Friday’s Mini-Report, 8.22.25
Today’s edition of quick hits.
Today’s edition of quick hits.
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The Defense Intelligence Agency told the White House what it didn’t want to hear. Soon after, the defense secretary reportedly fired the head of the DIA.
Reporting suggests the NSA lost its top data scientist because of his loose association with facts that the DNI and other conspiracy theorists don’t like.
“Joseph McCarthy was right,” the right-wing activist said. “We need to make McCarthy great again.” On the right, she has a fair amount of company.
Steve Benen's new book, 'Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past,' with an audio version read by Rachel Maddow is now available.
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Remember when the president said the E.U. would give him $600 billion that he could “do anything” he pleases with? That weird boast has now collapsed.
It’s extraordinary to see the FBI target a prominent presidential critic, suspecting him of the same wrongdoing that led to a Trump criminal indictment.
After setting its credibility on fire, and as more members give up their seats, the right-wing faction is struggling to exist.
Remember when the president said he’d join “with the police and with the military” in the streets of D.C.? He apparently changed his mind soon after.
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