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Douglas M. Charles, PhD
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Professor of history (FBI expert), Tae Kwon Do black belt, poker player, bicyclist, skier, travel, animals. I’ve written 4 books on the FBI, currently finishing a history of the FBI, 1908-1945. Also working on a history of Tae Kwon Do in North America.
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What's next? Did Comey conspire with an FBI janitor?
. . . and now-FBI Director Hoover complied. But Hoover believed in strict gender roles, and worked to purge all three women. Which he did.

Women only re-joined the FBI as full special agents in the 1970s.
By the way, back in the early 1920s FBI Director William J. Burns hired the first women agents, three of them. The third they didn't want to have the rank of special agent so, to be something less, they dubbed her a "special employee."

The DOJ was pressured to change the title. . .
This is the case? Comey is supposed to have lied to Congress about having someone in the FBI, Dan Richman, a "special employee," leak to the news for him. Problem: Richman quit the FBI in February 2017 after Comey was emailing him to talk to the news.

The case is a nothing burger. 😂
Every time I see Barbara Boxer on cable news, I come away with the conclusion she’s horribly out of touch politically
The 1925 New Jersey governorship.
Could be a 2025 off year election rather than 1925
New York City mayoral election result
When Republicans won in Pittsburgh.
#OTD November 3, 1925 . . . a century ago (esp but not only in Pittsburgh).
Until HE is FBI director, the most unqualified in the bureau's 117 year history & the most partisan in over 100 years & the biggest hypocrite.
Kash Patel in 2023: “I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”
People magazine is doing real journalism
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
This Australian film about World War I. Two problems with it: the actors are too good looking and their teeth are way too pretty.

Have y’all seen that colorized film actually from World War I?
a black and white photo of a woman with missing teeth and the caption nice teeth
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman with missing teeth and the caption nice teeth
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So it’s a SECRET plan
Mike Johnson talks about the Republican "healthcare plan" like it's highly classified information: "We're not gonna be on a conference call explaining all our plans and strategies for healthcare reform, because they're leaked in real time."
Always something to follow with Pennsylvania.
The New York mayoral race a century ago.
#OTD November 2, 1925 . . . a century ago (esp but not only in Pittsburgh).