The FBI agent’s bombshell allegations of political bias appeared in a leaked statement made to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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    This country is so fucked. We have a blatant criminal running for president with half the country too stupid or incapable of believing the facts and actually getting his ass in jail, all because he has an R next to his name. Our government is completely deprived of doing anything positive or good for it’s people. We’re going to spend the next 50 years walking a fine line between fascism and democracy, with all our energy spent on trying to stay on the democracy side, while the citizens of the US suffer the consequences. I hope I’m wrong but with this stupid MAGA cult so high up the chain of the government, it’s hard to see a bright future.

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      In the country’s defense, those assholes literally ran the government from the highest level for 4 years and gave up power were forced to give up power after their term ended. We have a pretty robust system. I am concerned that so many people are so stupid to be hoodwinked by him and his ilk, but the system was built to withstand this type of shit…at least for a single time.

      Meanwhile Biden and democrats have been out there with things like the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Bill actually helping Americans. If you think that the government isn’t capable of doing positive or good for it’s people anymore, you haven’t been paying attention. It may not be sweeping, and only barely enacted, but a lot of good has been done recently.

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        It’s the illusion of positive change. The government is basically playing tug-o-war with the people. We have positive change, then the next guy comes and wipes it all away, and we’re back to square 1. Look at women’s rights, LGBT rights, basic human rights, etc. We thought we were safe yet here we are fighting the same fight as 50+ years ago. We’re moving backwards! People can’t afford to rent/buy homes, the environment is burning to the ground, food is expensive, education is not only expensive but apparently wrong now too? I mean, how did we get here? We were all tricked into thinking Obama becoming president meant the country was moving away from it’s ugly, racial, past. We got lazy. Then Trump gets elected and it all came rushing back x10. Now we’re back to making progress again? The ultra rich have the government under their control and we’re all just here for their entertainment. We fight against each other for basic scraps when it comes to human decency and for what? We need sustained, positive change that lasts longer than 1-2 presidential elections and we need it now. Trump may be an idiot, but plenty of wanna-be fascists saw his mistakes and will learn from them. The next time we get a Trump 2.0, democracy will die. We cannot afford that to happen, which is why I said we are walking a fine line between democracy and fascism. And until we get actual progressive movements that last, I don’t see our government doing us any good.

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        Biden and the democrats doing such good things like preventing the working class from striking. Take the blinders off.

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          The rail road workers got everything they wanted and more. The admin followed up even if the media fell off. They also just raised the construction workers minimum wages on federal contracts.

          Did you ask him to take the blinders off because you wanted a second set for yourself?

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            Wowee you are really drinking that kool-aid aren’t you?

            The rail road workers got everything they wanted and more.

            Sick leave? You know that crucial safety issue of staying home when you can’t perform your job. How about the skeleton crews the rail companies run giving inspectors a total of 2 minutes per car to do mandatory inspections? All these issues labor was raising before the national disaster of East Palestine.

            The admin followed up even if the media fell off.

            Do you even know what you are championing in this statement? “CSX was the first to grant paid sick days to several of its unions and has now granted sick days to 61% of its 17,089 unionized employees.” OH boy 10k people got 4 days of sick leave, what a joke. That’s bread crumbs. It’s nothing to celebrate, that’s what the rail companies want to diffuse the public pressure.

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          I’ll take the good with the bad. Better than literal criminals and conmen. Some good shit was done. C’est la vie.

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            While I was happy to see someone point out the strike prevention, I do appreciate your response. It’s a nice reminder to appreciate what we can.

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          labor is a fight and that’s all there is to it… people have to fight before anyone will stick their necks out… my grandpa was a coal miner “back in the day”, and he had a great job because they went on strike when it was needed… and they took care of scabs… they didn’t fuck around…

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      the only thing i’d argue with is the outlook… it might not be so grim, just because there is a ton of really easy work out there for aspiring young lawyers. lots of really simple corruption to prosecute and make heroes of an entire generation of Bobby Kennedys… in the Supreme Court itself no less… talk about a chance to make your name… eager young attorneys live for that kind of shit… we’ll see…

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      I’m convinced America got to the point where it’s run by actual criminals.

      But I guess everyone always assumed anyway.

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            Did I stutter? Your silly two party system got you into this mess.

            As amusing as it is seeing more “Don’t blame me I voted for Kodos” statements I am reminded that the Simpsons also brought us:

            “Okay, this should make my bosses very happy. Foreign Diplomat : Your bosses? George H.W. Bush : [signs the bill] Yep, all 250 million of them.”

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      Odd that people think the justice department / FBI would’ve changed since they J Edgar Hoover days without ever having faced any significant reforms. It’s still operating the same way, with different people.

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    [T]hey also ordered, in early 2022, that the FBI informant who had provided the best intelligence on Giuliani’s activities be “closed” — cut off from further FBI contact. According to the statement, that order came from the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force or FITF, a headquarters-based unit established by Director Christopher Wray in 2017 and charged with combating foreign influence.

    Read that again. Now read it again.

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    I knew that New York field office was going to show up the moment I saw “FBI” and “Giuliani” in the same headline.

    Something is rotten in the FBI. Hopefully most of the rot is concentrated in that place and not spread throughout the whole organization.

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      The New York field office was involved in leaks that lead up to the Comey memo during the 2016 election. After the Anthony Weiner laptop was found, they started giving interviews hinting that Hillary was going to be under investigation again. Comey’s memo was supposed to clear that up, but instead it just muddied the waters more. They got their wish, of course. Hillary lost her sizeable lead, which given the unfair Electoral College system ultimately meant a loss.

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    Every complaint is a confession. You can literally just start with every political complaint that gets Fox in a tizzy or that gets shouted from congressional podiums and use that to start a criminal investigation into the people and organizations backing the complaint. You should be able to generate a lot of cases like that.

    After which of course you’ll be ordered to shut down the investigation.

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    yeah this will get the rats stirring… there is a lot of corruption born during Trump that’s still trying to hide and survive… stuff like this gets them running around…

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    FTA:

    Russell Dye, a spokesperson for Jordan, denied the whistleblower’s allegations that the committee was cherry-picking witnesses who claimed to be able to implicate Biden.

    “We would under no circumstance ever tell a whistleblower that we weren’t interested in their story,” Dye said. “We have had plenty of whistleblowers come forward about issues not relating to the President.” Dye said the committee was still weighing what to do with the information that the whistleblower had given them.

    Surrrrre, I believe that you’re impartial…