Saturday, November 01, 2025

Who's running the country during Chump's dementia slide?

Donald Chump's ICE force gets more and more out of control.  At MSNBC, Jason Houser notes: 


The Trump administration is conducting a sweeping overhaul of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with more than a dozen senior officials in various cities being replaced by officials from Customs and Border Protection (CBP). At the heart of this effort is Greg Bovino, commander-at-large of the Border Patrol, who is currently the public face of the Trump administration’s current interior enforcement surges. But what’s unfolding under Bovino isn’t law enforcement. It’s political stagecraft directed from Washington, not the field. 

Under Bovino’s command, the Department of Homeland Security has assembled something new: a hybrid, unaccountable task force reporting directly to DHS headquarters and the White House and operating outside the traditional command structures that govern federal law enforcement. It isn’t ICE. It isn’t CBP. It’s a Frankenstein force, stitched together from multiple agencies but loyal to none. Its purpose is to create a community response designed for social media clicks, rather than to keep communities safe.

The recent wave of ICE senior official reassignments makes the motive behind this new structure unmistakable: It’s about control, not competence. Seasoned career leaders — the very people who built ICE’s investigative, detention and removal frameworks — are being pushed aside or relocated for refusing to chase arbitrary arrest quotas or participate in politically driven operations. These aren’t disciplinary moves; they’re purges designed to silence dissent and clear the field for Bovino’s task forces. In effect, the DHS has replaced law enforcement judgment with political obedience, rewarding those who follow orders from the top — and sidelining those who still believe in risk-based enforcement and the rule of law.

For decades, ICE and CBP had distinct yet complementary missions. ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) targeted serious offenders in the interior; CBP’s Border Patrol protected the border. Each had apparent oversight, trained professionals and accountability lines that ran through their respective chains of command.

The new structure under Bovino upends that approach. Under his leadership, select personnel from both agencies have been integrated into what’s officially branded a “joint enforcement initiative.” Still, DHS officials describe it as politically controlled, rather than law enforcement-controlled. It doesn’t answer to ICE or CBP leadership — it reports directly to DHS political appointees.


Well that doesn't sound at all dangerous, right?  That was sarcasm.  And Houser's writing as an informed and experienced person on the topic:  "Jason Houser served as the chief of staff for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from 2021 to 2023. He previously served as a counterterrorism official for Customs & Border Protection (CBP)." And the minimal oversight is about to get even worse.  Sam Biddle (INTERCEPT) explains:

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering hiring private bounty hunters to locate immigrants across the country, according to a procurement document reviewed by The Intercept. Under the plan, bounty hunters may receive “monetary bonuses” depending on how successfully they track down their targets — and how many immigrants they then report to ICE.

According to the document, which solicits information from interested contractors for a potentially forthcoming contract opportunity, companies hired by ICE will be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate, with further assignments provided in “increments of 10,000 up to 1,000,000.”

The solicitation says ICE is “exploring an incentive based pricing structure” to encourage quick results, with “monetary bonuses” paid out based on performance. For example, ICE says contractors might get paid a bonus for identifying a person’s correct address on the first try or finding 90 percent of its targets within a set timeframe. (ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)

The document closely resembles a plan reportedly circulated by a group of military contractors, including former Blackwater CEO and Trump ally Erik Prince.

Yeah, that would play so very well.  Throwing more money around and this time to known crooks like Blackwater?  Donald's a psychopath who has broken with reality.  David McAfee (RAW STORY) reports:


Donald Trump on Saturday issued a warning to Republicans, telling them not to be "weak and stupid" and pushing them to make sure Democrats "never again have the chance" to govern the nation.

Trump, who earlier in the day accused yet another late-night TV host of "probably illegal" criticisms, took to Truth Social to appeal to his fellow Republicans.


"Never again have the chance" to govern?  That sounds like a threat.  Maybe someone needs to report Chump to the Secret Service.  Threat or not, it's an insane remark to make.  He really does need to do a series of cognitive tests and the results need to be made public.  With each day, he comes off more and more unhinged, more and more deranged.  The position of president is too important for blind trust.  He needs to undergo a series of tests to establish that he can still function in the role.  


His dementia is now discussed daily.  Allie Fasanella (OK! MAGAZINE) notes:


Donald Trump had difficulty getting his words out during a brief statement after landing at Palm Beach International Airport on Friday, October 31.

Speaking to reporters on Fox News, the president stumbled over the word Democrats twice as dementia rumors swirl.

"The shutdown proceeds because the gen — the dem — the Democrats just don’t know what they are doing," he said clumsily.

The clip has since been making the rounds on social media, with people poking fun at the awkward flub.


Meanwhile Adam Nichols (RAW STORY) reports:

President Donald Trump's approach to the upcoming elections is lacking the bluster of previous fights — and insiders suggest he thinks Republicans have already lost, the Washington Post reported Saturday.

The president has kept a strategic distance from candidates in races, including in Virginia and New Jersey — and has refused to pour the millions of dollars into contests that he has in the past.

In Virginia, Trump has been particularly silent, with Chris Saxman, a former GOP state delegate, commenting: "I don't think he likes to back candidates he knows are going to lose."

The Washington Post reported that Trump's reluctance to get involved is "signaling some pessimism."



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