Time Stamps:
(0:00) Opening
(2:20) Pompeo is MAGA's Deep State Neocon
(9:21) Chris Christie's TDS Tweet Storm
(15:13) DeSantis Won't Actually Eliminate Anything
(20:06) Austro-Jeffersonian Class Theory
(23:20) Mr. Menger's Final Thought
Pompeo is MAGA's Deep State Neocon
A quick profile of Mike Pompeo
American politician, businessman, and former lawyer.
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2017 to 2018)
Secretary of State (2018 to 2021)
First person to have held both of those positions.
Member of the Congressional Constitution Caucus.
Once a critic of Donald Trump, whom he called "authoritarian."
What was Pompeo's CIA like?
In September 2017, Pompeo sought to bypass the Pentagon's involvement in launching CIA drone strikes.
As reported in the New York Times:
The C.I.A. is pushing for expanded powers to carry out covert drone strikes in Afghanistan and other active war zones, a proposal that the White House appears to favor despite the misgivings of some at the Pentagon, according to current and former intelligence and military officials.
If approved by President Trump, it would mark the first time the C.I.A. has had such powers in Afghanistan, expanding beyond its existing authority to carry out covert strikes against Al Qaeda and other terrorist targets across the border in Pakistan.
Furthermore:
Until now, the Pentagon has had the lead role for conducting airstrikes — with drones or other aircraft — against militants in Afghanistan and other conflict zones, such as Somalia and Libya and, to some extent, Yemen. The military publicly acknowledges its strikes, unlike the C.I.A., which for roughly a decade has carried out its own campaign of covert drone strikes in Pakistan that were not acknowledged by either country, a condition that Pakistan’s government has long insisted on.
But the C.I.A.’s director, Mike Pompeo, has made a forceful case to Mr. Trump in recent weeks that the Obama-era arrangement needlessly limited the United States’ ability to conduct counterterrorism operations, according to the current and former officials, who would not be named discussing internal debates about sensitive information. He has publicly suggested that Mr. Trump favors granting the C.I.A. greater authorities to go after militants, though he has been vague about specifics, nearly all of which are classified.
Austro-Jeffersonian Class Theory
Chris Christie's TDS Tweet Storm
DeSantis Won't Actually Eliminate Anything
Florida Governor and presidential contender Ron DeSantis recently announced a desire to eliminate four federal agencies in an effort to reduce the size of the federal government.
"We would do Education, we would do Commerce, we'd do Energy, and we would do IRS," DeSantis said in an interview with Fox News’ Martha MacCallum when he was asked whether he favored closing any agencies.
"If Congress will work with me on doing that, we'll be able to reduce the size and scope of government," he added. "If Congress won't go that far, I'm going to use those agencies to push back against woke ideology and against the leftism that we see creeping into all institutions of American life."
Flashback to Rick Perry:
External Resources:
C.I.A. Wants Authority to Conduct Drone Strikes in Afghanistan for the First Time by Eric Schmitt and Matthew Rosenberg
Ron DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president by Zoë Richards
