- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- The FBI Director
Before becoming FBI director, Kash Patel appeared eight separate times on a podcast hosted by far-right conspiracy theorist Stew Peters, who promotes Holocaust denial. Peters posted a photo of himself holding Hitler’s Mein Kampf with the message “visionary leadership.” In recent days, he attacked the founder of Barstool Sports, Dave Portnoy, with antisemitic vitriol.
- The White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security
Paul Ingrassia, currently serving as the White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, has ties to multiple figures widely known for promoting antisemitism.
- The communications director for the White House Office of Management and Budget
Before joining the Trump administration as the communications director for the White House Office of Management and Budget, Rachel Cauley served on the board of the Patriot Freedom Project. The nonprofit group was founded in direct response to the arrest of Hale-Cusanelli on Jan. 6 charges.
- An official at the Department of Justice
Trump appointed conservative activist Ed Martin to multiple Department of Justice roles, after his nomination for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, failed. Martin’s ties to Hale-Cusanelli played a key role in the collapse of his nomination to that role.
in other news, water is kinda wet :/ look, we know these motherfuckers put the KKK to shame, this isn’t shocking.
that said I do appreciate NPR having the spine to stand up and say it when Trump is trying to gut their funding
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