Welcome to the RedState weekly briefing — where we take a quick look at the most-watched stories of the week, in case you missed any of them. Grab a cup of coffee (or something stronger if you’re in the festive/holiday mood) and sit down with this 21st century weekend edition of your favorite (online) publication!
#1 – Christopher Wray is reportedly preparing a nasty surprise for Donald Trump and Kash Patel – by Teri Christoph
Now for the bad news: reports are arise that while Wray is leaving his post voluntarily, he has no plans to leave quietly. In true Deep State fashion, Wray is busy promoting loyalists within the FBI in order to “entrench” them into the agency’s establishment. The goal? To thwart Kash Patel’s plans to seriously restructure the federal government’s top law enforcement agency.
Sources within the office said Mr. Wray had begun promoting senior management staff, those who work in the office’s leadership. These sources described this as an attempt to infiltrate establishment officials deeper into the FBI.
Sources said a plan is being drawn up to delay the up-to-date FBI director’s entry into the agency by three to four months.
Once Wray officially steps down, his deputy director, Paul Abbate, will apparently be promoted to acting director and in turn appoint a up-to-date acting deputy director. This power structure, clearly designed to thwart the up-to-date Trump administration’s plan to defund the FBI, is unlikely to last once Patel is in place confirmedbut there’s no doubt that Wray intends to keep his tentacles within the agency for as long as possible.
#2 – Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin leave Joe Biden a final parting gift and the Democrats are furious – by Bonchie
Outgoing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was furious about the development, calling it a “direct attack on working people.”
“It is deeply disappointing, a direct attack on working people, and incredibly disturbing that this highly qualified candidate — with a proven track record of protecting workers’ rights — did not have the votes,” the Senate Majority Leader said Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.) said.
Someone should teach Chuck how to sow and reap. He and his party members defeated Sinema and Manchin, with the former enduring a Democratic Party-backed primary that ultimately led her not to seek re-election. Both were persecuted and harassed for years, with left-wing protesters even following Sinema into the bathroom. Why? Because they had the audacity not to blow up a key Senate institution to give a Democrat free reign, including changing election laws to ensure a constant majority.
#3 – Liz Cheney threatens Donald Trump’s Justice Department with “sanctions” if she is investigated – by Bonchie
I’m not sure how this would work exactly. It appears that Cheney is suggesting that Congress could sanction the DOJ as a matter of separation of powers. I’m skeptical that would ever happen, especially given the current Republican majority, however diminutive. Or perhaps she thinks that the justice system will intervene and comply with her wishes? Whatever it is, Cheney’s threat shows how he or she views the rule of law. While she constantly complains about it, she doesn’t believe it applies to herself.
Regardless, clinging to Trump’s mention of “all the evidence” when he was clearly being general is pedantic nonsense. The January 6 committee deleted some They also hid a lot more of it in order to influence the public’s view of the situation for political reasons. These are undeniable facts, no matter how difficult Cheney tries to cloud the facts.
#4 – NEW: Shocking and disgusting revelations about the USCP officer who killed Ashli Babbitt – by Bonchie
This is where Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) comes into play. The then-Speaker of the House of Representatives sounded like a crime boss and ordered that Byrd be taken care of. The first thought was to promote him to a position that required a top secret security clearance. USCP General Counsel Tad DiBiase, who will soon be back in the game, concluded he probably couldn’t get one. Why? Not only did Byrd have solemn financial problems, but he was also on the USCP’s “Lewis List,” which targets officials with significant integrity and credibility problems who cannot be relied upon in criminal proceedings.
However, this story gets even worse. According to emails exchanged with DiBiase, Byrd was still desperate for more, even though he received tens of thousands of dollars that other officials stopped receiving after Jan. 6. He even went so far as to request money from a memorial fund set up for the widows of murdered officers.
#5 – Biden’s teleprompter goes off during speech; He immediately malfunctions – by Nick Arama
I think no one has been more consistently wrong on foreign policy than Joe Biden. As former Obama Defense Secretary Robert Gates famously said, “I think he has been wrong on almost every major issue of foreign policy and national security over the last four decades.” There was relative peace when he arrived, and he succeeded making several situations even worse, including the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine after Biden’s “small invasion”, the lifting of sanctions against Nord Stream 2 and, much more, the attacks on Israel by Hamas and Hezbollah.
Then he started talking about how we need to lead the world when everything he’s done has only damaged America’s reputation in the world. Things went downhill from there.
