{"id":41768,"date":"2017-09-12T00:30:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T03:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=41768"},"modified":"2017-09-12T22:38:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T01:38:46","slug":"mikey-weinstein-represents-uncomfortable-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/12\/mikey-weinstein-represents-uncomfortable-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikey Weinstein Represents &#8220;Uncomfortable&#8221; Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael &#8220;Mikey&#8221; Weinstein has had a tough year. Since January his &#8220;charity&#8221; has made little headway in his attacks on Christians in the military. Weinstein has apparently struggled to find stories or those willing to complain &#8212; with the result that both he and his verbose research assistant Chris Rodda have been uncharacteristically quiet.<\/p>\n<p>The religious environment in the military is so &#8220;bad,&#8221; in fact, that Weinstein is now relegated to &#8220;representing&#8221; people in government <a href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2017\/09\/08\/more-white-more-male-more-jesus-cia-employees-fear-pompeo-is-quietly-killing-the-agencys-diversity-mandate\/\">who are &#8220;uncomfortable&#8221;<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to Weinstein, [intelligence] agency employees don\u2019t want to go public with their complaints because of fear of retribution or being labeled as \u201cleakers.\u201d&#8230; But certain things are making them especially uncomfortable, such as officials signing off with the phrase \u201chave a blessed day.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s Jenna McLaughlin&#8217;s take at Foreign Policy last week, where she <!--more-->questioned whether (Christian) Director of the CIA Mike Pompeo was &#8220;killing&#8221; the CIA&#8217;s &#8220;diversity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein hyped the fact he &#8220;provide[d] insight&#8221; to her article. His &#8220;insight&#8221; was a one-liner that said some people are &#8220;uncomfortable&#8221; with someone saying &#8220;have a blessed day&#8221; &#8212; which Weinstein, a seemingly\u00a0ardent <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2011\/02\/09\/seymour-hersh-and-michael-weinstein-share-conspiracy-theories\/\">conspiracy theorist<\/a>, apparently views as some kind of code for Christians trying to take over the world.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the extent of the &#8220;war&#8221; Mikey Weinstein is fighting right now.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, how the &#8220;mighty&#8221; have fallen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael &#8220;Mikey&#8221; Weinstein has had a tough year. Since January his &#8220;charity&#8221; has made little headway in his attacks on Christians in the military. Weinstein has apparently struggled to find stories or those willing to complain &#8212; with the result that both he and his verbose research assistant Chris Rodda have been uncharacteristically quiet. 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