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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Aug 3, 2025, 06:57 PM Aug 2025

Leaked memo from Hegseth's brother calls for US army to help with deportations nationwide 'for years to come': report

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 wasn’t “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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Leaked memo from Hegseth's brother calls for US army to help with deportations nationwide 'for years to come': report (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2025 OP
Hegseth: Hey, military, can you come help me kidnap and traffic humans? sakabatou Aug 2025 #1
Phil Hegseth's qualification for a "DHS senior adviser" role shaping policy: he ran podcasts muriel_volestrangler Aug 2025 #2

muriel_volestrangler

(105,628 posts)
2. Phil Hegseth's qualification for a "DHS senior adviser" role shaping policy: he ran podcasts
Mon Aug 4, 2025, 07:54 AM
Aug 2025

plus he was involved in Pete's nonprofit scam:

"Based on Phil Hegseth’s publicly available resume, his past experience includes founding his own podcast production company, Embassy and Third, and working on social media and podcasts at The Hudson Institute.
It’s 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.
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