It feels like every day brings a fresh reminder of just how dysfunctional the disastrous reign of “Autopen Joe” Biden really was. No surprise there — when the man at the top was clearly slipping into senility, the real power fell into the hands of mid-level staffers who ran not only the administration, but also the infamous autopen.
What we got was a presidency on autopilot, literally and figuratively.
The latest bombshell is something we all suspected was happening, but now it’s out in the open. Republican Rep. Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) has blown the lid off the story, revealing details about how he was secretly surveilled under the so-called “Quiet Skies” program, via Fox News:
Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., revealed to Fox News Digital that he is one of three Republicans in Congress who was surveilled by the Biden administration’s “Quiet Skies” program, a program that has been shut down due to overreach concerns.
Earlier this week, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Rand Paul, R-Ky., convened a hearing examining alleged Biden administration abuse of the program, which was terminated by DHS in June, and revealed that three current Republican members of Congress were surveilled or monitored either as a sitting member or while seeking elected office.
GOP Rep. Abe Hamadeh tells Fox News Digital he was informed that he was one of those members of Congress and was surveilled in December 2022.
“It sadly doesn’t surprise me,” Hamadeh explained. “At the time, if you remember, I mean banks were shutting down accounts if they promoted conservative viewpoints, if they were selling ammo or guns and the banks were being pressured by the Biden administration.
“You had social media companies censoring political voices that they didn’t agree with. So it shows you the depths that the federal government, how much sway they have, not just within the bureaucracy of the government, but also with private organizations and private actors as well,” Hamadeh added.
It’s worth noting that Rep. Hamadeh isn’t just another member of Congress — he’s a former U.S. Air Force reservist, an intelligence officer with a Top Secret clearance, and someone who has actually deployed in service of this nation. Yet even he wasn’t safe from being flagged under the “Quiet Skies” program. And he’s not alone.
Current Trump administration Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, a former congresswoman and U.S. Army veteran herself, was also briefly placed on the list.
This sure looks like yet another case of the Biden administration weaponizing government power against political opponents — or, at best, another glaring example of its incompetence. The case of DNI Tulsi Gabbard is especially telling.
Once a rising star in the Democratic Party and a 2020 presidential candidate, she famously demolished Kamala Harris on the debate stage over Harris’s record on school busing. For the Biden team, that made her an apostate — and apparently, fair game.
So, what’s likely to come from the Senate investigation into “Quiet Skies” or Senator Rand Paul’s report on it? Unfortunately, probably nothing. No one from the Biden administration will face consequences. “Old Joe” is clearly non compos mentis — when was the last time he even appeared in public, anyway? — and the faceless staffers who may have engineered this political targeting will almost certainly never be named. In Washington, accountability is always for someone else.
That doesn’t mean this should be swept under the rug. Quite the opposite — it needs to be dragged into the light of day. This is the template for what Americans can expect under any future Democratic administration: weaponized bureaucracy, selective enforcement, and zero accountability.
This is the rule book they play by now. It’s not your grandfather’s Democratic Party anymore, and they don’t even bother hiding it. Voters should remember that loud and clear when they head to the polls next November.