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Years of internal DHS/ FBI memos, emails, and documents — obtained via leaks show facebook and twitter working in collaboration with the FBI/DHS to police "Disinformation" and information that undermines trust in financial institutions
Years of internal DHS/ FBI memos, emails, and documents — obtained via leaks show facebook and twitter working in collaboration with the FBI/DHS to police "Disinformation" and information that undermines trust in financial institutions
TRUTH COPS. Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation in collaboration with social media giants including "info that undermines trust in financial institutions"
TRUTH COPS. Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation in collaboration with social media giants including "info that undermines trust in financial institutions"
Leaked Documents Reveal DHS Collaborated with Facebook to Target ‘Disinformation’
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'Every organization in the U.S. is at risk' of a Russian cyber attack, warns DHS
Ape brain here gaining some wrinkles. With all this talk about Russia threat to cyber attack the U.S. It reminded me of the IMF cyber attack simulation 🤔I wonder how this connect and if they were just preparing for another well calculated market cover up conspiracy.
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Question for y'all about GME.... Why not sue?
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Imagine running an ETF and high fiving yourself on X about 'buying the dip' in a company that was literally in the process of getting raided by the DEA, DHS, FBI, and ICE.
Axon being down a lot because of an article saying its a meme stock is kinda funny. Its about to get a ton of DHS money and its not even that overvalued compared to other stocks like PLTR
The tariff revenue isn't really tied to the BBB. The congressional leadership and white house promised sun and moon to the hardcore deficit hawks in the house and senate both. People like Ron Johnson, Chip Roy, and that pervy looking guy from Maryland. Who knows what they promised them.. increased tariff revenue, executive orders to cut spending, rescission packages to claw back already approved spending.. a ton of shit with specifics that nobody is really privy to. The BBB is not an appropriation package. It had some one-off money for DHS (Ice) and defense, set terms for Medicaid and SNAP, etc.. but it doesn't actually set spending levels. That is done through appropriation bills and omnibus spending bills. We haven't fully passed all appropriation bills since the 1990's. We just limp along from one omnibus bill to another continuing resolution (which continues spending same as it's been, maybe with like a 1% cut, or 1% increase or whatever). Those are what's being debated when we run into possible government shutdowns. They require 60 votes in the Senate to pass, so they have to be at least partially bipartisan. Tariff's don't really impact those either. Tariff revenue is just kind of bonus. No one knows how much it's going to be month to month and it's not really related at all to the BBB, budget reconciliation packages, appropriation bills, budget continuing resolutions, or omnibus spending bills.
While it was announced, it doesn't look like the External one was ever created. So tariffs would probably go to CBP, which is under DHS. I hear DHS has been seeing one of its other components go over-budget lately, though, so perhaps tariff revenue goes to balance that ...
https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-voters-have-a-party-affiliation/ ~36,000,000 registered Republicans in America. There are about 350,000,000 Americans. You can see how unpopular Trump is from a variety of polls including those done by fan favorite FOX, and he is underwater on nearly everything other than *immigration* but his popularity on that is collapsing as people see how badly and inhumanely DHS is running. The other votes Trump got from Independents who are fleeing from him like sour milk. Democrats are sick of their own party. Trump is one of the least popular public figures in history.
Tbf I think this has been transparent for a while now. You think they put extreme loyalists in place in the FBI, DOJ, DHS, and DOD for funsies? That they purged all the JAGS and IGs amd are conducting "loyalty" tests on high ranking military officers for the hell of it? That Trump keeps talking about getting rid of the "homegrowns" by accident? That they're dramatically expanding the power of the executive and removing checks on its exercise of power just to hand it over in a few years? All the old rules are done, a hell of a lot of people just don't realize it yet
I wonder how many of these state jobs are riffed fed employees still on payroll? Most of the DHS employees I know that Elon fired are still technically employed until October, but also encouraged to find a job in the meantime.
border patrol DHS and others....but the big one is coming on layoff soon, called the RIFS! this one will wipe out all those gains and huge unemployment....MSFT laying off thousands while gaining ATH in value...something smells
An app to report “illegal aliens” to ICE and DHS makes me physically ill. Terrifying precedent. I don’t want to post this on social media, but I’ll leave it here in the abyss.
"Encounters on the southern border of those trying to enter the U.S. without authorization have gone up significantly under President Joe Biden. Government statistics show that in the initial processing of millions of encounters, 2.5 million people have been released into the U.S. and 2.8 million have been removed or expelled. Some Republicans, however, have misleadingly suggested the number released into the country since Biden took office is much higher." THE FIRST TWO PARAGRAPHS. read the second one carefully. misleadingly. "[Other](https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/video-cornyn-calls-out-biden-admins-border-flip-flop/) [Republicans](https://twitter.com/EliseStefanik/status/1759319737748643904) have said 85% of migrants crossing illegally are being released, a figure that reportedly, [according to the Border Patrol Union](https://twitter.com/BPUnion/status/1744481229691601212?s=20), was used by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in early January. The 85% figure is close to accurate for apprehensions by Border Patrol for one month — December — but statistics for other months or Biden’s time in office are much lower, as we’ll explain later." so one month outlier for Biden, not every month. other were "much lower" "The figures used by Haley, DeSantis and Cotton — 8 million or 10 million — are totals of all migrant encounters at the border plus gotaways, and, in Cotton’s case, encounters at the northern border, coastal borders and airports. Cotton’s press secretary, Patrick McCann, told us that those figures showed the senator was correct to say that number “crossed into the country.” But these claims ignore that DHS statistics show 2.8 million of the encounters at the southern border alone resulted in a removal or expulsion directly from CBP custody, and all of the rest of the migrants encountered are not simply released. Most of those removals – nearly 2.5 million — were immediate expulsions under Title 42." this was published in 2024 and they were already removed before Trump
ALERT: An Egyptian man has been deported by DHS after he kicked a CBP working beagle named Freddy at Dulles airport - reports Someone notify John Wick
Iranian Sleeper Cells? Don’t worry America. 23 year old former grocery store clerk Thomas Fugate is on the case at DHS.
DHS issued an increased threat of terroism warning for Muricans that they caused lmao. https://preview.redd.it/zqvdqf39cj8f1.png?width=461&format=png&auto=webp&s=32de15634f08d46e05daa13bba1472d91f96c1e7
Fantasy land advisory threats directly issued by the DHS, ah I see. Check the newest updates: “The likelihood of violent extremists in the Homeland independently mobilizing to violence in response to the conflict would likely increase if Iranian leadership issued a religious ruling calling for retaliatory violence against targets in the Homeland. Multiple recent Homeland terrorist attacks have been motivated by anti-Semitic or anti-Israel sentiment, and the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict could contribute to US-based individuals plotting additional attacks. Effective: 2025-06-22 11:00 am. Expires: 2025-09-22 11:59 pm. *Alert Dates are Eastern Time*” https://www.dhs.gov/national-terrorism-advisory-system
Donald Trump promised there were tens of millions of illegal aliens. There are not. He lied. That is why the deportation schedule is not being hit. He is enacting policies that resemble campaign promises but they are unenforceable because the premises have been revealed as fraudulent. DHS/ICE is also being so badly run by Kristi Noem and Todd Lyons that they are abusing the civil rights of entirely legal U.S. citizens. J6 promise is not satisfying to such a large portion of the nation, including those who voted for him, that keeping this promise is irrelevant because it improved so few lives that is does not matter. The Paris Agreement was years ago, not relevant to the 2024 campaign or today in 2025. Your mind runs on old news and things you do not understand. Trump may have promised to increase timber production but if he also promised to improve parks, he did not keep his whole promise. The goalpost is both whether or not Trump kept any promises whatsoever, and also, if the promises he kept benefited many people or not and in the cases of his promises not kept - what damage is there? His failures to follow through on policies based on false promises like deportation, DOGE blowing up like one of Elon's rockets, and the world's leaders boycotting doing deals with him personally, demonstrate that within 6 months his entire 2nd term is dead on arrival. War with Iran is the last thing anybody who voted for him voted for, and as far as consequential fails, this one can or will have the most dire consequences. I can promise you that if polled, and Americans were asked if they would trade have no war with Iran for Trump's J6 pardons being revoked, we would be celebrating peace in the Middle East as far as we are concerned. Instead of moving the goalposts, you fail to look at the scoreboard. Trump has lost his biggest financial supporter from the 2024 election, allies across the world, Tucker Carlson, and plenty of other people whose names you'll never know.
In his first 100 days he had spent $200 billion more than the previous year. DHS is set to run out of money soon. I can't imagine what kind of budget fuckery is going on behind the scenes.
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-detention-center-newark-new-jersey-delaney-hall-cf1e9043626136c46b5b67aeda2e9183 > 4 detainees have escaped from an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, DHS says
think the key to this market is selling fake taco swag at a steep discount until they send puppy killer Nome and the DHS after you
Yeah, I’m sure trump really care what Elizabeth warren says. Here is also a headline yesterday: DHS turns tables on Elizabeth Warren after calling for Noem to resign: 'Trying to revise history'
Okay... 1 good reason. I don't care for her support to expand DACA or her support for the home ownership dreamers act. I find it laughable that they tried to claim she would be more stern than Trump on border security, and considering ice is part of DHS, I think its silly to think they can share daca info with ice, cbp, etc...
DHS could be arresting a permabol’z family and they would say this
DHS is watching what exactly? 😂
typically jihadist response, sound like a concern but it is an actual threat. Worry about yourself. Reddit let you run amok, but DHS is watching.
I'm assuming this is sarcasm, but if the DHS Secretary's words are even remotely accurate, it has huge implications for the economy. Hell, even stringent anti-immigration enforcement in LA has the potential to cripple the city, of which something like 800,000 - 900,000 residents are estimated to be illegal immigrants, a huge chunk of the workforce.
The market completely ignoring the manhandlimg and hamdcuffing of a sitting US Senator for no good reason seems quite ominous, not gonna lie. As does Noem's remarks that: “We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country.” If you want to incite mass civil unrest, using the military and DHS to overthrow the duly elected government of the country's second biggest city with zero pretext is a good way to do it.
Back in the office this time around, trump passing these policies in his first day back and a month later isn't helping for misinformation spreading - >U.S. Agency for Global Media: Dismantle USAGM's journalism "firewall" to align its reporting with the aims of the president. (Note: One America News to provide newsfeed services to Voice of America; journalists are facing HR investigations for comments critical of Trump) This is why journalistic integrity has gone out the window and no one is calling them out for walking on eggshells. Other policies don't help either, such as the following >Dept. of Homeland Security: Dismiss "the entirety" of the CISA Cybersecurity Advisory Committee. (Note: The acting DHS Secretary terminated "all current memberships on advisory committees within DHS".) >Dept. of Homeland Security: Terminate CISA's counter-mis/disinformation efforts. (Note: CISA has frozen all of its election security work; many of CISA's misinformation team were put on leave) >Dept. of Justice: Prohibit the U.S. government from combating the spread of misinformation and disinformation. *trump and his supporters are basically doing George Orwell's 1984 "Ministry of Truth Department" in real life >In George Orwell's 1984, the Ministry of Truth (also known as Minitrue) is a central, ironically named department responsible for propaganda, historical revision, and the control of information in the dystopian society of Oceania. Its primary function is to manipulate the truth to support the Party's ideology and maintain its control over the population.
>MEXICAN PRESIDENT SHEINBAUM: STATEMENT FROM US DHS SECRETARY THAT I ENCOURAGED VIOLENT PROTESTS IN LA IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE ✅️ 300% Mexico tariffs by Monday
Yeah-- and Trump just appointed a 22 yr old grocery store worker to head counter terrorism stuff in DHS.
What's to stop trump from calling a press conference to announce that any investor or institution holding TSLA shares into next week will be subject to investigation by DHS for supporting suspected seditionist Elon Musk?
I'm of the opinion it will not happen, no matter how much of a disaster the next few years are. Even if Democrats, in spite of themselves, gain control of both chambers and vote easy to impeach and convict, he obviously won't leave willingly. He has the ability to hole up in the White House, surrounded by federal police like ICE and DHS to protect him. Congress would have had to first put out feelers with officers in the armed forces to see if they would be willing to remove him with force before even attempting an impeachment. We would be seeing something on TV resembling the 1993 coup in Moscow, which will enflame his supporters. Impeachment and removal, however deserved, would not be feasible unless Trump's approval rating was hovering at 11% like former South Korean president Yoon. He has to be widely despised, even by his former personality cult, for the removal to have legitimacy. This process will require way more courage, strategy, and forethought than any of the 1000-year old mummies leading the party have, and it requires the segment of the American population that has been licking trump's shoes for the last 10 years to stop doing that.
**$IVDA Executive Orders Targeting Chinese Drones**: Trump is poised to sign executive orders that could prohibit Chinese drone manufacturers, notably DJI and Autel, from selling new models in the U.S., citing national security concerns. These orders also aim to bolster domestic drone manufacturing and modernize regulations on drone usage. $IVDA Iveda Solutions is a key player in AI-powered drone tech, offering autonomous smart drones for surveillance and industrial site monitoring. Their drones integrate AI, real-time video, and object recognition, with partnerships like Evergreen Aviation expanding global reach. Iveda® (NASDAQ: IVDA) has received the Developmental Testing and Evaluation (DT&E) designation from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the SAFETY Act
**$IVDA Executive Orders Targeting Chinese Drones**: Trump is poised to sign executive orders that could prohibit Chinese drone manufacturers, notably DJI and Autel, from selling new models in the U.S., citing national security concerns. These orders also aim to bolster domestic drone manufacturing and modernize regulations on drone usage. $IVDA Iveda Solutions is a key player in AI-powered drone tech, offering autonomous smart drones for surveillance and industrial site monitoring. Their drones integrate AI, real-time video, and object recognition, with partnerships like Evergreen Aviation expanding global reach. [Iveda® (NASDAQ: IVDA) has received the Developmental Testing and Evaluation (DT&E) designation from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the SAFETY Act](https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/25/04/b44920323/iveda-achieves-prestigious-dt-e-designation-under-u-s-department-of-homeland-security-safety-act)
**$IVDA Executive Orders Targeting Chinese Drones**: Trump is poised to sign executive orders that could prohibit Chinese drone manufacturers, notably DJI and Autel, from selling new models in the U.S., citing national security concerns. These orders also aim to bolster domestic drone manufacturing and modernize regulations on drone usage. $IVDA Iveda Solutions is a key player in AI-powered drone tech, offering autonomous smart drones for surveillance and industrial site monitoring. Their drones integrate AI, real-time video, and object recognition, with partnerships like Evergreen Aviation expanding global reach. [Iveda® (NASDAQ: IVDA) has received the Developmental Testing and Evaluation (DT&E) designation from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the SAFETY Act](https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/25/04/b44920323/iveda-achieves-prestigious-dt-e-designation-under-u-s-department-of-homeland-security-safety-act)
Did the PATRIOT Act override all of those typical barriers? DHS and the FBI have far reaching powered post 9/11.
Happened during the Biden administration, and this contract has definitely been in the works for at least a decade with very little Executive involvement, all DOD and DHS. I've worked with Foundry before, it's better than anything else in the defense space. By far the closest a government contractor has ever come to parity with big tech alternatives. At a previous job my team came to it from fucking *Excel spreadsheets*. Most database services are a total bitch to certify, unless you can get a hold of one of those dark fiber AWS servers (good luck unless you're the CIA or FBI, not some random DOD program) this is the only real option.
Here's a brief summary if you're interested * The Trump administration selected Palantir to lead a new cross-agency data integration project * The aim is to unify data systems across federal agencies like the IRS and DHS * Palantir’s role at the government just keeps getting bigger and investors are liking it * Stock popped 5% this morning This [newsletter](https://dailystockspotlight.com/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=comment) will write about it today. It talks about stock winners & losers every day
CBP is responible for collecting customs. DHS is no stranger to telling courts to fuck off. Let's see how this plays out.
Can we pool our money to make a contribution and have him fire specific people? How much do you think a Secretary of Education or the Homeland Security Secretary would cost us as a group? Could maybe 100,000 of us thrown in $50 each and we pass that up to him, in order to make a change? I’d throw $60 into a DoJ change pool, not including the dollars for DHS and DoE.
Where are you regards seeing this Isreal / Iran news? All I see is a famous dog shooter and DHS secretary failing high school civics on the habeas corpus questions
DHS to consider reality show where immigrants compete for citizenship. what in the fuck LMAOOO
Went on WSJ for the first time and theres an article about the DHS considering a reality show where immigrants compete for US citizenship. Uhhhhhhhhh fuggit place your bets, carlos or consuelo
Sadly it won't dump. At least not in any logical time frame. Those cyber trucks will be sold to DHS or some government agency for full price on our dollar.
Republicans in Congress confirmed his nomination. They also confirmed the alcoholic for Secretary of Defense, the walking ethical violation for AG, the MTv guy for Transportation, the dog killer for Homeland Security, the Russian agent for Intelligence, and the wrestling lady for Education. Every single one of them designed to tear down the departments they were appointed to head, except for Noem, who is working to turn DHS into the Gestapo.
You lost me at MTG will cash out and revolt... what you're saying is a liberal pipe dream wrapped in dog c 💩 covered by cat 💩... Yes, I agree for tech to see a jump of that magnitude, it may require security compromised, but the administration has already done that by dismantling directive agencies like DHS CISA 😂 The "compromise" within government control now would be the elimination of trade restrictions around foreign tech companies entering the US market (i.e., Chinese tech giants)
It's fucking terrifying that DHS is going to run out of its fiscal year funding within two months. But hey, stonks go up
This whole thing is bonkers…… Makes sense why they want to hire 20,000 DHS and contractors in the not so distant future.. something like that…. Human suffering is BS………
Issue came up during the DHS budget hearing the Senate. Apparently DHS is a risk of running out of money in July.
Mayor's been warning them not to open because of code violations and lack of a certificate of occupancy. DHS opened it up anyway and when Mayor and congressmembers showed up, DHS trespassed them, but it's a private prison leasing services to DHS so it's unlikely the feds have the kind of exclusive jurisdiction they'd like to have.
Its Summer, 2026. The US has effectively embargoed half the world and the other half have bribed 🥭 sufficiently by buying 🥭 coin, tariffs are only at 25-50%. The USA is having civil unrest and bread riots in all major cities. The federal government effectively does not exist outside of ICE and DHS jackboots; 1/10 children have died of measles; eggs are 20 dollars an egg. India and Pakistan have now lost over a million people each in a full scale conflict. Pakistan has detonated a test nuke as a deterrent Ukraine is losing ground against Russia and grain prices worldwide are through the roof. SPY: 560 still.
GEO - they provide detention centers to DHS.
PLTR has already been embedded into DHS longer than for most people here have known about ICE. All they are doing is renewing contracts. The new demand is coming from new commercial buyers and that is why they are raising expectations.
The stock price rocketed under Biden, could you clarify how that was controlled by Trump and a mastermind insider trading scheme? Just check the chart since IPO to 2025... >A document leaked to TechCrunch revealed that Palantir's clients as of 2013 included at least twelve groups within the U.S. government, including the CIA, the DHS, the NSA, the FBI, the CDC, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, the Special Operations Command, the United States Military Academy, the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization and Allies, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. However, at the time, the United States Army continued to use its own data analysis tool.[^(\[31\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies#cite_note-tebtecnchrun-31) Also, according to TechCrunch, the U.S. spy agencies such as the CIA and FBI were linked for the first time with Palantir software, as their databases had previously been siloed.[^(\[31\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies#cite_note-tebtecnchrun-31) Somehow they've been given so many contracts by other administrations to grift. So many that I can't even link them, my comment goes beyond the max accepted length. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir\_Technologies#](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies#) If you think every shitty company with shitty fundamentals is an insider trading scheme... well you might be new to the market. This is not the first, nor is it new. Enjoy your stay and remember this simple quote, "the markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent"
DHS to pay immigrants $1k to self deport. I might go ahead and claim that...
I think we also need to acknowledge that there isn't a non-racist and non-patriarchal party in the U.S. between the Democrats and Republicans. Both are right wing and support murdering brown people abroad so they can have their stuff(oil, resources). Obama was the drone striker and deporter-in-chief. Obama sustained DHS, didn't close Gitmo. Biden didn't shut down ICE and continued the deportations. Biden continued Trump's tariffs against China. Biden didn't roll back Trump's 2017 tax policy, which was a tax hike for many Americans. I can go on, but from many points of view the Democrats are, at best, enablers of the Republicans and in many ways just as bad.
Indeed. It's a MINISCULE contract in the realm of DoD/DHS surveillance contracts.
There's the obvious economic fallout, and then there's what Trump may do when people in the US start to loudly voice their discontent. DHS is rubbing their hands waiting for some "unrest".
> Like CBP has always done this job, they’ve always collected any import duties. At much lower volumes. **MUCH** lower. Tomorrow, like literally tomorrow Saturday, they'll have 4 million additional packages to inspect and collect tariffs each day. Where are they getting the staff for this? Where's the big build up in CBP staffing? Oh wait, DHS is going through RIFs. So even less people to deal with the exploding volume. > deeply dumb but we’ve always had the capability to collect taxes So how is CBP going to collect all these new tariffs?
New WH budget-WaPo INCREASES -> \- $1 trillion in military spending, 13% jump \- $43 billion increase to DHS \- More charter school money CUTS --> \- $4 billion to Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program \- $3.5 billion to CDC \- $18 billion to NIH \- $670 million to "program management" at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid \- $2.5 billion cut to EPA's clean and drinking water loan fund \- $646 million cut to FEMA (admin says "non-disaster" programs), $650 million cut to shelter and services program \- 24% cut to NASA, space launch rocket, Orion, and other programs cancelled. [Link](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/02/white-house-budget-proposal-2026/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social) 
They are literally killing USPS. De minimis exemptions only for DHS, UPS, Fedex. Not for USPS
I don't think the people in the FBI and DHS signed up to arrest judges and deport international students.
ICE, FBI, DHS are all obeying his orders. What makes you think the military won't?
DHS will be deployed in cities to fight "crime". Local police now have more authority and will face less punishment if they break the law.
Absolutely. They may not continue to be a thing for very long, since they're pretty new and have come under a lot of scrutiny in recent months for what ICE/DHS *really* has the executive authority to do under those warrants. Everyone agrees that ICE has been leaning pretty hard against the accepted boundaries, potentially just to see how the judiciary responds.
Federal research contractor here. Yeah, we got wrecked. The whole industry has laid off significant percentages of their workforces. USAID, frozen grants, DHS initiatives. It will take decades to recover. I imagine ag and some other industries are in roughly the same boat.
I think you’re being unduly optimistic. Trump has reiterated that he will be running for another term in 2028 whether you or I like it or not. The fact of the matter is that if the GOP nominates Trump in 2028 if he wins the Electoral College no other person can be deemed the duly elected President of the United States. And this only matters if the Supreme Court remains functional in 2028-2029, which is highly doubtful at this point as is the return of international trade and the USD has the world’s reserve currency. If he doesn’t run, then maybe it will be Noem or Scott or Ted Cruz but it will be another authoritarian who will take the baton from Trump. Hey what do you make of all of those Cop Cities being built nationwide and staffed with IDF/IOF soldiers/police? Does it not strike you as very threatening to have Israelis running security functions in this country called America? Do Cop Cities not strike you as nascent El Salvador style CECOTs. I wonder who’s next after all the Afghanis, Iraqis, Mexicans, Central Americans & South Americans get shot, imprisoned or deported? I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest African-Americans and Persians, Chinese and Japanese and Koreans will be next plus anyone who is a product of a mixed race marriage. You say autocratic I say Christian Nationalists & White Supremacists led by a charismatic ruthless autocrat. You underestimate the delicious taste of unbridled power that Trump’s fascist foot soldiers have enjoyed these last 100 days. No political toady is giving up the automatic paycheck and unchecked power come Election Day 2028 without a bloody fight. You have no idea what’s barreling down the tracks. Almost every other country does, however, know what’s coming. European countries, Asian countries, African countries and South American countries have all been there before. Not one of them will lift a finger to halt Trump or his successor, not one. We will implode spectacularly and frankly the world will be a better, safer place when America does implode and becomes nothing more than an armed police State. America is dead to China, and that’s just the beginning of the great American unraveling. Bobby Brain Worms is as malignant a human being as you can find and he’s doing his level best to gut science and medicine in America. At least Hegseth is only comically inept. Whereas U.S. Attorney General Bondi and DHS Noem are criminally stupid and corrupt. No country can recover from such an economic and constitutional clusterfuck as Trump 2. I’m not sure we can reach the 2026 midterms without a rebellion organized or ad hoc. It’s going to be interesting. You are way, way too optimistic my friend. When the Fed Chairman leaves in a hot air ballon with Dorothy and Toto, that moment will be the end.
Short answer: - Probably not, but there’s an underlying issue that needs to be litigated, because there’s no senior case law for it. Long answer: - There are two types of warrants, judicial/court warrants that have been signed by a judge, and administrative/executive warrants, which have been signed by a senior official with ICE/CBP/DHS (all the same executive vertical). The latter are a relatively new thing, and they operate as an extension of executive authority, so they *don’t* convey the same authority to violate certain protected spaces and rights. The issue at hand is that the courthouse is a place where there are special protections on privacy, which the administrative warrants theoretically don’t convey the ability to operate in. This limitation is still working its way through the appellate process, and will almost certainly be a SC matter that either gets emergency attention or is in the 2026 docket. In this case, the ICE agents were waiting in the hallway outside the courtroom, notably inside the courthouse, to arrest the defendant after a brief hearing on a technical motion. The judge came out to speak to them before adjourning the court, ordered them to go speak to the Executive Judge for that district, whose office is in the building, and then led the intended arrestee out a side door to an elevator with his attorney, where the two men proceeded down to the lobby. The ICE agents speaking with the Executive Judge had a man outside who alerted them when he spotted their intended arrestee exiting the court, and they pursued and arrested him outside the courthouse. Legally, there’s no question of the ICE agents’ ability to operate outside the courthouse. The issue at hand is whether or not their administrative warrant conveyed to them the authority to operate within the courthouse. If so, then this is a pretty drastic change in the legal understanding of warrants. If not, this is pretty bad for ICE, because they’re going to have a lot of mistrials. Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer, I’m a law school dropout and this was conveyed to me from spending a good chunk of Friday afternoon hanging out with our firm’s GC, who was previously an ADA here in Dallas.
She’s already out. This will be a good case to watch since DHS is in the wrong too. 🥴
Well she got out already. They’re going to charge her because they can, but based on the previous injunctions against DHS for doing this same thing it likely is more in favor of the judge than it is the DOJ and likely why Kash deleted his tweet.
DHS tracking them and they will be on a plane to El Salvador within the hour
Here's the facts with real id. The real id act has been around for a long time, and implementation started over a decade ago. The enforcement has been delayed multiple times, so that States can comply and citizens can get proper documents. Since 2020 all states have been compliant, so there has been plenty of time to get a license. So how much hand holding do we really need to provide with the people? Should we delay enforcement because most people would rather save 30 bucks and a headache worth of documents to get real id status? Maybe, but we will NEVER get a high percentage compliance without having a negative effect for not being real id compliant. At some point you have to say fuck em for not following the rules, if you want rules to mean anything. IMO this just a useless process just for DHS to track you. I have more freedoms flying to different country inside of the schengen area than flying to a different state in the US.
>Although the REAL ID Act was enacted in 2005, its enforcement was delayed multiple times. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) set the final enforcement date for May 7, 2025. 20 year delay , straight up regarded
We live in strange times. But if 1/4 of the population is brainwashed by Russia into thinking that djt is Jesus and will bring about the white nationalist isolationist golden age of no FEMA in tornado alley, then China turning the screws in a big way (rather than the slow and steady trickle) is probably the best shot at getting the independents to change teams, impeach, and put domestic terrorism back on the DHS menu. Everybody does need to hurt. Chuck Schumer needs to go. Debbie Wasserman-Shultz should be exiled with the Hegseth. The judge that let DOGE dismantle the Peace Institute so as “not to escalate the situation” should be removed for cowardice if not tried for treason. Tesla needs ti find its place next to Hertz. The MSM is culpable. AL,MS, LA, NC, SC, TN, GA, should do a couple rounds of no services or FEMA and see where it gets them. Farm subsidies should go and let the farmers see themselves for the welfare queens they are. Everybody does need to come down a notch. The world has been subsidizing US life and it has created an idiocracy.
We made some bad calls. After 9/11 some kind of collective amnesia set in, with DHS actively ignoring white nationalism, and there was suddenly no more “domestic” terrorism. So there was a 25 year runway of terrorism = foreigners and brown people, when white nationalists and religious nuts and cultists have been a problem in the US all along, but were previously kept in check. Before 9/11, if you asked someone about “terrorists”, Waco, Ruby Ridge, Ted Kazinski, OKC, were what were going to come to mind. The evil being “out there” 1984 style has been someone’s long term plan. I’m always doen to blame HW and he deserves it, but white nationalist stuff was really fomenting under Obama, who did nothing, and them Trump added jet fuel to the smoldering trash.
Probably great. The secret isn't to buy and hold. He'll say something ridiculous like: "Apple and NVIDIA agreed to invest 20 trillion dollars in America by 2076 and all DHS computers will now mine Bitcoin for the sovereign wealth fund, winning!! MAGA - DJT" Just to get the market to pump but eventually reality sets back in - or his cronies all made a profit and exit - and prices drop.
DHS lady was probably secretly hoping it was an immigrant stealing her 3k so she could further demonize em. Lmaoooo
They can steal DHS purse, this is actually plausible
Or her keys, or her DHS access control badge...
Kristi Noem gets robbed - How is this even possible, she is the DHS secretary and has secret service protection at all times This administration is so incompetent at every level How can she protect the homeland when she cant even hold on to her wallet
>The thief got away with Noem’s driver’s license, medication, apartment keys, passport, DHS access badge, makeup bag, blank checks, and about $3,000 in cash. Holy Fuck they got the motherload. I'm surprised she didn't have a note book with all her logins and passwords in there.
That’s what Trump and musk have been telling them. There’ll be a little pain but then America will be back better than before. Just be patient. Meanwhile, Trump needs Powell to drop interest rates so the billionaires can get those low interest rate loans to buy up everything trump is actively destroying. Recession/depression is the best time to buy. Here are the main cast of characters: https://theplotagainstamerica.com/ There’s a subreddit for Curtis Yarvin, he’s big on dictatorships and thinks that’s what America needs. He’s good friends with Peter Thiel, who owns Vance and a bunch of companies, one which analyzes data for government agencies. Wikipedia: Palantir “A document leaked to TechCrunch revealed that Palantir’s clients as of 2013 included at least twelve groups within the U.S. government, including the CIA, the DHS, the NSA, the FBI, the CDC, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, the Special Operations Command, the United States Military Academy, the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization and Allies, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. However, at the time, the United States Army continued to use its own data analysis tool. Also, according to TechCrunch, the U.S. spy agencies such as the CIA and FBI were linked for the first time with Palantir software, as their databases had previously been siloed.” All this, plus all the data the whistleblower said was taken by DOGE, would give anyone a pretty complete set of data for just about everyone in the US. They have a bit of a libertarian bent so no government oversight, which should be great for non-billionaires, eh? No taxpayer funded services, everything privatized, no religious freedom. I hope your husband is right because the alternative isn’t looking that great.
Homelander will be the next DHS secretary
"DHS Sec Kristi Noem’s bag, including $3,000 in cash, is stolen from DC restaurant."  We're not sending our best to DC. 
DHS secretary robbed of $3000 cash. Damn, that's a baller amount of money to have on hand. I only carry that much when I visit my dealer...
Jan 20 Trump asked for a report within 90 days. I was looking for a link and I found that DHS & Pentagon will not recommend Insurection Act... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/for-now-pentagon-and-dhs-won-t-recommend-that-trump-invoke-the-insurrection-act/ar-AA1DcgRT
Oh this isn’t about getting attention. Distraction is a tactic. Flood the zone with shit I.e. Bannon. It’s about restructuring how power works in America. Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to abolish the IRS and eliminate the income tax. That would require either a repeal or rewrite of Title 26 of the U.S. Code or repeal the 16th Amendment…a nearly impossible task. But he doesn’t need to repeal it if he can defund and disable the system it created. And that seems to be the strategy. The IRS is already weakened. Through appointments, budget constraints, and policy manipulation, it can be further gutted…making it harder for Congress to fund federal programs. If income tax enforcement collapses, Congress’s control over fiscal policy erodes. At the same time, Trump is pushing tariffs…“external revenue” collected by Customs and Border Protection under DHS. While Congress officially sets tariffs, presidents now wield considerable authority under national security pretexts. If CBP becomes a revenue arm of the executive, and Congress fails to respond, this becomes a quiet shift of fiscal power to the presidency. Just watch when Trump announces the creation of the “External Revenue Service” in the coming days. The tariffs are a means to an end, and having a complicit Fed chairman will help offset the economic shit storm set off by the tariffs. I feel fairly confident that they paused the tariffs just long enough to replace Powell so they can drop interest rates as an offset to economic slowdown when they go back to fully reinforcing the tariffs. In this scenario, lowering interest rates may not even ignite inflation given the economic headwinds the country will face due to the tariffs. Legally, the Constitution remains. Functionally, its balance of power tilts. A lot. With both chambers of Congress under Republican control, opposition is unlikely. Checks and balances don’t work without political will. And this moment is revealing just how conditional that will can be. But that still doesn’t answer the deeper question…Why is this happening now? Demographic trends show steady growth in ethnic minority populations…many of whom have historically leaned Democratic. That creates a long-term challenge for conservatives and the Republican Party, which has relied heavily on white, rural, and religious voters as its very committed base. For some factions within the Republican coalition…particularly Christian nationalists and others motivated by single-issue politics around abortion, gun rights, racism, religious freedom, anti-vaccine, or LGBTQ+ issues…this demographic shift toward minorities (I.e. liberals) is seen as an existential threat. As the Democrat-leaning population grows, it simply becomes a numbers game. That’s why simultaneously immigration becomes such a hot button topic …it’s not a coincidence. Republicans understand that immigration accelerates the demographic trend. That’s why voter suppression and gerrymandering are equally wielded…they’re tools to blunt the demographic shift. So how does the Republican block survive all this? Easy….change the game. A strong “dictator” executive isn’t feared by conservatives…it’s embraced. Because in the face of a long-term political disadvantage, concentrated power becomes a survival strategy. A necessary chess move to retain influence and control. Wielding executive orders, government agencies, and the ability to influence the legal system by appointing federal judges and Supreme Court members, supplemented by moving the power of the purse from Congress to the executive branch, the president is able to overcome the demographic shift and effectively take Congress…the people…out of the equation. As long as they can retain the presidency using all the tactics we’ve seen, conservatives can control the country. And that’s ultimately what they want…control. Now to Powell. Lowering interest rates would make sense in the face of an economic downturn caused by these tariffs fully going into effect. CBP collections would also increase significantly with the tariffs in full effect. One thing I didn’t mention is that it’s very likely that the entitlement programs would continue to route through the IRS as normal payroll tax collections. The reason this can be allowed is because Congress can’t wield this with any power. The money is already spoken for. The tariffs can also be augmented by other fees… Note the ship docking fees that just went into place today. Expect to see more energy related fees, federal fees for things like passports, communication and technology fees through the FCC, higher financial filing and transaction fees, public land and resource use fees, and aviation related fees. Put all this together along with significantly shrinking the overall size and scope of the government, and you get much closer to something that can work. I’m not saying it makes sense. I’m not saying the rest of the world will play along. But there’s a certain rationale to what they’re doing. If we keep watching only the market reaction to tariffs and other distractions like deportations, we’ll miss the real transformation happening right in front of us.
It’s about restructuring how power works in America. Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to abolish the IRS and eliminate the income tax. That would require either a repeal or rewrite of Title 26 of the U.S. Code or repeal the 16th Amendment…a nearly impossible task. But he doesn’t need to repeal it if he can defund and disable the system it created. And that seems to be the strategy. The IRS is already weakened. Through appointments, budget constraints, and policy manipulation, it can be further gutted…making it harder for Congress to fund federal programs. If income tax enforcement collapses, Congress’s control over fiscal policy erodes. At the same time, Trump is pushing tariffs…“external revenue” collected by Customs and Border Protection under DHS. While Congress officially sets tariffs, presidents now wield considerable authority under national security pretexts. If CBP becomes a revenue arm of the executive, and Congress fails to respond, this becomes a quiet shift of fiscal power to the presidency. Just watch when Trump announces the creation of the “External Revenue Service” in the coming days. The tariffs are a means to an end, and having a complicit Fed chairman will help offset the economic shit storm set off by the tariffs. I feel fairly confident that they paused the tariffs just long enough to replace Powell so they can drop interest rates as an offset to economic slowdown when they go back to fully reinforcing the tariffs. In this scenario, lowering interest rates may not even ignite inflation given the economic headwinds the country will face due to the tariffs. Legally, the Constitution remains. Functionally, its balance of power tilts. A lot. With both chambers of Congress under Republican control, opposition is unlikely. Checks and balances don’t work without political will. And this moment is revealing just how conditional that will can be. But that still doesn’t answer the deeper question…Why is this happening now? Demographic trends show steady growth in ethnic minority populations…many of whom have historically leaned Democratic. That creates a long-term challenge for conservatives and the Republican Party, which has relied heavily on white, rural, and religious voters as its very committed base. For some factions within the Republican coalition…particularly Christian nationalists and others motivated by single-issue politics around abortion, gun rights, racism, religious freedom, anti-vaccine, or LGBTQ+ issues…this demographic shift toward minorities (I.e. liberals) is seen as an existential threat. As the Democrat-leaning population grows, it simply becomes a numbers game. That’s why simultaneously immigration becomes such a hot button topic …it’s not a coincidence. Republicans understand that immigration accelerates the demographic trend. That’s why voter suppression and gerrymandering are equally wielded…they’re tools to blunt the demographic shift. So how does the Republican block survive all this? Easy….change the game. A strong “dictator” executive isn’t feared by conservatives…it’s embraced. Because in the face of a long-term political disadvantage, concentrated power becomes a survival strategy. A necessary chess move to retain influence and control. Wielding executive orders, government agencies, and the ability to influence the legal system by appointing federal judges and Supreme Court members, supplemented by moving the power of the purse from Congress to the executive branch, the president is able to overcome the demographic shift and effectively take Congress…the people…out of the equation. As long as they can retain the presidency using all the tactics we’ve seen, conservatives can control the country. And that’s ultimately what they want…control. Now to Powell. Lowering interest rates would make sense in the face of an economic downturn caused by these tariffs fully going into effect. CBP collections would also increase significantly with the tariffs in full effect. One thing I didn’t mention is that it’s very likely that the entitlement programs would continue to route through the IRS as normal payroll tax collections. The reason this can be allowed is because Congress can’t wield this with any power. The money is already spoken for. The tariffs can also be augmented by other fees… Note the ship docking fees that just went into place today. Expect to see more energy related fees, federal fees for things like passports, communication and technology fees through the FCC, higher financial filing and transaction fees, public land and resource use fees, and aviation related fees. Put all this together along with significantly shrinking the overall size and scope of the government, and you get much closer to something that can work. I’m not saying it makes sense. I’m not saying the rest of the world will play along. But there’s a certain rationale to what they’re doing. If we keep watching only the market reaction to tariffs and other distractions like deportations, we’ll miss the real transformation happening right in front of us.
not an american so i need to ask: whats stopping that orange turd from just sending in DHS pple and dragging powell out? he's already doing that with other federal employees anyway
No. This IS the way they (conservatives) save their ass. It’s about restructuring how power works in America. Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to abolish the IRS and eliminate the income tax. That would require either a repeal or rewrite of Title 26 of the U.S. Code or repeal the 16th Amendment…a nearly impossible task. But he doesn’t need to repeal it if he can defund and disable the system it created. And that seems to be the strategy. The IRS is already weakened. Through appointments, budget constraints, and policy manipulation, it can be further gutted…making it harder for Congress to fund federal programs. If income tax enforcement collapses, Congress’s control over fiscal policy erodes. At the same time, Trump is pushing tariffs…“external revenue” collected by Customs and Border Protection under DHS. While Congress officially sets tariffs, presidents now wield considerable authority under national security pretexts. If CBP becomes a revenue arm of the executive, and Congress fails to respond, this becomes a quiet shift of fiscal power to the presidency. Just watch when Trump announces the creation of the “External Revenue Service” in the coming days. Legally, the Constitution remains. Functionally, its balance of power tilts. A lot. With both chambers of Congress under Republican control, opposition is unlikely. Checks and balances don’t work without political will. And this moment is revealing just how conditional that will can be. But that still doesn’t answer the deeper question…Why is this happening now? Demographic trends show steady growth in ethnic minority populations…many of whom have historically leaned Democratic. That creates a long-term challenge for conservatives and the Republican Party, which has relied heavily on white, rural, and religious voters as its very committed base. For some factions within the Republican coalition…particularly Christian nationalists and others motivated by single-issue politics around abortion, gun rights, racism, religious freedom, anti-vaccine, or LGBTQ+ issues…this demographic shift toward minorities (I.e. liberals) is seen as an existential threat. As the Democrat-leaning population grows, it simply becomes a numbers game. That’s why simultaneously immigration becomes such a hot button topic …it’s not a coincidence. Republicans understand that immigration accelerates the demographic trend. That’s why voter suppression and gerrymandering are equally wielded…they’re tools to blunt the demographic shift. So how does the Republican block survive all this? Easy….change the game. A strong “dictator” executive isn’t feared by conservatives…it’s embraced. Because in the face of a long-term political disadvantage, concentrated power becomes a survival strategy. A necessary chess move to retain influence and control. Wielding executive orders, government agencies, and the ability to influence the legal system by appointing federal judges and Supreme Court members, supplemented by moving the power of the purse from Congress to the executive branch, the president is able to overcome the demographic shift and effectively take Congress…the people…out of the equation. As long as they can retain the presidency using all the tactics we’ve seen, conservatives can control the country. And that’s ultimately what they want…control. If we keep watching only the market reaction to tariffs and other distractions, we’ll miss the real transformation happening right in front of us.
Legal immigration has not fluctuated that much between administrations (contrary to what you would believe because of all the ILLEGAL immigration debates and deportations). Legal immigration is still alive and well. Data on Legally Processed Immigration (2013–2023) 1. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs): - LPRs are immigrants granted green cards, allowing permanent residence. Data comes from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Yearbook of Immigration Statistics. - Approximate annual LPRs (in thousands): - 2013: 990 - 2014: 1,016 - 2015: 1,051 - 2016: 1,183 - 2017: 1,127 - 2018: 1,096 - 2019: 1,031 - 2020: 707 (drop due to COVID-19 and policy restrictions) - 2021: 740 - 2022: 1,018 - 2023: ~1,000 (estimated based on trends) - Trend: LPR admissions hovered around 1 million annually, with a sharp decline in 2020 due to the pandemic and restrictive policies, rebounding in 2022. 2. Naturalizations: - Naturalizations represent immigrants becoming U.S. citizens. Data is from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). - Approximate annual naturalizations (in thousands): - 2013: 779 - 2014: 653 - 2015: 730 - 2016: 753 - 2017: 707 - 2018: 762 - 2019: 834 - 2020: 625 (pandemic-related slowdown) - 2021: 814 - 2022: 969 - 2023: 878 - 2024: 819 (partial data, fiscal year) - Trend: Naturalizations fluctuated between 600,000–900,000, peaking in 2022, with a dip in 2020 due to processing delays. 3. Nonimmigrant Visas: - Nonimmigrant visas (e.g., tourist, student, temporary worker) reflect temporary legal admissions. Data is from the Migration Policy Institute and DHS. - Approximate annual nonimmigrant visas issued (in millions): - 2013: 9.2 - 2014: 9.9 - 2015: 10.9 - 2016: 10.4 - 2017: 10.2 - 2018: 9.0 - 2019: 8.7 - 2020: 4.0 (pandemic-related travel restrictions) - 2021: 6.2 - 2022: 6.8 - 2023: 10.4 - Trend: Visa issuance was stable at 9–10 million until a sharp drop in 2020, recovering to pre-pandemic levels by 2023. 4. Total Legal Immigration: - In 2022, nearly 2.6 million people legally immigrated (including LPRs and other categories), close to the 2016 high of 2.7 million. - Over the decade, legal immigration (LPRs + naturalizations) averaged ~1.7–2 million annually, with nonimmigrant visas adding millions more temporary entries.
You know, a simple "the DoC and DHS and a few other departments under Biden put together a policy to limit exports of hardware needed for building AI, effective from January," would have been just as easy to type and way less of an asshole move.
Trump ordered the DoD and DHS to produce a report including a recommendation on whether to invoke the Insurrection Act; the report's due by 4/20.
Just got a bill from DHS courtesy of FedEx for 25% duties on the water softener I got a couple of weeks ago. Shipped from Canada… I didn’t even realize it was coming from Canada. $500 bucks in tax I have to pay to the government for no goddamn reason. People are going to shit themselves once they start getting these bills in the mail for all their random shit they buy online that drop ships from China.
🥭 XO called for a report to be drawn up on the necessity of Insurrection act within 90 days, report is due on April 20th. Since it is on illegal immigration, it is assumed that he will use the insurrection act based on affirmative advice from DHS and DOD(advice not out yet, but assumed to be a yes due to nature of DoD and DHS Secretaries)
4/20/2025 is the 90 day mark for the DHS and DoD to recommend if Trump should use the Insurrection Act of 1807 for using the military on US soil for deportations. Something he campaigned on. $45 billion in ICE contracts going out, ICE itself has an annual budget of 9 billion. Long on private prisons, GEO Group, CoreCivic.
And idiots who have implemented about 70% of what is in Project 2025 in less than three months? Let me take a run at the “why” and see what you think. Most of the debate around Trump’s tariffs focuses on traditional economic questions…how they’ll impact markets, consumers, or trade partners. Even this post is a distraction. But this isn’t just about economics or use of AI. It’s about restructuring how power works in America. Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to abolish the IRS and eliminate the income tax. That would require either a repeal or rewrite of Title 26 of the U.S. Code or repeal the 16th Amendment…a nearly impossible task. But he doesn’t need to repeal it if he can defund and disable the system it created. And that seems to be the strategy. The IRS is already weakened. Through appointments, budget constraints, and policy manipulation, it can be further gutted…making it harder for Congress to fund federal programs. If income tax enforcement collapses, Congress’s control over fiscal policy erodes. At the same time, Trump is pushing tariffs…“external revenue” collected by Customs and Border Protection under DHS. While Congress officially sets tariffs, presidents now wield considerable authority under national security pretexts. If CBP becomes a revenue arm of the executive, and Congress fails to respond, this becomes a quiet shift of fiscal power to the presidency. Just watch when Trump announces the creation of the “External Revenue Service” in the coming days. Legally, the Constitution remains. Functionally, its balance of power tilts. A lot. With both chambers of Congress under Republican control, opposition is unlikely. Checks and balances don’t work without political will. And this moment is revealing just how conditional that will can be. But that still doesn’t answer the deeper question…Why is this happening now? Demographic trends show steady growth in ethnic minority populations…many of whom have historically leaned Democratic. That creates a long-term challenge for conservatives and the Republican Party, which has relied more on white, rural, and religious voters. For some factions within the Republican coalition…particularly Christian nationalists and others motivated by single-issue politics around abortion, gun rights, religious freedom, anti-vaccine, or LGBTQ+ issues…this demographic shift toward minorities (I.e. liberals) is seen as an existential threat. In some cases, it’s tied to openly racist/supremacist or nativist ideologies. That’s why simultaneously immigration becomes such a hot button topic …it’s not a coincidence. Republicans understand immigration accelerates the demographic trend. That’s why voter suppression and gerrymandering are equally forced…they’re tools to resist that shift. And that’s why a strong executive isn’t feared…it’s embraced. Because in the face of a long-term political disadvantage, concentrated power becomes a survival strategy. A necessary chess move to retain influence and control. If we keep watching only the market reaction, we’ll miss the real transformation happening right in front of us.
USDA elimination and RFK in DHS. Calls on raw milk
I think the real issues crop in Q3. Tourism numbers will be trickling in, with the narrative being that the summer was a bloodbath for the sector. Q2 reporting will come in, and everyone will realize that consumers just aren't out there spending because the things they spend on are more expensive. I also think Trump's tendency to try and manipulate the numbers coming out of his agencies will bite him in the ass. Investors already lack trust in his decisions, and as he meddles more the useful information decreases. Beyond that, it's just kind of a buffet of issues that I don't see Trump being able to navigate well, that cast doubt on our markets: 1. These multi-million people protests do not get smaller into the summer months. 2. The farm bailouts were being discussed in March due to trade wars; by summer the conversation will be about constraints in the labor supply. 3. Global sales of US goods and services will plummet. It won't matter how much we tariff, our "trade deficits" will look rough because nobody will be buying. 4. His DHS targeting lawful immigrants is going to lose him Latino support. If BLM was any indicator, Trump will not respond to this with the kind of sympathy required to prevent the situation from spiraling. This is where I think the protests go this summer. 5. Hurricane seasons are getting worse year by year, and his brain trust just dismantled FEMA. Ditto fire, flood, famine, and pestilence. 6. Measles are not a joke. Nor is bird flu. All of those agencies were hamstrung as well. 7. China has made small moves that will cripple US tech moving forward. The US dominates the world of software, but China has key hardware levers. This doesn't get resolved until the US moves supply chains in-house, and that is years away. The real question is how Trump responds. He tends to favor short term fixes (e.g. 90-day pauses versus figuring out how to set the right tariffs the first time), so he might be able to push some aspects of this off. But eventually, it will happen.
If my hypothesis is correct, this all makes sense. This administration is being driven by the Heritage Foundation and the architects of Project2025. That’s the reason these other voices are having virtually no influence. In addition, Trump has liked tariffs for decades. This administration needs the tariff revenue. The tariffs are a means to a political end within the U.S. Most of the debate around Trump’s tariffs focuses on traditional economic questions…how they’ll impact markets, consumers, or trade partners. But this isn’t just about economics. It’s about restructuring how power works in America. Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to abolish the IRS and eliminate the income tax. Constitutionally, that could even involve repealing the 16th Amendment…a nearly impossible task. But he doesn’t need to repeal it if he can defund and disable the system it enabled. And that seems to be the strategy. The IRS is already weakened. Through appointments, budget constraints, and policy manipulation, it can be further gutted…making it harder for Congress to fund federal programs. If income tax enforcement collapses, Congress’s control over fiscal policy erodes. If Trump were to seriously gut the IRS’s enforcement capacity, federal income taxes could start to feel almost voluntary. It’s like what we’ve seen with cannabis laws: marijuana is still illegal at the federal level…classified as a Schedule I drug with steep penalties…but in states that have legalized it, people openly use and sell it with little concern. Why? Because federal enforcement has mostly backed off. Now, taxes are more complicated than that. You’ve got payroll systems, automatic deductions, employer reporting… it’s a deeply embedded system. But imagine what happens if the IRS simply stops enforcing compliance…no audits, no penalties, no threat of prosecution. How long before companies start adjusting how they operate? How long before non-compliance becomes normalized? And here’s the kicker: with a fully Republican House and Senate, it wouldn’t even take that much political effort to pass sweeping tax cuts through normal legislative processes. So conservatives have a three-pronged set of options to financially defang congress, and any one of them will work. At the same time, Trump is pushing tariffs…“external revenue” collected by Customs and Border Protection under DHS. While Congress officially sets tariffs, presidents now wield considerable authority under national security pretexts. If CBP becomes a revenue arm of the executive, and Congress fails to respond, this becomes a quiet shift of fiscal power to the presidency. I’m willing to bet that Trump announce his creation of the external revenue service in the next days or weeks. And I guarantee will fall within the executive branch. So if enforcement drops and tax rates drop alongside it, we’re looking at a massive shift…not just in policy, but in the structure of how government collects and wields power. Legally, the Constitution remains. Functionally, its balance of power tilts. With both chambers of Congress under Republican control, opposition is unlikely. Checks and balances don’t work without political will. And this moment is revealing just how conditional that will can be. But that still doesn’t answer the deeper question… Why is this happening now? Demographic trends show steady growth in ethnic minority populations…many of whom have historically leaned Democratic. That creates a long-term challenge for conservatives and the Republican Party, which has relied more on white, rural, and religious voters. For some factions within that coalition…particularly Christian nationalists and others motivated by single-issue politics around abortion, gun rights, religious freedom, or LGBTQ+ issues…this demographic shift is seen as an existential threat. In some cases, it’s tied to openly racist or nativist ideologies. That’s why immigration becomes such a flashpoint…it accelerates the demographic trend. That’s why voter suppression and gerrymandering are so persistent…they’re tools to resist that shift. And that’s why a strong executive isn’t feared by conservatives…it’s embraced. And tariffs are the vehicle to fund the executive, unchecked by congress (ie, the people). Because in the face of a long-term political disadvantage, concentrated power becomes a survival strategy. There are other theories on why this is happening. Crash the economy to refinance the debt cheaply. The Curtis Yarvin and Greenland utopia conspiracies. Trump wanting to rule America like a mob boss. These all point to a need to shift the financial power to the executive. So the tariffs are probably going to stick. If we keep watching only the market reaction or wonder how the economy will respond, we’ll miss the real transformation happening right in front of us.
Something else. Something much worse than these tariffs. Long story short, Trump signed an EO directing DHS and DoD to cook up a plan for using our own military against civilians on U.S. soil. The deadline for that plan is April 20th. So on or after that date, we have that to look forward to. Very cool and normal stuff. Here’s what we know about it right now: there’s this Executive Order Trump signed on the first day of his second term, ‘[DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES.](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declaring-a-national-emergency-at-the-southern-border-of-the-united-states/)’ Here’s the really fun part: - (b) ***Within 90 days*** *of the date of this proclamation, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a joint report to the President about the conditions at the southern border of the United States and any recommendations regarding additional actions that may be necessary to obtain complete operational control of the southern border,* ***including whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807.*** Emphasis mine. April 20, 2025 will be the 90 day mark from the date this was signed. **Insurrection Act, 1807** *[I]n all cases of insurrection, or obstruction to the laws, either of the United States, or of any individual state or territory, where it is* ***lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia for the purpose of suppressing such insurrection, or of causing the laws to be duly executed,*** *it shall be lawful for him to employ, for the same purposes, such part of the land or naval force of the United States, as shall be judged necessary, having first observed all the pre-requisites of the law in that respect.* [Insurrection Act of 1807, ch. 39, 2 Stat. 443, 443](https://loveman.sdsu.edu/docs/1807InsurrectionAct.pdf) And when you think about it, it sure does *look* like the President is intentionally trying to create civil unrest—cutting social programs, tanking the economy, firing droves of federal employees, inserting loyalists into important agencies, disappearing international students and legal resident status immigrants, etc. And that civil unrest would be a perfect justification to enact that plan, granting the President extraordinary emergency powers. Once the military is deployed to our streets, he can use violent force and rendition to round up anyone who poses a real threat to his regime. Those so-called “activist judges”? Deported to El Salvador Super Prison. Pesky journalists who ask too many questions? Jailed and convicted before a military tribunal for inciting an insurrection (ironic, I know). This is happening. And we are running out of time to stop it. Meanwhile, the Democrats are writing strong-worded press releases, and asking donors for more money. So, yeah. It’s going to get so much worse. This is the most serious political crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union.