Comments || Top||


Biden-Harris HHS Created 'White Glove Delivery Service' Giving Migrant Children to Criminals, Traffickers, and Cartels
[Breitbart] A whistleblower who worked at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s administration has created a “white glove delivery service” that sees hundreds of migrant children funneled into the hands of criminals, traffickers, and cartel members throughout the United States.

During testimony this month before two subcommittees of the House Homeland Security Committee, Tara Lee Rodas detailed the process by which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) takes custody of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) at the southern border before they are handed over to HHS custody, which then places them with adult sponsors in the U.S.

Rodas worked at HHS in 2021 before blowing the whistle on the UAC program. Since Biden and Harris took office, more than 530,000 UACs have been encountered at the southern border — the majority of whom are teenagers.

“Today, as we speak, children are preparing to work grueling overnight shifts in slaughterhouses, restaurants, and factories,” Rodas said:

Some children may die today in jobs they don’t have the knowledge or skills to do in order to repay never-ending debts to their smugglers and traffickers. Today, children are being sold for sex. Some children, girls and boys, will get sexually transmitted diseases. Some girls – as young as 12, 11, or even 10 years old – will give birth to children of their own. Forced labor and prostitution among underage migrants have more than tripled under [the current Administration]. Today, desperate children will call hotlines, to report they are being abused, neglected, and trafficked. [Emphasis added]

For at least a decade, HHS has been responsible for the suffering of countless children. This assessment is based solely on the information currently available; however, it has been established that the unknown factors significantly outweigh what is known. This must change. [Emphasis added]

According to Rodas, under Biden and Harris, “child trafficking has evolved into an international syndicate of gangs and cartels that is highly organized and very efficient” and HHS “has a 10-year demonstrated record of losing children to sponsors who traffick, exploit, and harm children in unthinkable ways.”

Rodas continued:

Sadly, due to the failed open border policies of the Biden-Harris Administration, we have delivered these unaccompanied children to criminals, traffickers and members of transnational criminal organizations who are using the UAC program as a white glove delivery service of children. These criminal sponsors are defrauding the U.S. government by using the UAC program as the logistical chain of their child trafficking operation. [Emphasis added]

Retired Border Patrol Deputy Agent in Charge J.J. Carrell revealed insider DHS knowledge about the role non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play in the UAC program and how they make billions aiding the federal government with the resettlement of migrant children across the U.S.

Catholic Charities, Lutheran Family Services, and Jewish Family Services are the main NGOs facilitating the UAC program, Carrell said:

I spoke to a gentleman who works in DHS, he actually sends the electronic fund transfers and I asked him, ‘Sir, tell me, who are you responsible for and how much is the largest check you’ve cut?’ He said, ‘I’m over Jewish Family Services and I cut a check for $600 million.’ And I said, ‘Is that for like three years?’ and he told me, ‘J.J., get in the game, that’s two or three months and it’s renewable.’ That’s one NGO. And I said, ‘Well, Catholic Charities is bigger than Jewish Family Services.’ He said, ‘Yes, they get the same or more.’ [Emphasis added]

You’re talking about billions upon billions of dollars given to NGOs to further the trafficking of all, of everyone crossing the border, including children. [Emphasis added]

Rodas said President-Elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is “aware of this crisis and his talented team is discussing solutions to end this crisis.”

“In the new Administration, there are simple fixes that Border Czar Tom Homan, HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr., DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and others can do to defend and protect children,” Rodas said.

Posted by: Skidmark || 11/28/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11135 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  You remember those midnight flights of kids to various places in the U.S.? Some directly from foreign countries? They would land in the wee hours of the morning and be driven off in busses?

Distribution Network... on our dime.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 11/28/2024 7:48 Comments || Top||

#2  Ten percent for the big guy.
Posted by: Richard+Aubrey+ || 11/28/2024 8:14 Comments || Top||

#3  NGOs used for trafficking to add a level of separation for the treasonous feds.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/28/2024 15:03 Comments || Top||

#4  And they said PizzaGate was a hoax.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/28/2024 16:36 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Trump's Defense Secretary nominee Hegseth gears up to target Pentagon DEI initiatives
[JustTheNews] Pete Hegseth, a veteran awarded with two Bronze Star medals for combat, if confirmed as Defense Secretary, appears poised to target years of DEI initiatives that have been ingrained in Pentagon leadership.

At a time when multiple regional crises are threatening to spiral out of control, Donald Trump’s nominee for Defense Secretary is preparing to target diversity and equity initiatives in the military that he believes have left the force less prepared and less lethal.

In recent years, the Pentagon has faced scrutiny over Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or DEI, initiatives as well as instances of gender and race ideology being espoused or supported by service members.

Pete Hegseth, if confirmed, appears poised to target years of DEI initiatives that have been ingrained in Pentagon leadership.

“The dumbest phrase on planet Earth in the military is 'our diversity is our strength,’” Hegseth summed up his view in a recent appearance on "The Shawn Ryan Show,” podcast, and specifically pinpointed a turning point in the Obama administration.

“You saw the trans stuff come in at the end,” Hegseth said. “You saw the women in combat…Because they looked around at the bureaucracies that they controlled in Washington, and the one that they didn’t control – Obama spent a disproportionate amount of time focusing on the Pentagon. They were skeptical of leadership and eventually brought in political appointees and generals who would do their bidding the way they wanted.”

Hegseth explained this changed the entire “ethos” of the organization.

ADOPTING DEI INITIATIVES
“The Army that I enlisted in, or the Army I swore an oath to in 2001, and was commissioned in 2003, looks a lot different than the Army of today because we are focused [now] on a lot of the wrong things,” he said.

Hegeseth identified current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, CQ Brown, as an example of how career military officials have adopted DEI initiates wholesale. In fall 2020, when Brown was still the Chief of Staff for the Air Force, he highlighted diversity as a key factor in promotions and recruiting.

He also oversaw the establishment of a diversity office in the Air Force and the branch’s inspector general conducted a “Racial Disparity Review” of the workforce.

This reputation elicited anxiety among senior Defense Department officials that the incoming president and his new Secretary of Defense would move to dismiss Brown before his term as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs officially expires. This would mark an about face for Trump, who originally nominated Brown to lead the Air Force in 2020.

Critics say the focus on DEI at the Pentagon has undermined the world’s premier fighting force, weakening it at a time when it may be needed more than ever.

“[It’s] engineering the leadership of the Pentagon, really, as far back as the 1960s has been trying to engineer the racial composition of the United States military, and that's come at a cost for professional standards,” William Thibeau of The American Military Project at the Claremont Institute told the John Solomon Reports podcast.

“We just found army internal data earlier this year that indicated the proportion of white recruits is that its lowest ever. The issue is, is that more diverse populations in America have not joined at an increasing share,” Thibeau said. “So what you have is a generational crisis of strength at a time when the U.S. military might be asked to fight three wars in the Middle East, Europe and the Pacific at one time, and we don't have the people to fight or deter even one of those conflicts.”

Though initial efforts at affirmative action the military in the wake of the Civil Rights Act began in the 1960s, modern DEI initiatives were justified by the final report of the Army Diversity Task force.

This 2008 report, finalized in the waning George W. Bush administration, laid out the reasons why diversity must be prioritized in the military ranks. It argued that diversifying the ranks would lead to more talent acquisition, reduce racial tensions, and would better equip the force to represent the nation, according to Thibeau.

"DIVERSITY"
Most recently, the DOD’s Strategic Management Plan for Fiscal Years 2022–2026, promulgated by Biden-appointed Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks, explicitly calls for DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) to be prioritized throughout the department.

The report outlined efforts over several years by the Pentagon “institutionalize DEI” based on recommendations generated from departmental reviews. The goal of these efforts were explicitly defined: “This will help institutionalize the advancement of DEIA and the value of diversity to the Department’s mission.”

Thibeau believes cutting back on the top heavy bureaucracy and specifically removing DEI in recruiting and promotion decisions will go a long way to restoring the military. He says the Joint Chiefs, now headed by Brown, should be the target of cuts.

“The Joint Staff, those six or so generals and admirals, are meant to provide advice and consent to the President. They're not supposed to be decision makers, but they're a 4,000 person bureaucracy in the Pentagon, almost immune to accountability,” he said. “Let's get them out of the decision making process, especially when it comes to what software, what what submarines, we buy. And then let's empower the war fighting commands to buy and procure things.”

Thibeau also said removing military leaders that promoted “race quotas” and diversity initiatives should be prioritized.

“I think the Trump administration, the Hegseth Pentagon, should ask serious questions if generals and admirals who implemented those policies can continue to lead in good faith, because it's not just a question of following political orders, it is a question of embodying the principles of DEI as an ideology that became part of these officers mandate in uniform,” he said.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/28/2024 04:35 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under:

#1  That’s fine, but there is a lot more wrong at DOD.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/28/2024 15:20 Comments || Top||


Meta CEO Zuckerberg dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
“Please don’t hurt me”
[IsraelTimes] Unclear if billionaire Elon Musk, a close Trump ally who previously challenged Meta CEO to cage match fight, also attended meal, though he has frequently been present at resort.

Mark Zuckerberg
...the Peewee Herman clone who owns Facebook. He's got more money than Croesus and thinks he should be regulated by the government because it does such a nifty job with all the other stuff it regulates....
joined Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago estate Wednesday, with an advisor to the president-elect saying the tech billionaire "wants to support the national renewal of America."
The 40-year-old chief executive of Meta — which owns Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp — has been carefully trying to mend ties with Trump.

Both men have had a strained relationship over the years, with Facebook being among social media networks that banned Trump after the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

But on Wednesday, a Meta spokesperson said: "Mark was grateful for the invitation to join President Trump for dinner and the opportunity to meet with members of his team about the incoming Administration."

In a statement, the spokesperson added that it was an important time for the future of American innovation.

It was not immediately clear if billionaire Elon Musk, a close Trump ally who previously challenged Zuckerberg to a cage match fight, also attended the dinner, though he has frequently been present at Mar-a-Lago since the election.

Posted by: trailing wife || 11/28/2024 2024-11-28 00:49 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies closer.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/28/2024 7:29 Comments || Top||

#2  On the plus side, all you have to do is show up with a McDonald's bag and you're good to go.
Posted by: ed in texas || 11/28/2024 8:47 Comments || Top||

#3  It gets worse for Zuck.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, who in 2020 gave $350 million to the Center for Tech and Civic Life, a small Chicago-based nonprofit for Ballot Drop Boxes decided to visit Pres Trump. Zuckerberg knows what is coming and its not going to be pretty. Release the communications between Facebook, Obama, Rice, Hillary, Biden, with WH officials. You know its coming.
Posted by: 3dc || 11/28/2024 11:18 Comments || Top||

#4  what Baron Trump says happened
Posted by: 3dc || 11/28/2024 11:57 Comments || Top||

#5  Money that flowed into all the right counties.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/28/2024 15:16 Comments || Top||


#7  I wonder if this meeting was just something Trump set up to subtly intimidate Zuckerberg.

Something Kings and Emperors did back in the day was to invite their enemies to a meeting, act politely, praise them, get them relaxed and then just mention 'something' in passing before they left that would insure that the 'new friend' would understand that any infraction WOULD be met with their devastation.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 11/28/2024 18:39 Comments || Top||



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