The No Confidence Game of Partisanship

I work with veterans and veterans groups to advocate for local and national veterans issues. In my circles, within my community, I have encountered all kinds of veterans, from all branches and all eras. This population includes those that openly favor political violence. My own veteran neighbor openly discussed his role in providing technical and material support to the Oath Keepers group, pre-J6. I knew the plans to go to DC weeks before it occurred. I told law enforcement and shared social media links to no apparent avail.

Anyway, my point is that there remains a growing threat of fanaticism and an emboldened and organized sub population of potential violent zealots in my own community. I am literally reminded of this every day I look across my pasture or drive to the store to get milk.

The problem is that this time around, any personal (or collective) belief in non-partisanship in federal law enforcement is largely gone. The installation of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel is a huge slap in the face to any citizen that values citizenship and the Constitution.

I have near zero faith in federal law enforcement. I now see the FBI as a compromised institution. Not surprisingly, I will be hesitant to report anything to anyone in the future because I have near zero confidence that the person I talk with isn’t a partisan hack and won’t “round file” my information, or at worst, seek retribution against me or my family for reporting.

So… To that. Thank you to the FBI for what you have done. You had a good run. Good luck with all the firings and relocations… To those that remain, enjoy your move to all the backwater red states.