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Brett Meiselas

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

It's from Nick Miroff of the Atlantic.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

It says, Greg Bovino gets demoted.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

And it says the following, and this is the big news.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol commander at large and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon, according to a DHS official and two people familiar, two people with knowledge of the change.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

Bovino's sudden demotion is the clearest sign yet

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

that the Trump administration is reconsidering some of its most aggressive tactics after the killing Saturday of 37-year-old Alex Preddy by Border Patrol agents under Bovino's command.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

And we've been hearing that there's, you know, through all this reporting lately, that there's been a lot of tension at these agencies.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

You know, I think a lot of people also in the agencies are even disgusted.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

by what happened you know I mean it's just it's appalling the whole thing is appalling and it's inexcusable but as our editor-in-chief Ron philipkowski says Ron basically said you know wake me up when they're not just uh you know moving shifting seats around on the Titanic because that's what this feels exactly they want to act like there is accountability right now without there actually being accountability but let me just read on the story just a little bit more because there's

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

Yeah, and as Ron said also, he says, Bovino is just the patsy, a noxious and odious fall guy.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

Everything they do is at his direction, often after his threats.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

As long as he runs policy in the White House, nothing will change, no matter how many Bovinos come and go.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

And within this story, very well said.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

And another nugget in this story says that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her close advisor, Corey Lewandowski, I'm going to put advisor in big, cool,

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

quotes there for those who know a little bit about their rumored relationship, I will say.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

But a lot of people think that Lewandowski is basically, you know, a big guy running a lot of this stuff for Kristi Noem also behind the scenes.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her close advisor, Corey Lewandowski, who are Bovino's biggest backers at DHS, are also at risk of losing their jobs, two of the people told The Atlantic.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 1/27/26

So that's where we are at right there.