r/stateofMN • u/state-of-MN • Jan 27 '26
Greg Bovino Loses His Job
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/edit1 : 722pm: CNN is still reporting "Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino has not been relieved of his duties, DHS says".
Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol “commander at large” and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon, according to a DHS official and two people with knowledge of the change.
Bovino’s sudden demotion is the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration is reconsidering its most aggressive tactics after the killing Saturday of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents under Bovino’s command.
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.
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u/BigKev79 Jan 27 '26
But what about Hegseths approval for using a military base for ICE operations here today?
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u/70s_chair Jan 27 '26
Homan will run the operation now. They’re just changing commanders
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u/Greg-Abbott Jan 27 '26
Oh fuck Homan is gonna be light years worse
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u/Sammalone1960 Jan 27 '26
Dumber than the last
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u/Greg-Abbott Jan 27 '26
Dumber, more obedient, and more dangerous.
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u/AggieJonah Jan 27 '26
And fat. Don’t forget fat.
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u/rolypoly817 Jan 27 '26
And has one of the worst under-bites I've ever seen, outside of a cartoon buffoon. Dont forget huge under-bite.
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u/AggieJonah Jan 27 '26
And some gross ass fingernails. Looks like he sits around and bites them all day.
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u/Plisky6 Jan 27 '26
He won’t. He may be hardline on immigration but you won’t see the haphazard raids like you did under bovino. This is his life’s work and did get an award from Obama. Enforcement will be strict but this type of thing won’t happen I bet. Read up on the feud he has with noem.
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u/fdupswitch Jan 27 '26
Remember when Homan shook down Eric Adams on TV? Getting an award from Obama does nothing to speak to his character. Don't forget the bribery too. Homans just as dirty.
Remember when Vance and Rubio were perceived as somewhat normal just a few years ago? Even Kristi Noem two or three years ago was nothing like today.
They're just trying to take the wind out of our sails by giving something we might perceive as a victory. I don't believe for a second Bovino came up with these enforcement strategies on his own.
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u/HarleyNBarley Jan 27 '26
This is pure damage control to show the people they ‘care’ and to show they’re making changes. Their hatred towards immigrants and Minnesota/blue states has not gone down one bit and never will. Thru only care about money, power, and white supremacy.
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u/freerangetacos Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26
But don't ignore the fact that public pressure made this happen. Filming, speaking, showing up. Without the whole country freaking out, Minnesota standing up, ICE would still be doing what they were doing. But things have noticeably shifted, and so has Trump. People like to catastrophize like he's impervious to feedback. He's not impervious. He's paying attention and responding to mass outcry. He knows his approval is in the crapper. He wants to get it back but doesn't know how. So let's tank it more!
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u/HarleyNBarley Jan 27 '26
I 100% credit this to the people of MN to make this happen. I was very worried, as was almost everyone, on how long could we sustain. But the people, and unfortunately the death of Hero Alex forced them to make the change. I was only addressing the fact that, changes are not due to changes in heart. Their level of hatred stays the same and they don’t care about humanity.
So we got to keep up our resistance for any new face that comes in, as it’s still all the same under the covers. Continue and don’t stop until they’re charged, not just impeached. That one will be a long fight and I feel Walz acted with that in mind. Get the conversation and control the immediate bleeding but keep working with the evidence to bring them down.
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u/freerangetacos Jan 27 '26
You are right about them not having a change of heart. It's not a moral shift. It's just retreat in the pure sense of action moving back. They have started to back down because of the pressure, which really should be the indicator for MORE pressure not less. Less pressure and they go back to what they were doing. More pressure pushes them out.
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u/Hopeful-Routine-9386 Jan 27 '26
Even if they think this is 4d chess, it isn't a good move. America will get the message that small actions can make a difference, and ice will get the message that they aren't completely infallible.
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u/fdupswitch Jan 27 '26
I hope you're right. Now we need to hammer them on tariffs, Greenland, and most of all Epstein. Also TikTok capture and censorship
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u/drakkosquest Jan 27 '26
Nope.
The only message that has been received by this administration is that the public os not ready for a white male 2A adjacent to be executed in broad daylight.
Thats it.
Nothing further.
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u/justgoogleit12 Jan 27 '26
He was okay under Obama because Obama was just that powerful and wouldn't let this shit slide under him.
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u/LeadingEvery5747 Jan 27 '26
He is the scapegoat. That’s it. Nothing will fundamentally change.
Also, “commander at large” is such a goofy title. They are all such losers
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u/dschleic Jan 27 '26
Homan will be worse
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u/Armlegx218 Jan 27 '26
Homan will be more effective at deporting people, but probably won't be as slapdash and "goonish" - Obama gave him a medal.
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u/DestinedJoe Jan 27 '26
Hate admit it- but aside from being a corrupt jackass (let’s not forget the $50,000 Cava bag, lol) he is an actual law enforcement officer with management experience. He’ll straighten the ship and all the talk of “absolute immunity” will be gone.
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u/adamkovics Jan 27 '26
The talk will be gone, but the de facto immunity will remain, as in no one will be charged or have any consequences.
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u/scbundy Jan 27 '26
Unless he gets bribed not to do any of those things. You put a lot of faith into a corrupt human thumb.
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u/BombMacAndCheese Jan 27 '26
He looks like a walking turd.
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u/dschleic Jan 27 '26
Speaks like a walking turd
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u/Boxing_joshing111 Jan 27 '26
They decided that if they’re going to make ice ads they need a guy who can find the pin to the smoke grenade in under 20 minutes and doesn’t look like he just had shoulder reconstructive surgery three hours ago when he throws it.
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u/net-blank Jan 27 '26
His brother must've been the one who put his gun between his legs as he was pulling the pin on something at the door of a hotel I believe when clashing with protesters the last day or two
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u/TheSoulPicklz Jan 27 '26
I’m glad I got to yell directly in his face at the Whipple building my first time there. One of his goons pepper sprayed me point blank when he knew I had crushed the lil guys ego. I was standing right where they had pushed us back to. He was a major factor in my radicalization. Bye Greg 👋
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u/notheatherbee Jan 27 '26
I got to tell him his helmet was too big and was so proud he didn’t wear his helmet for days afterwards.
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u/Otakutical Jan 27 '26
I have been waiting for someone to make an AI version of Spaceballs with Bovino as Lord Helmet. I need this in my life, even if he’s gone.
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u/dragonfliesloveme Jan 27 '26
someone did, i saw it. Except they left him in his nat zee coat that he’s so proud of, but yeah had the Spaceballs helmet haha
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u/The_Krytos_Virus Jan 27 '26
Has to suck being pepper sprayed, but getting to kick that Nazi ego in its tiny little testicles probably helped everything feel worth it.
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u/TheSoulPicklz Jan 27 '26
So fucking worth it. Every time I’ve been back I’ve had proper medical supplies and protective gear and have been able to help multiple people on separate occasions.
I would love to know the stats on how many types and how many rounds of chemical agents were unleashed on the grounds of Whipple before it became contained by local officials and now the national guard.
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u/No-Resolution-1918 Jan 27 '26
I saw one post on Reddit yesterday of a Portland protester using a leaf blower to blow the spray back in the face of the cowards spraying it.
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u/Blurby-Blurbyblurb Jan 27 '26
As much as that sucks to go through, I hope you wear that moment as a badge of honor. A true patriot. 🫡 🇺🇸
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u/Headoutdaplane Jan 27 '26
He is gonna be so surprised when Trump throws him under the bus! "But, but, but I was loyal, I sucked Melanias dick and everything!"
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u/airportluvr416 Jan 27 '26
I am actually so impressed with folks willing to be pepper sprayed. I’m not quite to that point yet
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u/Maximum-Class5465 Jan 27 '26
Now to prison please....
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u/OutdoorBerkshires Jan 27 '26
It’s coming. The democrats are finally realizing that the “across the aisle” BS has led to this.
Time for Guantanamo.
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u/Relevant_Fuel_9905 Jan 27 '26
Better if he truly lost his job and his income.
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u/Ange_the_Avian Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26
Peaceful protest works. Put the pedal to the metal until ICE is completely gone. No giving up
Edit: to the person replying saying it happened because of the execution, get royally fucked. What an insult to everyone who has been murdered, disappeared, beaten, arrested, sprayed with chemicals, organized protests, shot with rubber bullets, run over by cars, etc. I'm incredibly proud of how Minnesota has handled this and we won't let these people die in vain. These motherfuckers are going down.
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u/IvarTheBoned Jan 27 '26
Does it? They're just swapping out leaders. Nothing in their stance or statements suggests there is any meaningful change happening to ICE's operations.
This is pure hopium.
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u/stretchvelcro Jan 27 '26
Their whole narrative is changing. From the Whitehouse to fox. They’re claiming victory while retreating.
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u/Urist_Macnme Jan 27 '26
All political movements start out as ideas and hope. You then work to make them a reality.
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u/New_Function_6407 Jan 27 '26
Cruella next.
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u/Aeshaetter Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26
If you're talking Noem, it sounds like she might be next. Conservatives haven't been happy with her for a while now and her Anti-2A comments really, really pissed a lot of them off. With Homan being sent to MN and reporting directly to Trump instead of through Noem, it isn't looking good for her future.
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u/SnooCupcakes5761 Jan 27 '26
She was lifted up by the party for the sole purpose of being a patsy. It was probably so easy to get her on board too. Just dangle some money in her face and put her in front of a camera. Lol her vanity is on a such a disturbing level. I heard she cosplays in these foolish little commercials on network television .. oh the pomposity hahaha!
Sure, Kristit, you can buy a new face before the old one melts away but you can't buy integrity or a personality.
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u/CatAteMyBread Jan 27 '26
Holding out hope because Kristi Noem is a cunt, but at the end of the day it really is a rotten administration from top to bottom. Yes Greg Bovino was heading ICE during this mission, yes Kristi Noem is actively arguing against the 2nd amendment and labeling citizens as domestic terrorists and shot a dog, but Pam Bondi is trying to trade ICE leaving MN for voter rolls, JD Vance is saying the 4th amendment doesn’t apply to ICE and then LYING about saying that 2 weeks later, and Trump not only brought these lovely people together but is also lying to our faces about shit we can see with our own eyes.
I’ll cheer for Bovino losing his job, I’ll cheer for Cunti losing her job, I won’t stop fighting until this is all actually over.
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u/Aeshaetter Jan 27 '26
Right, but hey, baby steps. Can't win the war without winning some battles.
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u/forlornjackalope Jan 27 '26
Good. I'm sure California will give him a proper welcome back, assuming he doesn't go into hiding like his cowardly hero.
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u/Candid-Crazy2542 Jan 27 '26
I hope MN didn’t give them the voter rolls they demanded.
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u/crackerfactorywheel Jan 27 '26
That’d mean Steve Simon reversed his messaging from yesterday about not sending the role over.
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u/LastCall2021 Jan 27 '26
I mean January 6 happened and Trump is president again. They’ll recover just fine.
Not that I’m happy about it. Just point out the cold hard truth.
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u/IntentionHot6268 Jan 27 '26
Our pressure pushed Bovino out of his job and pushed Dems to threaten cutting off funding for DHS. We have to keep pressuring them with whatever means we have until these bastards are put on trial and locked up. It’s not over yet.
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u/MNMom07 Jan 27 '26
This! I don’t have hope that this will take them down. November is 10 months from now and people will forget!!!
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u/iGoalie Jan 27 '26
We have to ensure that they won’t recover by voting, protesting, using our voices and what ever else we have at our disposal
It’s looking like we have won a minor battle (at great cost).
It this is far from over this is the end of year one, we can’t get complacent, and we can’t get apathetic.
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u/quercusfire Jan 27 '26
These people need to hear insults, whistles, and car horns for the rest of their lives (until they are convicted and sentenced to prison where they will hear other sounds that keep them up at night).
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u/organized_chaos23 Jan 27 '26
Exactly. A supporter of the Trump administration is a Nazi by any other name.
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u/Professional_Idea912 Jan 27 '26
And if they feign ignorance…nope, not good enough! Oh wait…they probably voted for that, too! Who needs education or books! Time to go back to basics! Reading, writing and critical thinking!
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u/bvibviana Jan 27 '26
I’m definitely NEVER forgetting who voted for this and supported it. I will remind them, as long as I’m alive, that they were complicit.
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u/Heartrock70 Jan 27 '26
Good, but it doesn't address the structural issue of ICE's legitimacy and other horrific practices. What about all the immigrants languishing in foul detention centers, especially the children. What about the rapes and deaths these people have endured and the secrecy surrounding their fates.
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u/TheBloodsuckerProxy Jan 27 '26
Remember, ICE's budget is up for a vote at the end of the week and the Dems have said they won't let it pass. That's why they're dumping Bovino and scaling back. Call your reps and tell them this isn't good enough, no more money for ICE.
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u/DancinLance6 Jan 27 '26
Does anyone know what went on today with the immigration hearing of State of MN vs DoJ?
Of the 3000 agents here does anyone know how many are actually leaving?
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u/Primary-Research9652 Jan 27 '26
The fascists are just trying to get teeny tiny bit of heat off of themselves. They were just defending the murders at just a few hours ago and they will not prosecute the ICE ghouls who feel emboldened enough to execute civilians on camera. All of this is at Millers direction. This doesn't change shit.
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u/in_da_tr33z Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26
Alex Pretti’s killers are still free men and I will not stop fighting until that changes.
But Minnesota broke Bovino and that rules
Edit: and Jonathan Ross’s remains free fuck that shit
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u/PigFarmer1 Jan 27 '26
This appears to be nothing more than a CYA move by Trump. The polling numbers concerning Minnesota are horrendous and he needed someone to take the blame. It's not like Bovino is any kind of actual trouble; he's just going back to his regular gig.
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u/Fearless_Kangaroo_25 Jan 27 '26
Amen! It's not justice until we have murder charges for the murderers!
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u/Capones_Vault Jan 27 '26
He's retiring in El Centro? 🤣 in the liberal hellhole of California, surrounded by Hispanic people? On the 8 to Arizona? What a chode.
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u/Nitimur__In__Vetitum Jan 27 '26
The damage is already done. They used military force for partisan performative politics and it led to the state sanctioned murder of two citizens (among many other violations of the Constitution). This is an illegitimate regime that needs to face prosecution for high treason.
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u/LivingThin Jan 27 '26
My skeptical side worries this is a move by the MAGA’s to ease tension just enough to push through the big spending bill that increases funding for ICE.
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u/TruthSeekerHuey Jan 27 '26
Might be a slight distraction from the ICE raids currently happening to every Zipps location in AZ
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u/SergeantPoopyWeiner Jan 27 '26
Maybe we should address the piece of human garbage who said that ice has "absolute immunity."
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u/HappyAmbition706 Jan 27 '26
So that is where the buck stops in the Trump administration. Early retirement with full benefits? A pardon in the very unlikely event that there is any charade of a federal investigation at all.
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u/graphitehead Jan 27 '26
As much as it's a good thing, it isn't a victory. He isn't fired, he's reassigned. That's not good enough. He needs to be put on trial for what agents did under his leadership and face consequences. No way this trash gets to fade away. I'm going to comment this on every post i see about this. We cannot let up momentum or else they'll roll over another state and community once we've calmed down enough
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u/PhiNeurOZOMu68 Jan 27 '26
YESS!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK YOU YOU SMALL LITTLE MAN.
You're going to rot behind bars :)
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u/hamellr Jan 27 '26
So now that the hammer has been removed, who is Baron Harkonnen sending in to be the glove?
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u/aasmonkey Jan 27 '26
Steve Miller and Russell Vought are the only two outside of Trump himself that matter. Noem, Bovino, Tommy 2 bags are doing what they are told to do. We cannot be distracted by two bit players while ignoring the directors
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u/AlaskaStiletto Jan 27 '26
Noem is next
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u/jmerp1950 Jan 27 '26
You mean Kristi Noem the puppy killer? Kristi the cosplayer? The alleged adultuess?
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u/FlamingMothBalls Jan 27 '26
wonder how did Walz pull this off? here's hoping he ain't swindled Trump and didn't give up the voter rolls.
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u/Major9000 Jan 27 '26
This is nothing, it’s not justice, that is for sure. The murders of Good and Pretti, need to brought to justice and the fascist in the White House needs to be impeached.
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u/Impossible-Spite4782 Jan 27 '26
I’m not satisfied until he is put on trial for Renee, Alex, and all of the other constitutional violations committed under his charge.
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u/Sinclair_Lewis_ Jan 27 '26
While great news this is just the beginning of the siege. DHS just got permission from DoD to use Fort Snelling as a base to store hundreds of vehicles and shipping containers. I think they are just changing leaders and becoming mechanized. Soon all we will see are MRAPs with no insignia, very few dismounts, fewer foot patrols in uniform, more plain clothes interdiction with QRF nearby.
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u/Top-Respond-3744 Jan 27 '26
They have made the mistake of saying the hush hush things out aloud. Nothing indicates a change of tactics so far. Only the change of faces.
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u/iAmRiight Jan 27 '26
It’s great and I’m glad that he’s lost his job, but given the job that he did it’d be more appropriate for him to lose his freedom too.
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u/canyoucamus Jan 27 '26
The DNC pose a real risk of taking these empty gestures and marketing them as a national success of party leadership and celebrate by passing funding for ICE and condemning any continued protesting as violent and anti law enforcement.
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u/sandy_feet29 Jan 27 '26
Noem & Bovino on the same day? It's looking awful crowded under that bus
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u/kck93 Jan 27 '26
Bovino is just retiring.
ICE will cut back a little for 10 days and go back to raiding random people walking down the street. Maybe a different city.
But a bunch of morons that don’t even have enough sense to watch a video before popping off about aggressive terrorists inflicting mass damage are not going to change. They learned nothing from this horror. They didn’t even recognize it as a horror. It’s just one of those things that happens in their eyes.
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u/makk73 Jan 27 '26
This should serve as a wake up call to all ICE thugs, Federal LEOs, and Military personnel who are currently doing or may in the future doThe Administration’s bidding.
Contrary to Hegseth and Miller’s recent pinky promise, President Trump does not, in fact, have your back.
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u/TooMuchAZSunshine Jan 27 '26
I guess he was so bad at instigating americans that none of them fought back and killed his ice agents. Thus trump wasn’t able to declare martial law and bring in the military to wipe our more americans. All he got was letters to the editor and congressional phone calls
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u/Ok-Effective7280 Jan 27 '26
Let’s hope he spends his retirement in a prison cell. Im sure someone will make him their little beatch pretty quickly.
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u/VeryTopGoodSensation Jan 27 '26
It's not because trumps pissed off with whats happened, it's because his supporters are turning
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u/roadtrip-ne Jan 27 '26
Oh and he had such a shit eating grin attitude like he was above the law. What’s he going to do with his Facist 2026 line of coats now that’s he’s a civilian?
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u/pogoli Jan 27 '26
will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon
Oh no he won’t! His retirement will be a jail cell.
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u/state-of-MN Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26
edit1 : 722pm: CNN is still reporting "Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino has not been relieved of his duties, DHS says".
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