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Strike Team at the Border, Migrants Beaten in El Paso Detention Center
Plus, Marco Rubio goes on a brown-nosing tour after Trump’s Ukraine debacle and more
With legacy and most major news media outlets rightfully focused on Elon Musk and the Trump administration’s targeting of federal institutions and mass layoffs, many stories are being missed or getting very little attention. From law enforcement agencies invoking the Laken Riley Act to justify deportations and migrants being beaten in U.S. migrant detention centers to the Department of Defense (DOD) sending a strike team to the border, these events are the catalyst that will dictate future action by the Trump administration’s “peace through strength” strategy.
Two weeks ago, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made alarming statements while visiting AFRICOM (U.S. Africa Command) in Germany. During a presser, Hegseth suggested he and four-star generals should have unilateral authority to order air strikes on people designated as “terrorists,” a power reserved for the president. Now, with the escalating aggressive posture of the U.S. military — driven by the secretary’s dangerous obsession with the border — signals a destructive environment manifesting that will almost certainly violate Mexico’s sovereignty.
