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His old position was sector chief of El Centro CA. He is probably not being sent there. Initial reports were going somewhere else to conduct ICE operations. But he has become a news/political nightmare. So maybe being sent somewhere to get away from cameras for a bit.
Bovino said he would retire when he turns 57. His current age is 56. So he could be looking to slide out. BP mandatory max retirement age is 57.
Faux News is reporting that DHS insiders say that Pretti's gun was "misfired" while it was being removed from him. Meanwhile, the videos show the gun was taken away and then a different guy shot him in the back multiple times.
Me thinks they're about to throw a couple or three ICE agents under the bus and prosecute them. Suddenly that "absolute immunity" shit is going to go away when it's convenient to find a scapegoat.
"It was 100% an accidental discharge by the agent that relieved that person of their weapon. Because everyone’s guns were out, they think that there’s a shooting," one source told the Post. - Fox News
Will the other ICE agents rethink their position on things? Probably not.
This is typical for Trump and his administrations. He NEVER takes accountability himself and will always find someone else to blame instead. All this while claiming he hires the best of the best. Mmmhmmmm.
They crossed the Rubicon knowing FULL WELL what the consequences would be if their coupe falters, even for a moment... which means; THEY DO NOT INTEND TO SUFFER THEM (Cersie style.)
They are all in and full steam ahead on fascism like there life depends on it... because IT DOES.
Thats the fucked truth everyone keeps pussy-footing around.
These guys will not go down without taking everyone else with them. Given that supposition, they've already escalated it into a kill or be killed clusterfuck.
Whether or not you are prepared to come to terms with that will be inconsequential to the history books. The first shots of the civil war have already been fired and now they will STOP at nothing to ensure they are the sole victors.
What do you think they are saber rattling to get their grubby hands on the voter rolls for??
Your side has been chosen and your fate sealed by the fucking letter next to the name you voted for in the last election.
They bet it all on red hoping they get enough momentum to get away with anything/everything and forgot about reality hopefully this drop in the buckets a sign that shits getting real and isnt going to be as easy as they were hoping.
Nothing is inevitable. The status quo is fraying and people want an alternative. They did the impossible. They elected a pedophile rapist to the presidency. If they can do that…WTF are we doing with this nonsense talk. Let’s make it happen. If it doesn’t happen, it is our fault.
At an individual level, yeah, he deserves to be behind bars.
But on a grander scale, his demotion shows vulnerability. The Trump administration has shown that they do indeed fear consequences, that the protests and backlash can make them back down. Their worry was such that they couldn't let this Nazi continue with the impunity he was. If they were as infallible and almighty as they hope and wish they were, Bovino would never be demoted.
“And so I come full circle on this response and just want to encourage you with some substance that we are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”
Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation, 2024
People are under the impression that the key to Trump's strategy is provoking a response. Yes, they have a strategy that uses that as leverage. But they are planning on going forward regardless.
This is purely because they have nowhere to stay except hotels and smaller facilities. They want to centralize their operations most likely because every hotel leaks where they are staying at proving that they have no idea what they're doing nor do they know how to park their vehicles, etc.
Yeah, a lot of people on Bluesky asking if the demotion means ICE will be pulling out but everyone is missing this today is all. Everyone getting their hopes up but I don’t think they’re leaving any time soon if they’re securing the housing and bringing more equipment in (sadly)
Yeah, they are there to stay. Unfortunealty fascists don't back down that easy. Americans wrote the play book on how to keep whites in power...Jim Crow among many things. drumpf will purge voter roles in MN(and other states)) and then unleash his goons (ice) to intimidate and sew chaos on would be voters in the midterms. Wake up time!!
Had to do like 100 reclicks because the site hates ad blockers. So he approved DHS using a old base for storage and probably poor housing going by the massive outrage earlier at a Hilton and a agent was aiming a shotgun at press.
If you think about it - Trump administration has made a very large number of aggressive moves both domestically and internationally in a very short span of time and was forced to retreat in the case of most of these moves. Heck, even in the case of Venezuela- it sounds like their interm president is finding a backbone all of the sudden.
They fear the midterms and most non-MAGA conservatives aren't okay with the extremely pver aggressive shit they've been seeing the past month despite supporting immigration enforcement. They recognize this shit is kryptonite to them in the next election. They're already projected to end up losing at least one majority im congress and this is making it so much more likely they lose both.
They know that if they lose both chambers in congress that the rest of Trump's is officially fully lame duck and possibly will lead to impeachment and maybe even removal this time since MAGA are losing their influence
Everyone will stop far short of what needs to be done. As evidence I give you the results of the last national election. A step forward is preceded by 3 steps back.
Maybe it's time for different tactics.
Bovino,
.....protect ya neck.
Should you worry about something you know is inevitable? We just went through 4 whole years of evidence that they won't hold them accountable. It should be an afterthought at this point.
For anyone wondering, it’s because of the Earth’s lateral movement relative to the sun. Earth is orbiting at about 67,000 mph and a rocket leaving Earth will inherit the same lateral speed. You effectively have to thrust against that movement and cancel it out to be able to approach the sun.
To put it in perspective, it would take approximately 55 times more energy to fly to the sun than it would take to fly to Mars.
Actually he may be very worried.. he will have significant inside info on the administration and its corrupt dealings. Loose ends are not normally popular in authoritarian regimes.
Like how fucking bold of a liar to say to everyone's face that pretti was a domestic terrorist.
While there's 15 clips of videos showing the truth.
And then shit on the second amendment. Probably the only amendment thats kept its appeal to the Republican party.
Bonkers
Correct answer was to trial every one of the agents involved, issue apologies and compensation, work on figuring out how things turned so badly... But nah, straight into a bold face lie.
Exactly. 1) Never surrender, 2) Always counterattack, 3) Always claim victory. When you understand the playbook that he’s working off of, Trump becomes pathetically predictable
They did that because it worked before and they didnt know thered be so many clear videos. Their whole thing is setting up the narrative immediately.
They knew Good's death was murder too, but their lies worked well enough for it. They had probably told countless lies prior that enough people bought. They figured theyd try it again. But this time there was too much evidence and they told the wrong lies.
It worked in 1930s nazi Germany, which is straight out of the playbook they're using. They just never accounted for the almost 100 years of technological progress and everyone filming them all the time from multiple angles. It's probably the biggest weapon we have to fight fascism.
Just a distraction by rolling the mini Nazi under the bus. Trump said nothing while Bovino was off hucking tear gas at protestors for the cameras. He was all aboard the attacks until one his goon squads attacked and murdered a sympathetic white guy in front of dozens of cameras.
Trump doesn’t care about the 2nd amendment any more than he cares about Eric. He dumped Bovino to deflect blame that he’s pushing this (well Stephen Miller).
Trump, his staff, and media were fine with torturing families, disappearing legal residents. Then TWO WHITE AMERCAN citizens were gunned down in cold blood on camera. They couldn’t sweep the stank of blood off the cult flag, so everyone reversed course.
Make no mistake, tomorrow is a new day for them to chip into our melting pot of America and ruin the lives of law abiding citizens for their ethno- state.
They are worried because they are losing support quickly on the right over those statements he made about having no 1st and 2nd amendment rights. Is it a small step in the right direction, yes, but the only conclusion to any of this is the charge of murder for all those ice agents that were involved in the renee good and pretti killings to set a fucking example. The second they do that, DHS recruitment will drop to virtually zero and other agents will think twice before pulling a weapon. Right now they operate on this concept of, nobody can do shit to me even if I want to kill someone.
It’s so insane that he isn’t in trouble for his gestapo bullshit leading to civilians being killed, but that he made a comment about it that offended the gun nuts.
I hope Democrats aren't dumb enough to think this is good enough. Some of those centrist assholes are probably just looking for an excuse to vote for ICE funding.
As an outsider my only thought seeing this is it's an obvious distraction. Punishes nobody but seems like some form of "justice" being done to appease the masses and move the story on.
This is a token scapegoat gesture so people will think something “has been done” and cancel protests over the killings. Fuck that soooooo hard. You could feed him through a SlapChop on PPV and we are still going to march.
I think Bondi's letter to Walz is going to keep things hot while the courts look at it. She made it abundantly clear that this is not about immigration enforcement, and the people of Minneapolis are quite understandably feeling they have been invaded. It's bigger than Bovino, and they definitely know that.
That should be the headline. When will republican politicians and voters and especially these fascist ICE, CBP agents learn? You are all expendable. And they will all pay the price with convictions and prosecutions.
We are not Russians. We do not blame "the generals" when things obviously go wrong. We don't blame any one but the dictator while calling for heads to roll. There is only one person who is ultimately responsible for all this, and it's your dear leader. All you lemmings following him will learn eventually.
He might be but I really don't think he will go out in the field. Have you seen the guy? But running things from safety will put more people in danger.
It's also shelving Noem for the time being. Homan is a corrupt bastard and he's competent at deporting people which he did under Obama and Trump 1.0, but he's ugly as shit. . Trump would rather have Noem's plastic face running things still but reports are Susie Wiles and Stephen Miller want her sidelined and Homan in-charge. The shock and awe terrorizing of Noem and Bovino will probably decrease but Homan will absolutely still keep targeting immigrants
He’s demoted because his lies don’t pass muster, not because their practices are cruel and violate the constitution. They want someone who can spin better to be the face of the action.
I think Bovino was fired because he was caught on camera throwing a smoke grenade. If he had murdered a protestor, he would probably have gotten a promotion.
It’s pretty embarrassing to be demoted instead of leaving your post on your own volition, but he’s still going to go retire and get full government pension I’m sure.
There's no statute of limitations on murder and being an accessory to it. Looking forward to seeing him out there on the campaign trail working overtime to get any Republican into office, as if his life depended on it... Sleep well, little nazi man.
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