🚨 Doom and Gloom – January 27 2026

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Lead: ICE Leadership Changes, but Warrantless Power Expansion Remains

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Multiple outlets are reporting that Gregory Bovino will be removed from his position as the head of ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after ICE agents killed a civilian in Minnesota. Reports are that Tom Homan will step into his vacated role.

Bovino was hired to oversee a surge of federal agents last summer. Two recent civilian deaths have raised questions about the competence of the new force.

Sources tell Redacted that many of the newly deployed agents appear inexperienced and poorly trained, and that the missions they’ve been sent on have frequently been more about symbolic shows of force than targeted removals of serious criminal actors.

Another source tells Redacted that ICE agents are now going to use “administrative warrants” to search and enter private homes. Don’t let the word “warrant” fool you. These are authorization that one agent gives to another to enter a home. A judge is never involved in this process and it therefore should not be legal.

Trump supporters are now struggling to defend the expansion of federal power and erosion of civil liberties happening under their own administration. These are practices that Republicans have long opposed. If these powers are allowed to stand, they will not shrink under the next administration. They will expand.

Is Tom Homan the guy to stop this?

Homan’s track record shows a much stronger emphasis on prioritizing serious criminal activity and structured enforcement, and he has previously spoken about the utility of balanced operations that avoid overly aggressive tactics and civilian harm. His earlier leadership roles in immigration policy focused heavily on enforcement discipline, and on establishing clearer operational priorities within the agencies he oversaw. So…maybe.

Warships First, Details Later: Trump’s Iran “Deal” Makes No Sense

Photo credit: The USS Abraham Lincoln, courtesy of the US Navy

President Trump says that he has sent a “big armada” of warships to waters near Iran, including the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and accompanying destroyers. He says that it is “bigger than Venezuela.”

Why? Because the President is once again seeking “a deal.” What deal? Over what? He hasn’t said.

The U.S. military claims that “Iran’s leaders have also left open the possibility that they will try again to obtain a nuclear weapon.” Even though Iran has never been proven to have nuclear weapons. And despite claims last year that the U.S. had already destroyed a program that was never proven to exist.

If you’re following this logic, congratulations: you speak fluent war propaganda!

In short, you know why the U.S. continues to threaten Iran. Israel wants a war with Iran. According to Axios, “CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper visited Israel on Saturday to coordinate military plans and potential joint defensive efforts to counter an Iranian attack against Israel.”

In addition to warships, the U.S. has reportedly sent “more F-15 and F-35 fighter jets, more refueling tankers, and additional air defense systems to the region.”

Still, President Trump is signaling that he may not use them.

“They want to make a deal. I know so,” President Trump said on Monday. “They called on numerous occasions. They want to talk.”

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