A turning point?
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They're getting nervous. It's about time.
From Politico:
ICE Shootings Are Freaking Out the GOP. They’re Afraid to Tell Trump.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ice-shootings-freaking-gop-afraid-173000790.html
Monday morning, Trump took concrete steps to marginalize Noem and Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino, who have become the face of the feds in Minnesota, appointing a new point person in the state and new chain of command.
“I am sending Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight,” the president announced about his border czar. “He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there. Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me.”
Here comes the bus....
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Outspoken Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and some of his green-uniformed agents are expected to soon leave the Minneapolis area, three sources familiar with the move tell CBS News.
One of the sources said Bovino was relieved of his command in Minneapolis and is expected to return to California's El Centro sector, where he served as the chief agent before the Trump administration deployed him to major American cities, including Los Angeles and Chicago.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-leave-minneapolis/
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"You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It is that simple," said Director Kash Patel.
However, President Donald Trump supported Kyle Rittenhouse after he shot and killed two men who tried grabbing his gun during protesters following a shooting involving police. Additionally, some Jan. 6 rioters were armed, and many Republicans supported a Missouri couple who pointed their firearms at protesters after George Floyd's killing.
"The height of hypocrisy which continues out of the White House, scrambling to find some reason to show why these agents were justified," said former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin.
Durkin says the hypocrisy surrounding the Minneapolis case will continue to fracture the Republican Party. While it took over 20 years to pass a restricted concealed carry law in Illinois, residents have a right to carry a loaded firearm to a protest. Minnesota shares the same rights.
"Mr. Pretti was not violating the law in terms of the Second Amendment. He had a protected right, and the law in Minnesota did not prohibit him from carrying a firearm," said Rob Chadwick with the U.S. Concealed Carry Association.
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Beep, beep. Look out - here comes the bus.
Earlier today, President Trump appeared to signal in a series of social-media posts a tactical shift in the administration’s mass-deportation campaign. Trump wrote that he spoke with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz—whom the White House has blamed for inciting violence—and the two men are now on “a similar wavelength.” Tom Homan, the former ICE chief whom Trump has designated “border czar,” will head to Minnesota to assume command of the federal mobilization there, Trump said.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her close adviser Corey Lewandowski, who were Bovino’s biggest backers at DHS, are also at risk of losing their jobs, two of the people told me.Atlantic reporting:
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Coincidentally, I just read this article:
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group
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While tech bigwigs were watching the new Melania documentary at the White House, the people who work for them were speaking out.
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The GOP dam is breaking?
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/27/republicans-trump-immigration-dhs-noem-minnesota
