The White House and Department of Justice have reportedly been discussing potentially throwing journalists in jail to reveal the identities of leakers and fresh White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is behind the plan.

In an Atlantic report about the exit of Susie Wiles from her chief of staff role at the White House, it was revealed that a plan to jail journalists is in consideration in the administration. Wiles reportedly pushed back on such a plan while Miller gave it his endorsement.

According to the report, which cites multiple people familiar with the situation, Donald Trump has been pressing the DOJ to pursue criminal cases against people who leak information to the media on “national security grounds.” Various “tactics” have been discussed, including arresting journalists to push them into revealing their sources.

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    MAGA knows they can’t allow elections in 2028, or they are all going to prison, and very possibly worse. Nobody understands this more than PeeWee Himmler. He is willing to do the worst things imaginable to American Citizens, and Trump has known this all along, that’s why he has kept PeeWee Himmler close since 2015. This is his Scorched Earth General, the guy to bring in at the end when the situation is desperate. He will gleefully unleash unspeakable violence and cruelty upon millions of his fellow citizens. He has been dreaming about it all his life.

    America is in the hands of a genuine madman, and it’s going to be a wild bumpy ride for the next two years, and extremely dangerous. Remain alert, Citizens.

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      America is in the hands of a genuine madman

      This is why we need to use Trump’s ego against him. Draft up a bill to enact medicare for all, restrictions on ICE and a bunch of ther things, but add in Trump’s arch and a provision to convert Stone Mountain to a Bust of Trump and name it the “Trump is the greatest president ever” bill. Then tell Trump, “This is how you destroy Obamacare and eliminate all of Obama’s accomplishments”.

      I bet he’d sign it.

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        I heard this the other day. I think it’s a great idea. You wouldn’t even need the other stuff. Make Medicare for all Trumpcare and tell him how much better it would be than Obamacare. He’d break the pen trying to sign it so fast.

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        I especially like the touch of getting trump to spit in the face of his base by converting the biggest Confederate monument.