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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter]https://x.com/isaacdovere/status/2019121855534363073?s=46&t=kf1qYlCXQnKgUhJWEIu2vg[/twitter][/quote]

This article, which was on the front page of the WJ the day it published, is a BIG DEAL. [b]I think the knives are coming out for Stephen Miller.[/b] The article is very comprehensive and quotes multiple unnamed sources at the WH. Clearly, a number of people who are talking to the press don't approve of what Miller is doing.

Here's a quick list of all the ways that Miller has developed and steered WH policy or has manipulated Trump to get him to support Miller's approach, which is usually more draconian than anyone else's. Some of us have commented before that he is the real president--this just proves it. At this point, Trump is just a figurehead.

[b]Framing of Pretti shooting[/b]
Within minutes of the Pretti shooting, CBP officials texted Miller to let him know what happened [interesting that he was the one that was contact ASAP, and not Noem]. "Three hours after the shooting, Miller told the world via X that the slain VA nurse was a 'domestic terrorist' who had 'tried to assassinate federal law enforcement,' a description that set off one of the Trump administration’s biggest political crises of the president’s second term."

[b]Raised idea of invoking Insurrection Act in MN[/b]
"When protests spread in Minneapolis, Miller raised the idea of the president invoking the Insurrection Act to send in military troops, a possibility that Trump later voiced publicly, according to White House officials familiar with the matter."

[b]After Good shooting, advocated for increasing number of ICE/CBP officers[/b]
"After immigration agents fatally shot Renee Good in early January, senior officials from the White House and Department of Homeland Security discussed whether to continue the operation in Minneapolis, according to officials familiar with the discussions. Miller said even more officers should be deployed, a White House official said, both to continue raids and protect agents conducting them. Miller reminded the president of their original goal in the city: an immigration crackdown related to welfare fraud by Somali migrants."

[b]He writes the EOs[/b]
"He personally drafted or edited every executive order the president signed, and faced little opposition from administration officials to his work to reshape immigration policy.'

[b]He's behind idea to blow up drug boats and deport migrants to CECOT[/b]
"Miller helped come up with the idea to blow up drug boats, officials said, and to deport migrants to a prison in El Salvador using the wartime Alien Enemies Act, an action now under court challenge."

[b]He's behind ICE arrest quotas, $50,000 signing bonus, and workplace raids[/b]
*"Miller urged the agents to “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens,” without bothering with targeted lists, according to people familiar with the meeting. Miller’s comments marked the start of a more aggressive enforcement campaign focused on progressive, Democratic Party-led cities." 
*"He demanded 3,000 arrests a day—a number deemed unrealistic by many federal agents—and came up with the idea of offering recruitment bonuses as high as $50,000 for thousands of new ICE agents."
*"Miller pushed for sweeps at Home Depot and other spots where day workers gather, though Trump has at times been asked to temper raids at businesses." 
*"Following immigration arrests in September by federal agents at a Hyundai Motor factory in Georgia, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp called the president and asked for the release of 300 South Korean workers, according to administration officials. The president publicly said he opposed the raid and told Kemp privately that he didn’t know it was happening. He told aides repeatedly that he didn’t want any more sweeps at factories or farms, the officials said. Even after Trump signaled his displeasure, Miller continued to argue for large raids, according to people familiar with the discussions. He wanted the administration to surpass the 400,000 deportations tallied in 2014 under former President Barack Obama."

[b]He doesn't leave a paper/electronic trail of his communications[/b]
"Miller rarely leaves a written trail of his orders, using Signal, an encrypted voice and text-messaging app, to communicate."

[b]He "manages" the president[/b]
"His authority, officials said, derives from his ability to manage the president."
*Example of how he "managed" Trump into bringing the NG into DC: "He often uses gory images to persuade Trump. After a Department of Government Efficiency staffer, Edward Coristine, also known as “Big Balls,” was beaten in an attempted carjacking last summer, Miller brought the president a large photo of the bloodied man and told him that crime in Washington was climbing. Trump soon posted the photo himself on social media, and deployed the National Guard, saying it was necessary to make the city safe."

[b]After killing of Charlie Kirk[/b], he:
*was behind EO "targeting liberal groups he said were promoting political violence
*pushed Treasury Dep. officials to target liberal groups by investigating their financing the same was foreign terrorist organizations were investigated after 9/11 attacks

[b]He commented on foreign policy issues on TV, without prior approval from Trump[/b]
*boasted on CNN that the U.S. could pursue Trump’s ambitions to control the Arctic with an invasion
*talked about Venezuela, prompting Trump to ask aides why Miller was speaking. “He doesn’t do foreign policy,” Trump said, according to a senior administration official.

https://apple.news/AL2Z5BvQwRq2lRlDKuHsGmw[/quote]

We have known every one of these items since they took place. Many of us have been yelling that Miller (and Vought) are the "worst of the worst" since early last year. Why would anything change now? I don't know what power Miller has over Trump. It may just be that he is intelligent and Trump is supremely ignorant and lazy and has no interest in the job. It may be that he is very good at keeping Trump in the dark and everyone else is afraid of him.

Anyway, I'll believe that the knives are out when I see it.[/quote]

At that age, would anyone want that job? That tells you a lot about what Americans are feeling  to vote not once, but TWICE for a flaky orange gramps[/quote]

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