The FBI director fired the team that tracks Iran – then got hacked by Iran. Ohio passed a drag ban co-sponsored by a man accused of climbing into bed with a minor. And the CDC stopped testing for rabies because there’s barely anyone left who knows how. Three stories about what happens when the people in charge care more about the performance than the job.
Kash Patel Got Hacked by Iran After Firing the Team That Tracks Iran
Three FBI breaches in one month. Kash Patel fired the Iran counterintelligence team days before Iran-linked hackers breached his personal email. A separate breach hit the bureau’s classified network in March. A third compromised FBI devices at Mar-a-Lago. The FBI director who gutted internal security is now the FBI director with the worst security record in bureau history.
Ohio’s “Protect the Children” Drag Bill Was Co-Sponsored by a Man Accused of Climbing Into Bed with a Minor
Ohio’s HB 249 bans drag performances anywhere a minor could be present. Co-sponsor Rodney Creech was accused by a 15-year-old of climbing into bed with her and touching her while she slept. The bill’s author, Josh Williams, rallied alongside neo-Nazis at a Proud Boys event. The law passed anyway.
Trump Gutted the CDC and Now There’s One Person Left to Handle a Rabies Crisis
The CDC pulled rabies and poxvirus testing from its lab directory after Trump-era cuts gutted staffing by 20 to 25 percent. The rabies team will be down to one person by July. The pox team will have nobody. The acting director runs the CDC and NIH simultaneously from hundreds of miles apart. The proposed budget cuts CDC funding by 42 percent. The World Cup starts this summer.
That’s the grift. Three institutions – the FBI, a state legislature, a federal health agency – all hollowed out by people who wanted the title but not the responsibility. More at rachelandthecity.com.
Trump and Every President Before Him Has Been Selling You Fear on Purpose
A graphic design grad reverse-engineers the White House war propaganda – the Call of Duty edits, the Mortal Kombat audio over real missile strikes, the Braveheart clips – and finds the same playbook every president has used. Make you afraid of the right things so you stop asking questions. The monster changes. The business model doesn’t.
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