Jay Kuo: Lack of Intelligence

[Dennis Donovan]

Jay Kuo - (archived: https://archive.ph/ox1KZ ) Lack of Intelligence

A surprise sacking by Speaker Johnson of the GOP’s chair of the House Intelligence Committee has even Republicans ill at ease.

Jay Kuo
Jan 17, 2025

Trump and his cronies continue to eliminate important guardrails, even from among the ranks of loyal party members.

The latest casualty was the chair of House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH). Speaker Johnson surprised many in his own party, including Turner, by calling him into his office and summarily dismissing him as chair of the Committee and replacing him with a MAGA loyalist.

Responding to reporters, Johnson insisted he remained “a Mike Turner fan” and that “he did a great job” leading the Intelligence Committee, but added that the panel “needs a fresh start.”

“That's what this is about, nothing else,” Johnson said.

That is nonsense, of course. Turner even told his Democratic counterpart, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), that the reasons given for his sacking included “concerns from Mar-a-Lago.” In other words, the firing came from Trump basically telling Speaker Johnson, “Will no one rid me of this troublesome chairman”—if you know the origin story of the phrase, attributed to King Henry II, of how the king gets what he wants without ever having to give the order.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. Didn't the US used to have separation of powers?

Three separate branches of government. Executive, legislative, judicial?

Maybe my high school government teacher made a mistake.

He also said, this is to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful and to protect citizens' rights.

Maybe they meant another country had this form of government.