FBI, R.I.P.? By Victor Davis Hanson

[mystery-ak]

FBI, R.I.P.?
By Victor Davis Hanson

The FBI is dissolving before our eyes into a rogue security service akin to those in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.

Take the FBI's deliberately asymmetrical application of the law. This week the bureau surprise-raided the home of former President Donald Trump -- an historical first.

A massive phalanx of FBI agents swooped into the Trump residence while he was not home, to confiscate his personal property, safe, and records. All of this was over an archival dispute of presidential papers common to many former presidents. Agents swarmed the entire house, including the wardrobe closet of the former first lady.

Note we are less than 90 days out from a midterm election, and this was not just a raid, but a political act.

The Democratic Party is anticipated to suffer historical losses. Trump was on the verge of announcing his 2024 presidential candidacy. In many polls, he remains the Republican front-runner for the nomination -- and well ahead of incumbent President Joe Biden in a putative 2024 rematch.

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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/08/11/fbi_rip_148036.html

[catfish1957]

I know Hanson is our version of Captain Obvious.  But sometimes he puts it into terms that really encapsulates the matter rather nicely.

R.I.P. FBI?

Here at TBR, we are a little less kind about its fate.

[Fishrrman]

"I know Hanson is our version of Captain Obvious.  But sometimes he puts it into terms that really encapsulates the matter rather nicely."

Think getting rid of the FBI is going to fix things?
Better think again.
A whole lot more needs to be changed.
Perhaps the entirety of "the problem"...

The aggrieved Colonists knew that they couldn't just fix one facet of their British overlords.
So... they called a get-together with representatives from each of the Colonies.
To discuss what was wrong, what might be needed to correct the problems, and decide where to go from there.
The meeting they called came to be known as the "Continental Congress".

It's time for the red and purple states to convene another.
For the same reasons.
Perhaps with a similar outcome as the previous one...

[Cyber Liberty]

"I know Hanson is our version of Captain Obvious.  But sometimes he puts it into terms that really encapsulates the matter rather nicely."

Think getting rid of the FBI is going to fix things?
Better think again.
A whole lot more needs to be changed.
Perhaps the entirety of "the problem"...

The aggrieved Colonists knew that they couldn't just fix one facet of their British overlords.
So... they called a get-together with representatives from each of the Colonies.
To discuss what was wrong, what might be needed to correct the problems, and decide where to go from there.
The meeting they called came to be known as the "Continental Congress".

It's time for the red and purple states to convene another.
For the same reasons.
Perhaps with a similar outcome as the previous one...

Of course it won't fix things, the same Junta will just set up another, even more devious society of thugs.  The true problem is tens of millions of Morons voted for Shortbus Joe and other Rats, and will continue to do so until the next Continental Congress..

[Right_in_Virginia]

The empty boxcars are pulling into the station and those (not just Victor) opining on "our" side are still giving us a tour of the route the train took.   

[catfish1957]

The empty boxcars are pulling into the station and those (not just Victor) opining on "our" side are still giving us a tour of the route the train took.   

Good point.  We need to hear from less historians and more fromvisionaries.

Feedback that something sucks is worth about a Biden dime.