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Written by Jay Kuo on 2025-01-17 at 17:27

The MAGA takeover continues as Speaker Johnson toppled Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio. Johnson stripped Turner of his chairmanship of the House Intel Committee, and tempers are running high. My write up: https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/lack-of-intelligence?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Written by Dee G Lloyd on 2025-01-17 at 17:29

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Not good.

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Written by Zhi Zhu 🕸️ on 2025-01-17 at 19:12

"Turner even told his Democratic counterpart, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), that the reasons given for his sacking [from chair of House Intelligence Committee] included “concerns from Mar-a-Lago.” In other words, the firing came from #Trump basically telling Speaker Johnson, “Will no one rid me of this troublesome chairman”—if you know the origin story of the phrase, attributed to King Henry II, of how the king gets what he wants without ever having to give the order."

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[#]GOP #Politics #USA

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Written by Zhi Zhu 🕸️ on 2025-01-17 at 19:22

"We can best highlight the importance of a functioning check upon US #intelligence officials by examining what happens when there isn’t one. In the lead up to the Iraq #War... VP Cheney leaned hard on #US intelligence to declare that there were weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in #Iraq... The Director of the #CIA at the time... went along with the bogus claim...

Had the #House Intelligence Committee performed adequate oversight... we might never have gone into Iraq."

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Written by Bandersnatch on 2025-01-17 at 19:47

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Yet this #coward still won't #caucus with the Democrats to stop #Trump #fascism.

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Written by UncleRico on 2025-01-17 at 20:45

@jaykuo Another of the “establishment “ Republicans always making snarky negative comments about the Democrats experiencing the “find out” part. I’m sure he’s just shocked that the leopard is eating his face.

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Written by Darren du Nord on 2025-01-17 at 21:10

@jaykuo How can a caucus with such a thin majority treat ANY member like this?

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