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add this one of ... House Intelligence Committee issued subpoenas to three of Trump's top officials?

Acting budget director Russ Vought, Michael Duffey, a senior official in the Office of Management and Budget, and T. Ulrich Brechbuhl, counsel at the State Department, all previously declined requests by investigators to testify voluntarily.

X1\ (talk) 20:35, 26 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

add Mulvaney ally promotes defying Congressional subpoenas?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/11/03/mulvaney-allies-lead-stonewall-against-democrats-impeachment-inquiry

X1\ (talk) 21:37, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To add to article

To add to this article: mention of this hidden camera interview in which Vought was very up-front about his plans for the United States. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Rvryx6A-0 98.123.38.211 (talk) 14:48, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

use of the term "conservative"

Right wing individuals continue to become more extreme & move farther to the right. Is it time to stop using the term "conservative" & instead use the more accurate, realistic, & practical term "right wing" or "far right" to refer to these people who are obviously pushing the extents of fascism.

They like to refer to themselves as conservative, & that to begin with is not accurate except for a few socially related topics - there's nothing more liberal than giving millions of $ to billionaires, so when you use the term they want you to use you are only adopting & supporting their warped propaganda. In addition, their propaganda frames the term "liberal" as a negative & dangerous word, another reason to not use the term conservative because it is less accurate by the day. Steeviansj (talk) 14:06, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was unaware of the necessity to cite a change for the word or term "conservative" - that is an opinionated term which IMO is incorrectly used. In the past the term referred to fiscal conservatives which if you read the news does not apply since a long time to people such as Vought - the term has also been used to describe a few positions on "morality" related subjects such as marriage etc, this IMO is also inaccurate because all people will have a conservative & liberal view on various subjects. I could say Vought is extremely liberal as far as supporting tax cuts for millionaires & billionaires - this is a very liberal policy giving $ to wealthy people. Using & associating the traditional term "conservative" with Vought is at best inaccurate & inappropriate. Vought & Trump et all support fascist policy & are fascists which is a more appropriate term. A top US Army General has officially referred to Trump as a fascist - https://www.axios.com/2024/10/11/mark-milley-trump-fascist-bob-woodward-book Using the term "conservative" to describe Vought is like using that term to describe Putin or Hitler. Steeviansj (talk) 22:15, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

sourced version?

This is related to the use of the term "conservative" section, but also relates to sources and citations. So I've started a new topic.

I see that Marquardtika reverted Steeviansj's wording change, with the comment "restored sourced version," by changing the wording far-right wing individuals back to conservatives. Yet the only relevant cited source that I see uses neither wording, instead referring to hardcore disciples. Is there another cited source that I've missed? Trackerwannabe (talk) 21:25, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's from the other citation in that section, Politico. Marquardtika (talk) 13:20, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So “woke and weaponized” comes from this citation, and conservatives from this one? Okay.

Trackerwannabe (talk) Trackerwannabe (talk) 12:02, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it. It's pretty clear that this IP editor just made some random changes without sourcing them. Marquardtika (talk) 13:43, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]