Trump Orders Military To Secure Southern Border on Federal Lands
Jon Dougherty, Conservative Brief, April 12, 2025
(https://conservativebrief.com/trump-to-23-90764/?utm_source=CB&utm_medium=ABC)
President Donald Trump on Friday authorized the U.S. military to take control of public lands along the southern border with Mexico, according to multiple reports.
“Our southern border is under attack from a variety of threats,” Trump wrote in a National Security Presidential Memorandum released by the White House. “The complexity of the current situation requires that our military take a more direct role in securing our southern border than in the recent past.”
The memo builds on Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southern border on Inauguration Day. The declaration ordered a report within 90 days from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem “about the conditions at the southern border of the United States and any recommendations regarding additional actions that may be necessary to obtain complete operational control of the southern border, including whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807.”
Trump’s memo authorizes the Pentagon to exert jurisdiction on federal lands, including the Roosevelt Reservation along the southern borders of California, Arizona, and New Mexico. It does, however, exclude federal Native American reservations [except actions] “that are reasonably necessary to enable military activities … including border-barrier construction and emplacement of detection and monitoring equipment.”
The order also provides for the “transfer and acceptance of jurisdiction over such Federal lands in accordance with applicable law to enable military activities … to occur on a military installation under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense and for the designation of such Federal lands as National Defense Areas by the Secretary of Defense.”
It authorizes Hegseth to “determine those military activities that are reasonably necessary and appropriate to accomplish the mission assigned” in Trump’s Inauguration Day executive order titled “Clarifying the Military’s Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States.”
In conducting activities outlined in the presidential memo, “members of the Armed Forces will follow rules for the use of force prescribed by” Hegseth.
The memo orders Hegseth, Noem, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to “initially implement this memorandum on a limited sector of Federal lands designated” by the Defense secretary.
Within 45 days, Hegseth “shall assess this initial phase” and at any time can “extend activities … to additional Federal lands along the southern border in coordination Noem, Stephen Miller, Trump’s Homeland Security adviser, “and other executive departments and agencies as appropriate,” the memo adds.
Following Trump’s Inauguration Day emergency declaration, the Pentagon reportedly deployed an additional 1,500 troops to reinforce the 2,500 already stationed at the southern border during the Biden administration. Further steps soon followed, including the transfer of the 10th Mountain Division headquarters—along with its commanding officer, Maj. Gen. Scott Naumann—from Fort Drum in New York to Fort Huachuca in southeastern Arizona to lead the mission.
Naumann now oversees approximately 6,600 troops under the banner of Joint Task Force Southern Border, Newsmax reported.
For now, the role of active-duty military personnel at the southern border remains primarily supportive, assisting Customs and Border Protection with surveillance and detection, The Washington Post reported Friday. Under the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, active-duty troops are generally prohibited from engaging in direct law enforcement activities, including detaining illegal immigrants, except in limited circumstances.
The memo comes as illegal border crossings have sharply declined since the beginning of President Trump’s second term. In March, Customs and Border Protection recorded 7,180 crossings at the southern border—down from a monthly average of 155,000 over the previous four years.
Daily apprehensions have also dropped to about 230, representing a 95% decrease from the Biden administration’s average of 5,100 per day.
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by churches challenging the Trump administration’s new policy permitting immigration officers to make arrests near churches, ruling that the religious groups failed to demonstrate sufficient harm to justify legal action.
Backgrounder:
Keep in mind: There will be no nuclear war and no world war. What is happening is theatrics designed to prepare the world for global martial law, lockdown, ten days of broadcasts, and a global takedown of the cabal. See There Will be No Nuclear War for the World at https://goldenageofgaia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/No-Nuclear-War-R5.pdf.
President Trump HALTS Israeli Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Sites — Gabbard and Hegseth Join Forces to Stop World War III
Medeea Greere, AMG-News, April 17, 2025
(https://amg-news.com/breaking-president-trump-halts-israeli-strike-on-irans-nuclear-sites-gabbard-and-hegseth-join-forces-to-stop-world-war-iii/)’
President Trump just halted [Apr. 17] an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites — backed by Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth, he blocked the Deep State’s war agenda and prevented World War III. Strength, strategy, and leadership they fear.
In one of the most decisive and underreported diplomatic maneuvers of the decade, President Donald J. Trump has once again proven that true leadership isn’t about appeasing lobbyists or warmongers — it’s about protecting the world from the brink of annihilation.
THE STRIKE THAT NEARLY STARTED A GLOBAL INFERNO
According to a detailed report from The New York Times, the Israeli government was preparing to launch a full-scale airstrike targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities. This wasn’t speculation or posturing — it was a coordinated military plan aimed at delaying Iran’s nuclear program by at least a year, and it required one crucial component: full support from the United States.
Under any other administration, such approval would have been quietly granted, under the pretext of “defense coordination.” But this time, Trump was in command — and he wasn’t playing the Deep State’s game.
THE ORDER THAT SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN
Faced with pressure from defense contractors, neocon insiders, and globalist think tanks, Trump made a move that shook Washington to its core. Instead of signing off on yet another endless foreign entanglement, he made it clear — there would be no greenlight for war.
Together with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, Trump shut down the operation before it could reach operational status. Their unified message was both direct and powerful: America would not be dragged into a manufactured war by international manipulators or regional agendas.
This wasn’t hesitation — it was controlled strength. Trump didn’t flinch, didn’t backpedal, and didn’t seek media applause. He simply ended the threat.
WHY THEY WANTED THIS WAR SO BADLY
Let’s be clear: this wasn’t about nuclear safety or defending allies — this was about power, profit, and narrative control. A new war in the Middle East would have handed the military-industrial complex a blank check and given the Biden administration a massive distraction from its collapsing domestic credibility.
With war, they could justify internet crackdowns, emergency laws, and higher gas prices — all while blaming “external factors.” In truth, this was an elite operation to reboot the fear machine and silence resistance.
Trump saw through the script. And like always, he ripped it to pieces.
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DEEP STATE SLAUGHTERED: R-FIMI Shut Down, 80+ Agents Purged — Rubio & Beattie Deliver Final Blow! BOOM!
Medeea Greere, AMG News, April 17, 2025
(https://amg-news.com/bombshell-deep-state-slaughtered-r-fimi-shut-down-80-agents-purged-rubio-beattie-deliver-final-blow-boom/)
R-FIMI [Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office] is dead. 80+ censorship operatives eliminated. $65M in propaganda funding terminated. No rebrands. No excuses. Just a clean kill to a Deep State office that waged war on American speech. Rubio & Beattie did what others feared: they pulled the trigger.
R-FIMI SHUT DOWN — Deep State’s Censorship Arm Dismantled in Historic State Department Purge
THE AXE DROPS – R-FIMI ERA TERMINATED WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE. In a move that rattled the very bones of the censorship-industrial complex, the U.S. State Department has executed a full-scale bureaucratic purge: R-FIMI—the Deep State’s latest speech-suppression machine—has been eliminated.
This isn’t just another shuffle or symbolic gesture. This is total annihilation. Every single 30 full-time federal employee was put on immediate leave. All 50 official positions were wiped off the map. And most importantly, Congress was formally notified that the R-FIMI office is dead—officially and permanently.
Why does this matter? Because for years, R-FIMI and its predecessor, the Global Engagement Center (GEC), functioned as the silent executioners of dissent, hiding behind the language of “national security” to systematically crush any voice that challenged the regime’s narrative.
This is not reform. This is a guillotine.
FROM GEC TO R-FIMI – THE DEEP STATE’S COWARDLY REBRAND SCHEME EXPOSED
The Global Engagement Center was never about fighting “foreign disinformation.” It was always about controlling domestic speech, policing opinions, and blacklisting voices that supported Trump, freedom, faith, and traditional America.
So when GEC was sunset last year—thanks to pushback in Congress—the Biden regime pulled an old swamp trick: rebrand and relocate. Enter R-FIMI: the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office.
- New name. Same agenda.
- Same operatives. Same playbook.
- Same war on the First Amendment.
This wasn’t innovation. It was camouflage. A dirty trick to hide the same anti-American operations under a fresh label, hoping no one would notice.
Well, someone did.
Marco Rubio and Acting Under Secretary Darren J. Beattie saw through the lies, and struck back hard.
RIF STRATEGY – A CLEAN KILL WITH NO ESCAPE HATCHES
In government, it’s notoriously difficult to fire federal employees. Bureaucracy protects itself. Corruption shelters its own.
But what happened here wasn’t a workaround — it was a strategic surgical strike.
This was a RIF: Reduction in Force. Not a budget cut. Not a demotion. A legal mechanism to permanently dissolve roles and remove the cancer without leaving any option for reassignment, rehire, or legal contest.
- No transfers.
- No quiet returns.
- No zombie versions of R-FIMI rising from the grave.
This wasn’t just firing people. It was dismantling the entire structure so it can never come back in any form. The Deep State lost one of its strongest censorship tools in one clean motion.
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New Poll Shows Voters Are Tired of the Anti-Trump ‘Resistance’ – Even in Blue California
Mike LaChance, Gateway Pundit, Apr. 19, 2025
(https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/new-poll-shows-voters-are-tired-anti-trump/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1909)
From the moment Trump won the 2024 election, Democrats have done nothing but try to stand in his way. They think it’s still 2016 and they have no new ideas.
One new poll shows that voters are not buying the Dems’ old act anymore. Even in blue California.
Leaders are supposed to offer solutions and find compromises that get things done. Democrats offer nothing but outrage and protests and people are sick of it.
From Politico:
California voters have Trump-resistance fatigue, poll finds
California voters are less keen on fighting Donald Trump than their state’s political elite.
In a dual survey of California voters and political professionals who are driving the state’s agenda, the electorate is strikingly more likely to want a detente with the White House. Voters are also more divided on issues like immigration and climate change, where Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers have asserted progressive ambitions that rebuff the president’s agenda.
A plurality of voters is skeptical of legal immigration, and less than half think the state should be able to set its own strict standards on vehicle emissions, an authority California has used for more than half a century.
The results suggest a disconnect between the policymaking class and voters in an overwhelmingly blue state where Trump made broad inroads in 2024 amid widespread frustrations over crime and a prohibitively high cost of living. Registered Democrats, however — who comprise nearly half the electorate — are more enthusiastic about progressive policies and more eager to challenge Trump’s Washington.
Ed Morrissey of Hot Air offered an explanation for this:
This might reflect the recognition by voters — even in deep-blue California — of the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of La Résistance in either iteration. The first time around, Democrats launched their “resistance” on the false claim that Trump won office illegitimately through “Russia collusion.” Voters eventually discovered that was a lie, and those who paid attention now know that the lie came from Hillary Clinton’s dirty-tricks team and Barack Obama’s FBI.
This time around, there’s no question at all about legitimacy. Trump stomped Harris in the election and won both the popular vote and the Electoral College, the first GOP candidate to do so in 20 years.
Democrats are already enjoying a historically low approval rating. If they want it to sink even further, they should just keep doing what they’re doing.
Four Democrat House Members Arrive In El Salvador to Visit MS-13 Gangbanger Abrego Garcia – Trump Admin. Responds By Asking a Blunt Question
Cullen Linebarger, Gateway Pundit, Apr. 21, 2025
(https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/four-democrat-house-members-arrive-el-salvador-visit/)
Four House Democrats arrived in El Salvador on Monday to meet with their new hero, MS-13 terrorist Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and the visit did not go unnoticed by the Trump White House.
As Fox News reported, Reps. Robert Garcia of California, Maxwell Frost of Florida, Yassamin Ansari of Arizona, and Maxine Dexter of Oregon all announced in a press release that they had arrived in El Salvador “to pressure the Trump Administration to abide by a Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.”
The four Democrats went on to falsely describe Garcia as “a Maryland man with protected legal status who was unlawfully deported by the Trump Administration.” They also called his imprisonment a “direct violation of due process” under the United States Constitution.
Their arrival follows Senator Chris Van Hollen’s (D-MD) visit to El Salvador last Wednesday and several failed attempts to meet with Abrego Garcia.
Van Hollen was first humiliated when El Salvador’s vice president refused to meet or let him visit Abrego Garcia. He was denied AGAIN last Thursday afternoon when he was denied entry into the infamous CECOT prison where Abrego Garcia is being held, and proceeded to whine afterwards.
Van Hollen finally succeeded last Thursday night in meeting with his favorite ‘Maryland man.’ As he shared margaritas with the credibly accused wife-beater and terrorist, he gazed deeply, lovingly, and closely into the eyes.
Trump’s Department of Homeland Security responded to news of the leftists’ arrival in El Salvador by asking a simple question in a short yet fiery statement on X.
“Four more U.S. lawmakers just landed in El Salvador to meet and shake hands with a terrorist,” the DHS account reads. “All four of them voted against the Laken Riley Act.”
“Why are these politicians putting terrorists illegally in our country over American victims?” the account asked.
Four more U.S. lawmakers just landed in El Salvador to meet and shake hands with a terrorist. ⁰⁰All four of them voted against the Laken Riley Act. ⁰⁰Why are these politicians putting terrorists illegally in our country over American victims? https://t.co/n4qj1pRUJC
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) April 21, 2025
It should be noted that no taxpayer dollars are being used to fund these four leftists’ little vacation to El Salvador, unlike Van Hollen’s. [Bias]
One can thank House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) for making this common sense decision. [Bias]