To Comfort The Afflicted
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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Friday, March 28, 2025

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Useful Idiots vs The FBI

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BY JOE CONASON Nothing is more fashionable these days on the Republican right than to trash America’s law enforcement and intelligence services. Legislators like Rep. Steve King, R-IA, and Francis Rooney, R-FL, broadcast accusations about “major corruption” within the Federal Bureau of Investigation and demand a “purge.” Tom Fitton, who runs the right-wing legal outfit known as Judicial Watch, has even called for the FBI to be “shut down.” And of course Donald Trump himself […]

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Joe Conason
Joe Conason
Joe Conason is an American journalist, author and liberal political commentator. He writes a column for Salon.com and has written a number of books, including Big Lies, which addresses what he says are myths spread about liberals by conservatives.