Here is a comparison of Tim Walz’s service record with that of Peter Thiel agent J.D. Vance.
Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s talk about a threat to our democracy, Swiftboat mastermind Chris LaCivita, who is one of Trump’s two senior campaign people. The other, Susie Wiles, also deserves more scrutiny. This is their space in the MAGA Meltdown Maltego Graph.
If this is blurry when you open it in a separate tab, there’s a high resolution version on my Substack with the same title as this diary: Command Sergeant Major Tim Walz.
Here are the articles that contributed to my understanding of their position in the scheme of things.
Meet the mild-mannered Florida woman quietly steering the Trump campaign
(2024-07-12 USA Today)
Trump loyalist pushes ‘post-Constitutional’ vision for second term
(2024-06-08 Washington Post)
Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration (2024-02-20 Politico)
Awkwardness in Trump’s circle: Top aides could be trial witnesses
(2023-08-05 Washington Post)
'Key figure in indictment revealed': Susie Wiles identified in Trump's classified docs case (2023-06-30 MSNBC transcript)
Top Trump campaign aide Susie Wiles met numerous times with special counsel investigators in documents probe (2023-06-29 CNN Politics)
Ron DeSantis’ political team planned $25K golf games, $250K ‘intimate gatherings,’ memos say (2019-09-12 Tampa Bay Times)
Conclusion:
I was not aware of Chris LaCivita’s role in the 2004 Swiftboat disinformation campaign until the evening before I published this. If there are any particularly good sources on LaCivita’s background, I would like to hear of them. The usual rules apply - don’t send documents, don’t send links, just give me text Google searches that will lead to the content.
Interesting material will get added to the graph, and sooner or later I will use this to assist a reporter or researcher who is digging deep into some scandal.
