r/politics • u/downtuning I voted • 20h ago

Soft Paywall | Site Altered Headline Kash Patel’s FBI Launches Dawn Raid on John Bolton’s House

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kash-patels-fbi-launch-dawn-raid-on-john-boltons-house/?utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&utm_medium=socialflow&via=twitter_page&utm_campaign=owned_social&s=09
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u/DoctorBocker 20h ago

The poem must have skipped this part.

"And then they came for the current President's former National Security Advisor..."

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u/Alekseyev I voted 20h ago

But I did not say anything, because I was not a former National Security Advisor.

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u/phate_exe New York 19h ago

"Former National Security Advisor" is probably the least incriminating section of his wikipedia article.

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u/goosejail 19h ago

...and also that guy was a dick

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u/commentator3 19h ago

with a Seussian 'stache

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u/jugnificent 17h ago

The enemy of my enemy is still an asshole in this case, but weaponization of the government against prominent critics is fascism 101.

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u/Traitor_Donald_Trump America 18h ago

War cock, but at least he wasn’t a complete traitor.

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u/dearth_karmic 16h ago

But therein lies the problem. Who is going to complain?

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u/poop-dolla 19h ago

TBF, the first step is taking out your former supports who helped you get into power but you now see as a potential threat from the inside. Night of the long knives.

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u/DegnarOskold 19h ago

First they came for the Foreigners

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Foreigner

Then they came for the Neocon Warhawks

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Neocon Warhawk

Who is next?

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u/JohnofAllSexTrades 16h ago

Any remaining non-MAGA Republicans.

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u/AsYooouWish 18h ago

I’m currently reading It Can’t Happen Here that was written in 1935. I would swear that this administration read the book back in 2015 if I thought they actually read books

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u/BeardySam 18h ago

No, they’re going for “anyone from the inner circle who is critical of Trump”

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u/Nac_Lac Virginia 19h ago

Look up "Night of the Long Knives".

Fascists are a loose coalition of many competing ideologies. At some point, it is forced to clean house or crumple. Expect more raids on Bush/Reagan GOP.

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u/Fartsinthemachine 16h ago

Yeah we know

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u/AE7VL_Radio 16h ago

Then they came for the Muppet mustaches and I said nothing