The “Big Ugly” was always a description of the battle that few understood. You cannot be betrayed by your enemies; that happens when your allies reveal themselves against your interests. Majority Leader John Thune will play his cards carefully in order to extract maximum damage.
The Senate is factually the core of republican opposition to MAGA and President Trump. The visible battle against Obama, Biden, Harris and the professional political left, always consumes the most attention. However, it is the less-visible battle against the entrenched ideological republicans that proves to be the hardest.
The Republicans in the upper chamber will not relinquish power easily. They have a multitude of weapons to use against the insurgency of President Trump supporters. We are seeing this play out now in the alignment of Republican Senators who stand in opposition to President Trump’s nomination of Matt Gaetz as U.S. Attorney General, and this recent report aligns with exactly the type of move we would expect.
The basic outline is that senate leadership will reluctantly support Matt Gaetz for Main Justice, where ‘support’ means they will not directly oppose; in exchange for the nomination of FBI Director Mike Rogers to defend their interests at FBI.
This is the typical type of deal the DeceptiCons are well known for.
Thune and McConnell (in background) have yet to reveal who they have planned to place in the chair positions of multiple committees. We are very interested to see who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence because that mutually dependent relationship is the core of the IC influence in the legislative branch. The same may be said for the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and ultimately the Gaetz nomination.
This recent report aligns with information we have received from the senate staff offices who are discussing the Gaetz nomination. Thune would not make such a proposal openly, for obvious reasons, but intermediaries would relay the message between the upper chamber and the transition team.
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President Donald Trump would regret the day, if such terms were agreed. Former House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers is a well-known deep state operative who would be guaranteed to work closely with the Intelligence Community in opposition to the interests of those who would like to see the FBI reformed or structurally rebuilt.
Mike Rogers himself came from within the FBI and then went to congress where he carried the agenda of the FBI into the House Intel Committee. It was that IC agenda that led to the Rogers/Ruppersberger report exonerating Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Benghazi fiasco that led to Ambassador Chris Stephens murder.
There is no deal like this that is worth making. The DNI (Tulsi), DHS (Noem), HHS (RFK JR) and DOJ (Gaetz) nominations should stand on their own – along with a radical reform nomination, at best, for the FBI.
This type of deal is exactly how the IC can hunker down and avoid the sunlight of investigation upon their corrupt operations. This type of deal is how the counterintelligence division of the FBI can simply operate to protect the DOJ-NSD embeds that will attempt to remain in power within Main Justice. This type of deal is how the FBI remains entirely political.
The MAGA majority needs to keep leaning forward and telling the Senate republican representatives about their expectations for support. Don’t let the scheming and conniving Senate Republican “leadership” have an inch of breathing space.
NO DEAL!
Things are cooking.
“This is your daily reminder that the FBl is not in the US Constitution.
The FBI not a branch of government or necessary for our government’s constitutional function.
This FBI is an executive order.
The FBI can be dissolved with the stroke of a pen by ANY President who so chooses.” Benny Johnson
No Mike Rogers No Kash
It would be a good thing for the country to see the FBI abolished with the stroke of a pen. They have betrayed our Constitutional laws for decades. They have become a weapon to target innocent Americans and destroy their lives in the current environment of Thug Politics and the race to turn our country into an authoritarian state. They are evolving into the equivalent of the Nazi’s Gestapo & SS. The only difference is they are not conducting firing squads in the street YET. They have far too much power. They have repeatedly failed to demonstrate they can reform themselves from within in regard to their criminal and abusive conduct. They have lost all credibility with the public. Nothing they say is taken seriously and is assumed to be a lie, a subterfuge, or a cover up for a criminal in a tier above them. We can thank the sociopath James Comey for giving us this transparency about who they really are and the Hearings on Crossfire Hurricane, which disclosed how they operate. They have become a waste of taxpayer’s money. This defunct agency should be defunded, disbanded and their job duties reassigned.
Oh h*ll no! No deal!!!! Period.
How about Devin Nunes or Trey Gowdy
Say what? Gowdy….?
“Before the cock crows…”
Nunes or Kash Patel.
Gowdy???? THE WORST swamprat, EVER….goodness….NO…..
AGREED!
Gowdy??!!
Quick, take your temp & some OTC antibiotics I think you’re running a dangerously high fever.
Methinks Hot Wheels is a Fox News afficiando…
NEVER Gowdy.
I leave my house for 2 hours to grocery shop and come back to sese this thread–over 344 comments–that speaks volumes.
Gowdy=McConnel
Nunes maybe but somebody who know what a cesspit it is and hates it is best.
Absolutely no to Gowdy!
All talk, no action.
With all due respect. Someone isn’t paying attention. Gowdy is Paul Ryan’s b… boy.
Wife and I are fans of a show called “Forensic Files” which chronicles bad actors getting screwed by modern forensic techniques.
Trey is a prosecutor on at least one of those episodes.
Trey Gowdy…you’re kidding, right?
Are you serious? Do your research — unless you are merely a comedian.
ha ha
Trey Gowdy?!
WTH?
Troll is more like it. Completely disappeared after that verbal vomit,didn’t he/she?
Better change your user name there, hot wheels
Trey Gowdy??????!!!!!?????!!!!
Please tell me you are trolling…
No way Jose!!! Mike Rogers from Michigan is a complete non-starter. Rogers is as deep state as they come. The FBI should be defunded, dismantled & destroyed. Every employee should be terminated. The attorneys & agents who have broken laws over the past ten years should be charged & prosecuted. If there are any white hat whistleblowers, then they have until January 19th to come clean. Afterwards all files will be declassified & released unredacted to the American people. We are the Government.
I’m confident this is the Mike Rogers who Tucker eviscerated on his show at the outset of the Pukekraine conflict.
Correct me if I’m wrong.
Like most things from Michigan, horsecrap. What a place…shitbum repugs…insane Gov. And her merry band of lesbians. Planning her own kidnapping with the fib. …and the…U…with there 250 DEI hires.
Only good things to come out of Michigan are Kid Rock, Bob Seger, and Ted Nugent.
No Deal😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
That picture of Rogers. Reminds me of what the cat would look like when you walk into the room and find the canary cage empty.
Hell no to Rogers. How plain must someone (close enough to matter) make this to President Trump? I fear he will do nearly anything to get Gaetz in place. Love the guy, but as important as it is to root out the scum, it is clear that President Trump also wants revenge, and rightly doesn’t trust too many to be as ruthless as necessary to get it done.
Let me think….ummmmmm…NO
Accept the deal and then fire his ass six weeks later. Nothing they can do about it. It is time to play by a new set of rules. If they bitch, have the new DOJ open up investigations of the RINORADs in the Senate. Heck, even if they don’t bitch open investigations. Yes, it is happy hour and my filters are down.
Don’t negotiate with Terrorists!!
Simple- just say yes and then present Admiral Mike Rodgers to the senators.
Now there’s an idea!
Lol, the ole switcharoo.
Take the deal. Get Gaetz in as AG.
If Rogers obstructs the reform efforts, there is nothing to prevent Trump from firing him later on.
I hear where you’re coming from, but there’s nothing to prevent Roger’s from going in there & shoring things up to hide & obscure the evidence of bad behavior by the bureau. People need to be held accountable & go to jail for things that they’ve done to US citizens. “I was just following orders” doesn’t fly here.
Mike Roger’s might work, if his name happens to start with the title ‘Admital’ & even then he’d be 8th choice.
Time to play Smash mouth Trump transition team. Get sunlight on the FBI before a complete annihilation and reconstruction. These senators would be happy to impeach Trump a 3rd time if allowed.
For me in my state of Idaho both my senators are boot licking troglodytes of the establishment. Senator Risch is on the SSCI and neither of them care one whit what the people of Idaho want because the Mormon church runs these two and the majority of the personnel who work for the IC come from the Mormon missionaries.
If that’s the deal why wouldn’t he just keep Wray in his job?
It’s just a bucket of eels.
Are you a Brit, TC?
Trump now knows Roger’s was a rat. Gerald R Ford.
New rules;
We win. You lose.
Do what they would do- say yes, get Gaetz confirmed, fire Rogers. Screw them.
But, why do that, when you can say, pack sand. No deal….you are only saying this cuz you are running.
Dangerous waters ahead.
If Mike Rodgers had won the MI Senate seat then he would be one of Thune’s Ghunes’s.
If Mike Rodgers takes over the Federal Bureau of Instigators, I think he will be even more dangerous.
Patel for FBI
GATEZ for AG
Screw Rodgers and Thune
I’ll take $1,000 Kash for FBI Director, Alex!
^ The CCP division of the Chao family
This is not a negotiation. We The People have spoken and that unified voice needs to be HEEDED by those in office who still fancy themselves “In Power” as well. WE the people want a major cleanup and overhaul. NOW!
Exactly – the time for playing games is OVER – trample them to death on the Senate floor or whatever floor is handy – metaphorically speaking, of course 😎
Hell no. Late to the party but hell no!
I’m sure this has already been said, but with the depth of opposition from our own party (and in particular the Senate with that turtle in charge), I Don’t think President Trump should give them any more quarter than the dims.
Then again he is the master of the art of the deal!
It might be a loss leader type of deal if they end up nixing the FBI altogether or cutting it back by 75% whilst substantively reforming the DOJ which defines the scope of their operations.
I don’t know. I think it’s a workable deal. After a year (or sooner), Trump can demand Roger’s resignation, then appoint someone else, like a subordinate that Trump makes part of the deal as 2nd in command. MAGA Chess.
No – I agree with whoever above said that letting this guy into the FBI position even for a short time would allow him to hide evidence.
Throw Stroker’s name out there.
See if there are any objections to Pete.
curses!
Great analysis. Now how do we make it known what WE, THE PEOPLE, want?
You’ll get nothing and you’ll like it.
Judge Smails…
He sure does!
I just don’t see let alone understand why at this early stage with unspent political capital POTUS needs to horse trade so dramatically. It could well be the floating of a trial balloon to gauge with certainty those possibly late to board the train.
The FBI can’t be fixed or overhauled and should be thrown on the ash heap of history. The FBI and it’s role in manufacturing terrorism in this country is not worthy of overhaul. Period
Go with it…..get all confirmed, the fire Rogers…
Disgraced AG Merrick Garland says his FAREWELL to the DOJ Prosecutors at the SDNY…
https://rumble.com/v5qz7en-so-long-ag-disgrace-merrick-garland-waves-goodbye-after-tumultuous-tenure.html
Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out, Bub! Garland who revealed himself to be a genuine Bolshevik thug not only used his position to attack Catholic School parents, Christians who peacefully protested outside abortion clinics, and censored free speech but, as a reputed Constitutional scholar, got the biggest legal questions of the last 200 years 100% WRONG…
A: Presidential Immunity
B: Sarbanes-Oxeley
C: Special Counsel Appointment Authority…
…in his failed attempt to prosecute President Trump using Lawfare concocted crimes and prevent his election as the 47th President of the United States!
one of the worst partisans to hold the job, lucky he did not become a supreme court justice.
Tell him not to go too far. He has a date with a crucifix.
Hell to the nah the nah nah nah!! Nope don’t want. I wanted Rogers to win the open senate seat, but I don’t want him in the FBLIE.
Trump needs to make some recess appointments. Period.
If Trump agrees to mike rogers then when the time comes he should say “my bad, I agreed to mike rogers ex nsa director” Lol.
An example must be made of all the criminals who conspired to get trump: they must be tied together in ricoh conspiracies just like they did to trump, and all their assets should be seized prior to trial.. Unless they are seen to be publicly and massively destroyed there will be no incentive for them to stop.
considering their seditious crimes and conspiracies a state of emergency might be warranted, or perhaps the existing annually renewed state of emergency can be employed.
I’d like to Matt Whittaker at FBI.
Let Mike be FBI Dir for a couple of days. Then: “You’re fired”
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick ?
Negative…
No. No deal.
After all we’ve been through (PRESIDENT TRUMP ESPECIALLY)…
and we’re just supposed to hand control back to the ENEMY?
Have I got that right!?
Senate Republicans do it all the time. It’s Page #1 of their playbook.
The senate is a disgusting uniparty organization – a nest of slime balls.
Interesting…of all the cabinet appointments…this one bothers those in Congress the most.
Why…because both parties are crooked and they are petrified that sunlight will expose their dirty dealings.
Hold the line….
Indeed:
Contact my senator. Over the last fifteen years I have called their offices and sent emails through their contact websites. All I ever get in response to my direct questions are indirect answers that don’t remotely address the issue of concern. Their decisions are already made and they just give lip service. My senators are Grassley and Ernst.
Just my humble opinion – It’s time to profile the chief profiler.
Why is Director Wray saying he will not resign? The FBI now carries water for the CIA, but that will mean Ratcliff, right? Wray is not an independent type as Comey pretended to be. Someone is guiding all his decisions. Who? Maybe Gina Haspel who now works as a national security advisor for the corporate law firm Wray came from. Regardless, he will never take orders from Trump’s team. So why does he want to stay?
Why is he there in the first place? He is good at hiding things (like Governor Christie’s explosive cellphone). He knows how to keep his composure and use legal terms like I believe or I don’t believe to avoid perjury when grilled by someone Matt Gaetz or Thomas Massie. If the coverup is worse than the crime then Wray truly believes he has legal cover for all he has participated in and covered up.
This is the biggest problem for the chief librarian: the President and CIA chief can declassify everything that has no genuine national security basis. Ask Wray about his decision making processes and the conflict of interest between the 4th amendment and 702 as allowed by the Patriot Act AFTER all the revelations come out.
The FISA abuses that have done real provable harm to thousands of innocent Americans can become must see TV so that all Americans will demand massive reform. Start with January 6th.
Does he want Trump to fire him so he can pull a Comey 2.0? It might be his only plan to avoid public outrage for the way he has covered the evil done in the name of the ALMIGHTY IC. He is just the librarian so who decides what gets checked out?
Personally, I don’t think Chris Wray knew what he signed up for in 2017, but people like John Brennan knew he would do as he was told. I’m praying for him and transparency.
Wray knows his fate will wind up as did Strzok’s and Lisawhore’s.
If he quits,he gets no settlement. When fired, he sues. Then the government, having no money of it’s own, no skin in the game, will settle for seven figures and reinstate his pension up to and including the date of settlement.
They are all playing with house money. OURS.
Funny how corporate lawyers make so much money defending against personal injury lawsuits UNTIL they get caught. Then they are the poor victims who have been defamed or had their privacy invaded.
Rules for thee but not for me HAS TO END!
That’s fine. We take Gaetz at the DOJ, Rogers heads the FBI. Then, Trump signs an order that eliminates the FBI.
surely there’s some dirt on Rogers that DNI can dig up–everyone in DC has some.
Appoint him over the FBI, then drag out the dirt, let the MSM feed on it, threaten investigation and hint at criminal charges and make him resign. I’m sure there are others more powerful than Mike Rogers who could be exposed by whatever scandals he’s been involved in and thus agree to offer him as a sacrifice.
Trump has only 4 years. So, all you squishy senators fall in line or experience the wrath of lawfare that Trump had to endure. None would want that or could handle it.
Check out and investigate his wife, as they work as a team.
Certainly everyone in Congress. The place is a cesspool.
Mister Rogers is likely a child molester.
Float that rumor until he cracks.
Or the cowards behind him crack.