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A leaked memo from the Department of Homeland Security suggests that the Trump administration is considering using the U.S. military to boost its ongoing mass deportation agenda, while acknowledging the deployment of troops in Los Angeles earlier this year wasnt perfect, according to a new report.
The memo was allegedly written by DHS senior adviser Phil Hegseth, the brother of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The New Republic published the texts on Saturday.
President Donald Trump has already used U.S. military personnel in his aggressive deportation campaign. In June, Trump nationalized approximately 5,000 National Guard members and sent them to LA to push back against protesters demonstrating against Immigrations and Customs Enforcement raids in their neighborhoods.
In addition to the National Guard members, Trump also sent 700 U.S. Marines to the city to stomp out the "violent insurrectionist mob."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/leaked-memo-hegseth-brother-calls-000707619.html
Slobfather is itching for a Tiananmen Square type massacre in this country.
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(45,800 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(105,628 posts)plus he was involved in Pete's nonprofit scam:
Its not the first time Phil Hegseth has worked alongside his older brother. When Pete Hegseth was CEO of Concerned Veterans for America, a nonprofit that fell into financial difficulty during his time there, he paid his brother $108,000 to do media relations for the organization, according to federal tax records."
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220186362#post4
That really is it. If he were a PR rep, it might make sense - a partisan PR guy to spin messages to the Trump regime's advantage. But he has fuck all experience of "Homeland Security" or defense matters. He shouldn't be part of a decision to misuse the US military.