Trump & Hegseth Clean House with Major Purge of Top US Officials
On April 2nd, a month after his ousting of Kristi Noem, Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, the country’s top pig, citing her incompetence to prosecute his political rivals. During her 14-month tenure, Bondi conceded much of the Department of Justice’s jurisdiction to the executive branch, overseeing Trump’s priorities like dismissing investigations into killer cops and enabling Trump to go after his enemies at will. Despite her devout loyalty, Trump remained privately frustrated with her performance, especially with the PR disaster following her messy handling of the Epstein files. Bondi announced she will be “moving to an important private sector role I am thrilled about, and where I will continue fighting for President Trump and this Administration.”
Just a day after, defense secretary Pete Hegseth forced his Army Chief of Staff, Randy George, to step down and retire, effectively immediately. He also dismissed two other senior generals — a shocking, risky move right in the midst of an escalating offensive on Iran. Hegseth and George had been butting heads over the department’s “woke” DEI policies discriminating against white officers, most recently when Hegseth blocked the promotion of 2 women and 2 Black officials. Other reports emphasize a larger purging campaign of anyone who will not obediently implement Trump’s uniquely bloodthirsty and suicidal war agenda, which now involves talks of ground invasion and even nuclear war in Iran. Hegseth recently tweeted “Back to the Stone Age” and asked the American people to pray “every day, on bended knee” for the defeat of Iran “in the name of Jesus Christ,” inciting criticism from Pope Leo XIV. Trump’s regime recycles, with radical honesty, the familiar framing of US imperialist wars as a battle of civilization over barbarism, but to a smaller and smaller audience of warmongering loyalists.
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/politics/trump-fires-bondi-attorney-general.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-ousts-army-chief-of-staff-gen-randy-george/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/world/middleeast/pope-iran-war.html
Israel Codifies Death Penalty for Palestinians
Last week, Israel’s parliament passed a law mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of carrying out deadly attacks, with convictions issued through military courts that deliver near-total conviction rates within a system designed to secure guilty verdicts. The law comes amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and intensifying repression by Israeli forces across the West Bank. It expands the state’s ability to imprison and execute Palestinians through formal legal channels. Israeli officials, including National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, have openly celebrated the move by pinning miniature nooses to their lapels—turning the image of execution into a badge of pride.
International officials condemned the move, but there have been no consequences. The United States continues to fund, arm, and politically shield Israel as it escalates.
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/world/middleeast/israel-death-penalty-palestinians-attacks.html
DOJ & FBI Announce Personnel Surge for “Operation Not Forgotten”
The FBI has announced that, in its fourth year, Operation Not Forgotten is expanding, with more federal personnel being deployed to Native American reservations. The stated goal of Operation Not Forgotten is to “focus on unresolved cases in Indian Country with a priority placed on cases involving violence against women and children, including those who are missing or murdered.”
The initiative was created during the first Trump term; it’s under the umbrella of the FBI’s Operation Steadfast Promise, “a comprehensive surge of resources to address a wide range of violent crime threats including gangs and criminal enterprises, violent crimes against children, and fugitive apprehension cases, while working to improve public safety measures impacting Tribal communities.”
This announcement is rich, coming from the same government deploying ICE thugs across the country who have targeted, brutalized, and detained Native Americans. Minneapolis is home to a large urban Native population, in the tens of thousands, and is surrounded by tribal homelands, such as those of the Ojibwe, Oyate, and Chippewa. So it unfortunately doesn’t come as much of a surprise to hear of instances of masked ICE agents profiling and kidnapping Indigenous people.
Reports from Native leaders of tribal citizens being harassed and detained have been shared since last year, and they are now advising tribal members to carry their tribal IDs with them. But this hasn’t stopped these repressive state actors; one member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon, actress Elain Miles, was stopped by ICE agents in Washington and claimed her ID “looked fake.”
While the issues Native women face are severe and deserve serious, dedicated attention and action (the murder rates on reservations can be more than ten times the national average); the US government does not care for, respect, or prioritize Native peoples.
Not all those who are involved in the day-to-day work of Operation Not Forgotten are there to further a harmful agenda on behalf of the federal government. While some FBI agents come from law enforcement backgrounds, there are examples like FBI victim specialist Charlene Mahoney, who has been working amongst Native communities in North Dakota for more than two decades, formerly working for a nonprofit with a focus on victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
The reality is that even with dozens or more well-intentioned people involved in initiatives like Operation Not Forgotten, it does not change the overall relationship between Native Americans and the US. Regardless of surface-level legal policies claiming the sovereignty of tribal nations, the federal government still inflicts abuse. Indian Agents, for example, are able to exert their power more comfortably in the remoteness of reservations.
Law enforcement officers consistently harass, abuse, and profile oppressed people, treating them like criminals and accusing them of being gang members and “illegal immigrants.” We have “not forgotten” that these matters are used to justify and expand the oppression of Native peoples in the US.
Sources:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-operation-not-forgotten-2026
https://time.com/7379166/ice-native-american-arrests-minneapolis-oglala-sioux-tribe/
https://www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awareness
https://www.indianreservation.info/impact-of-federal-legislation-on-reservations/
Behind Enemy Lines 