The headline screams: “DHS and TSA expose targeting of political opponents by former Biden Administration officials, refers case to Congress & Justice Department.”
Overlooking the grammatical error of failing to make the subject and verb agree, a closer look at the Sept. 30 story reveals it comes as a PRESS RELEASE from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and not from any recognized news organization.
In other words, it’s pure horse hocky. Coming as it does from this current administration which possesses absolutely zero credibility, it carries about as much authenticity as something from QAnon, Sinclair Broadcasting Group, Fox News or Newsmax.
At first blush, it ranks right up there with Pizzagate, Haitians eating your dogs and cats, the Obama birther conspiracy or Trump’s more recent hawking of something called a Medbed that’s supposed to cure every known affliction known to man, including bring the dead back life.
You only have to scroll down to the paragraph that says that “under Secretary Noem’s direction,” TSA and DHS:
- Referred this matter to the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and to Congress for further investigation.
- Removed a total of five senior leaders from their positions who betrayed the trust of the American people. This includes the Executive Assistant Administrator for Operations Support and the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Intelligence and Analysis.
- Are working with policymakers on Capitol Hill on legislative authorities to ensure these kinds of abuses do not happen again.
- Are updating internal standard operating procedures and policies to ensure greater oversight.
- Are reorganizing TSA’s Intelligence & Analysis office to hold senior officials accountable and provide greater oversight on watchlisting operations.
Obviously, I do not know the specifics of the charges. That’s most likely because there are no specifics – just the usual scattergun allegations of Trump against enemies real and imagined. This release, if you read it carefully, is classic, straight from the Cadet Bonespurs playbook.
I’m willing to put up good money that this goes exactly nowhere, much like the pending indictment against James Comey. It’s a distraction, pure and simple, to draw our attention away from infinitely more embarrassing issues – like maybe the Epstein files. Or maybe to divert attention from the econony so crippled by TACO Don’s tariffs.
Of course, Trump’s maidservants Mike Johnson, J.D. Vance, John N. Kennedy and Laura Loomer will pounce on this with relish at the opportunity to dump on Biden.
Instead of creating the bang it was intended to do, this will end in a whimper.
Guaranteed.
Louisiana Voice 
The beat not only goes on, but becomes ever faster. At this rate, I can’t imagine where we’ll be in December 2025, much less December 2028. Meanwhile, we have exactly 2 people in Congress representing the interests of those of us in the loyal opposition.
MAGA fascism is all about “the show” – “the show” of rounding up illegals, “the show” of tough on crime, “the show” of military strength, “the show” of James Comey doing a perp walk, “the show” of a parade or a ballroom or whatever replaced the Rose Garden, “the show” of releasing Epstein teasers to MAGA influencers, and on and on and on. There is no substance to MAGA fascism. Or to MAGA fascists. It’s just about “the show,” the look, the pretense. MAGA is like Trump, pretending to be something of value on the surface but beneath the surface corrupt and utterly bankrupt, without principles of any kind.