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Miles Archer

(20,605 posts)
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:29 AM Tuesday

Madame Skunk Hair is trying to position herself as a bigger P.O.S. than Patel, Hegseth, Noem, Bondi and Miller combined.

Gabbard Launches Secret Goon Squad to Target Trump’s Enemies
REVENGE TOUR
The Interagency Weaponization Working Group has been meeting for months.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gabbard-launches-secret-goon-squad-to-target-trumps-enemies/

Top Trump goon Tulsi Gabbard has quietly assembled a secretive network of officials tasked with enforcing the president’s demand for MAGA retribution.

The team, formally called the Interagency Weaponization Working Group, has been meeting at the director of national intelligence’s behest since at least April and now includes dozens of officials from across the U.S. intelligence and law enforcement community, according to records reviewed by Reuters.

Participants have come from the White House, the CIA, FBI, Justice Department, Defense Department, Homeland Security, the IRS, and the Federal Communications Commission. According to Reuters, their task is to help “steer President Donald Trump’s drive for retribution against his perceived enemies.”

News of the group’s activities comes after the Trump Justice Department indicted former FBI chief James Comey and goes after other opponents of the president, like New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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Madame Skunk Hair is trying to position herself as a bigger P.O.S. than Patel, Hegseth, Noem, Bondi and Miller combined. (Original Post) Miles Archer Tuesday OP
DURec for "Madame Skunk Hair" alone n/t leftstreet Tuesday #1
The new WIGG party... ultralite001 Tuesday #9
The stench rubs off. Marcuse Tuesday #20
She leaks everything to Russia Johonny Tuesday #2
I'm sure the communications lines are always open to the Kremlin ffr Tuesday #15
Comrade Skunk Hair Strelnikov_ Tuesday #23
Breaks my heart, but yes some_of_us_are_sane Tuesday #29
They even named it after what they accuse Dems of. louis-t Tuesday #3
So reminiscent of another horrible authoritarian, whose henchmen/women were so eager hlthe2b Tuesday #4
There were/are several. who specifically? mwmisses4289 Tuesday #6
There is but one who meets that exact description. You list authoritarians, dictators, strong men... hlthe2b Tuesday #12
ok, then I'm clueless. mwmisses4289 Tuesday #17
Adolph Hitler... hlthe2b Tuesday #19
They are pure evil. Irish_Dem Tuesday #5
Jackbooted police-state thugs Hekate Tuesday #7
The DB stealing research (again)... littlemissmartypants Tuesday #8
"Unfettered and Unaccountable" progressoid Tuesday #18
Not quite: the ProPublica article is about ICE. This is about going after Biden government officials muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #22
Anyone know an address where I can send her a book on the Nuremberg trials? LT Barclay Tuesday #10
Wouldn't this be illegal as well as unconstitutional? slightlv Tuesday #11
Who is going to stop them? Happy Hoosier Tuesday #14
Totally agree with you, Hoosier! slightlv Tuesday #21
Some people here actually supported her. Happy Hoosier Tuesday #13
Myself? Personally? I bit my tongue and stayed out of the discussion... Miles Archer Tuesday #25
She certainly had a lot of people fooled before she comradebillyboy Tuesday #27
The only good thing about this is that she's gathering the worst of the worst to work for her. patphil Tuesday #16
Tulsi "Hillary is 'the queen of the warmongers, embodiment of corruption, personification of the rot betsuni Tuesday #24
Oh yeah. Hillary the so-called warmonger as . . . peggysue2 Tuesday #26
It's beginning to sound like the Cheka of the old Bolshevik days, Ocelot II Tuesday #28

Strelnikov_

(8,065 posts)
23. Comrade Skunk Hair
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 02:09 PM
Tuesday
https://www.ft.com/content/af8042f0-5de9-4509-bcb2-2d98d26a3d21

Netherlands curtails intelligence-sharing with US over ‘human rights’

Dutch spy chiefs cite concerns about Trump administration’s ‘politicisation’ of services


The Netherlands has curtailed intelligence co-operation with the US over fears the Trump administration could use it to violate human rights or assist Russia. The heads of civilian and military intelligence said in a joint interview with Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant that they had become more cautious in what they share given the “politicisation of our intelligence”.

It is the frankest admission by a foreign spy agency about the consequences of US President Donald Trump’s interference in intelligence matters. Erik Akerboom, director-general of the AIVD domestic intelligence service, and Peter Reesink, director of the MIVD military intelligence agency, said in the interview published over the weekend that they regretted Trump had fired National Security Agency chief Timothy Haugh in April.

“I can’t comment on how that relationship is now compared to before. But it’s true that we make that decision and sometimes don’t share things anymore,” Reesink said.

They indicated the sharing restrictions applied to intelligence about Russia. Trump’s stance on his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has shifted several times this year — most recently on Friday when the US leader pressured Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy to agree to Moscow’s terms on how to end the war.

some_of_us_are_sane

(2,363 posts)
29. Breaks my heart, but yes
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 03:57 PM
Tuesday

we've become villains on the world stage.

This feels like we've gone through the Looking Glass.

hlthe2b

(111,815 posts)
4. So reminiscent of another horrible authoritarian, whose henchmen/women were so eager
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 12:10 PM
Tuesday

to "one-up each other" with more horrific and sadistic plans to please the "master." Gee, now, who was that? Anyone?

mwmisses4289

(2,518 posts)
6. There were/are several. who specifically?
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 01:13 PM
Tuesday

off the top of my head-
hitler, mussolini, stalin, xi, jong-un, putin, and orban. Maybe Maduro and that argentinian dude milly.

hlthe2b

(111,815 posts)
12. There is but one who meets that exact description. You list authoritarians, dictators, strong men...
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 01:32 PM
Tuesday

My description is specific in its terminology and historical record for the ultimate "MASTER RACE," The current emphasis on a white populist society is quite reminiscent--even if some you mention were likewise anti-immigrant or abusive to other populations.

hlthe2b

(111,815 posts)
19. Adolph Hitler...
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 01:50 PM
Tuesday

He wanted to create a "Master Race," and his ultra-loyal henchmen were all too happy to assist in developing these plans.

littlemissmartypants

(30,423 posts)
8. The DB stealing research (again)...
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 01:27 PM
Tuesday

This article is originally from ProPublica.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-ice-secret-police-civil-rights-unaccountable

Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
by J. David McSwane and Hannah Allam
Oct. 18, 2025, 5 a.m. EDT

muriel_volestrangler

(105,052 posts)
22. Not quite: the ProPublica article is about ICE. This is about going after Biden government officials
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 02:03 PM
Tuesday

and comes from a Reuters article:

'Weaponization' group of U.S. officials reportedly helping Trump root out his perceived enemies

A group of dozens of officials from across the U.S. government, including intelligence officers, has been helping to steer U.S. President Donald Trump's drive for retribution against his perceived enemies, according to government records and a source familiar with the effort.

The Interagency Weaponization Working Group, which has been meeting since at least May, has drawn officials from the White House, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the CIA and the Justice and Defence departments, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, the IRS and the Federal Communications Commission, among other agencies, two of the documents show.
...
Shortly after Reuters asked the agencies for comment on Monday, Fox News reported the existence of the group, citing Gabbard as saying she "stood up this working group."

Several U.S. officials confirmed the existence of the Interagency Weaponization Working Group to Reuters in response to the questions and said the group's purpose was to carry out Trump’s executive order.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-fight-enemies-9.6946598

slightlv

(6,855 posts)
11. Wouldn't this be illegal as well as unconstitutional?
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 01:31 PM
Tuesday

Damn... that's another one to put on the list for the Truth and Reconciliation Court when we take back the government from the fascists!

Happy Hoosier

(9,174 posts)
14. Who is going to stop them?
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 01:41 PM
Tuesday

Our last shot is 2026. If we fail, it's most likely over. It's an uphill battle. They've already stacked the deck against us.

slightlv

(6,855 posts)
21. Totally agree with you, Hoosier!
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 01:53 PM
Tuesday

But if I kept that thought on my mind, I'd not only likely not get ANY work done, but I'd also be ready for the white coat guys. Gotta keep a small piece of hope alive in my heart, even though I readily admit it's a small part, and likely to meet all kinds of uphill pushback. I just don't want to hear ONE "move forward" type comment from ANY Democrat when and if it comes to pass!!!!

Miles Archer

(20,605 posts)
25. Myself? Personally? I bit my tongue and stayed out of the discussion...
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 03:38 PM
Tuesday

...until the second she left the party. Then she became fair game. But I absolutely was not a fan of her work while she was pretending to be a Democrat.

patphil

(8,398 posts)
16. The only good thing about this is that she's gathering the worst of the worst to work for her.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 01:46 PM
Tuesday

So, we know who we are, and, since they're all in one place, they'll be easy to round up when the Democrats get back in power.
The only question will be, are they guilty of espionage? I would say yes.

betsuni

(28,483 posts)
24. Tulsi "Hillary is 'the queen of the warmongers, embodiment of corruption, personification of the rot
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 02:13 PM
Tuesday

that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long'" Gabbard (what a dramatic Russian flare her words have) back when she was, like, so anti-establishment Power to the People Holding Feet to the Fire True Progressive. LOL.

peggysue2

(12,244 posts)
26. Oh yeah. Hillary the so-called warmonger as . . .
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 03:49 PM
Tuesday

Dipshit Donnie and his warrior ethos buddy, Hegseth, commit war crimes with barely a word of inquiry from our compromised 'free press,' let alone Congress.

Fishermen now = narcoterrorists.

President Gustavo Petro of Colombia is not amused.

Gabbard's been carrying the torch for her beloved Putin and all things Russia for so long. Now she needs to compete with the other Administration crazies for a minute of attention.

Being a traitor to the American Republic and her people is hard work requiring every ounce of creativity and unquestioned zeal. All for the spotlight to turn in her direction. The competition is fierce but Gabbard is a dedicated cult member. In the frenzy of shit-stirring and lawlessness, she can almost forget Hillary Clinton calling her out as being groomed by the Russians and considered a Russian favorite along with Donnie, of course.

Two assets in a rotting pod.

Gabbard might momentarily forget those revealing days when she ran on a Democratic ticket.

But we won't forget.

Ever.

Ocelot II

(127,907 posts)
28. It's beginning to sound like the Cheka of the old Bolshevik days,
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 03:56 PM
Tuesday

followed by the GPU, OGPU, NKVD, and of course the KGB. All of them were charged with finding, rooting out and prosecuting dissenters.

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