J.E. Dyer

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.

Politics

J.E. DyerJuly 15, 2018
1

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

Let's get a grip here: policy can happen without conspiracies. Even flawed policy.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJuly 14, 2018
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New Russian ‘hacking’ indictment: Comey basically prophesied in 2017 that we’d key on this

O his prophetic soul.
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National Security

J.E. DyerJuly 12, 2018
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U.S. says ready to keep Strait of Hormuz open in face of Iranian threat. It would be a different fight this time

O brave new world...
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Social Issues

J.E. DyerJuly 10, 2018
2

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

Derangement.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJuly 9, 2018
1

Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court

Fasten your seat belts.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJuly 9, 2018
3

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

Very funny business.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJuly 6, 2018
1

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

Trump: the undisputed #1 surveillance target of 2016.
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Politics

J.E. DyerJuly 5, 2018
1

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

Half the battle is picking the right one.
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Politics

J.E. DyerJuly 3, 2018
0

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

The home of the brave.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJuly 1, 2018
1

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

Weird meetings, set up by cut-outs.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 30, 2018
2

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

Weaponization in a GOOD way.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerJune 29, 2018
0

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

Combat aviation performance art. Who knew?
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 29, 2018
2

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

Embrace radicalism; lose your mind.
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Politics

J.E. DyerJune 29, 2018
0

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

Chickens locate roost, settle in.
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Politics

J.E. DyerJune 27, 2018
1

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

Not the blue wave you're looking for.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 26, 2018
0

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

What in the world is Comey doing?
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Media

J.E. DyerJune 25, 2018
6

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

Theme-stream media.
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerJune 23, 2018
0

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

This should be interesting.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 21, 2018
1

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

Truth bites.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 21, 2018
1

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

An expert's very special involvement functions as a klieg light on what this was about.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 20, 2018
0

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

No, it's not a reversal. The countdown begins to renewed caterwauling.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 20, 2018
2

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

March 2016: A busy, busy month for the secret-keepers.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 20, 2018
3

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

Another likely story? The FBI had the means to figure that out - but remains notably coy and secretive about…
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 19, 2018
1

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

It's all about the emotional extortion.
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Media

J.E. DyerJune 18, 2018
0

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

Can all Cretans identify statements of fact?
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 17, 2018
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Those times Obama held illegal minors in detention for months – and placed them with sex and human traffickers

Time out for truth.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 15, 2018
0

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

A glaring omission.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 15, 2018
1

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

Freeze-frame on the big flick.
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National Security

J.E. DyerJune 14, 2018
0

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

Saudi coalition finding its sea legs in the post-Pax break-up.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 13, 2018
1

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

Awful lot of wrong here.
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National Security

J.E. DyerJune 12, 2018
0

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

Reality focuses; attention spans in the chattering class, not so much.
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Politics

J.E. DyerJune 9, 2018
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Image of the Day: Power sitting at the G-7 in Charlevoix, Quebec

Abba-da, abba-da...that's all, folks!
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 8, 2018
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Initial volley fired? FBI arrests retired Senate staffer in connection with Russiagate leaks

Still waiting for that might flood of justice we were promised.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 6, 2018
1

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

Mixed signals; FBI stonewall.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 5, 2018
1

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

Suspect IT dude about to sing?
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 4, 2018
1

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

Emotion-tugging misdirection.
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