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Summary

Donald Trump’s transition team has bypassed standard FBI background checks for key cabinet nominees, relying instead on private investigators, as reported by CNN.

This breaks decades-old norms meant to vet candidates for criminal history and conflicts of interest.

Controversial appointees include Matt Gaetz (attorney general), Tulsi Gabbard (director of national intelligence), and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (health secretary), all facing scrutiny for past investigations, pro-Russian views, or personal admissions.

Critics argue Trump seeks to undermine traditional vetting, with potential security risks tied to bypassing these checks.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Tulsi Gabbard as the head of intelligence means the US intelligence community will have a blind spot in Russia, Ukraine and the Middle East. Plus many field agents are going to die. It’s going to be massive set back for Ukraine. And she’s probably going to relay everything to dictators like Putin and Assad. Mahalo Tulsi /s. And fuck your sPiRIt of alOHa

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 4 points 5 hours ago

It turns out that the erosion of rights will be done for fun during the real task of butchering the federal infrastructure and agenci6snd selling them to the highest bidding friend

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago

It's crazy that all these things I thought were laws my whole life turn out to just be "norms" that can be totally ignored

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 19 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

So, Cheeto is relying on private investigators...run by the Russian FSB. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, the Deep State is going to filled with neo-Nazis, religious nutters and Russian agents.

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[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago

I assume if they’re investigating or vetting anything it’s: will they be loyal to Trump? Anything good to hang on to as blackmail or extortion material?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 70 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

So... About that "deep state" I kept hearing about for the past 30 years... Think maybe now it's probably the time, if there ever was one, to do something to preserve the world order.

Turns out the "deep state" are a bunch of rich people who don't want to pay taxes. Oops.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

The deep state was always meant to mean the FBI, FDA, EPA, and other agencies that while not always forces for good are forces of career bureaucrats that keep the United States a functioning nation.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 25 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

to his supporters, this just looks like someone who gets things done. and they probably don't trust the FBI

[–] villainy@lemmy.world 160 points 1 day ago (4 children)

This breaks decades-old norms meant to vet candidates for criminal history and conflicts of interest.

Come the fuck on. The FBI background checks are a "norm" too? Do we have actual laws for anything?

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 92 points 1 day ago

The actual laws also don't seem to matter, in all fairness.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Up till now, we didn’t really need them because everyone agreed it was the smart thing to do.

We’re done with smart.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

That's the hope. If we're gonna have a fascist state, at least let it be a bumbling incompetent fascist state.

America: relies on tradition because laws are for the poor

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 109 points 1 day ago

A crook and convicted felon fills his cabinet with folk who probably can't pass an FBI security screening? Color me shocked.

The robber barons are back, baby

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 64 points 1 day ago

No shit, one of his picks has white supremacist tats all over his body, one paid a minor for sex and gave them hardcore drugs, and the other is an actual Russian Agent.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 224 points 1 day ago (9 children)

How much corruption can we take before he's even installed? For real. This is way fucken nuttier than last time. It seems so malicious.

[–] whithom@discuss.online 126 points 1 day ago (11 children)

We will take whatever he gives. The US voters approved him. They want this. They chose this, and everything that comes from it.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

He got more votes than he ever did in the previous elections, and won the popular vote for the first time. God damn.

[–] whithom@discuss.online 2 points 9 hours ago

Yup. There will be lots of opportunities to say “well, I hope you didn’t vote for trump if you wanted ______”

Healthcare, retirement, any kind of social service, etc etc.

[–] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.world 80 points 1 day ago (5 children)

This. There is no authority above the authoritarian. His word is law now. Whatever Our Glorious Cheeto wishes is now US doctrine.

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[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Lemmy doesn't offer a way to filter posts by words in the title do they? I'm over hearing anything about this waste of oxygen and his buddies.

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Voyager app does... it's how I don't see most musk threads.

[–] OmnomnomOom@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I have a "muted words" option in Boost to filter out posts by title. Don't know about any other clients. Sry

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[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 88 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Gabbard is the biggest threat here, in my view.

You couldn't dream of putting a spy in a better position than the DNI whose position is literally to oversee all intelligence agency silos.

Russia will know literally everything.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (16 children)

She is literally in a cult.

People need to know that and they don't.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_of_Identity_Foundation

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[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump is just putting a person between him and Putin this time around, Russia knew everything the first admin also. He hid meeting notes and visitor logs and nobody did shit, then the assholes voted him back in to finish selling us off because somehow that means "America First".

[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

It’s amazing how Republicans manage to brand all their shit as the complete opposite of what it really is.

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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 70 points 1 day ago (8 children)

This all highlights how many loopholes and deficiencies there are in a system that prides itself so much on checks and balances.

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[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 49 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I've needed FBI background checks for nearly every job I've ever had. If I need a background check to work in an elementary school, why don't these people need it to handle our nation's secrets?

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