From its inception, DHS was a corruption of fundamental American values.

[pat_k]

26. Absolutely! (does not excuse the current further corruption)

It is crucial to spread the word about the true extent to which they have put our national and personal security at risk with their intentionally destructive and criminal acts, incompetence, and intolerable corruption of the levers of power to advance their hateful and Un-American agenda.

I guess my concern is that exclusive focus on the damage being done by the regime's wrecking balls carries with it an implicit message that our task is to simply "stop them" or "restore" what was. To avoid that, I think it is important to balance our outrage at what they are doing with clear-eyed examples of where the pre-existing structure was already failing us.

It is a balancing act. In identifying wrong turns that predate the current nightmare -- wrong turns we need to deal with as we forge a better future -- we must not fall into the "it was all shit before" trap that just saps hope and immobilizes