Quote of the Day: DHS Is On the Chopping Block

[G_j]

"Wholesale decapitation."

This is utter chaos—and a likely sign that far worse is around the corner.

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/04/quote-of-the-day-dhs-is-on-the-chopping

From an unnamed administrator official

There is a near-systematic purge happening at the nation’s second-largest national security agency.

So far this includes:

Kirstjen Nielsen, secretary of Homeland Security

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services director Francis Cissna

Office of the General Counsel’s John Mitnick

Secret Service director Randolph “Tex” Alles

Immigration and Customs Enforcement director-nominee Ron Vitiello

According to CNN, Trump recently “empowered” Stephen Miller to lead the administration’s border policies and Miller is starting out with “what amounts to a wholesale decapitation” of the Department of Homeland Security leadership.

[manor321]

1. DHS will be introducing new triangular badges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_triangle#Nazi_prisoner_identification

[malaise]

2. Maybe he's planning to privatize national security to

Erik Prince - clearly they did not read The Prince

[LiberalLovinLug]

13. that is actually something that I could believe happening

He's already fired the head of the Secret Service. No doubt replaced with a True Believer.

[Ilsa]

14. Oh yeah. And those contractors will be

every bit as merciless as Prince's former Blackwater employees, and even less accountable.

[Ligyron]

22. "Better to be feared than loved"

That's Trump model too.


Our Machiavellian President.

[malaise]

24. But Machiavelli did not support

private armies - he was against mercenaries like Erik Prince

[Ligyron]

27. I kind of wish he had Machiavelli instead of Stevie Miller.

Heck, it might be an improvement, lol.

[malaise]

29. Anything would be an improvement on Miller

[gordianot]

3. Expect a snappy new praetorian guard soon.

All private contractors would be my guess.

Get rid of judges, Congress and elections for good measure.

[FiveGoodMen]

4. Chop it!

"Homeland" was always an atrocity.

[G_j]

6. Guaranteed

whatever takes its place will be far worse.

[FiveGoodMen]

7. Yeah, I know

[True Blue American]

26. Thank you!

That was my first reaction. It is a GW Bush monstrosity.

[LiberalArkie]

33. Trump dislikes GW Bush almost as much as he hates Obama.

Homeland was put together by GW, maybe he is busting it apart.

[DontBooVote]

5. Drip. Drip. Drip. Tick-tock. Tick-tock. Tick-tock. Our democracy is dying while we watch. They

will come for us soon.

[FiveGoodMen]

8. And members of OUR PARTY are telling each other it isn't worth saving it if that means moving left

[DontBooVote]

9. And members of OUR PARTY who deny that a coup is in progress and that, soon, it will be completed.

[genxlib]

10. For what it is worth

Secret service is under Treasury. Not DHS.

However, FEMA director also left less than two months ago.

That place is in chaos

[Brother Buzz]

15. That was then, this is now

The United States Secret Service was transferred to the newly created Department of Homeland Security in 2003.

[malaise]

25. Worst plan ever

This fascist homeland shit was started by Bush and Cheney

[DinahMoeHum]

30. +1000s

[Ilsa]

17. Secret Service was moved to DHS in 2003. nt

[RVN VET71]

21. Wow! I did not know that.

Trump is in a race against time here. He and Herr Miller have to stay ahead of the wave of legitimate investigations that might affect The Leader's hold on the throne. Never mind the fact that the only way for Trump to maintain control is by seriously diminishing the value of the country -- by "third worlding" it -- the issue is power, ruthlessly seized and ruthlessly held.

He's already laid claim to the military (a dubious claim, but not without some truth), the police (not so dubious a claim), and a gaggle of middle-aged, beer-swilling bikers (who cares? at least who cares, as long as Miller doesn't find a way to develop them and others like them into a thug-army of Brown Shirts).

The slide to chaos and Trumpian fascism has already begun, this is clear to me. And Trump is not shackled at all by law or precedent. He does what he wants whenever he feels like doing it. Nadler, et al., meanwhile, have to work carefully through legal procedures. The question is -- one of the questions, at any rate -- does the Democratic Congress have the time to expose the coup planned and being carried out by this hateful administration? Or will Trump effectively seize total control before Congress has time to nail him?

[MyOwnPeace]

36. Perhaps one of the saddest parts

is that the Repugs are sitting on the sidelines with their thumbs up their a$$es watching this take place - they are having their ba**s cut off and they sit there saying, "Thank you, sir!"

[nini]

11. Didn't W start that group after 9-11

Maybe donny wants to get back at W since his mom trashed him in her book.

yea.. I know it's nuts but we're talking trump here.

On edit: I know anything he does is to make us more vulnerable so he can get away with more too.

[Ilsa]

41. Yeah, Homeland Security was a department created

after 9-11-01, possibly after the big 911 Commission Report on terrorism was written, because intelligence agencies had communicated or coordinated the flow of information very poorly. DHS was supposed to end that.

Just my opinion, but DHS shouldn't be involved directly in border security. Border Security is an immigration or State Dept matter, IMO, until a suspected terrorist is found, and then turned over to the FBI.

[FakeNoose]

12. Get ready - brownshirts are coming

[gratuitous]

16. So you libruls thought Trump's emergency declaration was bogus?

Trump will fucking give you an emergency!

[FailureToCommunicate]

18. "Good...GOOD"

[Volaris]

23. Omg that's awesome and terrifying all at the same time...

My only complaint is that Trump is nowhere near as competent as either Anakin OR Darth Vader heh...

More like if palpatine had decided to train jar jar in dark side hate powers...

[BigmanPigman]

19. Miller is decapitating the DHS...

I would rather see Miller's head, complete with the spray on hair, on a platter instead.

[malaise]

28. I never get tired of that

[BigmanPigman]

31. Last night I learned that my brother in law

never heard about Miller's spray-can hair so I just sent that to him. It is bound to become a classic.

[malaise]

32. I'm betting that the Con told him to find some hair

[BigmanPigman]

34. I wish I could photo shop the moron's

hair(?) onto Miller's head. Can you imagine the orange creature tutoring Miller in how to get a "natural look"?

[malaise]

35. ROFL

[MyOwnPeace]

37. After all..........

who knows more about "hair!"

[malaise]

38. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[GusBob]

20. Its because of what he told them border agents

He told them to break the law and they would not so he is trying to do it with his own gang

[0rganism]

39. i guess someone explained "consolidation of power" to him over the weekend

for 2 years he's been capable of pulling this lever but didn't, possibly because "the time wasn't right" or maybe "Trump is just too goddam stupid to understand". and so we've had a nice gentle push into the abyss of totalitarianism, rather than a full-tilt plunge. once he's re-tuned leadership in all sectors to match the whims of his base, and with complicit support from go-along Republicans, the laws of our republic will scatter like a house of cards in a strong breeze.

[G_j]

40. Trump pushed to close El Paso border, told admin officials to resume family separations

Trump pushed to close El Paso border, told admin officials to resume family separations and agents not to admit migrants

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/08/politics/trump-family-separation-el-paso-kirstjen-nielsen/index.html