Summary
Donald Trump’s transition team plans to grant sweeping security clearances to cabinet picks before traditional FBI background checks, delaying vetting until the new administration takes over the bureau and installs its own officials.
This move could bypass FBI scrutiny and delay classified briefings until Trump’s January 20 inauguration.
The approach reflects Trump’s distrust of the FBI, rooted in its role during the Russia investigation, and mirrors past controversies like Jared Kushner’s delayed clearance, which Trump overrode despite FBI and CIA concerns.
Critics warn this could undermine vetting and create potential security risks.
Yet one of the parties is trying to invest in long term things like education, climate, infrastructure, trying to bring manufacturing back to the US, strengthen unions……
If my government is going to be irresponsible with money, I’d much rather it be for long term investments than lining the pockets of the wealthy or connected
Well at least they say they’re “trying” on paper. Unfortunately, they’re either lying or incompetent because they sure as hell aren’t succeeding at any of this and keep letting Republicans win elections by being so ineffective.
It’s not too different than your boss telling you that they’re “really trying to get you a raise” year after year as you fall deeper and deeper into the hole meanwhile you see him buying his 14th house.
Sssshhhhh…
How have you forgotten?
We give neoliberals credit when they say they’ll fix something, not when they actually do it.
If we only gave them credit for things they’ve done, people are going to ask why we’ve devoted 30 years of the Dem party to Jimmy Carvil’s best cryptkeeper impression?