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Ed is still on reduced writing duty, so once again I am fulfilling our duty to point out important or interesting things that happened today but didn’t make it into our blog posts for one reason or another.
For me the biggest and best news of the day is the appointment of Tulsi Gabbard to the position of Director of National Intelligence.
Honestly, I was a bit worried that she would have been made Secretary of Defense, where she would have done a fine job but not be in a position to do what I think she can do best: push back against the domestic security state.
???? BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard selected to be Trump’s Director of National Intelligence. pic.twitter.com/lZncLn8hUE— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 13, 2024
Normally you wouldn’t think of the DNI as being focused on domestic issues, and that is how it should be. Unfortunately, the intelligence « community » has been weaponized against Americans, and I think Tulsi is just the person to return the agencies to focusing on their proper roles.
There has always been too much overlap between our foreign intelligence agencies and domestic politics, but under Obama the CIA, NSA, and all the alphabet agencies became a weapon the transnational elite used to keep Americans in line. Homeland Security targeted Gabbard herself, and the CIA, NSA, and FBI were famously weaponized against Trump and his allies.
Let’s hope she gets them under control.
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If you haven’t come to trust my judgment, what is WRONG with you?
I have been saying for a long time now that J.D. Vance was a superb choice for VP by Donald Trump, and I have been proven 100% right. Unlike almost every Vice Presidential choice in history, Vance moved votes to Trump.
“I was so impressed by JD Vance, the way he carried himself and how normal he appeared.”
Hearing stuff like this a lot. So can we all agree that the « JD Vance is weird » talking point was the biggest campaign messaging fail in recent history? https://t.co/g8aryBOPfr— Abigail Jackson ???????? (@abigailmarone) November 13, 2024
He didn’t do it by pandering, vapid fanboying, or being super political. He did it by being smart and normal. Once people got to know him they warmed to him.
More than that, Trump clearly trusted Vance. J.D. was at least an equal partner in messaging. Trump gave him the portfolio of being the press’ foil, and he excelled at the job. Trump was the marketer, but J.D. did most of the product sales. He explained Trump’s policies, ran circles around the media, and appealed to normal people.
In other words, I was right!
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Kamala Harris has already been revealed to be a fraud, but as people sort through her campaign finance reports they keep finding ridiculous items that prove her strategy was based almost solely on buying support.
