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dlk

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34. People with no conscience can do anything

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Sat Aug 9, 2025, 04:13 PM

Aug 2025

They really don’t care.

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Trump FBI Director Fires Combat Vet Whose Wife Died Last Month, Accusing Him of 'Poor Judgment' [View all] Norbert Aug 2025 OP

OMG 😳 awful TommieMommy Aug 2025 #1

Satan is busier... GiqueCee Aug 2025 #2

Federal employees have strong due process rights. sop Aug 2025 #3

Not anymore. travelingthrulife Aug 2025 #12

Not the FBI. James48 Aug 2025 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author sop Aug 2025 #21

Not to get off in the weeds about this, but a quick review of Appeal Rights for FBI Employees revealed the following: sop Aug 2025 #22

He is not a member of the SES. James48 Aug 2025 #23

Oh dearie, that is soooo old school. llmart Aug 2025 #30

Blind loyalty to trump is now a job requirement for the FBI under Patel/trump LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #4

Not loyal. Bye. See. twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #5

Not see... BattleRow Aug 2025 #6

Have a great day. twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #8

Kash Patel should not be trusted Puppyjive Aug 2025 #7

What exactly are you saying here? yorkster Aug 2025 #11

yeah. that's some pretty poor wording there (to be somewhat generous) stopdiggin Aug 2025 #20

I think the name is as common as "Smith" Hekate Aug 2025 #38

Post removed Post removed Aug 2025 #40

The ones I first encountered 35 - 40 years ago were working like dogs to get those businesses going Hekate Aug 2025 #41

Common name TnDem Aug 2025 #46

Patel & crew are going to gut the FBI. oasis Aug 2025 #9

So I just did a quick read of Article II odins folly Aug 2025 #10

Article II ChicagoTeamster Aug 2025 #27

Right, however odins folly Aug 2025 #28

Willful employment TnDem Aug 2025 #13

Pre-Trump, FBI Directors served a single term of 10 years, a limit established by federal law in 1976. sop Aug 2025 #17

Customary maybe, but not required TnDem Aug 2025 #26

FBI agents don't operate in a vacuum. CanonRay Aug 2025 #14

Nasty Nazi shit. 58Sunliner Aug 2025 #15

Kash Patel must be vying with Stephen Miller for the prize of WPA (Worst Person Alive). LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #16

How far we have sunk! democrank Aug 2025 #18

Appeal the firing Mblaze Aug 2025 #24

one thing i hope we've all learned from this is that DOJ needs to be split from the executive branch Takket Aug 2025 #25

Firing somebody for cause is a really risky thing to do. Xipe Totec Aug 2025 #29

No it's not. Not for these guys... druidity33 Aug 2025 #32

They THINK they own the courts Xipe Totec Aug 2025 #33

F.ck that googly eyed motherf.cker. Buddyzbuddy Aug 2025 #31

People with no conscience can do anything dlk Aug 2025 #34

Purge after purge -- so very Soviet Hekate Aug 2025 #35

VERY Soviet! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Aug 2025 #36

Just makes me wonder if there's anybody left who remembers at all that it was real as sin.... Hekate Aug 2025 #37

Well, you know Americans. OldBaldy1701E Aug 2025 #42

I have such a feeling of deja vu from the last orangeanus administration reading that LymphocyteLover Aug 2025 #44

Politizing the FBI is not good. Emile Aug 2025 #39

these evil motherfuckers are creating a lot of enemies with a lot of special knowledge LymphocyteLover Aug 2025 #43

The FBI can now be classified as The Failing Bureau of Investigation. mdbl Aug 2025 #45

We're in the upside down now. rickyhall Aug 2025 #47