You woke clowns in here are so stupid. This is what happened to your brains when you drank the kool aid and became brainwashed. The lady in red is kicking some serious ass.
The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Caleb Vitello, was removed from his post, administration officials and other people familiar with the matter said, amid frustration in the Trump administration that deportations haven’t accelerated faster. President Trump hand-selected Vitello to lead ICE because, though he is a career government official, he worked closely with top Trump immigration officials in the first administration. His removal follows the ouster of two other top deportation officials at ICE earlier this month. Top administration officials have been putting growing pressure on ICE to increase its daily arrests, even at one point telling individual field offices they were expected to hit daily targets of 75 arrests a day, or about 1,500 across the country. They have been casting around for solutions as daily arrests haven’t been hitting those targets. There has been an internal debate over how much the administration can rely on existing government resources to carry out Trump’s promise of a mass deportation, rather than asking for additional money from Congress. Officials have started tapping into military budgets to expand a small migrant detention center on Guantanamo Bay and repurpose military aircraft to carry out deportation flights. The administration is planning for additional deportation hubs at military bases, including Fort Bliss, to potentially hold thousands of undocumented migrants, a U.S. defense official said. The New York Times earlier reported about the military base plans.
So much for "meritocracy." Trump withdraws Jared Isaacman’s nomination to lead NASA ‘after a thorough review of prior associations’ By Jackie Wattles and Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN Updated 10:17 PM EDT, Sat May 31, 2025 CNN — President Donald Trump on Saturday rescinded his nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, citing a “thorough review of prior associations.” The president pledged in a social media post that a new nominee would be “mission aligned” and “put America first in Space.” “After a thorough review of prior associations, I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to head NASA. I will soon announce a new Nominee who will be Mission aligned, and put America First in Space,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. The shake-up comes just days before the Senate was expected to vote on the nomination of Isaacman, who has twice traveled to space on private missions and has close ties to SpaceX chief Elon Musk. The White House said earlier Saturday it would announce a replacement candidate to serve as Trump’s pick to lead NASA, indicating it was withdrawing Isaacman’s nomination. “It’s essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trump’s America First agenda and a replacement will be announced directly by President Trump soon,” White House assistant press secretary Liz Huston said. Records on OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan organization that tracks money in politics, show Isaacman donated to Democrats as recently as the 2024 election cycle, though he donated to Republicans in prior years. But on social media, he has largely refrained from voicing a stance on hot-button political issues. During Isaacman’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in April, he said he has “been relatively apolitical.” Continued... Shitcanned for not being MAGA enough.
This decision has me on edge. At the moment, I felt like the Trump administration was trying to pivot us from hitting the iceberg, but now it seems we are heading straight back into it. Cuts across the government need to be made and there is much waste to be had, however i have always asked if it was actually going to be cuts or if it is going to be reallocation to other projects. And Issacman very well may not have been the right pick. This is Issacmans response.
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention When Thomas Fugate graduated from college last year with a degree in politics, he celebrated in a social media post about the exciting opportunities that lay beyond campus life in Texas. “Onward and upward!” he wrote, with an emoji of a rocket shooting into space. His career blastoff came quickly. A year after graduation, the 22-year-old with no apparent national security expertise is now a Department of Homeland Security official overseeing the government’s main hub for terrorism prevention, including an $18 million grant program intended to help communities combat violent extremism. The White House appointed Fugate, a former Trump campaign worker who interned at the hard-right Heritage Foundation, to a Homeland Security role that was expanded to include the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships. Known as CP3, the office has led nationwide efforts to prevent hate-fueled attacks, school shootings and other forms of targeted violence. Fugate’s appointment is the latest shock for an office that has been decimated since President Donald Trump returned to the White House and began remaking national security to give it a laser focus on immigration. News of the appointment has trickled out in recent weeks, raising alarm among counterterrorism researchers and nonprofit groups funded by CP3. Several said they turned to LinkedIn for intel on Fugate — an unknown in their field — and were stunned to see a photo of “a college kid” with a flag pin on his lapel posing with a sharply arched eyebrow. No threat prevention experience is listed in his employment history. Typically, people familiar with CP3 say, a candidate that green wouldn’t have gotten an interview for a junior position, much less be hired to run operations. According to LinkedIn, the bulk of Fugate’s leadership experience comes from having served as secretary general of a Model United Nations club. “Maybe he’s a wunderkind. Maybe he’s Doogie Howser and has everything at 21 years old, or whatever he is, to lead the office. But that’s not likely the case,” said one counterterrorism researcher who has worked with CP3 officials for years. “It sounds like putting the intern in charge.” In the past seven weeks, at least five high-profile targeted attacks have unfolded across the U.S., including a car bombing in California and the gunning down of two Israeli Embassy aides in Washington. Against this backdrop, current and former national security officials say, the Trump administration’s decision to shift counterterrorism resources to immigration and leave the violence-prevention portfolio to inexperienced appointees is “reckless.” “We’re entering very dangerous territory,” one longtime U.S. counterterrorism official said. The fate of CP3 is one example of the fallout from deep cuts that have eliminated public health and violence-prevention initiatives across federal agencies. The once-bustling office of around 80 employees now has fewer than 20, former staffers say. Grant work stops, then restarts. One senior civil servant was reassigned to the Federal Emergency Management Agency via an email that arrived late on a Saturday. The office’s mission has changed overnight, with a pivot away from focusing on domestic extremism, especially far-right movements. The “terrorism” category that framed the agency’s work for years was abruptly expanded to include drug cartels, part of what DHS staffers call an overarching message that border security is the only mission that matters. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has largely left terrorism prevention to the states. ProPublica sent DHS a detailed list of questions about Fugate’s position, his lack of national security experience and the future of the department’s prevention work. A senior agency official replied with a statement saying only that Fugate’s CP3 duties were added to his role as an aide in an Immigration & Border Security office. “Due to his success, he has been temporarily given additional leadership responsibilities in the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships office,” the official wrote in an email. “This is a credit to his work ethic and success on the job.” ProPublica sought an interview with Fugate through DHS and the White House, but there was no response. The Trump administration rejects claims of a retreat from terrorism prevention, noting partnerships with law enforcement agencies and swift investigations of recent attacks. “The notion that this single office is responsible for preventing terrorism is not only incorrect, it’s ignorant,” spokesperson Abigail Jackson wrote in an email. Rest: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-thomas-fugate-cp3-terrorism-prevention
Hegseth getting the job done. It's amazing what competent leadership can do. Send the DEI hire Lloyd Austin home, install a capable leader, and voila! Recruiting is blowing past its targets and the the spirit of the Army is BACK. A great thing for America. https://www.army.mil/article/286027/army_meets_fiscal_year_2025_recruiting_goals_four_months_early Army meets fiscal year 2025 recruiting goals four months early WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has successfully met its fiscal year 2025 recruiting goals for active duty, signing contracts with more than 61,000 future Soldiers – a full four months before the end of the fiscal year. This achievement represents a significant turning point for the Army and indicates a renewed sense of patriotism and purpose among America’s youth. This year’s goal is more than 10% higher than the 55,000 recruits targeted in fiscal 2024, demonstrating a surge in interest and enthusiasm for Army service. Recent recruiting momentum has seen average contracts per day exceeding last year’s levels by as much as 56% during the same period.
