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Tyler O'Neill

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Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

And these were left-wing bureaucrats gearing up against a left-wing president because they didn't support his rhetorical stance on Israel. And many of us who know the issue of Israel and the Middle East and Iran in general will know that Biden was by far not the most reliable president. When it comes to standing for Israel, he loosened the sanctions on Iran that enabled

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

the rogue state to fund Hamas and likely led to the October 7th terrorist attack. But as soon as that attack happened, Biden came out and said to Israel, we will never fail to have your back. And that messaging didn't comport well with some of the activist groups.

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

the rogue state to fund Hamas and likely led to the October 7th terrorist attack. But as soon as that attack happened, Biden came out and said to Israel, we will never fail to have your back. And that messaging didn't comport well with some of the activist groups.

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

And so you saw this gearing deep state move against a Democratic president from the left because they wanted him to focus on securing a ceasefire deal and essentially not allowing Israel to protect itself and prevent another October 7th terrorist pogrom.

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

And so you saw this gearing deep state move against a Democratic president from the left because they wanted him to focus on securing a ceasefire deal and essentially not allowing Israel to protect itself and prevent another October 7th terrorist pogrom.

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

Yeah, that's an excellent question. We know that there was a large influence in the Obama administration as well. I think the phenomenon I describe as the Woktopus

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

Yeah, that's an excellent question. We know that there was a large influence in the Obama administration as well. I think the phenomenon I describe as the Woktopus

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

came into its full flower in the Biden administration, but it had been growing over years, but only recently did some of the more aggressive woke groups, I'm thinking like the Human Rights Campaign, and of course the Southern Poverty Law Center had a little bit of an advising role years and years ago, but only under Biden, their access tripled, quadrupled, expanded in this administration.

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

came into its full flower in the Biden administration, but it had been growing over years, but only recently did some of the more aggressive woke groups, I'm thinking like the Human Rights Campaign, and of course the Southern Poverty Law Center had a little bit of an advising role years and years ago, but only under Biden, their access tripled, quadrupled, expanded in this administration.

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

There was this one moment where the Human Rights Campaign, you know, the Biden White House released a statement, and this was just last year, they released a statement weakening their stance supporting sex change operations for children. And they had language that suggested, oh, we're not actually going to go full bore into this.

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

There was this one moment where the Human Rights Campaign, you know, the Biden White House released a statement, and this was just last year, they released a statement weakening their stance supporting sex change operations for children. And they had language that suggested, oh, we're not actually going to go full bore into this.

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

We think that maybe it could be a good idea sometimes, but we want to withdraw our full support. The human rights campaign created a pressure campaign on the White House. The White House changed its messaging. just a few hours later. And then the head of the human rights campaign went to her donors and said, look, this is tremendous impact and we have to keep doing this.

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

We think that maybe it could be a good idea sometimes, but we want to withdraw our full support. The human rights campaign created a pressure campaign on the White House. The White House changed its messaging. just a few hours later. And then the head of the human rights campaign went to her donors and said, look, this is tremendous impact and we have to keep doing this.

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

So I don't have the receipts on every way that these activist groups achieved their goals in the Biden administration, but there are moments like that that really peel the curtain back and show that, yes, this vast influence campaign achieved many of its goals. and in sometimes shocking degrees.

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

So I don't have the receipts on every way that these activist groups achieved their goals in the Biden administration, but there are moments like that that really peel the curtain back and show that, yes, this vast influence campaign achieved many of its goals. and in sometimes shocking degrees.

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

Yeah, I think it's a very effective, mostly symbolic move. Some of the people have already lost their security clearances and some of them have passed away. But I think it really sends the message that it will not be tolerated for current or former government officials who have these security clearances to weaponize their security clearances

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

Yeah, I think it's a very effective, mostly symbolic move. Some of the people have already lost their security clearances and some of them have passed away. But I think it really sends the message that it will not be tolerated for current or former government officials who have these security clearances to weaponize their security clearances

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

That example was exhibit A of big tech and the deep state colluding in order to suppress a very true news story that we now know the Hunter Biden laptop was real. The New York Post was correct. All of this rhetoric about it being a Russian influence campaign was itself disinformation and of the worst sort.

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

That example was exhibit A of big tech and the deep state colluding in order to suppress a very true news story that we now know the Hunter Biden laptop was real. The New York Post was correct. All of this rhetoric about it being a Russian influence campaign was itself disinformation and of the worst sort.

Morning Wire
Reshaping the Deep State: Trump’s Buyouts & Reforms | 2.22.25

So when Trump did this, it sent the message loud and clear that the deep state should not be meddling in our elections like this. It's really important for Trump to send this message.