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Talking Feds

Talking Feds

Talking Feds is a roundtable discussion that brings together prominent former government officials, journalists, and special guests for a dynamic and in-depth analysis of the most pressing questions in law and politics.

Harry’s special roundtable this week focuses on the fortunes of the Democratic Party. Three top political thinkers—Micah Lasher, Amanda Litman, and Michael Steele—assess Democrats’ prospects in the midterms and 2028. They break down what the party needs to do—beyond opposing Trump—and how it can harness the energy and message of recent progressive successes without falling victim to intra-party division. Finally, they offer their ideas for the longer-term vision of the country that the Dems should stand for.

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Michael’s analysis.

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Global News and Strategic Briefing 9.6.26
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Here is a briefing on today’s major geopolitical, political, and strategic developments:

### Global Security & Conflict Zones

* **Russia-Ukraine Diplomacy:** US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Ukraine following direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They are reportedly discussing a proposed plan from the Trump administration to end the war.
* **US-Iran “Tanker War”:** Tensions have escalated into what is being described as a “tanker war” in the Strait of Hormuz. The US has launched strikes against Iranian oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and near Kharg Island, accusing them of assisting regional proxies, while Iran has vowed a “heavier, more painful” response.
* **Caribbean Boat Strikes:** House Democrats introduced a war powers resolution attempting to halt the Trump administration’s ongoing military boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. The administration characterizes the strikes as targeting “narcoterrorists,” while human rights organizations have raised severe due process concerns.

### US Politics & Midterm Elections

* **Midterm Escalation:** As the November elections approach with control of Congress on the line, Donald Trump and JD Vance are scheduled to speak at the RNC Midterm Convention in Dallas. Concurrently, Trump’s MAGA Inc. super PAC has initiated its first major spending of the cycle with a $10 million ad blitz for Ken Paxton in Texas.
* **Executive Action Checked:** A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s recent executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship. The order, which targeted children of foreign government workers and those classified as “alien enemies,” was deemed “almost certainly unconstitutional” by the court.
* **Supreme Court Cap Rejected:** House Democrats defeated a Republican-proposed constitutional amendment that would have permanently capped the Supreme Court at nine justices, an effort to make the court’s size a central midterm campaign issue.

### Intelligence & Defense Technology

* **AI in Federal Law Enforcement:** FBI Deputy Director Christopher Raia detailed the bureau’s expanding reliance on artificial intelligence to combat transnational criminal organizations and cartels, marking a public acknowledgment of AI’s growing integration into federal targeting operations.
* **Space Observation:** NASA successfully launched the $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Orbiting a million miles from Earth, it provides a field of view up to 200 times larger than Hubble and is tasked with studying dark matter, dark energy, and exoplanets.

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— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) August 22, 2021

John Durham and his investigations of FBI

John Durham | Whitey Bulger

M.N.: The FBI issues of dysfunction and problems with legality are not random or sporadic, they appear to be systemic, structural, and deeply rooted. The whole organization and some workers appear to be just as cynical, psychopathic, conniving, and rotten as the very field they are dealing with.

The FBI and the Mob appear to have many common elements in their collective mentality, and it is logical: The primary function of the both groups is to protect and to benefit their respective members. In essence as Norman Mailer observed so aptly, the FBI is a Church which exists to satisfy and to tender to the needs of its members (“the true mediocre”), first of all and most of all.

„At bottom, I mean profoundly at bottom, the FBI has nothing to do with Communism, it has nothing to do with catching criminals, it has nothing to do with the Mafia, the syndicate, it has nothing to do with trust-busting, it has nothing to do with interstate commerce, it has nothing to do with anything but serving as a church for the mediocre. A high church for the true mediocre.“

I think, it was the truth then, and it still is the same truth now.
In 1963, Mailer wrote — as paraphrased in an FBI memo — that the bureau had done more damage to America than the Communist Party. That same year, a magazine quoted Mailer as calling Hoover “the worst celebrity in America.”Nov 15, 2008

Michael Novakhov

All I see now in these #FBI comments are the political attacks on Chris Wray in order to unseat him. Be careful and aware of what you are asking for: the FBI dysfunctions can become worse with the new leader, male-female issue is irrelevant here. I recommend to create THE FBI ADVISARY BOARD, of the best minds in Academia and related fields, and to proceed with the reforms; gradually, cautiously, and prudently, under Mr. Wray, who appears to be committed to these reforms. 14w