For years, Trump screamed that intelligence agencies were politicized against him and promised to depoliticize them. Now he’s cramming an unqualified political ally into the top intelligence job, exposing his entire crusade as a power grab. His appointment is so brazenly partisan that it’s collapsing bipartisan support for basic surveillance tools—even Republicans won’t back it.…
Pete Hegseth spent years blasting Democrats for ‘politicizing’ the military—then used his Defense Secretary post to campaign against a sitting GOP congressman for Trump. He claims he acted in a ‘personal capacity,’ a thin excuse that proves even his own Pentagon knows this violates core military ethics. So much for Trump’s crusade against government weaponization.…
Todd Blanche built his career defending clients against government overreach and prosecutorial abuse—then became acting attorney general and immediately weaponized the DOJ to target Trump’s enemies. He’s investigating Jerome Powell and prosecuting political opponents using the exact same federal machinery he once condemned as tyrannical. The man who lectured about prosecutorial restraint is now the…