CURRENT EVENTS July 14 - July 31

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“And it’s really not thinking, uhhh, it’s a little bit of a combination of thinking but it’s something you sort of have or you don’t have they don’t, the job he’s done is just terrible you ought to raise interest rates …”
 
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“And it’s really not thinking, uhhh, it’s a little bit of a combination of thinking but it’s something you sort of have or you don’t have they don’t, the job he’s done is just terrible you ought to raise interest rates …”
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They also build buildings for people who don't think. Who knew?
 


The looks on Varney’s face as she responds says a lot …
 


“When Kristi Noem put 22-year-old Thomas Fugate in charge of a unit fighting domestic terror in June, her department rushed to praise the MAGA loyalist for his “leadership.” But within days, the Daily Beast revealed that the new official overseeing the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) had no experience in fighting terrorism—and in fact had only ever worked as a gardener and a grocery store clerk.

… On June 5, a senior official from the Department for Homeland Security (DHS) told the media that Fugate—a Donald Trump superfan who interned at The Heritage Foundation—had been “temporarily given additional leadership responsibilities” at the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), describing the promotion as “a credit to his work ethic and success on the job.”

… In an eyebrow-raising interview with Fox News Digital, Fugate stressed that he never called the shots. “All decisions came down from policy leadership, [the] undersecretary, deputy secretary, and chief of staff,” he said, adding that CP3 is “a very niche and small, specialized office” that mostly hands out grants.

“It’s only when you take it out of context and blow it out of proportion that it then becomes a massive problem where people think I’m practically running the FBI,” he said.…”
 
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“When Kristi Noem put 22-year-old Thomas Fugate in charge of a unit fighting domestic terror in June, her department rushed to praise the MAGA loyalist for his “leadership.” But within days, the Daily Beast revealed that the new official overseeing the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) had no experience in fighting terrorism—and in fact had only ever worked as a gardener and a grocery store clerk.

… On June 5, a senior official from the Department for Homeland Security (DHS) told the media that Fugate—a Donald Trump superfan who interned at The Heritage Foundation—had been “temporarily given additional leadership responsibilities” at the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), describing the promotion as “a credit to his work ethic and success on the job.”

… In an eyebrow-raising interview with Fox News Digital, Fugate stressed that he never called the shots. “All decisions came down from policy leadership, [the] undersecretary, deputy secretary, and chief of staff,” he said, adding that CP3 is “a very niche and small, specialized office” that mostly hands out grants.

“It’s only when you take it out of context and blow it out of proportion that it then becomes a massive problem where people think I’m practically running the FBI,” he said.…”
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Here is background on Fugate’s predecessor, who resigned in protests of severe cuts to the program (which was the Biden Asmin version of a domestic terrorism prevention program that has had different names under Obama, Trump 45 and Biden):

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A View from the CT Foxhole: William Braniff, Director, Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships, U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
 
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