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Deep State Witch

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21. A Lot of Us

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 08:10 PM

10 hrs ago

In the Federal Government thought it was bullshit. Like many things during the Shrub administration, it was an overreaction to 9/11. Of course, probably some Heritage Society goons thought of combining several disparate small agencies into one mega-agency was an awesome idea. More chances to get some of that sweet, sweet contracting money. And now we have it being the American version of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, or Gestapo, or (insert secret government police here.)

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From its inception, DHS was a corruption of fundamental American values. [View all] pat_k 13 hrs ago OP

I recall when it was created & there were many who opposed it. SheltieLover 13 hrs ago #1

Including moi! Mme. Defarge 12 hrs ago #2

Me too... SheltieLover 12 hrs ago #4

If I remember correctly, the wet dream was actually pnac's. We knew they niyad 10 hrs ago #20

Yes. SheltieLover 10 hrs ago #22

Way back when I saved a report on PNAC pat_k 8 hrs ago #28

Would you consider posting this as its own OP, for wider niyad 7 hrs ago #32

I was one MustLoveBeagles 11 hrs ago #14

Me too, Beagles! SheltieLover 11 hrs ago #15

Yep TimeToGo 10 hrs ago #16

I was suspicious right from the start when they used the term "Homeland". llmart 10 hrs ago #17

Same here. SheltieLover 10 hrs ago #23

My elderly father, who was raised as a farm Republican, was absolutely INCENSED by Jack Valentino 7 hrs ago #35

Your dad sounds like a great patriot! SheltieLover 7 hrs ago #36

I forgot to say my 'late' father.... he died in 2020, at the age of 91... Jack Valentino 7 hrs ago #38

So sorry for your loss. SheltieLover 6 hrs ago #40

I particularly miss him when working on my garden, which is something we did together Jack Valentino 5 hrs ago #41

The fear of immigrants coming here goes hand-in-hand with racism FakeNoose 12 hrs ago #3

I Wholly Agree - It Was a Corrupt Idea and Violation of the American Credo from the Get-go The Roux Comes First 12 hrs ago #5

Absolutely! (does not excuse the current further corruption) pat_k 10 hrs ago #26

I always hated that name Homeland MacKasey 12 hrs ago #6

When I first heard homeland under the Bush administration, Sanity Claws 11 hrs ago #7

I think when we redeem our national soul 1WorldHope 11 hrs ago #8

Now, that's an idea! pat_k 7 hrs ago #33

Whose time has come! 🙂 1WorldHope 7 hrs ago #37

Nazis favored the word ''heimat'' dalton99a 11 hrs ago #9

We are a Nation, not some ethnic Homeland. pat_k 8 hrs ago #30

So say we all. BidenRocks 11 hrs ago #10

Yes, the entire reorganization that led to DHS (and that un-American name) needs to be undone. JHB 11 hrs ago #11

republicans are an organizational mess BaronChocula 11 hrs ago #12

Using the word "homeland" has always given me the willies. It's creepy. paleotn 11 hrs ago #13

I have no doubt that it was intended. pat_k 7 hrs ago #34

INDEED! For anybody 'white', this is NOT their 'homeland'! Jack Valentino 6 hrs ago #39

Bush legacy malaise 10 hrs ago #18

It was a harmful idea from the start dlk 10 hrs ago #19

A Lot of Us Deep State Witch 10 hrs ago #21

end this travesty. quakerboy 10 hrs ago #24

I remember in the GW Bush days when the government formed DHS and they began infringing phylny 10 hrs ago #25

Referring to the country as "Homeland" should have set off klaxon horns during W's administration Tim S 9 hrs ago #27

For many it did -- but tragically not enough. pat_k 7 hrs ago #31

DURec leftstreet 8 hrs ago #29

DHS is some nazi bullshit. Always has been. Iggo 5 hrs ago #42