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There Are Good Reasons to Defund the FBI ... @mikenov: I say: But first investigate the criminal #FBI to its bare bones, and put all its mafiosi psychopaths in prison for the rest of their miserable lives! "Shut It Down": Vivek Ramaswamy Says FBI Can't Be Reformed Vivek Ramaswamy posted, "The FBI can't be reformed.' The right answer…

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| Rotolo’s FBI file is a reminder that the greatest threat to freedom is the agency tasked with protecting it. There Are Good Reasons to Defund the FBI. They Have Nothing to Do With Trump. posted at 13:59:40 UTC   via   truthout.org This week the FBI took the unprecedented step of executing a search warrant on the Mar-a-Lago home of former President Donald Trump. No former president has ever been the subject of such an investigative practice. In response, chief Trump supporter and MAGA cheerleader Marjorie Taylor Greene expressed outrage at the FBI’s actions by tweeting, “DEFUND THE FBI!” Far right Rep. Paul Gosar hit similar notes, tweeting, “We must destroy the FBI. We must save America.” While this about-face on “Back the Blue” is an amusing example of the right-wing ideological confusion that ensues when lawmakers adhere to diehard Trump loyalism, we on the left should use this moment as an opportunity to explore a plan to actually do that. The FBI should indeed be defunded — thoug