Harry Litman - It's Already Happening, Mr. Wray

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Five weeks after the election, we are well past the point where we can see alarming developments for democratic rule on the horizon. Trump is mowing down guardrails daily before our eyes.

The latest is Christopher Wray’s acquiescence in Trump’s norm-busting plan to squeeze him out in favor of lackey and FBI hater Kash Patel, who is raring to replace Wray and wreak havoc at the agency, and who already has drawn up his own hit list of political targets to harass from day one.

Wray, a Republican appointed by Trump himself, is now in the seventh year of his 10-year term. Before Trump came on the scene, the unquestioned expectation—rooted in post-Watergate reforms—is that absent misconduct he would serve the full 10 years. President Biden upheld this norm by not replacing Wray upon taking office.

Before Trump took office in 2017, there was also an unquestioned norm of FBI independence and presidential non-interference. This 10-year term set by Congress was an integral part of that norm. Thus, Wray remained in office when Biden became President.

https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/its-already-happening-mr-wray

[kimbutgar]

1. There will be no longer any norms and our country will be the Wild West of the gilded age

No regulations, no rule of law and only the rich white people will benefit.

[SteadySeas]

2. Yes, and so many are blind to this

Dismantle, scupper, and replace with a profit-making structure.
It's going to be a very rough road. I hope people are opening their eyes, and thinking about organizing and decentralized communities.