#DanielFried echoes this sentiment. “I spent 40 years in the #State Dept, & you didn’t collect names or demand email records…I’ve never heard of such a thing”—at least not in the American context, he clarifies. It did remind him of Eastern European “Communist Party minder[s] watching over the untrusted bureaucracy.”
He adds: “It also approaches the compilation of an #EnemiesList.”
"The FBI has suspended an analyst on Kash Patel’s so-called #EnemiesList after Mr. Patel told lawmakers that the bureau under his leadership would stay out of the political fray and not punish employees for partisan reasons":
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/politics/fbi-suspends-employee-patel-enemies.html #KashPatelLied #extremism #politics
*Top* US Prosecutor in #NewJersey, a #Trump Loyalist, Targets Governor
#AlinaHabba said she was investigating Gov. Philip D. Murphy & the state’s attorney general [#NJAG] over #immigration policy. She called the inquiry a “warning for everybody.”
#law #intimidation #WeaponizationOfGovernment #EnemiesList #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #federalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/nyregion/trump-justice-department-habba-immigration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=BFE44020-29CA-4995-8D54-CCAD9494BA82
the media #enemieslist seems a bit thin yet. stay tuned.
REMEMBER WHEN...
...during a pre-election interview with Kristen Welker, #TheOrangeMenace denied he had "an #EnemiesList" and would not waste his time going after his enemies b/c he "had too much important 'stuff' to do"?
Where's THAT discussion, Kristen? #MtP #MeetTheRepublicans #DisasterPresidency #ConvictedFelon
#KashPatel kept saying he would not “go backwards” when asked if he’ll investigate #Trump’s perceived enemies, not a real answer, #criminal investigations, by their very nature, look backward to determine who may have committed a crime.
Patel refused to say whether or not he would use his position to investigate the fmr #FBI dir #JamesComey or others on his #EnemiesList saying only that he would abide by the #law & #Constitution. Sen #MazieHirono correctly says he didn’t answer the questions.
In his book “Government Gansters,” #KashPatel made clear his hostility toward the so-called deep state, publishing a list of 60 names in an appendix.
It has been widely interpreted as an #EnemiesList & singles out fmr executive branch ofcls but is by no means “comprehensive,” acc/to Patel.
At his confirmation hearing to be #FBI director today, Patel rejected the idea that the group of names was an enemies list.
He just lied, lied & then lied some more.
#KashPatel’s nomination has alarmed #Democrats who say he lacks both the background & gravitas to lead the nation’s premier #law enforcement agency. Of particular concern, they note, is his “#EnemiesList” of so-called “deep-state” actors Patel included in his 2023 book.
#DonaldTheDeplorable publicly releases portions of his #EnemiesList and at the same time attempts to defy the #StreisandEffect with psychological #projection of his own eponymous #MentalHealth issue; “#TrumpDerangementSyndrome more commonly known as #TDS.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-blacklist-white-house_n_6788d859e4b0583ca53bab43
@Wikipedia I wonder how many #scientists and other intellectual #liberals are on #TrumpsList ? (You *know* he has one, and keeps adding to it!)
Btw, there’s certainly a #PulitzerPrize awaiting those who leak it!
#USpolitics poll: How many people are on the #Trump #EnemiesList ?
If #Trump Wins, His Allies Want #Lawyers Who Will Bless a MORE #Radical Agenda
“They want lawyers in #federal agencies & in the #WhiteHouse who are willing to use theories that more establishment lawyers would reject to advance his cause(s).”
#legal #law #democracy #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Kleptocracy #MafiaState #DemocraticBackslidingInTheUnitedStates #EnemiesList #Jan6 #MAGA #Republicans #Extremism #FarRight
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/us/politics/trump-2025-lawyers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
