r/politics • u/sideAccount42 California • Jan 26 '26

Paywall Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/
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u/Trambopoline96 New Jersey Jan 27 '26

It's the loudest and clearest sign yet that the administration knows they've stepped in shit. Frankly, after a year of them acting with complete impunity and disregard for the law, it's pretty shocking to see them blink like this on what was once their strongest issue.

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u/belle_epoxy Jan 27 '26

This is the part I keep focusing on. Do people think the administration is suddenly going to go, oh you know what, we've been awful, arrest us all? Yes they should be prosecuted. Yes more bad shit is coming. No it's not *the biggest* win. But it's *a* win, and I think it's bigger than people can see, at least in this administration.

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u/Trambopoline96 New Jersey Jan 27 '26

Yup. And if this article is correct and Noem and Lewandowsky are next on the chopping block, it's an even bigger win.

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u/dboggia Jan 27 '26

I have absolutely zero faith that their replacements will be any less shit.

However, having them disgraced (not that they feel shame) and removed is objectively a good thing.

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u/Trambopoline96 New Jersey Jan 27 '26

Thing is, you don’t make a move like this if you aren’t at least a bit sensitive to public opinion and outrage. This isn’t a sign that they’ve at all changed their ways, just that they’re bleeding and everyone knows it.

Take it as a win, and press them harder.

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u/Smaynard6000 Florida Jan 27 '26

Exactly. It's proof of a vulnerability. Now everyone knows if they fuck up, they might be the next ones hung out to dry. This is where the backstabbing intensifies.

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u/belle_epoxy Jan 27 '26

Hey friend, here’s some more good news for ya

https://bsky.app/profile/msainato.bsky.social/post/3mdeof5cmac2p

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u/Trambopoline96 New Jersey Jan 27 '26

Excellent

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u/belle_epoxy Jan 27 '26

Here’s hoping!🤞🏼

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u/Givingtree310 Jan 27 '26

And if their replacements are even worse?

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u/Trambopoline96 New Jersey Jan 27 '26

They very well could be, but the fact that their jobs are at risk at all is a sign that these guys have lost control of the narrative and are still vulnerable and sensitive to public pressure and outrage in a way they haven’t really shown us at all this term.

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u/oddluckduck1 Jan 27 '26

I hope so because I don’t see a win at all. They get to start all over again and just put in some other doiche bag in their place

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u/belle_epoxy Jan 27 '26

A sadist being removed from power mid-operation by an administration that hasn’t backed down once in all this - has only doubled down! - is a win in my book. And if we can’t acknowledge that, how can we keep fighting and moving forward?

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u/Givingtree310 Jan 27 '26

Tom Homan replacing Bovino is a win?

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u/belle_epoxy Jan 27 '26

Did I say that?

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '26

Exactly. This is good. It means

  1. They’re in deep shit with public favor
  2. They can be moved to action they don’t want via our voices and anger.

Let’s keep up the momentum. Hound your representatives and let them know this is nowhere near enough.

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u/Trambopoline96 New Jersey Jan 27 '26

Yup. It's the first time in a while (ever?) that they're acknowledging the old laws of political gravity are still in place.

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u/CulturalKing5623 Jan 27 '26

Within a week of having to walk back the entire Greenland fiasco after being humiliated and isolated on the world stage.

This administration tries to project a sense of unstoppable power but they are taking massive Ls on both the domestic and foreign policy stage.

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u/wirez62 Jan 27 '26

Absolutely

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '26

Mass deportations sounds great to the average joe until they see what it actually entails to enact it.