Was this in response to something, or just him rambling in general?

For some reason, I keep imagining Trump and MBS walking off after the meeting, and MBS mentioning to Trump that he can help him with his reporter problems. I mean, MBS has seen that the Trump admin is not above a little bit of murder, right?

They're making it harder to vote, and decreasing the value of our votes as they rig the voting districts to guarantee their wins.

Thanks to Ohio's GOP gerrymanders, he never has to worry about losing an election, as long as he toes the GOP line, as long as he pledges loyalty to Trump. Ohio's GOP tells us they're working on 'making elections safer & more secure!'. Lies. What they're working on is making the state GOP sure.

"Across the country, a coordinated campaign—funded by billionaire-backed groups like the Foundation for Government Accountability and Americans for Prosperity—has pushed state legislatures to dismantle child labor protections piece by piece."
Children - cheaper and easier to exploit.

""We used to call it a self-licking ice cream cone," said one former FBI official who worked transnational crime and maritime interdictions. "You stop a boat, you get the bad guys, you use the leverage of prosecuting them to turn them into cooperators.""
But that's not sexy enough for Hegseth?

Except in this case, he really did advocate for killing them first, and have any trials or justification done later.
I feel real warm and cozy knowing he's one of the nation's judges, don't you?

"Bove left the DOJ after being confirmed by the Senate to serve as a federal judge — a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit — in late July, and he received his commission on Aug. 20."
Will he be the new Judge Roy Bean?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Bean