Rich Stein (he/him)Jan 21, 2025
Retribution —
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/trump-revokes-security-clearances-former-officials-hunter-biden-laptop-letter/index.html
#retribution #USpol #USpolitics
Trump revokes security clearances of former officials who signed Hunter Biden laptop letter with executive action

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday revoking the security clearance of 51 former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter arguing that emails from a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden carried “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation” and that of his former national security adviser John Bolton.

CNN
Show threadRich Stein (he/him)Jan 21, 2025
Trump strips Secret Service protection from ex-adviser Bolton, target of Iran murder plot
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3295717/trump-strips-secret-service-protection-ex-adviser-bolton-target-iran-murder-plot
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Trump strips protection from ex-adviser Bolton, target of Iran murder plot

After leaving his White House job, Bolton had called his former boss ‘unfit to be president’ and said he would appease China and Russia.

South China Morning Post
Show threadRich Stein (he/him)Jan 24, 2025
Dr. Fauci stripped of government security
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/politics/fauci-security-protection.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rk4.JEp7.E37sxvhlh7b-&smid=bs-share
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Anthony Fauci Stripped of Government Security Protection

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who was one of the nation’s top health officials for decades, had received death threats during the coronavirus pandemic. He has hired his own security detail.

The New York Times
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@RunRichRun failed to strip him of his credibility, so threatening his life instead.

#SoItBegins

Jan 24, 2025 at 9:00pmWeb
Show threadRich Stein (he/him)Jan 24, 2025
@acm_redfox
Pretty awful.