The Trump Presidency 2.0

[Blizzard]

Fired FBI agents lawsuit

Here is the filed lawsuit of three executive management FBI agents.

It's an interesting read...for what it's worth Brian Driscoll is a really good dude.

I won’t pretend to really know anything about it - what they did or didn't do - other than to say there's always serious politics in senior positions, regardless of what anyone says.

As I once heard conveyed, you can ruin a hundred "attaboys" with just one good fuck up.

 

[Topkick]

Fired FBI agents lawsuit

Here is the filed lawsuit of three executive management FBI agents.

It's an interesting read...for what it's worth Brian Driscoll is a really good dude.

I dont know the whole story, but if there were FBI agents present at the capital on Jan 6th, I sure would like to know who and why.

 

[DA SWO]

I dont know the whole story, but if there were FBI agents present at the capital on Jan 6th, I sure would like to know who and why.

FBI management told the IG that there were NO UNDERCOVER agents present.
False official statement.

 

[GOTWA]

I suppose there is a fine line between the legal language of what 'undercover' means. As in, there is likely a distinct difference between undercover and plain clothes operations. So, that statement could be totally true, like it or not.

 

[Devildoc]

I won’t pretend to really know anything about it - what they did or didn't do - other than to say there's always serious politics in senior positions, regardless of what anyone says.

As I once heard conveyed, you can ruin a hundred "attaboys" with just one good fuck up.

A friend, former coworker, retired from the FBI. He never rose above field agent for reasons, he also said that once you rise above SAIC it becomes very political.

 

[Kraut783]

I suppose there is a fine line between the legal language of what 'undercover' means. As in, there is likely a distinct difference between undercover and plain clothes operations. So, that statement could be totally true, like it or not.

This is true... FBI UC's are covert and backstopped AFID agents. If regular agents were doing surv on subjects that were attending, I would not doubt that.

A friend, former coworker, retired from the FBI. He never rose above field agent for reasons, he also said that once you rise above SAIC it becomes very political.

This is true...but from what I have seen and heard about...not like Republican/Democrat politics, more like institutional office politics.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Trump has again imposed a 100% Tariff on China.

 

[Kraut783]

Pentagon will build a training facility for Qatari pilots in Idaho​

The U.S. military is moving forward with plans to build a dedicated facility in Idaho to train pilots from Qatar, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday.

Pentagon will build a training facility for Qatari pilots in Idaho

Well, guess they will buy some F-15s....

 

[ThunderHorse]

Pentagon will build a training facility for Qatari pilots in Idaho​

The U.S. military is moving forward with plans to build a dedicated facility in Idaho to train pilots from Qatar, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday.

Pentagon will build a training facility for Qatari pilots in Idaho

Well, guess they will buy some F-15s....

I'm confused as to why we're setting up a completely separate flight school for these folks.

 

[policemedic]

I think the speech did exactly what it was supposed to, and I'm OK with almost everything he said. Much of it, like broken windows leadership, toxic leadership, DIME and DEI. It's almost like his speechwriter reads my blog.

Or did the blog write the speech? //insert classified markers here//

 

[DA SWO]

Pentagon will build a training facility for Qatari pilots in Idaho​

The U.S. military is moving forward with plans to build a dedicated facility in Idaho to train pilots from Qatar, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday.

Pentagon will build a training facility for Qatari pilots in Idaho

Well, guess they will buy some F-15s....

They have 30+ F-15QA's.
They have been training in the US since 2018(?).
Their temporary/shared facility becomes a permanent single use facility.
FWIW: The F-15QA served as the baseline for the F-15EX.
The F-15QA is more capable than the F-15E.

 

[AWP]

They have 30+ F-15QA's.
They have been training in the US since 2018(?).
Their temporary/shared facility becomes a permanent single use facility.
FWIW: The F-15QA served as the baseline for the F-15EX.
The F-15QA is more capable than the F-15E.

And didn't they just shutter the US F-15 training unit in Oregon?

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Something the stories also miss is Mountain Home has a full Eagle Wing and a Singapore F-15 squadron. I can't stand the Qataris, but this isn't unusual.

 

[DA SWO]

And didn't they just shutter the US F-15 training unit in Oregon?

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Something the stories also miss is Mountain Home has a full Eagle Wing and a Singapore F-15 squadron. I can't stand the Qataris, but this isn't unusual.

F-15C Squadron is transitioning to F-35's.
F-15E and F-15EX crews train in Seymour Johnson, and Oregon ( can't remember where the unit is located).

 

[Devildoc]

F-15C Squadron is transitioning to F-35's.
F-15E and F-15EX crews train in Seymour Johnson, and Oregon ( can't remember where the unit is located).

Seymour Johnson wants F-4s and B-52s back....

 

[BrassOverBolt]

I'm confused as to why we're setting up a completely separate flight school for these folks.

I'd bet the DOD/DOW doesn't want another NAS Pensacola/Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani incident.

 

[Marauder06]

maybe next year

 

[AWP]

A bunch of folks in Obama's drone program start sweating when they hear the the phrase "war crimes investigation," no matter the context. Pavlovian.

 

[Box]

Day number 14 of the government "shutdown" - and apparently no end in site.
Our selected representatives are giving the entire world a masterclass on societal priorities.
On one hand, we have federal employees wondering if they'll be able to afford to pay their bills and buy groceries before this is over with.
On the other, we have spiteful partisan debates about using invisible taxpayer dollars to fund healthcare benefits to illegal aliens.

Clearly, nothing screams 'we’ve got this under control' like shutting down the government while simultaneously trying to expand benefits to people who aren’t even citizens. Nothing screams "american government is bullshit" louder than watching news reports of such comically important topics as It’s like watching someone argue over who gets the last slice of cake while the house is on fire.

Bravo, congress. Thank you for your bold shining example of American exceptionalism.


Fuck you very much, and good day.

 

[Marauder06]

Day number 14 of the government "shutdown" - and apparently no end in site.
Our selected representatives are giving the entire world a masterclass on societal priorities.
On one hand, we have federal employees wondering if they'll be able to afford to pay their bills and buy groceries before this is over with.
On the other, we have spiteful partisan debates about using invisible taxpayer dollars to fund healthcare benefits to illegal aliens.

Clearly, nothing screams 'we’ve got this under control' like shutting down the government while simultaneously trying to expand benefits to people who aren’t even citizens. Nothing screams "american government is bullshit" louder than watching news reports of such comically important topics as It’s like watching someone argue over who gets the last slice of cake while the house is on fire.

Bravo, congress. Thank you for your bold shining example of American exceptionalism.


Fuck you very much, and good day.

Speaking of "potentially questionable priorities," we're running into a situation where troops might not get fed, but a corporation with deep pockets is bankrolling the travel and lodging expenses for senior leaders to go to a trade show:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/politics/army-million-dollar-donation-conference-government-shutdown

 

[DA SWO]

I'm confused as to why we're setting up a completely separate flight school for these folks.

Standard Foreign Military Sales contract.
New plane; so we sell the planes, spare parts, initial and recurring training. This isn't a generic flight school, it is specific to this airframe.
Qatar is a small country, with no decent airspace to train in, so we agree to do it in the US (Singapore has a similar airframe, and train their "Strike Eagle" pilots in the US (Mountain Home AFB IIRC).
Train them how to fly and employ the weapons (My guess is contractors).
Lots of training space in the Western US (Nellis Range for example).