J.E. Dyer

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J.E. Dyer is a retired Naval Intelligence officer who lives in Southern California, blogging as The Optimistic Conservative for domestic tranquility and world peace. Her articles have appeared at Hot Air, Commentary’s Contentions, Patheos, The Daily Caller, The Jewish Press, and The Weekly Standard.

Demonizing policy differences: Does it take a Russian conspiracy to make policy that you don’t like? by J.E. Dyer

Demonizing policy differences: Does it take a Russian conspiracy to make policy that you don’t like?

J.E. Dyer July 15, 2018
New Russian ‘hacking’ indictment: Comey basically prophesied in 2017 that we’d key on this by J.E. Dyer

New Russian ‘hacking’ indictment: Comey basically prophesied in 2017 that we’d key on this

J.E. Dyer July 14, 2018
U.S. says ready to keep Strait of Hormuz open in face of Iranian threat. It would be a different fight this time by J.E. Dyer

U.S. says ready to keep Strait of Hormuz open in face of Iranian threat. It would be a different fight this time

J.E. Dyer July 12, 2018
Fox’s Shannon Bream: ‘Had to bail on’ on-site coverage outside SCOTUS; ‘volatile mood, felt threatened’ by J.E. Dyer

Fox’s Shannon Bream: ‘Had to bail on’ on-site coverage outside SCOTUS; ‘volatile mood, felt threatened’

J.E. Dyer July 10, 2018
Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court by J.E. Dyer

Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court

J.E. Dyer July 9, 2018
From FBI memos: Reporters gave FBI security code for Manafort storage facility by J.E. Dyer

From FBI memos: Reporters gave FBI security code for Manafort storage facility

J.E. Dyer July 9, 2018
Report: FBI assigned top ‘surveillance’ expert as liaison to Trump transition team in 2016 by J.E. Dyer

Report: FBI assigned top ‘surveillance’ expert as liaison to Trump transition team in 2016

J.E. Dyer July 6, 2018
Don’t get distracted: The Pruitt tenure is actually a lesson in how to win by J.E. Dyer

Don’t get distracted: The Pruitt tenure is actually a lesson in how to win

J.E. Dyer July 5, 2018
Blast from the past: Remarkable echoes from Independence Day at the onset of the Civil War by J.E. Dyer

Blast from the past: Remarkable echoes from Independence Day at the onset of the Civil War

J.E. Dyer July 3, 2018
Manafort trial: Did media seed DOJ, FBI with ‘evidence’ tips on Manafort? by J.E. Dyer

Manafort trial: Did media seed DOJ, FBI with ‘evidence’ tips on Manafort?

J.E. Dyer July 1, 2018
Memo to Kagan: The Bill of Rights was meant to be a weapon – against government overreach and tyranny by J.E. Dyer

Memo to Kagan: The Bill of Rights was meant to be a weapon – against government overreach and tyranny

J.E. Dyer June 30, 2018
Video: Turkey’s F-35s roll out in weirdest ceremony ever? by J.E. Dyer

Video: Turkey’s F-35s roll out in weirdest ceremony ever?

J.E. Dyer June 29, 2018
Why Fox News can’t say it’s radical for de Blasio and Gillibrand to call for ‘abolishing ICE’ by J.E. Dyer

Why Fox News can’t say it’s radical for de Blasio and Gillibrand to call for ‘abolishing ICE’

J.E. Dyer June 29, 2018
Tweets of the Day bonus selection: Democrats ‘Occupy’ and own themselves by J.E. Dyer

Tweets of the Day bonus selection: Democrats ‘Occupy’ and own themselves

J.E. Dyer June 29, 2018
Senior Democrat Joe Crowley upset in NY-14 primary by Socialist candidate by J.E. Dyer

Senior Democrat Joe Crowley upset in NY-14 primary by Socialist candidate

J.E. Dyer June 27, 2018
A key in an unexpected place: Comey spiked 2017 immunity deal for Assange by J.E. Dyer

A key in an unexpected place: Comey spiked 2017 immunity deal for Assange

J.E. Dyer June 26, 2018
Seeding the news: We need a new word for the phenomenon of creating media echo chambers by J.E. Dyer

Seeding the news: We need a new word for the phenomenon of creating media echo chambers

J.E. Dyer June 25, 2018
Mexico’s leading presidential candidate: All world’s migrants have ‘human right’ to seek life in U.S. by J.E. Dyer

Mexico’s leading presidential candidate: All world’s migrants have ‘human right’ to seek life in U.S.

J.E. Dyer June 23, 2018
Father of sobbing migrant girl refutes MSM theme: Child was never separated from mother by J.E. Dyer

Father of sobbing migrant girl refutes MSM theme: Child was never separated from mother

J.E. Dyer June 21, 2018
‘Secret stuff’ on Russiagate – Part 3: Enter the woman by J.E. Dyer

‘Secret stuff’ on Russiagate – Part 3: Enter the woman

J.E. Dyer June 21, 2018
Trump order on family separations is NOT a reversal of policy, but it does punt a key issue by J.E. Dyer

Trump order on family separations is NOT a reversal of policy, but it does punt a key issue

J.E. Dyer June 20, 2018
‘Secret stuff’ on Russiagate – Part 2: The Nones of March, 2016 by J.E. Dyer

‘Secret stuff’ on Russiagate – Part 2: The Nones of March, 2016

J.E. Dyer June 20, 2018
Following the ‘secret stuff’ bread crumbs on Russiagate – Part 1: The Comey alibi by J.E. Dyer

Following the ‘secret stuff’ bread crumbs on Russiagate – Part 1: The Comey alibi

J.E. Dyer June 20, 2018
Schumer makes it crystal clear: Democrats want to extort Trump into ceasing border enforcement by J.E. Dyer

Schumer makes it crystal clear: Democrats want to extort Trump into ceasing border enforcement

J.E. Dyer June 19, 2018
Fact vs. opinion? It depends on what the (implied) meaning of ‘fact’ is by J.E. Dyer

Fact vs. opinion? It depends on what the (implied) meaning of ‘fact’ is

J.E. Dyer June 18, 2018
Those times Obama held illegal minors in detention for months – and placed them with sex and human traffickers by J.E. Dyer

Those times Obama held illegal minors in detention for months – and placed them with sex and human traffickers

J.E. Dyer June 17, 2018
The really big, central question the DOJ IG remarkably failed to ask of an anti-Trump FBI attorney by J.E. Dyer

The really big, central question the DOJ IG remarkably failed to ask of an anti-Trump FBI attorney

J.E. Dyer June 15, 2018
The DOJ IG report makes it pretty clear what the FBI’s ‘priorities’ were in 2016 by J.E. Dyer

The DOJ IG report makes it pretty clear what the FBI’s ‘priorities’ were in 2016

J.E. Dyer June 15, 2018
In the fight for Yemen, history roars back with a vengeance by J.E. Dyer

In the fight for Yemen, history roars back with a vengeance

J.E. Dyer June 14, 2018
Emails suggest Rosenstein threatened to ‘subpoena’ House committee requesting Russiagate records by J.E. Dyer

Emails suggest Rosenstein threatened to ‘subpoena’ House committee requesting Russiagate records

J.E. Dyer June 13, 2018
A meeting in Singapore that no one imagined two years ago (or even one); *UPDATE* Significant document signed by J.E. Dyer

A meeting in Singapore that no one imagined two years ago (or even one); *UPDATE* Significant document signed

J.E. Dyer June 12, 2018
Image of the Day: Power sitting at the G-7 in Charlevoix, Quebec by J.E. Dyer

Image of the Day: Power sitting at the G-7 in Charlevoix, Quebec

J.E. Dyer June 9, 2018
Initial volley fired? FBI arrests retired Senate staffer in connection with Russiagate leaks by J.E. Dyer

Initial volley fired? FBI arrests retired Senate staffer in connection with Russiagate leaks

J.E. Dyer June 8, 2018
Rep. Louie Gohmert: FBI actually resists receiving info on suspicious Awan transactions by J.E. Dyer

Rep. Louie Gohmert: FBI actually resists receiving info on suspicious Awan transactions

J.E. Dyer June 6, 2018
Big move: Imran Awan and wife Hina Alvi said to make plea deal with prosecutors by J.E. Dyer

Big move: Imran Awan and wife Hina Alvi said to make plea deal with prosecutors

J.E. Dyer June 5, 2018
Why the ‘president isn’t above the law’ argument is off the mark by J.E. Dyer

Why the ‘president isn’t above the law’ argument is off the mark

J.E. Dyer June 4, 2018
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